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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Decbmbbb 21, 1811. 



BEST FKENCH SEED. 



Badlab, Scarlet Globe; Self -Blanching Celery; 

 L«ttnce, Improred Big BoBtoM (qoality extra). 

 Black Seed Big Boston, Beaulleu'a Forcing, 45 

 kead fill up a barrel; Beaulleu's Globe White 

 npped Forcing (% pinls, % white) new radlah; 

 Wlilte Tipped Scarlet turiUp; Beet, Detroit, 

 OroBby; long smooth parsley, large rooted, extra; 

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

 Curled 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, 



Woodharen, Borough of Queens, New York. 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 ^(.^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 ^^ 7^**s. postpaid by manufacturers upon re 

 V^' 3^^ ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



FOEMALDEHYDE FOR STERILIZING 



Can you advise me as to sterilizing 

 a solid bed with formaldeliyde? What 

 quantity would be necessary for a bed 

 15x75 feet, and how soon after steriliz- 

 ing would it be safe to plant lettuce 

 plants? I use hot water heat and so 

 cannot sterilize with steam. A. M. S. 



Use one quart of formaldehyde to 

 fifty gallons of water. Put it on with a 

 sprinkling can, and do it slowly, so it 

 will soak in deeply. I would advise 

 spading up the soil first, so as to have 

 it all ready to plant. Probably two 

 quarts will answer your purpose. I 

 would not put the plants in until next 

 day, when the fumes are all out of the 

 house. H. G. 



TOMATO BLOOMS DROP OFF. 



You will find enclosed a spray of my 

 tomatoes. Please tell me what is wrong 

 with tliem. What causes the blooms and 

 buds to drop off as they do? In dear 

 weather I keep a temperature of 71 to 

 72 degrees, with air on, and at night I 

 run it at 60 to 62 degrees. In cloudy 

 weather the day temperature is about 

 68 degrees, with air on. I smoke with 

 tobacco stems. For a short time back 

 I have noticed some thrips in the house 

 and have given a medium strong smok- 

 ing about every other night. My soil 

 was mixed as usual for tomatoes and 

 they are kept a little on the wet side. 

 I hope you can state the cause and rem- 

 edy at the earliest possible date. 



M. E. A. 



The tomato blooms were moldy when 

 received, but they may not have been 

 so when sent. They will often decay 

 and rot off if they are wet in watering 

 the plants in the short days in winter. 



It is, however, more likely that the 

 blooms are not fertilized or pollinated, 

 as that is the cause in most instances. 

 Go over your plants every day about 

 noon, the hottest, driest time of the day, 

 and tap each stalk several times with a 

 little stick which has cloth wound around 

 it, to prevent injury to the stalk. Give 

 them several sharp taps near the blooms 

 and you will plainly see the pollen fall- 

 ing from the blooms. Much of the fall- 

 ing pollen will drop on the protruding 

 points and the blooms will thus be fer- 

 tilized. Some growers use a camel 's- 

 hair brush, also, to touch each bloom, 

 dipping the brush in a spoon which is 



Livingston's Select Extra Early White Spine Cucumber 



is of unpqualed purity. Vines are thrifty and great bearers of straight, smootli pickles of reniark- 

 uble earllness and uniform size, shape and lasting color. Unsurpassed for slicing, a trade-winner. 

 Our "prlvat<i strain" has been tlie Isest by test for over twenty years. Try It. Oz., 10c; ^4 lb., 

 ii5c; lb., 05c; postpaid. 



Davis Perfect. Handsome fruits of fine 

 sliape and good color. Ki> selected stock. Oz., 

 lOc; \ lb., .30c: lb.. $1.10; postpaid. 



Vickery ForcinK. Uniformly dark green. 

 A great (nearer. Pkt., lOo; oz., 35c; '4 lb., 

 $1.10; postpaid. 



The Livingston Seed Co., Desk R, Columbus, Ohio 



Rawson's Hothouse. Handsome, deep 

 green fruits. Longer tiiart ordinary White 

 Spine. Pkt.. lOc; oz., 45c; >4 lb., $1 .'45; 

 postpaid . 



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BEHRE'S IMPROVED MODEL 



STEN-ER 



Patent applied for. 



A time-saver to the extent of lessening over 50^ 

 of the labor, together with the grace in which the 

 leaves and flowers can be set by the firm hold the 

 Stemmer has upon them, making; them an arti- 

 cle of perfection. They are now being used by 

 leading designers. 



Prices : From 1000 to 5000 at 75c per 1000; 10.000 lots ak 

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

 from the factory. 



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



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MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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Special to the Trade 



We make a specialty of growing all kinds of 

 ^'egetable Plants for the Seed and Plant Trade, 

 including the best varieties of Forcing Toma- 

 toes. Asparagus. Cauliflower, Egg Plants, Pep- 

 pers. Parsley. Lettuce, Cabbage, etc. Special 

 prices made on large orders for spring delivery. 

 Let us know your wants. 



We have a fine lot of Tomato Plants, trans- 

 planted and potted: Comet, Lorillard. Bonny 

 Best. Sutton's A-1, Sutton's Abundance and 

 Winter Beauty, also Extra Early Erfurt and 

 Snowball Cauliflower. 



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held under the blossoms when shaken, to 

 catch some of the pollen. This method 

 is surer, but I have never found it nec- 

 essary, if the simple tapping is followed 

 as it should be each day. In the tomato 

 both sexes are in the same blooms, so 

 every one should make a fruit if fer- 

 tilized. 



Tox-Hall Farm, 



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ud FIBER SHirriNG CASES 



It will pay you to get our sample! 

 and prices before ordering. 



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M-IO-l2N.CMtnIATe., I<ltimte,m. 



Your temperature is good, but you 

 cannot get the thrips with tobacco stems 

 and may injure the blooms with the 

 smoke, if it is too heavy. Nicotine ex- 

 tract, put on the pipes, will bring down 

 the thrips better than anything else I 

 know of. Do not wet the foliage when 

 watering. H. G. 



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