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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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August 24, 1905. 



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Peony Roots 



Wc have for sale a quantity of Peony Roots of 

 a white variety such as we have found by long 

 experience to be the best for growing for cut 

 flowers for market. If you want the right 

 thing to growr write us about these. : : : : 



On wire work we can discount our own 

 or any otiier list. Get our prices. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 

 40-42-44 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



PRICE LIST 



AMBAXOAV BBAVTZZS- Per doz. 



Long W.OO 



Fair lenrtta $2.00 to 8.00 



Per 100 



Brides $8.00 to 15.00 



Bridesmaids S.OOto 5.00 



Liberty 8.00to 7.00 



Ealserin S.OOto 7.00 



Golden Gate S.OOto 5.00 



Oarnations '. l.OOto 1.50 



Asters 60to 2.00 



Gladioli, common 1.60 



liKhtcolors 2.00to 3.00 



Auratum Lilies... doz., $1.00-$1.50 



Valley, our specialty, best 4 00 



Daisies 1.00 



Smilaz per doz., $1.60 lO.CO 



Adiantum .75 



Sprengerl 2.00to 4.00 



Asparagus.. per strinc. 25c to 50c 



Galax $1.00 to $1.50 perlOOO .16 



Common Ferns per 1000, $1.50 .20 



8nbJ«ot to ohaaffe without notio«. 

 Fackinir ana delivery at cost. 



chance to get well rooted in the pots be- 

 fore being sold. 



Should you decide to grow in pote in- 

 stead of on the bench — and I believe you 

 l^et the best results that way, though it 

 18 more trouble — put the plants into pots 

 in similar soil, but be sure that the pots 

 are well drained. I like to give a little 

 shade to pot plants in very warm 

 weather, as that prevents them drying 

 out BO much, also plunge the pots into 

 ashes if possible, as it helps the plants 

 by keeping the roots cool and also keeps 

 the plants from getting upset by the 

 force of the water when syringing them. 

 It is very probable that your pot plants 

 will look a little pale during summer, es- 

 pecially if they are in any way pot- 

 bound, but that is very easy to correct. 

 Give them a little fertilizer once or twice 

 a week and the color will soon be all 

 right. I may say that if you want to get 

 good plants in small pots it is quite 

 necessary to use fertilizer all the time 

 after the pots are full of roots. 



There are several sports from the 

 sword fern. Piersoni I was much dis- 

 appointed with the first year. I planted 

 it out in a bench and when we potted it 

 the fronds were so long and heavy that 

 they broke with their own weight. Pos- 

 sibly I may have shaded too much and 

 helped the above results. The second 

 year I grew it in pots all the time and 

 the result was quite different. I should 

 strongly recommend this sort to be grown 

 in pots and only planted out to get stock. 

 Scottii is a variety which can, I think, 

 be grown with success either way and 

 will in time, I believe, give the Boston a 

 very hard run for first place as a popu- 

 lar plant. With me so far it has done 

 very well, but the color has not been just 

 to my satisfaction. I intend trying to 

 get it a nicer green with some "stuff" 

 I have received from Toronto. 



The variety Elegantissima is very nice 

 for a private place as a variety, and per- 

 haps to make a specimen of, but I ques- 

 tion very much if any of the sports will 

 oust the Boston from its present place, 

 without it be, as I said before, the 

 variety ScottiL 



That is about all I know, and I will 

 briefly sum up with this advice as to how 

 to grow nephrolepis: Grow them in 

 pots if you can give them tlie necessary 



attention, but if liable to be neglected 

 plant them out on a bench. Give plenty 

 (#YOom and keep them well syringed to 

 keep clean, and keep all runners cut off. 

 Pot them as early as possible in the fall, 

 as they ought to be well rooted in the 

 pots before being sold. 



CARNATION NOTES.-WEST. 



Wood Lice. 



If your houses are a few years old you 

 may be troubled with a pest which is very 

 common on old places. That is wood lice 

 or sow bugs. These bugs are most com- 

 mon around any kind of decaying matter 

 especially old r/otten wood. While they 

 are by nature scavingers, yet at the same 

 time they do like to get hold of our 

 young tender plants and chew them up. 

 The M'orst time we have with them is 

 usually during the first month after 

 planting the carnations. You may notice 

 their presence by the chewed foHage on 

 the plants and if you do not stop them 

 they wUl eat up all the plants. The best 

 way to get rid of them, we find, is with 

 Paris green and sugar. Any kind of su- 

 gar will do, but granulated will not get 

 so hard as the softer grades, in case you 

 have any left to be used later. Put the 

 sugar in a box and sprinkle over it some 

 Paris green, enough to give it a good 

 light green color when mixed. Shake the 

 box Tvell so it will become thoroughly 

 mixed. In the afternoon when the 

 boards are dry and no more watering is 

 to be done that day, go along and drop 

 a little every few feet on the edge 

 boards on both sides of the bed if possi- 

 ble. In fact drop some any place where 

 you think they will get hold of it. They 

 like the sugar and will leave the carna- 

 tions for it. Don't expect to get them 

 all the first dose, though, but repeat it 

 until you can see that your plants are 

 free f r(.m them. 



About the first of September or when 

 the plants have taken a good hold on the 

 new soi! you should begin spraying them 

 with nicotine. If the plants are free 

 from insects, especially thrips, one dose 

 each week will be sufficient, but if you 

 can see any thrips it will be well to go 

 for them strong right away and get rid 

 of them before the plants are making 



buds. Not only will it be easier to reach 

 them when there are no buds, but you 

 will save your early blooms as well. This 

 is one kind of insect which is very stub- 

 born and it must be fought relentlessly 

 until it is got rid of, else the damage 

 he will do you will be enormous com- 

 pared with his size. You will find him 

 especially fond of Mrs. Lawson. 



We like the spraying much better than 

 fumigating with smoke or vapor. It is 

 more effective and can be done with the 

 ventilators open, enabling you to do it 

 toward evening or in the morning of the 

 hottest days. In the winter it does not 

 cause sleepiness of the carnation blooms 

 like smoking, which alone will pay for 

 the extract. Then again you can do 

 your spraying and in an hour you can go 

 ahead and cut blooms and no odor will 

 cling tu them, which makes it possible to 

 do it regularly and systematically. When 

 we used to smoke with tobacco stems we 

 had a certain day for it and we tried to 

 live up to it, but there would come a 

 time when blooms were scarce and cus- 

 tomers would want all we could give 

 them the morning after the smoking day 

 and would order them a day or two 

 ahead. Of course no smoking could be 

 done that day so it would be postponed 

 a day, only to be postponed again and 

 again until the plants would be in dan- 

 ger of being carried off bodily. We have 

 seen this happen over and over and on 

 many different places and while we know 

 that it should not be, yet it is a fact 

 and it did happen on the best places, too. 

 With the spraying all this trouble can be 

 avoided as it can be done regularly, and 

 it will pay for itself many times over in 

 blooms saved as well as in keeping the 

 plants clean and healthy. 



After the plants have taken hold and 

 if thero is no red spider on them you 

 need not syringe them so much. In our 

 vicinity when the days are warm and 

 bright we like to spray them overhead 

 in the morning and wet down the walks 

 in the afternoon. This gives the plants 

 a chance to dry off well before evening, 

 but does not allow the atmosphere to be- 

 come so burning hot as it would without 

 the damping of tho walks. On cloudy 

 days cf course this is dispensed with 

 and only the dry spots are watered with- 

 out Avetting the plants. A. F. J. Baur. 



