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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



6 L908 



hin.'. 



ted with 

 i this year thei 

 practically free from it. 1 have nevi c 

 to be a dangerous affec- 

 tion; in fact, :> lm.»^t every vai 



eeptibility to it. 



The most that can 1"- done for af 

 plants at this time is to remove 



:ill a IV. 



j by :m applicat 

 over the plants, n ill n ■ 

 n..n of any rust mites that m 

 been shaken n ■ plants. 



Weekly applications for a month and 

 intervals during 

 greatly assist in 

 ilants. 

 i Opinion differs as to the advisability 

 of removing dead leaves from plants 

 after digging and before bench ii I 

 practice has been to remove the greater 

 part at once after digging, also the few 

 -arli constituted the foliage of 

 the plant when set in the field at 

 have grown to s to impede 



that free 



ta the thon igh drying I oi 

 age when syringed oi sprinkled. Phis 

 removal of leaves can be done so much 

 mdilv and quickly before plant- 

 ing than after, that the mere trifle of 



, asi.nied is of little account 

 when compared to the time that will be 





ui.l labor. Being a eon- 



ii disease, there i- no remedy 

 i. in the .lest ri . plants, 



and extreme care in the selection of eut- 

 elimi as te I lie 1 1 



Geo. S. 



WORMS IN SOIL. 



What can we do to eradicate worms, of 



which we i ad which 



are ni.u infesting the soil in ..nr now 



as well as old carnation benches, 



mi. i the buds. The Boil 

 i ii from an old 

 h.a\ilv manured for the past thirty 



years, spaded b up. Is 



I solution that can !>•• used to 



spray the buds without injurj 



or to soak the ground without injury t.i 



r....ts.' There is no injury doni 



and seemingly, 



th.y only appear at night, eating into 



the hearts of the buds. 



L. E. C. 



The bud you sent with your inquiry 

 Showed plainly the damage that was done 

 by the worm, but the worm was gone. 



destroy many of them by spraj 

 ing your carnations with Paris green. 

 Put a tablespoonful of Paris green into 

 three gallons of water and keep well 

 stirred while you spray it on the plants. 

 Apply it in the evening and repeat it 



nor day if you syringe your 

 plants every day, which you likely do 



Soil Conveying Machine used at Lake View Rose Gardens. 



Sprinkle some fine tobacco dust 

 on the soil and water it and see if that 

 will not drive them out. Put about a 

 :i i.ii- across a 5 or 

 6-foot bench. This shouli 

 if the plants are pretty well established. 

 I would not apply it more than half that 

 heavy if the plants I.:. 

 planted a couple of 



A. I'. .1. Baur. 



NOVELTIES FOR 1904. 

 Indianapolis, the result of a cross of 

 I ly and Mrs. Joost, is to he dis- 

 tributed by Baur & Smith, of Indianap- 

 olis, who have grown it three years and 

 10,000 plants. The 

 color is a bright, clear pink and docs 



as the blooms age. The 

 age is an indication of free blooming 

 qualities, hut the owners saj 

 tloi i trioiiMiess i^ r.'iuarkal.le when the 

 size of the bloom is taken int.. considera- 

 tion. The dower is well built up in the 

 .enter, the calyx does not hurst and the 

 stem is long and strong. The habit of 

 the plant is all that could be asked. 



SOIL CARRYING MACHINE. 

 The accompanying illustrations are 

 from photographs which show the new- 

 soil conveying machine, for emptying 

 and i- tilling rose- and carnation houses, 

 used this season by the Lake View Rose 

 . Jamestown, X. Y. The appa- 

 ratus was built especially for us by 

 the Engineering & Power Co., of James 

 town, who are also the designers. 



The machine is a grand invention and 

 a success for the purposes it was in- 

 i r and does the work in a re- 

 markable manner. As the pictures show. 

 the soil is carried in on an endless belt 

 twelve inches wide, the machine being 

 by an electric motor, although 

 gasoline or steam power will answer the 

 i nst as well. The machine is 

 portable throughout and is built in sec- 

 tions ..f ten feet, so that two men can 

 iid carry them easily. It is 

 to tit any length or width of 

 house, having -> for wide 



and will drop the soil just where 

 anted. 

 One of the illustrations shows the 

 "tripper," which is movable and runs 

 on a railroad of 1-inch square iron. As 

 will he seen, one man operates and 

 long rapidly as the desired 

 amount of soil is deposited in the beds. 



consumed in removing the leaves later. 



i weekly applications of Bor 

 deaux mixture will reduce the chances 

 of an attack of leaf spot to a minimum. 

 while intensive cultivation is tl 



-- sting the 

 plants t.. outgrow baeteriosis. 



materially as- 

 sisted by aphides, reg 



;. -tired. 



- affected with dry r..t should he 

 pulled up and fresh plants put in their 

 place. It is of no use to Cut away the 

 affected branches, leaving the seemingly 

 healthy ones, as it is almost invariably 

 hut a .| 

 whole plant will BUCCumb. 



Assuming that a few are saved, there 

 is danger of a mistake in tal 



from these at propagating time 

 resulting in the appearance of I 

 trouble the following season. This is 

 particularly undesirable, as dry rot has 

 a faculty Of not showing itself until 

 after housing, thereby entailing a loss 



Emptying Benches with Soil Carrying Machine. 



