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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 9, 1008. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, April 7. — Cucumbers, 75c to 

 $1.35 doz. ; leaf lettuce, 20c case; mush- 

 rooms, 35c to 65c box; radishes, 15c 

 to 50c doz. bunches; watercress, 10c to 

 20c doz. 



Boston, April 6. — Eadishes, $1.50 to 

 $1.75 box; dandelions, $1 to $1.25 box; 

 cucumbers, $3 to $7 box; tomatoes, 30e 

 to 40c lb.; parsley, $1 to $1.25 box; es- 

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

 barb, 8c to 9c lb.; lettuce, 50c to 75c 

 box; romaine, $1 doz.; mushrooms, $2 

 4-lb. basket; mint, 75c to $1 doz. 



New York, April 6. — Mushrooms in 

 light supply and firm. Beet tops plenty 

 and low. Cucumbers in liberal supply 

 and selling slowly. Cauliflowers steady. 

 Lettuce largely of ordinary quality. Mint 

 steady. Badishes lower in sympathy with 

 the decline in outdoor stock. Rhubarb 

 in good demand for best grades. Toma- 

 toes in light receipt. Beet tops, 12c to 

 25e bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, 75c to $1 

 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $2 to $4 box; 

 cauliflowers, $5 to $6 bbl.; lettuce, 25c 

 to 75c doz.; mushrooms, 25c to 50c lb.; 

 radishes, $1.50 to $2.25 per 100 bunches; 

 rhubarb, 40c to 60c doz. bunches; toma- 

 toes, 15c to 25c lb.; mint, 25c to 40c doz. 

 bunches. 



WELL BALANCED FERTILIZERS. 



At this time of the year the garden- 

 ing fraternity have many inquiries from 

 planters in regard to the proper fertiliz- 

 ing of soils. There is no subject, ap- 

 parently, with which gardeners are less 

 acquainted. Well rotted manure has for 

 centuries been the best known addition, 

 and as in towns and some other places 

 there is constant need of artificial en- 

 richment in which the use of such a 

 commodity is out of the question, a few 

 remarks in a general way may be of 

 interest. 



In the use of fertilizers it might first 

 be stated, and it is important to remem- 

 ber, that the soil constituents most heav- 

 ily drawn upon by plant life are potash, 

 phosphoric acid and nitrogen. Of these 

 a majority of soils in our Pacific coast 

 towns contain the available forms in but 

 limited amounts, and by continuous 

 cropping, no ^adequate return being 

 made, they become largely exhausted 

 and the plants actually suffer from 

 hunger. 



Consequently the value of all fertiliz- 

 ers is based upon their content and the 

 availability of these three ingredients. 

 The other soil elements essential to plant 

 life, with sometimes the exception of 

 lime, are nearly always present in abun- 

 dant supply ; therefore it is seldom neces- 

 sary to give them any attention. Inci- 

 dentally they form a large proportion of 

 the chemical structure of fertilizers. It 

 is seldom, however, that any valuation 

 is set upon them. 



Lime is often used, not so much as a 

 direct food, but to correct acidity of 

 soils and improve their physical and 

 mechanical condition. Lime enters 

 largely into the formation of bones and 

 other phosphate fertilizers. 



Ordinary stable manure contains 

 about nine pounds of nitrogen, eight of 

 potash and six of phosphoric acid, per 

 ton. If it was only for the fertilizing 

 effect, and not for the mulching as well, 



500,000 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



2, 3 and 4 Years Old 

 Well Developed Grown on Bloonudale 



Trade Price* $3.50 Per Thousand 



No order will be taken under One Thousand • 



D. Landreth Seed Compafly, Bristol, Pa. 



BLOOMSDXLE SEED FARMS 



Mention The Review when 70U write. 



A BED or MUSHROOMS 



Bailed from our Spawn, will b«ar loncer and yield better than from any other rarlety of 

 Spawn. Thla la proTen bj facts. Full partioulara and information how to sucoeed in maatarooia 

 raiainr free. We warrant you if uainr our method of (rowing mushrooms that all will ro well. 



KIRKEBY & 6UNDESTRIIP, 'iS^^, 4273 Milwaukee Are., Ghlcaga 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



Asparagus Roots! 



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

 Asparagus Roots In the following varieties: 



100 1000 



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. 



PEPPER & EGG PLANTS. Ready for trans- 

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



R.YiNCENTJr.&SONSCO.,WhiteMarsli,Md. 



Mention The BcTiew when yon write. 



it is easy to see that a tremendous 

 amount would have to be used before any 

 great benefit would be imparted to the 

 soil. 



The most important element to be con- 

 sidered is nitrogen. This promotes a 

 growth of leaf and stalk. A deficiency 

 is indicated by poor growth and foliage 

 of a pale green color. A rank growth, 

 on the other hand, with imperfect blos- 

 soms, indicates an excess of nitrogen. 

 Flowers produced under these conditions 

 often prove sterile and will not produce 

 seed nor fruit. In many instances indi- 

 cations of excessive nitrogen simply 

 mean that potash and phosphoric acid 

 are not in sufficient supply. Raw bone 

 meal, although slow to act, is very last- 

 ing and contains no potash, which should 

 therefore be used in connection with it. 

 Pure dissolved bone meal acts more 

 quickly than the raw bone, but should 

 be used also in combination with potash. 

 It contains practically the same percent- 

 age of nitrogen, but usually not over 

 twelve per cent of phosphoric acid. 



The various brands of ammoniated, 

 dissolved bone meal, or super-phosphates, 



There are no Dry Spols 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. =^=^=^=^^= 



The Skinner Irrigation Co. 



TROY, O. 



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FLORISTS have a splendid oppar- 

 tunity of raisins: Mnahroomi by 

 utilizing: the iraate tptkC» under the 

 benches, and then utilizing: the waata 

 material of ezi>endea mushroom 

 beds in rrowing: flowers. Lambert '■ 

 Pore Culture MUSHKOOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enouch for 

 a triaTbed, tocether with illustrated book on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postinid upon receipt 

 of 40c in postage stamps. Address AmerloaD 

 Spawn Company, St. Paul, Minn. 



Mention The ReTJew when yoo write. 



2,000,000 TOMATO PLANTS 



■I' 



Dwarf Stone, New Stone. Livingston's Beauty, 

 $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 10,000. 



....GERANIUMS.... 



Rlcard, Nutt, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per 100; 

 $12.50 per 1000. German Ivy, 3-io., $3.00perl00. 



B. E. WAD8W0RTH, Box 224, Danville, III. 



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put more nitrogenous matter in the soil 

 when deficiency of this is indicated, but 

 the percentage, usually about three and 

 one-fourth, m^kes its use dangerous if 

 handled carelessly. 



Nitrate of soda, or Chili saltpeter, 

 contains fifteen per cent of nitrogen. 

 This, being in the form of nitrate, is 

 immediately available to plant life, and 

 its judicious use gives the gardener a 

 control over his stock that no other form 

 of nitrogen can equal. For general use 

 it is not advisable to recommend it to 

 those not versed in handling it. 



Potash is the second ingredient to con- 

 sider. It is necessary for the perfect 

 development of flowers and fruits, and 

 when it is lacking an abundant and lux- 

 uriant crop cannot be had. It produces 



