. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igois. The American Florist. 197 St* Louis !966Cl C>0« ST. LOUIS, MO. The fastest growing and most centrally located Seed House. Get our Prices. HOME OF PURE AND SURE Tuberose Bulbs Genuine Mexican EVERBLOOmiNG 1st size, $ per 1000 2nd size per 1000 FURROW & CO. Guthrie, Oklahoma. liention the American Florist when writing MARKET GARDENS. Prices of Indoor Vegfetables. NEW TORK, FEBRHABT 15. Beet tops, per bu box 75 @ 1 00 Cucumbers, No. 1, per doz 1 25 @ 1 76 No. 2, per box S 00 @ 6 00 Let
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igois. The American Florist. 197 St* Louis !966Cl C>0« ST. LOUIS, MO. The fastest growing and most centrally located Seed House. Get our Prices. HOME OF PURE AND SURE Tuberose Bulbs Genuine Mexican EVERBLOOmiNG 1st size, $ per 1000 2nd size per 1000 FURROW & CO. Guthrie, Oklahoma. liention the American Florist when writing MARKET GARDENS. Prices of Indoor Vegfetables. NEW TORK, FEBRHABT 15. Beet tops, per bu box 75 @ 1 00 Cucumbers, No. 1, per doz 1 25 @ 1 76 No. 2, per box S 00 @ 6 00 Lettuce, per uoz 15 @ 75 Mushrooms, per lb 25 @ 55 Mint, per doz. bunches 50 @ 75 Radishes, per 100 bunches 2 00 @ 3 00 Rhubarb, per doz. bunches 30 @ 50 Tomatoes, per lb 10 @ 25 Growing: Indoor Cucumbers. Ed. American Florist:— I want to follow the last crop of indoor lettuce, in April, with cucumbers and would be glad to have full particulars as to dis- tance of planting and after treatment. J. B. Our correspondent, "Marketman," gave some directions in the last issue about cucumbers, and these are to be followed by others in sea- son which you will do well to peruse. Hotbeds. The old fashioned hotbed is still a fac- tor, and aa there is a right way and a wrong way, or many of them, I will give a few points to help the beginner, and to make the old hand think it over. The hardest point to impress upon the or- dinary laborer is that he must shake up the manure thoroughly and place it fine and even in the beds. He thinks forkfulls dumped side by side is easier and just as good. It is not. The heating depends entirely upon the amount of air embed- ded. And the finer the manure is shaken up and spread, the more air enclosed. Further, shaking it out evenly makes a bed of even firmness and prevents un- even settling, which is disastrous to crops. Another point is the depth of earth. We see in good gardening books to use eight inches of earth in a hotbed. Now this is all wr
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