.mai;( II .M. r.ti;i. 



The Florists' Revie\v 



19 



Many More Lilies Could Have Been Sold This Easter, Especially Such as This Seattle Grower's. 



plants wtTf watcii'd, a tlniinh ]>(>t was 

 iiiverti'ii ((vtT each sjioiijif, witii (iin' 

 cdfje sli;,'litl.v raised to i>t'niiit the ants 

 easy access to tlie poison. 



Almost iiiiiiiediately the ants dr 

 tccted the syniji and started to carrv 

 it to their nest o\er definitely est.il. 

 lisheil rontes, a hahit (diaracterist ic oi' 

 those creatnre-. Within oiielialf hour 

 the w/ilks and hem lies were teemini; 

 with ants hnsily ciif^atied in the opera 

 tion just desi-rihed. 'Die next ila\- a 

 marked clicriase in their iiuint)ers was 

 evident. In some cases the s|ion;^e< 

 were so tlloroll;,'llly deplrteii ot' the 



syrnp that they had to 1.,- repicii ishrd 

 with fresh material. It w.is .also ol. 

 served that those still i.resrnt avoided 

 the bait, making it necessary to idianyc 

 the location of each sjion;;e. I'>\- M.ir.li 

 8, twenty fixe days at'ter thi' i\|i,ri 

 ment had heeii started, the ant- iiad 

 almost coiiiph'tely (lis,a])|ie,ircd. 



SEATTLE LILIES. 



Not e\erywllere were lilie- 1 Ill- 

 Easter so <,'oo<l as those at tli.' ereeii 

 houses of the Hollywood Cardeiis. Si'at 

 tie, Wash. Many florists wish thev had 

 been, for then the sales for the Indiday 

 wonid have hei'ii consj.lerahK- aiii' 



niented. Many were ilic iii-tonur- who 

 walked out when the\ were inl'oniird 

 lilies were •;one. 



.Just how sturdy ami will tlowi-red 

 were the lilies of the llidlywood (iar 

 dens m.iy he seen l>y the illii-t rat ion on 

 this pa^i', a particularly fine \ iew of the 

 Seatt le firm "> stock. 



SCALE ON ASPARAGUS. 



1 am seiidine :i -ample ol' -onie ol' 

 my scale infestiMJ .\-|iarat:n- pliiimi-n- 

 and shoiiM like to know lio\\ to e,.) rid 

 ef the troiilde without lUtliiie down 

 all file plants. 'I'llese are lle;i\y -ee.l 

 |ildducers ami are a! pre-ent loa<led 

 with seed. I -prayeil oun- with nici. 

 tine, hut saw no result. The -i-.ale he^an 

 to make its ap|iearaiice oxi r .a xcar a;:e 

 .and since flieii has spread o\er -e\eial 

 -i|Uare feet of the hed ;,iid ha- reaehe.l 

 the top of' the )danls. which .aic -excii or 

 eieht feet. I', (). M. (). 



I'rom fhe sjpi'ciinen recei\eil. ymi ha\e 

 evidently a had infestation of white 

 scale on the asparagus and the mo-t 

 likidy icmedy for such a case would he 

 sprayiny; once a week with a solution of 

 fish oil soap ami }{|aek Leaf 40, the 

 solution to he composed of one ounce of 

 the snap and half :in ounce iduid of 



Hlack l.e.af M to •uie ;iallon of water. 

 The -oap -hoiihl tie dissolved liy hoilinjj 

 and the nicotine preparation addeil to 

 the -(dutioii .after cooliue. \V. H. T. 



ANOTHER SLOGAN SONS. 



In lonnectioii with the contest run hv 

 several new-papeis in different cities for 

 the Kest llower letter siilimitted, the 



.\ri/oii,i Hepulilic.in. I'hoenix, .\ri/,., for 

 M.irdi 1.-, puhlished a sonjr l,y H. M. 

 Ne-mith. of that city. The sonj,' was 

 iii-pired hv the tr.ade -loj^.au, ''Sav Tt 

 ^\ il h I'low els. ■ ' 



S.i.v II Willi ttiiH.r- lli:ii 1. 1.1.. Ill ill May; 



S:i\ it v\iili 11. .«.■!■> Ili;il will iii'vi.r (li-cav. 



S;i.\ ii Willi tnilli ili;it \,.ii ar<' mine. 



^■i> I' "illi lil.--iiiu- licit I nm thill.- 



S;i\ it :il\v.iys .'III. I (li, ii..t (Icclino 



I '<•■ 111.' t.. tl -,. truly rcsi»:iu-(l. 



S:n it ill cv.iy II. t mill cr.-ol, 



s.iy i' ill tli.i l.ivc :iii.l every ilec.l 



K.ff.iiii. 

 s.iy it .l.iily, my iiwii l.ivp 

 W lii-|.. I- it -..ftly. my lovo. 

 S.n it .M-ry tim>' we part 

 rii.il I am the imaiif .if tliy lii-ait 



Phoenix, Ariz. Davi.l Turner has 

 lip. lie. I .1 nursery at 2G Coronado road. 



Dallas, Tex. -^K. ('. Massie, formerly 

 a whol.-.il.'r ;ind ri'tailer at Tlandley, 

 T.\.. is oji.iiinjr ;i store at Dallas. 



