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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembeb 15, 1910. 



FOR 

 MAMMOTH 



ASPARAGUS 



ROOTS 



Per dozen $1.00 Postpaid 



" ICO 4.00 



" 1000 35.00 



WINTER FO 



C I N G 



MAMMOTH 



RHUBARB 



CLUMPS 



Per dozen | 1 75 



" 100 lO.CO 



SELECTED MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



From a renowned specialist, will force in four weeks, the most tender and delicious AsparaRus. Can be forced under Greenhouse benches 

 or in Cellars. Customers were delighted with their success last season, and are doubling their orders. 250 roots will be sold at the 1000 rate. 

 Special quotation will be given on large lots. Write for our Wholesale List for Florists and Market Oardeners— just issued. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY, 217 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when vou wnte 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABIiE MARKETS. 



Chicago, Dec. 13. — Cucumbers, 85c to $1.25 

 doz.; lettuce, 20c to 22%c case. 



New York, Dec. 12.— Cucumbers, $1 to $1.50 

 doz.; lettuce, $1 to $2 2-box strap; mushrooms, 

 20c to 40c lb.; radishes, $1.50 to $2.50 hundred 

 bunches; tomatoes, 10c to 27c lb. 



Boston, Dec. 12. — Cucumbers, $4 to $10 box; 

 lettuce, 90c to $1.25 box; tomatoes, 20c to 25c 

 lb. ; mushrooms, 35c to 50c lb. ; mint, 50c to 75c 

 doz. bunches; parsley, $1 to $1.25 box; romaine, 

 75c to $1 doz. ; escarolle, 50c to 75c doz. 



LETTUCE ROT. 



I should like to ask you about lettuce 

 rot, and whether there is any remedy 

 for it. Frequently, after setting out a 

 bed of lettuce, a plant rots here and 

 there. By removing the affected plant 

 at once, and applying air-slaked lime, 

 with a little sulphur in it, on the soil 

 from which the plant was removed, the 

 disease seems to be checked. But when 

 it attacks a bed that is half grown or 

 older, it seems impossible to do any- 

 thing with it, and sometimes I lose 

 half the bed. W. E. G. 



Lettuce rot can often be avoided by 

 taking off an inch of the top soil and 

 putting back the same quantity of good, 

 clean, new soil. If the plants are kept 

 watered too much, so that the top soil 

 is always wet, this condition is pretty 

 sure to bring on the disease called let- 

 tuce rot. Give plenty of ventilation 

 and keep the soil cultivated. H. G. 



BHUBABB UNDER BENCHES. 



Please tell me how to plant rhubarb 

 under carnation benches. N. F. C. 



Select good, strong, healthy plants, 

 not less than three years old. Lift 

 these clumps carefully, leaving as much 

 soil on them as will cling to them with 

 reasonably careful handling. Place these 

 clumps close together in a row under 

 the edge of the benches. Pack fine soil 

 in between them carefully and put about 

 two or three inches on top of them. 

 Soak the soil thoroughly to settle it 

 around the clumps, but be sparing of 

 the water then for a while, as they 

 require little of it until they get roots 

 and leaves to take up and evaporate it. 



Burbank's Linnaeus and the Giant 

 Victoria are both good forcing vari- 

 eties. Others may be as good, if good, 

 healthy, strong old clumps are obtain- 



SPAWN 



8 lbs. for $1.00 



WN. ELLIOn & SONS 



42 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



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Watch for oar Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Para Culture Mushroom Spawn 



I cheaper srrades Is 

 )sed. Fresh sample 



Sabstitation of cheaper grades Is 



UyoEposed. Fresh sampli 



brick, with illustrated book, mailed 



thus easlls 



, ^^^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 



^> ^^^ ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address 



Trade iifark. AiDcrioui Spawn Co.. St Paul, Minn. 



able. Some could be dug and stored in 

 a cold shed now, so as to be ready for 

 starting up later if wanted. H. G. 



SNAILS AND MOLES. 



Will you please tell me what I can 

 do to get rid of snails in my greenhouse 

 soil? They eat the young lettuce plants 

 and also the sweet peas, and altogether 

 they do a great deal of damage. I am 

 also troubled with the field mouse, 

 which rakes up the ground and eats 

 the roots. We have the smilax, aspara- 

 gus and other plants in a bench made 

 on the ground. We tried to catch the 

 pests at night, but did not succeed. 



M. & C. Co. 



These snails or slugs can be caught 

 by taking large lettuce leaves and lay- 

 ing them around on the beds. The slugs 

 will eat on them and stay there, as 

 they can hide under them after day- 

 light. They should be collected each 

 morning and more leaves should be laid 

 in place before evening. They work 

 mostly at night, but sometimes on 

 cloudy days. 



I have also heard that the slugs can 

 be poisoned by hollowing out half pota- 

 toes, putting a little Paris green inside 

 them and laying them around, but I 

 am afraid to leave poisoned vegetable 

 matter scattered about. 



I think they are ground moles, in- 



Our Superior Strain 

 Rosy Gem Radish 



Produces typical roots of uniform 

 beauty, whicli bring fancy prices every- 

 where. Plant our strain of Rosy Gem 

 Rtuligh for quick and profitable returns 

 from your benclies. Oz., 5c; H lb., 

 15c; lb., 50c, postpaid. 



Fireball or Non Plus Ultra, rich, 

 solid scarlet. Oz., 5c; H lb., 15c; lb., 

 45c, postpaid. 



You could not buy any better seed at 

 any cost and you would not get as good 

 results from many higlier priced stoclfs 

 on the marlcet. Watch this space for 

 further "True Blue" news. For prompt 

 attention, address orders to Desk R. 



The Livinsfston Seed Co. 

 Columbus,- Ohio 



stead of field mice, that are digging in 

 your solid beds. They can be caught 

 easily in the regular mole trapa All 

 supply dealers handle these traps. They 

 have several prongs, which are driven 

 down through the mole if he ventures 

 along the route over which the trap is 

 set. In raising the soil as he goes, he 

 springs the trap that spears him. 



H. G. 



Columbus, O. — At the greenhouses of 

 the State Institution for Feeble Mind- 

 ed Youth, on West Broad street, large 

 quantities of flowers and vegetables of 

 fine quality are grown, and the work 

 is done principally by the boys of the 

 institution, under the direction of 

 Robert Buehler, the florist in charge. 

 It is apparent that, under the circum- 

 stances, Mr. Buehler deserves a dou- 

 ble degree of credit for what is accom- 

 plished. 



