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52 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



AnansT 26, 1909. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



PLANNING A VEGETABLE HOUSE. 



We contemplate building a house 15x 

 60, with sides four feet high, for the 

 growing of radishes and lettuce. We 

 should like to know whether the sides 

 should be part glass, and if so, how 

 much. We intend growing the vegetables 

 in beds on the ground. E. H. L. & B. 



Yes, a house with solid beds should 

 have glass below the gutters, by all 

 means, and the more the better. Even if 

 raised benches are used, a row of glass 

 below the gutters is a great advantage. 



An 18-foot house is much better than 

 a 15-foot one, on account of the arrange- 

 ment of aisles and beds or benches. 

 Fifteen feet is too wide for a two-bench 

 house and not wide enough for three 

 benches and two aisles. An 18-foot 

 house with a center bench seven feet wide 

 and 2-foot aisles on each side of it, and 

 a 3 14 -foot bench along each wall, makes 

 a nice arrangement for a small house. 

 No supports are needed under the ridge, 

 but a purlin should be run above the 

 edge of tae side benches, so that the 

 %-inch pipe post supports stand along 

 the edge of the aisle. They can be set 

 along either side of the aisle; it does not 

 matter just where the purlin is run, ex- 

 cept that it cannot run along halfway 

 between the gutter and ridge, as that 

 would bring the posts in the center of 

 the aisles. 



I would advise making the walls five 

 feet high, instead of four feet. As to 

 the amount of glass, I would suggest 

 that you put one row of 16x18 glass 

 below the eaves for raised benches or 

 two rows (butted) for solid beds. 

 Baised benches will grow the crops 'in a 

 much shorter time in winter than solid 

 beds. H, G. 



MUSHROOMS WITH CUCUMBERS. 



Will you kindly tell me how to grow 

 mushrooms in a cucumber house under 

 the benches? P. 



You can grow mushrooms under the 

 benches used for cucumbers, provided 

 you can protect the bed from drip from 

 waterings afforded the benches and, by 

 means of boards or thick cloth coverings, 

 incase the beds so as to exclude all pos- 

 sible air and light, neither of which 

 mushrooms like. 



Presuming that you know how to pre- 

 pare the manure for the mushroom beds, 

 you should spread it in layers and pound 

 thoroughly until nine inches thick. The 

 mixture we prefer is two-thirds horw 

 manure, with the rougher straw shaken 

 out, and one-third loam passed through 

 a coarse screen. This should be turned 

 over daily, to allow the rank heat to sub- 

 side. After the bed is made the tem- 

 perature will probably run up to 100 or 

 110 degrees. Use a bottom beat ther- 

 mometer in your bed, and spawn when 

 the heat has declined to 90 degrees. 



Break the spawn in pieces the size of 

 a walnut. Make holes two inches deep 

 and nine inches apart each way. Do not 

 firm the manure over the spawn for a 

 few days. Give the bed a covering of 

 two inches of loam about ten days after 

 spawning. When the mycelium has be- 

 gun to run, firm this well. Give the beds 

 a covering of straw or hay and enclose 

 them so that as little water, air and light 



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RAWSON'S HOTHOUSE 

 CUCUMBER 



As a forcing Cucumber is one of the largest and most 

 profitable crops of the Market Gardener, it is essential 

 that the very best possible strain should be sown. 

 With this idea in view we have made selections for the 



East few years from our Rawson's White Spine, which 

 ave resulted in a strain about two inches longer and 

 a darker green in color, with a few light spines showing 

 at blossom end. 'this new strMiii we confidently 

 believe to be auperlor to any other on the market. 

 The results we have had at our own greenhouses with 

 the stock conclusively prove the above to be true, '•j 

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6 UNION STREET 



BOSTON, MASS 



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as possible will reach them. Mushrooms 

 will appear in eighteen days sometimes, 

 and again will not show for almost as 

 many weeks; usually they will come in 

 six weeks. The straw covering can be 

 removed when they appear. Be sure no 

 heating pipes are near the beds, as they 

 will cause the surface to dry up so that 

 no mushrooms will appear. A night tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees is about right, but 

 5 degrees lower or higher will grow good 

 mushrooms. C. W. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SEATTLE. 



The Market. 



Considerable comment has been caused 

 by the early appearance of all fall 

 flowers. Asters, dahlias and, yes, count 

 mums, too, fgr all are away ahead of 

 the season. The mums, a yellow variety, 

 made their appearance even before asters 

 and dahlias, and one man is now cutting 

 a few of them every day. However, there 

 is not much of a call for these early 

 flowers in any of the varieties, as fancy 

 Brunner roses, with stems ranging from 

 four to five feet, and carnations, which 

 are still of fair quality, are the chief 

 sellers, with fancy peas a close second. 



Indications point to a scarcity in the 

 fall flowers this season, and everyone is 

 expecting high wholesale prices and a 

 scarcity of fancy stock, at least. Gyp- 

 sophila is making itself popular again 

 this season, aiTd great quantities of it 

 may be seen in all the retail stores. It is 

 really a profitable investment, for while 

 not much is sold outright, like the stevia, 

 a small quantity will make an ordinary 

 vase a fluflfy creation. What snapdragon 

 is available on this market is certainly 

 fancy, and finds a ready sale. Fine 

 flowers in both red and yellow varieties 

 were seen in several windows this week, 

 and really made an artistic effect when 

 used in combination with the commoner 

 roses and carnations. 



Quite a flurry was caused among the 

 florists in securing 30,000 cactus dahlias, 



No Grower of Vegetables under glass can 

 afford to do without the Wittbold system of 



Watering 



— becauie with It a boy can do as mach 

 as two men can do in a whole day with 

 the hose— and do it better. 



The Bystem Ib equally valuable out- 

 doors, and (or many other crops besides 

 vegetables— wherever you need water. 



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VEGETABLE PLANTS 



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SI 00 per ICOO; S8.50 pei 10,000. 

 CELKBT -White Plume and Golden Self 



Blanchini; ILOO oer 1000; S8 50 per 10,000. 

 PARSLKT-26C per 100: 11.2) per 1000. 

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the official exposition flower, for Idaho 

 day, as they were certainly given away 

 in abundance, and everywhere huge 

 bunches of them were to be had for the 

 asking. 



The florists have been quite fortunate 

 in landing several large orders for deco- 

 rations this week, and thus moving quite 

 a quantity of surplus stock. Several en- 

 tertainments and engagement announce- 

 ments have also done their part in help- 

 ing us out, and, even better, we look for- 

 ward to several larger decoration orders 

 in the near future. 



Varioos Notes. 



Arthur Zirkman, representing Eice & 

 Co., called here this week. 



The McCoy Co. seems well satisfied 

 with its deal whereby it annexed the 

 houses of the Washington Floral Co., and 

 sees bright future prospects along this 

 line. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Kipp, of the Spo- 



