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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBEH 30, 1911. 



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BEST FBENCH SEED. 



Radish, Scarlet Globe; Self-Blancblng Celery; 

 Lettuce, Improved Big Huston (quality extra). 

 Black Seed Big Boston, Beaulleu's Forcing, 45 

 head fill up a barrel; Beaulleu's Globe White 

 Tipped Forcing (% pink, ^ white) new radish; 

 White Tipped Scarlet turnip; Beet, Detroit, 

 Crosby; long smooth parsley, large rooted, extra; 

 Spinach, Savoy, Vlroflay, Triumph, etc.; Endive, 

 (Juried and Escarolle. All this has been selected 

 by myself and is the quality as used by the 

 market gardeners of Paris. Send for prices. 

 BEAULIEU, 

 Woodhaven, Borough of Queens, New York. 



Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is 

 tbus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



TndeMark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



CUCUMBERS IN POTS. 



Will you be so kind as to give me 

 some instructions in regard to the 

 proper method of starting cucumbers 

 in pots? Will the paper pots answer 

 the purpose as well as the red clay 

 ones, or will the quart strawberry bas- 

 kets do as well as anything? How 

 should the soil be prepared? Will 

 sheep manure do for this purpose? If 

 so, how should it be used? I am think- 

 ing of planting about .January 1 and 

 wish to know how long I can let them 

 stay in the'pots from the time of plant- 

 ing. Will it do them any harm to leave 

 them in the pots until the latter part 

 of February or the middle of March? 

 These will be planted in the open field 

 here, in Florida, after danger of frost 

 is over. Can they be staked while in 

 the pots and be taken from the stakes 

 when I am going to set them out in the 

 field? I have heard that if the vine is 

 disturbed when it starts to run, it will 

 not make cukes. Is there anything in 

 this and can the vines be moved when 

 in bloom? R. J. J. 



In starting cucumbers inside, for 

 planting into the field, many growers 

 take square pieces of sod, turn them 

 upside down and plant the seed in 

 them. When the plants are about a 

 month old they are lifted out of the 

 hotbed along with the pieces of sod 

 and are carried to the field; the sod 

 holds the roots together. If left too 

 long they do not do well. They must 

 be watered well when planted out in 

 the field. They can also be started in 

 jiots — two seeds in a 4-inch pot. Clay 

 pots are better than paper ones. 



The trouble in transplanting to the 

 field is that the plants are taller and 

 more tender than those grown in the 

 open, and they are whipped by the 

 wind and usually are stunted somewhat 

 in the operation. Some growers claim 

 that seed planted in the open at the 

 same time will come about as quickly 

 and bear better. It is quite a change 

 for the plants and much depends upon 

 the rain and wind about the time they 

 are put out. I would advise experi- 

 menting in a small way first, before try- 

 ing it extensively. 



The soil should be light and loose 

 and should have about one-fourth ma- 

 nure in it. If sheep manure is used, 

 a much smaller quantity will be re- 

 quired, as it is much stronger, but does 

 not loosen the soil up quite so well. 

 The plants must go to the field not 



Livingston's Forcing Lottuces 



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 year. The uuiform product raised from our superb 

 strains is sure of a ready market at top prices. Follow 

 the example of the most succestful, wlio largely plant 

 "true blue" seeds. 



Superior Strain GRAND RAPIDS 



is selected with special care for greenhouse 

 STOwers. Sure crooper of heavy plants. 

 Handsomely curled, crisp and tender. 

 Sells on sight. Oi.. 16c; M lb., 40c; lb., 

 $l.6U, postpaid. 



LIVINGSTON'S BON TON 



is finest for local markets. Prominent 

 white midribs make it very brittle. Some 

 growers say it is earlier than Grand Rapids. 

 Oz., 16c; H, lb., 60c; lb., 91.86. postpaid. 



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 to all interested in "Quality" Seeds. 



THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO. 



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BEHRE'S IMPROVED MODEL 



STEN-ER 



Patent applied for. 



A time-saver to the extent of lessening over 60^ 

 of the labor, together with the grace in which th« 

 leaves and flowers can be set by the firm hold the 

 Stemmer has upon them, makings them an arti> 

 de of peHection. They are now being used by 

 leading designers. ^ 



Prices: From 1000 to 5000 at 75c per 1000; 10,000 lota at 

 70c : 25,000 lota and over at 65c. At your dealer's or direct 

 from the factory. 



E. H. BEHRE, Madison, N. J. 



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CUTFLOWER BOXES 



ud FIBER SHirriNG CASES 



It will pay you to get our samplee 

 and prices before ordering. 



HIE J. E. SNITH CO. 



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later than four i^eeks from the date 

 of planting the-sfeed. H. G. 



Huntsville, Ala. — John Scott recently 

 has returned from a visit at his old home 

 at Nashville, Tenn. 



West Hartford, Conn. — W. Wallace 

 Thomson, the Vera street florist, has 

 completed another greenhouse, 34x160. 

 It will be used for sweet peas. 



STANDARD 

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The safe and dependable 

 way to send plants by 

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\ Economical to use, and 

 V, no "come backs." 



They stand up under the 

 hardest tests. 



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