December 4, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



47 



Panel Arranged by the Butte Floral Co., Butte, Mont, for a Recent Funeral. 



their flowers under the influence of a 

 tropic sun and that the controlling of 

 the heat rather than the cold is the prob- 

 lem that confronts the southern grower. 

 A robust variety that grows quickly 

 from late planting is best, and in no 

 variety is this quality so prominent as 

 in the old Golden Gate. 



A fnst-elass flower cannot be grown 

 without the protection of glass, or some 

 sort of covering, as it must be guarded 

 from rain and wind. Solid beds are bet- 

 ter than benches, as they do not dry out 

 SO fast, and it is better to risk keeping 



them a little on the dry side as protec- 

 tion against mealy bug. Of course per- 

 fect drainage must be given, for which 

 coarse gravel has been used with best 

 results. No wood should be used about 

 the beds, as they invite the destructive 

 wood lice. 



He advises southern growers to shun 

 commercial fertilizers and prefers rotted 

 cow manure and a light dusting of bone 

 meal in the compost, and then trusts to 

 ample nourishment at floweiing time 

 from copious waterings. 



To combat the wood lice he sprays 

 weak kerosene emulsion on the under 

 side of the foliage; this pest (peculiar 

 to the cotton growing states ) being simi- 

 lar in habits to the red spider. The 

 body is about the size of a fat black 

 aphis, in color a dirty gray, and the 

 wings stand out so as to give it the ap- 

 pearance of a woolly sheep. While the 

 touch of kerosense is certain death to 

 this insect, he has never known a house 

 of plants to amount to much after it haS 

 once made a showing. 



