The Weekly Florists' Review. 



127 



Greenhouses of C. Ravier & Sons, Mobile, Ala. 



tin' larejcr rants, sn the tops I yen 



with or a few inches below the surfaci . 

 can be used to advantage, watering 

 through them during dry spells. 



"Japanese irises, carinas, caladiums, 

 or any plant enjoying a superabundance 

 of moisture, may be sub-irrigated to ad- 



W< 



PEST TO EGG PLANTS, 

 have a little white fly he 



small thai one must have good eyes to 

 see it. But ii has abouC ruined the 

 egg plants for two years 1 >\ getting on 

 tie under side of the leaves and sapping 

 them until the) dry up. I have tried 

 several remedies without being aide to 

 get rid of the pest. What will destor) 

 them? B. W. S. ' 



The descripl ion given is somew hal too 

 vague for scientific determination. It 

 seems probable thai the insecl is the 

 white fly, so-called, or perhaps a mealy- 

 bug, but this is uncertain. If the egg 

 plants arc in serious danger 1 would ad- 

 vise the use of kerosei mulsion until 



specimens can be forwarded and identi- 

 fied. !•'. H. Chittenden. 



BOILER CAPACITY. 



-tack 

 high. 



that the ret 

 the ground 

 1 1x40, one 



miuch i e 



would the 

 creased by 

 feet below ■ 

 "water and 



The boilei 

 the ground, 



heat house 

 square feet i 

 as it is wit 

 above the gi 

 terially red 

 .ult to say 



Heney W. G 



be diffi- 



3BONS. 



NEW YORK. 



Weather and Trade. 



I'lnpciature, and 

 ill. The Ions 

 i.i fear and al 



and I lir \\ hid- I >1 ■ ■ \v " a ml 



ure and chill thereafti 



will have to be used to invoke t 

 shine. However, "hope springs i 

 and doubt less befoi i' ami her i--u< 



Review the good old si r iii 



be here to stay. We must ha 

 weal her for duly I, oi I he out i 

 n..t be the success now antii 

 There is -till time to send for 

 to Mr. Traendly, and still tick 

 sale. M is absolute!) necessarj i 



'.1..WH east." s 

 arry home a pri 

 isity of the club 



iverybody wi 

 for the gene 

 . has been pi 



nk }l 



trip 



iced 1 



land and Dan 



ies in the eat 



The friends 



and treasure 



, up with that 



. Millang pol 



t stores in Pi i I 



j oi the big .it- 



il! man. seci i tar) 

 \. v, V..rk Cut 



th) to him' in the loss of his mother. 



Jai McG-arrett, fathei oi Mr. Mc- 



CoimelFs bookkeeper, and for some time 

 in his sen ice, died on Thursday, June 

 11, much regretted, a man of sterling 

 honesty and one of t he old I ime florists, 

 whose life reached back to the early 

 day- of Hoi iculture in New *i ork. 



The manager of the Botanical Deco- 

 i H ing I a., i In. mi'. , was in I he city on 

 Saturday, a guesl ol I.. J. Kreshover, of 

 Wi-i Twenty-seventh street. 



The governor of this state has ap- 

 len's, 1 1 ustee 

 mi Experi- 



S , -i I 



. of Albany. 



I''. I.. Atkins and wife leave next Wed- 

 nesda) foi an extensive European tour 

 which will combine business and well 

 . .i i in -I rest after the firm's g reatesl 

 season in it - hist ory. 



Retail stores easily maintain attrac- 

 tive windows in these days of super- 

 abundance of bloom. Chrysanthemums 

 at Tin nicy',., are the greatest novelty. 



At Bowe's on Saturda) a great bank 

 of Anna Foster ferns testified to the 

 growing popularity of this Bplendid ac- 

 quisit ion. "It's a great keepei ." seems 



iled ('. W. Ward, o 

 lie New i'ork Vj. 

 t Stat ion, of < lene\ 

 the late K. \. Cal 



I Idition tn the splendid list of 



prizes alread) at unced to be 



j.ete.i for at 'the outing Jul) I. J. I. 

 aaynor offers prizes ol $7 and $3 in cash 

 for the highesl scores in a tenframe 



