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The Florists^ Review 



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,,icr(i:il gniwcrs, iiiili\ss less cxlrciiic 

 njcMsurcs arc lulopted. 



The iroiiti;lit<>n-(u)rm'y Cn. luul for 

 i;,i>fi r :i p;irticiiliirly ])l(>asiii)4 window 

 .lispl.'iv; the ('(»l(pr.s were li;i rinoiiious 

 iiiil clidico ;ui<l uiiusunl llowers and 

 ,,l,.itit.s were used. A heavy Raster Imsi 

 , ,.^s was done. 



Merle W. Karr, of tlie West Street 

 (.rcetdioiises, l{eadin>;, liad n fine erop 

 ,ii' swi'Ot peas for Kaster; lie rniirketeij 

 ,i\iT L'd.OOC April l! and many more tin- 

 lollowinj: day. Hueli jieas proved to \tr 

 . iiioni^ the most [lopular of I']:istir cut 

 I'.'wers. 



The trade w;is fortiinat*^ to cseaiie an 

 l.ister morning snow storm, hnt ex 

 jierieiu'i'd a storm Kaster afternoon, 

 lollowiujx '"^ *1'''.V of le.'iden skies. K\<Ty- 

 I ir was ^lad that it ilid not come ii day 

 .■.irlier. 



Thomas F. (iaiviii, dr., at L'(iil Devon 

 -liire street, re[)orts a fine Plaster luisi- 

 r.ss, with sal(>s .April A alone of .f.i.iKin, 

 i\(ii thouffli he has a basement store 

 in the wholesale district. 



The Welch Bros. Co. had a splendid 

 I'Lister trade in both c.nt flowers and 

 iilants; t)ie hitter this firm shipped di 

 from the greenhonses id" its 



lert 



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GERMINATING PRIMULAS. 



f shonld like to "^el some infoiin;it ion 

 cih the best and most successful way to 

 germinate I'riiiiid:i (d)coiiic;t. What teni 

 pcratnre and soil composition would you 

 .mU i--.' for the s(>ed flats .' K. F. 111. 



i sr pans, W(dl rlrained; plaii' soinr 

 riMi^'h, fibrous loam or a few halfde 

 ia\('(| leaves over tlio drainayje. The 

 '•"ni|Mist should consist id' two thirds 

 leaf nudd, one third loam and a dash 

 ol' s.aiKi and the upper surface should 

 he passed throui^h a fine screen. .Make 

 tlu' surface smooth and over this scatter 

 the seeds as e\-eidy as ])ossible. (ientl.x' 

 lucss them in with a small jdece of 

 hoard; round pieces, with a handle at 

 '.•ndieij, to fit the tops of various pans 

 •■lie useful. Dust a little s;nid over the 

 surface after firming, but ^ive no fur 

 ther coverinj,'. Water, shacle frcun sun 

 shine and keep in a warm, nudst house. 

 1 sually seedliii(rs will appear in a fort- 

 'iiyhf. Then they can have more lifjht 

 • iMd be kept in a temperature of .')() to 

 •'- deirrees at nijrht. Always water 

 throuuh a fine rose and koe]. a shetd of 

 Ulass over the pan iintil the seedlin-rs 

 trerminate. ('. W. 



PROBLEM: FIND THE BUG. 



Ill'' liltlc (mi>.'s tliiit cat our < r..|i^ 

 II:ivc (It tier tuiRs to l)itt< 'cm. 

 I lie (itli.T tiii;:^ liavc lessor I'lit's, 

 .\iiil so. tul liitiiiitiim." 



Kiitoinolopists decdare that the up-to 

 ''■•te way of combating ins(>et jiests is 

 "•d by means of fumicrants and otli.T in 

 -"•ticides, but by discovering,' the bujrs 

 ^^liich j.roy upon those which cause our 

 '''"i''>lc. Some dav, perhaps, instead of 

 ^'•ndmu to his su|)plv house for -so manv 

 '■•''^'•s or cans of this or that brand of 

 '"'« killer, the florist will write to dolni 

 •'"""■-* & <'o., biiir breeders, with the slo 

 ^■•"1. "liny Our HujT.s to I'rote.t Your 

 '■■""^." on their letterhead, and or<icr 

 ^" irianv live (b.bitum andc hasum. whi( h 

 ' "■ <\p,.,ts will have recomuu'iided .-is 

 ''i<- insect eru'tnv of some pest lli;it is 

 'l^iiiiafXino the florist's cro|.s. i!v that 

 'line the anti-tobacco socicdies wdl pmb 

 ■"'I.V have banished the "weed" to the 

 "■■"lie innocuous desuetude as alc(dioiic 



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WHO'S WHO ;S: AND WHY 



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JACOB DIETERICH. 



Br.^1 N |-;s.'~; s;iy;icit\ .-uid horliiultnr.il skill ;iii wrl! combiiii'd iii .lacob Die 

 teririi, of' Los .\nycle-i, <'al. Ilr \\;is liniii in \V li 1 1 1 1'lnburi;', ( l"iui:iii\\ in iMi". 

 and gained with .\lert/., of Stutt;;ait. and .1. i '. Schmidt, of Frfurt. a thonuijjh 

 (^roundinj;; for his life wuik. .\fter two years of l;(iid cape woi k in S\\ it /erlaiid, 

 he came to this cnuntiy in l>^ss, uot stopping: till he re-ndied Los .\u^i Ics. There 

 he worked in the first flower store in the city, then called the Central I'ark Flora! 

 <'ii. Four yrars after his arrival, he started in business for himself on W.all street. 

 In liMiS he formed a partnership with II. W. Turner, for f^rowinj: at Moiitidiello, 

 buying out his juirtiier's interest nine years later. In li»li» he sold his business t<i 

 Koy I". Wilcox and in the same year boufjht land at Wiiitcrsbiirfi, where he is 

 jirouin<4 < hi(dly aspidistras, h;ivini; a special permit from the frdvcrnment to import 

 lar<^e (juantities. This year he bought ten acres in the San Fernando valley. mu<di 

 of \\lii< h he expects tiv plant to Krica melant her.a. 



[Mptioiis, so tli.at form of nicotine poison 

 iny for pests will lie ;i tliinij of' the past. 



If you think that the above is not 

 penned in a serious V(dn. read the f(d 

 low in^f from the wetd^ly bulletin of the 

 Dejiartmeiit ol' .\yricult ure: 



' ' The Jap.-iiiese bocdie is ;xoino to ha\c 

 it-^ (dil enemies on its trail in this coun 

 try. The I'nited States De|iartmenf of 

 .\irricult lire has sent a man to Japan to 

 find those enemies and seiol them across 

 the ocean. They will then be estab 

 lish(>(l in the se<-fions of \ew Jersev 

 where the da|ianese beidle has jjained 

 a foothold and they are expected to ;iid 

 f.;reatly in the r-ontrol of the pest. 



''Theayent emploved for the woik in 

 da|iaii is famili.ar with da|i;iiiese coudi 

 tioiis :ind is a sjieciidist in this ch.-irai- 



ter of W(irk. It is exf.eited that tlu 

 task will ie<juire his sojourn in .lapaii 

 for two or three years. While some 

 tiling is known of par.asites of the daji 

 anese beidle. a fjreat deal is still to be 

 le.'irned. tnindi of whi(di can be learned 

 only under fi(dd conditnius where tlo 

 beetle li\cs with .ill the enemies that 

 prey up<in it. The beetle reached this 

 country with importations of irreeii 

 iHUise pl;int^ and thus far apparently \\:i^ 

 been conipi.-iiat i\(dy free from tnolesta 

 f ioii b\ nat ur.al enemies. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



A. .M. H., O.- No. 



G. I\, La.— Yoii can use yimnsr slock 

 or old plants from the beiudios. See the 

 ads. New soil is better. 



