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The Florists^ Review 



August 23, 1917. 



NBRSERY NEWS. 



AlIESXCJKlHfclil^CIATION OF NUBSERTMEN. 

 President, Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; 

 Vice-president, J. U. Mayliew, Waxahacliie, 

 Tex.; Secretary and Counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, 

 19 Congress St., Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, J. W. 

 Hill, Des Moines, la.. 



H, G. Mkkkel lias been ai)poiiitc(l re- 

 ceiver for tlie Watrous Nursery Co., of 

 Des Moines, la., at the request of tlie 

 Watrous estate. 



It looks as though the public will buy 

 more and better peony plants than usual 

 this autumn, but the trade will not make 

 large plantings for cut flowers. 



CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION. 



The annual outing of the Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association was held at 

 Lake Compounce August 15. About 

 forty-five members were present and, as 

 usual, everyone had an enjoyable time. 

 Swimming, baseball, bowling and other 

 amusements caused the day to pass 

 quickly. The dinner consisted of bar- 

 becued lamb and other good things. 



MINNESOTA PLANT IMPORTS. 



The records of the nursery inspector 



in ^linnesota show that the imports of 



nursery stock for the twelve months 



ended December 1, 1916, w^ere: 



.Slii])])c(l from Cases Plants 



Ilollaiul .S7L' 128.758 



n<-l>rimn 104 • .3,831 



Kriiiicc 55 .S85,280 



KiiKlaiid (i 15,154 



Hcniiuila 1 200 



.Japan 2S l,.-}7.3 



Scotlaiiil 8 10,000 



Total 569 550,790 



Commenting on this, F. L. Washburn, 

 state entomologist, says: "This rep- 

 resents 1U8 shipments. While no stock 

 has l)een received from Germany dur- 

 ing the year, it is surprising to note 

 that in this, the third year of the war, 

 there were .'^2,466 more plants imported 

 than in 1913, tiie second year of war." 



BAD KEROSENE EMULSIONS. 



Tlie Insecticide and Fungicide Board 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 among its service and regulatory an- 

 nouncements issued May 28, 1917, pub- 

 lishes the following with regard to kero- 

 sene emulsions: 



' ' It has been noted by the department 

 that kerosene emulsions made by certain 

 manufacturers cause serious injury to 

 the foliage of various i)lants when used 

 as a summer spray at the dilutions 

 recommended on the label by the manu- 

 facturer. 



' ' These so-called kerosene emulsions 

 on analysis often show a water, soap 

 and oil content which indicates that 

 they have been prepared in accordance 

 with the commonly used formula of one 

 g.illon of water, one-half pound of soap 

 and two gallons of oil, or in accordance 

 with a formula which gives practically 

 tiie same percentage of oil. How^ever, 

 wlien they are used on foliage at the 

 dilutions recommended by the manufac- 

 turer tliey seriously burn the foliage of 

 many varieties of plants, whereas a 

 well-made kerosene emulsion prepared 

 by the department in accordance with 

 tlie same formula does not burn the 

 same varieties of plants to any extent 

 when used as a summer spray at the 

 same dilutions. For example, a well- 

 made kerosene emulsion prepared by 



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 ft., B&B. 

 ft., B&B. 



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 visions of 3 to 5 eyes. YQurmone,v's 



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 1,26 

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 200 

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the department in accordance witli the 

 above formula did not show any serious 

 injury to the foliage of a considerable 

 number of plants wlien used at a dilu- 

 tion of one to fifteen or one to twenty, 

 yet when so-called kerosene emulsions 

 containing practically the same amounts 

 of oil were used at these dilutions on the 

 same plants the injury was serious. 



"A study of this question has con- 

 vinced the department that some manu- 

 facturers are not preparing their kero- 

 sene emulsions correctly, so that when 

 they are mixed with water the oil sep- 



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 $10.00 per dozen. 



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PAINESVILLE NURSERIES 



Nurserymen, riwistt an d Seedsmen 



PAINESVILLB, OHIO 



arates out and the products therefore 

 burn vegetation, which they would not 

 burn if the emulsions were correctly 

 prepared. There are also some indica- 



