MAY 21, 1914. 



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reason I would not advise the use of 

 any of the soap or oil sprays, as one 

 which would kill the bugs would, in 

 all probability, seriously damage the 

 foliage at the same time. C. W. 



MISS POEHLMANN'S SUCCESS. 



Thousands of florists are interested in 

 this item and the accompanying illus- 

 tration through having met Miss Vir- 

 ginia Poehlmann and seen her dance at 

 S. A. F. convention social affairs, while 

 other thousands will be interested be- 

 cause of their acquaintance with Mr. 

 and Mrs. August F. Poehlmann and the 

 fact that one of the trade's most profit- 

 able and widely grown early white 

 mums is named after their dancing 

 daughter. 



It was at the Eochester convention in 

 1910 that Miss Virginia, then still in 

 short dresses, first danced her fancy 

 steps for florist friends, at an entertain- 

 ment given by the Ladies' S. A. F. 

 Since then she has made great progress, 

 dancing many times in public, for her 

 skill as a toe dancer has brought her 

 scores of invitations to appear before 

 the social organizations of which her 

 mother is a member. 



May 16 the Cook county public 

 schools held Achievement day exercises 

 at the Art Institute in Chicago, the ■pur- 

 pose being to recognize and stimulate 

 the efforts of pupils who make inde- 

 pendent progress in some subject out- 

 side the curriculum. Miss Virginia, now 

 a pupil in the eighth grade at Morton 

 Grove, gave her toe dance in costume 

 and, as Chicago daily papers said, ' ' cre- 

 ated a sensation." She was one of those 

 awarded medals. 



THE OHIO TAX CASE. 



The Court of Appeals convened at 

 Springfield, O., May 18, for a length of 

 time to announce the docket, and then 

 left to take up some outside work. The 

 tax case in which all Ohio florists are 

 interested was announced for the first 

 case Monday afternoon. May 25, and 

 will in all probability be heard before 

 Judges Crowell, Donnelly and Kender. 

 Eoy McGregor, who is in charge of the 

 case for the trade interests, says there 

 is nothing else new in connection with 

 the case other than that the vegetable 

 growers of the state are becoming inter- 

 ested and promise to lend support in 

 any way they cam . .1:1^^, 



' SHADING FOB GREENHOUSES. 



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' What is the character of the paint 

 used on greenhouse glass to obstruct 

 the rays of the sun? Should the shad- 

 ing be removed during the winter 

 months? Will whitewash answer the 

 purpose when applied with a spray 

 pump? H. £. K. 



Various preparations are used for 

 shading greenhouses during the summer 

 months, according to the class of plants 

 grown and the density of the shade 

 required, but any preparation that is 

 used for this purpose should be of such 

 a, character that frost will remove it, 

 for little or no shading is needed dur- 

 ing the winter, even for ferns and 

 palms, and flowering plants in general 

 are better off without any shading, ex- 

 cept at such times as it may be neces- 

 sary in order to prolong a crop. 



Where an extremely light shading is 

 wanted, a mixture of turpentine and 

 boiled linseed oil, in the proportion of 



•Mist. Virginia Poehlmann in Dancing Qntume. 



one pint of the boiled oil to one gallon 

 of turpentine, answers well, and stands 

 the weather for a considerable time. 

 A heavier shading is composed of two 

 pounds of whiting, one pound of white 

 lead and one gallon of kerosene. Either 

 of the foregoing mixtures should be 

 applied to the glass with a long-han- 

 dled whitewash brush. . " ' 



A mixture that is frequently used 

 for shading carnation houses in the 

 summer, and chrysanthemum houses 

 after the flowers are open, is composed 

 of whiting and water, to which is added 

 about one gill of linseed oil, to one 

 gallon of the mixture, the oil being 

 thoroughly mixed with a syringe, in or- 

 der to incorporate it in the whiting and 

 water. This preparation may be ap- 

 plied with either a syringe or a spray 

 pump. 



Whitewash is the cheapest shading 

 preparation in first cost and is easy to 



apply, either with a brush or a spray 

 pump, and it docs not permit so large 

 a proportion of the heat rays to pene- 

 trate the glass as is tne case with most 

 of the preparations already noted, but 

 it has the serious objection of injuring 

 the putty and thus making a roof be- 

 come leaky much sooner than it other- 

 wise would. 



A mixture of white lead and gaso- 

 line, of the consistency of milk, haa 

 also been frequently used for green- 

 house shading, but the first cost cf this 

 preparation is more than that of the 

 others that have been mentioned. 



W. H. T. 



Tewksbury, Mass. — Albert Roper has 

 had several bids for the greenhouse, 

 57x200, which will be erected this year 

 on land adjoining his present range, 

 but the contract has not yet been given 

 out. 



