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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Februauv 27, 1908. 



WIETOR BROS. 



51 Wabash 

 Avenue 



Chicago 



No Charlie for paekinc. 

 AMIRICAN BBAUTT— 



Extra long •terns 



36-iach ttenM 



Prices subject to chang^e without notice 



SO-inch stems . 

 24-inch stems . 

 20-inch stems . 

 18-inch stems . 

 15-inch stems . 

 12-inch stems. 

 8-inch stems . 



Bridest fancy 



♦♦ good 



Bridesmaids, fancy, 

 good . 



Per doz. 



$5.00 



4.00 



3.00 



2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



1.25 



1X0 



.75 



Per 100 



110.00 



$6.00 to 8.00 



10.00 



6.00 to 8.00 



Kate Moulton, fancy . 



good $ 6.00 to 



Richmond, fancy 8.00 to 



'* good 5.0o to 



Killamey, fancy 



** good 6.00 to 



Chatenay, fancv 10.00 to 



♦* good 6.00 to 



Uncle John, fancy 



♦* good 6.00 to 



Perle 6.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, fancy 



" good 



Per 100 



$10.00 



8.00 



10.00 

 6.00 



10.(0 

 800 



12.00 

 8.00 



10.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



111 other Btoek st lowest market rstei. The sboTO prieei are for select stock. Extra select or iaferior stock billed aceordlnglr. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



WE ARE SPECIALLY PREPARED 



TO TAKE CARE OF 

 YOUR ORDERS FOR 



CARNATIONS 



EXTRA FANCY and ORDINARY GRADES 



Let us have your order now. Daily shipments from 60 to 60 Growers keep us well supplied with ORCHIDS, GAR- 

 DENIAS, VIOLETS, VALLEY, ROSES and all seasonable flowers. Green Goods a plenty. Chicago market 

 quotations. 



E. Ee WINTERSON CO. 



45-47-49 Wabash Avenue 



CHICAGO 



Mflilliiii riu- K«'\ lyw when you wrile. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Feb. 25. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.13 doz.; head lettuce, 15c to 17V;.'C 

 ease; watercress, 15c doz.; nnishroonis, 

 40c to ()()c lb.; radishes, lOc to :i5c doz. 

 bun»'he8. 



New Vork. Feb, 24. — Beet tops, 75c 

 to $1 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, .$1.50 

 to $2 doz. ; No. 2 cucuiubers, $;{ to $5 

 box; lettuce, 15c to 75c doz.; mushrooms. 

 2.')c to 5()c lb.; radishes, $2 to $.3 per 

 loo l)unches; rhubarb, 30f to 50c doz. 

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

 50c to 7.5c doz. bunches. 



TiosTON, Feb. 24. — Radishes, $1 to 

 $1.25 box; rhubarb, 7c to 8c lb.; chicory, 

 $1 doz.; escarolle, 75c doz.; romaine. 

 $1 doz.; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; jtarsley, 

 $2.25 to $2.75 box ; tomatoes, 35c to 

 40c lb.; cucumbers, $1.50 to $13 box; 

 lettuce, 40c to 60c box; beet greens, 75c 

 to $1 box; dandelion greens, $1.25 to 

 $1..50 box; mushrooms, $2 to $2.25 4-lb. 

 box. 



FERTIUZERS FOR VEGETABLES. 



This is a problem which should be 

 carefully studied by all agriculturists 

 or horticulturists. A thorough under- 

 8tan<1ing of the use of fertilizers and 



manures for tiie different crops is of 

 the greatest value to the vegetable grow- 

 er, providing he applies his knowledge 

 to his crops with untiring determina- 

 tion to do everything possible for the 

 benefit of the plants. The grower must 

 bear in mind that with modern com- 

 petition he cannot afford to neglect the 

 slightest detail. A thorough understand- 

 ing of the subject will enable him to 

 buy and use the different forms of 

 manures an<l fertilizers to the best ad- 

 vantage. 



Mbnures from animals or commercial 

 fertilizers are all practically the same; 

 that is, merely so much refuse contain- 

 ing the three forms of necessary plant 

 food, nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and pot- 

 ash, but in different proi)ortions. Bear 

 in mind that these three ingredients are 

 what the i)lants extract from the soil. 

 We should not think of the manure as 

 so many loads or tons or so much mere 

 bulk, but think of the amount of nitro- 

 gen, phosphoric acid and ])otash which 

 the plants will get from the refuse, 

 whether it be animal manure or packing 

 bouse refuse. 



Different crops use the three above- 

 mentioned plant foods or chemicals in 

 greatly varied proportions. Every sea- 

 son a goo<lly quantity of the existing 

 foods in the soil is removed and sold in 

 the form of vegetables, flowers, etc. If 

 these were not removed from the soil, 

 but left to rot and be turned into the 

 soil again, the soil would remain equally 



fertile, but as we keep selling our prod- 

 ucts we nuist keep nuinuring. It is 

 true that the soil derives some fertilizer 

 from the air, but only a little, and to 

 be successful a grower must a<ld more 

 fertilizer each season, or for each crop 

 where the soil is not exchanged for 

 new soil each time. 



In commercial fertilizers one can often 

 buy just the desired article his soil and 

 crops need, if he knows their needs, but 

 in manure it is different. Although we 

 have tables of proportions of the foods 

 in the different kinds of animal manure, 

 we must make allowance for the con- 

 dition in which the manure hai>pens to 

 be when used, which is more frequently 

 weak or poor than otherwise. 



How often we are asked by the ama- 

 teur what kind of manure is best for 

 his lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes, etc.! 

 It is next to imj)ossible to answer such 

 questions intelligently, not knowing what 

 food happens to be in the soil. We 

 can only advise what would be best pro- 

 viding the soil were new and had not 

 been used long enough to be completely 

 worn out, or overloaded with one in- 

 gredient or another from constant 

 manuring with one kind of fertilizer. 

 Every grower should study with the de- 

 termination to get a thorough under- 

 standing of what his different crops need 

 and then be his own judge as to what 

 forms of fertilizer to use to get the food 

 in the most suitable proportions. 



Tables of manure values can be found 



