AoGUST 14, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



75 



MASTODON PANSIES 



MASTODON PANSIES. 



Originated by us, and perfected 

 by twenty-six years of exclus- 

 ive cultivation, aided by an ideal 

 climate, have reached a devel- 

 opment in enormous size as well 

 as color, form and range of col- 

 ors, that has won the acclama- 

 tion and patronage of the high- 

 est expert authorities of flori- 

 culture in America. 



AH varieties named herein grown exclusively by us. 



One-sixteenth ounce of any mixed, ()5c. 



>4 OZ. hi oz. 1 oz. 



4az. 



Steele's MastodoR Green- i/i6oz. ^s oz 



hMise, Special Mixed, 



0. K. outside, our 



very best $0.«i5 $1.00 .$2.00 $3.75 $7.00 $23.00 



Steele's Mastodon Private 



Stock, Mixed (« 1.00 1.75 3.25 6.00 20.00 



1/160Z. ^ oz. U oz. *2 oz. 1 oz. 4 oz. 

 Steele's Mastodon, Mixed .$0.()5 $0.75 $1.50 $2.75 $5.00 $17.00 



Steele's Improved Vulcaao, 



new, a rich velvety 



Burgundy red 75 1 .25 2.50 5.00 10.00 .... 



Mile. Isabelle, Our novelty, ruffled bronze and yellow. Price 

 same as Vulcano. 



\i|ll- I«4»r»^ Our initial Offering— tango red. Our greatest triumph in Pansies. 



IVllie. Irene Price. 400 seeds '*. 75c 



5c 



Price, 400 seeds H.. 



1919 CATALOGUE READY. 



NEW CROP READY 



The Price of each of the varieties aamed below is as follows: 1/10 oz., 65c; ys oz., $1.00; H oz., $2.00; ^ oz., $3.50; oz., $7.00 



Black Mastodon, huge in size. 



Bronze Mastodon, the most popular strain we have. 



Panama-Pacific, yellow, those wonderful Exposition 



pansies. 

 Prince Henry, the largest and finest blue in existence. 

 Madame Perret, rose and red shades. Very line. 

 Parisian Yellow, a pure yellow of marvelous size. 



Meteor, a wine red— a profuse bloomer. 



Grande Duke Michel, the premier large all-white pansy. 



White Mastodon, dark center— the largest pansies we 

 have ever seen. 



Madame Steele, Elks' purple, immense size. 



Mastodon Adonis, new; of huge size; light blue, baby blue 

 and lavender shades. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



those located near the woodwork of 

 tmildinjjs, less stable manure should be 

 used, in order to protect not only the 

 liuildiiigs hut also the growing plants. 



The volatile liquid carbon disulphide 

 '■an be used to kill white ants in the 

 soil if moist and not compact, if small 

 lioles be made near the infested plants 

 :ind a small quantity of carbon disul- 

 I>hide poured in and the holes immedi- 

 ately closed tighth" with earth. Care 

 should be taken in handling this inflam- 

 mable and explosive fluid, and tlie fumes 

 ■should not be inhaled. 



In the experiments conducted by Bor- 

 den, in the Department of Agriculture 



at Washington, an effective control was 

 found in the use of a five per cent kero- 

 sene-emulsion solution. In case the 

 benches can not be replaced immediately 

 on account of a certain crop, it has been 

 found practical to soak the ashes or 

 sand under the pots and the infested 

 benches thoroughly with this solution. 

 This may be done by removing the 

 potted plants from a section of the 

 bench, spraying that section, and mov- 

 ing the pots on the bench up to cover 

 the treated area, thus exposing anx)theT 

 section to be treated. Potted helio- 

 tropes and geraniums have been treated 

 directly with the five per cent kerosene- 



emulsion solution without injury to the 

 plants, and the white ants in the soil 

 of the pots were all killed. This treat- 

 ment should be given late in the after- 

 noon and be followed early next morn- 

 ing with a thorough syringing with 

 water to wash the surplus oil out of the 

 soil. It is important also to remove all 

 infested pots promptly from the bench 

 as soon as they are noticed and to de- 

 stroy the white ants with kerosene 

 emulsion. 



The removal of decayed infested 

 woodwork in greenhouses will prevent 

 the plants from becoming infested in 

 turn. 



