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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 30, 1908. 



Vegetable Fordog. 



MOVING ASPARAGUS. 



I have an asparagus bed alongside my 

 greenhouse and I want to put up an- 

 other house where that is this sum- 

 mer. Would it do to take up the plants 

 and set in another place now? L. G. P. 



You cannot move the asparagus now. 

 If carefully transplanted, many of them 

 may live, but they will never amount to 

 anything. You will do far better to plant 

 out fine young, two-year-old plants next 

 spring. If you build over the bed this 

 fall you may cut considerable asparagus 

 from under the benches this winter, which 

 will sell for good prices. H. G. 



ONIONS FROM SETS. 



Can you tell me how to grow green 

 onions from sets under glass, and if the 

 soil from the onion beds can be used, 

 mixed with other soil, for repotting ge- 

 raniums, etc.? On account of my hot 

 water system having to be relaid, the 

 regular mum beds will be idle for some 

 time yet, making it too late for mums at 

 all this year. C. E. A. 



Use compost containing a good pro- 

 portion of well decayed barnyard ma- 

 nure; plant in rows nine inches apart, 

 giving the sets two inches of space in 

 the rows. If you can stir between the 

 rows with a hand-weeder, you might 

 run them even closer. As you are going 

 to pull these green, the space named will 

 be sufficient; if left to make bulbs, a 

 foot apart in the rows and four inches 

 between the seeds would be better. 

 There would be no special advantage in 

 starting these before January. A cool 

 house, 40 to 45 degrees at night, will 

 answer. 



While the old soil from the onion beds 

 could be used for geraniums, we would 

 prefer to use fresh loam for them. It 

 is generally assumed that "any old 

 soil" will grow geraniums, but if you 

 want good ones use fresh compost. The 

 soil in question could be used for another 

 bench crop, with the addition of some 

 manure or fertilizer. C. W. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



Business is at a low ebb. There are 

 few good flowers, but enough for all 

 demands, there being so little doing. We 

 are having extremely hot weather just 

 now, the thermometer reaching 96 de- 

 gieea in the shade. We have just been 

 visited by a heavy rain storm, the first 

 good rain since May 23. All outdoor 

 stook that could not be reached with the 

 hose has suffered severely, both flowers 

 and vegetables. 



The summer flight of our population 

 has taken place, and block after block 

 of houses give no sign of being inhab- 

 ited. Some of the uptown stores have 

 closed entirely for the dull season, and 

 others adopt shorter hours. Except for 

 funeral work and the supply for the 

 hospitals, the demands are light in every 

 branch of the trade. 



Among the growers, naturally, every- 

 body is up to his eyes in work, and 

 planting as a rule is pretty well ad- 

 vanced. There seems to be less building 

 than usual this year. High cost of ma- 



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terial and labor in most cases prohibits 

 many new structures. 



Variotit Notes. 



The park board has just had finished 

 two new walks in Druid Hill park. They 

 are about one mile long and were badly 

 needed since we have had so many auto- 

 mobiles in the parks. The visitors had 

 to use the driveway or else walk on 

 the grass. The mounted police in the 

 park have all been furnished with motor- 

 cycles instead of horses. 



The Charles street boulevard has just 

 been opened to traffic after nearly one 

 year and a half of grading and ma- 

 cadamizing. It is about 150 feet wide, 

 with three driveways and with grass 

 plots the entire length, which is nearly 

 one mile and a half. 



There are quite a lot of the Baltimore 

 florists going to the convention. 



H. J. Quick has just finished a new 

 propagating house, 14x60. 



Halliday Bros, have a fine lot of hardy 

 phlox. 



Boland Bolgiano, of the well-known 

 seed firm of J. Bolgiano & Son, was 

 operated on for appendicitis. The opera- 

 tion proved successful and he expects to 

 be out in a few days. 



Charles Cook has a fine lot of Boston 

 and Piersoni ferns, which are selling 

 well. 



Wm. Terry, of Owings Mills, has been 

 cutting some extra fine asters from out- 

 side, which are selling readily at $1 per 

 hundred. Q. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



Trade Dttring July. 



Throughout the month of July busi- 

 ness has been fairly good, and still 

 nothing to brag about, funeral work be- 

 ing our main support. None in our 

 trade is complaining any more than 

 usual, for each feels satisfied if he 

 makes enough in summer to cover run- 

 ning expenses. 



Roses are holding up remarkably well, 

 and there is good demand for them. 

 Carnations are scarce. Longiflorums are 

 consumed as soon as they make their 

 appearance on the market. Asters also 

 find ready sale. The outdoor crops have 



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CHICAGO 



been blessed with a little more rain this 

 month than last, and as a result there 

 is a great improvement in their appear- 

 ance, although extremely hot weather 

 has prevailed during the month. 



Variotis Notes. 



At the present time the most popular 

 topic for discussion among the^ florists is 

 the coming convention at Niagara Falls, 

 and quite a number of our florists are 

 planning to attend. 



The Dayton Lighting Co. had an 

 opening July 25 and gave a reception 

 to the public, each visitor being pre- 

 sented with a rose as a souvenir. In 

 Dayton flowers are given away exten- 

 sively as souvenirs, and this idea seems 

 to be well taken by the public. 



July 23 there was a baby show in this 

 city, in which different contests were ar- 

 ranged and prizes awarded. The baby 

 cab decorated by Mrs. Bertha Hendricks 

 captured the first prize. 



Arthur Avard, of New York City, is 

 a guest at the home of George Bartholo- 

 mew. 



Everett Brubaker, of West Alexan- 

 dria, O., a former employee of the Mi- 

 ami Floral Co., left July 25 for his vaca- 

 tion, which he intends to spend in Can- 

 ada and the Bocky Mountains. 



B. A. B. 



North Woburn, Mass. — Adam Foster, 

 the market gardener, is making prepara- 

 tions to build two greenhouses, in addi- 

 tion to the four houses already in use. 

 Mr. Foster makes a specialty of cucum- 

 bers for the Boston market. 



