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APRIL 16, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



27 



Vegetable Forcing. 



It is important that vegetable plants, 

 such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower and 

 celery, have roots in good numbers when 

 the time comes for transferring them to 

 the open ground, and it is questionable 

 if plants capable of being lifted with 

 good balls of soil filled with roots are 

 not preferable to larger plants deficient 

 in root formation. 



John J. Davis, assistant to the state 

 entomologist of Illinois, will devote sev- 

 eral months to an investigation of the 

 insects infesting the market gardans in 

 the Chicago district, both the pests under 

 glass and those which cause trouble in 

 the field. He will be pleased to hear 

 from any grower who has troubles of 

 this class. Address the State Entomolo- 

 gist at Urbana, 111., who will promptly 

 forward to Mr. Davis. 



RED SPIDER ON LETTUCE. 



I enclose samples of bugs that are eat- 

 ing the lettuce in my greenhouse. To- 

 bacco smoke does not affect them and I 

 do not know what to do. Will you kindly 

 let me know what to do for them, as the 

 case is urgent? Will you also give me 

 the formula for making hydrocyanic acid 

 gas? H.L. 



The insects enclosed in the box on the 

 lettuce leaf were red spider. Fumigating 

 does not affect them. Syringing the 

 plants hard from underneath the foliage 

 with water will check them, and even rid 

 the house of them more quickly than any 

 other way. They are easily kept down 

 by use of the hose. 



The complete formula and directions 

 for the use of hydrocyanic acid gas were 

 published in the Review last October, in 

 an article begun in the. issue of October 

 24, page 48, and continued in the issue 

 of October 31. H. G. 



STERILIZING LETTUCE SOIL. 



E. A. Dunbar, of Ashtabula, O., gives 

 the following account of his method of 

 sterilizing soil for lettuce: 



"The word 'sterilize' with us stands 

 for steam cooking. After several years 

 of experiments we have adopted the fol- 

 lowing plan: We use a 150 horse- power 

 boiler at sixty to seventy pounds' pres- 

 sure and carry the steam in a 2-inch pipe 

 to the ground to be sterilized. Our beds 

 are 13^x140. One-fourth of a bed, or 

 7x70 feet, is cooked at one 'set' for 

 forty-five minuter. Across one end of 

 this space is placed a 2-inch header, 

 from which lead out six l%rinch pipes, 

 seventy feet long and about one foot 

 apart. Each pipe is connected to the 

 lieader by means of a Kewanee union. 

 These pipes have i/4-inch holes drilled 

 one foot apart, their entire length, and 

 the end of each pipe is bushed and 

 <;losed with a i/4-inch globe valve. 



"Now, to begin operations, throw off 

 the surface dirt and place the header 

 properly; then dig a trench along the 

 l^ide of the bed from the end of the 

 'leader, deep enough so that when one 

 ■f the pipes is placed therein and con- 

 nected to the header and the dirt put 

 ''ack, it will be three or four inches 

 'inder the surface; place the other five 

 I'ipes in a similar manner, being sure 

 hat the %-inch holes all point (Jbiifn. 

 ^"ow cover with heavy sheeting or light 



500,000 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



2, 3 and 4 Years Old 

 Well Developed Grown on Bloomsdale 



Trade Price, $3.50 Per Thousand 



No order will be taken under One Thousand 



D. Landreth Seed Compaoj, Bristol, Pa. 



BLOOMSDXLE SEED EARNS 



Mention The Bevlew 



VEGETABLE PLANTS I 



TOBIATO. Mayflower, Lorillard, Earl- 

 iana, Early June Pink and Early Jew- 

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



BEETS. Egyptian and Croeby'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 trana- 

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



R.VINCENT,Jr.&SONSCO.,WhiteMarsli,Mi. 



Mention The BctIcw when yog write. 



duck, to keep in any escaping steam. Put 

 two lines with a valve in each; connect 

 one line with the header by a few feet 

 of steam hose. By having two sets of 

 headers and pipes, while this space is 

 being iooked, four men can place and 

 connect up the pipe in another space, so 

 that the steam is shifted from one space 

 to another with no lost time. The 

 amount of space to be sterilized at one 

 time will depend on the size of boiler. 

 The above treatment, thoroughly applied, 

 will rid the ground of all disease germs 

 and weed seeds, and apparently unlocks 

 plant food in the soil; which acts as a 

 great stimulant to the following crop." 



GRKENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, April 14. — Cucumbers, 50c to 

 $1.40 doz.; leaf lettuce, 30c to 35c case; 

 watercress, lOe to 20c doz. bunches; rad- 

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

 rooms, 35c to 60c lb. 



Boston, April 13. — Bunch beets, $1 to 

 $1.50 doz. bunches; radishes, $1.50 to 

 $1.75 box; dandelions, $1 box; cucum- 

 bers, $3 to $6.50 box; parsley, $1.50 to 

 $1.75 box; beet greens, 40c to 65c box; 

 tomatoes, 30c to 40c lb.; rhubarb, 7c to 

 8c lb.; mint, 75c to $1 doz.; lettuce, 50c 

 to 75c box; romaine, $1 doz.; escaroUe, 

 75e doz. ; chicory, $1 doz. ; mushrooms, 

 40c to 60c lb.; cauliflower, $2.50 to $3 

 doz. 



New York, April 13. — Beet tops in 

 light receipt. Cucumbers plentiful and 

 weak. Lettuce steady. Mushrooms in 

 light supply and firm. Radishes weaker. 

 Rhubarb steady. Beet tops, 50c to 75c 

 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, 50c to 75c 

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

 lettuce, 25c to $1 doz.; mushrooms, 25c 

 to 65e lb.; radishes, $1.25 to $2 per 100 

 bunches; rhubarb, 40c to 60c doz. 

 bunches; tomatoes, 15e to 25c lb.; mint, 

 40c to 50c doz. bunches. 



Sandusky, O. — The city council has 

 passed an ordinance appropriating $10,- 

 000 for the erection of a conservatory, 

 to take the place of the present green- 

 house, which is declared to be so decayed 

 as to be unfit for further use. 



wben you write. 



K'"'«A . 



With the Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Irrigation ONE 

 MAN can do the work 

 of FORTY MEN wa- 

 tering with a hose. 



ihi Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



FI^OBISTS have a tplendid oi>pcr- 

 tunity of niiintr Maahroome by 

 utilixinc the waate space aoder the 

 bcBchea.and then utilUincthe waste 

 material of expendea miuhroom 

 beds in rrowioK flowen. I.amb«rt'e 

 Pare Culture MUSHROOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enouch for 

 a trialbed, torether with illustrated book on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40o in i>ostase stamps. Address AJuerloaD 

 Spawo Company, St. Fanl, Minn. 



Mention The Reriew when 70a write. 



2,000,000 TOMATO PLANTS 



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-in., $3.00perlOO. 



B. E. WADSWORTH, Box 22«, Danville, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PORTLAND, ME. 



Niles Nelson, of Portland, Me., had a 

 narrow escape when his boiler-house was 

 burned recently. Almost the entire stock 

 was spoiled and the houses were replant- 

 ed with Queen Alexandra, which will 

 be fine for Memorial day, and with antir- 

 rhinums, which sell all the time. 



J. W. Minnott, of Portland, has grand 

 roses in the new house, 33x150 feet, and 

 will add another house, 45x150 feet and 

 19 feet to the ridge, to be planted with 

 Killarney, which has not yet been grown 

 so far east. White Killarney will be 

 a grand acquisition, as Kaiserin is well 

 done here. 



L. C. Goddard, at Woodfords, Port- 

 land, has built a very convenient office, 

 with a regular cold storage plant in the 

 rear. This improvement was found nec- 

 essary in order to accommodate an in- 

 creasing business and to enable him to 

 carry bigger stocks. M. 



Cadillac, Mich. — A. W. Tweedie has 

 sold his greerihouse property to Mrs. D. 

 F. Diggins, who will use it to furnish 

 flowers for th<» *Iercy hospital. 



