August 2, 1917, 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



more adhesive. Use a fine, misty nozzle. 

 Direct the spray with a good force and 

 remember that you must wet each indi- 

 vidual with the spray to kill it. 



Calceolarias. 



Sow the seeds of herbaceous calceo- 

 larias about August 1, in a coldframe or 

 well shaded greenhouse. Protect the pan 

 with glass and paper. Let the soil bo 

 finely screened, water and then sow the 

 seeds; later scatter a little fine sand 

 over it. Another plan, and a good one, 

 is to screen a little fine, dry sphagnum 

 moss over the surface of the pan, scatter 

 the seeds on this and then water. It 

 is too soon yet to take cuttings of the 

 rugosa calceolarias. 



SINGLE YELLOW DAISIES. 



I should like to know the name of the 

 single yellow daisies that are used as 

 cut flowers in the winter and spring for 

 basket and corsage work. When should 

 they be planted in the greenhouse? 

 Shall I buy rooted cuttings or 2i/^-inch 

 stock? Do they need solid beds or raised 

 benches? How much space do they re- 

 quire? Please give me any cultural 

 directions that are necessary. 



G. S. F.— Pa. 



All yellow marguerites are forms of 

 Chrysanthemum frutescens. Plant now 

 from 2%-inch pots in either solid beds 

 or raised benches. "While the majority 

 of growers prefer to limit the root-run 

 of their plants, and carry over old plants 

 in many cases from year to year, yet the 

 largest and most succeSful grower of 

 yellow marguerites for the Boston mar- 

 ket, which receives more good yellow 

 marguerites than any other city in the 

 United States, plants young stock each 

 season and in ground beds. The way his 

 plants flower is a revelation. 



A minimum temperature of 50 degret-s 

 suits marguerites and a soil such as suits 

 roses, mums or carnations will answer 

 well for them. Place the plants eight- 

 een inches apart each way. Supports 

 must be given from time to time; a sys- 

 tem of cross strings similar to those used 

 for carnations, only spaced farther apart, 

 will be found suitable. If leaf miners 

 attack the foliage, use a fairly strong 

 nicotine spray. A similar spray or 

 fumigation will care for aphis. When 

 well established, marguerites need a lib- 

 eral water supply. In addition, a mukli 

 of cow manure and soakings of liquid 

 manure will prove beneficial. There are 

 many typos of yellow marguerites, good, 

 bad and indifferent. You should mark 

 and propagate from your best varieties 

 only. C. W. 



A STEADY CUT OF LILIES. 



I expect to have a steady call for Lil- 

 ium gigantoum l)U(is. I shall need a 

 supply of al)out fifty to sixty opening 

 buds per week the year around for cut 

 flower j)urposes. How often should I 

 ])lant tliese and would it be better to 

 grow thom on a bencli rather than in 

 pots? Some advice as to soil and treat- 

 ment will be appreciated. 



C. C— Okla. 



Cold storage lily bulbs will not be 

 necessary the whole year. From De- 

 cember until May, by using fresh bulbs 

 of Formosa, Harrisii and giganteum, 

 you can obtain a regular succession of 

 lily flowers. From May until December 



Funeral Basket on alPedestal, by the Art Floral Co., San Francisco. 



cold storage stock will be necessary. 

 You would better buy these so that they 

 will come to you in small cases of 100 

 to 150 bulbs. Place them in 5-inch or 

 SMi-inch pots as soon as received. Give 

 them a warm house until tlie flowers 

 start to open; then run them cooler. In 

 tlie warm summer months any house is 

 warm enough to start thom. Cold stor- 

 age bull)s start to grow (juickly. A soil 

 which will suit any soft-wooded plants 

 will answer well. 



If you start 100 to 150 at a time yo\i 

 will not need the whole lot to come in 

 together; some you can grow cooler 

 and others you can easily retard in a 

 cold collar. Cold storage bulbs will 

 not give over two to four flowers per 

 bulb on the average and lack the vigor 

 of newly imported stock. Stand the 

 plants wlien potted below a bench and 

 leave them there until growth is well 

 started; then place them on a bench. 

 Give them a rather dark house, in order 

 to draw up the stalks. In strong light 

 they come quite dwarf. C. W. 



damage is done to the blooms by a num- 

 ber of different insects, mostly or all of 

 the eating kind. At present the most 

 troul)Iesomo insects are the little green 

 jumi)or and the brown, fly-like bug with 

 grayish white spots on the wings. 

 Tliese eat the centers out of tiio fonder 

 slioots and thus cripjilo tiic jilants. As 

 we liavo never boon able to oon(juor any 

 of these pests entirely, wo are asking 

 your assistance. H. .1. .1. — Mo. 



PESTS ON DAHLIAS. 



Before long we shall have the dahlia 

 season with us, and the writer woubl 

 like to be prepared more thoroughly 

 than heretofore to moot the enemies of 

 this beautiful flower. The greatest 



Tlio jumping ])ost referred to is prob- 

 al)ly tlio tarnished i)lant bug, also called 

 chinch bug, which is a ditticult post to 

 fight, as it does not stay still as the 

 apiiides do. (Quassia ciiiiKS soaked in 

 water, with some soap added to make 

 it stick, have proved a good remedy; so, 

 also, have nicotine extracts to which 

 soap has been added. The bug which 

 eats the shoots will need a ])oison. 

 Arsenate of lead whitens tiio foliage, 

 but will not burn it. Use this at the 

 rate of four pounds to fifty gallons of 

 water. I would suggest using a com- 

 bined sjiray of arsenate of lead, nico- 

 tine and soap. This should account for 

 all ])osts reached, but several applica- 

 tions will ])robably be necessary. Do 

 not leave any rubbisli heaps over winter 

 near your dahlias. They form good 

 l)ree(ling places for the chincli l)ugs. 



C. W. 



