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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 4, 1902 



maDiired). They must have shade for at 

 least ten days, after which when estab- 

 lished in their new quarters they want 

 only the fullest light. I noticed last 

 winter that the bouvardia was offered in 

 our commission houses. It is a beautiful 

 flower, but the craze for carnations and 

 the ever universal rose and the quantity 

 grown have put the bouvardia in the 

 background. It is chiefly valuable at 

 the holidays, and when once rooted on 

 the bench, if you think any of the strong 

 shoots will flower before Christmas, pinch 

 them about half way down. 



William Scott. 



PALM TROUBLES. 



I send you two pieces of palm leaves. 

 The leaflets of one are covered with 

 small, black lines running lengthwise; 

 the other has its leaflets curled in the 

 same direction. Please tell me if the 

 leaves are diseased, and if so, what rem- 

 edy to apply. .4l1so please tell me ho'v 

 to get rid of the scaly bug and mealy 

 bug. A. L. A. 



The specimen palm leaves sent with 

 this communication are very badly in- 

 fested with insects instead of being dis- 

 eased, and prompt treatment will be re- 

 quired in order t;o control the attack. 



thrips, and sonSe soft scale and mealy 

 bug are also in evidence. Sulpho-tobacco 

 soap in solunon, or a mixture of whale- 

 oil soap and tobacco extract used as a 

 dip or else applied to the leaves with 

 a sponge would correct this trouble, but 

 in case a strong soap dip is used for an 

 areca it is wiser to give the plant an- 

 other dip in clean water about one hour 

 afterward, the leaves of this plant being 

 somewhat susceptible to injury from 

 strong applications of soap. 



Regular and forcible syringing will 

 also do much to prevent attacks of red 

 spider and thrips, and the preparation 

 known as "aphis punk" is very useful in 

 killing off the mealy bug. 



W. H. Taplin. 



CARNATION MURPHY'S WHITE. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a portion of a 

 house of the new white carnation raised 

 by Mr. William Murphy of Cincinnati, 

 O., and named Murphy's White. 



The plants in the house shown were 

 lifted from the field and benched on July 

 1, and the photograph was taken on Aug. 

 12. The condition of the plants and the 

 number of buds certainly speak well for 

 the variety. 



New Carnatioa Murphy's White. Benched July I, Photographed August 12. 



The "small, black lines" referred to are 

 scale insects of a species that is hard 

 to eradicate, and if the entire plant is as 

 badly infested as the leaf in question, I 

 should be strongly tempted to burn it 

 rather than to attempt cleaning it. This 

 scale is more often seen upon the leaves 

 of phcenix and licualas than upon those 

 of Areca luteseens, but whatever be the 

 host plant this insect propagates very 

 rapidly, and also sticks closer than a 

 brother. 



A strong solution of whale-oil soap in 

 wmch to dip the affected leaves will tend 

 to loosen the insects, after which they 

 may be sponged off, or else rubbed off 

 with a soft tooth brush, but the leaves 

 are very likely to be injured by the oper- 

 ation, and it is also a very tedious job. 



The second specimen has suffered from 

 a severe attack of red spider, and there 

 are also indications of the small yellow 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



If there are any thrips in the Beauty 

 houses the evidence of their presence will 

 soon become apparent. The buds in their 

 earlier stages will assume a blood-red 

 color, and instead of being nicely pointed 

 they will look as if they had been short- 

 ened with a knife. As the petals develop 

 they will be crumpled and off-color. 



On the first appearance of this pest no 

 time should be lost, as thfy increase very 

 rapidly. Fumigating lightly, frequently 

 and persistently, will in most eases keep 

 them ?o much in check that the damage 

 will be light. As the insect leaves its 

 shelter and works mostly during the 

 night this is the best time to do the 

 fumigating. 



All buds which show signs of having 



been attacked should be picked off and 

 destroyed. The benches, walks and ground 

 under the benches should be kept clean 

 of all rubbish and decaying leaves, as 

 this affords a good shelter. 



Those who are growing grafted stock 

 would do well to watch for those shoots 

 or suckers from the Manetti stocks. 

 These, if allowed to make any head- 

 way, will quickly rob the scion of all 

 nourishment. They should be carefully 

 removed with a sharp knife, and not torn 

 off, as is frequently done, as this leaves 

 a ragged wound, which takes a long time 

 to heal. ElBES. 



CARNATION RECORDS. 



Thinking it might interest the readers 

 of The Eeview, I send you a copy of our 

 record of blooms, picked from 1,000 car- 

 nation plants, all in one house, during 

 tlie past winter. 



The varieties were: 300 Flora Hill, 

 100 Evelina, 175 Bradt, 125 Jubilee, 100 

 Joost, 100 Crocker, 100 Daybreak. The 

 Evelinas were thrown out soon after 

 Easter to make room for the bedding 

 stock. The plants when housed last fall 

 were very small on account of the dry 

 weather preceding. The quality of the 

 blooms was as good as that of any wo 

 have seen of the same varieties and a 

 great deal better than blooms of these 

 varieties that we bought last winter. We 

 received 50, 60 and 75 cents and $1 per 

 dozen for them, getting the $1 only at 

 Easter, while some we bought at 60 cents' 

 a dozen were hard to sell at 50 cents a 

 dozen. 



The Evelinas have not shown a particle 

 of rust with us, and the blooms were as 

 large as those of Hill, out the stem.s 

 were much shorter. Ethel Crocker gave 

 a number of splits during midwinter, but 

 the most of them sold for 75 cents a 

 dozen. On the whole, we were very much 

 pleased with the number of blooms 

 picked, considering the size of the plant.s 

 when benched. This year our plants arc 

 much larger, and we hope to pick more 

 this season. 



Eve- Day- Jab- Crock - 



Month. HllL lina. Bradt. break, ilee. Joost. er. 



Oct ... 13 i) 7 2 1 



Not ..96 14 49 16 40 19 24 



Dec ... 207 70 2114 99 94 64 49 



Jan ... 219 152 238 1S7 99 95 77 



Feb ... 302 195 ai.T 292 136 138 98 



Mar ... 6o3 27S 175 426 121 129 167 



Apr ...1345 146 217 221 197 131 204 



May ..1327 .. 365 403 293 .TO2 275 



This makes a total of 10,757 for the 

 eight months, or an average of a little 

 better than 10 blooms to the plant. 



P. P. S. 



[We shall be pleased to receive nimilnr 

 records from others. — Ed.] 



BUSINESS METHODS FOR BUSY 



FLORISTS. 



X. 



Loss and Gain Account. 



Of whatever nature a business may 

 be or in whatever manner it may be con- 

 ducted, there comes a time once a year, 

 when accounts should be balanced, in- 

 ventory taken and the "loss or gain" 

 for the year ascertained. Business sys- 

 tem requires a balancing at least once 

 a year, and no careful manager will think 

 of conducting a business without a syste- 

 matic "round up" at the end of the sea- 

 son. 



In the florist business the most appro- 

 priate time for balancing the books is 

 July 1st. Trade is then the dullest, stocks 



