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The Florists^ Review 



Apbii- 8, 1913. 



The nursery business in the east is 

 suffering to a considerable extent be- 

 cause of the dryness of the ground. 



This week's obituary column contains 

 the notice of the death of Elias G. Stock- 

 man, a veteran nurseryman, of Prospect, 

 Ohio. 



Among recent incorporations is the 

 Blue Mound Nursery Co., of West AUis, 

 Wis. The capital stock is fixed at $6,500, 

 and the incorporators are Theodore J. 

 Ferguson, Kussell C. Holbrook, Frank N. 

 Ferguson and Albert C. Hanson. 



The business which has been carried 

 on by Frederick W. Von Oven at Naper- 

 ville. 111., has been incorporated as the 

 Naperville Nurseries, with a capital of 

 $12,000. Besides Mr. Von Oven the in- 

 corporators are Emma and Helena Von 

 Oven. 



A. M. Augustine, the Normal, 111., 

 nurseryman, states that the peach crop 

 in his vicinity has been killed by the 

 severe weather. Indications are for a 

 big crop of apples, but pears and cher- 

 ries are somewhat injured. Small fruits, 

 it is thought, will give a good yield. 



George H. Whiting, proprietor of the 

 Whiting Nurseries, at Yankton, S. D., 

 has been in Bayfield, Wis., looking after 

 his nursery and orchards there. It is 

 said, though not confirmed, that Mr. 

 Whiting has about made up his mind to 

 sell out his holdings in South Dakota 

 and move to his Wisconsin property. 



C. P. Hartley, of Emmett, Idaho, is 

 a member of the Idaho State Board of 

 Horticultural Inspection, which has just 

 organized after a controversy between 

 the old members of the board and the 

 governor. Mr. Hartley was one of the 

 two appointed by the governor to take 

 the place of those whose appointments 

 the old board members opposed, although 

 the courts upheld the governor in his 

 original appointments. 



The annual meeting of the Florida 

 State Horticultural Society, at Tampa, 

 April 13 to 16, will draw many nursery- 

 men of the state, as this is the nearest 

 to an organization they have. George 

 L. Taber, of Glen St. Mary, is on the 

 executive committee. D. C. Gillett, who, 

 by the way, is president of the Board of 

 Trade of Tampa, takes a prominent part 

 in the society's meeting, as does also 

 M. E. Gillett. Prof. L. H. Bailey, of 

 Ithaca, N. Y., is on the program for an 

 address for the evening session April 15. 



BORERS IN TREES. 



What is the best way to prevent bor- 

 ers from attacking shade trees! 



T. J.— Mo. 



I do not know what will prevent bor- 

 ers from attacking trees. Various 

 plans have been adopted, such as paint- 

 ing the lower part of the trunks with 

 a solution of soap and carbolic acid, 

 ticking asbestos roofing paper around 

 the lower trunks, painting with paint 

 containing arsenate of lead, or hilling 

 up the bottom of the trunks about a 

 foot high in May or June. The moth 

 lays her eggs near the top of the mound, 



Knolosed you will find some adver- 

 tlsinK matter. We have a eurplus, 

 and we beUeve IF ANYONE CAN 

 HKLP US MOVK IT, TOU CAN.— Atlan- 

 tic Nursery Co., Berlin, Md., D. W. 

 Babcock, Mgr., January 80, 1915. 





and if the soil is then pulled away the 

 exposure will kill the young larva,'. 

 None of these remedies is more than 

 partly successful, however. I have 

 more faith in digging out the borers in 

 fall or early spring, or injecting some 

 carbon bisulphide into the holes and 

 then plugging the holes up with putty. 

 C. W. 



SPRAYS FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. 



Detailed instructions for the use of 

 various sprays in controlling the San 

 Jose scale are given in a recent publi- 

 cation of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, farmers' bulletin 650, "The San 

 Jose Scale and Its Control." 



Where only a few plants are infest- 

 ed, it is probably better to use some 

 of the prepared washes. These con- 

 sist of compounds of sulphur in a high- 

 ly concentrated condition, or powders, 

 to which it is only necessary to add a 

 sufficient quantity of water. The pow- 

 ders, which have but recently appeared 

 on the market, are much more con- 

 venient to handle and store than the 

 commercial lime-sulphur concentrates. 

 The latter, however, are still largely 

 used by those who do not care to in- 

 cur the expense of constructing the 

 cooking plant to make their own lime- 

 sulphur washes. 



Prepared in one way or another, 



some form of lime-sulphur wash is the 



most common agent for controlling this 



scale. An old formula is: 



Stono limp 20 jwunda 



Sulphur (flour or flowers) 15 pounds 



Water to make 50 gallons 



In preparing this wash, about one- 



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or so-called Oid-fashioaed Flower 

 worth growing, we have it iu one 

 shape and another the year round. 

 We have the larsrest stock Id this 

 country, all Made in America, 

 and our prices will average 



76c per Dozen 

 $6.50 per 100 



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third of the total quantity of water 

 required is heated in a cooking barrel 

 or vessel; the lime is then added, and 

 the sulphur immediately afterwards. 

 The sulphur should previously have 

 been made into a thick paste with water. 

 After the lime has slaked, about an- 

 other third of the water should be add- 

 ed and the cooking continued for an 

 hour, when the rest of the water is 

 put in. During the time of cooking, 

 stirring is necessary if the wash is 

 cooked in kettles. It must also be 

 strained as it is run into the spray 

 tank. This wash must be applied im- 

 mediately after it is cooked. 



When lime-sulphur concentrates are 

 made at home the so-called 50-100-50 

 formula is frequently used. This is com- 

 posed of fifjty pounds of lime, 100 

 pounds of sulphur, and water to make 

 fifty gallons, the respective ingredients 

 being boiled together for from fifty 

 minutes to an hour, while the mix- 

 ture is vigorously stirred either by 

 hand or by a mechanical agitator. As 

 soon as the cooking is over, the solu- 

 tion should be drawn oflf and run 

 through a 30-mesh strainer into barrels, 

 the agitation being continued all this 

 time in order to eifect an equal dis- 

 tribution of the sludge. When properly 

 stirred this solution can be kept for a 

 year or more before being used. 



In controlling the scale, it is always 

 advisable to spray the trees while in a 

 dormant condition, for at this time the 

 wash may be used much stronger than 

 would be safe to use on foliage, Spray- 

 ing may be done in the fall, in mild 

 climates during the winter, or, prefer- 

 ably, in early spring before the buds 

 push out. 



In addition to the lime-sulphur wash- 

 es, kerosene and crude petroleum, either 

 pure or in emulsions, are used. The 



MsBtlOB Tbs Bcvlew whsa too write. 



Hydrangea P. 6., 



2 to :5 feet 9c 



Spiraea Van Houttei, 



18 to 21 inches 5c 



Colo. Blue Spruce, 



balled and burlapped, choice. 

 18 to 24 inches 76c 



Ampelopsis Quin., Virgfinia 

 Creeper, 2 yr., No. 1 . .• 4c 



Ampelopais Veitchii, Bos< 

 ton Ivy, 2 yr.. No. 1 7c 



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