March 9, 1916. 

 c- -If 



The Carnation Shortage. 



The wet summer of 1915 was a bad 

 season for the carnation plants in the 

 field, and to it can be traced, to a 

 great extent, the reason of the short 

 supply of carnation blooms during the 

 winter, but it would seem that growers 

 are not watchful enough of their plants 

 and fail to govern themselves accord- 

 ing to the conditions of the weather. 

 The grower who brought in his carna- 

 tion plants early and thus saved them 

 from much of the wet weather, has been 

 well repaid by being able to supply 

 a good lot of flowers at a high price. 



I wish that every member would feel 

 liimself duty-bound to give us his views 

 on any subject for the good of the 

 dissociation and our work. I wish to 

 thank the secretary for his work dur- 

 ing the last year and the local commit- 

 tees and members of the Tri-City Flo- 

 rists' Club, who have done much to 

 malce this convention and exhibition a 

 success. As a closing word of appreci- 

 ation to my fellow members of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association, I 

 thank you for your confidence and pres- 

 ence here and trust that our associa- 

 tion will continue to grow in strength 

 <and usefulness as the years come and 

 go. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



At the meeting of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association at Moline, March 

 7, 1916, Treasurer F. L. Washburn pre- 

 sented the following report: 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance March 1, 1915 $274.16 



Received from Secretary March 3, IM.'i. . . 35.00 



May 1. 1915 20.00 



Sept. 13. 1915... 8.00 



Oct. 15, 1915... 6.00 



Interest March 1, 1915 6.36 



Total 1349.52 



EXPENDITUH'::S. 



J. F. Amraann, Sec'y $ 31.62 



A. L. Brown 13.50 



Intelligencer Printing Co 4.25 



A. T. De La Mare Co 12.50 



J. P. Ammann 11.85 



Balance March 1, 1916 275.80 



Total I.J49.52 



The Florists' Review 



17 



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A REMEDY FOR MEALY BUG. 



My coleus are infested with mealy 

 bug and all efforts to get rid of the 

 pest seem to be futile. I have used 

 lemon oil, one-half pint to three quarts 

 of water, and fir tree oil soap, one 

 ounce to one gallon of water, which 

 was used as a dip, but neither of these 



has had any effect on the bugs. Any 

 information on this matter will be ap- 

 preciated. P. C. E. — Md. 



There is nothing better than a good 

 pressure of cold water from the hose, 

 directed so that it can hit the pests. 

 Dipping in the solutions you name may 

 burn the coleus foliage without harm- 

 ing the bug in the least. Mealy bug is 

 worst on old, carried-over coleus. For 

 that reason throw away sueh plants 

 once you have taken a crop of cuttings 

 from them. C. W. 



