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Florists' Review 



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from other materials certified for ship- 

 ment. 



' ' Of 454 different inspections of ship- 

 ments of Christmas trees and greens, 

 only two instances of infestations were 

 found, one relating to a shipment of 

 Chrismas trees consigned to Philadel- 

 phia, where, prior to shipment, thir- 

 teen egg clusters were found, and the 

 other to a stock of laurel collected for 

 making into rope or wreaths, in which, 

 also prior to shipment, nineteen egg 

 clusters were found. No findings of in- 

 festations were reported from destina- 

 tion of any of these shipments. This 

 contrasts with 127 infestations found 

 out of over 5,000 shipments of forest 

 products; 183 infestations out of over 

 22,000 shipments of quarry products; 

 and 213 infestations out of over 5,000 

 shipments of nursery sto(5k; there be- 

 ing found on these three products alto- 

 gether some 10,000 egg clusters, larvae, 

 pupse and moths, mostly egg clusters, 

 of which more than 8,000 were taken 

 on forest products. 



"Stating the matter in another Way, 

 it appears that one infestation of 

 Chistmas trees was found for 277 ship- 

 ments, while quarry products showed 

 one infestation for each 120 shipments, 

 and forest products and nursery stock 

 one for each thirty-nine and twenty- 

 three shipments, respectively. 



"From this statement, Christmas 

 trees and greens would seem to stand on 

 a plane of safety by themselves, and to 

 represent perhaps the least dangerous 

 product which moves out of the quar- 

 antined territory. There is the further 

 safeguard that Christmas trees and 

 greens are not planted, but eventually 

 go onto the rubbish pile and are, in 

 most instances, burned Defore the 

 hatching period for the eggs arrives, 

 whereas forest products and quarry 

 products remain permanently where 

 they are used, and nursery stock is, 

 of course, planted." 



IMPROVING THE CYCLAMEN. 



By means of two illustrations, the 

 reader may here have a glance at the 

 style of greenhouse used by the cycla- 

 men seed specialist, Ferd. Fischer, of 

 Wiesbaden, Germany, and may obtain 

 an idea of the appearance of the plants 

 which result from Mr. Fischer's equip- 

 ment and methods. In fact, this is the 

 second glimpse of the Fischer green- 

 houses provided in these columns. A 

 recent issue of The Keview contained a 

 picture of a house of cyclamens of the 

 Fischer salmon-colored strains. One of 

 the present illustrations shows a house 

 of the improved Rococo cyclamen, C. 

 Rococo erecta; the other picture gives 

 a more distinct view of a group of 

 plants of the same variety. In speak- 

 ing of his experiments with the Rococo 

 and some other sorts, Mr. Fischer says: 



"The variety Rococo, often called the 

 orchid-flowering cyclamen, I have ma- 

 terially improved, and it may now be 

 justly termed orchid-flowering. The 

 petals are now stronger and hold them- 

 selves erect. The flowers have special 

 beauty in the lighter shades of rose- 

 lilac, edged with rose or lilac. The old 

 Rococo was never held in mu«h esteem, 

 because its petals had a hanging, droop- 

 ing or curling tendency. In this new 

 generation. Rococo erecta, this fault 

 is corrected, and its remarkably broad 

 and distinctly fringed petals stand 

 boldly upright. 



"Crossing salmon-colored with dark 



The New Rococo Erecta Cyclamen, Orchid-flowering. 



crimson sorts, I obtained a new color, 

 vermilion, both deep and light. This 

 is a delightful color, outshining all the 

 others. I shall bQ ready to supply 

 seeds of this beautiful novelty in 1917." 



weather. Watch the cultural notes on 

 lilies in The Review from time to time. 



C. W. 



LILIES FOR EASTER. 



Will you kindly advise me how to 

 treat Lilium giganteum to have it in 

 bloom for, Easter, 1917? I shall not re- 

 reive the bulbs until about the middle 

 of September. W. C. H.— Pa. 



PARIS GREEN BURNS ASTERS. 



Will you please give me the best 

 remedy for killing aster beetles? I 

 have been using Paris green, but I 

 do not like it, as it sometimes burns 

 the foliage if too much of it is used. 



,S. T. H.— Ind. 



If you receive your lily bulbs as early 

 as October 15 they will be in ample 

 time. As a rule, giganteums do not ar- 

 rive much before October. This lily 

 likes a good heat from the start. Place 

 the pots in a shed, in a cellar or be- 

 low greenhouse benches, where the 

 minimum will be 60 degrees. Maintain 

 this temperature and your jjlants will 

 be in ample time. The buds should show 

 distinctly when Lent begins. About six 

 weeks will be needed to have the flowers 

 open. Some extra forcing or retarding 

 may be necessary; it all depends on the 



There is no better remedy for aster 

 beetles than Paris green, used at the 

 rate of one pound to 200 gallons of wa- 

 ter. I am afraid you have been using 

 a mixture too strong. Adding a lit- 

 tle air-slaked 4ime to the water will 

 lessen the danger of burning the flow- 

 ers and foliage. At the above rate 

 you should have no trouble from burn- 

 ing. C. W. 



Charleroi, Pa. — .Joseph Haube has re- 

 cently returned from an automobile 

 tour through northern New York, east- 

 ern Pennsylvania, Maryland and the 

 District of Columbia. Business here is 

 down to the usual summer grind. 



Cyclamen Rococo Erecta for Seed at Ferd. Fisclier's, Wiesbaden, Germany. 



