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The Florists' Review 



February 19, 1914. 



GLADIOLI 



America First size, $15.00 per 1000; Second size, $12,00 per 1000 



Pink Augusta, tbe earliest to bloom $2.00 per 100; 15 00 per 1000 



Fancy IMIxture, large variety, all colors 1.00 per 100; 9.00 per 1000 



Spaciai Florists' Mixturs, white, light and pink 1.50 per 100 : 12.00 per 1000 



6% off for cash with order. 

 Also Francis King, Augusta, Baron Hulot and others. Write for trade list. 



STEVENS GLADIOLI COMPANY, Inc., Saginaw, Mich. 



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Vegetable Forcing 



VARIOUS VEQETABIiE QUERIES. 



Please give me some information on 

 growing Grand Rapids lettuce in a hot- 

 bed; also, how to keep worms from 

 Early Scarlet Globe radish. I will also 

 grow- the Early Spring cabbage, and 

 Sparks' Earliana and Champion Dwarf 

 tomatoes. Are these good forcing vari- 

 eties? If not, please give me the names 

 of good early sorts. My lettuce plants 

 in the greenhouse arc not stocky. 

 Please give me advice about them. 

 The size of my hotbed is 6x12 feet, hold- 

 ing ten inches of manure and three 

 inches of soil. The location is north- 

 western Pennsylvania. H. M. 



A foot of warm horse manure should 

 ))e used for any hotbed crop of lettuce 

 in your latitude. If made up between 

 February 15 and March 15, six inches 

 of soil should cover this. It should be 

 well mixed with horse manure and 

 should be allowed to become thoroughly 

 warm before any lettuce plants are set 

 in it. Radishes need not have much 

 manure in the soil; they will corne 

 cleaner skinned without it. Worms in 

 the soil will do no particular harm 

 to the lettuce. Cutworms must be hand- 

 picked, or a poison must be laid for 

 them, composed of fresh shorts, molasses 

 and Paris green, just enough of the lat- 

 ter to color the mash, and add sufficient 

 water to make it pasty. 



Trv Copenhagen Market or Selected 

 .Jersey Wakefield for early cabbages. 

 They* are superior to Early Spring. 

 Sparks' Earliana and Dwarf Champion 

 are not good forcing tomatoes. Try 

 Lister's Prolific, Comet, or that grand 

 new variety, Terrace Hall. All these 

 are special forcing varieties, and will 

 give at least 100 per cent more fruit 

 than Earliana and Champion. C. W. 



LARViE IN MUSHROOM HOUSE. 



I have fixed up an abandoned green- 

 house for mushroom growing, but made 

 the mistake of not thoroughly cleaning 

 the house and of using some old soil 

 for casing some of the beds. The soil 

 seems to have contained some small 

 particles of manure that have bred in- 

 numerable quantities of white, hair-like 

 larva?, about one-sixteenth to one- 

 eighth of an inch long. They spread 

 out over the beds, but are most numer- 

 ous on the boards and in the corners. 

 On the boards they cluster in bunches. 

 In fact, I at first supposed them to be 

 mold, such as gets on wood in moist 

 places. The larvae finally turn into 

 small black flies. Both larvae and flies 



5 Northern Grown 



Especially For Forcing 



Florists' failure in forcing Gladiolus Bulbs 



was due to a large portion being imported or grown 



in sections where seasons were long and Bulbs did not 



mature properly. May's Minnesota Gladiolus Bulbs are 



World Renowned and Famous for their robust habit, luxuriant 

 growth and exquisite beauty; grown in a cold climate and short 

 season, they force easily everywhere with greatest satisfaction. 



May's Minnesota Grown Bulbs Lead The World. 



FIRST SIZE SECOND SIZE 



AUGUSTA. PER 1000 $13.00 $12.00 



AMERICA. " 15.50 12.00 



MRS. FRANCIS KING. " 16.50 12.50 



And many other leading and popular sorts. Prompt shipment. 



Saint Paul 

 Minnesota 



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L. L. MAY & CO. 



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GLADIOLUSi^ 



Start mm by buying RIGHT of 

 WRIGHT and be RIGHT. Sure, Nike! 



M. F. WRIGHT 



1906 Smith Street 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



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Tuberous Rooted 

 Begonias 



Separate colors, $20.00 per 1000 



Gladiolus America 



Mammoth sizes, $15.00 per 1000 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



Prince Bay, N. Y. 



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CUT PRICE TO CLEAR 



We have on hand a quantity of forcing 

 Gladiolus which we are pleased to offer at 

 the following low prices : pg^ iqoO 



QLADIOLUS BRIDE . $2.M 



QLADIGLUS BLUSHINQ BRIDE. 3.00 



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Write for our cata- 

 logue for a complete 

 list of 



FLOWER SEEDS 

 for FLORISTS 



Walter P. Stokes 



210 Market St.. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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