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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBHBBB 4, 191S. 



BURLAP 



^ FOR NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS 



We Bupply many lartre users. Oet our quotations 

 on your needs— we can save yoa money. 



SAKACHAM & ROSKNTHAL 



48 Indastrlal St., Kochester, M. Y. 



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NURSERY NEWS. 



4MZEI0AV ASSOOIATIOH OT VOBSKBTXEH. 

 PiwUteat. B. 8. Welch. 8beMBd««h.U.:Vle^ 



BcMiOMt. John Watson. Newark. N. Y.; Becra- 

 iry. John Hall. Bocheater. N. T.J Treaauper. 

 Patar Tonnaara. Oanava. Nab. .,,. . . ^ _.,. 



rartr-ftrst annoal maatlnc. Mllwaukaa, WW.. 

 Jmia a to 24. i»ie. 



An amendment to its charter has been 

 filed by the El Paso Nursery Co., of El 

 Paso, Tex., decreasing its capital stock 

 from $20,000 to $15,000. 



A RECEIVER was appointed October 20 

 for the Franklin Davis 'Nursery Co., of 

 Baltimore, Md. Details will be found 

 under "Business Embarrassments." 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 has upheld the complaint of Coe, Converse 

 k Edwards, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., that 

 the rate of 30% cents per hundred pounds 

 on nursery stock from Vincennes, Ind., 

 to Fort Atkinson is unreasonable, because 

 it is in excess of the aggregate of the in- 

 termediate rates. A refund has been 

 ordered paid to the complaining nursery- 

 men. __^ 



USE OF AESENATE OF CALCIUM. 



In its investigations of insecticides 

 and possible additions to the present 

 list of insecticidal and fungicidal mate- 

 rials, the U. 8. Department of Agri- 

 culture obtained encouraging results 

 with arsenate of calcium. In these ex- 

 periments the effects of arsenate of 

 calcium, both alone and combined with 

 lime-sulphur solution, were tested in 

 comparison with arsenate of lead alone 

 and in combination with lime-sulphur. 

 The arsenate of calcium, as was the ar- 

 senate of lead, was used at the rate of 

 two pounds of each fifty gallons of 

 water. In all the experiments the ar- 

 senate of calcium gave satisfactory re- 

 sults in killing the larvie of the codling 

 moth, tent caterpillar, tussock moth, 

 etc., -without burning the foliage. In 

 a number of cases its killing action was 

 somewhat slower than, but compared fa- 

 vorably with, the arsenate of lead. 

 Since it can be produced more cheaply 

 than the lead arsenate, it would appear 

 to have distinct value, although it has 

 not been sufficiently tested to permit 

 recommending it unreservedly for gen- 

 eral use. Where arsenate of calcium 

 was combined with lime-sulphur it was, 

 as a rule, even more effective as a 

 poisoning agent than when used alone 

 and did not lessen the value of the lat- 

 ter as a fungicide. When these com- 

 Jounds are combined, the amount of 

 oliage consumed by the larvae is less 

 than where the arsenate of calcium is 

 used alone. 



In tests in 1914 a commercial arsen- 

 ate of calcium (paste), arsenic oxide 

 18.82 per cent, with lime-sulphur solu- 

 tion, gave excellent control of the cod- 

 ling moth in comparison with arsenate 

 of lead and with unsprayed plats. 

 Where arsenate of calcium was used, 

 98.79 per cent of the apples were sound; 

 arsenate of lead showed 99.44 per cent 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



Fruit Trees, Omameatal Trees, Shrubs, Small Fruits, 

 Koses. Clematis, Peonies, Herbaceous Plants 



Write for oar wholaaale trade Hat. 



W. & T. SMITH CO., - - GENEVA, N. Y. 



T^ 68 YEARS - 1000 ACRES 



Mantloa Tha BaTlaw wban yon writa. 



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SHRUBS 



Not the ordinary run of shrubs, 

 ,_.^^ but the full- ronled.sturdy- 

 KXrC^ topped kind. By the thou- 

 sands-hardy Native and 

 Hybrid Rhododendrons, trans- 

 planted and acclimated. Send 

 your lists, let us estimate. 



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ORNAIVIENTAL TREES 



special Quotations on the followini surplus fist: 



American Larch. 5 to 6 ft., low Per 10 Per 100 



branched $ 5.00 $10.00 



Catalpa Specimens, 12 to 14 ft., 2 



to-2'fiin. cal 6.00 60.00 



American Elm, 10 to 12 ft., l*fl to 



l^in.cal 6.60 5600 



Norway Maple, 12 to 14 ft., W to 



2in. cal 10.00 90.00 



Lombard Poplar, low branched, 



12 to 14 ft., 1>« to 1% in. cal 3.60 25 00 



F. 0. B. Lancaster in car load lots. 



B. F. BARR & CO., ^l^f^-A^lx^rpAf" 



Mention Tha Reriew when yon write. 



Selected 

 Varietiea 



PEONIES 



Send for complete price list 



PETERSON NURlSERY 



stock Exdianse Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL 



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PEONIES 



25 Acres — Best Varieties 

 Write for Prices 



Gilbert H.Wfld, Sarcoxie, No. 



Mention Thf Rei<ew when yon write. 



of sound apples; while in the unsprayed 

 test plats only 58.71 per cent of the 

 apples were free from damage. 



The following will be found to be a 

 convenient way of making arsenate of 

 calcium : 



stone Itme (90 per cent CaO), 55 ponnds. 



Sodium arsenate, fused (dry powdered), 65% 

 A82O5, 100 pounds. 



Water, 26 gallons. 



Place the stone lime in a wooden container and 

 add a small amount of water. Just enough to 

 start slaking. When slaking Is well under way, 

 pour In the sodium arsenate, which should first 

 have been dissolved in hot water. Keep stirring 

 until the lime has thoroughly slaked. Sufficient 

 water should be added from time to time to pre- 

 vent burning. 



The resulting arsenate of calcium 

 should contain about eighteen per cent 

 of arsenic oxide. In making this com- 

 pound it will of course be necessary to 

 know approximately the calcium oxide 

 and arsenic oxide content of the mate- 

 rials employed and to vary the formula 

 accordingly. The by-product is largely 

 sodium hydroxide, which should be de- 

 canted if the insecticide is to be used 

 on tender foliage. 



INSFECTION IN MONTANA. 



Montana having joined the list of 

 western states that have established 

 places for the terminal inspection of 

 plants and plant products, the Post- 



REMEMBER 



— IT IT'S A HARDY PERENNIAL- 



or so-called Old-fashioned Flower 

 worth ffrowiuK, we have it in one 

 shape and another the year round. 

 We have the largest stock in this 

 country, all Made in America, 

 and our prices will average 



76c per Doien 

 $6.60 per 100 



Why say more here? Send for our 

 Wholesale Price List of varieties 

 and benefit from the opportunities 

 this affords you. ,, 



Addreaa R. W. CIneaa, Mgr. 



Paliaadea Naraeriea, lae. 



SparkiU. N«w York 



UantlOB Tba Bavlaw wban jon wrlta. 



HILL'S EVERGREENS 



Beat for Orar Halt a Oentnrr. TIra, Spmea, 

 Floaa, Junlpera, Arborrltaaa, Tews, in smaU 

 and larva alaaa. Prtca LJat Now Baady 



TMK D. NU. Numniv co^ 



g ya in 'a an SpedaHata. Largast Growan in America 

 B«x40S. 



Uantlon Tba Berlaw when joo wrlta. 



Our price list has been mailed to th* trade. In 

 case you did not receive a copy, send for it. 



AUDUBON NURSERieS 

 Box 7S1, WUmington, M. C. 



Mention The Reriew when yuu write. 



office Department has issued orders to 

 the postal service that packages con- 

 taining plants addressed to places in 

 that state may be accepted for mailing 

 only when plainly marked so that the 

 contents may be readily ascertained by 

 inspecting the exterior. The law makes 

 the failure so to mark such packages an 

 offense punishable by a fine of not 

 more than $100. 



The plants and plant products sub- 

 ject to terminal inspection in the state 

 of Montana are described as follows: 



All florists' stock, trees, sbrnbs, vines, cut- 

 tings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other 

 seeds of fruit and omamental trees or abmbs, 

 and other plants and plant products In the raw 

 or unmanufactured state, except Tegetable and 

 flower seeds. 



The place to which a postmaster in 

 Montana shall send for inspection, after 

 receiving the required postage therefor, 

 under the provisions of Section 478^, 

 Postal Laws and Regulations, a pack- 



