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May 18, 1905. 



; The Weekly Florists" Review* 



1605 



want to sterilize it. What size pipe 

 should I use, %-ineh or 1-inch? 

 How far apart should the pipes be 

 placed? How deep should they be 

 buried? I can rent a steam boiler of 

 almost any size. Will one of six or 

 eight horse-power furnish steam enough 

 or would a smaller one do? Can I ster- 

 ilize one-half of one of these houses at 

 a time? What should the thermometer 

 indicate laid on the surface of the soil? 

 How long should the heat be maintained ? 



A. L. H. 



The best size to use will be 1-inch 

 pipe placed twelve inches apart and bur- 

 ied in the soil twelve inches. A steam 

 boiler of six horse-power should be am- 

 ply large enough. I think half a house 

 at a time would be the best way to pro- 

 cefed. The soil should be brought to a 

 heat of 212 degrees, but a thermometer 

 laid on the surface of the soil would 

 hardly give the correct indication; better 

 get what is known as a bottom heat ther- 

 mometer and insert it in the soil just 

 deep enough so that the mercury can be 

 seen when it rises to the required heat. 

 This will give you the correct tempera- 

 ture to which your soil has been brought. 

 When once your soil has been brought 

 to 212 degrees, there is no necessity of 

 maintaining the heat for any length of 

 time, as any nematodes "in the soil should 

 be killed by the time that heat is at- 

 tained. 



Regarding the mealy bug, though the 

 sterilizing would kill any/ in the soil, 

 there is sure to be some of these harbor- 

 ing in the crevices of the woodwork of 

 the house and some other means should 

 be adopted for their destruction. The 

 best method to destroy them is to give all 

 the woodwork of the house, and also 

 brickwork, if there is any, a good coat 

 of paint. I have found this the best 

 way of cleaning a house of this pest, but 

 the work must be thoroughly done to 

 make sure that all crevices are covered. 

 If the house does not require painting, 

 kerosene can be used with good effect, 

 painting everything over closely with it. 

 This will kill all the mature insects and 

 also destroy the eggs. 



Hydrocyanic acid gas might be em- 

 ployed for their destruction, but this 

 would only kill the live insects and would 

 not reach those in the egg stage unless 

 successive applications were given to 

 catch them as they hatched. The length 

 of time required for hatching varies ac- 

 cording to the temperature of the house. 

 In a cold house they will lie dormant all 

 winter and hatch out in spring, after the 

 temperature of the house has been kept 

 anywhere from 50 to GO degrees for a 

 week or two, so that it is hard to tell 

 just at what intervals the gas should be 

 applied to be most effective. The surest 

 way is painting. W. S. Ckoydon. 



Fargo, N. D. — Bowers Bros, have the 

 contract at $3,950 for erecting the new 

 greenhouse at the State Agricultural 

 College. 



Grand Eapids, Mich.— Chas. Chadwick 

 is opening a flower store in the building 

 occupied by the city bakers on Monroe 

 street. 



Edwardsville, III. — J. F. Ammann 

 was the loser of, considerable glass by a 

 hail storm that struck his greenhouses 

 on May 4. He is a member of the Hail 

 Association. 



ORCHIDS " Rare Chance 



Duplicate 

 Plants. 



Before removal to Oallfomla I desire to dispoge of about fifty 



Hybrid Cattleyas, Laelias and Laello-Cattleyas, 



Also a few hundred EBTABIiXBHED CATT^STAS, X^BZATA, MOSSZAB. 

 KEVDElbl^IZ, BCHBOEOEBAB and TBZABAE. 



Pilce8-5 to 7 bulbs 91>SO; T to 9 bulbs. 93.00; 9 to 12 bulbs, $3.60; 12 to 16 bulbs, 

 $3.O0; 15 to 20 bulbs, 93.50; 20 to 25 bulbs. 95.00 each. 



HTBBIOB, $5.00 each — while they last. 



Dr. R. SCHIFFMANN, - - ST. PAUL, MINN. 



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EASIGOLD 



If you are tired of the soft, flabby. Chrysan- 

 themums that look like a rag: the day after 

 shlpplnar. try this one. Will be grown long after 

 the foreign "wonders" are forgotten. Nothing 

 larger or better in Its season October 8 to 15. 

 Originator's stock; $3 CO per dozen; $12.00 per 100. 

 June delivery, less mosey. 



BBO&ZBK ZVT, out of S>^-inch, strong. 

 11.50 per dozen; 910.00 per 100. 



JAVABBBB BBOOB, variegated, just the 

 thing for fern dishes. 2-incb; $2.00 per 100. 

 Cash please. 



FLETCHER OF AUBURNDALE 



AUBURNDALE. MASS. 



MeDtlon The Berlew when yoa write. 



NEW MAURANDIA 



GIANT BLUE 



A novelty of real merit and a great improve- 

 ment over the type (Maurandia Barclayana) 

 with much larger flowers, of a rich dark blue. 

 A splendid plant for vases, hangring baskets, etc 

 Easily propagated from cuttings. Plants from 

 2-In. pots, 10c each, $1.00 per doz. Cash with 

 order, please. Our stock is true, being propa- 

 gated from cuttings. 



Wni.Biersta(lt& Son, Springfield, III. 



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Coba«a Bcandena fine stock from 4-inch pots, 

 $5.00; from trays, $2.00 per 100. 



Vinoa, from 4-inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 



Mammoth Verbanaa, separate colors, 2 to 2K- 

 inch pots $1.00; mixed from trays, 50c per 100. 



Fatnnla Olant of California and large 

 flowering flmbriata, 2 to 2J4-ineh pots, $1.50 

 per 100 



Aatara in separate colors ready to set, $3.00 per 

 1000; 250 at 1000 rate. Comet, Seraple's Branch- 

 ing, Daybreak, Mary Semple, Ostrich Plume, 

 Hohenzollern, White, Purity, Peony, Perfection. 

 Cash with Order. 



J. J. ARNOLD, "V^"- 



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BKDDINO PLANTS Per 100 



Geraniums, leading varieties. 4-ln $8.00 



Heliotrope, 3 and 4-ln l.i.00 and 7.00 



Coleus, VerachuflEeltli. Golden Bedder and 8 



other varieties 2.00 



Feverfew, 2H-ln 2.!>0 



Verbena, 2H-ln 2..M) 



Lobelia, dwarf and tall, 2^-ln 2.25 



Alysaum, 2-ln 2.00 



Altemanthera. retl and yellow 2.00 



Dracaena. »-ln 5.U0 



Tomato Plants per 1000, »«.00 



Cash, please. 



Converse Orevntiuiuoiit Webster, Mass. 



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ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Of early Chrysanthemums, Opah, Mme. Berg- 

 maun. WiUowbrook and October Sunshine. 



Rooted Cuttings of Violets of ail kinds. 



ELI GROSS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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ORCHIDS 



INDIAN ORCHIDS. Just arrived in fin« 

 condition an extra fine lot of the following 

 varieties: Dendrobium Wardianum, Den- 

 drobiom crassinode, D. thyrsiflorun^ D, 

 Devonianam* Cypripediam Boxalli, Cym- 

 bidifim Lowianum. Abo Cattleya "Wunttit 

 Laelia crispa and Oncidiam varicosum 

 Rogertii. 



FRED YARDEN, "IA^£^*55K£kkB. 



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ORCHIDS 



Arrived in splendid condition direct from 

 the woods th» following Orchids: Cattleya 

 labiata C. Wameri, C. Dowiana, Laelia 

 flava. Miltonia Candida. Dendrobium obryt- 

 otoxum and Burllngtonia fragrans. Write 

 for special list, also Catalogue of tstab- 

 blisbed Orchids. 



Lager & Hurrell, Ss."!' Sumnlt, N* J. 



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J. D. THOMPSON 

 CARNATION CO., 



JOLIET. ILL. 



CARNATIONS OUR SPECIALTY 



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 The BeautitiU Pink Carnation 



$ 2.00 per doz. 



12.00 per 100 



100.00 per 1000 



Candoce 



Dissemination 1906. 

 Barly. Commercial. 



INDIANAPOLIS FLOWER & PLANT GO. 

 and JOHN HARTJE, Indianapolis, Ind. 



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CARNATIOirS 



F. DORMER & SONS CO., UFiyitti, 111 



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Over $78,000 '^^^^. ^^l^ 



ASSOCIATION for grlaas broken by haU. 

 to* thepaat 17 yeMra. For particulars addreaa 



John O. Baler, See'y., Saddle BiTer, N, J. 



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