Jli.Y 20, 191! 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



itiiil I'. I'- <'i;''fl. ('lii''"'tK<': Mis. Tiiin 

 Wolff, Tom Wolff, .Jr.. aii<l (Icorjic 

 Wolff, WiK'o, Tfx.; A. Alcnius iiiiil wife, 

 Amuiillo, TfX.; H. .J. I'lilillirfifyc ;iiiil 

 wifo, Dallas, Tex.; A. K. Bclih, Wichita 

 Falls, Tex.; Josei)h lirowii and 15. Hall, 

 Austin, TfX. 



NEW TEXAS PRESIDENT. 



The Jiiombor.shii) list of the Texas 

 Stat(> Florists' Assoeiatioa has iiiili- 

 oateil for several years that it was more 

 than a state orfjaiiizatiou. The con- 

 vention eaeh .July has been a j^ather 

 iny of liorists from many states south 

 of the Mason and Dixon line. The ef- 

 forts of memliers outside the state of 

 Texas to jiromote the interests of the 

 oi'^anizat ion were }j;ivfn full recojiiiition 

 .It this year's meetinj,', .July 7, when 

 .lames W. ]?efj[bie, of iShreveport, La., 

 was elected to the oftice of jiresident. 

 Ill that capacity lie succeeds a line of 

 distinguished and able Texans. Those 

 who know Mr. Jiegbie, however, are 

 not dcmbtful .'is to his ability to luaiii- 

 lain the record set by them. 



After traveling; for a number of years 

 for one of the bijifjest seed houses in 

 the country, ;i New York state (irni 

 now no more, Mr. 15ej,d)ie 0[)eniMl ;i re- 

 tail store at Slireve])ort, a matter of 

 lifteen years or more a<;o. At ()14 Mar- 

 ket street lie has an excec(lin};ly at 

 tractive store, iind he has built u]) an 

 fxeidlent clientele. Mr. Heebie is mar- 

 ried and h.'is n sou in his early teens. 

 Mr. Hegbie's f.nce you m.-iy see in the 

 illustration on this paj^e. 



LIME SULPHUR FOR RED SPIDER. 



In supjilyinj; information about an in- 

 >(M'ticide for white lly, W. II. S(diul/.. 

 .Ir., an iispara<(us j^rower "^-if Auburu- 

 dale. I'la., wrote in The He \ icw a short 

 time afijo: '"We use a lime sulphur spray 

 material here for combat ini; red s|)ider 

 ;tiid 1 have often wonderc(l why it has 

 not been l)rou;;ht into use in green- 

 houses, as my experifiice in its use, 

 both on Asjiaragus jdumosus and citrous 

 trees, h.as ]irove(l it mort> cfl'fctivf than 

 any methods 1 ha\f seen trifd in green- 

 houses. It can be diluted to siudi .'in 

 ••xtent tli;it it will not injure tender 

 I'oliage. It is (piite inexpensive, and 

 one g.allon will sullice for two completi' 

 si)r;iyings ot' one ;icre of groujid and 

 < le;ni out .'L lieavy infestation of s]iider. 

 The b.asis of thi' cffei-t i\ rin'^-- ot' linn-- 

 sulphur solution is not as a direct I'oi- 

 son, but in drying, it leaves a residu'' 

 th;it re.'idily oxidi/es and produces sul 

 phurous :iii(l fumes, which destroy the 

 sjjiders even when these are seiduded in 

 protected jdaces." 



In answer to ii subscriber's in(|uiry 

 where to obtain the lime-snl|dmr for use 

 in sncdi a spray with wliiidi to kill red 

 spidir, :Mr. Sclinlz further writes: -'l 

 have ini|uire(| ,,f .1. Sdinarr i<: <'e.. Or 

 lando, l"l;i., which firm li;is .-i bram-h .at 

 Winterhaven, Fl;i., regjirding the man- 

 ner in wlii(di the firm ]>uts up this insec- 

 ticide .and the man.ager of the lirm in- 

 formed me thiit they can supjdy this 

 lime-suli)hur solution in l-g.-Lllon cans, 

 packed for express shipment, at ■">il cent^ 

 per gallon. 



"I use the ordinarv .", gulbin spra>' 

 tank for applying it and find that in 

 using .aliout two-thirds of a cup of the 

 lime suljdinr solution with .a tank of 

 w.ater there is but slight d.anger of in- 

 .iuring the foliage. It is .advisable to 

 keep a good pressure on the tank and 



James W. 



• .\r«l.\ Ij.cti'.l l"l.-i(l.-l]| ..r Ihc I'l 



li(dd the no/zle up W(dl, so .as to let the 

 iiii>I settle on the plants rather than to 

 s|ir;iy dii'ect. If it is necessary to spray 

 directly into the jdants, it will \)f ad- 

 \isable to wi'.aken the solution, liut the 

 s(dution will still be .-ilmost as etVectix'e, 

 ;is it seems to re(|uire only a little to 

 destroy the spider-. The plants should 

 III' inspected thi iiioming t'nl lowiiii; 

 llie spr.'iyiug. to determine whether or 

 not the splaying wa- effect i\e. The 

 de.icl s]iii|ers c.in be seen (dinging to the 

 stems and more commonly to the webs. 

 •'I generally use one tank of spray 

 to :;. 110(1 s(piare feet of space and re|it\at 

 the spraying in ten d.ays, in oi-ibr to 

 destroy ;iny ol' the jiests th.at may ha\e 

 iiatidied since the s]iraying. 1 !ia\e 

 > le.aned iiji, with two :ip]ilicat ions ot' 

 the s]ir;iy, in test ;it io'is nl' red spiiler 

 which lia\(' been much more severe 

 tli.-in .-niv 1 lia\e e\er seen in the green 

 iM.uses.'' 



LEAF-SPOT ON MUMS. 



The lea\-is di' my chrysant luMnums 

 dry up without aiijiarent cause. The\' 

 are free from insects, but some of the 

 lea\'es are sjiotted. The soil in which 

 the jilants .are growing contains a little 

 (hiiken m.annre. Can yiui explain thi> 

 [lei-uliar circumstance and also prescribe 

 a re) Iv .' K. i'l. — III. 



Begbie. 



■\ii~ si;ii,. |-'|..ri-i~' A"iM-laIliin. 



sucli as ha\e pre\ailed for the last 

 few monllis innist, humid weather ac- 

 companied by a high temperature. 

 Weather ut' this kind I'lirnishes an ideal 

 cdiiditiiin fcir leaf sjiot iind causes it tn 

 increase, 'i'lie disease usually starts in 

 the center nl' the bench, where the fo- 

 liage is criiwiled, and spreads finui there 



■ill OMM- tlle lied. b'elniiXc tile .UTecled 

 leases; then Use a be 1 1( i%\ s ;! |l 1 1 ijllst lime 

 ii\ er t lie beds. This is one lit' t he best 

 methods of idieidving the spread ol' leaf- 

 sjiot. 



If the s(dl has been overenriched, ;is 

 Vdu seem til think. 1 would suggest that 

 the pl.iiits lie kept somewhat Oil t lu- dry 

 side r;ilhei th.aii so.aked heavily at ;in\ 

 one time. lie sure wluMl dustillg the 

 jiLants with lime that the lime gets on 

 the under side of the fcdiage; see that 

 the house is dr_\ by night tall, and that 

 the jilants h;i\e sutlicit'Ut air at all 

 times, (liven these conditions, there is 

 no reason why the septori.a should b.' 

 1 1 onblesorne. ( ' ][. ']'. 



The usual cause of the lowt'r leaves 

 of mum jdants dropping is septoria. 

 commonly known as le.af-spot. This 

 is aggr.avati^l bv weather conditions. 



Henderson, N. C. .\lis. i;. j.. I'.ridgers 



is erecting a greenluuise. the first to be 

 built in this city. She will use the busi 

 iiess name of liridgers the Florist. 



Lake Charles, La. - The L.ake Charles 

 • Greenhouse \ Nursery has been ibdiig 

 consider.able remodeling of its r.ange. 

 One new steid gre(>nhouse, ;'.t;xl7."i f'e.'t, 

 w.as completed this sjiring. The work 

 w;is done b\- the .\meric;in lireenhiiiise 

 Mfg. Co. 



