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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AiPBiL 2, IdOS. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GEEENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, March 31. — Cucumbers, 50c 

 to $1.25 doz.; leaf lettuce, 20c to 22%c 

 case; watercress, 10c to 20c doz. ; rad- 

 ishes, 15c to 50c doz. bunches; mush- 

 rooms, 35e to 60c lb. 



Boston, March 30. — Cucumbers, $3 to 

 $7 box; tomatoes, 30c to 35c lb.; pars- 

 ley, $1 to $1.25 box; lettuce, 50c to 

 75c box; chicory, $1 doz.; romaine, $1 

 doz.; escarolle, 75c doz.; rhubarb, 7c 

 to 8c lb.; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; bunch 

 beets, $1.75 to $2 doz. bunches; beet 

 greens, 40c to 60c box; mushrooms, 40c 

 to 50c lb. 



New York, March 30.— Mushrooms 

 continue in light supply and very firm; 

 fancy large white would probably com- 

 mand more than quoted. Beet tops more 

 plenty and lower. Cucumbers steady. 

 Lettuce of irregular quality. Mint slight- 

 ly higher. Radishes lower. Rhubarb in 

 active demand and firm. Tomatoes in 

 light receipt. Beet tops, 25c bu. box; 

 No. 1 cucumbers, $1 to $1.25 doz.; No. 

 2 cucumbers, $3 to $4 box; lettuce, 25e 

 to 75c doz.; mushrooms, 25c to 55e lb.; 

 radishes, $2 to $2.75 per 100 bunches; 

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

 matoes, 15c to 25c lb.; mint, 25c to 

 40c doz. bunches. 



MODERN IRRIGATION. 



. The development and growth of a 

 plant is controlled largely by the liber- 

 ality with which water is furnished it, 

 and the method in which it is applied. 

 The question of irrigation in gardening, 

 both in the field and under glass, has 

 possibly been neglected until recent years, 

 largely because of the fact that its im- 

 portance was not fully realized and also 

 because the matter of nourishing the 

 soil has claimed the attention of a ma- 

 jority of growers. 



During the last few years the ir- 

 rigation of the west has shown to the 

 world the effect which a proper water 

 supply can produce upon the land which 

 formerly was considered as unproduc- 

 tive. In the more thickly settled parts 

 of the country, where land is still more 

 valuable and where each acre of the soil 

 must, in order to prove profitable, be 

 so cultivated as to yield maximum re- 

 sults, the question of irrigation has been 

 carried to a much higher development. 



Several elements enter into the consid- 

 eration of this question. The first, of 

 course, is the application of water at 

 such times and in such quantities as may 

 be most advantageous to the develop- 

 ment of the crop. The second essential 

 is the application of this water with 

 a minimum of labor and the smallest 

 permanent investment in equipment con- 

 sistent with the results to be secured. 



In addition to the above requirements, 

 there enter into the question several 

 problems, and although their failure of 

 solution may not absolutely condemn 

 a given system of watering, yet the 

 successful operation ailong these lines 

 adds great value to any system of ir- 

 rigation. 



Among these may be mentioned the 

 possibility of preventing the ravages of 

 insects and fungous growth, also the pro- 

 duction of an effect upon the plant and 

 in the soil which facilitates the operation 

 of natural laws rather than impedes 



A BED OF MUSHROOMS 



Baited from our Spawn, will b«ar lons«ir and 7l«ld better than from any other variety of 

 Spawn. Thla la prorea by facts. Full partloulam and Information how to succeed In muahrooB 

 ralalnr free. We warrant you If ualnc our method of rn>wlnc mushrooms that all will go well 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRUP, 'HiSSZ, 4273 Milwaukee Ave., GIllcagD 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS I 



TOMATO. Mayflower, Lorillard, Earl- 

 iana, Early June Pink and Early Jew- 

 el, 30c per 100, $2.00 per 1000. 



BEETS. Egyptian and Crosby's, 20c 

 per 100, $1.25 per 1000. 



CELERY. White Plume & Golden Self- 

 Blanching, 20c per 100, $1.25 per 1000. 



PARSLEY. Moss Curled, 30c per 100, 

 $2.00 per 1000. 



CAULIFLOWER. Early Snow Ball, 

 60c per 100. 



LETTUCE. Grand Rapids, $1.00 per 1000 



PfePPER & EGG PLANTS. Ready for trans- 

 planting, 40c per 100, $2.00 per 1000. 



R.VINCENT,Jr.&SONSCO.,WhiteMarsh,Mil. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



Asparagus Roots! 



We offer an extra select lot of two-year-old 

 AsparaiTus Roots in the following varieties: 



100 1000 



▲rsrenteull 90.75 $5.00 



Conovar's Ck>loa8al 



Dreer'e Kolipse 



Baxr's Manunotli 



Palmetto 



Special quotations on lots of 5,000 or more. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut Streat, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppor- 

 tunity of raising Maahrooma by 

 utilizing the waate apace under the 

 benches, and then utilizinK the waste 

 material of expended mashroom 

 beds in growingr flowers. L.ainbert'1 

 Pure Culture MUSHROOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enourli for 

 a trialDed, together with illustrated book on "Mush- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40o in postage stamps. Address Amertoan 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



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them. Any system of irrigation which 

 accomplishes this will be most beneficial 

 to a grower. 



In the study of irrigation several facts 

 have been learned which before were 

 not fully understood. For instance, it 

 has been learned that a steady, slow, 

 uniform distribution of finely diffused 

 particles of water which will moisten the 

 soil to any degree of dampness, without 

 making it muddy, -or, on the other hand, 

 wthout leaving dry places, will eliminate 

 the formation of a crust upon the sur- 

 face of the soil and will in this way 

 not interfere with the capillary action 

 of the earth. With some systems which 

 are now in use a whole season of water- 

 ing thoroughly will leave the soil as 

 loose as when first planted. This fact 

 alone will materially increase the de- 

 velopment of the plant, due to the com- 

 bined causes of a constant moisture sup- 

 plied from the deeper earth as the re- 

 sult of capillary attraction, and the more 

 liberal supply of oxygen to the roots 

 of the plant because of the looseness 

 of the soil. 



It has also been discovered that there 

 has been an erroneous idea as to the 

 application of water to the leaves of a 

 plant. The common belief that such an 

 application of water will injure the plant. 



iVE ACRES with the 

 Skinner Irrigation will 

 produce as much crops as 

 TEN ACRES without it. 



The Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY. O. 



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Rhubarb Crowns 



WANTED 



We want from 2000 to 5000 No. 1 

 crowns for forcing purposes. They must 

 be at least two years without pulling, 

 and in prime condition. Address No. 

 147, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



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either as the result of the rays of the 

 sun, or because of the greater tendency 

 to fungous growth, has been shown to 

 be in error. 



While the application of water in some 

 forms to the leaf of a plant would 

 produce these effects, yet water which is 

 applied to the plant in the form of 

 finely diffused particles, which practi- 

 cally resemble a mist, has shown itself 

 to produce the opposite effect. Instead 

 of increasing the fungous growth it di- 

 minishes it; and the action of the sun's 

 rays on the plants watered in this man- 

 ner has produced a luxuriant growth. 

 This explains the cause for the mag- 

 nificent vegetation in the hot, moisture- 

 laden atmosphere of the torrid zone. 



It is also possible, with a proper sys- 

 tem of irrigation, to distribute over the 

 plants fungicides and insecticides to pre- 

 vent ravages which must be combated 

 by artificial means. 



It is unwise for any grower to neglect 

 the development of his system of irriga- 

 tion. One acre of land properly irri- 

 gated will produce as much vegetation 

 as will two or three acres which are 

 watered in a makeshift, half-hearted 

 manner. Only by proper irrigation can 

 a uniformity of growth be secured. Not 

 only are these facts true, but a proper 

 system of irrigation furnishes an in- 

 surance against a failure of crop be- 

 cause of the gardener's inability to de- 

 pend on nature for his water supply. 



A complete system of irrigation can 

 be installed at a comparatively small 

 expense, and the labor saved thereby in 

 one year will pay for the system. The 

 more luxuriant growth and the perfect 

 development of the crop, accomplished 

 by a modern system of irrigation, will 

 of itself bring sufficient additional re- 

 turns to repay the investment almost 



