MAKCH 31, 1921. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



Many More LlUcs Coold Have Been Sold This Easter, Especially Such as This Seattle Grower's, 



plants were watered, a thumb pot was 

 inverted over each sponge, with one 

 edge slightly raised to permit the ants 

 easy access to the poison. 



Almost immediately the ants de 

 tected the syrup and started to c.irry 

 it to their nest over definitely estah 

 lished routes, a habit characteristic of 

 these creatures. Within one half hour 

 the walks and benches were teemin>i; 

 with ants busily engaged in the oper:i- 

 tion just described. The next day a 

 marked decrease in their numbers was 

 evident. In some cases the sponges 

 were so thoroughly dejileted of the 

 syrup that they had to be replenished 

 with fresh material. It was also ob- 

 served that those still present avoided 

 the bait, making it necessary to change 

 the location of each sponge. By March 

 8, twenty-five days after the experi 

 ment had been started, the ants hail 

 almost completely disappeared. 



mented. Many were the customers who 

 walked out wlien they were informed 

 lilies were gone. 



Just how sturdy and well flowered 

 were the lilies of the Hollywood Gar- 

 dens may be seen by the illustration on 

 this page, a particularly fine view of the 

 Seattle firm 's stock. 



Black Leaf 40 to one gallon of water. 

 The soap should be di.s.solved by boiling 

 and the nicotine preparation added to 

 the solution after cooling. W. H. T. 



SCALE ON ASPARAGUS. 



I am sending a :sam]de of soniC of 

 my scale-infested Asj)aragUH ]pliim()sus 

 and should like to know how to get rid 

 of the trouble without cutting down 

 all the plants. These are heavy seed 

 producers and are at jyresent loaded 

 with seed. I spraj'ed once with nico- 

 tine, but saw no result. The scale began 

 to make its api>earance over a year ago 

 and since then has spread over several 

 square feet of the bed and has reached 

 the top of the plants, which are seven or 

 eight feet. T. O. M.— O. 



SEATTLE LILIES. 



Not everywhere were lilii>s this 

 Easter so good as those at the green- 

 houses of the Hollywood Gardens, Seat 

 tie, Wash. Many florists wish they had 

 been, for then the sales for the holiday 

 would have been considerably aug 



From the specimen received, you have 

 evidently a bad infestation of white 

 scale on the asparagus and the most 

 likely remedy for such a case would be 

 spraying once a week with a solution of 

 fish oil soap and Black Leaf 40, the 

 .solution to be composed of one ounce of 

 the soap and half an ounce (fluid) of 



ANOTHER SLOGAN SONS. 



In connection with the contest run by 

 several newspapers in different cities for 

 the best flower letter submitted, the 

 Arizona Rejjubiican, Phoenix, Ariz., for 

 March ]."> published a song by H. M. 

 .Xesmitli, of that city. The song was 

 insjiired by the trade slogan, "Say It 

 with Flowers." 



Say it with Howcrs tliat bloom in May; 

 Say it Willi tlowtTs that will never decay. 

 Say it with truth that you are mine, 

 Say it with hlessint's tliat 1 am thine. 



Say it always and di) not decline 

 The life to thee so truly resigned. 

 Say it in every act and creed. 

 Say it in thy love and every deed. 



Hefrain. 

 Say it daily, my own love. 

 Whisper it softly, my love. 

 Say it every time we part 

 Tliat 1 am the image of thy heart. 



Phoenix, Ariz.— David Turner has 

 opened a nursery at 26 Coronado road. 



DaUas, Tex.— R. C. Massie, formerly 

 a wholesaler and retailer at Handley, 

 Tex., is opening a store at Dallas. 



