March 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



S5f 



its retail store to Fourteenth street. Oak- 

 land, Cal. 



John F. Koegler, a well known land- 

 scape gardener, is now located at 2117 

 Emerson street, Berkeley, Cal. G. 



SANTA BARBARA, GAL. 



A decision handed down by the Su- 

 perior Court of Santa Barbara county, 

 California, February 21, is in favor of 

 the Southern California Acclimatizing 

 Association. Dr. Franceschi, a well 

 known botanist, incorporated the South- 

 ern California Acclimatizing Association 

 and, partly in consideration of his agree- 

 ment to do business only on account of 

 the new. firm, received a number of 

 shares and was elected presiitent. By 

 the terms of the agreement the associa- 

 tion was to sell all of Dr. Franceschi 's 

 plants for him on commission. When he 

 was not reelected to his oflBce, Dr. Fran- 

 ceschi, it was alleged, attempted to abro- 

 gate the agreement made, di^osed of 

 his shares and conveyed his assets to his 

 daughter, who then started and adver- 

 tised the Montarioso Nursery. Suit was 

 brought by the association and in a de- 

 cision handed down by the court, the 

 agreement was held to be void as to the 

 clause forbidding Dr. Franceschi to do 

 business on his own account, this being 

 held to be in restraint of trade. All 

 other contentions were upheld and Dr. 

 Franceschi was enjoined from selling the 

 plants at Montarioso for his own ac- 

 count. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEOETABLE MARKETS. 



CHICAGO. Mar. 8.— Cucumbers, 75c to |1.40 

 doz. ; lettutt", 22^c to 2i>c l)ox; raiUsht-s, 15c 

 to 35c dozen bunches. 



BOSTON, Mar. 7.— Rhubarb, 6c to 8c lb.; 

 mushrooms. $1.50 to $2 per basket; dandelions, 

 11.50 box; romalne, |1 to $1.25 ttox; lettuce, 

 60c to 75o box; tomatoes, .30c to 35c lb.; rad- 

 ishes, $1 to $1.25 box; parsley, $1.75 to $2 box; 

 mint, 50c to 7f>c doz. ; cucumbers, $4 to $1.{ 

 box; escarolle, 50o to $1 doz. 



NEW YORK, >Iar. 7.— Mushrooms In <?ood de- 

 mand and firm. Cucuml)ers weak. Lettuce drag- 

 ging. Mint weak. Radishes and rhubarb steady. 

 Few tomatoes arriving. Beet tops, 75c box; 

 cucumbers, $1.25 to $1.7.''. doz.; lettuce. $1 to 

 $1.50 strap; mint, 2.5c to 50c dozen bunches; 

 mushrooms, 1.5c to 40c lb.; radishes. $1 to $2.50 

 hundred bunches; rhubarb, 25c to 75c dozen 

 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 25c lb. 



APHIS ON LETTUCE. 



How can I get rid of the green lice and 

 little black flies in my greenhouse? I 

 had some lettuce that was covered with 

 the green lice. F. G. 



It is generally possible to control the 

 aphis on lettuce by burning tobacco 

 stems in the houses. Another way is to 

 spray the plants with some of the com- 

 mercial nicotine preparations. ■'In this 

 case, as in most others, an ounce of pre- 

 vention is worth a pound of cure. These 

 insects are readily controlled if the treat- 

 ment is used occasionally, so as to pre- 

 vent the insects from getting a start, 

 while they are difficult to control if al- 

 lowed to become numerous. 



ONIONS IN THE GARDEN. 



Kindly inform me whether the yellow- 

 onion sets for sale by the various seeds- 

 men will produce good, large, marketable 

 onions if allowed to ripen in this Mich- 

 igan climate. Would they be ripe in 

 time to permit the growing of a crop of 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Per 100 1000 



WlBona. Urht pink 98.00 936.00 



KBchantreM 1.80 16.00 



Wlnaor 1.76 13.00 



Bose-plnkEnohsntreM 1.60 12,00 



Nelaon Flaber 1.26 10.00 



Harlowarden l.iO 12.00 



Bldorado, yellow 1.60 12.00 



TMrleK>t«a liAwson 1.26 10.00 



26 of one variety at 100 rate; 260 of one yariety at 1000 rate 

 orderi amountlnK to 96.00 or more. 



Per 100 1000 



Beseon 92.28 990.00 



Tiotory 1.76 16.00 



Bedl^Awaon 1.26 8.00 



BsteUe 1.16 13.09 



White Perfection 2.26 20.00 



White BnohantreMi 2.26 20.09 



White Lawaon 2.00 U.OO 



Bxpreis prepaid od 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., D f. Roddan & Son, Proprietors, LOOMIS, CAL 



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SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, Callforaia 

 and Westralla 



DlTlslonB from Mr. Burbank's original plants; no 

 seedllnKS. Extra strong, field divisions, 6 or more 

 shoots, per 100, $2.60; lOOO, $24.00. Strong field divi- 

 sions. 2 to 4 shoots, per 100, $2.00; 1000. $19.00. 



Grohe's LBrge-flowcring Hybrid Ddphinium, 



a selection from the best hybrid strains Id existence, 

 from 3-tn. pots, $6.00; 2-iD.. $2.60. Select plants, 

 from field, 1 year old. $6.00. 



Grohe's Champion Strain Petunia Seed, 



only the best flowers used for seeding, carefully se- 

 lected and hand fertilized, aiants of California, 

 1000 seeds, 76c; ^s oz., $3.00; oz., $16,00. Ruffled 

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 76c; ^s oz„ $3.60; oz., $17.60. 



Shasta Daisy— Alaska or California, ^4 oz., 

 60c; oz.,$1.60. PentstemonHybridusOrandl- 

 florus, tr. pkt.. 25c; oz., $1.00. Pentstemons, 

 Burbank's Hybrids, tr. pkt., 2ec; oz., $1.00. 



Oash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Swede turnips on the land they came oflf? 

 If not, can you suggest a crop to follow 

 them? 



If one has plenty of hardwood ashes, 

 would it be necessary or advisable to use 

 lime also, on land that is rather heavy 

 and sour? H. H. G. 



The common yellow and white onion 

 sets for sale everywhere in the spring are 

 principally for green onions for bunch- 

 ing. They will make large onions for 

 cooking or slicing with cucumbers, etc., 

 if left until later, but a large percentage 

 of them go to seed immediately and do 

 not make any bottom. That is the reason 

 they are not considered suitable for mak- 

 ing large onions. 



Top sets can, however, be purchased 

 for that purpose and that is the method 

 used to get the earliest slicing onions in 

 the summer. 



I think, though, that the Prizetaker 

 onions grown from seed are far more 

 profitable and satisfactory. The Prize- 

 taker is the immense, light brown onion 

 which, when well grown, can hardly be 

 distinguished from the imported Spanish 

 and Bermuda varieties. The Prizetaker 

 can be grown just the same as the red 

 onion, from seed planted in the fields, but 

 to attain its full size and get best results, 

 they should be transplanted like cabbage 

 plants. The seed is planted quite thickly 

 in rows in coldframes or mild hotbeds, 

 about March 1 or later. These are well 

 cared for until ready to set out in the 

 field ; then they are transplanted to the 

 fields much as you would head lettuce or 

 early cabbage. They yield much more 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGK— Wakefield and Succession. $1.50 per 



1000. 

 PAR8LKT— 25c per 100; 11.25 per 1000. 

 LBTTDCB— Big Boston. Boston Market, Grand 



Rapid s. $1.00 per 1000. 

 BBBT PLAHT*— $1.25 per 1000. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



ASTER SEED 



Late Branching;, Oregon Chrown 



Extra fine color, Btronr itemB, fine for cat- 

 ting; price— white, lavender, flesh pink 

 and purple, 25o per packet, ^-oz. 



PRKMIUtf 

 A 6-inch Pawpaw tree with each dollar 

 lent for Aster seed. This ia a horttcultaral 

 novelty, an ornamental tree, and will attract 

 considerable attention with its magnolia like 

 foliage and purple blossoms. It is a most 

 excellent fruit, perfectly adapted to any situ- 

 ation, similar in appearance to the banana, 

 and sell! higher in the market. 6-lnch trees, 

 6 0o each. 



W. B. SIMS, Grower, Newberg, Ore. 



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heavily than crops from seed sown in the 

 garden. 



The onions grown from sets, if pulled 

 as soon as salable, will be out of the 

 way in time to plant late turnips, but 

 the Prizetaker requires a longer season 

 and it would be diflScult to find any crop 

 that could be used to follow them in your 

 latitude. 



Hardwood . ashes can be used liberally 

 on your soil, and lime would also be 

 beneficial. You should also use some 

 fertilizer that is heavy in nitrogen, such 

 as nitrate of soda. Ashes contain no 

 nitrogen, but considerable potash, and 

 both of these are necessary. Heavy, 

 sour land is not best for onions. Light, 

 soft, well drained, rich soil is what they 

 like best. H. G. 



Little Rock, Ark. — P. H. Pattee, 

 florist, returned recently from a trip to 

 Europe. A month ago he was notified 

 his father was critically ill in Germany. 

 He rushed to his parent's bedside to find 

 him recovered. 



There are no Dry Spots 



with The Skinner System 

 of Oarden and Greenhouse 

 Irrigation. ^=^^^^^=^ 



ni Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROT, O. 



