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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



I'EBRIAUV C. I'JOi 



box, then very carefully put in the pot- 

 ash cyanidura, which should be in a paper 

 bag, bag and all. Close the shutter quick- 

 ly and leave the box hurriedly. In half 

 an hour the lid of the box may be opened, 

 bvit take care not to breath when in the 

 vicinity of the box. In five to six hours' 

 time the plants can be safely removed 

 and the box refilled if desired. 



Fumigating in this manner is very 

 cheap and kills the insects. As a precau- 

 tion it should be done whenever new stock 

 is purchased and received. Large .shrubs 

 or plantings may be fumigated in the 

 same manner without being removed if 

 covered with a large piece of cloth or 

 tent. 



The breeding place of the San Jose 

 scale is the back yards of small city resi- 

 dences, where a few apple, pear and 

 peach trees are grown, and as long as we 

 cannot compel the owners to burn or 

 clean their infested trees we will have a 

 pretty hard thing to fight. Nevertheless, 

 I believe that with a close watch and 

 quick action we can do much to check its 

 ravages and to keep it in Iwunds. 



Robert Karlstrom, 

 Forester Department of Public Parks, 



Hartford, Conn. 



Experiments to demonstrate the ef- 

 fect of electric light on plants being 

 forced for flowers are being carried on 

 at the Agricultural College at Lansing, 

 Mich. Tsvo beds of carnations are 

 treated in exactly the same way, except 

 that at night one bed has incandescent 

 electric lights over it. It is said that 

 this bed has produced flowers consider- 

 ably larger than those from the other 

 one. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions for Jan. 27-31. 



There was some criticism among the 

 growers and local retailers concerning 

 lack of business, but really I do not see 

 how things could well have been expected 

 better, especially with the assistance of 

 a very busy day upon Saturday, Feb. 

 1. when practically everything was closed 

 out of all wholesale places. 



Red roses and smaller grades of other 

 kinds were scarce all the week. Prices 

 on the former could have been raised if 

 goods were produced, but as the latter 

 can only be used in funeral work exor- 

 bitant prices cannot be obtained, while 

 cheap flowers of other kinds are fairly 

 plentiful. Pinks, violets, lilies, bulb ma- 

 terial, etc., now take the place of them 

 very nicely, so that the situation moves 

 along without friction. Large roses of 

 those colors seem plentiful enough, some 

 of them bringing .$3 per dozen. 



Of course prices vary t« irregular cus- 

 tomers almost daily, but this class of 

 trade can expect better usage soon, ihey 

 fit into the subject much like the three 

 blind men who went to see the elephant, 

 as told in an ingenious old poem. One 

 ran against his side and reported the 

 beast as much resembling a wall. The 

 one who so approached as to first find a 

 leg got the impression that be resembled 

 a tree, while the third man grasped the 

 trunk and swore the elephant was a 

 huge species of snake. 'Hie buyer's idea 

 of floral Boston depends upon the day he 

 comes in contact with it and how many 

 times he has seen the elephant before! 

 At times it is very like a wall, impassa- 

 ble and insurmountable; at other times 



rather snakish. and again like a tree, 

 whose fruit can almost be had for the 

 asking. 



Notes. 



M. E. Tunhy, the South Boston rejire- 

 sentative of that familv, has been con- 

 fined to his room by a severe cold, threat- 

 ening pneumonia. 



There is a rumor to the effect that the 

 Tremont store occupied by W. E. Doyle 

 and other stores in the vicinity are to 

 come down in order to make room for a 

 huge new block to I'un Ijack to Pember- 

 ton square. J. S. Maxter. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade and Various Items. 



In these notes of two weeks ago exult- 

 ing mention was made of the superb 

 winter weather enjoyed in this quarter 

 for the preceding ten days. Since that 

 writing and up to this (February 3) out 

 of nine days we have had one of sun- 

 shine, the balance comprising a varied 

 and exasperating assortment of howling 

 winds, heavy snows, chilling rains and 

 gloomy skies, enough to sink the most 

 optimistic temperament into the depths 

 of the blues. As a result flowers have 

 been scarce, poor, and lacking color. :• 

 all the ills that prey on plants which 

 cannot be syringed and properly cared 

 for are present in abundance. 



Notwithstanding these unfavorable 

 features, trade has been good, very good. 

 There was probably never a livelier so- 

 cial sea.son than this, and almost every 

 day brings more demands upon the 

 florist than tlie supply can meet. In 

 roses, prices are firm, though the quan- 



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