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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Januabt 21, 1909. 



occupy the inclosed area the frames are 

 raiseid a few inches. As the season ad- 

 vances more and more air is admitted 

 until, finally, when the melons are almost 

 full grown, the sash and then the frames 

 themselves are entirely removed. 



As each fruit sets its shoot is pinched 

 off one or two joints beyond it, A crop 

 of fifteen to twenty melons is considered 

 suflScient from each 6x12 frame. Three 

 or four hills are planted and usually two 

 plants are set per hill. 



The melons vary greatly in size. Their 

 average weight ranges from eight to 

 fifteen pounds, and a dozen averages 

 from 120 to 130 pounds. In exceptional 

 cases some have been shipped weighing 

 240 pounds per dozen package. The 

 larger melons are apt to be poorer in 

 quality than those weighing eight to 

 fifteen pounds. 



Two distinct types exist, a roundish 

 oblate, and an oblong, the first slightly 

 deeper ribbed than the latter. These do 

 not seem to be separated by the growers. 

 It is not at all certain that either type 

 is fixed. 



A large wicker basket (clothes basket) 

 is commonly employed in shipping to dis- 

 tant markets. They hold a dozen melons, 

 packed in short, fine-stemmed hay, and 

 are shipped without cover, no attempt 

 being made to fasten the melons in place, 

 the express company being held respon- 

 sible for safe delivery. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. W. Wilmore, Denver, Colo., dahlias, 

 peonies, gladioli, hardy plants, etc.; Hel- 

 ler Bros., Newcastle, Ind., roses, carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums, clematis, etc.; the 

 Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 "Dingee Guide to Bose Culture"; Wm. 

 Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa., "The 

 Maule Seed Book"; the Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Exchange, Cleveland, O., cut flow- 

 ers and florists' supplies; J. Meerkamp 

 Van Embden, Mount Vernon, N. Y., 

 agent for K. Van Belleghem, Ghent, Bel- 

 gium, nursery stock; W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pa., wholesale cata- 

 logue; the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa., "New Floral Guide"; the 

 Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, O., gen- 

 eral catalogue; Leonard Seed Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111., market gardeners' catalogue; 

 Viek & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y., special 

 list of aster seeds; S. M. Isbell & 

 Co., Jackson, Mich., "Northern Grown 

 Seeds"; Mosbaek Greenhouse Co., Onar- 

 ga. 111., special offer of ferns and bedding 

 plants; J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., 

 roses and carnations. 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



Qub Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Spring- 

 field Florists' Club was held January 11, 

 with a fair attendance considering the 

 inclemency of the weather. The program 

 committee presented Ralph P. Willis, 

 who was for many years our leading local 

 plumber, but now represents Evans, Al- 

 miral & Co., engineers and contractors, 

 of Chicago. Mr. Willis gave an inter- 

 esting talk on the subject of heating sys- 

 tems, in which all florists are naturally 

 interested. Several of the members pres- 

 ent explained the perplexing problems 

 arising from various features of their 

 present systems and the fact was made 

 manifest that probably no two local 

 ranges of houses are heated on just the 

 same plan, and each individual florist 

 seemed to have some idea of his own, dif- 



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Our Wholesale and Retail Catalogues 

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 we will send. 



We offer below a short list of items 

 which should be sown early. 



Trade Pkt. Oz. 

 Aseratnm Blue Perfection, 



Best dark blue 15c $0.40 



Agferatnm Cope's Pet, best 



light blue 15c .35 



AlysBum Littie Gem or Car. 



pet of Snoiv, extra selected, 



very dwarf 10c .30 



Antirrhinum Giant, 6 sep- 

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Antirrhinum Giant, mixed. 15c .40 

 Beoronia Semperflorens 



Vernon, red 25c 



Begonia Semperflorens 



wacilis, rose 25c 



Centaurea Candidiasima. .25c .75 

 ** G^mnocarpa. . . 15c .35 



Cineraria Marit. Can^dis- 



sima 10c .20 



Cobaea Scandena 10c .30 



Dracaena Australia 15c .60 



Indiviaa 10c .30 



Grevillea Robuata 15c .60 



Lobelia Cryatal Palace 



Compaeta, true 25c 1.00 



Lobelia Specioaa, dark blae, 



trailing 15c .50 



Penniaetum Long^atylum..lOc .20 

 ** Rueppelianum.lOc .25 



Petunia, Dreer'a Superb 



Double Fringed, 500 seeds , 



75c; 1000 seeds, $1.^. 

 Petunia, Dreer'a Superb 



Singfle Fringed 50c 



Pyrethrum Aureum 10c .2S 



Salvia Splendena, "Scarlet 



Sage" 25c 1.00 



Salvia Splendena, Bonfire. 40c 2.25 

 " " BurninfrBuah.30c 1.50 



** ** Ball of Fire... 50c 4 00 



" Zurich 50c 4.00 



Solanum Capaicaatrum 10c .25 



Stocka, Large Flowering 



Ten Weeka', 6 separate 



colors 40c 2.50 



Stocka, Large Flowering 



Ten Weeka*, mixed 30c 2.00 



Stocka, Cut and Come 



Again, 6 separate colors. . .50c 3.00 

 Stocka, Cut and Come 



Again, mixed 50c 2.50 



Verbena, Dreer'a Mam* 



moth, 5 separate colors 30c 1.25 



Verbena, Dreer'a Mam- 

 moth, mixed 25c 1.00 



Vinca Roaea, 3 separate 



colors 15c .50 



Vinca Roaea, mixed 15c .40 



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