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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Jamuabt 23, 1908. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Jan. 21. — Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80c doz. ; leaf lettuce, 15c to IT^^c case; 

 mushrooms, 20c lb.; radishes, 10c to 35c 

 doz. bunches. 



Boston, Jan. 20. — Tomatoes, 15c to 

 25e lb.; cauliflower, $3 doz.; lettuce, 40c 

 to 60c box; escaroUe, 40c doz.; romaine, 

 75c doz.; mushrooms, 50c to 60c lb.; 

 cucumbers, $1.50 to $8 box; parsley, 

 $1.25 to $1.50 box. 



New York, Jan. 20. — Beet tops, 75c 

 to 90c bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, 75c to 

 $1 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2 to $3.50 

 box; lettuce, 25c to 40c doz.; mush- 

 rooms, 30c to 40c lb.; mint, 50c to 75e 

 lb.; radishes, $2 to $3 per 100 bunches; 

 rhubarb, 40c to 50c doz. bunches; toma- 

 toes, 10c to 20c lb. 



WORMS IN LETTUCE SOIL. 



I have a small lettuce house, 16x80, 

 and use raised benches. I have used the 

 same soil for five years and it is very 

 rich. Now I find the soil full of small 

 worms that look like angleworms. I am 

 not aware that they do much damage, 

 but the top of the soil looks as if ants 

 had worked it up, though I know it is 

 the work of the worms. Do they do any 

 harm, and what is a good remedy? 



A. V. 



I would advise you to change the soil 

 as soon as possible, if you can get at 

 some fresh, clean, new soil. Clean out 

 the benches thoroughly, washing them 

 with the hose and a scrub brush, and 

 give them a good coat of whitewash. 

 The job will not occupy more than a 

 day or two and will make considerable 

 difference in the crops. The soil might 

 be sterilized, so as to kill all the worms, 

 etc., or you might clean them out by 

 giving the soil a heavy dusting of lime, 

 but it would be far better to remove the 

 soil entirely, as it has been inside too 

 long, even if kept rich by heavy manur- 

 ing. The worms will not injure the 

 plants directly, but make the soil soggy 

 and sour, so that it is difficult to get 

 a good crop. The frost, wind and weath- 

 er outside keep the soil in better shape 

 than any treatment we can give it in- 

 side. H. G. 



MECHANICAL WATERING. 



W. B. Davis & Co., at Aurora, HI., 

 who are well known for the success they 

 have made in the growing of vegetables 

 under glass, have just completed a range 

 of seven new houses, each 28x150, for 

 lettuce and cucumbers. While the new 

 range is modern in every particular, 

 probably the innovation which will strike 

 the grower most forcefully is that there 

 is not a single water tap in the entire 

 range. After having used the Wittbold 

 system of mechanical watering for two 

 years or more, Davis & Co. are so well 

 pleased with it that they rely entirely 

 upon it to supply moisture to the plants 

 in the new range. 



MILWAUKEE. 



H. W. Koerner, the well-known dahlia 

 and gladiolus specialist, is putting up 

 a warehouse for the storing of dahlias 

 that is to be something out of the usual 

 in its construction. The cellar, 18x100 



Seeds for the Market Gardener 



1b cor specialty. Quality our first conBideration. We have a very large aod complete 

 stock of all kinds of seeds and everytblng in the line of fruit trees, berry bushes, etc. 

 Our new 104-paKe catalogue contalDS true descriptions and no overdrawn illustra- 

 tions. Our prices are rigbt, quality considered. Market Gardeners are requested to 

 write for our M. Q. Wholesale Catalogue, sent free on request. 



GERMAN NURSERIES & SEED HOUSE, 



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BEATRICE, NEB. 



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A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



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

 Spawn. This is proven by facts. Full particulars and information how to succeed in mushroom 

 ralBlnc free. We warrant you If usinr our method of rrowlnar mushrooms that all will go well. 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



Livingston's True Blue Strains. 



Lettaoe-Orand Rapids M-lb., 86c.; lb., 11.26 



Cnoamber-8t)lect White 



Spine X-lb.,«lc.i lb. 



Cnoomber'DavU Perfeot- -M-Ib., 60c.; lb. 

 Caonmbes-Bawaon'a Hot 



House Forolnor M-lb., 11.60; lb. 



Canllflower^LlTinarston'a 



Oreenboase Forcer )4-oz., 76c.; oz. 



Badlsb- rlrebaU M-lb.,20c.; lb. 



Kadlsb-Im. Scarlet Globe. M-lb., 20c.; lb. 



Radlsb-Kosy Uem M-lb., 20c. ; lb. 



Tomato-L.'BStone.oz.,26c.; )i-lb., 76c.; lb. 

 Tomato- L.'s Globe. oz., 40c; )<-lb.,ll.40; lb. 

 Tomato>li'B Beauty .oz., 26c; M-lb., 60c; lb. 



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



LIVINGSTON SEEO CO., % Columbus, 0. 



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LETTUCE PLANTS 



Orand Rapids and Simpson. $1.00 per 1000; 

 $9.00 oer 10 000. 

 Unrooted Carnation Cutttngrs, Pink Law- 

 son. Wolcutt, Queen, EuchantreBS, $1.00 per 100; 

 $8.00 per 1000. 

 Geraniums, 2>^-in.Ricard and Nutt, $2.50 per 100 



B. E. WADSWOR1H 



BOX 234 DAHVIIXB. IIX. 



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feet, will be used as a boiler-room and 

 for the storing of dahlias, and as a 

 foundation for a one-story building to 

 be used for packing and potting, with 

 a cool room for cut flowers. This pack- 

 ing shed is to be entirely of concrete 

 construction. The walls, floors, roof, 

 stairs, potting tables, bins, benches, and 

 a water tank of a capacity of 200 bar- 

 rels, with the foundation, are all to 

 be of concrete, with the exception of the- 

 doors, windows and rafters. Mr. Koern- 

 er has not decided as to the size of the 

 greenhouse, but has purchased the nec- 

 essary glass for the season 's building. • 

 Herman Schwebke and Emil Welke pro- 

 pose to use about sixty and 100 boxes 

 of glass, respectively, for additional 

 greenhouse buildings, and likewise the 

 C. C. PoUworth Co. and Holton & Hunk- 

 el Co. have purchased several carloads of 

 glass for the same purpose now under 

 consideration. J. E. P. 



MUNCIE, IND. 



Business has been unusually dull the 

 last two weeks, on account of the street 

 car strike, but martial law has been 

 raised and we look for trade to become 

 normal again soon. 



The first Holland bulb men made their 

 appearance this week. 



Longfellow & Williams are shipping 

 their carnations to the Cincinnati market. 



Simon Humfeld, of the Muncie Floral 

 Co., has been laid up with the grippe 

 the last two weeks. 



Norwood Games, son of the late Jesse 



FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising Mnsbrooma by 

 utilizlngr tlie waste space under the 

 benches, and then utilizing: the waste 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in grro wing flowers. Now is the 

 time to make your beds. Ijambert's 

 Pure Culture MUSHKUOBl SFAWN, 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 lante illustrated book on 

 "Mushroom Culture," will' tie mailed postpaid upon 

 receiptof 40c in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spairn Company, St. Fanl, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Chvnd Raplda, Beaton Market and Blc 

 Boston, 26c per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



TOMATO JSU'r'.JJ" "' ''"™^- 



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Skiofler's Irrigation. 



For greenhousee, gardens and lawns. 

 Latest improved gasoline pumping out- 

 fits at low price. Estimates lumiBhed 

 on request. Address, 



C. W. SKINNER, Troy, O. 



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$3,000 1^ 



ACRE IN 

 ATOES 



Outdoor culture, with my Concrete or Ce- 

 ment Plant Protector, patent pending. Set 

 plants six weeks earlier and get hothouse prices. 

 Will sell town rights and furnish mold. Send 2c 

 stamp for circular. J.H. HAL£¥,Munith,Mich. 

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COMET TOM/ITO SEED 



Grown from true stock. Excellent for forcing. 

 60c and $1.00 per pkt. H. M. SANDEBSON. 

 lit LINCOLN ST.. WALTHABS. MASS. 



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Carnes, will continue the business. The 

 funeral of J. Carnes took place January 

 2. Quite a number of the trade sent 

 floral offerings. 



Claud Clark, grower for Mrs. Miller, 

 had an unusually fine lot of Lorraines 

 and cyclamens for the holiday trade. 

 He is also very successful with Eex 

 begonias, which are sold at wholesale. 



8. H. 



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