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The Florists' Review 



Kebkuaux 5, 1914. 





FANCY TERNS 



Fln«st Stock In th« country 



Now iB the time to arrange for your season's supply. 

 We can supply you with good stock the year around. 



$2.50 par 1000 SS^S[,SS^ $2.50 par 1000 



Place your standing orders with us. 

 Full supply at all times. No shortages. 



Imported green and bronze Magnolia Baskets 11.76 ; 6 baskets, each, $1.50 



Qalax Leaves, green and bronze per 1000. $1.60; case of 10.000, 8.60 



Qreen Leucothoe Sprays, extra fine per 100, $1.00; per 1000, 7.50 



Boxwood perlb..20c: per case, 60 lbs., 7.50 



Sphagnum Moss per bale , 1 .60 ^BHfnzii 



QREEN SHEET MOSS, vary fliM for Ba»lc«t Work, Trimmlns Pots. ate. 



Par bas. $2.00. 



FULL SUPPLY CUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES 



MCHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 38-40 Broadway, Detroit, Nich. 



Mention The Review when yon writ*. 



"The Profession of Gardening." J. J. 

 Wilson, of Newark, responded for the 

 seedsmen, Joseph A. Manda for the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, and 

 Geo. W. Strange for the ladies. The 

 speeches were all practical and enjoy- 

 able. J. Austin Shaw was toastmaster. 



Vegetable Forcing 



THE BEST EARLY CABBAQE. 



In the vegetable forcing column of 

 The Review for January 15 appeared 

 an inquiry, signed B. A. A., concerning 

 the best early varieties of cabbage. If 

 B. A. A. will plant his whole plot with 

 Glory of Enkhuizen or Copenhagen 

 Market he will get from fifty to 100 

 per cent more cabbage. I have tested 

 both and would plant no other. I start 

 the seed in flats in the greenhouse 

 about March 1. When the plants are 

 large enough I prick them off into 

 flats about one and one-half to two 

 inches apart. As soon as they have 

 become large enough to make good 

 plants I set them out in coldframes to 

 harden. Watch for a warm spell in 

 which to set out the plants, for if 

 they have three or four days to get 

 started they will stand hard frosts and 

 come through all right. The flats 

 should be well watered before the 

 plants are set out in the field, to in- 

 sure a good start. Wilson Her. 



May I suggest in answer to the in- 

 quiry of your correspondent B. A. A. in 

 the issue of The Review for January 15 

 that he try Copenhagen Market for his 

 early variety? It comes in three or four 

 days later than Early Jersey Wakefield, 

 but gives twice the yield, is a sure 

 header and will stand twice as long as 

 any other early cabbage. W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co. have an exceedingly good 

 strain of it. The average weight of my 

 cabbages of this variety is about ten 

 pounds. I have had them as heavy as 

 twenty-six pounds, and they were not 

 coarse even then. Alwyne Buckley. 



FEBTILIZEB FOB TOMATOES. 



Will you please tell me what sorts of 

 dry fertilizers are best for mixing with 

 soil for tomato plants? I now use pul- 

 verized sheep manure, but it seems to 



Try This on Your Piano, 



Mo. 485 Flora 



or, better still, fill the 

 pan with flowers and 

 use for window deco- 

 ration. Many other 

 designs in Basketry 

 shown in our illus- 

 trated catalogue. 



Madison 



Basketcraft 



Co. 



MADISON, Lake Co., OHIO 



me there should be something better. I 

 try to keep the temperature at 60 to 

 75 degrees, but some of the plants seem 

 to be stunted or hungry. Should I give 

 them applications of liquid manure? 



E. B. 



Good pulverized sheep manure should 

 have suited your tomato plants. If it is 

 not giving you the desired results, try 

 decayed cow manure passed through a 

 half-inch screen, to mix with your soil; 

 one part cow manure to five parts soil 

 will be about right. I would advise 

 the use of natural rather than artificial 

 manures for tomatoes, as they will give 

 the best results. Some finje bone added 

 to the soil will prove a good help to the 

 plants; use a 4-inch potful to each bar- 

 row load of loam. If any of your plants 

 seem starved in pots, give a top-dress- 

 ing of fine bone or other fertilizer. 

 For plants in beds or benches, if they 

 seem to be starved, give a mulch of 

 some well decayed manure and water it 

 well. If the plants are fruiting, apply 

 liquid manure once in ten days, and 



Laurel — Mots - Boxwood 



Laurel Stems, large bag $1.00 



Laurel Branches, 2x2x4-ft. case 2.50 



Green Sheet Moss b&g. 1.25 



Clump Moss bag, 1.00 



Boxwood, fine stock lb., .12 



W. Z. PURNBLL, Snow HiU, Md. 



AARON BUCHANAN, h^;?: 



Wholesale naritt 



N. C. 



Fresh Bronze Galax, s^s inches and up, $3.75 per 

 10,000. Cash, please. 



later in the season once a week. The 

 other fertilizers named are equally good 

 for planted-out tomatoes. Your tem- 

 peratures are about right; 60 degrees 

 at night, with a dry atmosphere, is 

 -\Vhat they need. After the middle of 

 March advance the minimum to from 62 

 to 63 degrees. C. W. 



OBEEN APHIS ON HEAD LETTUCE. 



I am inexperienced in the growing of 

 head lettuce and I would be glad to be 



