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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 





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Can't afford to pay higher wages! 

 This is no excuse at all. If it is, then 

 where is the encouragement for a young 

 man to start in business for himself? 

 Any businesEl that can't afford to offer 

 better inducements is not worth going 

 into. The mere love of flowers will not 

 hold the young American in the trade or 

 business. A. L. H. 



SNAILS. 



Will some one come to my rescue and 

 help me by telling what will destroy the 

 snails that are eating the foliage on my 



ferns f I have fine Adiantum cuaeatum 

 which they will ruin. I have tried raw 

 potato about the roots, and several other 

 things, but to no effect. Please suggest 

 a way to kill the little rascals. J. 8. 



A small quantity of pulverized cam- 

 phor sprinkled around the adiantums in 

 question will drive the snails away, or 

 some cornmeal mixed with Paris green, 

 and placed in a saucer, or similar shal- 

 low vessel, will be likely to dispose of 

 these troublesome visitors. 



W. H. Taplin. 



BLACK SPOT. 



This is the season when black spot is 

 most likely to begin its ravages and 

 great care should be taken to avoid 

 those conditions favorable to its germi- 

 nation and growth. 



As root action begins to get slow 

 great caution should be used in the sup- 

 ply of water given, as any check to the 

 foliage caused by overwatering is al- 

 most certain to be followed by a visit 

 from this pest and especially is this the 

 case if the crop is Beauties. 



Care in ventilation is particularly nec- 

 essary to keep it from getting a start 

 and should be so regulated that no sud- 

 den chill may occur and also at the same 

 time prevent as much as possible any 

 condensation from taking place, which 

 can be done by keeping up as much 

 steam as will cause a gentle circulation 

 of the air to keep it sweet. 



The foliage also should all be in a 

 dry condition before sundown, as wet 

 foliage over night is one of the most 

 fruitful sources of this trouble. 



If spot makes its appearance in the 

 house no time should be lost in going 

 after it. Pick off every affected leaf 

 and burn it and keep up this picking so 

 long as there is one affected leaf in the 

 house. 



It is also advisable to use a mixture 

 of sulphur and lime on both leaves and' 

 SOU, using the sulphur blower for distrib- 

 uting so that every leaf gets its comple- 

 ment. I am not certain that this will 

 kill the parasite, but I am convinced 

 that it in a great measure prevents it 

 from spreading. 



This pest can also be kept in subjec- 

 ti6n by the use of the carbonate of 

 copper compound (cupram), using five 

 ounces of the carbonate of copper to 

 three quarts of ammonia and sixty gal- 

 lons of water. This mixture should be 

 applied with a nozzle which makes a 



very fine spray and every part of the 

 leaves, both upper and lower side, should 

 be washed. The spraying should be done 

 once a week and continued until the 

 trouble disappears. 



Cleanliness in the house is of the ut- 

 most importance and all dead and de- 

 caying leaves, and weeds should be 

 scrupulously removed from benches and 

 walks and burned. Watchfulness and 

 energy are two of the essentials abso- 

 lutely necessary in combating this, the 

 .worst of all. our fungoid enemies in the 

 Beauty house. Ribes. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



burg for the addresses of some local 

 growers. I could get the names of only 

 two. I was told that all flowers (violets) 

 come froto the Hudson rivei" district. I 

 wrote to these two. One replied that he 

 was not now growing violets. The other 

 replied that he had quit raising violets, 

 and for me not to attempt it. I am not 

 entirely discouraged, as the wholesale 

 prices quoted, "demand always good for 

 good flowers" seems to me to promise 

 fair returns for labor (my own), but I 

 am still anxious to get the address of ft 

 successful near-by grower whom I. could 

 visit before I start to build. I want to 

 be ready to plant a house early next 

 spring. 



Is the Japanese fern ball ever known 

 to poison the persons handling themf 

 My hands were severely poisoned recent- 

 ly and I know no other source. 



T. T. HiBBEN. 



McKeesport, Pa. 



Violet Growing. 



I read with interest Dr. Galloway's 

 articles in the Kkview on violet culture, 

 then got his book and read and have de- 

 cided to try to grow them. I wrote to 

 the wholesale cut flower people in Pitts- 



GUTTMAN ON THE VIOLET. 



A. J. Guttman, of New York, writes 

 that he has returned from a thorough 

 six-day tour of the violet district on the 

 Hudson, visiting 120 different establish- 

 ments. He reports exceptionally fine 

 plants and blooms for the time of the 

 year. While he does not believe in early 

 shipments, he feels it only just, where 

 the great majority of the stock is so fine 

 so early in the season, that the groweri' 

 should profit by their enterprise. 



The growers realize that the increase 

 in the amount of glass devoted to violets 

 this year will make competition keen 

 and are likely to be more liberal in their 

 bunching, putting more than the regula- 

 tion fifty blooms in their bunches and so 

 helping both wholesaler and retailer. 

 Now that so many orchids and gardenias 

 are used for corsage work, this acces- 

 sion to the size will have its effect and 

 help to keep the violet a favorite with 

 the flower- wearing public. Mr. Guttman 

 announces as an evidence of the confl- 

 dence of his growers an addition of 100 

 per cent to their number this season. He 

 says the reports of poor and diseased 

 plants are without foundation and he 

 found a cordial welcome from all the 

 growing fraternity. 



A New 'Wholesale EtUbllshment at Detroit* Mich. 



