. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 910 The American Florist. Dec. 24, Again, co-operation is neededwith socie- ties for civic improvement and outdoor art, which are springing up spontaneously in our better cities and towns all over the country. These people need much of horticulturists and will be glad of their aid. Another matter which can well be considered by such a council is the renam- ing in this country of imported plants. It is well known that the Society ot Amer- ican Florists has, through its nomencla- ture committee, acted as agreat chec
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 910 The American Florist. Dec. 24, Again, co-operation is neededwith socie- ties for civic improvement and outdoor art, which are springing up spontaneously in our better cities and towns all over the country. These people need much of horticulturists and will be glad of their aid. Another matter which can well be considered by such a council is the renam- ing in this country of imported plants. It is well known that the Society ot Amer- ican Florists has, through its nomencla- ture committee, acted as agreat check to the reckless seedsmen or plantsmen who some years ago were sending out varie- ties under false names. Some such action in a national way is now needed. MARKET GARDENS. Prices of Indoor Vegetables. The prices of mushrooms at leading points last week were as follows: New York, 10 to 40 cents per pound; Phila- delphia, 50 to 60. Greenhouse cucum- bers at New York, 60 to 90 cents per dozen; Cincinnati, $ to $; St. Louis, $1 to $ Boston lettuce at New York, 25 to 40 cents per dozen. Greenhouse tomatoes at Buffalo, 25 to 30 cents per pound. Some Lettuce Diseases. Some diseased specimens of lettuce recently received were so dried up that it was impossible to determine exactly what was the matter with them. They were probably attacked by the "drop"— Sclerotinia Libertiana—a vegetative form of fungus which produces no spores, but lives in decaying vegetable matter and is very destructive to young lettuce plants. It is characterized by a white cottony growth, the mycelium, which forces its way into the stem near the surface of the ground and spreads until the lower parts of the plant are infected, so that it col- lapses" and dies. Interspersed in the mycelium are small black bodies, called sclerotia which are the reproductive organs. The disease will spread rapidly throughout a bed afteritgets a foothold. The only remedy known is to sterilize the the
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