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FEBBUABX 15, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



63 



Speoial to the Trade 



We make a specialty of groirlng all klndt of 

 'V egetable Plants for the 8a«d and Plant Trade, 

 includlnt the best varieties of Forcins Toma- 

 toes. Asparagus, Cauliflower. £nr Plants. Pep- 

 pers. Parsley. Lettuce. Cabbage, etc. Speoial 

 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 

 jiest, Sutton's A-1, Sutton's Abundance and 

 Winter Beauty, also Extra Early Erfurt and 

 snowball Cauliflower. 



Casli requlrsd wltb orden from 

 nnlmown oorr«spond«nts 



fox-Hall farm, V. ^^ Norfolk, Va. 



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Vegetable Fordng. 



APHIS ON LETTUCE. 



Is there any way to fight green aphis 

 in a lettuce house! Last spring we 

 threw away over 500 pounds of fine 

 lettuce on account of these pests. This 

 year we wish to prevent them from 

 getting started. Our lettuce house is 

 connected with our flower and plant 

 house, and there are a few aphis in it, 

 among the snapdragons and mums. "We 

 clean them out, but they come on 

 again. Is there any way to fumigate 

 successfully for green aphis? Could 

 we use cyanide gas in a lettuce house? 

 Would it kill the lettuce or leave any 

 poison on it that would not wash off 

 or that would be dangerous? The let- 

 tuce is all small now and of course the 

 leaves on it will all fall off before it 

 is grown. C. "W. R. 



For aphis on lettuce, fumigate lightly 

 and frequently to keep them from get- 

 ting a start. Do not wait until damage 

 is done. Even a few of the pests hurt 

 the sale of lettuce. Whether a woman 

 buys lettuce regularly or occasionally, 

 she will not buy again for a while if 

 she finds bugs on one lot of it. 



Aphis are easy to keep down. You 

 can fumigate lightly with tobacco 

 stems one evening each week. This is 

 the cheapest way, but if they have a 

 ??ood start and are not easily subdued, 

 Ret some nicotine extract and pour a 

 tiny stream on the hottest pipe in the 

 house, using an oil can, and you will 

 ?et out more quickly than the aphis. 

 It does not work so well on hot water 

 pipes as on steam pipes. H. Q. 



FEBTILIZEB FOR TOMATOES. 



"Will you kindly inform me as to 

 what you consider the best fertilizer 

 for forcing tomatoes under glass? Also 

 state when and how such fertilizer 

 should be applied. C. D. C. 



A good coat of rotted cow manure, 

 turned under with spading forks when 

 preparing the soil for planting, will 

 be enough to start with, providing the 

 soil is reasonably good and has not 

 been used previously for tomatoes. 

 After they get to growing, they should 

 oe fed light doses of liquid manure 

 occasionally, but some comme^cml fer- 

 tilizers should be used rfso a«d not 

 too much manure, because they will 

 stand to be fed considerably more phos- 

 phoric acid and potash than nitrogen. 

 Manure alone is not properly balanced 

 for tomatoes, being strongest in nitro- 



Livingston's Extra-Select 



Ohio Yellow Globe Onions 



represent the most perfect strain of this desirable type of onions. Bulbs 

 ripen early and evenly, are of brl^rht, uniform color and distinct, at- 

 tractlTe shape. Yields enormous crops (see illustration), the bulbs al- 

 most pushing each other out of the row to make full growth. They are 

 solid mild and keep well. Their remarkably uniform color caused a 

 satisfied customer to send us this letter: "It may Interest you to know 

 that among 10,000 bushels of onions raised from your seeds we have ab- 

 solutely no white ones." 



Oz., 15c; ^4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.86 postpaid. Special quotations on large 

 quantities on request. 



Onion Booklet, Wholesale 

 and Retail Catalogues 



Free 



Cover of Onion booklet shown to left demonstrates how Ohio Yellow 

 Globes grow for us. They will do the same for you if you study the 

 booklet and follow suggestions offered. Catalogues fully describe and 

 offer "True Blue" Seeds at fair prices. Experience has proved that our 



^ Quality seeds make the price second consideration. Write for free Onion 



' booklet and catalogues today. 



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 on every brick of Lambert's 



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gen, which may make a rank growth 

 of foliage; the ground might thus be 

 considered too rich when really not 

 rich enough in the other two ingredi- 

 ents which jnake complete fertilizers. 

 You can get the phosphate in bone 

 meal, but also get some nitrogen. For 

 potash buy muriate or sulphate. 



If no manure is used after planting 

 or not much, then the bone meal and 

 potash will be excellent, but if plenty 

 good manure is to be had, cut out the 

 bone meal and use phosphate rock and 

 potash mixed together. Put this on 

 frequently in extremely light doses. 

 It can be dissolved in water or dusted 

 over the top of the soil as if sowing 

 grain, and watered in afterward. 



H. G. 



SOWZNG EABLY CABBAGE. 



Kindly inform me when to sow early 



BEST SSEKOH SEEDi 



Radish, Scarlet Globe; Self-Blanebtnc Celnr; 

 Lettuce, Improved Big Boston (quality extra). 

 Black Seed Big Beaton. Beanllen^s roreini, 48 

 bead flU up a barrel; Beaulieu'a Oloba Whit* 

 npped Forcings (V^ pink. )4 white) new radUh; 

 White Tipped Scarlet turnip; Beet, Detrcdt, 

 Crosby; long smooth parsley. Urge rooted, extra; 

 Spinach, Savoy, Viroflay, Triumph, etc; B!ndlva| 

 Curled and BscaroUe. All tills has been selected 

 by myself and is tlie quality as used by the 

 market gardeners of Pari s. S end for prices. 

 BEAUUKV. 



Woodhaven, Borough of Queens, New Tork. 



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cabbage seed to have the plants ready 

 to set out by the middle of April. I 

 expect to grow them under glass, with- 

 out heat. I live in northern Ohio. 



W. C. H. 



About March 1 will be a good time 

 if your coldframc is in a protected 

 place, where it is not too cold. Do 

 not sow too thickly or wet too heavily. 

 If sowed thinly they will not spoil if 

 not transplanted at the right time. 

 If you do not intend to transplant 

 them, you might be soon enough by 

 planting March 10 to 15. H. G. 



Canutillo, Tex. — A new range has 

 just been completed here for the Eio 

 Grande Nursery Co. A Kroeschell hot 

 water boiler will be used for heating. 



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