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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jaxuaey 23, 1902. 



season, but I lose very few blooms in 

 consequence. 



As soon as the presence of the pest is 

 noted I put about one and one-half tea- 

 spoonfuls of pure paris green into a 

 three-gallon can of water, stir up well 

 and with this syringe the plants well 

 with a common hand sj'ringe, using the 

 nozzle that makes the finest spray. Try 

 to strike the buds as much as possible 

 and syringe from both sides so as to 

 make a thorough job of it. 



I generally give them the first dose 

 in the evening and repeat it early the 

 ne.\t morning before the sun is high, 

 so that the solution may remain on as 

 long as possible. I often have to re- 

 peat this double dose two or three times 

 before all the thrips are destroyed, but 

 as they are on the move all the time, 

 they will sooner or later come in contact 

 with the paris green which has settled 

 on the buds and that kills them. 



If it is a sunnrr day after the first 

 or second syringing, and especially if 

 you want to use the cut flowers, give the 

 plants an overhead syringing with clear 

 water from the hose at the usual time. 



EEL WORMS. 



Two years ago last December I planted 

 a house with different varieties of roses 

 to propagate from during the next sum- 

 mer, and in early spring noticed some 

 signs of eel worm among some varieties. 

 I began to carry out the atl'ected plants 

 with the soil that surrounded them, but 

 it seemed to do very little good. So on 

 a warm sunny morning I sprayed the 

 surface of the soil on the bench thorough- 

 ly, but only enough to form a kind of a 

 close mat over the surface of the soil, 

 and after I had the ventilators opened 

 a little I took a stick about three-fourths 

 of an inch in diameter and made holes in 

 the soil in every other row, reaching 

 downi to the bottom of the bench ; then 

 I poured a teaspoonful of carbon bisul- 

 phide in each hole, closing them up 

 tight as fast as they were filled. 



The spraying of the soil was done to 

 prevent a too fast evaporation of the 

 fumes into the air. lly idea was to keep 

 the fumes as long in the soil as possi-* 

 ble. I only treated one bench in a day 

 and repeated the same treatment on the 

 same bench four davs afterwards and 



House of Carnations at the Establishment of Mr. W. K. Partridge, Lockland, Oliio. 

 Crane in the Foreground. 



which will wash oft' the paris green, but 

 re|ieat the dose two or three times, or 

 until you get rid of the thrips, even 

 if you have to wash it off again every 

 day. 



The older and harder the leaves and 

 buds are the stronger you can make the 

 solution, but if the house is full of 

 young, tender growth it should be a 

 little weaker, say but one teaspoonful of 

 the paris green to three gallons of wa- 

 ter. But I have used it as strong as 

 two teaspoonfuls without injury to the 

 roses. They can stand more paris green 

 than any other plants I know of. I have 

 at times seen an outer petal or two 

 burned, but this amounts to nothing 

 compared to the damage done by the 

 thrips. 



If Mr. Kellogg or others try this rem- 

 edy I hope he or they will report re- 

 suits through the Review. I will cheer- 

 fully answer any inquiry regarding any 

 point I may have failed to cover. 



GUNNAR TEILMANN. 



Marion, Ind. 



then a week later 1 applied the liquid 

 only in a few spots where I thought 

 it was needed. 



The result was I got rid of the eel- 

 worm, but have never since had a chance 

 to exijcriment any further on eelworms 

 and therefore do not feel perfectly sat- 

 isfied that it is a safe and reliable cure. 

 It did not hurt my roses in any way, 

 but I only applied it on good bright morn- 

 ings, when I could put on plenty of air 

 and I kept a little crack of air on the 

 house during the night after the first 

 application. Carbon bisulphide is an 

 explosive and should not be handled 

 where there is fire, nor should the men 

 handling it be smoking. I have often 

 used it outdoors in seed beds of all sorts 

 and have always found it a great remedy 

 for various pests in the soil. V. 



It is keported that the various com- 

 panies comprising the window glass 

 combination have disagreed and that as 

 a result lower prices may be made on 

 glass. 



"BLOOMHURST." 



Cincinnati's Model Flcrat Establishment. 



Xo matter where you look, I do not 

 believe you can find a more complete or 

 better run establishment for the grow- 

 ing of cut flowers than tliat owned and 

 manageil by Jlr. \V. K. Partridge, and 

 situated at Lockland, Ohio, about twelve 

 miles from Cincinnati. Mr. Partridge 

 has named liis place "'Bloomhurst," 

 "Bloom'' meaning, of course, a flower, 

 and "hurst' means a planting. Thus 

 "Bloomhurst" means a place where 

 plants are raised for the flowers. 



Bloomhurst consists of eighteen houses 

 of best modern construction, and of 

 about "."i.OOO feet of glass, two houses 

 of very neat appearance for the help, a 

 cold storage and packing house, and Mr. 

 Partridge's residence. The grounds 

 about the residence are laid out for ex- 

 tensive bedding, and this summer this 

 place will be one of the most attractive 

 for miles around. The houses for help 

 are two-story frame, and make a very 

 nice appearance. 



The packing house is a model of its 

 kind. It contains a large cold storage 

 room that will hold some fifty tons of 

 ice. Xext to this are small rooms fur- 

 nished with air shafts connected with the 

 ice room. In these rooms the flowers 

 will be kept. Another large room is 

 fitted up for packing, and it contains 

 many novelties to assist in handling cut 

 flowers, and it will pay any one to take 

 notice here and get a few pointers. A 

 cement cellar under the building fur- 

 nishes a place for flowers in winter, ajid 

 being well protected the temperature 

 never varies more than a couple of de- 

 grees. 



The water supply is furnished by the 

 city of Lockland. A large propagating 

 house is fitted with slate bottom benches 

 and the cuttings in the sand are looking 

 fine. 



The carnation is the specialty here, 

 and most all of the new varieties can 

 be seen growing and in the best possi- 

 ble shape. The ilodel carnation support 

 is \ised, 25,000 of them, and Mr. Part- 

 ridge likes them very much. 



Si>eaking of some of the newer varie- 

 ties, Mr. Partridge says that Lorna is 

 his favorite white, and it certainly is 

 in fine sliape. A very vigorous grower, 

 fine long, stiff stems and a good large 

 •^vcll filled flower, Norway shows a pro- 

 lific nature, with good stem and growth. 



Dorothy appeared to be a wonder and 

 the mass of buds looked like a wheat 

 field. This carnation has come to stay 

 without dovibt. It is a money maker, 

 and seems to do well everjvvhere, Ethel 

 Crocker was in fine shape. At this 

 place it bursts but little and comes with 

 u Inilliant dark color. Mrs. Thomas W, 

 Law.son comes with short stems, is in- 

 clined to burst, and is a late bloomer. 

 Still color and size are fine. Marquis 

 contrary to many reports, is a good 

 steady bloomer here, ^and is proving it- 

 self to be all right. 



Strange to say, America, though it 

 looked in the best of shape, has proved 

 to be a disappointment as the blooms 

 come semi-double, do not develop prop- 

 erly and it is off color. This is some- 

 thing hard to explain as the plants look 

 to \)e doing fine and in the best of health, 

 and all the carnations in the place re- 

 ceive the same treatment. 



Mr. Partridge pronounces "Nelson" to 

 be the best grown on his place, and from 



