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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 26. 1904. 



KEROSENE EMULSION. 



All soft bodied insects in the green- 

 house may be successfully fought with 

 what is known as the kerosene emulsion. 

 It consists of one-half pound hard soap 

 shaved fine, one gallon water and two 

 gallons kerosene. Dissolve the soap in 

 the water, which should be boiling. Re- 

 move this from the fire and pour it 

 into the kerosene while still hot. Mix 

 by churning, with a spray pump if you 

 have one at hand, until it changes to a 

 creamy and finally, a soft, butter-like 

 mass. This stock will keep indefinitely. 

 For use add one part of the stock prep- 

 aration to from ten to thirty times as 

 much water. As many plants will be 

 affected differently by the spray it is 

 best to begin with the weak solution. 



PROGRESS IN HORTICULTURE. 



I never look over one of these extensive 

 glass-roofed gardens — like Rochford's at 

 Old Turnford — without saying to myself 

 that the demands of Covent Garden and 

 other large markets have led to some 

 of the most remarkable phases of horti- 

 cultural perfection, both practical and 

 economic, ever seen in British horticul- 

 ture. We all know the dictum of Adam 

 Smith, who, in writing his celebrated 

 ** Wealth of Nations" in 1776, said mar- 

 ket gardening was a poor calling be- 

 cause nearly all persons able to pur- 

 chase garden produce were also able to 

 grow their own supplies. This was 

 probably quite true at the time, but 

 the growth of large towns and manu- 

 factures, the increase of population, etc., 

 have altered things, and to-day, not only 

 is there a good open market for edible 

 garden produce grown in England, but 

 for imported fruit, vegetables, and flow- 

 ers to the annual value of many millions 

 of pounds as well- 



One very patent sign of progress now- 

 adays consists in the specialization going 

 on, especially in trade or market gar- 

 dening. Some, indeed, many, of our 

 best cultivators are specialists in the best 

 sense of the word. It is easier and 

 cheaper to grow a house full of one 

 thing than a house full of many things. 

 One man becomes famous for grapes or 

 peaches, and another for rhubarb and 

 seakale, or asparagus, or even mush- 

 rooms; another grower takes up carna- 

 tions or roses, palms or ferns; and we 

 have even specialists devoted to lily of 

 the valley who can supply flowers of it 

 practically every day in the year. We 

 have tomato, potato, sweet pea, and daf- 

 fodil specialists, and these men are bound 

 to surpass growers who divide their capi 

 tal and attention among too many sepa- 

 rate things. The word specialist spells 

 progress.-— Gardeners ' Magazine. 



BuCKSPORT, Me. — On the morning of 

 May 12 fire did great damage to the 

 greenhouses of Buckley & Preble. The 

 blaze originated about a temporary heat- 

 ing apparatus. Two carnation houses, 

 one 115 feet long, the other 125, were 

 completely destroyed and a rose house 

 sixty-six feet long was badly tbqrned. 

 To restore the plant will cost $3^500 

 and in addition there was the loss on 

 stock just at a time when prospects for 

 a profit were brightest. There was in- 

 surance to the amount of a few hun- 

 dred dollars. Property adjoining the 

 greenhouses caught from the fire, so that 

 the blaze was the most disastrous the 

 town has seen in some years. 



Covington, Ky. — John Gillespie, a 

 florist, became weary and lay down be- 

 side the railroad track. A spark from 

 a passing engine set fire to his clothing 

 and he was seriously burned. 



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