August 27, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



29 



Vegetable Forciog. 



CAULIFLOWER TO FOLLOW MUMS. 



I have a house with mums in solid 

 benches, which I would like to follow 

 with cauliflower. "Will someone tell me 

 what variety would be best to use? 

 Please state also the time for sowing 

 seed and give me a little idea as to 

 culture. A. L. 



Either Snowball or Dwarf Erfurt is 

 a good variety for indoor culture. The 

 time of sowing will depend on the date 

 at which you expect to have your house 

 cleared of the mums. If you are grow- 

 ing early varieties you can have the 

 house empty sometime in October, but 

 with late kinds it would be well into 

 November before they would be all fin- 

 ished. However, you can make your 

 own calculations, allowing six weeks from 

 time of seed sowing until the plants are 

 fit to set out in the house. 



Cauliflower does better in solid beds 

 than in raised benches, though good 

 crops can be grown in the latter, only 

 they need closer attention in the matter 

 of watering. Being healthy feeders, the 

 soil should be well enriched, either with 

 barnyard manure or some good fertilizer, 

 the former preferable. Dwarf varieties, 

 like those above mentioned, can be set 

 one foot apart. The most suitable tem- 

 perature is 45 to 50 degrees at night, 

 with a rise of 15 degrees by sun-heat, 

 and air should be given on all favorable 

 occasions, to keep the growth firm . and 

 stocky. 



Caterpillars sometimes get into the 

 house and prove troublesome. The best 

 remedy is hand picking, as they seldom 

 come in such large numbers but that 

 they can be kept in check in this way. 

 Greenfly can be got rid of by smoking 

 with tobacco. 



Syringing is seldom necessary, but a 

 little overhead sprinkling on bright days 

 will help the plants to resist the flag- 

 ging influence of the sun. When the 

 heads are well formed they should be 

 shaded until finished by having a few 

 of the leaves broken over them. The 

 whiteness of the head goes a good, long 

 way in procuring the best price for the 

 product. William Scott. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Continued scarcity of flowers was the 

 cry of the market last week. The de- 

 mand is excellent. A number of funerals 

 in prominent circles caused the florists 

 some rapid fire thinking as to what to 

 get, and principally where to get it. 

 Asters and speciosum lilies were the main 

 stock used. Carnations have not made 

 their appearance to any extent on the 

 market as yet, and roses are scarce. The 

 weather continues cold, and florists are 

 bracing up for fall business, about to 

 begin. 



" Various Notes. 



Oscar Carlson and R. A. Latham have 

 been catching some fine fish lately on 

 their week end trips to the country in 

 this state and Wisconsin. 



Miss Whitted returned August 22 from 

 her trip east, having stopped at Niagara 

 on her way back, and, in her own words, 

 "had the time of her life." 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. is getting 



A BED OF MUSHROOIVIS, 



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 raising free. We warrant you, if using our method of growing mushrooms, that all will go well. 



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USE ANGLO-AMERICAN MUSHROOM SPAWN 



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There are no Dry Spots 



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 of Garden and Greenhouse 

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Vegetable Plants 



CABBAGE 



Wakefield and Succession, 25c per 100, 

 tl.OO per 1000. 



LETTUCE 



Boston Market, Tennis Ball and Grand 

 Rapids, 8Sc per 100; $1.00 per 1000. 



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in its large bulb supply in daily ship- 

 ments. A fine crop of chrysanthemums 

 is to be seen here, many in full bud, 

 ready to burst. 



The city workhouse has completed the 

 stocking up of its new greenhouses, and 

 everything is in shape for the winter 

 growing. M. E. M. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



State of Trade. 



Trade has been good since last report, 

 with a great deal of funeral work, which 

 used up a good lot of stock. Roses are 

 coming in from new stock, mostly Maid 

 and Bride. Carnations are rather scarce, 

 as all the old stock is thrown out and 

 those coming in are all from new stock. 

 They are good, but not enough to go 

 around. Gladioli are quite plentiful and 

 move slowly, but are good for display 

 purposes. Asters are coming in more 

 plentifully, but most of them are rather 

 small and short stemmed. First-class 

 asters are scarce in this market. 



Various Notes.* 



Only a few attended the convention 

 from this city, as a great many were 

 away on vacations and it tied others 

 down. 



Jas. MeKellar and wife have returned 

 ' from their camping expedition on the 



If you grow VEGE TABLES 



yon need a live, practical, np-to-dateweelihrpaptr, 

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 The Weekly Market Growers Joomal 

 "FirL.8 THE Bit,!.." 



Sveeial ritvartmat far BretstMUM Praetici 

 Mr. Eocene Davis, Grand Rapids, Mich., origin- 

 ator of the Davis Perfect Cucumber and Grand 

 Rapids Lettuce, writictr us ui der date of July 27, 

 1908, tays: "I take pleasure in remitting; $2 25 for 

 three years' subscription to the Journal. Allow 

 me to congratulate you on having such writers as 

 Mr. Waid, Mr. Massey. and 'Grower.' The arti- 

 cles on 'Lettuce Growing,' by Mr. Waid, and 

 'Growing Cucumbers,' by 'Grower,' are worth 

 ten years' subscriotion to a beginner. Ulder ones 

 tan very well read them with profit." 

 Sohtcrialiaa price, II.M nr year. Saaipla caay fras. 



Market Growers Journal, 



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FL.OBIST8 have a splendid acpor- 

 tunitr of raising Haalirooini by 

 utUixing the waate apace under tha 

 beaches, and then utiluingthe waste 

 material of expended mushrooB 

 beds in growing flowers, liambert'i 

 Pore Cultnrs MVSHROOBi 

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

 leading seedsmen. A fresh sample brick, enough for 

 a trial Ded, together with illustrated book on "Mash- 

 room Culture," will be mailed postpaid upon receipt 

 of 40o in postage stamps. Address Ajnerloaa 

 Spawn Company, St. PanJ, Minn. 



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SWANSON'S 



New varieties of Mush- 

 room Spawn is the best 

 Spawn on the market. 

 Write for price list and 

 book about Mushrooms. 



Paul Swanson, 



2743 W. 47lh St., 



CHICAGO 



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Muskingum river and report a fine time 

 but few fish. 



The Munk Floral Co. is cutting some 

 good asters, which find ready sale. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. is cutting 

 some extra good roses and carnations 

 from new stock. 



Job Davies, an aged florist of this 

 city, died of pneumonia August 21. The 

 funeral was held Monday, August 24. 

 Mr. Davies was 77 years of age. He 

 embarked from England fifty-five years 

 ago, first locating in Lancaster, 0., and 

 later going to Cincinnati, where he was 

 a familiar figure in the markets for ten 

 years. Coming to Columbus thirty-five 

 years ago, he has been connected with 

 the florists' business up to the time he 

 was taken with pneumonia and was only 

 sick three days. He was one of the old- 

 est florists in the city and had fairly 

 good health up to his last spell of sick- 

 ness. He will be greatly missed by the 

 trade here. J. M. 



Smith 's Mum Manual sent by the Ite- 

 vixw for 40 eenta. 





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