The Weekly Florists" ReWew. 



LJiKiiUBBR 26, 1907. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Dec. 24. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80c do!:.; leaf lettuce, 12%c to 17%c 

 case. 



BosTOK, Dec. 23. — Cucumbers, $5 to 

 $9 box; tomatoes, 15c to 20c lb.; ro- 

 maiue, $1 doz.; escarolle, 75c to $1 doz. ; 

 lettuce, 30c to COc doz.; mushrooms, 40c 

 to dOc lb.; parsley, $1 to $1.50 box. 



New Yoek, Dec. 23. — No. 1 cucumbers, 

 75c to $1 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2 to 

 $3.50 box; head lettuce, lOc to 40e Aoi.; 

 mushrooms, lOe to 40e lb.; mint, 30c to 

 50c doz. bunches; radishes, $1.25 to $2 

 per 100 bunches; tomatoes, 4c to iiJc lb. 



FOR HOTBEDS. 



I have a good call for tomato and 

 oiher vegetable plants in the spring. At 

 what date should I sow seeds to grow 

 the plants in holbeds and have them 

 ready at planting time in Ohio? Any 

 suggestions will be welcome. 



M. W. H. 



Members of the brassica family, such 

 as cabbage and cauliflower, should be 

 sown about the first part of March to 

 give nice plants by setting out time, but 

 the more tender subject, such as toma- 

 toes, peppers, egg plants, etc., need not 

 be sown until about two weeks later, as 

 they cannot be set in the open ground 

 until the weather is warm and settled, 

 which is usually about the middle of 

 May, or later. W. S. 



MILDEV ON LETTUCE. 



Is there a remedy or preventive for 

 mildew on lettuce t Although I keep my 

 lettuce on the dry side, yet I lose a large 

 per cent of small plants in flats when 

 there are several cloudy, damp days to- 

 gether. D. F. E. 



There must be something wrong with 

 the atmospheric conditions of your house. 

 Just what it is it would be hard for me 

 to say without seeing it, but lettuce at 

 that stage of growth is not subject to 

 the attacks of mildew in a house where 

 it has the proper temperature and suffi- 

 cient fresh air. A too high temperature 

 would cause a soft growth and leave it 

 an easy prey to this and kindred diseases 

 during dull, cloudy weather, but the more 

 probable cause is lack of proper airing. 

 A close atmosphere is congenisd, both for 

 the breeding and spreading of the spores 

 of fungi. Try to maintain a night tem- 

 perature not exceeding 45 degrees, with 

 60 degrees by day in bright weather, and 

 give air to sweeten the atmosphere on 

 all possible occasions. Keep the plants 

 fully exposed to the light to keep the 

 foliage firm and avoid crowding and I 

 do not think that you will have much 

 more trouble from mildew. P. R. 



WORMS IN MUSHROOM BEDS. 



Can you give me any information con- 

 cerning the small worm that attacks the 

 mushroom and spawn? It resembles the 

 worm found in decayed blood or bone 

 meal. R. E. P. 



When this small worm is troublesome, 

 the larva is present either in the soil or 

 compost forming the bed, but as a rule 



A BED OF MUSHieOOMIS 



BalBed from our Spawn, will bear longer and yield better than, from »ay other Tarlety of 

 Spawn. Thla ia proTea by facta. FuU pu^onlara and Information ho^!^ to Bueoee<l In moBliroom 

 ralalnr free. We warrant you if uslnf our method of rrowlnr mushrcvomi that »11 will go well. 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRUP, 'HSZ, 4273 Mlliai«l(HAYe.,Gllicagll 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Liviigston's True Blue Strains. 



liettnce-Orand Raplda M-lt>., 35c. ; lb., tl.2& 



Oacamber*8eleot White 



Spine M-lb-.90c.;lb., .60 



Cncomber.DaTls Perfect. .M-lb., 60c.; lb., 2.00 

 Caoamber'.Rawaon'e Hot 



Honae Forelnc H-lb., 11.60; lb., 6.00 



Caallflower*LilTlna:aton'a 



Greenhoaae Forcer M-oz.,76c.i oz., 2.60 



Radlah'FirebaU M-lb.,20c.; lb., .60 



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



Radlah'Koay Uem M-lb., 20c.; lb., .60 



Tomato>L'88tone.oz.,26c.; M-lb., 7&c.; lb., 2.60 

 Tomato-L'aGlobe.oz., 40c: M-lb., 11.10; lb., 5.00 

 Toniato«Ii*a Beauty ,oz.,3&c; M-lb.,&Oc; lb ' " 



1.75 

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



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., % Columbus, 0. 



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I am a Market Gardeners' Seedsman 



Send me in your list of wante for next seaBon. 



Tou will like my etccks and my prices. 



WtaolcBalc list ready soon. 



219 Market St., Philadelphia 



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COMCT TOMATO SEED 



Orown from true atock. Excellent for forcing. 

 &0c and tl.OO per pkt. H. M . SAM0BR40N, 

 111 I^INOOUr ST.. WALTHAM. MASS. 

 Mention The Reriew whe n yon write. 



it seldom appears to any injurious extent 

 (luring the mnter months, or as long as 

 the temperature can bo kept compara- 

 tively cool; but as the season advances 

 the insects hatch out and begin their de- 

 structive work. Our experience is that 

 as long as the temperature of the mush- 

 room house can be kept as low as 55 de- 

 grees the worm gives little trouble, but 

 just as soon as we fail to keep the tem- 

 perature down to this figure it begins to 

 get down to business and the crop might 

 as well be given up for the season, as, 

 once it has got a footing, we have never 

 been able to find anything that will ex- 

 terminate it without injury to the mush- 

 room crop. 



The mushrqom is delicate and easily 

 injured and will not stand experimenting 

 with, as other plants would. Anything 

 that could be applied strong enough to 

 kUl the worm would almost certainly 

 prove destructive to the crop. W. S. 



Richmond, Va. — The store of Eat- 

 cliffe & Tanner is so handsomely and 

 elaborately decorated for the holidays 

 that it cannot fail to attract favorable 

 attention. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Herbert L. Saw- 

 yer, formerly with Mills, and James H. 

 Payne have opened a flower store at 27 

 West Bay street and will do business as a , 

 Sawyer & Payne. 



St. Paul, Minn. — Alfred W. Lemke, 

 formerly of the firm of Colberg & Lemke, 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy. The 

 creditors will meet January 3, at 11 a. m., 

 at 523 Manhattan building. 



FLORI ST8 have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity o£^ niting SSixshrooxaia ^y 

 utiliiiog "Che watte space under the 

 benchei, aandtlien utilfxingthe "sraste 

 materi^=al of expended must\room 

 beds in gr^owisg flowers. Now u the 

 time torn .akeyour beds. Lambert's 

 Pare Culture MIJgHl=<O0H 8]>>%.WN, the best 

 Mushroom Spawn in the Ktnarliet, it sold by all leadiAe 

 seedtmen. A fresh sampMe brick, enougii for a small 

 trial bed, tonther with laife illustrated book on 

 "Mushroom Culture," wmll be maileci postpaid upon 

 receiptof 40c in postage s ~tanipi, Address AmerlGan 

 Spawn Company, St.. Panl, minn. 



Mention The Berl en vben you write. 



lettuce Plants 



Grand Raplda, Bo flton Majrlsat and BIk 

 Beaton, 26c per lOO; $L .00 ner lOOO. 



TOMATO S!.i--;r •"•' '°•"^• 



R.VIIICENT,Jr.&StllS unite Varsh.lld. 



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Skinner's Irrigation. 



For gt^enhouses, gardens andla'wnB. 

 Latest improved ga» oline pumping onl- 

 fits at low price. B^timates lumiahed 

 on request. Addres^tf, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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Grand ICaplds 

 Lettuce Plants 



tl.OO por toco. 1^.00 par XO.OOO. 



B. E. WXI9SWORTH 



BOX tt4 DAKVIULI, IIX. 



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Wholesale cm Fiover Prices. 



Ullwaokee.Dec. 24. 

 Per doB. 



... 98.00to$10.00 



4.O0to 6.00 



.... 2.O0to 8.00 



Per lOO 



Brid« and Bridetmaid 6.O0 to 16.00 



Qolden Gate, Ohateni;.,. 



Beauty, Long.... 

 " Medlnm. 

 " Short.... 



RiehmoDd 



Perle — 



CamatloDB ^ 



Valley 



Vloleta « 



ABparagoB Plumotat, 8tri3i«i 



Spr aji 



SprenKerl. '~ 



Smilax __ 



Adlantom _ 



Lillea Dttdc3a.,l200 



Pointettiai .... per doz,, 12 . O0-I6.00 



Paper Whites 



Trtunpet Major _ 



**UllimH •••••■••••••••••<••• •••■•(«a 



Stevia 



MarrueriteB — 



S.OOto 16.00 

 5.O0to 16.00 

 6.O0to 16.00 



e.ooto 8.00 

 s.oo 



2.00 

 50.00 



8.00 



8.00 

 20.00 



1.00 



4. CO to 

 1.60 to 



S.oo 



6.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



.75 



Kaiserin 



Bride and Bridesmaid - 



CamationB _ 



Adiantum Cnneatum 



AaparaKua Plomosus, StrlA 

 Sprar 

 Sprengeri, 



Smilax _ 



Paper Whitei . 



Romans - 



VIoletB - 



Oleveland. Dec. 24. 

 PerlOO 



I 4.00to$8.00 



S.OOto 15.00 



6.00to 8.00 



1.00 

 60.00 

 8.00 

 4.O0 

 20.00 

 4.00 

 4. CO 

 2.60 



Bt 26.OOt0 



ys l.OOto 



2.00to 



le.OOto 



S.OOto 



.-. S.OOto 



i.eoto 



The Review will s^nd Herrington'e 

 Chrysanthemum Book^ with complete 

 cultural details, on rec eipt of 50 cents. 



