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Dbcmmbeb 19, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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veloped from obscurity to positions of 

 greatest importance. Among these a 

 notable example is that of the beet root, 

 which back as far as a little over 200 

 years ago was a crude and almost value- 

 less plant, possessing only two and a half 

 per cent of sugar. But now, by process 

 of selection and high breeding, the pro- 

 portion of sugar has been raised to 

 twenty pet cent, and frequently far more, 

 80 that the extraction of the sugar from 

 it is the greatest agricultural and milling 

 occupation in France and Germany, an 

 operation furnishing two-thirds of the 

 output of the world's annual production. 



The Sweet Potato. 



Now, why cannot a similar improve- 

 ment by selection bring the sweet potato 

 and yam to the front as a sugar pro- 

 ducer, in sections of the country where 

 the climatic conditions are not favorable 

 to the development of sugar in the beet? 

 And that implies the entire cotton belt 

 and much of the corn belt. 



At present there are two deterrent fac- 

 tors: First, a slight difference in the 

 nature of the component parts of the 

 juice of the sweet potato compared with 

 the juice of the beet root; second, an 

 inherent disposition toward an early de- 

 cay of the tubers. But as it took 200 

 years to discover the best agricultural 

 and chemical processes connected with the 

 culture of the beet root and the treat- 

 ment of the beet juice, it would seem 

 that if the subject of sweet potato selec- 

 tion was pursued for a tenth of the 

 number of years given to the beet, at 

 least as much could be accomplished in 

 the field in changing the physical charac- 

 ter of the tuber so as to make it rich 

 in sugar and of a long-keeping habit, 

 and in the factory in the mechanical and 

 chemical treatment of the juice, as has 

 been accomplished in the improvement 

 of the beet root and the treatment of its 

 juice. Burnet Landreth. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



California Nursery Co., Niles, Cal., 

 general nurpsry stock; Texas Seed & 

 Floral Co., Dallas, Tex., seeds, plants 

 and general florists' supplies; Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., Paris, France, flower 

 and plant seeds; Lehman Bros., New 

 York, N. Y., circular on florists' wagon 

 heaters; Johnson & Musser Seed Co., 

 Los Angeles, Cal., flower and vegetable 

 seeds and garden supplies; Iowa Floral 

 Co., Des Moines, la., cut flowers, palms, 

 ferns and floral designs, with a special 

 list of Christmas decorations; Iowa Seed 

 Co., Des Moines, la., a list of seeds and 

 supplies for market gardeners, truckers 

 and farmers; Barteldes Seed Co., Law- 

 rence, Kan., Denver, Colo., and Okla- 

 homa City, Okla., catalogues of seeds, 

 nursery stock and florists' supplies; 

 Stokes' Seed Store, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 market gardeners' list of seeds, tools 

 and supplies; R. Wiboltt, Nakskov, Den- 

 mark, flower, vegetable and field seeds. 



CALLA, OHIO. 



C. E. Bissell, of Cleveland, attorney 

 for the receiver of the Templin Co., says 

 that authority has been given the re- 

 ceiver to continue the business during 

 the coming busy season and until such 

 time as it shall seem to the court 

 to be for the best interests of 

 the creditors to close down the 

 business and sell out the assets. The 

 receiver has been further authorized to 

 publish the usual catalogue for the 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Raised from our Spawn, will bear lonser and yield better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. This la proren by facts. Full partioolars and Information how to succeed in mushroom 

 ri^sinf free. We warrant you If usinc our method of rrowinir mushrooms that all will go well. 



KIRKEBY & GUNDESTRUP, s7.'ci=, 4273 Milwaukee Ave., GhloagO 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Livingston's True Blue Strains. 



I.ettiice>Grand Raplda H-IX>., 86c.; lb., $1.25 



Caoamber-Select White 



Spine W-lb.,20c.;lb., .60 



Ciiciunber-DaTlePerfect..H-lb., 60c.; lb., 2.00 

 Cacnmber>Rawaon*a Hot 



Honae ForolnK M-lb., 11.60; lb., 6.00 



CanlMlower'IJVIiiKitoii'a 



Oreenhonae Forcer M-oz., 76c.; oz., 2.60 



Badlah'irlrebaU H-lb.,20c.; lb., .60 



KadUh-Im. Scarlet Globe. M-lb., 20c.; lb., .60 



Radlth-Koay Qem M-lb.,20o.; lb., .60 



Toinato-L'a8tone.oz.,26c.; M-lb., 75c.; lb., 2.50 



Tomato-L'a Globe. OE., 40c ;M-lb., 11.40; lb., 6.00 



Tomato-I.'a Beauty .oz., 26c; M-lb.,60c; lb., 1.76 



If to be mailed add 8c. per lb. for postatre. 



LiViNGSTON SEED CO., fo^4' Columbus, 0. 



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I am a Market Gardeners' Seedsman 



Send me in your list of wants for next season. 



Tou will like my stockB and my prices. 



Wholesale list ready soon. 



StbAes S^^c/ St^^^ 



219 Market St., Philadelphia 



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spring trade and borrow the necessary 

 money or incur indebtedness to the 

 amount of $5,000 for that purpose. The 

 receiver will, therefore, continue the 

 business without any of the difficulties 

 which have heretofore been experienced. 

 As an example of the good work being 

 done by the receiver, he has found that 

 the Youngstown storeroom was not all 

 needed for the purposes of the company, 

 and has accordingly sub-leased a small 

 portion of the space for more than 

 enough to pay the entire rental. This 

 arrangement will probably make this 

 lease worth $3,000 or $4,000 to the cred- 

 itors, when it becomes advisable to sell 

 it, as it has two years yet to run. In 

 other ways he has cut down expenses, 

 and the business should certainly show 

 a nice profit in the next few months. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VIRGINIA TRUCK GROWERS. 



Their New Experiment Station. 



Readers of the Review will undoubt- 

 edly be interested in the fact that, 

 through the combined efforts of the truck 

 growers in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va., 

 and the State Board of Agriculture, 

 there has been established, just outside 

 of the city of Norfolk, in Princess Anne 

 county, an experiment station devoted 

 exclusively to the interests of truck 

 growing. This station has been placed 

 under the immediate charge of Prof. 

 T. C. Johnson, formerly of Cornell and 

 of the West Virginia University. The 

 station is located upon characteristic 

 trucking soil of tL: region and embraces 



FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising: Mnshrooms by 

 utilising the waste space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing: the waste 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in growing- flowers. Now is the 

 time to make your beds. Lianibert'a 

 Pare Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN, the best 

 Mushroom Spawn in the market, is sold by all leading 

 seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for a small 

 trial bed, together with large illustrated book on 

 "Mushroom Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon 

 receiptof 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Grand Rapids, Boston Markat and Blc 

 Boston, 25c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



TOMATO SS°ir' ""^ ^°'*^- 

 R.ViNCENT,Jr.&SONSCO.,Whitellarsh,Mil. 



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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For greenhouses, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates furnished 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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Grand Rapids 

 Lettuce Plants 



tl.OO par 1000. $0.00 par 10,000. 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



BOX 224 DANVILLB, ILL. 



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COMET TOMATO SEED 



Grown from true stock. Excellent for forcing. 

 50c and 11.00 per pkt. H. M. SANDER HON. 

 Ill LINCOLN ST.. WALTHAM, MASS. 

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some fifty-eight acres, which will be im- 

 proved and devoted to the cultivation of 

 various truck crops, and the solution of 

 the many problems involved in the fer- 

 tilization, harvesting, marketing and im- 

 provement of such crops. The Southern 

 Produce Co. has set aside $7,500 for the 

 purpose of equipping the tract with suit- 

 able buildings for 'conducting the work. 

 The State Board of Agriculture devotes 

 $5,000 of its funds to the maintenance 

 of the work, and the Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington, and the 

 State Experiment Station at Blacks- 

 burg, Va., both cooperate with the above 

 named organizations in carrying on the 

 work. 



While no experimental work has yet 

 been inaugurated, the ground is being 

 improved and prepared for the work of 

 actual experimentation. It is hoped 

 that, as the spring opens, areas will be 

 available for extensive fertilizer and 

 variety tests, as well as the beginning of 

 some systematic breeding work with 

 standard vegetables. 



This is a notable undertaking in this 

 respect, that it is the first experiment 

 station to be organized in the United 

 States exclusively devoted to the inter- 

 ests of truck growing of any locality. 



