October 28, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



597 



namely, nitrogen, potash and 

 phoric acid. To make this comparison 

 more compn In one pound of 



6uch chemicals Is equal to ■ 

 pounds of manure The Bi 

 would i"' greatei foi the chemicals, 

 but wo should bear In the 



entire 50 per cenl plan! food Is 

 able as sunn as put Into solution. 'In 

 the other hand, the manure requires 

 considerable labor to bring it Into such 

 a form. In the tit chemicals 



are placed in a tank of water, and in a 

 few hours are ready to apply with a 

 hose and Id the second the material 

 must either be used in the form of top 

 dressing or reduced to a liquid before 

 it is available. I am frank to admit 

 there is less danger in Injuring a crop 

 with manure than chemicals, unless 

 the latter is judiciously applied. Most 

 of such materials are used too strong. 

 Ten years ago we were applying at 

 the rate of one ounce to five or six gal- 

 lons of water, now the ratio is one to 

 twenty. Weak solutions are much 

 easier, affording perfect control. 



Varieties of robust constitution 

 which are usually able to assimilate 

 more food, can be treated at shorter 

 intervals, with the soil recommended. 



Thirty pounds of such concentrated 

 chemicals at a cost of less than $10.00 



is sufficient for 30.1 to 1". plants. 



The labor in preparing manure for 

 BUch a number would alone far ex- 

 ceed the figures given. 



Insect Control. 



There are a tew Insects which mu I 

 be kept in check, if our plants are 

 kept in a healthy condition. Aphis are 

 the most abundant. The past two 

 years we have used hydrocyanic acid 

 gas with most satisfactory results. Its 

 advantages over the various forms of 

 nicotine are thai it kills every aphis 

 in the house, and they do not reappear 

 for a month or more. We have fumi- 

 gated but three times since the middle 

 of May and our stock will be clean 

 into November. 



A high grade of cyanide is most 

 effective and we prefer the sodium to 

 the potassium form. \V. J. Keimel, 

 Elmhurst, 111., suggested in one of the 

 trade papers one pound of Paris green 

 to five pounds of brown sugar, using 

 one ounce of this mixture to one gal- 

 lon of water for thrips. We find this 

 is equally effective in destroying the 

 larva of the leaf tyer and does not dis- 

 color the foliage. 



The achievements in floriculture are 

 not wrought by any one thing we do, 

 but by the many things given atten- 

 tion at the proper time, and chrysan- 

 themums are no exception to this law. 

 I think all of you will agree with me 

 that superiority in knowledge is not 

 as essential as the ability and energy 

 to attend promptly to every detail, 

 which are of vital importance in mark- 

 ing the degrees of our success. Na- 

 ture provides a way and we endeavor 

 to assist. 



WHITE GLORIA. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Ni \i Uondaj will B 



comfortably installed in their new and 

 more commodious quarters at l in 

 North 13th St. 



We have been asked several times 

 what's new in roses and carnations for 

 1912 that are really worth while. W( 

 venture no opinion, but the cry is, in 

 these advanced centers — Double Whit. 

 Killarney and Lady Hillingdon in 

 roses — and Wodenethe or White Won- 



A sport from Gloria identical in everj particular except color which is 

 white with a slightly creamy cast. An introduction bj Elmer 1). Smith & Co. 



der in carnations. To an outsider they 

 seem to have the earmarks of winners 

 and are worth investigating. 



B. Cart ledge, Samuel S. Pennock and 

 John Westcott, the local judging com- 

 mittee ,,t the Chrysanthemum Societ] 

 of America bave bad an easy time of 

 it so far this season. Last Saturday 

 there was hut one claimant for their 

 attention — a pink incurved from A 

 Lotze, Glenburnie, Md. 



Edward A. Stroud, carnation -.-rower, 

 is branching out and has added hardy 

 plants, shrubs and evergreens— quite 

 an exti nsive and very select collection 

 He has specialized for several years 

 on hardy spray chrysanthemums, lie 

 has a new one which he calls "Pink 

 Garza." which be thinks a great deal 

 of and expects to be able to oner to the 

 trade In quantity next .March. 



The steamer Prinz Adeibert. just ar- 

 rived, had a phenomenal shipment for 

 M. Uice & Co. of this city. Christmas 

 baskets and their new pebbled pleated 

 ■ were conspicuous elements of the 

 importation. The basket display re- 

 Bulting lias taken the town by storm 

 and largely Increased store space has 

 rj to give the pub- 

 lic hi adequate idea of the extent and 

 vai letj in the holid 



Visitors: Bernard Hobbs. represent- 

 ing Mann i- Brown, Richmond Va.; 

 the two Dudleys, Parkesburg, W. Va.; 

 H. L. Holmes. Harrisburg, Pa.: Win. 

 L. Fan-ell. Baltimore, Md.; w 



bridge, Cambridge. N. Y.: P 

 B R Pennoek-Meehan Co.. X. 



Y City.; also a number of distin- 

 guished drummers who did not call 

 on our correspondent — for fear. 

 haps, they might be asked why their 

 house did not advertise in the young- 

 ind best of all the horticultural 

 trade journals. Well, what else could 

 it be? We wouldn't eat them! 



NEW ENGLAND FRUIT SHOW 

 AWARDS. 



Winners of the principal prizes at 

 .•... England Fruit Show have 

 been announced by the judges. New 

 Hampshire won the first prize of a gold 

 mi 'lil and $lnii for the best state ex- 

 hibit. Massachusetts winning the sec- 

 ern! prize of a silver medal and $50. 

 client won third prize, a bronze 

 : lil and $25. These prizes were for 

 the best exhibit by any state or state 

 organization of 100 boxes and twenty 

 barrels of apples. Quality of fruit, 

 packing and general arrangement were 

 largelj considered In awarding prizes. 

 C. E. Hardy won the Governor Foss 

 cup for the best display of Baldwin 

 apples. The silver shield given by 

 rnoi Pothier of Rhole Island for 

 the best exhibit of Rhode Island green- 

 ings was awarded to Alfred Durgin of 

 Newmarket, X. ll. The International 

 Apple Shippers' Association cup was 

 i onyer"s Farm of Green- 

 wich, Coi and the $25 offered by the 

 \\ . & B Douglas Company of Mil 



Conn., for the best barrel of 

 King apples, was awarded to Flijah 



of S iut bin) onn. 



dil plaj of apples of any one 



vain' lining two barrels, two 



nil ten plates, the following 



givei C. W. Hubbard of 



Salisbury, X. H.. first (Baldwin), $50; 



i. 'Turner Hill Farm, Ipswich 



- 5; third. C. E. Hardy, 



Hollis, X H. (Baldwin). $1". 



Morrison, III. — A new cucumber 

 house of the R. R. Davis Co., just 

 completed, has concrete foundations 

 and pipe frame; the floor and beds 

 are of cement. An eighty horse-pi 

 boiler has been installed. 



