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The Florists^ Review 



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tions of -the leaf as a protection for 

 itself, 'fhe most familiar example of 

 the work of such insects is seen in the 

 celery plants outside, where what is 

 known as the celery fly, or Tephritis 

 onopordinis, works precisely in the man- 

 ner described. Where the foliage can 

 be dispensed with, the best way is to 

 pick off all the affected leaves and burn ' 

 them. However, if the pests are nu- 

 merous and it is necessary to retain the 

 foliage, the best method may be to go 

 over the leaves carefully and squeeze 

 the maggots between the thumb and 

 forefinger. It is of little use to spray 

 or fumigate, because, as already stated, 

 the insect leaves the upper and lower 

 skin of the leaf as a protection for 

 itself, and tobacco extracts strong 

 enough to work through the tissue 

 would also injure the leaf. C. H. T. 



SCALE ON OUTDOOR MUMS. 



I see by The Beview of September 4, 

 page 12, that H. M., of Louisiana, is 

 bothered with scale on his outdoor 

 mums and is unable to get rid of the 

 trouble. I have had some experience 

 with scale on other plants and find that 

 a spray of alcohol and water is effect- 

 ive, used in the proportion of one ounce 

 of alcohol to one quart of water. Use 

 any sprayer that is suitable. I would 

 advise H. M. to try only a little of the 

 spray at first and note the effect. This 

 spray will exterminate mealy bugs also. 

 I would advise washing the plants with 

 a good, strong force of water about 

 one hour after using the alcohol spray. 

 If H. M. tries this remedy I should like 

 to hear about the result. 



M. D. Grew. 



FALL SOWING OF SWEET PEAS. 



I wish to plant my sweet pea seed 

 this fall. Would October 1 be soon 

 enough to sow the seed, in this Ala- 

 bama climate? Would the peas be 

 benefited by using some other manure 

 with the cow manure in preparing the 

 ^"il^ H. C. 



In your latitude, I would not sow the 

 sweet peas before November 1. It is 

 better to sow them just before freez- 

 ing weather. They will succeed best if 

 you dig out trenches two feet deep and 

 two to two and one-half feet wide, mix- 

 Jug cow manure thoroughly with the 

 soil. Some fine bone and potash, such 

 as muriate of potash, can also be added 

 with advantage. It would be well to 

 prepare these trenches as early as pos- 

 sible, to allow the soil to ge't settled 

 before sowing. You will find that you 

 will get far finer flowers, produced over 

 a much longer period, from trenches 

 than from land simply manured and 

 plowed in the ordinarv way. C. W. 



TKENCHES FOR SWEET PEAS. 



Is good, old, thoroughly rotted horse 

 manure, such as comes from the beds in 

 our mushroom houses, suitable for pre- 

 paring trenches for sweet peas? I in- 

 tend to make a number of these 

 trenches for outdoor sweet peas for 

 spring blooming. Kindly inform me 

 how to make the trenches, stating what 

 kind of manure or compost to use, and 

 what kind of trellis. Do you plant more 

 than one row in a trench two feet wide? 

 't you plant a double row, do you use 

 one or two trellises? I am located in 

 -Michigan. K, A. R. 



while cow manure is the best manure 

 lor sweet peas, well rotted horse man- 

 ure will jrivo excellent results. The 



rows should be four and one-half to five 

 feet apart. To prepare trenches prop- 

 erly, dig them out to a depth and width 

 of twenty-four to thirty inches. Do not 

 throw up any poor bottom material, 

 however; rather leavt? it in and mix it 

 with any old coarse manure. Throw 

 out all the other soil and commence re- 

 filling by throwing in a layer of manure 

 and then a layer of soil. Mix these 

 with a digging fork. This is uot always 

 done, but a iiroper mixing of soil and 

 manure gives better results. Continue 

 this until the trench is filled somewhat 

 higher than the surrounding soil, to 

 allow for settling. 



Remove all stones and gravel which 

 maj' be near the surface. In addition to 

 the horse manure, scatter in some bone 

 meal as you proceed with the filling; 

 also a little iinuiate of potash, sulphate 

 of potash, or even wooil ashes. Leave 

 the toil of the trench somewhat rough, 

 as then frost and rain will i)enetrate 

 and improve the soil more. If you have 

 clayey soil or sui>soil, use considerable 

 <'oarse litter or inanurc toward the 

 lower ]iart of the trenches. Of course 

 you can ^et good peas by trenching to a 

 less depth and width than stated, but 

 if you can afford time to prepare the 

 trenches as suggested, I am sure it will 

 repay you. 



By far the lu'st support for sweet 

 peas is lirush or tops of boughs of some 

 kind, su<-h as birch, hazel, beech, or 

 almost any deciduous trees; the birch 

 in a young state is probably the best. 

 In many cases, however, brush is .prac- 

 tically unprocurable, and then coarse 

 wire netting, six fe«'t in height, is the 

 best to use. The netting must be fas- 

 tened In' staples to |)osts driven into 

 the groiuul about eighteen inches, at 

 intervals of about eight feet. This 

 makes a good support. It costs much 

 more than brush, but can be rolled up 

 and used for several years. Still an- 

 other way of supporting peas is to drive 



stakes five or six feet apart and then 

 string light jute twine from post to 

 post every few inches as they grow. 

 If, however, you can get it conven- 

 iently, brush is decidedly the best sup- 

 port. 



Some growers use double rows to a 

 trench, a foot apart. In this case one 

 trellis down the center of the row suf- 

 fices for both. I have never found any 

 advantage, however, in the double-row 

 plan. Much more depends on giving 

 the individual plants plenty of room. 

 They should be four to six inches apart 

 in the rows, and if really fancy blooms 

 are needed, they should have even more 

 space. It is well to remember that 

 sweet peas, if given sufficient room, will 

 branch like a bush fern, near the 

 ground. That is impossible, of course, 

 when thev are crowded in the rows. 

 ' C. W. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The State Fair. 



Tru<lc was rather quiet, as fair week 

 never adds much to the florists' till. 

 While there were immense crowds in 

 the city, the majority were sight-seers 

 only. The weather was ideal for the 

 fair. There was no rain during the 

 whoi(; week, which is Something un- 

 usual. The displays in general were de- 

 cide<lly creditable and they promise to 

 give us even a better fair next year. 

 The following is a list of the winners 

 in the florists' <lepartment: 



t'ollov-tlon of !);«lnis— Livingston Seed Co., lirst ; 

 .''liiM-nian .Stephens, second. 



Specimen palm — .Sliermnn .Stephens, first; Liv- 

 ingston Seed Co., second. 



Collection of ferns — Tlio Indianola Florists, 

 tlrst; Livingston Seed Co., socogd. 



Collection of variegated foliage plants — Tlie In- 

 dianola Florists, first; Livingston Seed Co., sec- 

 end. 



Collection of stove and greenlion.se plants — The 

 Indianola Florists, lirst; Livingston Seed Co., 

 seeon<L 



Collection of asters in jwts- -Livingston Seed 

 Co., lirst. 



l!a.slvOt of plants — IJvlngstoii ,S(.,-d Co., lirst; 

 the Indinnoln Florists, second. 



V,is4> of plants — Livingston Sccil I'o., first; tlio 

 iiiilianola Florists, second. 



Ifanging basket — Livingston .Seed (.'»., first; tlie 

 Indianola Florists, sc-ond. 



.\sparagus pinniosus — Livingston s!<>ed Co., first; 

 the Indianola Florists, second. 



(Collection of geraninnis — The ln<iijnoia Florists, 

 first; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



I'orcli box — Tlie Indianola Flori.-'ts, first; Liv- 

 ingston S<'ed Co., second. 



IJubher plant — The Indianola Florists, first; 

 Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Collection of cannas — The Inilianola Florists, 

 first; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Dining table — The Indianola* Florlsis, first; 

 Livingston Seed Co., second; Mrs. Hope Hell, 

 third. 



Pair of Ijonqnets — Livingston Seed Co., first: 

 the Indianola Florists, second. 



lUning table vase — Livingston Seed Co., first; 

 the Indianola Florists, second. 



IMidng table vase, not over twelve inches high 



Livingston .Seed Co., first; the Indianola Flo- 

 I'isls, second. 



Large festival design— Livingston Seed Co., 

 liist: the Indianola Florists, second. 



Collection of small designs — Livingston Seed 

 Co., first; th(! Indianola Florists, second. 



Uirge fnnerni design — The Indianola Florists, 

 lirst; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Display of cnt rosos — Livingston Seed (^>.. first. 



IMspla.v of cut (.'arnatlons Livingston Seed Co., 

 first. 



Display oC cnt asters-Livingston .Seetl Co., 

 first. 



Display of gladioli — Jot^ Coleman, Lexington, 

 ()., first; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Twenty-five varieties of cut flowers — Slicrman 

 Stephens, first; the Indianola Florists, second; 

 Livingston .Seed Co., third. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., of Paines- 

 ville, O., made a fine display of trees, 

 shrubs, etc., with the house beautiful 

 standing in one corner, with its drives, 

 and its clumps of shrubbery, etc., along 

 the drives and walks and miniature 

 fence. Taking it as a whole, it was an 

 exceptionally neat display and attract- 

 ed a great deal of attention. J. M. 



