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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



B. & A. SPECIALTIES... i^-irfcr u„ 



Shrubs, Vines, Bay Trees, Boxwood and Evergreens. 



I;;I?S„vir„us. BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J. 



MEALY BUG ON COLEUS. 



Having to winter about four hundred 

 stock plants of coleus the .mealy bug, 

 which seems to be more partial to coleus 

 than to anything else, has annually made 

 life miserable for the writer. 



Last year we got a five dollar bottle 

 of X. L. All Fumigating Mixture which 

 was quite satisfactory for the time be- 

 ing, but in two or three weeks the 

 pest was as bad as ever and on ac- 

 count of the price of the "X. L. All" fre- 

 quent fumigation was out of the ques- 

 tion. 



Last spring, however, I invested five 

 dollars in the "Florists' Manual" and 

 by mere chance happened to read therein 

 that: "If a gardener has charge of the 

 hose mealy bug ought never to be seen 

 on coleus." Now, although the wi-iter 

 considered himself "a gardener," having 

 had some twenty years' experience both 

 in the old country and America, he im- 

 mediately determined to adopt the treat- 

 ment hinted at by Mr. Scott, being fully 

 convinced that he "did not know it all 

 yet." 



Consequently when potting the coleus 

 into the pots in which they were to 

 stay for the winter (3J and 4-in. pots) 

 considerable care was taken with the 

 drainage so that the plants would not 

 get too wet or waterlogged. Since the 

 last repotting the plants have every 

 day been subjected to an "unmerciful 

 battering" with the hose and the result 

 is that a finer, cleaner, thriftier looking 

 lot of coleus plants it would be hard 

 to find. 



Heretofore the writer had been afraid 

 to syringe coleus heavily for fear of 

 their damping off, but if the drainage is 

 all right, and the temperature from 55 

 to 60 degrees nights, there seems to be 

 no danger whatever, as we have only 

 lost two out of four hundred, so far. 



Now, in the writer's estimation, that 

 little clause in the "Florists' Manual," 

 "If a gardener, etc.," is easily worth to 

 him the five dollars paid for the book, 

 although he should never find anything 

 more. Doubtless hundreds, probably 

 thousands, would say, "Why! any fool 

 would know enough to syringe coleus 

 to keep down mealy bug;" probablv any 

 fool does know enoush, but the writer 

 did not, and the whole book seems to 

 him to be full of just such little things 

 that don't seem to amount to anything 

 until one needs them, and then these 

 same little things prove to be of in- 

 estimable value. 



Wm. W. Gordon. 



Concord, N. H. 



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FANCY GLADIOLUS. 



We have received from Mr. E. S. 

 Thompson, South Haven, Mich., a col- 

 lection of gladiolus spikes that contain 

 some very excellent light colored vari- 

 eties. 



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Crimson Ramblers, very heavy. 



Clematis Paniculata, XX heavy. 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 

 2 to 3 and 3 to 4 feet, heavy. 



Roses in large quantities. 



Over 300,000 Shrubs for sale. 



Large quantities of Shade and Orna- 

 mental Trees. 



200,000 Herbaceous Plants. 



Paeonies, 60,000 in named varieties, 

 send for list. 



Potted Strawberry Plants now ready. 



SEND FOR OUR LISTS. 



i THE ELIZABETH NURSERY company! 



ELIZABETH, N.J. 



PANSY SEED 



GIANT OF CALIFORNIA. 



Having bought all the seed of Giant of Cali- 

 fornia from the grower and "wishing to biiild up a 

 trade amongst the leading florists of the United 

 States and Canada. I wiU send out the first 10 lbs. 

 as folloivs: Trade package, 25c; M oz., 91.00; 

 1 oz., S4 00, free by mail. 



Giant of California is the largest strain of 

 Pansies in the world, some measure 5 inches in 

 diameter, consisting of 22 colors, all having very 

 large ej-es. A trial will convince you. 



Seedsmen's orders not accepted. (CASH.) 



A.Mitting,Loofflis,Cal. 



Mention The Revle 



»!LE PANSIES 



Charles S.Dutton, 



Wholesale Grower of 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS 

 PERENMAIS, 

 85 W. 13th St., HOLLAND, MICH. 



Cash with order plcasu. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



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■REASONABLE 



EDWARD B. JACKSON 

 STAMFORD, CONN. 



Violets. 



( )rdeis boolied now for 

 field-Brown -Imperial." 



This is choice stocli. 

 sual rates: all varieties. 



(ft I MAM A " Field-grown Plants, 



Ready August 20th. 



GRABS & HUNTER, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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