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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Maucu 0, 1911. 



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CANNAS 



We have a very complete stock of Boddington's Cannas, 40 standard varieties, 

 ready for immediate shipment or for later delivery. Complete price list mailed for 

 the asking. You will make no mistake in booking order now. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MASEETS. 



Chicago, March 7. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to $1.75 

 doz. ; lettuce, 25c case. 



New York, March 6. — Mushrooms In free sup- 

 tjly and selling well. Cucumbers plenty and 

 weak. Lettuce steady. Mint scarce. Kadlshes 

 and rhubarb without change. Tomatoes dull. 

 Beet tops, 75c to 90c box; cucumbers, 6oc to 

 S1.50 doz.; lettuce, 75c to fl.25 strap; mint, 

 $1.25 to $2 dozen bunches; mushrooms, 40c to 

 $1.25 4-lb. basket; radishes, $2.50 to $4 hundred 

 bunches; rhubarb. 15c to 50c dozen bunches; 

 tomatoes, 7c to 20c lb. 



Bolton, March 6. — Mushrooms, 30c to 4oc lb.; 

 cucumbers, $5 to $14 box; cucumbers, select, 

 $1.75 to $2.50 doz.: rhubarb, 6c to ic lb.; 

 tomatoes, 35c to 40c lb.; bunch beets, $1.50 dozen 

 bunches; bunch carrots, 75c to $1 dozen bunches; 

 bunch radishes, 25c to 30c dozen bunclies; 

 parsley, $1.50 to $1.75 box; dandelions. $1.(5 

 to $2 box; beet greens, 85c to $1 box; lettuce, 

 '35c to 75c box: mint, $1.25 to $1.50 doz.; 

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



APHIS ON LETTUCE. 



I noticed in The Review of February 

 23, page 62, the inquiry of W. E. C. in 

 regard to green aphis on lettuce. T 

 have been growing lettuce for about 

 fifteen years and have had convincing 

 evidence that prevention in this matter 

 is worth more than all the cures put on 

 the market. I have often been in the 

 difficulty he speaks of, especially in 

 the earlier part of my experience. 



My practice now is to get tobacco 

 stems at a cigar store, run them 

 through a cutting machine, and then, 

 immediately after planting a bed, 

 cover the soil lightly between the plants 

 with these stems. Later, when the 

 crop is about half grown, I repeat the 

 dose of stems and thus avoid all trouble 

 with green fly. 



Of course, when a crop becomes badly 

 infested it is hard to get rid of the 

 pests, but if you start in with the 

 young crop and keep right after them 

 in the way I have suggested, you will 

 be surprised to find how easy it is to 

 have clean lettuce, and that means 

 quick sales. But if there is a bug on 

 the lettuce, the good housewife will be 

 sure to see it and will quickly lose her 

 appetite for the vegetable. 



I never smoke my lettuce houses and 

 have never used cyanide, yet I have 

 not seen a dozen aphis on my lettuce 

 this winter. The secret of success, in 

 this as in everything else, is everlast- 

 ingly keeping at it. No matter if there 

 are no bugs to be seen, give them a 

 dose of cut tobacco stems regularly 

 and "keep on a-keeping on," as 

 Speaker Cannon says. H. L. Clapp. 



THE CANNA OF TODAY 



"Antoinc Wlntzer. the dean of Caona hybridizers In America, has 3(XJ0 Oanna BeedllDirs 

 on trial this season. Of these fully :iOO have been marked for further trial. His efforts In 

 securinK promiBing varieties are more than usuallir successful; the experience of 17 years, 

 aided by a favorable season, has produced splendid results. A flower that would have 

 been conslden d an improvement 10 years ago is scarcely noticed now; size, substance, 

 color, form, foliage, each and all must be better than in some existing variety, or the 

 claimant is discarded." 



Extract from "The Weekly Florists' Review." Sept. 22. 1910. 

 Describing a visit to our Nurseries. 



We have introduced in the past dozen years about 75 varieties of Cannas, 

 most of which are still prominent. Our introductions have not been confined 

 to any certain class or color, but represent the best to be had today in practi- 

 cally every color and class. Take for example the Yellows— We suppose every 

 florist in the United States knows the BUTTERCUP, which was one of our 

 earliest introductions. And you know GLADLA,TOR ? If not you surely 

 should, so distinctly is it marked with brilliant red spots on a solid yellow 

 ground and a fiery red tongue in the center. But this week we want to intro- 

 duce to you a now variety, BRILLIANT. This is one favorite with the 

 Department of Agriculture at Washington. A bed of these on our office lawn, 

 last summer, called forth repeated praise. It has the same pure, brilliant 

 yellow as the Buttercup, but is far more striking as a result of a bright red 

 center petal, which is a regular eye-catcher— You would Hke BRILLIANT; 

 you could not help it. 



If we had the space, we would like to introduce to you the giant, orchid- 

 flowering, heat resisting, praise winning Cannas, WYOMING and INDIANA, 

 six and seven feet, magnificent foliage. They are majestic in every sense. 

 Wyoming with its orange color; rounded petals and handsome purple foliage— 

 and Indiana almost a ])rototype with green foliage. 



The above varieties can be supplied at 75c per doz. ; fo.OO per 100, subject 

 to stock unsold. We have other yellow varieties, but none letter than these; 

 all of which are our own introductions. 



BRILLIANT, 90c per doz. ; $7.00 per 100. 



You can make money on thtsse. 



If interested, write for our complete list of improved Cannaa. 



The Conard & Jones Co., west Grove, Pa. 



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APHIS ON LETTUCE. 



I noticed in The Review of February 

 23, page 62, the questions of W. E. C. 

 in regard to aphis on lettuce. From 

 my experience, I cannot believe that 

 fumigating will ever effectually rid one 

 of the pest. It might do so if only 

 leaf lettuce were grown, but only a 

 spray will get at the insects in the 

 head lettuce. I have used nicotine ex- 

 tract with satisfactory results, putting 

 about a teaspoonful of the liquid in a 

 gallon of water and spraying the let- 

 tuce thoroughly with an auto-spray. If 

 the spray is used at night the aphis 

 will have disappeared by morning and 

 no ill effects will come from eating 

 the lettuce at once. 



C. M. Boardman. 



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TONATO SEED NEW STONE 



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