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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



E^BBVABT 6, 1908. 



FORMOSA 



LILIUM 



LONGIFLORUN 



Ends the growers' trouble. Absolutely free from disease. 



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ASPARAGUS SEED 



FLUMOSUS 



1000 at $3.50 per 1000 



5000 at 325 per 1000 



10000 at 3.00 per 1000 



Maryland Grown Valley 



PIPS $5.00 per 1000 



CLUMPS 6.00 per 100 



THE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



Franklin and St. Paul Sts. , Baltimore, Md. 

 Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



Vegetable Forciflg. 



A SUPPLY of garden herbs is an im- 

 portant addition to gardens in summer. 

 In many gardens there are herbs of all 

 kinds that are likely to be called for, and 

 there should be some grown in every gar- 

 den. Many useful herbs can be grown to 

 be fit for use from seed sown the same 

 season. 



FORC3NG CUCUMBERS. 



February is the month which most veg- 

 etable growers look to as the best month 

 to sow cucumber seed for the spring 

 crop. By the time the seed is up and 

 the little plants potted off, the weather 

 is much more suitable than when they 

 are planted earlier. The plants grown 

 from seed sown by the middle of this 

 month often come to beariiig almost as 

 soon as plants from seed sown a month 

 earlier, and are always stronger and 

 more likely to produce a good, healthy 

 and more lasting crop. 



There are many reasons for this. First 

 of all, there is the increased amount of 

 sunlight; that is, there are usually more 

 bright days. The sun is rapidly getting 

 higher and has much more strength, be- 

 sides rising earlier and setting later each 

 day, and sunlight, we all know, is what 

 the cucumber needs. A young cucumber 

 plant will grow more in one day in 

 March or April than in three days in 

 December or January at the same tem- 

 perature. And to be a healthy, profit- 

 able crop, cucumbers must make a rapid 

 growth, without being checked or stunt- 

 ed. A poor, unhealthy lot of plants 

 would far better be torn out and the 

 house replanted to young plants, even 

 when considerable time is lost, for a 

 house which makes a poor start cannot 

 be made to pay well. 



Cucumbers can be grown through the 

 entire winter, but it requires a most 

 thorough and careful grower, with the 

 best of greenhouses. They are also often 

 made to pay when planted as late as 

 April 1. Jhey come to bearing long be- 

 fore the outdoor-grown plants and- sell 

 for much better prices than the outdoor 

 product, even after the latter become 

 quite plentiful. 



One of the principal reasons for plant- 

 ing in February is that the last crop of 

 lettuce is not marketed until about 

 March 1, and as soon as the "beds can 



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Send for our wholesale list of seeds 

 for Florists and Market Gardeners, 

 ready in a few days. 



GLADIOLUS PRIMULINUS 

 $8.00 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



PRIMULINUS HYBRIDS 

 $S.OO per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



J. M. THORBURN A CO. 



83 Barclay Street, thronsb to 

 S8 Park Place, 

 NBW ¥ORK. 



EVERYTHING OF THE HIGHEST GRADE 



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ASPARAGUS 



PlumoBus NANUS 

 SEKD (Titus) 



Greenliouse Grown. Per 100. 50c; 

 per 1000, $!.■,<); per ."iOOO, $15.00. Ready Feb- 

 ruary l.") to JO. ORDER NOW- 

 FRESH FLORISTS' FERN SPORES 

 in BEST aorta 



Per trade pkt..'25c: 1-64 oz $1.00 



TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Single, in each color separate. Pure white, rose, 

 blush, yellow, scarlet, dark red, orange, 

 salmon. 40c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; $22.50 

 per 1000. 



Sinifle, all colors mixed, 35c per doz.: $2.25 per 

 100: $20.00 per 1000. 



Double TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 



Separate colors, white, scarlet, rose, yellow, 

 orange, per doz., G.'x'; per 100, $4..')0: per 

 1000. $42.00. 



All colors double mixed, per doz., 00c: per 100, 

 94.00: per lUOO. $38.00. 



GLOXINIAS 



In separate colors, white, blue, purple, red, 

 spotted, separate or mixed, per doz., 60c: 

 per 100. $3 50. 



Send for our Spring Catalogue Seeds, Bulbs, etc. 



H. H. BER6ER As CO., 

 70 Warren Street, •- -• NEW TORK. 



Mention The ReyJew when yon write. 



be manured and spaded up the young 

 cucumber plants are ready to bench. 



There are many diflFerent methods of 

 starting the young plants. Some plant 

 the seed in the pots, filled about two- 

 thirds full of soil, and when the plants 

 are well up they are thinned out to one 

 or two plants and the pots are filled with 

 soil. For this purpose 3-inch or 4-inch 

 pots are used, the size depending on 

 whether one or two plants are to be left 

 in the pot. Many growers plant the seed 

 in boxes and transplant the plants from 

 the seed boxes right into the green- 

 house beds, where they are to grow and 

 bear. 



I prefer to sow the seed in flats of 



RELIABLE SEEDS 



■Sow Nowi 



Tr. 6 Tr. 

 Pkt. Pkt. 



Affaratnm Blue Star 20c 11.26 



Beronla Gracilifl luminoia . . . 60c 2.50 



Baffonia Erfordla 60o 2.60 



Oentanxea OandldlsBima 26o 1.25 



XiObella, new Trailing Ham- 



burgls 80O 1.60 



Petnnia, Doable Giants, 



fringed, mixed ;....$1.00 6.00 



Vetnnla, Single Fringed 



Giants, mixed 76o 4.00 



Thloz Drumt, new Cicily, 



dwarf comp., mixed 25o 1.25 



Fhlox Drum., Dwarf Fireball, 

 Roseball, Snowball, each..26o 1.36 



Salvia Bonfire 26o 1.26 



Salvia Fireball 60o 3.60 



Salvia Zurich, true SOo 2.60 



Sweet Alyzanm Oarpet 



Queen, real dwarf, for pots .25o 1.26 

 Stooks, German Ten Weeks', 

 wall flower leaved, white, 

 pink, purple, lavender, blood 



red, each separate 60o 2.60 



Verbena, Mammoth auricula 

 flowered pink, purple, scar- 

 let, striped, white, each 260 1.25 



For larger qnantities ask 

 for my neir pxioe list. 



O. V. ZANGEN 



Seedsman, HobokeB« N. J. 



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A halftone from a wash-drawing, or from a 

 photograph retouched by us. makes the best il- 

 lustration any seedsmao can get. Brings oat 

 the detail, removes defects. 



. Now is the Time 



to order the cuts for your special spring lists. 

 Our artists are the best in the United States 

 on flower and vegetable drawing. We make 

 a specialty of Cuts For Seedsmen. All 

 processes. Quick work if necessary. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. 



CRESCENT ENGRAVING CO. 



841.849 CUrk St., CHICACK) 



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finely sifted soil, which should be light 

 and loose and not previously used in the 

 greenhouses. If the soil is too heavy, 

 a little sand will loosen it up consider- 

 ably, but it is best to have a pile pre- 

 viously prepared for this purpose. The 



