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The Florists' Review 



Febhuary 12, 1914. 



GLADIOLI 



I have a surplus of Gladiolus America of my own stock that I am offering to 



the trade at the low price of 



$12.00 per 1000 lor first size WO.OO per 1000 foTli to liin. $8.00 per lOQO for 1 to liin. 



S% for cash with order. Wholesale list off 50 varieties ffor the asiiing 



E. E. STEWART, 



BROOKLYN, MICH. 



Vegetable Forcing 



LONG RADISHES FOR FORCING. 



Pleasf tell me which is the best long 

 radish for forcing. C. B. CJ. 



Icicle and Long Scarlet Short Top are 

 tioth excellent long radishes for forcing. 



C. W. 



TOMATOES FROM CUTTINGS. 



I have some tomato plants which I 

 rooted from top cuttings taken from 

 jny early ones, which were in full crop. 

 Will these plants he as good to put on 

 the benches as the ones grown from 



^eed ? 



W. F. G. 



Tomato plants from cuttings will 

 •come into bearing earlier than those 

 raised from seed. However, they have 

 not the vigor or productive qualities of 

 seedlings. The same holds good of 

 cucumbers. The fruit will average con- 

 siderably smaller than that produced 

 on seedlings. C. W. 



SWEET POTATOES. 



Will you be so kind as to give me a 

 few hints in regard to raising sweet 

 potatoes in the greenhouses, so I can 

 j)ropagate cuttings from themf Please 

 advise as to whether or not the tubers 

 lould be started under a light bench; 

 name the best varieties and the time 

 to start them; in fact, give all direc- 

 tions. There is a big demand for sweet 

 ])otatoes here and, as I have had no ex- 

 jierience with them, the information 

 will be greatly appreciated. F. W. M. 



&weet potatoes cannot be successfully 

 started under a greenhouse bench. They 

 should be started on the bench itself, 

 or in a hotbed. The last named is a 

 satisfactory and generally adopted plan 

 of propagation, as the stimulus from 

 the warm manure will soon start a nice 

 root action and growths will speedily 

 follow. Lay the tubers in a single 

 layer all over tlie bench (one with some 

 heating pipes below will be the most 

 satisfactory) and then cover with three 

 ■or four inches of light compost. Soon a 

 thick mat of slips will cover the bed. 

 These are carefully removed from the 

 tubers and used to plant out in the 

 fields, eighteen to twenty-four Inches 

 apart in the rows, running the rows 

 four feet apart. 



The smallest sized slips give just as 

 satisfactory results as the larger ones. 

 Two crops of cuttings can be taken off, 

 and a bushel of roots will yield 2,500 

 to 5,000 cuttings. Jersey Sweet and 

 Nansemond are preferred in the cooler 

 northern states as being good keepers. 



XXX SEEDS 



ALTSSVU SNOWBAIL, the only true dwarf. 



vory compact, fine fur pots, pkt., 20c. 

 ASTEB, finest giants grown, wliite, [iurple, pink 



and larender, separate or mix., pkt., 20c. 

 CYCLAMEN GIOANTEtJM, finest giant* mixed, 



260 seeUs, $1.00; % pkt., 50c. 

 CHINESE FRIMBOSE, finest grown, single and 



double, mixed, 000 seeds, $1.00; 1000 seeds, 



$1.M); Vi pkt., 60c. 

 COLEVS, New Hybrids, Best New Oiants, fine 



colors, Rraud, pkt., 20c. ^.^ 



CANDYTUFT. New Giant, fine, pkt., 20c. " 



COBAEA Scandens, extra blue, pkt., 20c. 

 JEBUSALEM CHEBBY, new conical fruited. 



dueft lierry plant grown, 20c. 

 LOBELIA, Blue Ball, New Dwarf, dark blue, 



nuest of all Lobelias, pkt., 20c. 

 PANSY, OIANT, finest grown, critically selected, 



(MNMi seeds, $1.00: ^ pkt., 60c. 

 PETUNIA. New Star, finest marked, pkt., 20c. 

 PHLOX DRUMMONDI, PUMILA, New Dwarf, 



grand for pots, fiiieHt colors, pkt., 2<>c. 

 PRIMULA OBCONICA, New Qiauts, pkt., ROc. 

 SNAPDRAGON, Giant White, Pink or Yellow, 



separate or mixed, pkt., 20c. 

 THUNBERGIA. Mixed (Black K.vod Siisim). 20o. 

 VEBBENA, New Giants, finest grown, mixed, or 



separate colors, In purple, white, scarlet, pink 



and white eyed. each, per pkt.. 20c. 

 CASH. Liberal pkta. 6 20c pkts.. $1. 



JOHN f. RUPP, Shireinanstown, Pa. 



CANNA BULBS-: p,, 



Louisiana J. .t2.25 $20.00 



neaute Poltevine CS<. . . 2.75 25.00 



Rlaci< Prince > 2.25 20.00 



Crimson Bedder 2.75 25.00 



President Meyers 2.25 20.00 



Martha Washington 2.25 20.00 



King Humbert 6.00 45.00 



Musaefolia 2.25 20.00 



Souv. d 'A Crozy 2.25 20.00 



Florence Vaughan 2.75 25.00 



Wyoming 3.00 25.00 



Puttercup 3.00 25.00 



West Grove 2.25 20.00 



P'ancy Mixed , 1.75 15.00 



And many other varieties. Carefully 

 packed. Liberal extras for early orders. 



ALONZO J. BRYAN 



Wholesale Florist 

 WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY 



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CANNAS 



Absolutel.v true to name and uumized. 

 Plump. 2-0 eye roots, in perfect condition. 



King Humbert $8.-50 per 100 \ g 



Kate Gray \ I ^| 



Austria ) '°e8 



F. Vaughan \ 2.00 per 100 ; I® 



Buttercup I I .2 o 



Chas. Henderson... / ) #S 



Mixed (mostJy red) 75 per 100 / 2 * 



FURROW & COMPANY, tXSSSi,^ 



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dry and mealy. Orleans Red and Early 

 Golden are good earlies. The Georgia 

 yam, a light cropper, is the finest of 

 all winter keepers. C. W. 



I CANNAS 



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I JOHN LEWIS CHILDS j 



W Wholesale Department 9 



I FLOWERFIELD. L. I., N. Y. ■ 



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CANNAS 



Started, ready to pot 

 up in a or 4-in. pots. 

 Do yoif know buying 

 Cannas this way is the 

 most convenient and 

 economical way? You 

 save all express char- 

 ges: you can have them 

 delivered any time af- 

 ter March 15. They can 

 be grown on in frames 

 and be in time for 

 planting out. Place 

 your order now. 



Per 100 

 King Humbert .. $4.50 



Pennsylvania 3.00 



Egandale 3.00 



Florence Vaughan 3.0O 



Charles Henderson 3.00 



Richard Wallace 3.00 



Hungaria each, iOc: per doz., 2.ro 



Julius Koch each, 15c: per doz., 1.25 



Any other varieties will be grown on orders. 



Gladiolus America, Holland - grown, 

 first size. $9.00 per 1000. 



Pink Beauty, two weeks earlier than 

 America, first size. $13.60 per 1000. 



PETER PEARSON 



Seedsman and Florist 

 5732-5752 Gunnison Street, CHICAGO 



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