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The Florists^ Review 



Septembbb It, lttl2. 



FOLDING 

 FLOWER 

 ..BOXES.; 



We manufacture the largest line of Folding Flower Boxes. ' " 



Every size a florist can use. All our Boxes are made from Moisture-proof Stock. 

 Our prices are reasonable, our deliveries prompt. If you are in the market it will 



pay you to get our prices and discounts on quantities. 

 Samples of stock and colors sent on application. 



A. A. ARNOLD, 16-18-20-22 s. Peoria St., CHICAGO 



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Ve^table Forcing. 



SUBISBIOATION. 



Please let me have some information 

 abont sub-irrigation in greenhouses 

 where it has proved a success. M7 

 houses are 20x250 and the ground 

 benches are sixteen and one-half feet 

 wide. The soil is eight inches deep, 

 down to hard subsoil clay. The top 

 soil is a sandy loam. I wish to use 

 3-ineh or 3%-inch tile. How far apart 

 should the tile be, if it is placed length- 

 wise or crosswise of the bed, and how 

 deep should the tile be set in the soilf 

 I grow lettuce during the winter months 

 and cucumbers in spring and fall. 



W. C. W. 



You will need at least two liites of 

 tile, for each bed, placing each line 

 about four feet from the edge. Three 

 lines would be better, placing one in 

 the center and the other two near the 

 edges. Three-inch tile will be large 

 enough. Give them a little fall to the 

 other end and then plug up the low 

 end. Lay the tile tightly together at 

 the end?. Use common drain tile, not 

 glazed sewer tile. If the ground gets 

 too wet in cold, cloudy winter weather, 

 the plugs may be removed and the tile 

 will drain the soil of surplus moisture, 

 as in a field. 



The tile should be down deep enough 

 so yon can spade the beds without 

 breaking them, but do not set them too 

 deep in the clay and do not cover them 

 with clay, or it will hinder the process 

 of watering somewhat. Sub-irrigation is 

 good for lettuce and tomatoes, as a 

 moist atmosphere is not needed and en- 

 courages diseases of these crops. 



H. G. 



WOBMS ON YOUNG LETTUCE. 



In a recent issue of The Beview you 

 answered my inquiries .concerning let- 

 tuce, and I wish to thank you for the 

 favor, but since writing those inquiries 

 I have run against another difficulty 

 which I don't know how to overcome, 

 as this is my first attempt at the grow- 

 ing of lettuce. I sowed lettuce seed in 

 one house and transplanted some into 

 another house from outside, and both 

 kinds of plants are now infested with 



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green worms that eat the leaves. I 

 have tried picking them off and have 

 used nicotine, but to no avail. 



Is Paris green ever used on lettuce 

 that has just been transplanted, or is 

 there danger of its retaining the poison 

 until full-grown and thus being poison- 

 ous to usef I do not wish to run the 

 least risk of poisoning anyone for the 

 sake of any lettuce crop, but something 

 severe must be used on the plants, as I 

 cannot combat the pests in any way I 

 have tried. They surely were not car- 

 ried in with the plants, as the plants 

 in one house were grown from seed, in 

 fresh ground, while the soil in the other 

 house was only manured. Though I 

 pick the pests off clean, in a few hours 

 there are numerous green, fat worms, 

 about one inch long, somewhat like the 



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are noted the world over for 

 SUPIRIOR M KRIT 



JOHN LEWISCHILDS 



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