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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FSBBDABY 13, 1908. 



protection provided. Possibly the whole- 

 sale plant association may decide, after 

 May 1, to make its headquarters at this 

 locality, with a view to a larger center 

 than the present headquarters on West 

 Twenty-seventh street this fall. 



John Young, the popular secretary of 

 the New York Florists' Club, had the 

 misfortune to break his left arm Feb- 

 ruary 9, the result of a fall on the icy 

 pavement. Fortunately his writing arm 

 is uninjured and a few weeks will end 

 his inconveniences. 



James McManus finds the shipping de- 

 mand for orchids fully up to the sea- 

 son's expectations, though values are far 

 below normal and the supply indicates an 

 extensive addition to the orchid growers 

 of this vicinity. Fortunately the orchids' 

 popularity is no longer confined to the 

 largest cities and no swell wedding in a 

 country village around here is complete 

 without them. 



A good many of the fraternity, espe- 

 cially in the wholesale section, are ill 

 with grippe or severe colds and a vote 

 on New York as a winter resort now 

 would be lost by a large majority. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



The Dole Floral Co., Beatrice, Neb., 

 devotes one house to lettuce and finds it 

 a profitable side line. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Feb. 11.— Cucumbers, 60c to 

 80c doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to llVjC case; 

 mushrooms, 40c to 60c lb.; radishes, 10c 

 to 35c doz. bunches. 



New York, Feb. 10.— Beet tops, 75c 

 to $1 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.50 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2.50 to 

 $4 box; lettuce, 25c to $1 doz.; mush- 

 rooms, 40c to 50c lb. ; radishes, $2 to $3 

 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, 40c to 75c 

 doz. bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb.; 

 mint, 50c to 65c doz. bunches. 



Boston, Feb. 10.— The cold weather 

 has materially shortened supplies and 

 prices show a hardening tendency. The 

 severe cold restricts business. Radishes, 

 $1.50 to $1.75 box; dandelions (hot- 

 house), $1.25 to $1.50 box; beet greens, 

 75c to $1 box; cucumbers, $1.50 to $14 

 bu. box; tomatoes, 25c to 35c lb.; mush- 

 rooms, $2 4-lb. basket; lettuce, 20c to 

 50c box of 10 doz.; romaine, $1 doz.; 

 escarolle, 75c doz. ; chicory, $1 doz. ; rhu- 

 barb, 8c to 10c lb.; mint, 40c to 50c doz. 



MERGER AT GRAND RAPIDS. 



F. M. Strong, E. E. Taylor, Frank 

 Cook and S. J. Perry have consolidated 

 their greenhouse interests under a cor- 

 porate title of the Grand Rapids Green- 

 house Co. Individually they control quite 

 an expanse of greenhouses south of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., in which they have 

 been large producers of lettuce and other 

 vegetables. The merger is for the pur- 

 pose of reducing the cost and that the 

 industry may be carried on to better 

 advantage, especially as to the handling 

 of the output. It is intended the work 

 shall be carried on upon a more extensive 

 scale and the program calls for addi- 

 tional greenhouses. To provide for these 

 $165,000 of preferred stock bearing eight 

 per cent cumulative dividends is being 

 marketed. 



Seeds for the Market Gardener 



ii oar specialty. Qualltr our flrat conslderatloD. We bave a very larre and complete 

 ■took of all kinds of seeds and everything in the line of fruit trees, berry bushes, etc. 

 Our new KM-page catalogue contains true descriptions and no overdrawn illustra- 

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

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



GERMAN NURSERIES & SEED HOUSE, -nW.""' BEATRICE, NEB. 



Mentloa The ReTlew when yon write. 



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 

 raising free. We warrant you If using our method of growing mushrooms that all will go well. 



KIRKEBY & GUNDESTRUP, 'i:iSSS., 4273 Miiwaukes A«B.,Cbicaso 



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SEASONABLE SEEDS 



LivlRgston's True Blue Strains. 



.M-lb., 86c.; lb., 11.26 



I.ettaoe-6rand Rapids... 

 Caoiimb«r*8eleot White 



Spine M-lb.,20c.; lb., 



Cnoamber-DavlaPerfeot..)4-lb., 60c.; lb., 

 Gaoaniber«Ba'WBoii'a Hot 



Hoase Forcing M-lb., 11.60; lb., 



Caiillflower«l.lTlnKSton'a 



Oreenhonse Koroer M-oz., 76c.; oz., 



Radish* KirebaU M-lb., 20c. ; lb., 



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



Radl«h>Kosy Uem M-lb., 20c. ; lb., 



Toinato-L,'sStone.oz.,26c.; M-lb., T6c.; lb., 

 Tomato-L's Ulobe,oz.,40c; M-lb.,tl.40: lb., 

 Tomato-Li's Beauty .oz., 26c; M-lb., 60c; lb., 



2.00 

 6.00 



2.60 



.60 



.60 



.60 



2.60 



6.00 



1.76 



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



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., ^Sl Coluinbus, 0. 



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LETTUCE PLANTS 



Grand Rapids and Simpson. $1.00 per 1000; 

 S9.00 per 10.000. 

 Unrooted Carnation Cuttlngrs, Pink Law- 

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

 tS.OO per 1000. 

 Gcranlnma, 2^in.Rlcard and Nutt, 12.50 per 100 



B. E. WADSWORTH 



BOX S34 DAHVILLK. ELL. 



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FORCINB RHUBARB m ASPARA6US 



Now is the proper time to set these roots 



Extra nice rhubarb clumps, $3.00 and S6.00 per 

 100. Will give excellent results. Enormous 

 Asparasus roots, nine years old, only $5.00 per 

 100. Especial for forcing. 



WARREN SHINN,j!»r!er^Woodstown, N. J. 



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A WASH FOR GRAPE VINES. 



Please let me know what the best wash 

 is for grape vines. I want something 

 in liquid form, which I can wash over 

 the whole vine without injuring the buds. 

 Please write a little about grape forcing. 



J. R. D. 



Numerous washes are employed for 

 this purpose, with more or less success, 

 but it is hard to find a wash that will 

 thoroughly clean your vines with one 

 application, especially if they are in- 

 fested with mealy bug, which is the most 

 common and most persistent pest to 

 which they are subject. The old English 

 preparation, Gishart's Compound, is 

 often employed with good results where 

 the insects are not very numerous. Di- 

 rections for use are given on the pack- 

 age. 



Where the vines are badly infested, 

 however, something stronger is neces- 

 sary to insure any degree of success in 

 eradicating the pest. The most effec- 

 tive preparation that we have tried for 

 badly infested vines is made by taking 



RIfi 4 TOMATO 



THE EARUEST TOMATO KNOWN 



Vines similar to the Dwarf Champion, standing 

 well up from the ground; fruit purplish pink in 

 color; will bear shipping equally as well as the 

 Stone. Was a great favorite with the truckers 

 in this section last season. Pkt., 10c: ^ oz., 20c: 

 oz., 35c; I4 lb., $1.00. 



A full line of Market Growers' Seed Specialties. 



PLANTERS' SEED CO. 



SPRINGFIELD, MO. 



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With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 

 of FORTY MEN wa- 

 tering with a hose* 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raUmg; Mnahrooma by 

 utUixing the iraete epace under the 

 benches, and then utilizing: the waste 

 material of expendea mushroom 

 beds in Krowing flowers. Iiambert'a 

 Pure Culture MVSHROOM 

 SPAWN, the best Spawn in the market, is sold by all 

 leadins seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enourn for 

 a trial bed, together with illustrated book on " Mush- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid npor receipt 

 of 40o in postage stamps. Address American 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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Lettuce Plants 



Ghrand R«plds, Boston Market and Blc 

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



TOMATO JSS^i^-' "•* '"'*^- 

 R.VINCENT,Jr.&SONSGO.,WhiteMarsh,Md. 



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one pail, ordinary size, of fresh lime, 

 slaking it with water and, after it has 

 cooled somewhat, adding two pounds of 

 sulphur and one-half pound of nux vom- 

 ica. The whole is thoroughly mixed and 

 sufficient water added to make about two 

 pailfuls of the mixture, of the consist- 

 ency of paint, so that it can be readily 

 applied with a paint brush. The addi- 



