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OCTOBEB 22, 1914. 



The Fbrists' Review 



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here is a kind which is handled by the 

 lumber merchants and . which is wired 

 together and used as fences for chickens 

 aud in various other ways. The strips 

 rim about an inch apart. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The examining committees have re- 

 pur ted on new varieties as follows: 



At New York, October 10, Antigone, white, 

 .Tipanese Incurved, submitted by Cbas. H. Totty, 

 M Idlson, N. J., scored as follows on the com- 

 iii Tclal scale: Color, 18; form, 13; fullness, 

 !•'; stem, 12; foliage, 13; substance, 14; size, 

 J.; total, 88. Ob the exhibition scale: Color, 

 ji: stem, 4; foliage, 4; fullness, 13; form, 13; 

 ,1. pth, 12; size, 25; total. 85. 



At Chicago, October 10, Golden Queen, yellow, 

 J.ipanese Incurved, submitted by Elmer D. Smith 

 \ Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows on the 

 c ramerclal scale: Color, 16; form, 13; fullness, 

 V: stem, 15; foliage, 12; substance, 14; size. 

 Id; total, 90. 



At Cincinnati, October 10, Golden Queen, yel- 

 Ivw, Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows 

 (.11 the commercial scale: Color, 18; form, 13; 

 fullness, 10; stem, 14; foliage, 12; substance, 

 U; size, 10; total, 01. 



At Philadelphia, October 12, Golden Queen, 

 yollow, Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer 

 I>. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as fol- 

 lows on the commercial scale: Color, 18; form, 

 11: fullness, 9; stem, 14; foliage, 12; substance. 

 l.i: size, 9; total, 89. On the exhibition scale: 

 IVlor, 13; stem, 4; foliage, 3; fullness, 14; form, 

 11; depth, 13; size, 25; total, 8C. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



IMMORTELLES COME SLOWLY. 



The immortelles are not arriving as 

 rapidly as had been expected. Each 

 boat from Marseilles brings a few caaef, 

 but the number is not large enough to 

 relieve the certain degree of uneasiness 

 still felt as to the adequacy of the sea- 

 son's supply. On the boat that reached 

 New York October 16 there were three 

 consignments as follows: 



Consignee. Casefi. 



International Forwarding Co 35 



O. W. Sheldon & Co 86 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co 77 



Total 108 



PLANT RECEIPTS STEADY. 



Shipments of plants from the port of 

 Rotterdam, through which Belgian stock 

 is being sent, continue to come along 

 steadily, A number of consignments of 

 fair size come on nearly every boat. 

 Those received last week at the port of 

 New York on the Rotterdam steamers, 

 Alfred Noble and Oostdyk, were as fol- 

 lows: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Lunham & Moore 12 



Schwake, C, & Co 11 



Meyer, C. F., Corn 44 



Urzelere, W., & C!o 11 



Bradley, S. T 2 



Ward, B. M., & Co 162 



Henderson, P., & Co 6 



Vaughan's Seed Store 41 



Maltus & Ware 234 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co 142 



McHntchlson & Co 121 



RSlker, A., & Co 63 



Downing, T. D., & Co 



Metropolitan Steamship Co 42 



Lang, B. F 22 



Total 911 



SEEDSMEN AT THE FAIRS. 



The seed trade is taking full advan- 

 tage of the autumn exhibitions to arouse 

 public interest, staging well arranged 

 booths at the county fairs and other 

 similar exhibitions. As an example of 

 what is being done in this line, the 

 accompanying illustration shows the dis- 

 play of the J. J. Wilson Seed Co., at 

 the recent Newark industrial exposition. 

 In addition to the displays of seeds and 

 vegetables, there were vases of many 

 of the newer dahlias and such gladioli 

 as Peace, Dawn, Niagara and Panama. 



A Typical Seed Store Showing at an Industrial Exposition. 



J. J. Wilson says business is developing 

 most encouragingly and that the atten- 

 tion attracted at the exhibition was 

 promptly reflected in the business at the 

 store. 



Vegetable Forcing 



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WILT OF CUCUMBERS. 



Will you kindly tell me what is gen- 

 erally conceded to be the cause of bac- 

 terial wilt of cucumbers? If it is the 

 cucumber bug, in what way does it kill 

 the vine? I have noticed in some vines 

 the upper portion seems to be dead and 

 in others the entire vine. I am re- 

 ferring to greenhouse-grown cucumbers. 

 W. F. P. 



This is an important question, and 

 opinions from growers who have had 

 this trouble and have- overcome it would 

 be highly appreciated by many readers 

 of The Review. 



It is a fact that cucumber special- 

 ists who make a habit of sterilizing 

 their soil are usually entirely immune 

 from this disease. It is a further 

 proven fact that soil which has been 

 thoroughly frozen gives a clean crop if 

 the sides of the beds or benches are 

 washed well with kerosene or crude oil. 

 Where the soil is somewhat dry below 

 and quite moist above, this bacterial 

 wilt, which I attribute to root gall, is 

 always acute. It seems to be encour- 

 aged or developed in a hot, moist at- 

 mosphere where the soil is kept con- 

 stantly saturated. Not infrequently 

 one part of the vine will die before an- 

 other. 



Cleanliness, careful watering and ven- 

 tilation, and sterilization of the soil 

 each year seem to be the means by 

 which to control this menace to cucum- 

 ber growers. C. W. 



EARLY CABBAGE IN TENNESSEE. 



My location, you will notice, is north- 

 ern Tennessee. If I sow cabbage seed 

 now, in open, rich beds outside, without 



covering, can I grow frost-proof cab- 

 bage plants to be set in January and 

 February, when the weather will permit, 

 and do you tbink they will make heads 

 and not go to seed in this climate? I 

 have heretofore sowed in December in 

 sash-covered beds, and the result was 

 that most of them went to seed. I have 

 used Wakefield and midseason varieties. 

 What varieties would you recommend, 

 if it is possible to grow them here suc- 

 cessfully? During the winter, quantities 

 of frost-proof cabbage plants from the 

 Carolinas and Virginia are shipped here. 

 If possible, I would rather grow them. 



M. E. H. 



The best variety of early cabbage 

 for Tennessee is the Charleston Wake- 

 field, somewhat larger than the old Early 

 Jersey Wakefield, but only a little later. 

 Sow the seed in October. About the 

 middle to the last part of November, 

 transplant one and a half inches apart, 

 both ways, in a coldframe. Air freely 

 and grow the plants through the winter 

 with a view to increasing their hardi- 

 ness. The plants should be well estab- 

 lished by the middle of December, and 

 from that time on the purpose of the 

 gardener is to harden them sufficiently 

 to withstand the open climate. By the 

 middle of February they should be 

 transplanted to the field, preferably on 

 the north side of a slight ridge running 

 east and west. We have no difficulty 

 in getting good heads and an early crop 

 in this way. Chas. A. Keffer. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Fraser Nursery Co., HuntsvlUe, Ala.— Whole- 

 sale catalogue, for nurserymen and dealers only. 

 The stock listed comprises ornamental trees, 

 shrubs, roses, fruit trees, small fruits, nut trees, 

 garden roots, nursery tools and supplies; twenty- 

 four pages, Ulnstrated. 



Hammond's Slug Shot Works, Flshkill-on Hud- 

 son, N. Y.— A 28-page, illustrated catalogue of 

 Hammond's Insect exterminators, with directions 

 for their use; Included in the list, also, are a 

 spraying apparatus, a weed killer, greenhouse 

 paint, etc. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York, N. Y.— 

 'Boddlngton's Garden Guide," containing lists 

 of bulbs, plants, grass seeds, special mlxtares of 

 grass seeds for lawn and field, mushroom spawn, 

 frnlt trees, small fmits, garden tools. Insecti- 

 cides, fertilisers, -potting materials and other 

 supplies; thirty-two pages, Illustrated, and cover. 



