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Januab; 18, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



61 



F=OR ^A^INXeR 

 MAMMOTH 



ASPARAGUS 



RCING 



MAMMOTH 



RHUBARB 



CLUMPS 



Per dozen $ 1.76 



Per 100 10.00 



ROOTS 



Per dozen $ 1.00 postpaid 



Per 100 4.00 postpaid 



Per 1000 35.00 postpaid 



SEL-EOTED TMIHTW^TWTOTH KSPHRHGUS ROOTS 



From a renowned specialist, will force in four weeks, the most tender and delicious Asparagus. Can be forced under 

 greenhouse benches or in cellars. Customers were delighted with their success last season, and are doubling their orders. 

 250 roots will be sold at the 1000 rate. Special quotation will be given on large lots. Write for our Wholesale List for 



Florists and Market Gardeners. Just issued. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 



217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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to 70 degrees at night, and as high as 

 85 degrees in the daytime. If you can 

 not keep the house above 65 degrees, 

 do not try to grow cukes. You will 

 also find that few, if any, of the other 

 plants you grow can be kept in the 

 same house. 



Buy only forcing varieties when you 

 buy your seed. All seedsmen have good 

 forcing strains. You could grow only 

 one row of cucumbers in the bed. Put 

 one plant in a place, two feet apart 

 in the row. 



Do not try to grow cukes until late in 

 the spring, when you can keep the 

 house warm enough, and it will pay 

 you better, as they are a hard crop to 

 . grow profitably in winter. Start the 

 plants in 4-inch pots. Plant the seed 

 one month or five weeks before you 

 want to bench the plants. H. G. 



SLOW OEOWTH OF CUCUMBEBS. 



We have a house of cucumbers and, 

 as this is our first attempt at growing 

 this crop, we should like a little advice. 

 The plants are now about four inches 

 high and appear to be in pretty good 

 condition, but do not seem to be grow- 

 ing well. We were late in getting our 

 heater in and the temperature dropped 

 to 32 degrees several times a week or 

 ten days after the seed was planted. 

 There are some small, black-winged in- 

 sects in the house; I presume they are 

 aphis and they seem to be increasing. 

 We sprayed the plants with Bordeaux 

 mixture and also with a nicotine ex- 

 tract. Can we fight these insects by 

 fumigating? Would fumigating have 

 any bad effect on the cucumbers? We 

 have a colony of bees in the house. 

 Would it injure themf Will vaporizing 

 sulphur or nicotine extracts injure the 

 bees? 



There are yellow marks or blotches 

 on some of the leaves, and in the center 

 of some of them is a small hole, like 

 a, pin hole, clear through. What causes 

 this? G. &F. 



Cucumbers require a warm tempera- 

 ture and that probably explains why 

 yours are not growing well. A tempera- 

 ture of 68 to 70 degrees at night and 

 85 degrees in the daytime suits them 

 best. Even experienced cucumber grow- 

 ers have considerable difficulty at this 

 time of year and few care to try them 

 for some weeks yet, as there are many 

 critical points besides the temperature. 



Light fumigating will not hurt the 

 bees, unless strong enough to hurt the 

 vines, but you do not need the bees 

 inside for several weeks yet. Nicotine, 



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WALTER P. STOKES, Seedsman. Fhfladelphja, Pa. 



used either for fumigating or for put- 

 ting on the pipes, is excellent for aphis 

 and thrips and will not hurt the cucum- 

 bers. Sulphur will keep down the mil- 

 dew, but must be used sparingly. The 

 yellow spots on the leaves are probably 

 a fungous disease, but the Bordeaux 

 mixture should have killed it off by 

 this time. 



If cucumbers do not do right from 

 the start, it is sometimes useless to 

 spend time and money coaxing them 

 along, as they are not likely to pay 

 well. If you find your crop stunted or 

 injured seriously at any time, it may 

 be well to throw the plants out and 

 put in something else quickly. A fail- 

 ure with one crop need not mean that 

 the season is lost, as the house can be 



replanted, or planted to radishes, which 

 will be marketed in five weeks from the 

 seed; then the house can be used for 

 geraniums and bedding plants for 

 spring. H. G. 



PROPAOATING VINCAS. 



Would it be practical to propagate 

 vincas at this time of year from cut- 

 tings, and if so, which is the best 

 method! J. W. L 



Vincas root readily at this season. 

 Heel cuttings are best, preferably the 

 short growths, a few inches long. More 

 ripened growths, cut in pieces, will also 

 root, but require more time. A bottom 

 heat of 60 to 65 degrees, shade and 

 plenty of water are needed. C. W. 



