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HOETICULTUEE 



November 2, 1912 



Flower Market Reports 



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big quantities being used but these 

 large orders do not seem to keep down 

 the supply. Good white orchids are 

 selling right up. There are also some 

 Phalenopsis, Oncidium and a few Cy- 

 pripediums. 



Violets, both single and double, are 

 becoming more plentiful, particularly 

 the singles; quality of both good. Hud- 

 son River Violets are reaching the 

 market in very good shape consider- 

 ing the weather we have been having. 

 The early chrysanthemums are prac- 

 tically all over and the mid-season va- 

 rieties such as Bonnaffons, Charles 

 Razer, Ivories and blooms of that 

 character are now coming in. Bonnaf- 

 fon is exceptionally good and bringing 

 fair prices although no very fancy fig- 

 ures. 



The wholesale market 

 ST. LOUIS during the last week 

 was in such a shape 

 that any of the retailers could get any 

 amount of stock they needed and at 

 most reasonable prices. Business, too, 

 was good with the retailers. There 

 has been no clean-up reported of late 

 as there was always plenty left over 

 from the day before. Chrysanthemum 

 blooms are coming in strong but the 

 real fancies are not any too many. 

 Roses are very much in evidence and 

 are sold at low prices. Extra fancy 

 hold up. Carnations are also a great 

 many more than can be disposed of, 

 the short stemmed stock are in the 

 great majority. Lilies and lily of the 

 valley are fine and in demand. The 

 weather has been too rainy for fancy 

 violets though they are in plenty just 

 now. The market has a good stock of 

 greens. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Kelly Brothers Nurseries, Dansville, 

 N. Y. — Folder of fruit trees. 



Frank E. Rue, Peoria, III.— Bulb Cat- 

 alogue, Autumn. 1912. Also lists nur- 

 sery stock. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — 

 Bulb Book for 1912. A retail list, at- 

 tractively gotten up. 



Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.— Pre- 

 liminary List of Novelties in Chrys- 

 anthemums, Carnations, Roses, to be 

 distributed in 1913. 



United States Nursery Co., Rose- 

 acres, Miss. — Field-Grown Roses, Peo- 

 nies, Japanese Iris, Cannas, Phlox, 

 Shrubbery, etc. Pall 1912-Spring 1913, 

 Wholesale Ti-ade List. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Waco, Tex. — Fire recently damaged 

 the greenhouses of James Mohan, 

 North Ninth street. 



Dansville, N. Y. — Kelly Bros., nur- 

 serymen, who have heretofore been 

 only growers and jobbers, have gone 

 into the retail business this fall. 



Report of Entomologist. 



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The Soft Brown Scale. 



Coccus Hesperidum (Linn J. 



It is probable that no other species 

 of scale insects infests so many spe- 

 cies of plants as this one. It is wide- 

 ly distributed, being found practically 

 all over the world. The adult female 

 varies somewhat in color from red 

 brown to dark brown, or almost black. 

 The insect is viviparous. The young 

 after remaining under the body of the 

 female for several days crawl out and 

 establish themselves upon the leaves 

 or stem. In greenhouses, breeding is 

 continuous, several generations being 

 produced in a year. 



The scale is usually accompanied by 

 a black fungus growth which grows 

 upon the honey dew secreted by the 

 insect, giving to the surface of the in- 

 fected leaves a dirty appearance. 



Some of the food plants are Bego- 

 nias, Crotons, Palms, Ficus, Cycla- 

 mens, Anthuriums, all Citrus plants, 

 Euonymous, Roses, etc. It is controlled 

 by applications of soap solutions. 



The Olive Scale. 



Saisseiia Olese (Bern). 



The Olive Scale is another very com- 

 mon species, although it does not have 

 so many food plants as the former 

 species. In warm climates it is an 

 outdoor pest of Citrus plants, causing 

 much injury to Citrus fruit in Califor- 

 nia and Florida. 



In temperate regions it only occurs 

 in greenhouses. 



The Olive Scale is quite large, an 

 adult female varying from a height 

 of 1 to 3 mm.; length, iy^ to 514 mm.; 

 width, 2 to 4 mm. The color is dark 

 brown to almost black. The female 

 lays from 1000 to 2000 eggs and it 

 usually requires nearly a year (about 

 10 months) to reach maturity. Simi- 

 lar to the Soft Brown Scale, this in- 

 sect secretes honey dew which serves 

 as a host for a sooty fungus, which de- 

 velops on infested plants. 



This scale attacks Citrus plants and 

 palms, but will also be found on Olean- 

 der, Ficus, Euonymous, etc. It is like- 

 wise controlled in greenhouses by 

 spraying or washing the infested 

 plants with a strong, soapy solution. 



The Oleander Scale. 



Aspidiolits Hederae. 



This is the most common of the ar- 

 moured scale insects found upon 

 greenhouse plants. Differing from the 

 former scales, the insect itself is be- 

 neath a circular, slightly convex, pale- 

 orange colored scale, made up of exuvia 

 and molts given off by the insect. The 

 scale is about a millimeter in length 

 and width. 



Eggs are deposited beneath the fe- 

 male scale, and hatch in a few hours, 

 the young settling either on leaves or 

 stems. The time required to complete 

 its life history is about 80 days, so 

 that in a greenhouse, several genera- 

 tions are produced within a year. 



The Oleander Scale may be found 

 attacking a variety of plants, includ- 

 ing Oleander, Cycads, Palms, Citrus 

 trees. Orchids, Cyclamens, etc. It is 

 controlled by treating with a contact 

 wash. 



The Euonymous Scale. 

 Chionaspis Eunnymi (ComstockJ. 

 This scale insect is the most serious 



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 for properly qualified person. Applications 

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SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED by fiist-class deeo- 

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 Address. G. U. Lawrence, 217 West 6Sth St., 

 New York Cit y . 



POSITION in small private iilace, gar- 

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 John Toosev. General Delivery, Ilyde Park, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10 X 12, 16 xl8, 16 X 24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Slarket dropped. Now Is 

 the time to buy and save money. Parshel- 

 sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St- 

 Brooklyn, N. Y^ 



FOR SALE; several thousand feet of 

 diMible thick greenhouse glass 10 x 15, 

 second hand, clean and good as new; also 

 one thousand feet 4 in. cast Iron pipe and 

 one Hiteliings No. S-16 greenhouse boiler, 

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insect pest of the various species and 

 varieties of Euonymous in the Eastern 

 United States. In fact, these plants 

 are so likely to be attacked by this 

 pest that they are being abandoned for 

 decoration plants by many gardeners. 

 It is a greenhouse pest, only when 

 some varieties of Euonymous are 

 grown in pots or otherwise. 



The scale of the female is dark 

 brown, of heavy texture, convex and 

 broader posteriorly. It is about 2 mm. 

 in length. The insect is very prolific. 

 Under outdoor conditions eggs hatch 

 about May 15th to June 1st. There 

 are at least two broods each season 

 and a probable third one in Southern 

 States or under greenhouse conditions. 



It is best controlled by spraying 

 with Kerosene Emulsion just as eggs 

 are hatching. 



The Circular Scale. 



Chrysomphalus Aonidum (Linn). 



This is probably the most common 

 armoured scale found in greenhouses. 

 It is widely distributed; in semi-tropi- 

 cal regions it is a serious pest of out- 

 door plants. 



An adult female scale is compara- 

 tively large, circular, quite convex 

 with a nipple-like prominence in the 

 center, which is grayish and surround- 

 ed by a reddish-brown ring. The 

 young scale differs from the armoured 

 scales in that it does not remain fixed 

 after it begins secreting its scale 

 covering. The life cycle of the insect 

 may be completed under greenhouse 

 conditions in from 60 to 70 days, there- 

 fore, there may be about six genera- 

 tions during a year. This scale at- 

 tacks Palms, Cycads, Ficus. Oleander 

 and Citrus plants. It is controlled by 

 treatment with strong soapy solutions. 



(To ie Continued.) 



