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March 23, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Wholesale Only 



j» 4/ i*# ..• Per 100 P«r lOOt 



Shasta I)aW plants |2.00 |12.06 



Golden Glow plants 2.00 12.00 



Qoldpnrod plants 2.00 12.00 



Carnation plants, California outdoor 



varieties .> 2.00 16.00 



Sprengerl plants, 3-ln. pots 3.50 30.00 



Aaparagns plumosus, 3-ln. pots. .. . 6.00 40.00 



Violet plants, Princess of wales... .7S 0.00 



Los Angeles Flower Market 



414 H Sootb Broadway, Loa Angeles. Oal. 



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FOR RENT 



Near San FranclBco; 9000 feet of Klass; for roses 

 or carnations; steam heat; v»ater free. Reference 

 required. For particulars. 



L.ACY ro.. 



B. D. No.189, Fraltvale. Oakland. Cat. 



Chas. E. Morton, of the Los Angeles 

 Flower Market, is in town interviewing 

 the local dealers on the subject of As- 

 paragus plumosus seed. He will handle 

 over one million this season. 



Charles Armstrong, formerly of Los 

 Angeles, has opened a flower shop at 

 23 Telegraph avenue, Oakland. 



Pelicano, Bossi & Co. are extra busy 

 at present fitting up their new quarters 

 at 123 Kearney street, which will be 

 ready about April 1, and will be of 

 most elaborate design and finish. 



George Eoeding, of Fresno, Cal., is in 

 town on a short visit. G. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, March 21. — Cucumbers, $1.50 to $1.75 

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



Boston, March 20. — Cucumbers. $3.50 to $9 

 box; lettuce, 50c to 75c box; mint, $1 to $1.25 

 doz. ; tomatoes, 35c to 50c lb. ; beets, $1.25 to 

 $1.75, dozen bunches; carrots, 75c to $1 dozen 

 bunches; radishes, 25c to 30c dozen bunches; 

 rhubarb. 7o lb.; mushrooms, 35c to 45c lb.; 

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

 doz. ; parsley, $1.25 to $1.50 bushel. 



New York, March 20. — Mushrooms in light 

 receipt and firm. Cucumbers firm. Lettuce 

 neglected. Radishes moving slowly. Tomatoes 

 weak. Beet tops, 75c to $1 box; cucumbers, 75c 

 to $1.25 doz.; lettuce, 50c to $1 strap; mint, 75c 

 to $1 dozen bunches; mushrooms, 50c to $1.50 

 4-lb. basket; radishes, $2 to $2.50 hundred 

 bunches; rhubarb, 15c to 50c dozeu bunches; to- 

 matoes, 6c to 20c lb. 



TOMATOES TO FOLLOW VIOLETS. 



I intend to follow violets with Comet 

 tomatoes. What temperature, day and 

 night, suits them best! Should they be 

 trained to a single stem? I shall ap- 

 preciate any cultural instructions you 

 can give me. E. A. P. 



Tomatoes make an excellent crop to 

 follow violets with, and you could have 

 no better variety than Comet. The vio- 

 let soil should receive a liberal coating 

 of rotted cow manure and this should 

 be well "spaded in. In midwinter toma- 

 toes need a quite restricted root run, 

 but it is otherwise now, with lengthen- 

 ing days and the steadily increasing 

 heat of the sun. If you have narrow, 

 old-fashioned houses, train the plants up 

 the roof. If the houses are wide and 

 your violets are grown on the ground, 

 they are best trained upright and to 

 single stems. Ihey can be set quite 

 closely; sixteen to eighteen inches apart 

 each way suffices. Some set them even 

 closer than this. I prefer to allow 

 twenty-four inches between the rows 

 and run the plants rather close in the 

 rows. They can be supported by .brown 

 twine strung to overhead galvanized 

 wires. 



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"HIGHEST QUALITY" ' 



Seeds, Plants, Bulbs and Supplies 



Florists' and Oardnneis' Trade solicited. 

 Cntaloguo on request. 



^^"^ieO SBCXMfO ST.. PORTL,AI«D, ORK. 



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A night temperature as near 62 de- 

 grees as possible, increasing to 65 de- 

 grees later, suits tomatoes. If you pre- 

 fer to grow them without fire heat they 

 will grow, but will fruit later. They at 

 all times want a dry atmosphere, the 

 exact opposite of that for cucumbers. 

 No artificial pollination will be neces- 

 sary. Removal of the side laterals must 

 be attended to every few days and, if 

 the plants are pinched after setting five 

 bunches, you are assured of a good crop. 

 All the attention after this consists in 

 removing side shoots and giving the 

 plants a good water supply. When the 

 plants are heavily set, soakings of liquid 

 manure once a week will be found bene- 

 ficial. The day temperature at this sea- 

 son can run up to 75 degrees with sun; 

 without sun, 70 degrees is a sufficient 

 maximum. Later in the season these 

 temperatures can be increased, of 

 course. Never keep the house close. A 

 free circulation of air assists in setting 

 the fruit and makes the plants more 

 stocky. Never syringe the plants. For 

 white fly, gas fumigation is the only 

 remedy. C. W. 



FOE A SUMMEE CROP. 



W^e operate vegetable greenhouses 

 and are wondering whether there is 

 not something profitable for us to grow 

 in our houses, in the florists' line, dur- 

 ing the summer months, when our beds 

 are idle in the houses. Any pointers 

 will be appreciated. We are close to 

 Indianapolis and to three cities of 

 about 10,000 inhabitants. We are also 

 in touch with Cincinnati, though a lit- 

 tle farther away from it. We would 

 want to sell the product at wholesale. 

 The houses would be idle about July 1. 



S. A. M. 



Chrysanthemums are the only crop of 

 cut flowers that could be. grown under 

 the conditions described, atid several 

 vegetable growers use them in thati 

 way. FiB»kri«[£ all, yeu nMst have fia«^ 



Strawberry Plants 



by the million are ready f"r shipment at 

 our Kirkersville Farms. All our plants are 

 sound, thrifty specimens, with a root system 

 that makes transplanting an absolute cur- 

 tiinty. They will be dug, carffully packed 

 and shipped promptly, under the supervision 

 of our most competent men. 



The four"Fmpst" 



Bubach, Clyde, Haverland and Sen- 

 ator Dunlap. Uniform price for above 4 

 sorts, ly t-xpres-t, at purchttser's expensn: 

 250 for $1 25 500 for $2 00 ; 1000 for |3.75 ; 4000 

 or more at $3.50 per lOUO. 



Other Good Standard Sorts 



ParS' ns' Bt*auty, Bederwood, Brandywine, 

 Livingston. Unc e Jim, Warfield and Wra. 

 Bolt. Un'form prir-e for above 7 sorts: 250 

 for $1.10; 500 for $1 90; 1000 for $3.50; 5000 or 

 more at $3 00 per 1000. 



Write for special prices on 

 larser quantities. 



Livingston Seed Co., Desk R, Colnmbns, Ohio 



MeUUuti 1 nc tvenew »»lieii ywu «viik 



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Watob for our Trade Mark stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure CuHun Moshroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper pnrades ia 

 tbus easily opofied. Fresh aample 

 brick, with iUustrated book, mailed 

 postpaid by manufacturers upon re- 

 ceipt of 40 cents in postase. Address 



Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., St Paul. Minn. 



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TOMATO SEED NEW STORE 



Pure, clean stock, single pound, $1.25, 

 postage paid. Special price quoted on 

 larger quantities. Conespondence solicited. 



H. AUSTIN CO., Felton, Del. 



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healthy plants of the best early varie- 

 ties. These would have to be pur- 

 chased, or grown in a separate house 

 where proper conditions are possible. 

 This other house would also be needed 

 to start the lettuce plants in later in 

 the season, when the mums are nearly 

 all cut and sold, so as to have fine, 

 large lettuce plants ready to trans- 

 plant into the beds as soon as the last 

 mums are cut. 



If you have never grown chrysan- 

 themums, it would probably be better 

 to buy the plants in June from one of 

 the most reliable dealers. Use only 

 two or three varieties and no culls left 

 over from what someone has not needed 

 to fill his own beds. Good, healthy 

 plants, kept that way, are necessary to 

 success with mums. H.'G. 



