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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBMBBB 28, 1918. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



[Continued from page 47.] 



evidence in Oregon up to two years 

 ago, but in this short time it has be- 

 come a pest which must be cheeked. 

 Prof. Lovitt described the life history 

 and habits of the larvae and adults, 

 showing that they breed in May and 

 June, during a period of five or six 

 weeks. The same generation thus ap- 

 pears in all stages of development 

 throughout the late spring, summer and 

 early fall. Prof. Lovitt recommended 

 spraying with nicotine solutions in the 

 proportion of one to 400 parts, which he 

 said had been used successfully in an ex- 

 periment at an eastern college. Several 

 members questioned the virtue of the 

 spray so reduced in strength. One mem- 

 ber advocated quassia chips and whale 

 oil for outdoor use, but his experience 

 did not cover plants under glass. Prof. 

 Lovitt said the writer of the bulletin 

 advocating the nicotine spray claimed 

 that the one to 400 strength solution 

 would penetrate the epidermis of the 

 leaves and kill a large per cent of the 

 larvae, which were feeding on the 

 plants. 



The cyclamen grub has been giving 

 trouble to the growers here for several 

 years. The O. A. C. has been investi- 

 gating methods of controlling it for two 

 years. At present the college recom- 

 mends sterilizing the soil by heat or 

 chemicals, after the plants have been 

 potted some time, as it is believed that 

 while the eggs of the beetle forming 

 the grub may be introduced with ma- 

 nure, such introduction is not usual. 



J. H. Baehr read an article which he 

 published recently* in the local dailies, 

 calling attention to the fact that grow- 

 ers of plants were longer-lived than 

 other people, generally speaking, and 

 that plants in the home, by giving warn- 

 ing, by drooping, of unsanitary condi- 

 tions, tend to conserve health. 



President Steele surrendered his chair 

 to B. Tonseth, who immediately or- 

 ganized a kangaroo court, with T. W. 

 Scott as prosecuting attorney and W. 

 Thompson as bailiff, much to the diver- 

 sion of the members. Fines exacted 

 from several victims were ordered do- 

 nated to the War Relief fund in the 

 name of the society. 



Various Notes. 



The nights are growing colder, with 

 heavy frosts, necessitating firing in the 

 greenhouses. 



Mr. Rahn, now located at Spokane, 

 formerly of the firm of Rahn & Herbert, 

 Portland, has taken unto himself a wife. 

 All members extend congratulations. 



The Holden Floral Co. is cutting a 

 nice crop of pink snapdragon and Midge 

 chrysanthemums. H. K. 



Manchester, la. — Hiram J. New, who 

 is successor to C. L. Adams, says busi- 

 ness has been steadily good and The 

 Review invaluable to him, because, in 

 addition to learning many new things 

 from the paper every week, he has had 

 to buy much stock. 



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