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low a current of air to circulate among 

 the plants. Cyclamens grown in cold- 

 frames are likely to have the advantage 

 of being especially stocky. The plants 

 may remain in the frames as late as 

 Christmas when well protected, but if 

 wanted for Thanksgiving and Christ- 

 mas sales they should be housed at the 

 end of September. 



Destroy Pests. 



All moths and butterflies must be 

 caught and killed. Cyclamens are also 

 subject to mite, thrips and red spider; 

 to destroy these pests Hammond's Thrip 

 Juice No. 2 has been used successfully, 

 following the instructions on the can or 

 container. The use of Thrip Juice 

 should be continued until about Octo- 

 ber; after that it is better to spray with 

 a nicotine extract once a week until No- 

 vember 1, or until the blooms begin to 

 appear. Then the spraying with insec- 

 ticides should be discontinued, as it dis- 

 colors the flowers and foliage. Continue 

 spraying with clear water at least 

 twice every day, weather permitting. 



It is necessary at all times to use 

 great care in watering cyclamen plants. 

 Water only when moderately dry; do 

 not be overliberal with water, since 

 there is little hope for plants when once 

 overwatered. When the plants are strong 

 and sturdy and full of roots, a weekly 

 feeding with liquid fertilizer is greatly 

 beneficial; fresh cow or horse manure 

 is preferable, but it should be used with 

 great care. 



SUPER-CYCLAMEN. 



To a busy man seldom comes the op- 

 portunity to look upon specimen plants 

 of wondrous colors in the process of 

 seed-forming evolution. The casual ob- 

 server does not realize the great amount 

 of persistence and care necessary to 

 gain the coveted goal. Many years of 

 careful selection of the specimen plants, 

 themselves the result of the finest Bel- 

 gian, English and Hamburg strains, 

 alone could bring the results as seen at 

 I. A. Peterson & Sons, Westwood, Cin- 

 cinnati. Perfect plants in 5-inch pots, 

 with seed pods in the process of devel- 

 opment, perfect plants by the thou- 

 sands. A specimen in a 5-inch pot, 



showing the vigorous, healthy and free- 

 flowering habit of a superior strain, 

 appears on the preceding page. 



We find all the standard colors at 

 Westwood. Glory of Wandsbek, per- 

 haps the most popular and the most 

 sought, is closely followed by the per- 

 fect whites and daybreak shades. 

 Christmas Cheer, a wonderful red, is 

 also worthy of mention. 



The latest novelty. Pride of Cincin- 

 nati, with semi-double salmon-colored 

 flowers, is a picture to behold. 



Improved rococo types,. until recently 

 producing only ten per cent salable 

 flowering plants, are now good for 

 eighty per cent production of fine flow- 

 ering stock. 



The shortage of seed of the Peterson 

 strain last year has prompted this firm 

 to redouble its efforts, so that, in spite 

 of the enormous demand from all points 

 of the compass, there will be enough 

 for a great many new cyclamen growers 

 this year. The prevailing dark and 

 cloudy weather abroad permits the seed 

 grown on this side of the Atlantic to 

 be ready for market about thirty days 

 sooner. 



What prompted comment more than 

 anything else was the "piece de re- 

 sistance," the white-flowering orchid 

 cyclamen, most suitably named by Mr. 

 Peterson Ida Emilie, as a mark of ap- 

 preciation of a daughter's effective as- 

 sistance in the perfection of the crown- 

 ing achievement of this eminent grow- 

 er's career. The flowers are more hand- 

 some than the white phalaenopsis orchid 

 and of such wonderful texture and grace 

 that one does not hesitate in saying 

 they fill the long-felt want for the white 

 orchid for wedding and other high-class 

 work. H. E. K. 



AN AUTOMATIC STOKES. 



The Mechanicville fuel burner, de- 

 scribed by John Lawrance in The Re- 

 view for May 26, is similar to the 

 Palmer burner system manufactured by 

 the Gunn Buschow Burner Co., Kansas 

 City, Mo., which we have installed on 

 our place. We are using the Swift 

 stoker in connection with it, which 

 probably would be the identical thing 

 Mr. Lawrance is looking for. After 



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filling the hoppers of this stoker, the 

 boilers can be left to take care of them- 

 selves for an hour or more, while the 

 fireman looks after the temperature in 

 the greenhouses. 



The stoker can be regulated to feed 

 lightly or heavily, and spreads the coal 

 evenly over the grate. It practically 

 eliminates all smoke, as it continually 

 feeds a small quantity of coal, which 

 starts to burn as soon as it leaves the 

 hopper and keeps a clean, white fire at 

 all times. This stoker is manufactured 

 by the Swift Stoker Co., Chicago. A 

 similar one is made by the Automatic 

 Furnace Co., Dayton, O. 



W. J. Keimel. 



PBOVIDENCE, R. I. 



Cyclamens in CaUfornia« in Greenhouses of H. Hayashi & Co. 



The Market. 



With the passing of Memorial day, 

 the florists begin to look forward to the 

 final clean-up of the season. June brings 

 a number of weddings, but this year 

 these events are all small ones in this 

 city and, while furnishing some demand 

 for cut flowers, baskets, bouquets and 

 small decorations, they are so dis- 

 tributed as not to make any material 

 flurry. Business last week was good, 

 comparing favorably with other after- 

 holiday weeks. 



Commencement exercises, at the Lin- 

 coln and Wheeler schools, private in- 

 stitutions for young women, and at the 

 Bhode Island College of Pharmacy last 

 week, were the biggest factors in the 

 stimulation of business and called for 

 many baskets and bouquets. Eugene 

 McCarron, T. J. Johnston & Co., Johns- 

 ton Bros., Timothy O'Connor, Ellen 

 O'Connor and the Colonial Flower 

 Shoppe caught most of these. 



Prices last week ruled about normal, 

 carnations bringing $2 to $4 per hun- 

 dred; roses, $2 to $15; peonies, $8 to 

 $10; sweet peas, 50 cents to $1; mar- 

 guerites, 50 cents to $1.50; calla and 

 Easter lilies, $1.50 to $3 per dozien, and 

 gladioli, $1 to $3 per dozen. 



Memorial Day Notes. 



Everybody enjoyed a good business 

 Memorial day, with a general clean-up 

 for everyone. The department stores 

 handled thousands of artificial designs 

 at cut prices, but the pot trade was 

 more exclusively left to the florists, and 

 all did well. The quality of potted 

 stock was rather superior to that for 

 several years and was also in good 

 quantity. 



P. A. Conley reports a big business in 

 potted plants. 



Cohen Bros, had a good trade at their 

 temporary store on Westminster street. 



T. J. Johnston & Co. had one of the 

 best holidays on potted goods in its 

 history. 



Johnston Bros, established a record 

 on the number of plants they handled. 

 Several extra clerks were employed. 



Macnair says business was slightly 

 under last year with him, although the 

 demand was for better goods, so that 

 his receipts averaged well. 



Eugene McCarron had his hands full 

 and kept two extra delivery automo- 

 biles on the jump. 



Westminster Greenhouses had an un- 

 usually large and fine lot of potted 

 plants and moved them rapidly. 



O'Connor did a tremendous business, 

 supplying large pots of blooming plants 

 for private cemetery lots. His store 

 trade was also large. 



