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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 3, 1909. 



tral emergency. He is unable to give the 

 police any clew to the identity of his 

 assailants. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Boston, June 1.— Tomatoes, 20c lb.; cucum- 

 bcTB, $1.50 to $3.50 box; lettuce, $1 to $1.50 

 box. 



New York, May 31. — Cucumbers, $1 to $3 

 box; mushrooms, 40c to 85c lb.; tomatoes, 10c 

 to 15c lb. 



Chicago, June 1. — Cucumbers, 40c to $1 doz. ; 

 lettuce, 5c to 10c box; radishes, $1.25 to $1.50 

 per 100 bunches; mushrooms, 50c to 60c lb. 



MANURE GNATS ON TOMATOES. 



I have three houses in tomatoes, which 

 I have mulched with cow manure. Since 

 80 doing, the brown manure flies have be- 

 come a pest. They settle on the vines 

 and fruit in swarms, which makes the 

 fruit very unsatisfactory in looks for 

 market. H. E. F. 



The best way to get rid of these ma- 

 nure gnats is to sprinkle the soil with 

 Bomething that will kill them before they 

 get wings, or while they are in the larval 

 state. Then fumigate or spray to kill the 

 mature insects which are swarming about 

 the house and on the plants. They, how- 

 ever, do not live long, and if they are 

 prevented from reproducing they will 

 soon get scarce or be entirely extermi- 

 nated. Any of the tobacco products in 

 the liquid form will kill the eggs and 

 young, if sprinkled over the soil. 



This same pest often does serious in- 

 jury to plants by working on the roots 

 while in the larval or immature state. 

 H. E. F. should read an article on ' ' Ma- 

 nure Gnats ' ' which was published in the 

 Eeview of May 6. H. G. 



YIELD OF LETTUCE. 



"Will you kindly inform me as to the 

 number of crops of lettuce that can be 

 grown in a season and the average weight 

 per square foot per crop? L. B. 



If lettuce seed is first sown about Sep- 

 tember 1, that crop can be harvested 

 about the first week in November, as it 

 requires about eight to ten weeks to get 

 a mature crop in good weather, such as 

 we have in fall and spring. In winter it 

 requires two to four weeks longer, de- 

 pending on how bad the weather happens 

 to be. 



When one crop is about half grown, 

 however, more seed should be sown, so as 

 to have good sized plants to fill the 

 benches again as soon as a crop is cut 

 off. If the seed is sown in flats and, 

 when up nicely, transplanted into other 

 boxes or a bench, placing them about an 

 inch and a half apart, they will make 

 nice plants to transplant to the beds as 

 soon as a crop is cut, so that the second 

 crop would require the house only about 

 six weeks. By careful management, the 

 fourth crop can be cut by April 1, but 

 few growers get more than three crops 

 up to that time. After that the houses 

 are usually planted to cucumbers, which 

 pay well in May, June and July, when 

 lettuce would not. 



The time required to get a crop de- 

 pends on the grower and the weather, and 

 no exact time can be given. 



Head lettuce requires nearly two weeks 

 longer to mature than leaf lettuce, and 

 is not as profitable for the grower. 



Vegetable Plants 



BBKTS— Crosby, Egyptian and EclipBe, $1.25 

 per 1000. 



CABBA6C— Field-KFown, all leading varie- 

 ties, $1.00 per 1000; 10,000 and over, 85c per 1000. 



CKLKRT- White Plume, Golden Self Blanch- 

 ing and Giant Pascal, $1.25 per 1000. 



■6G FLANT-N. Y. Improved and Black 

 Beauty, $8.00 per 1000. 



LKTTDCK— Big Boston, Boston Market, Ten- 

 nis Ball and Grand Rapids, $1.00 per 1000. 



PKPPSR8-Ruby King, Bull Nose, Sweet 

 Mountain and Neapolitan, $3.00 per 1000. 

 Chinese Giant and Cayenne, 50c per 100. 

 Cash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Oo,''"*^?.""' 



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There are no Dry Spots 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. ^==a:^B^= 



Till Skinner Irrigation Go. 



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TROY, O. 



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I do not remember the weight of good 

 average lettuce. I do not sell it by 

 weight. It is sold by the dozen in most 

 cities, and packed in cases holding two 

 or two and one-half dozen. Leaf lettuce 

 plants are set about 6x8 inches apart, so 

 it is easy to figure up how many a bench 

 or house will produce. Some growers cut 

 their lettuce so much smaller than others 

 that it is as hard to give an average 

 weight as it is to give the exact length 

 of time required to produce a crop. 



H. G. 



CELERY. 



Would you please give me some in- 

 structions as to the growing of celery? 

 What is the best variety to plant, and at 

 what time is the seed sownf L. H. D. 



It is not too late yet to sow celery seed 

 for very late celery, if they are given the^ 

 best of care and hustled along, but if 

 they get neglected it would be better not 

 to try to do anything with them this sea- 

 son. I would not consider it worth while, 

 myself. It would be better to buy some 

 nice transplanted plants and get them out 

 in the field before long. Early celery is 

 now half grown. 



There is much difference of opinion aa 

 to the best varieties. White Plume has 

 long been considered the best in many 

 localities, but many of the leading grow- 

 ers are now growing Golden Self -blanch- 

 ing and Giant Pascal. 



Some growers plant on level ground, 

 like cabbage, and bleach it with boards. 

 Others plant in the bottom of deep fur- 

 rows and fill in gradually as the plants 

 grow up. H. G. 



McKeesport, Pa. — J. W. Butler has 

 opened a flower store on Fifth avenue, 

 opposite the hospital. 



The Review does beat all in selling 

 stuff. Every time I advertise in it I 

 pet more orders than I can fill. — S. J. 

 Gallowat, Eaton, O. 



Bedding and Vase 

 Plants 



7000 Vincaa 



Per 100 



Variegated, 2-int $ 8.00 



Variegated, 3-in 6.00 



Variegated, 3-in., strong 8.00 



Variegated, 8-in., extra strong lo.oo 



10,000 Geraniums 



S. A. Nutt and other standard varie- 

 ties. 2-in $ 8.00 



Standard varieties, 8-in 6.00 



Standard varieties, 4-in 8.00 



Mme. Salleroi, 2-ln 3.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, 2-in 8.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, 8-in 5.00 



Achyrantbes, 2-in 2.50 



Abutilon, 3-ln 6.00 



Begonias, in variety, 2-in 2.00 



Caladium Ksculentum, 3 to 4-in. in circum- 



lerence 1.00 



Caladium Esculentum, 5 to 7-in. in circum- 

 ference 2.00 



Cannas, our selection, 8-in 5.00 



Cyperus, 2-in 3.00 



Oyperus, 3-in 5.00 



Chrysanthemums, 8-in 4.00 



ColeuB, mixed, no VerschafiFeltii or Golden 



Bedder 2.00 



Echeveria Secunda Glauca 4.00 



Fuchsias. 2-in 8.00 



Heliotrope 8.00 



Impatiens Sultani 3.00 



Ivy, German 2.60 



Lantanas, in variety 2.60 



Myrtle, hardy, 8-in 4 00 



Pilea 8.00 



Primula Forbesi. 2-ln 3.00 



Pliunbago Capensis 3.00 



Roses— Brides, Chatenay, Maids, 2-in 3.00 



3-in 5.00 



Roses— White Baby Ramblers, 2-in 6 00 



8-in 8.00 



4-in ao.oo 



Sansevieria, 3-in 5.00 



Sage, Holt's Mammoth 3.00 



Selaginella, Lycopodium Moss, 8-in 4.00 



Verbenas 8.00 



I. N. Kramer S Son 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa 



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Bedding Plants 



Fine Granhims, in bud and bloom, such as 

 S. A. Nutt, Ricard, Hill. Jaolin, Dryden. etc., 

 3-in., $6.00; 4-in., $10.00; 6-ln., fine large plants, 

 20c each. 



Rose GeranlnmB, 4-in., $10.00 per 100. 



Cannas, standard sorts, $8.00 per 100; King 

 Humbert $12.50 and $15.00 per 100. 



Coleus, $2 00 and $2.50 per 100. 



Lobelia, $2.50. 



Sweet Alyssum, 2^-in., $2.50 per 100. 



Salvia. 2^-in.. $2.50; 3-ln., $4.00 per 100. 



Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings 



Tellow Chadwick, Pres. Roosevelt. Guy Ham- 

 ilton, Villa De Paris, Mile. Angele Laurent, 

 Amateur Consell, Perfect Tilller, Comoleta, 

 Rosiere, V. Morel, $3.00 per 100. 



WiUowbrook, Halliday, Robinson. Col. Ap- 



pleton, White Bonnaflon, Major Bonnaflon, 



C. Touset, Jerome Jones, Yellow Jones. Timothy 



Eaton, Tellow Eaton, Mile. Doulett, $1.25 per 100. 



Cash or C. O. D. 



W. J. & M. S. VESEY, fort Wayne, Ind. 



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Elkhart, Ind. — Henry Schenk was 

 driving south on Michigan street May 18 

 when an automobile approached from the 

 rear and the driver asked him to give way 

 for him to pass. Mr. Schenk did not do 

 so, and in getting around him the auto- 

 mobile ran into his wagon and one thill 

 was broken. Mr. Schenk visited Prose- 

 cutor Darling to report the case, but did 

 not swear out a warrant. It is not known 

 who was in the machine. It was No. 

 4312 Michigan. An act of the last legis- 

 lature makes it the duty of drivers of 

 rigs to give way to automobiles from the 

 rear when requested to do so. 



