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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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toastmaster. The first speaker was 

 H. E. Deneger, who was the active 

 man behind the flower show given by 

 the society at Asbury Park last fall, 

 and who extended the society an invi- 

 tation from James A. Bradley to make 

 use of his beach auditorium for a 

 summer show. C. H. Totty followed 

 and told the gardeners of the plans 

 for the National Flower Show of 1913. 

 Other speakers included Mayor Ben- 

 net, Rev. Father Norris, John Kennedy, 

 president of the Monmouth Horticul- 

 tural Society; C. M. Logan, president 

 of the National Association of Garden- 

 ers; Benjamin Wyckoflf, secretary of 

 the Elberon Society; C. W. Moore, of 

 Philadelphia; Editor Sweeney, Dr. 

 Whitmore, George Kettle and others. 



The officers of the Elberon society 

 are: James Kennedy, president; D. 0. 

 Kelly, vice-president; Anthony Bauer, 

 treasurer; Benjamin Wyckoff, secretary; 

 George Masson, assistant secretary. 

 The dinner committee was composed 

 of Anthony Bauer, chairman; August 

 Grieb, Charles O. Duncan, Edward 

 O'Eourke and Benjamin Wyckoff. 



CLEVEI^ND. 



The Market. 



Carnations and roses have never 

 been so scarce and hard to obtain for 

 the last two years as during this week, 

 and roses are bringing holiday prices 

 for the few that are obtainable. This 

 scarcity will continue for at least ten 

 days longer. All other flowers are 

 fairly abundant, especially spring flow- 

 ers, and these, being much more reason- 

 able, are largely used for funeral work. 

 Daffodils, tulips and violets are espe- 

 cially good just now. 



Various Notes. 



J. W. Wilson has sold his business 

 and organized a stock company under 

 the laws of the state of Ohio, to be 

 known as the Wilson Horist Co. The 

 capital stock is $30,000, all subscribed 

 for. The charter covers growing flow- 

 ers, plants and vegetables and selling 

 real estate. J. W. Wilson, president 

 and treasurer of the company, will de- 

 vote a little more of his time to the 

 real estate end of the business, in 

 which he has had considerable success. 

 A. B. Wilson will be in charge of the 

 greenhouses, and J. H. Bowyer, for- 

 merly with J. W. Wilson for eight years, 

 will be back shortly and have charge 

 of the fern houses. The officers of the 

 company are: J. W. Wilson, president 

 and treasurer; C. A. Wilson, first vice- 

 president; R. A. Wilson, second vice- 

 president; J. H. Bowyer, third vice- 

 president; A. B. Wilson, secretary. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



WORMS IN LETTUCE BED. 



Please let me know about the eel- 

 worms sometimes mentioned in The 

 Review. Are they the common fishing 

 worm, and when they get numerous 

 do they injure lettuce f G. R. 



Eelworms are tiny worms that eat 

 into and crawl inside the roots, causing 

 little, white, bead-like lumps on the 

 roots. When numerous they make a 

 crop unprofitable. The common fish- 



Brovrn 

 Beauty 



Livingston's Superb Onions 



mature early, yield heavily and keep well. An Ideal soil 

 and climate nrlve them true color, correct shape and i^ood 

 Blze. Many years of critical selection have firmly fixed 

 all these desirable traits in our strains. One of our cus- 

 tomers, while ordering 250 lbs. of Ohio Yellow Olobe 

 Onion seeds, wrlU's on Dec. 14, 1911. as follows: "It may 

 interest you to know that amonK over 10,000 bu. of onions 

 raised from your seeds we had absolutely no white 

 onions." 



Special Onions for Sets 



I ivilMtAll't Rmwii R^antir Qrows the hardest, smooth- 

 Linignon S Unwn DCaaiy. ^^^^ roundest, best-keoplng 

 sets of any onion on the market. Forms medium flat 

 bulbs (see Illustration) 2'o in. In diameter. Is solid, has 

 brown skin and white flesli. Keeps until late sprinu . Oz., 

 15c: "4 lb.. 40c; lb., $1.50; 10 lbs., 112.60: 100 lbs., $100.00. 



Whit* !Cils«Nliii "^^^ well-known white, flat onion. 

 nuiie auvcnun. g^tg ^^ round, sohd and keep splen- 

 didly. Oz., 15c: ^4 lb.. 40c; lb., $1.50; 10 lbs., $12.50; 100 

 lbs.. $100.00. 



Onion Booklet. Wholesale FREE 

 and Retail Catalogue, _^_^__ 



They fully describe and illustrate our splendid strains. 

 Quality considered, our prices are moderate. A careful 

 study of booklet and catalogues will help you to a clear 

 understandingr of quality in "True Blue" Seeds. Copies 

 free on request. 



The LiviBgston Seed Co., ""t" Columbus, 0. 



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Stokes' Bonny Best Early Tomato 



Buy This Seed of the Originator, and Get it Right. 



It is the finest tomato for forclngr Inside or for outdoor planting known to the trade 



Price Introducer's Seed: Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c: ^4 lb.. tl.OO; lb.. $3.76. Crown Set 



Seed for greenhouse use. Pkt.. 20c; "a oz., 76c; oz., $1.25. '* Stokes' Standard" 



Globe Tfimato. A new and wonderful strain of Globe Tomato. Seed 8aved from 



specimen fruit* from line bred planta. Pkt., 10c; ^ oz.. 30c; oz.. 60c: ^4 lb. $1 60 



STOKES' BIG BOSTON LEHUCE STOKES' GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE 



A Buperior strain. A superior strain. 



Oz.. 16c; % lb., 35c; Lb., $1.26. Oz., 16c; % lb., .35c; Lb., $1.26. 



Send for Seed Catalosue and IVlarket Gardeners' Wholesale Lists. 



WALTER p. STOKES, Seedsman. Philadelphia, Pa. 



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BEST FBENCH SEED. 

 Radish, Scarlet Globe; Self-BIancbing Celery; 

 Lettuce, Improved Big Boston (qusUty extra). 

 Black Seed Big Boston, Beanllen^s gorclng, 40 

 head fill up a barrel; Beanlien'a Globe white 

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

 White Tipped Scarlet turnip; Beet, Detroit, 

 Crosby; long smooth parsley, large rooted, extra; 

 Spinach, Savoy, Viroflay, 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. 



BEATTLIETT. 

 Woodhaven, Borough of Queens, New York. 



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worms or angleworms do not injure 

 lettuce, except by causing a sour, sticky 

 condition of the soil, which puts it in 

 bad shape if the worms are too numer- 

 ous. 



A good dusting of air-slaked lime 

 on the soil will make it unpleasant for 

 them. Or, if the soil is dry enough to 

 water, you could water with a dose of 

 lime water made by taking a peck of 

 lime and slaking it in a little water 

 as for whitewash, and then dumping 

 it in a 60-gallon barrel of water. Stir 

 it well occasionally; then let it settle 

 to the bottom and pour the water on 

 the beds. This will "chase" the 

 worms and not hurt the roots. H. G. 



RADISHES ABE PITHY. 



Flease tell me what causes radishes 

 to grow pithy while they are yet small. 

 The variety is French Breakfast. 



.^__ Iv. C. H. 



Keeping radishes too dry or too 

 warm, or both, will cause them to get 

 pithy early in their growth. I think 

 that more water is probably what is 



Special to the Trade 



We make a specialty of growing all kinds of 

 Vegotoble Plants for the 8etd 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 dsliverr. 

 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 

 SnowbaU Cauliflower. 



Cash required with orders from 

 unknown correspondents 



Eox-Hall Earm, \l^' Norfolk, Va. 



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New Stone Tomato Seed 



Write lor Prices 



Will exchange for Crimson Clover Seed or any- 

 thing I can use. 



W.Z.PiinieU,SnowlIiU,Nd. 



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Watch for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Port Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper grades is 

 thus easily exposed. Fresh sample 

 ^^>^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed 

 ,Xo i»Vv P°.^*P*''<^ ^y ^'"""facturersuponre- 

 S.^^^Cj^ celpt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



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



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needed. Do not wet the foliage; water 

 between the rows as much as possible. 



H. G. 





