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June 15, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



51 



Built Especially For Greenhouse Use 



Costs Only 

 $4.00 r. 0. B. 

 Can 

 Toledo. 



Yonr NoBOT 

 Back, if 

 Not 

 Satisfied. 



A wheelbarrow'that embodies the suggrestions of many leading florists and Is Just what ron 

 irant. 



s-It is bnllt to be used In the narrow walks of greenhouses. 

 The bandle guards protect the user's knuckles, 

 'istantlal construction. Angle Iron legs and sockets for side boards. Oar patented 



Becai 

 Becau; 



Note thi 

 "Never B; 

 Dim 



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THE 



wheels. Oareful workmanship throughout^ 



IS— Handles, I><2z2x69 In. Width inside, in front, ISht In. Width Inside, at bandies, 



e width, including handle guards, 24 in. 20-in. wheel. 



Send your order today— or ask for more particulars. ^ . 



EDO WHEELBARROW CO., Toledo, Ohio 



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Fischer's Grand Freesia Purity 



CLNow is the time to order your stock of Freesia Purity. Be sure to 

 ask your dealer for Fischer's guaranteed stock, grown by him and sup- 

 plied to you in his original package. Then you will get the true, pure 

 stock that has been grown in the open field with the object of growing 

 good, vigorous bulbs, to give you good flowers, and not exhausted green- 

 house bulbs that already have done dut|^ for the flower market. Insist 

 on getting his guaranteed stock, packed in muslin bags of 100, 260 and 

 500 bulbs, indorsed by his signature on a certificate of guarantee in each 

 package. 



C.A. correction of error: 

 stock grown by me. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. have no Purity Freesia 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, San Gabriel, Cal. 



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W«BH. 



Clay Products Co. 



Manufacturers of 

 High Grade Machine Made 



Standard Red Pots 



Sizes : 2. 2H, 2^. 3. 3H and 

 up to 14-inch. 



Write for prices. 



222 Columbia BM|..Spskise,Watli 



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the Hallowell Seed Co., on Market 

 street. 



F. A. Becker, of Los Angeles, is in 

 town on a short visit. 



The Euehl-Wheeler Nursery Co. is 

 erecting a new pumping plant on the 

 firm's grounds at Eden Vale, Cal. 



F. S. Higgins is no longer with the 

 Hackel Floral Co., on Powell street. 



Philip Murray will travel for C. C. 

 Morse & Co. again this season. 



George Christiansen is taking a three 

 weeks' outing and will spend the time 

 sight-seeing in northern California. 



NAME OF FLOWER. 



Will you please tell me the name 

 of the yellow flower I am sending you? 

 A friend gave it to me to find out the 

 name of it. K. K. 



Both flower and leaves were badly 

 withered, but as nearly as I can make 

 out it is Gardenia florida, commonly 

 known as cape jasmine. The flowers 



turn yellow with age and probably 

 yours was old when received. C. W, 



Vegetable Forcing. 



CANTALOUPES FOB MARKET. 



The growing of cantaloupes is an im- 

 portant industry and although there 

 are some factors influencing the devel- 

 opment of cantaloupes which are be- 

 yond control of the grower, large re- 

 turns are being realized. 



According to S. A. Minear, of the 

 Georgia State College of Agriculture, 

 experience throughout the United States 

 shows that the sandy, loam soils are 

 best suited for the growing of canta- 

 loupes, but satisfactory results may be 

 obtained from the lighter soils as well 

 as the heavier ones. 



From one-half to one pound of the 



following, mixed thoroughly in the soil 



of each hill, will give excellent results: 



1,000 pounds acid phosphate. 

 1,000 pounds cotton seed meal. 

 250 pounds muriate or potash. 



Do not plant cantaloupes closer than 

 four to six feet. Place eight to twenty 

 seeds in each hill. Make several plant- 

 ings in the same hill at intervals of 

 one or two weeks. Much depends on 

 thorough cultivation. First cultivate 

 deeply, but not close enough to the plants 

 to injure the root system. As the 



plants develop and become older the 

 cultivation should be more shallow, and 

 farther from the hills. It will be nec- 

 essary to hoe the hills. This should 

 be done with skill, as careless hoeing 

 causes much injury. 



Cantaloupes should m|ke a continu- 

 ous, uniform growth, for when injured 

 or retarded it is hard for them to rally 

 and regain the lost ground. 



During the warm weather of early 

 spring the striped cucumber beetles 

 often appear in great numbers. They 

 are very hungry at first and exercise 

 little choice of food plants. After 

 their appetite becomes satisfied the 

 beetles are more particular about their 

 food; then they attack melon vines and 

 injure them by eating holes in the 

 leaves. Small yellow eggs, from which 

 come the worm-like larvae, are laid on 

 any part of the plant. The larvae live 

 in moist soil and eat roots and under- 

 ground stems. Apply air-slaked lime 

 to the plants as a repellent. Spray 

 with Bordeaux mixture, to which add 

 one pound of Paris green to 150 gal- 

 lons of Bordeaux, or use arsenate of 

 lead at the rate of two pounds'' Of 

 lead, two pounds of quick lime to fifty 

 gallons of water. 



Pickers should go over the field each 

 day, rain or shine, and pull all melons 

 ready for the market. For shipping 

 purposes the melon should be well- 

 netted, grayish green in color and, upon 

 pressing the stem with the finger, 

 it should detach easily. Use either 

 burlap sacks, slung over the shoulder, 

 or one-half bushel baskets. Have each 

 picker take one or two rows and worlc 

 systematically. Transfer the melons to 

 the packing shed at once 6r put them 

 where they will not be exposed to the 

 hot rays of the sun. Cantaloupes must 

 go on the market in the best condition 

 possible, and to accomplish this it is 

 essential to be most careful in han- 

 dling, picking and hauling, avoiding all 

 possible chance of bruising. 



San Antonio, Tex. — Mrs. Charles Al- 

 brecht had a highly satisfactory Deco- 

 ration day business, but Mothers' day, 

 she says, has rot yet taken as strong 

 a hold on popular fancy in this city 

 as in many other localities. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



Cabbaee— Wakefield. All Head. Sacceeslon and 

 other Tarietles $1.00 1000; lO.OCO and over. 85cl000. 



liettnce— Orand Rapids, Bigr Boston, Boston Mar- 

 ket and Tennis Ball. $1.00 1000; 10,000 and over, 86c 

 1000. 



Beet— Orosby, Egrrptlan and Eclipse, $1.25 1000. 

 Oash with order. 



R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co., White Mirefe, Md. 



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9|| 



Watch for onr Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pan CuHura Moshrooin Spawn 



SubstltntifOn of cheaE 

 thus easily eoEPosed. Fresh lamplL 

 brick, with lUnBtrated book, mailed 



aper erades la 

 . Fresn lample 



-_ _ -,^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 „P^Cj^ ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addresa 



Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Miiw. 



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SWEET POTATO PLANTS 



Yellow Nansemond, Big Stem Jersey 

 and other varieties. Single— 1000, $1.60: 

 10,000, $12.50. 



H. AUSTIN CO., Felton, Del. 



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