Febkuary 2T. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



457 



soil is very hea\y you can use well 

 rotted horse manure, but we consider it 

 as a rule too dry and heating. This 

 soil should be piled up as soon in the 

 spring as the ground is in condition to 

 work nice. Don"t make the mistake of 

 handling it when it is too wet, as notli- 

 ing hurts ground more for any pur- 

 pose than this. Then the pile should be 

 worked over thoroughly every two or 

 three weeks all summer long, in fact 

 as often as possible, taking care, as I 

 have before said, not to handle it when 

 wet. Brietiy restated, draw your soil 

 in the spring (or the fall before if more 

 convenient), work all summer, pile up 



cart or wheel it into the same. Fre- 

 quently a beginner will have much bet- 

 ter success for the first few seasons than 

 an older grower, owing largely, I think, 

 to new, fresh soil, houses, etc. 



E. E. Shtjphelt. 



RED SPIDER. 



How can I get rid of the red Spider 

 pest ? I am bothered a great deal with 

 this insect, especially on my carnations, 

 lilies and cinerarias. As soon as I note<l 

 them I commenced spraying with water. 

 I fumigate twice a week with tobacco 

 but can't see as I am getting rid of 



For years we have seen no occasion 

 to syringe carnations (except the first 

 week after planting) till the month of 

 April, then spider is more than likely 

 to appear, but then you can also syringe 

 with all freedom without any injury 

 to the carnations. Perhaps some ma.y 

 think that syringing is done with the 

 object of knocking oft' these little red 

 brutes, or that the water drowns them. 

 Not at all. The syringing destroys their 

 web, and their means of transit is de- 

 stroyed, and if persistently done that's 

 the end of them. 



In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred 

 neglect of syringing is the cause of red 



Morning Glor.v. 



No. yy (Buettner). 



130-98 (Dorner). 



CameUiaflora. 

 Flowers Shown at Indianapolis Last Week, 



H3H (Hartje). 



over winter, and work over again at 

 least once before filling the houses. 



This is, of course, where you grow 

 your violets in the house and not out 

 doors. The latter method we abandoned 

 several years ago, as they do not do 

 nearly as well grown outside as they do 

 in, and you have so much extra labor, 

 too, where you lift in the fall from field. 

 Of course, we always plan to have a 

 quantity outside to fill in where a plant 

 dies or is weak. The pile of soil should 

 also be conveniently located to the house 

 or houses to be filled so that there may 

 be no extra or unnecessary distance to 



them. Isn't there some wav to accom- 

 plish it? " W. 



Red spider is one of the most trou- 

 Idesome of our insect pests, not so ready 

 to attack plants as the common aphis 

 but much more difticult to dislodge. 

 Still it is less excusable because syring- 

 ing (not spraying) if properly done will 

 keep away the spider, but tobacco in 

 some form or other must be used or 

 aphis will appear. Fortunately most 

 plants that are troubled with spider 

 enjoy and are benefited by a good hard 

 syringing. 



spider, and it usually appears in winter 

 time where the heat of the pipe comes 

 up at the back of the bench, or in hot, 

 dry weather in any part of the house. 

 They are always found on the under 

 side of the leaf (except perhaps in such 

 neglected eases that they crowd each 

 other all over the leaf) because these 

 little creatures have learned through 

 millions of years of experience that if 

 they were on the top side of the leaf 

 the first rain storm would destroy their 

 habitation and domestic arrangements. 

 What a pity that Noah took any of the 

 little wretches into the ark. It is gen- 



