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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



June 11, 1908. 



in Massachusetts, will lecture on "Gypsy 

 Moth and Other Shade Tree Insects." 

 The lecture will be illustrated with stere- 

 opticon views. Specimens of the various 

 insect pests and recently introduced par- 

 asites will be shown. There will be nu- 

 merous exhibits and a record attendance 

 for a June meeting will be made. 



The annual peony and rose show of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will be held June 13 and 14 and the rose 

 and strawberry exhibition June 20 and 

 21. 



A. Leuthy & Co. have ha.d a tremen- 

 dous call for bedding plants this season 

 and never sold so many before Memorial 

 day as this year. They refused orders 

 for many thousands of geraniums on 

 that day. 



As usual, growers are having consider- 

 able trouble with cutworms on their car- 

 nations and other crops this season, some 

 reporting them more numerous than ever. 

 In addition to the gypsy and brown tail 

 moth pests, we are also suffering from 

 the attacks of cankerworms in unprece- 

 dented numbers, which are working much 

 destruction to trees and shrubs. 



William Sim is now marketing some of 

 his Comet tomatoes, which he will 

 shortly be able to pick by the ton daily. 



Farquhar & Co. have had the heaviest 

 call for bedding plants of any year 

 since they started in business. 



Welch Bros, are doing a good ship- 

 ping trade to seaside and mountain re- 

 sorts. They had a great business at 

 Memorial day. W. N. Craig. 



V^etaUe Forcing. 



No ONE appears to consider winter to- 

 matoes a profitable crop at obtainable 

 prices. Estimates of private growers 

 and experiment station reports agree that 

 a price of at least 35 cents the pound 

 should be obtained to allow a fair re- 

 turn for the labor and expense of pro- 

 duction. Wholesale prices range from 

 10 to 40 cents the pound, and seldom 

 average more than 25 cents for the sea- 

 son. Large quantities of greenhouse 

 tomatoes are grown in late fall and early 

 spring as succession or catch crops for 

 otherwise idle glass, and doubtless often 

 afford fair profit, as no considerable fuel 

 consumption can be charged against 

 them. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Boston, June 8. — Tomatoes, 12%c to 

 15c lb.; cucumbers, $2 to $4 box; mush- 

 rooms, $2.50 box. 



Chicago, June 9. — Cucumbers, 25c to 

 65c doz. ; leaf lettuce, 7%c to 10c case; 

 mushrooms, 35c to 65c lb. 



New York, June 8. — No. 1 cucumbers, 

 $2 to $3 box; No. 2 cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.50 box; mushrooms, 25c to $1 lb.; to- 

 matoes, 10c to 12c lb. 



POLLINATING TOMATOES. 



It is well understood among tomato 

 growers that, other conditions being 

 equal, a bloom with a long pistil, carry- 

 ing the stigma beyond the clasping an- 

 thers, is more likely to be fertilized in 

 the comparatively still air, of a green- 

 house than one with a short pistil. In 

 practice, greenhouse tomatoes are polli- 

 nated by sharply jarring the vine sup- 

 ports on sunny days when the air within 



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Vegetable Plants.... 



Cabbage-WaKefleld, Early Plat Dutch, Earlv 

 All Head, Early Drumhead and other early vari- 

 eties; Sure Head, Late Flat Dutch, Danish Round 

 and Ball Head and other late varieties, 20c per 

 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 



Tomato-Stone, Pavonte, Paragon, etc., at 20c 

 per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per lOJpOO. Dwarf 

 Stone and Champion, June Pink and Early Jewel, 

 40c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 



Celery-White Plume, Giant Pascal, Golden 

 Heart and other varieties at 20c per 100; $1.00 per 

 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 



Beets— Eclipse, Crosby's and Egyptian, 25c 

 per 100: $1.25 per 1000. Cash with order. 



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is comparatively dry, or even rapping, 

 with a light stick or long-handled brush, 

 the flower clusters themselves. This re- 

 leases the mature pollen contained in the 

 chinks *of the crowded anthers so that it 

 emerges in minute cloud-like puffs. If 

 the stigma is beyond the tip of the 

 anthers it is almost certain to be coated 

 with pollen, as it is usually in receptive 

 condition as soon as the pollen is ripe. 

 If too short the pollen shower passes be- 

 yond, so that the sensitive portion of the 

 stigma may be missed, or so imperfectly 

 fertilized that malformed fruits follow. 

 Many growers find it profitable in dull 

 midwinter weather to collect pollen in a 

 watch glass or other convenient recep- 

 tacle and apply it daily to such blooms 

 as may appear receptive. This work is 

 greatly facilitated when the styles are 

 of good length. The ideal greenhouse 

 tomato, according to Dr. Van Fleet, 

 should produce sufficient pollen during 

 the gloomiest and shortest of winter 

 days, and be so constructed that fertili- 

 zation should result from a comparatively 

 light jar. Mayflower, of all varieties, 

 has characteristically the most project- 

 ing stigmas, and has never been consid- 

 ered prolific in the field, but was long a 

 favorite inside for its reliability. 



PELARGONIUMS. 



During the last few weeks the ivy- 

 leaved pelargonium, Galilee, has been 

 one of the most prominent flowering 

 plants in the London market, says a 

 writer in the Horticultural Advertiser. 

 It is used extensively for window-boxes, 

 and when properly treated, it produces 

 a wealth of bloom. It has also become 

 a popular variety as a pot plant. 



Since reference has been made to the 

 value of careful selection for stock, I 

 find that growers keep their eyes open, 

 and my attention has been called to two 

 selected sports. One grower has a sport 

 with rather larger flowers, which are 

 also of a more pleasing shade of color. 

 There can be no doubt but that there is 

 a decided difference, for plants of the 

 ordinary sort growing with them proved 

 the distinction. Another grower brought 

 me blooms only, of a decided sport, the 

 color being of a pretty lavender mauve 

 shade, and I was assured that the plants 

 propagated since the sport was first se- 

 lected all kept true to color and had the 

 same free habit as the parent. I find 

 that another grower has a seedling va- 

 riety of a similar color, which he has 

 grown for several years, but he has 

 grown it exclusively for cut bloom, and 



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FLORISTS have a splendid o'pfn- 

 tunity of raising Moshroomi by 

 utilizing the waste q>ace under tu 

 benches, and then utilizing: the iraite 

 material of expended mushroom 

 beds in growing flowers. Liambert'l 

 Pore CtUtore MUSHROOM 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for 

 a triaTbed, together with illustrated book on "Mmsh* 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40c in postage stamps. Address Amerloan 

 Spawn Company, St. Panl, Minn. 



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2,000,000 TOMATO PLANTS 



Dwarf Stone, New Stone, Livingston's Beauty, 

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



....GERANIUMS.... 



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

 $12.60 per 1000. German Ivy, 3-in., $3.00 per 100. 



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



has not, as far as I am aware, offered 

 plants for sale. The habit of this va- 

 riety is, however, quite distinct from 

 Galilee. 



I may add that though Galilee is so 

 extensively grown, Mme. Crousae would, 

 probably, beat the record for quantities. 

 It is curious that this old variety should 

 have stood the test for go many years. 

 I think, if comparison could be made 

 that what most growers now have, 

 would be found to be an improvement 

 on the original. I find that from vari- 

 ous growers there is a slight difference, 

 some being of rather a better shade of 

 color. Culture makes some difference, 

 yet there is naturally a slight variation. 

 This is proved from the fact that one 

 grower secured a sport some years ago, 

 which had almost pure white flowers. 



We have had many other varieties on 

 the market at various times, but none 

 except those referred to above and Sou- 

 venir de Chas. Turner have yet been 

 found profitable to grow in large quan- 

 tities, and it is only a few growers who 

 do well with the last named. 



Denver, Colo. — The Washington Park 

 Floral Co. has been incorporated, with 

 $25,000 capital stock, by John C. Buck- 

 man, Frank A. Buckman and Newton 

 Anderson. 



La Crosse, Wis. — The La Crosse Flo- 

 ral Co., the new firm whose incorporation 

 was recently reported in the Review, has 

 purchased six acres of land and will soon 

 erect two greenhouses. 



