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The Florists' Review 



DKcauBBB 14, 1916. 



NOW READY 



JUST OFF THE PRESS. 



The Fourth Edition 



ALBUM of DESIGNS 



Printed on Art Paper. Better than 

 ever but still sent to you postpaid for 

 the small sum of 



75c 



Per 

 Copy 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING COMPANY 



508 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



ROSE BUSHES, RHODODENDRONS, BOXWOODS, EVERGREENS, Etc. 

 Also Palms, Ferns, Dracaenas, Rubbers, Etc., Holland and French-grown Bulbs 



AT AUCTION 



Regular Auction Salasdaysz Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the season. Send for Catalogue. 



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NEW YORK 



THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL, AUCTION ROOMS IN THE WORLD 



THE NacNIFF HORTICULTURAL CO., 



growers are hoping for an early return 

 to imported stock. "The potato crop 

 is good," said Mr. Moreland, "the late 

 crop Itoing estimated at .350,000 barrels. 

 One of our customers reports a yield of 

 13;") barrels to the acre. Unfortunately, 

 this condition seems to be solely with 

 us, judging from the reports received 

 from other centers.'' 



The Williams Seed Co., of Norfolk, is 

 making a fine display of bulbs of ex- 

 ceptional quality. Every purchaser, 

 present or jyrospective, is handed an 

 attractive folder on bulb lore that can- 

 not fail to interest the reader. "We 

 shall send out a unique catalogue for 

 the next season," said Lyon Williams, 

 handing me a sample cover. On the 

 front appears the famous subject, "The 

 Angelus. " The back shows a fine old 

 colonial residence, surrounded by a vel- 

 vety lawn. "I do not think anyone 

 vvlio receives a copy will destroy it; of 

 course, the contents and stock as de- 

 scril)ed will be in harmony," concluded 

 Mr. Williams. 



T>. W. Warren & Co., of Norfolk, one 

 of the oldest seed houses, now specialize 

 in field seed. They report good busi- 

 ness. Mr. Warren has been quite ill, 

 but hopes soon to be around, as usual. 



W. S. Langhorne & Sons, of Ports- 

 mouth, Va., looks for a considerable in- 

 crease in local trade on account of the 



amount of land under prospective cul- 

 tivation by the increasing army of 

 naval employees. 



S. A. Kudd, of Newport News. Va., 

 says it is surprising how many colored 

 l)eo])le have gone into the growing of 

 vegetables, with much success. Mr. 

 Rudd is a native and, though never out- 

 side his home town, is up-to-date 

 through studying the trade joUrnals and 

 handling good seeds. 



W. A. Miller & Son, of Lynchburg, 

 Va., report a large business in field and 

 grass seeds. The splendid buildings 

 forming the national home of the B. P. 

 O. Elks, at Bedford, are completed and 

 the extensive grounds have been graded 

 and are ready for seeding and plant- 

 ing- 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Artnstrong Nurseries, Ontario, Cnl.— .\n nt- 

 tnictivc. woU illiistrntprt, 48-i)hkp cataloK'ic of 

 luirsory stock, both fniitboariiiK mid ornamental. 

 Xiit-l)carinc trees are incbuled. Citrus fruits, 

 Califoniia specialties and frenernl stock of n semi- 

 tropical character have a prominent place in 

 the book. 



Henrv F. Michell Co., Thiladelphia, Pa.— Spe- 

 cial December bnlletin of flower seeds, bultis, 

 roots, plants and sundries; twenty-fnur papes, il- 

 lustrated. Knclosed is a 4-pace Christmas folder, 

 offering wreaths, holl.v, mistletoe and other sea- 

 sonable sto<-k; also plndiolus bulbs for forcinR. 



W. E. Sherbrooke, Cornrlius, Ore.- -.Sixth an- 

 nual ciitMlojriie of his specialties, roses and dali- 

 lias. with cultural supgestions; twenty paRcs and 

 cover. I'.olh budiled and own-root roses are 

 oflFered. 



VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT 



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PESTS ON CUCUMBER ROOTS. 



Please tell me what is the trouble 

 with my young cucumber plants. I en 

 close a root on which you will find ;i 

 small brcv/n bug and a small white 

 worm. A considerable number of my 

 voung plants are affected in this way. 



A. W.— 111.' 



I was unable to locate any bug or 

 worm in the small package forwarded. 

 They probably had dried up so com- 

 pletely as to be unrecognizable. You 

 do not say whether your plants are in 

 pots, in flats or planted out. If the;' 

 are in pots, I would secure some car- 

 bon bisulphide, bore a hole in the soil 

 in each pot and .pour a few drops i'l 

 each hole, immediately covering the 

 hole. If the plants are in beds or 

 benches, bore holes three to four inchc-: 

 deep and twelve to fifteen inches apart 

 each way and pour a teaspoonful of th^ 

 carbon in each hole, closing the liolc'^ 

 as fast as the liquid is poured in. Con- 



