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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



January 18, 1912. 



VALLEYS 



Our EARLY BRAND of selected 

 German Lily of the Valley forcing 

 pips, now ready, in cases of 2500 

 pips, at 



$15.00 - per lOOO 



Net 60 days or 3H ofl fur » prompt check. 

 AaannsB 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, New Yirk 



P. 0. Box 752, or 31 BARCLAY STREET 



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SOW NOW! 



G«t Ready tor Karly Sprlnc Bales 



6 Tr. Tr. 

 Pkts. Pkt. 

 BSGONIA GraeiUs Lumlnoaa, 



true stock, with large scarlet 



flowers t2.50 |0.50 



SrfordU, fine pink rarietr ... 2.50 .50 



Beddtnc Queen, most beau- 

 tiful pink Wax Begonia 2.50 .60 



Vernon, fine red 1.25 .25 



CTCLtAMKN Peraloiun Spleu- 

 dena Glsanteum, finest 

 oolon, assorted, 1000 seeds .. 5.00 .75 



0. V. ZANGEN. Hrtdkeii. N. J. 



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Berlin Valley Pips 



Surplus lots. All high-grade, 

 Berlin type, A. B. S. Pips. 

 Recent arrivals. Case lots 

 only. Ask for list of lots and 

 f. o. b. New York prices. 



MgHUTCHISON & CO. 



THK IMPORT HOU8S 

 17 Murray St., NEW YORK 



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Bulbs for Spring 



L. OlKanteum, Cannas (all leading? 

 varieties), Tuberoses, Gladioli. Prices on 

 application. 



D. RUSCONI 



128-128 W. 6tli St., CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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 wlien wrltlns advertieers. 



VALLEY FOE EASTEE. 



At what time should lily of the 

 valley be brought from the cellar and 

 placed under glass, to have them in 

 bloom for Easter? S. G. B. 



If forced in a glass-covered frame, 

 with good bottom- heat, three to four 

 weeks will suffice. If to be grown 

 in flats, pots or pans on the benches, 

 allow them six weeks in an average 

 night temperature of 55 degrees. If 

 open a little early, the valley can 

 easily be held back in a cool, shaded 

 house. C. W. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



WHITE PLY ON LETTXJCTE. 



I am growing lettuce and it is in- 

 fested with white flies. They eat the 

 lettuce in spots. What can I use to 

 exterminate the flies without making 

 the lettuce unfit for use? C. H. H. 



Hydrocyanic acid gas is the only 

 remedy for white fly. It will kill the 

 pests without injury to lettuce, unless 

 made entirely too strong. 



For a 100-foot house, about twenty 

 feet wide, three jars of diluted sul- 

 phuric acid are sufficient for the fumi- 

 gating. Use half-gallon stone jars and 

 put in each jar about a half pint of 

 acid and the same quantity of water, 

 about an hour before wanted. Into 

 each of these jars of diluted acid drop 

 a package (paper and all) containing 

 two ounces of cyanide of potash, ninety- 

 eight per cent granular. It is better to 

 have it wrapped in double papers by 

 the druggist from whom you procure it, 

 as it is deadly poison; so, also, is the 

 gas that arises as soon as the acid eats 

 through the paper. In dropping the 

 packages, start at the farther end of 

 the house and work toward the en- 

 trance; then get out promptly and stay 

 out until morning. 



It will take a second dose, after the 

 eggs hatch, to exterminate the white 

 fly entirely. It is safe to go into the 

 house in the morning and open the ven- 

 tilators, although the gas can still be 

 noticed. Wash the jars out with the 

 hose after burying the refuse in the 

 morning. 



Some kinds of plants will not stand 

 this kind of fumigating, but most of 

 them will. The foliage must be per- 

 fectly dry when using the gas, as it 

 settles in moisture and will burn the 

 leaves if they are wet. H, G. 



TOO COOL rOE CUCUMBEES. 



I should like to get a little light on 

 a subject with which I am not familiar. 

 I have a bench of sweet peas, 4x200 

 feet, with a row on each side. I have 

 lettuce planted in the center. I should 

 like to plant this bed, as it is a solid 

 bed, to cucumbers in the spring. Sweet 

 peas generally give out in hot weather. 

 The temperature is carnation tempera- 

 ture — about 50 degrees at night. Would 

 this be all right? About how soon 

 could I plant the cucumbers, and what 

 varieties do best inside? Should they 

 be started in the beds or in pots? There 

 are four inches of soil, with cinders 

 for drainage. C. A. M. 



Cucumbers like a temperature of 68 



CELERY 



Speda] Strain •! 

 Golden Self-Blanching 



We offer an exceptionally fine strain known as our 

 Perfection Strain. This seed is crop 1910: has 

 been thoroughly tried out and we know It ts rlKht. 

 It is almost free from green sorts, and more than 

 one customer has told us they did not find a hollow 

 stalk In the field this year. The germination Is per- 

 fect. We consider It Perfection In every respect 

 and do not think It can be Improved on. 



1 oz., 85c: >4 lb., $3.25; lb., $lii.OO, postpaid 



Send Postal for 1912 Descriptive Catalogue. 



I. N. Simon & Son 



Growers of Seed Specialties 

 for Market Gardeners 



6 N. Front St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Special to the Trade 



We make a specialty of growing all kinds of 

 Vegetable Plants for the Seed and Plant Trade, 

 including the best varieties of Forcing Toma- 

 toes, Asparagus, Caullflowfr, 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. Loriilard. Bonny 

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

 Winter Beauty, also Extra Early Erfurt and 

 Snowball Cauliflower. 



Cash required wltb orders from 

 unkno^m correspondents 



fox-Hall rarm, V 2!^ Norfolk, Va. 



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MARKET GARDENERS ! 



DON'T PAY FANCY 



PRICES FOR YOUR 



When you can buy the true 



Northern Grown Seed Stock 



of highest germinating and early maturing qaal- 

 ities direct from the srower. Send today 

 for our Market Gardeners' Catalogue and save 

 money. 



Faraer Seed & Nunery Ce. 



671 4th Ave., 



Faribanlt, Mlns. 



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BEST FBENCH SEED. 

 Radish, Scarlet Globe; Self -Blanching Celery; 

 Lettuce. Improved Big Boston (quality extra). 

 Black Seed Big Boston, Beaulleu^s Forcing, 45 

 head fill up a barrel; Beaalien'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, 

 Curled and EscaroUe. AU this has been selected 

 by myself and is the quality as used by the 

 marliet gardeners of Paris. Send for prices. 



BEAtlXIElX. 

 Woodhaven, Borough of Queens, New York. 



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New Stone Tomato Seed 



Write for Prices 



Will exchange for Crimson Clover Seed or any- 

 thing I can use. 



W.Z.riinieU,SnowlIiU,Nd. 



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Watch for oar Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pari Cattnre Mmhroon Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades Is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 ^,^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 ^^^^J*^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 V«^* ^^^ ceipt of 40 cents In postage. Address 



Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., St Paul, Minn. 



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