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The Florists^ Review 



May 5, 1921 



Auction sales of nursery stock by the 

 AlacNiff Horticultural Co., New York, 

 are active. 



William A. Peterson, proprietor of 

 Peterson Nurf^ery, Chicago, celebrated 

 his fifty-fourth birthday anniversary 

 April 29. lie was born in the house in 

 which he still lives. 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



The San Jose scale has become so 

 widespread in Missouri that it has been 

 necessary to take strong measures to 

 control it in every possible way. In or- 

 der that this may be done, the College 

 of Agriculture of the University of 

 Missouri has been carrying on experi- 

 ments to determine the best methods 

 for controlling it. The results of these 

 experiments have shown the following 

 facts: 



The experiments with hydrocyanic 

 acid gas did not completely control the 

 scale in every case. The gas used was 

 varied in strength. It was found that 

 the strength known as 1-1-3 gave bet- 

 ter results than the weaker strength of 

 MS-V2-IV2- The 1-1-3 strength gave as 

 good results as the stronger 2-2-6 

 strength. Sodium cyanide used at the 

 1-11^-3 strength killed 100 per cent of 

 the scale. Hydrocyanic acid gas was 

 more effective when used on dry plants 

 than when used on wet plants. A 

 greater percentage of the scale was 

 killed. All of the strengths of the gas 

 caused injury to the plants. The 

 stronger the gas, the more injury it 

 caused. The lesson that the university 

 experimental station derived from 

 these observations were that the 1-1-3 

 formula should always be used in fumi- 

 gating nursery Stock and that the stock 

 should be dry when fumigated, tor, 

 while there may be greater danger to 

 the plants, the scale is better controlled, 

 which is the most important factor. 



In the experiments with carbon bi- 

 sulphide, the following observations 

 were made: It did not control the 

 scale, but it did do a high percentage 

 of injury to the plants. The use of this 

 on plants for the control of San Jose 

 Bcalo should be discouraged. 



The experiments with several other 

 treatments showed the following re- 

 sults: 



Limc-suljihur applied at 1-7 and 1-9 

 strengths controlled the scale fairly 

 well. The sulphur dips injured the 

 plants to some extent. The plants 

 which were dipped at both tops and 

 roots were injured more than those 

 which were dipped at the top only. 



The best results were with miscible 

 oil. One hundred per cent of the scale 

 was controlled in every case but one, 

 and in that case ninctj^-nine per cent 

 was controlled. The oil injured the 

 plants somewhat, especially those which 

 were dipped at both tops and roots. 

 When nursery stock is treated with this 

 oil, the roots should not be dipped. 



Nicotine sulphate should not be used 

 as dips for controlling San Jose scale 

 on nursery stock. 



None of the materials completely 



controlled the scale. All stock infested 

 with the scale should be burned or de- 

 stroyed in some way. That stock which 

 is not infested, but which has been in 

 contact with infested plants, should be 

 treated before it is distributed. The 

 best all-around results were obtained 

 with hydrocyanic acid gas at 1-1-3 

 strength and with miscible oil at the 

 strength of 1-12 or 1-15, with tops only 

 dipped. 



SALESMEN. 



Greatest Asset to Business. 



There is no greater force for develop- 

 ment in any line of business in America 

 today than salesmanship. It is sales- 

 manship that usually measures the 



Prom an address delivered by M. R. C.ashman, 

 Owatonna, Minn., before tlie Western Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, at Kansas City, Mo., on 

 "Salesmen, the Greatest Asset to the Nursery 

 Business." 



20,000 



SPIRAEA VAN HOUnEI, 



in storage 



12 to 18-in $10.00 per 100 



18 to 24-in 12.00 per 100 



2 to 3-lt 15.00 per 100 



.S to 4-ft 18.00 per 100 



4 to 5-ft 22.00 per 100 



5 to 6-ft 30.00 per 100 



12,000 



Houghton Gooseberries, 



in storage 



2-yr. No. 1 $1H.00 per 100 



1-yr. No. 1 12.00 per 100 



l-yr. No. 2 8.00 per 100 



Send for wholesale trade list. 



T. W. Rice 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



progress and success of any firm or 

 organization handling products neces 

 sary for food or the construction of 

 industries. Men go into business for 

 tlie primarj- purpose of making money. 

 They either manufacture their line or 

 they buy it and in turn undertake to 

 sell it to the public at a margin of 

 profit sufficiently large not only to pay 

 their overhead and initial expense, but 

 also to secure a margin of profit for 

 reserve. The supply in ordinary times 

 is always ample, but the demand is 

 materially influenced by substantial 

 and efficient methods of selling. 



The nursery business is no exception 

 in the requirement of salesmanship; in 

 fact, the nurserymen are wholly de- 

 pendent upon the success of well or- 

 ganized selling campaigns for the mar- 



t-yr. Ibolium 

 Privet 



IBOLIUM 

 PRIVET 



THE NEW 



HARDY 

 HEDGE 



Resembles California 

 Hardy as Ibota 



Dormant Summer Cuttings, 

 $15.00 per 100 



All larger grades sold 



Box Barberry 



Hard- wood cuttings for greenhouse bench 

 propagation, $7.50 per 1000. Ready Now. 



Summer Frame Cuttings, 



$25.00 per 1000. For lining out. 



10 Samples, postpaid, for SOc 



SURPLUS — American Hemlock, 

 Pin Oak, Ginkgo, Red Maple, Japan 

 Iris. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



WOODMONT NURSERIES, Inc. 

 NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT 



Buy Box Barberry and Ibolium Privet 

 of the introducers. 



BARGAIN LIST-LAST CALL! 



We still have the following first-class stock to help you out on your late orders: 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 

 CLEMATIS, Assorted 

 CLIMBING ROSES 

 WEIGELA 



BUTTERFLY BUSH 

 CALYCANTHUS 

 DEUTZIA GRACILIS 

 EVONYMUS 



LILAC, Assorted 

 PRUNUS PISSARDII 

 RHUS TYPHINA LACINIATA 

 HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY 

 SNOWBALLS 

 WEEPING MULBERRIES 

 CATALPA BUNGEI 



The aoove is just a partial list of some of the good things that we still have left 

 for you. We have the largest assortment of high quality Nursery stock in the 

 central West. Our packers are on the job night and day and are in a position to 

 give immediate service. 



ONARGA NURSERY COMPANY 



ONARGA, ILLINOIS 



CULTRA BROTHERS, 



Manager*. 



