October 19, 1918 



HOETICULTURE 



399 



Flower Market Reports 



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are now, and prices are con-espond- 

 ingly high. Roses, exceptionally so, 

 but good stock is seen everywhere 

 and prices are paid willingly. Easter 

 lilies are none too plentiful. Carna- 

 tions are coming in very slowly but 

 are of poor quality as yet. Outdoor 

 flowers such as gladiolus and asters 

 are almost gone. A few short and in- 

 ferior asters are seen and even these 

 make big money. There still remain 

 a few gaillardia. buddleia, snapdrag- 

 ons, zinnias and marigolds which are 

 bought up quickly. Fortunately greens 

 of about all kinds are plentiful. A 

 heavy demand has been noticed this 

 week for magnolia and galax leaves. 



The market continues 

 ST. LOUIS strong with carnations 

 scarce and roses clean- 

 ing up daily. Violets are improving 

 and dahlias in large quantities bring 

 good prices owing to scarcity of 

 other flowers. Hardy and fancy ferns 

 are scarce. 



So heavy are the 

 WASHINGTON demands upon the 

 growers as a re- 

 sult of the influenza plague the retail- 

 ers have had to resort to the use of 

 artificial flowers in making up funeral 

 designs. Everything in the flower line 

 is being utilized and flowers of all 

 kinds are bringing top prices. Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, orchids, Mock, Rad- 

 iance and Ophelia roses sell well. 

 Chrysanthemums, October Frost and 

 Unaka are available. Lily of the val- 

 ley is coming in and asparagus and 

 other greens sell as quickly as of- 

 fered. 



DESTROY INSECT PESTS OF GAR- 

 DEN AND TRUCK CROPS NOW. 



Insect pests of the garden attract 

 most attention in the spring and sum- 

 mer but most of them continue to feed 

 and breed until frost. Next year's 

 crops can be protected by destroying 

 these pests now, according to L. Hase- 

 man of the University of Missouri Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. Some of the pests 

 such as potato beetles, squash bugs 

 and cucumber beetles winter as adults. 

 Others winter as immature pests such 

 as cutworms, cabbage worms and 

 grubs. By destroying as many of the 

 pests as possible before frost and de- 

 stroying later the harboring places, 

 , few of the common pests will succeed 

 ! in passing the winter in sufflcient num- 

 1 bers to seriously threaten next year's 

 crops. 

 It is not too late to ap'ply sprays 



New York Business is Good 

 NEED MORE FLOWERS. Send your stock here and get 

 the holiday prices now prevailing 



HERMAN WEISS, 130 W. 28th St.. New York 



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"A E\08R KTaB WBOLBSilB GIWMISSIOX TH^DB FOR OVER TBIRTI YEARS" 

 Bave a demand for more than I can supply. Rose Growers Call or Write. 



118 West 28tli St. IMENA/ YORK 



TELEPHONES 



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NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



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for protecting late garden crops. Tur- 

 nips, cucumbers and other crops are 

 being attacked by green lice. Do not 

 let them continue to breed but de- 

 stroy them with the nicotine spray. 

 Cabbage worms are still abundant and 

 should be destroyed. As fast as a crop 

 matures and is taken off get rid of all 

 remnants of the crop in place of leav- 

 ing them to breed pests which will 

 pass the winter and attack next year's 

 crops. Squash bugs are now maturing 

 and should be destroyed before they 

 seek winter harboring places. 



Clean up all rubbish about the gar- 

 den and after the last crops are tak- 

 en off spade or plow it deeply to help 

 destroy those garden pests which pass 

 the winter in the soil. A little effort 

 now will go a long ways toward pro- 

 tecting next year's crops of the gar- 

 den. 



VISITORS' REGISTER 



Rochester — Morris M, Cohen, of Ar- 

 thur Schloss Co., New York and Mil- 

 ton Selinka, of Schloss Bros., Inc., 

 New York. 



Washington — ilr. and Mrs. J, W, 

 Furrow, Guthrie, Okla.; Frederick W. 

 Smythe, New York; Samuel A. Daw- 

 son, Burlington, Iowa. 



Cincinnati — J. R. Goldman and N. O. 

 Selby, Middletown, Ohio; Andrew 

 Hauge, Fairmount, W. Va.; E. W. Guy, 

 Belleville, 111.; Walter Gray and Chas. 

 Lodder, Hamilton, Ohio; Jas. Frost, of 

 Frost & Spence, Greenville, Ohio; J. 

 T. Herdegen, Aurora, Ind., and Fred 

 Rupp, Lawrenceberg, Ind. 



SEARCHING FOR POTATO WART. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry, en- 

 deavoring to combat potato wart, 

 which has appeared in gardens in 

 eastern Pennsylvania, has sent six 

 trained plant pathologists to survey 

 the infested area and has several 

 men from the State agricultural col- 

 leges engaged in the same work. 

 Ten men from the Pennsylvania 

 State department of agriculture and 

 several others from the Pennsylvania 

 State College of Agriculture are also 

 on the ground. 



New York— Leonard Vaughan, Chi- 

 cago; P. Welch, Boston; T. Tracey, 

 Albany. N. Y.; Louis J. Reuter,. Ar- 

 lington, Mass.; F. J, Dolansky, Lynn, 

 Mass.; .1. MacDonald, Boston; Mr. 

 Robin, Boston: Mr. Robinson, Peek- 

 skill; G. X. Amrhyn, New Haven, 

 Conn.; B. A. Snyder, Boston; Sidney 

 Hoffman, Boston. 



HENTZ & NASH, Inc. 



Wholesale Commision Florists 



55 and 57 West 26th Street 



Telephone No. l-r,-, |^£yy YORK 



Farragut 



