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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 2, IMO. 



BOBEST OAMEBON. 



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mron's superintendency. A recent report 

 of Prof. Goodale, the retiring professor 

 of botany at Harvard College, highly 

 commends the splendid work done by Mr. 

 Cameron at Harvard. 



Since making his home in Boston, Mr. 

 Cameron has actively identified himself 

 •mth. all its horticultural interests. He 

 is a life member of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, served for many 

 years as one of the plant and flower 

 committee and of late years has made a 

 most efficient superintendent of exhibi- 

 tions, having charge of the arrangement 

 of the exhibits and always being on hand 

 when needed. He has for many years 

 been a staunch supporter of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, being "one of 

 the faithful among the many faithless 

 found" when the club's fortunes were 

 at their lowest ebb. He rarely misses 

 a meeting and is ever ready to join in 

 a discussion, read a practical essay, es- 

 cort a lady lecturer to the platform, boom 

 banquets, dances and picnics, and lend 

 his aid along every possible line. He 

 served as one of the executive committee 

 in 1897, 1898, 1907, 1908 and 1909, and 

 as vice-president in 1899. The presi- 

 dency will undoubtedly be his in the near 

 future, in spite of his natural diffidence, 

 as no one has the club 's interests more at 

 heart. 



Mr. Cameron was for years a regular 

 contributor to the columns of Garden 

 and Forest and no one regretted more 

 than he the passing of that paper. He 

 frequently contributes articles to present- 

 day magazines. As a lecturer and judge 

 his services are frequently requisitioned 

 outside of the Hub. 



Frequently men having charge of 

 botanic gardens are more botanical than 

 practical, but a visit to Harvard will 

 satisfy anyone that as a practical grow- 

 er Mr. Cameron is in the front ranks, 

 and his many fine exhibits in Boston 

 each year testify both to his skill as a 

 grower and his taste as an arranger of 

 groups. In connection with the coming 

 S. A. F. national show, he has already 

 done much valuable work, and it is safe 

 to say that on the roll of honor for valu- 

 able horticultural work accomplished in 

 Boston and vicinity, few vrill stand 

 higher than Robert Cameron. 



W. N. Craiq. 



STEVIAS. 



Stevias, though rather old-fashioned, 

 are useful midwinter flowers and should 

 not be overlooked. Plenty of nice cut- 

 tings are now to be had from the plants 

 propagated six weeks ago and these 

 will grow along into nice 8-inch pots 

 before winter. Any time after they go 

 into their flowering pots or boxes, they 

 are better kept outdoors. The common 

 plan of planting outdoors has serious 

 drawbacks, as stevias break easily when 

 even carefully handled, and even if 

 kept well pinched they often break 

 to pieces during rain and wind storms. 



Bichmond, Va. — The building owned 

 by RatcliflFe & Tanner, at 25 West 

 Broad street, and formerly occupied by 

 them, is now being torn down, prepara- 

 tory to erecting the much larger struc- 

 ture which is demanded by their fast 

 developing trade. Meanwhile the firm 

 '^is conducting business in a store next 

 door. The new building will be ready 

 for their use about September 1. 



Vegetable Plants 



Cabbaare. All Head, Succession, Second Early, 

 Early Summer, Flat Dutch. Sure Head, Danish 

 Round and Ball Head, at 20c per 100, $1.00 per 

 1000, 10,000 and over 85c per 1000. 



Kgg Plants. Black Beauty and New York 

 Improved, 40c per loO, |2.00 per 1000. 



Peppers. Bull Nose, Ruby King and Sweet 

 Mountain, 40c per 100, |2.0O per 1000. 



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 to keep in touch with commercial horticulture in Eng- 

 land and the continent of Europe : Your best means 

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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEOETASLE MARKETS. 



New York, May 31. — Cucumbers, $1 to |2 box; 

 mushrooms, 60c to $1.60 4-lb. basket. 



Boston, May 30. — Tomatoes, 10c to 15c lb.; 

 cucumbers, fl.60 to |3 box; mushrooms, $1 to 

 $2 basket. 



Chicago, May 31. — Cucumbers, 25c to 50c doz.; 

 lettuce, 10c to 15c box; radishes, 50c to 60c 

 hundred bunches. 



FOECING STRAWBERRIES. 



Please give brief directions for forc- 

 ing strawberries, as to soil, tempera- 

 ture, best varieties, etc., and state 

 whether the plants as they are supplied 

 by dealers in the early fall can be made 

 to bear during the following winter. 



F. R. 



The soil for strawberries should not 

 be too heavy or too sandy — just a 

 medium black loam, containing a little 

 sand and some well-rotted manure. It 

 should be clean, new soil that has not 

 been lying around the houses. If from 

 a pile of compost that has been stacked 

 for a year or so, all the better. 



It is usually better to purchase the 

 plants from a dealer early in August 

 than to try to start only a few yourself, 

 but this is the most important part of 

 the business. You want some 2 1/^ -inch 

 pot plants, not runners, and they must 

 be of the right kinds. The pot plants 

 are started from runners from the 

 plants in the field, and are grown in 

 the greenhouses in 2%-inch pots until 

 ready to shift or to set out. For forc- 

 ing, they should be potted into 6-inch 

 pots, if they are well established when 

 received. Plunge these pots in soil, 

 shavings or ashes, in a deep, cold frame, 

 where they will be protected from dry- 

 ing out too fast. Watch them closely 

 and attend to the waienng carefully. 

 You must get them well established be- 

 fore fall, or they will not force well. 

 Do not use any sashes or shading over 

 them at all. They should have a good 

 potful of roots and a good crown be- 

 fore cold weather. 



After freezing weather, cover them 

 with leaves or straw to keep them from 

 thawing and freezing. Take them into 

 the greenhouse about eight or nine 



SUPERIOR HANGING BASKETS 



8-inch per dozen, tl. 00; per 100, $7.00 



10-inch perdozen, 1.25;perl00. 8.00 



12-inch perdozen, 1.50; per 100. 10.00 



14-inch perdozen, 2.25; per 100, 17.00 



16-inch perdozen, 3.00; per 100, 22.00 



18-lnch perdozen, 5.00; per 100, 35.00 



20-inch .perdozen. 8.50; per 100, 65.00 



GRKKN 8HKKT MOSS, $l.uo per bundle. 

 SPHAGNUM M08S. tl.OO per bale. 



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There are no Dry Spofs 



with The Skinner System 

 of Garden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. ^==^^s=^= 



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weeks before the time when they are 

 wanted ripe. Hold them cool for a 

 month — about 45 degrees at night and 

 55 degrees in the daytime. Then raise 

 the temperature 10 degrees until they 

 commence to turn color; then raise it 

 another 10 degrees. The process is 

 similar to forcing bulbs or dormant 

 shrubs. 



Few varieties of strawberries are 

 suitable for forcing. The earliest and 

 latest varieties, also the largest and 

 smallest fruited ones, are to be dis- 

 carded. Bisexual or perfect flowered 

 sorts are to be preferred to the pistil- 

 late ones, although The President is a 

 pistillate variety and quite good. 

 Brandywine is hard to beat. 



Dayton, O.— C. M. Schaefer, of the 

 Advance Floral Co., says that business 

 would be excellent if the mini only 

 would let up, so outdoor work might go 

 on steadily. 



