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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Mabch 5, 1908. 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



% oz. Oi. 

 ▼•rbeaa HanMoth, in colon or mixed, 10.80 $1 00 



■aItU 8tl«Bd«M .85 1.26 



■•iTUBoBttre. 76 2.60 



Zlly V»ll«7, Barly rorelng, to close out, 



per 1000, 911.00. 

 Vrcsh Tobaoco ■terns, bale of 800 Iba., $1.60. 



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•weather getting brighter all the time. 

 The only time there would be danger 

 from using this is during the dull, short 

 days, when growth is naturally soft. 

 Both the fertilizers given above are sol- 

 uble in water and should be used at the 

 rate of one ounce to one gallon of water, 

 making the application about twice 

 weekly. Wm. Scott. 



FAILURE WITH MUSHROOMS. 



Please advise me how to grow mush- 

 rooms from spawn. Two months ago I 

 placed some spawn in a greenhouse, un- 

 der a bench, with the temperature from 

 60 to 70 degrees. No mushrooms have 

 yet appeared. What is the trouble and 

 what shall I do about it? G. W. C. 



Your question is very indefinite, as 

 you do not say how you made or pre- 

 pared your bed previous to putting in 

 the spawn, or whether you made any bed 

 at all. Hence it is impossible to tell 

 ■where your trouble is in this particular 

 case. 



To grow mushrooms satisfactorily it is 

 necessary first to procure good, fresh 

 horse manure, as free from straw as pos- 

 sible. Mix with this about one-third of 

 fresh loam and make a bed ten to twelve 

 inches deep, packing the material as firm- 

 ly as possible. The material, after the 

 bed is made, will generate a heat of 

 probably 100 degrees or over, but it 

 should be allowed to recede to 85 degrees 

 before putting in the spawn. Make holes 

 in the bed about three inches deep and 

 four inches lipart, and insert a piece of 

 spawn about the size of a walnut in each 

 hole, covering over with the material. 

 When the temperature has gone down to 

 75 degrees, cover over with about two 

 inches of good, fresh loam, beating this 

 down smoothly with the back of a spade 

 or some such instrument. About a week 

 afterward give a covering of straw, to 

 prevent the bed from going down too 

 low; about three inches will be sufficient. 

 This covering Will have to be removed 

 when the mushrooms begin to make their 

 appearance, vrhich should be about six 

 weeks from the time of spawning. An 

 overhead temperature of from 60 to 70 

 degrees is far too high;, 50 to 55 degrees 

 is about right. 



It is important that the bed should be 

 made under a bench where there are no 

 heating pipes; otherwise the drying in- 

 fluence from these would cause serious 

 injury to the crop. It is also important 

 to hang a curtain around the bench, so 

 as to make the whole thing as dark as 

 possible. Be sure your spawn is fresh, 

 or failure is sure to result. 



Wm. Scott. 



BLACK ROT ON TOMATOES. 



"Will yon kindly answer the following 

 question regarding black rot on toma- 

 toesf I have a house 21x100 feet, heated 

 by s(BB». I keep the temperature at 60 

 degrees at night and about 70 degrees 

 during the day, with air on if possible. 

 The soil is about half manure, which was 

 about ten years old. The soil never had 



UR policy in holding Annual Contests of Aster Growers, 

 of encouraging the keeping of records and the writing of 

 descriptions of things of interest to them, should have all 

 the good effects for their benefit that an Aster Society would have 

 without taking them from their fields and business to attend meet- 

 ings at a time when their services are the most needed at home. 

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Choice Strains of 



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