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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sbpteubeb 2, 1900. 



Veg etable Forcin g. 



GRAPES WITH CUCUMBERS. 



I have a Black Hamburg grape vine 

 in a 35-foot house where I grow cucum- 

 bers and tomatoes. It has been grow- 

 ing steadily for two years. It is near 

 the end o*f the house and four vines 

 <T0w to the other end. What method 

 should I follow to have it produce 

 rrrapcs? When should it be pruned? 



You cannot expect grapes to fruit if 

 constantly kept growing in a cucumber 

 house* temperature. If you want grapes 

 you must cut out growing cucumbers, or 

 vice versa. Black Hamburg and all 

 other greenhouse grapes must have a 

 season of rest, when a low temperature 

 can be afforded them. This resting period 

 should last for three months, during 

 which time the plants will lose their 

 foliage. Pruning can be done from No- 

 vember to February, when the vines are 

 perfectly dormant. 



Grapes enjoy a high temperature from 

 the time the branches are in bloom until 

 the coloring of the berries starts, when 

 it can be gradually reduced. A gradual 

 increase of temperature should be given 

 from the starting of the dormant canes 

 to the flowering stage. You will readily 

 see that these conditions will not suit 

 cucumbers, which require a high tempera- 

 ture and constantly humid atmosphere. 



C. W. 



SCARLET GLOBE RADISH. 



The favorite radish for the eastern 

 states at least is the Scarlet Globe— the 

 little cherry-like red kind, grown by the 

 millions everywhere— tender, sweet and 

 crisp at the proper stage, but a puff of 

 insipid pith if allowed to stand a few 

 da>s too long. They may be grown, 

 inside or out, under proper conditions, to 

 edible size in four or five weeks' time. 

 Expert growers turn out these little 

 radishes every week in the year, using a 

 compact growing strain, known as Scar- 

 let Globe Short-top Forcing, for winter 

 culture under glass. Three crops may 

 usually be grown in the same soil in the 

 greenhouse during the cold season, but 

 fettuce is often worked in at the last 

 rotation to avoid the radish diseases that 

 are encouraged by repeated cropping 

 without change of soil. Outside, succes- 

 sive sowings are made every week or two, 

 as the edible life of these dainty radishes 

 is short in hot summer weather. Light, 

 rich soil and frequent stirring are the 

 requisites of commercial radish culture. 

 The best seeds come from abroad, 

 says W. Van Fleet in the Rural New 

 Yorker, as American growers do not ap- 

 pear to have patience to transplant the 

 tubers, making rigid selection of those 

 true to type and discarding the inferior 

 ones. Eadish seed, where culling is not 

 rigidly carried out, is practically worth- 

 less for commercial purposes. The cul- 

 tivated radishes are all supposed to have 

 descended from an Asiatic mustard-like 

 plant, similar to charlock, which can be 

 induced to produce an edible root in a 

 few generations of selection. 



Keadinq, Pa.— John H. Giles recently 

 reported to the police that he had been 

 robbed of between $45 and $50. The 

 money was taken from his coat as it hung 

 in his oflBce. 



If You Grow Mushrooms 



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R4WS0N«S HOTHOUSE 

 rUCUIVIBER 



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 tlie 

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

 have resulted in a strain about two inches longer and 

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

 at blossom end. i hl« iifwr strHin we confidently 

 believe to be 8up»*r>or 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 

 oz., 3ftc; oz., 6oc; 4 oz., $1.75; lb., $6.00. 



W.W.RAWSON&GO. 



6 UNION STREET 



BOSTON, MASS 



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CURE FOR WHITE ANTS. 



Tn the Eeview of August 19, page 

 110, under the head of "Cure for "White 

 Ants, ' ' I gave instructions for the use 

 of carbon oil as a remedy. One of the 

 directions, however, was incomplete and 

 misleading. The sentence which begins 

 thus, "Soak the soil," should read, 

 "Soak the soil under the bench." To 

 this may be added that boiling water 

 should suffice to penetrate the runs, while 

 the carbon oil used to impregnate the 

 top layer of fibrous soil will deter or 

 repel any further invasions into that 

 layer of soil. 



Theo. F. Beckert. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Please give us the botanical name of 

 the enclosed flower and also state how 

 to propagate it. We think it. belongs to 

 the trumpet vine familj. 



C. W. K. 



The plant is Bignonia radicans, an ex- 

 cellent hardy climber. Propagation may 

 be effected by layering the shoots. The 

 roots, if cut in pieces and kept moist and 

 warm, will also give new stock. Cuttings 

 taken with three eyes, kept in a warm 

 propagating house and carefully watered, 

 will also root. Probably your easiest 

 method of propagation will be by root 

 cuttings. C. W. 



TILE FOR EDGING PATHS. 



[Two English members of the trade have 

 kindly sent replies to an inquiry which appeared 

 In the Review of July 22, with reference to the 

 procuring of blue fluted tile. The inquiry is 

 here repeated, followed by the two replies.] 



Kindly give me the name and address 

 of a firm handling the blue fluted tile 

 used extensively in the vicinity of London 

 for edging paths. H. S. M. 



In reply to your inquiry regarding a 

 firm which handles blue edging tiles, I 

 can refer you to Messrs. Wood & Sons, 

 Ltd., Wood Green, London, N., England, 

 who supply everything required by 

 florists. A. Taylor. 



A recent issue of the Review con- 

 tained an inquiry as to where blue Dutch 



No Grower of Vegetables under glass can 

 afford to do without the Witlbold system of 



Watering 



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edging tiles could be purchased. I am 

 glad to give the required information. 



As superintendent of a large London 

 cemetery — the Hammersmith cemetery — 

 I use many thousands of these tiles dur- 

 ing the course of a year, for the purpose 

 of edging all or nearly all common 

 graves, and I believe we are about the 

 only cemetery authorities who use them. 

 They are purchased from large tile 

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John D. Eobeetson. 



PuYALLxn', "Wash. — The board of re- 

 gents of the State College, Pullman, will 

 let the contract for a biological labora- 

 tory, August 6, to be erected at the 

 Western Washington Experiment Station 

 here. A greenhouse is included in the 

 plans. 



