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The Florists' Review 



Apsii. 0, 1018. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The market is in a much healthier 

 condition than for some weeks. A few 

 dull days last week made things look 

 bad, but the market changed tor the 

 better and stock is now cleaning up 

 well. The prospects are bright for a 

 big Easter business. The stock for 

 cutting looks fine and, with ordinarily 

 good weather, there will be a big crop. 

 On account of the recent cold weather, 

 bulbous stock may hold out and be in 

 good condition for Easter. A good many 

 orders are being accepted on this class 

 of stock for Easter shipment. It is a 

 question whether or not violets will be 

 in the market. They are still in fine 

 condition and if the weather is not too 

 warm they may be salable at Easter. 

 Just now there is a glut of double vio- 

 lets and the prices are down. Some 

 extra fine singles are to be had and are 

 cleaning up at good prices. There seems 

 to be enough valley to go around and 

 the prices are quite satisfactory. The 

 new crop of sweet peas is not heavy, 

 but is fancy stock and is selling easily. 

 The old crop is inferior and is hard to 

 move. 



Carnations are cleaning up better 

 than they have been and there is no 

 surplus. The prices are medium and 

 the stock is of fair quality, although 

 the percentage of splits is large. Roses 

 are still abundant, although they are 

 moving better than for the last few 

 weeks. The cheaper grades of stock 

 are cleaning up daily, but the fancier 

 grades are not selling so rapidly. 

 Greens are somewhat more plentiful 

 than they have been, but smilax re- 

 mains scarce. Some extra fine snap- 

 dragon is arriving and is selling at 75 

 cents to $1.50 per bunch. 



There seems to be a fine grade of 

 blooming plants on the market this 

 year. The retail stores are featuring 

 this class of stock in the windows and 

 are moving it readily. Indications 

 point to an exceptionally large sale of 

 plants for Easter, and judging by the 

 looks of the stock at present there 

 will be little poor stock on the market. 



Various Notes. 



Milwaukee florists have had an ad- 

 dition to their ranks in Michael Henry 

 Moore, who opened a store April 1 at 

 522 Grand avenue. His new shop is 

 excellently arranged and creates a 

 pleasing impression. Mr. Moore is not 

 new in the florists' business, having 

 been associated with the Wisconsin 

 Floral Co. for some time. 



Those who attended the Philadelphia 

 show from Milwaukee were: A. Mac- 

 Donald, manager of Gimbel's flower 

 department; Miss Rose Simler, of the 

 Edlefsen-Leidiger Co., and Miss Ida 

 Baumgarten. 



Among the visitors in Milwaukee last 

 week were: Miss Meyer, with the 

 Rentschler Floral Co., Madison, Wis.; 

 Mrs. H. A. Levenhagen, Manitowoc, 

 Wis.; O. Sylvester, Oconomowoc, Wis., 

 and W. Desmond, with the L. S. Don- 

 aldson Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 



H. J. S. 



Reading, Pa — November 2, 3 and 4 

 have been selected as the dates for the 

 second flower show to be given by the 

 Reading Florists' Association. One of 

 the features of the show will be the 

 orchid exhibition. 



A Contact Insecticide Used Since 1883 





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Some Sucking Insects Magnified. 



WHAT THRIP JUICE No. 2 WILL DO 



OHBYSANTHEMUMS ON LONG ISLAND. 



Mr. Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. Woodside, L. I., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1913. 



Dear Sir: I find your Tlirip Juice No. 2 a good thing to use on Chrysanthe- 

 mums. Kindly send bill for the last gallon shipped, and oblige. 



Yours respectfully. (Signed) VICTOE S. DOBVAL SONS. 



THBIPS ON CABNATIONS. 



Ed. American Florist: 



Please advise how to remedy the trouble affecting Carnation buds mailed 

 under separate cover. Kansas. F. W. P. 



The Carnation buds are badly infested with Thrips. Upon opening up two 

 or three of the buds we found them alive with these pests. Thrips are one of the 

 worst enemies that Carnation growers have to deal with, and the only way to 

 fight them successfully is to get after them by spraying the plants regularly 

 with the Nicotine preparations as soon as they are planted into the houses from 

 the field and keep at it continually until weather conditions will allow for fumi- 

 gation. For stubborn cases we spray with HAMMOND'S THRIP JUICE No. 2, 

 applied as per directions on the cans. This is an oily substance and will cause 

 the foliage of the plants to look a lighter green, but we have never found it to 

 harm the foliage at all. C. W. JOHNSON. 



THBIP JUICE NO. 2 ON ROSES. 



Hopeland Estate, Staatsburg, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1913. 

 Hammond 's Paint & Slug Shot Works, Beacon, N. Y. 



Dear Sirs: I have used your THRIP JUICE No. 2 on outdoor Roses, also 

 Roses indoors, as well as Bay Trees and other hard-wooded stock, and can say it 

 is a most efficient remedy for Scale, Mealy Bug and Thrips. Very truly yours, 



(Signed) CHAS. HARMAN, Supt. 



Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 7, 1914, 

 CoL Wm. Sharp, for more than twenty-five years grower for Samuel Murray, 

 says: "I have found THRIP JUICE No. 2 very effective for White Scale on 

 Cattleyas and variegated Pineapples, Brown Scale on Ficus and Palms. 



While several applications may be necessary, it is cheaper in the end than 

 Nicotine and far more effective. 



Our farmer finds it a cure for the Curculio on Plums. Send along five gal- 

 lons as before." W. M. 



Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1915. 



Schmidt & Botley Co. endorse THRIP JUICE No. 2 for killing the White Fly. 

 They believe in prevention, and took steps at once to destroy it. 



Oustav Schneider says he uses THRIP JUICE No. 2 regularly, more as a 

 preventive, and never had a finer lot of Chrysanthemums than last season. At one 

 time the plants were affected with rust, but one or two sprayings brought them 

 around. 



Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 14, 1914. 

 Robert Lockerbie, many years with the Robt. Craig Co., and now grower for 

 the Charlotte Cut Flow er Co., says he has used all makes of Insecticides and is 

 now usin^ THRIP JUICE No. 2 for Thrips on Chrysanthemums and Carnations. 

 The dilution of one to forty is proper. Sprayed on cloudy days, every week or ten 

 days, left on foliage for 48 hours, it never falls to kill the insect and the slight 

 discoloration on foliage is offset by its usefulness. W. M, 



Hammond's Paint & Slog Shot Works, Beacon, NX 



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