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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULT 6, 1905. 



make such a bright show. I lost no time 

 in procuring stock, and I believe I was 

 one of the first to grow it as a flower- 

 ing plant for pots. It was about five 

 years ago that it was shown in a group 

 at Richmond flower show by H. J. Jones, 

 and since that time it has gradually 

 grown in favor, until it is seen at least 

 on a dozen different stands in Covent 

 Garden flower market. There have also 

 been others added, including a good 

 scarlet and a blush white. A purple was 

 also grown last season, but I have not 

 yet seen this in the market this spring. 

 These may all find some favor, but none 

 will equal the beautiful pink. Miss Will- 

 mott. 



"In regard to culture, as stated 

 above, the most important point is 



healthy stock. This may be had by grow- 

 ing on late struck cuttings in pots, keep- 

 ing all bloom cut off; and dip or fumi- 

 gate the plants "if insects attack them, 

 and the frequent use pf sulphur to keep 

 off mildew. During the early part of 

 the winter they may be kept on a shelf 

 in a cool house, and removed to a warm 

 house about January, when they will soon 

 make good cuttings. For early flower- 

 ing three or more plants may be grown 

 on together in each pot. They will require 

 some stopping; this should be done so 

 that all the shoots start together. They 

 may be grown in any ordinary compost, 

 but good loam with plenty of manure 

 will suit them best, and liquid may be 

 used freely as soon as the roots are 

 round the pots." 



INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES. 



Plants generally are now set out on 

 the benches and a daily routine of 

 watering, syringing and insect hunting 

 is in order, the latter requiring more 

 time and care than are usually given to 

 it. The most insignificant, individually, 

 of these insects, the black and green 

 flies, do more damage, probably, than 

 all the other insects combined. They 

 are so small and so common that they 

 are generally ignored until they be- 

 come too prominent and fumigation has 

 to be resorted to. 



The green fly is much worse than 

 the black, because it works in the ex- 

 treme tip of the growth and as the 

 leaves develop they are found to be 

 badly crippled. Dusting the plants with 

 tobacco dust is the best thing to kill 

 green fly and I would strongly recom- 

 mend purchasing this dust from those 

 manufacturers who make a business of 

 producing an article for this purpose. 

 " ' Any old kind ' ' of dust may do some 

 people, but the particular grower wants 

 something that will do the work effi- 

 ciently and without any injury to the 

 plants. The same thing applies also to 

 the fumigating powder. 



After extended experiments I have 

 decided to my own satisfaction that 

 the cheapest and best fumigant for • 

 chyrsanthemums is the tobacco dust sent 

 out for that purpose and I now use 

 nothing else. I specify for chrysan- 

 themums because that same tobacco 

 dust when used in a rose house ruined 

 a crop of buds for me and since then 

 T have pinned my faith on Xico-fume 

 for roses. 



Care must be exercised, of course, so 

 as not to get the dose too strong. In 

 a house 200 feet long I have found an 

 ordinary pailful, or a little more, to be 

 ■sufficient for a fumigating when it is 

 divided up into numerous small heaps 

 and they are all lighted simultaneously. 

 I do not care to spray the foliage with 

 any of the liquid tobacco extracts, as 

 the leaves are easily injured in this 

 way, as can often be seen by their 

 "being burned around the edges and 

 otherwise crippled. 



It is always better^ either when using 



liquid tobacco or dusting, to do this 

 work in the evening and wash it off the 

 next morning, before the hot sun has 

 any effect on it. 



The best friend the grower has for 

 helping him keep down the fly is the 

 lady bug and every one should cherish 

 this insect as a friend. The larva of 

 the lady bug is an insect from a quarter 

 to a half-inch long, fairly active and 

 having violet-colored markings on its 

 back, and seems to live for nothing else 

 but to eat black flies. An insect of 

 this description should be encouraged, 

 for it certainly does nothing but good. 



Caterpillars are also on calling terms 

 with us again and need watching. If 

 you can find the eggs before they are 

 hatched you are saving yourself consid- 

 erable work later. They are found on 

 the under side of the leaves, tiny yel- 

 low eggs deposited in a circle. When 

 first hatched the young caterpillars stay 

 on the same leaf for a few days, but 

 when once scattered over the plant it 

 is impossible to find them all. When 

 caterpillars are very numerous Paris 

 green may be used to poison them, but 

 under ordinary conditions hand pick- 

 ing is best. 



There are few insects that do not use 

 the chrysanthemum as a host plant, but 

 care and watchfulness will prevent any 

 very serious loss. In certain sections 

 the insects peculiar to those sections 

 are found to a greater or a lesser de- 

 gree on the chrysanthemum, but in the 

 northern states the principal ones are 

 fly, caterpillars and grasshoppers, with 

 the usual accompaniment of red spider 

 and thrips, if cultural methods are not 

 properly followed. 



Charles H. Totty. 



CLEVELAND. 



The body of John Hay, the world fa- 

 mous secretary of state, has been lying 

 in state in the Chamber of Commerce 

 since Monday morning. The result of 

 Mr. Hay's sudden death and the bring- 

 ing of the body to Cleveland for burial 

 on Wednesday has been a great call for 

 funeral work of the best class. Every 

 retailer has had all he could do. There 

 \j'as an absence of flowers around the 



casket Monday, as compared with the 

 floral displays so often seen at the fu- 

 neral of lesser people. One large wreath 

 of roses and sweet peas and two crossed 

 palms caught and held together by a 

 broad band of purple ribbon rested on 

 the casket and on the floor at both ends 

 of the bier lay two other wreaths of 

 roses. Behind the casket was an em- 

 bankment of palms, and potted plants 

 were scattered around the hall. 



All day Tuesday a string of messen- 

 ger boys delivered floral tributes at the 

 home of Mr. Mather, brother-in-law of 

 Mr. Hay. They came from all parts of 

 the United States, and a number were 

 sent by foreign countries. Some of the 

 designs were shipped from other cities 

 but most of them were made by leading 

 local retailers on telegraphic orders. 

 Early Wednesday the flowers will be 

 taken from the house to the cemetery, 

 where they will be arranged about the 

 grave, while the services are being held 

 in the chapel. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



That distinguished body of horticul- 

 turists, botanists and engineers, the 

 American Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents, has just concluded what we 

 hope was a very enjoyable annual con- 

 vention at Buffalo. The local commit- 

 tee to arrange for the comfort of the 

 visitors was John Brothers, superin- 

 tendent of Buffalo parks; Prof. Cowell, 

 superintendent of the Botanic Garden, 

 and Auditor Seymour, of the park de- 

 partment. From some real or imagi- 

 nary cause Mr. Brothers was absent 

 from the opening and all other meet- 

 ings. In fact, he was not visible dur- 

 ing the week. His place was more 

 than well filled by Mr. Cowell and the 

 full quota of the committee was filled 

 by James Braik, the assistant but ac- 

 tual superintendent of the parks, and 

 as the writer was merely a guest of 

 the committee he has the right to say 

 that they did their duty well. 



The meeting was called to order at 

 10 a. m., June 28. President Wm. A. 

 Egerton, of Albany, presided. The 

 principal business was the report of the 

 secretary, John W. Duncan, assistant 

 superintendent of the Boston park sys- 

 tem. After some discussion on dues 

 and the issuing of bulletins, the meet- 

 ing proceeded to the election of officers. 

 The office of president is one of honor, 

 but not of arduous duties and very 

 properly passes along. The secretary 

 and treasurer (one office) does the 

 work. Theodore Wirth, of Hartford, 

 Conn., received the unanimous vote for 

 president and John W. Duncan, of Ja- 

 maica Plain, Mass., who tried hard to 

 be relieved of the secretaryship, was 

 re-elected. Evidently the association 

 knows a good thing when it sees it, 

 Mr. Duncan is an ideal man for the 

 place, patient, courteous, but jolly and 

 enthusiastic in all park work. 



Vice-presidents elected are: Byron 

 Worthen, Manchester, N. H.; Edward 

 H. Perry, Niagara Reservation, N. Y.; 

 John Chambers, Toronto; R. H. Ward- 

 er, Chicago, and E. Baker. 



This association seems to confine its 

 work at the annual conventions to pure- 

 ly executive business. There are no es- 

 says and hence no discussions. Matters 

 pertaining to the practical management 

 of parks are discussed through the bul- 

 letins that are circulated among the 



