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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBEB 28, 1912. 



The AYRES IMPROVED 

 Qrand Rapids Lettuce Seed 



IS NOW READY 



No lettuce grower can afford to be 

 without it. 



If your Seedsman does not handle it, 

 accept no substitute, but send direct to us, 



Per Ik., $1.25 ;«., 20c; Mb.,SOc 



S. BRYSON AYRES CO. 



Sunny Slope, INDEPENDENCE, MO. 



STOKES' SEED LEADERS 



Bonny Best Tomato, for greenhouse forc- 

 ing. Positively the finest tomato known 

 for inside. 



Special Stock for Forcing. Pkt., 20c; 

 ^-oz., 8oc: ]-oz., $1.50. 



Copenhagen Market Cabbage. As early 

 as Charleston Wakefield. Produced over 

 five tons per acre against Wakefield two 

 and a half tons. Oz., 60c; •'4-lb., $1.76; 

 lb., $6.UU. 



Big Boston and Grand Rapids Lettuce. 

 Fine forcing strains for greenhouse use. 

 Oz., 15c; 14-lb.. Soc; lb., $1.26. 



WALTER P. STOKES, Seedsman, 

 Philadelphia, Pannsylvania 



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VegetableFordng. 



LETTUCE EOT. 



Will you kindly suggest some means 

 by which we can keep our lettuce from 

 rotting oflf? We prepare the ground, 

 which is a black loam, with lots of ma- 

 nure in it. We keep the ground moist 

 and give plenty of ventilation. The 

 plants start to grow satisfactorily, but 

 in the course of a week they begin to 

 rot off in different spots. Sometimes 

 they are nearly ready to cut before 

 they rot off. We should like to over- 

 come this. If there is a remedy, will 

 someone kindly suggest it? K. & P. 



I am inclined to think the lettuce is 

 watered too often and kept too wet, 

 and also that too much green manure 

 is mixed with the soil. The rotting off 

 is caused by a disease that begins in 

 the form of a mold on the wet surface 

 of the soil and on the particles of green 

 manure which are not turned under. 

 When this fungus reaches the plants it 

 grows on them also, and rots them off 

 close to the ground. 



The way to prevent this rotting or 

 fungous disease is to have the manure 

 mixed with the soil several months be- 

 fore the soil is wanted inside, so as to 

 be thoroughly rotted and incorporated 

 with the soil. If manure is put in just 

 before planting, it should be rotted ma- 

 nure and should also be carefully turned 

 tinder, so as to leave none on top of the 

 tfiurface. 



Do not water too often. Keep| the 

 noil moist, but not really wet. This is 

 best done by watering heavily when you 

 do water and then not wetting the beds 

 again until more water is really needed. 

 Keep the ventilators open every day 

 and a little at night when the weather 

 is mild. Stir or cultivate the crust of 



CABBAGE PLANTS 



We grow plants by the millions for largest and best truckers. All plants 

 are hardy, stocky and frost-proof, grown on land unequaled for yegetable 

 plants, where cabbage has never been before. Every plant reaches highest 

 stage of perfection, not stunted, but well rooted and sound-budded. 



ALL VARIETIBS— Early Jersey Wakefield, the best selected Long 

 Island strain; Charleston Wakefield, Succession, Loul&vlUe and Drum 

 Head, Large Late Flat Dutch. 



LBTTUCE— Big Boston Lettuce, Qiant White Forcing Lettuce, 

 Tennis Ball Lettuce, Qrand Rapids, etc. 



1,000 to 4,000 lots, $1.15 per 1000 

 5,000 to 10,000 lots, .90 per 1000 



Special low prices on 10,000 to 20,000 lots. 



No charge for packing. All shipments guaranteed more than full count. 

 Terms: Cash with order. Remit postoffice or express money order, or 

 registered letter. Send us your order today. Booklet free. Address 



FRANKLIN PLANT FARM, Inc. 



FRANK BRUNTON, McK P. O. Box 964, NORFOLK, VA. 



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Livingston's Forcing Lettuces 



are glTlngr better satisfaction to more tr rowers every 

 year. The uniform product raided from our superb 

 strains Is sure of a ready marlcet at top prices. Fol- 

 low the eiumple of the most successful, who largely 

 plant "true blue" seeds. 



Superior Strain GRAND RAPIDS 



is selected wltli special caro for green- 

 house (rrowers. Sure cropper of heavy 

 plants. Handsomely curled, crisp and ten- 

 der. S(>lls on sight. Oz., 15c; '4-lb., 

 40c: lb., $1.60, postpaid. 



NAY KING 



Finest butter-liead sort for early outdoor 

 planting. Tightly folded, solid heads, 

 stands shipping well. Quality unsur- 

 passed. Oz.. 10c; '4-lb., 35c; lb., 

 $1.85, postpaid. 



• Ask for New ''Six'clalty Boolclet." Free 

 to all interested in "Quality" Seeds. 



THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO. 



Desk K 



COLIMBUS, OHIO 



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WINTER FORCING RHUBARB 



FINE ROOTS, $1.80 par doz«n; $10.00 par lOO. 



Bpecial quotation on quantity. 



BEGONIAS GLOXINIAS 



Du« to Arrlve-Writ* for Price*. 

 New Crop Seed-CLEMATIS PANICULATA, SCARLET SAGE and 

 MAMMOTH VERBENA and a Full Line of Florists' Fiow«r Seeds. 



See our Clearance Bulb Offer in last issue. 



JOHNSON SEED CO., mar'k'^ st PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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the soil occasionally, so as to break up 

 the spreading of the disease on the soil. 

 In watering, do not wet the foliage any 

 more than necessary; run the hose in 

 between the plants carefully and run 

 the water slowly. A little air-slaked 

 lime, dusted on wherever any plants die, 

 will help to kill off the mold and keep 

 it from spreading. H. G. 



Dorchester, Mass. — Newton Miller has 

 obtained a permit to bnild a greenhouse 

 at 117 Center street. 



Watch for our Trade Hark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Nushroom Spawn 



Substitution of cheaper srrados is thus 



easily exposed. Fresh sample brlek, 



^^''"V,^ with illustrated book, mailed postpaid 



^P. CT^ by manufacturers upon receipt of 40 



^s,^,,,.**'^ cents in postage. Address 



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



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Grove City, Pa.— Frank S. Smith has 

 bought Mrs. J. E. Black 's establishment 

 and business. 



