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The Florists' Review 



Apsil 13, 1916. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Delightful spring weather prevailed 

 last week until Thursday, when cold, 

 wintry weather set in, accompanied by 

 a heavy snow storm. The effect of this 

 cold spell is beginning to be noticed in 

 the supply of cut flowers in the market, 

 particularly roses, although carnations 

 and spring flowers are equal to the de- 

 mand. No harm was done to the out- 

 door shrubs. The best varieties of roses 

 in the market now are Ophelia, Kil- 

 larney. White Killarney, Shawyer, Rus- 

 sell and Sunburst. Red roses are scarce 

 and white are none too plentiful. Carna- 

 tions are of good quality. Sweet peas 

 are meeting with a fine sale, but the 

 supply is large and prices are moderate. 

 Violets are scarce. The demand for val- 

 ley and orchids is weak. Easter lilies 

 are exceedingly plentiful, and callas are 

 easilv obtainable. Snapdragons are of 

 excellent quality and are eagerly 

 bought. They bring good prices. 

 Funeral work has been plentiful and 

 there has been a good demand for flow- 

 ers for table decorations. There are 

 some handsome rhododendrons in the 

 market. Azaleas are of splendid qual- 

 ity, and spiraeas, white lilac and hydran- 

 geas make a good showing together with 

 the tulips and Dutch hyacinths, which 

 are of fine proportions. 



The outlook for the Easter business 

 is exceedingly good. Considerable ad- 

 vertising is being done by the local flo- 

 rists in the form of booklets and fold- 

 ers. It will be late for any large variety 

 of bulbous stock, but there will be some 

 fine azaleas, rhododendrons, lilacs, cycla- 

 men and spiraea plants. The Easter lily 

 plants are far superior this year to 

 what they have ever been before. 

 Various Notes. 



Judge W. J. Vesey and Miss Vesey 

 left April 8 for an extended trip to 

 New York city and other eastern points. 



"W. J. & M. S. Vesey are advertising 

 their landscape department, with a fine 

 variety of shrubs and experienced land- 

 scape artists to do the work. This con- 

 cern had a special sale on cineraria 

 plants at 35 cents each last week. 



Markey Bros., of Harrison street, are 



showing a fine line of blooming plants 



and are holding some splendid specimens 



at their greenhouses for the Easter 



• trade. Their azaleas are specially fine. 



The Flick Floral Co. was busy with 

 funeral work last week. 



Will J. Vesey, Jr., president of the 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana, 

 is in Terre Haute attending the April 

 meeting of the society. 



Mrs. Randall, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Chicago, was a visitor last week. 



R. F. 



THE RAINBOW SYRINGE 



■iTM more thAn Ita cost In a staort time by reduc- 

 ing roar Inaectlcide bllU. It ia nutde of bntM, 

 eaallT acUasted for fine or coarae aprsr. and Is 

 andeobtedly the best gyrlngre on the market. 

 Price Prepaid, $1.50 each; $18.00 doi. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG 

 Dpaal Station, P. R. B.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



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A Contact Insecticide Used Since 1883 



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 Thrip Juice No. 2 a good thing to use on Chrysanthe- 

 mums. Kindly send bill for th6 last gallon shipped, and oblige. 



Yours respectfully. (Signed) VICTOR S. DORVAL SONS. 



THBIPS ON CARNATIONS. 



Ed. American IHorist: 



Please advise how to remedy the trouble affecting Carnation buds mailed 

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



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 ^eal 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. 



THRIP JUICE NO. 2 ON ROSES. 



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

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



Dear Sirs: I have used your THRIP JX7I0E 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. HAEMAN, 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. 



Onstav 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 using 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 fails to kill the insect and the slight 

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



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



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