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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Show Notes. 



1 rn,.,li,r I ..HMliii:in li;is jirnxtMl liiinscH' 

 ill,' ii;^ht tnaii in lln' ii;^lit )'lai-r. I'lulcf 

 lii- .lir.'ctioii thi' slinw lias lireii Ijrouj^lit 



I,. ;i siU-iTSSl'ul rdllcllisinll witllUUt ailV 



,,r ilir liar.l t'-rliiiMS thai arc sdiiirtiiiirs 



rail-Ill. 



Tliiir-ilay aii'l I'liilay \\it.> tlir Mu 

 ,|;(\s ill iiniiit of att('iiiiaiH-i\ 



S|iri-ial crrilit is (liif t(i \\ . 1/. Iicu-k. 

 W. .1. l'>aiiii'< aii'l Saiiiiirl Miiiray I'm- 



Ih,. -|ir<-,-S 111' till' show. 'I'lli-i' ^rl)t!i> 

 llliMl lunc ilnlir all in llirir imurl' 1o lli'lji 

 ihr vliow nlnn^r. ami have ^Imwii a i^nblii- 

 >|iiiit llial is cMiiinii'iiilaMr. 



W. J. I'.anii's ii'ii'ivi'il Iwn sprcial 

 iiri/r-. our I'nr a i-nllrriidii III' iVrii dishes 

 ami another for -i\ jilanls of Ni'phro 

 lepis j^ctinata. 



N(i r.Toril uas kept of the \isitors. 

 who wore many. ( liirai^o \\:is wril it|' 

 irsiMitf'l. nttci <'. Kiirni^ liiiiULiht a 

 |,ail\ ,,[' ci^ht fi'diii S|. i.oiiis Weiliies- 

 ,la\. l>oii\ir also vriil- iniitc a (irlepn- 

 lio'ii. inrlmlin^f .1. A. Valentine. A. ]•'.. 

 Maiilf ami i-'.mil (llaul)er. II. A. .Muel 

 Irr. of Wirhila. Kan.; 1\. <!. l.'in'. of St. 

 .losi|ili. ami W. I-'. ('ha|/ni, of Hes 

 Moiiii's. also Aisiti-'l tlie slmw. 



'J'lio jihotoyraphs rriniMlm-rd in this 

 issno. ami many oilior- mmli' fur exhili- 

 itors. ueiv takiii try .1. V.. I>a\is,.ii. 1lir 

 Kaii-as ( ity ]iliMtnL;ia|ilirr. Tin' lar-o 

 iival sliov\iiiM' tin- rmw.! .-ii Tliii r-da v 

 niylit i- a tlaslilii^hi . K \v Sii:. 



FORGET-ME-NOTS. 



AVil] >o\i pleaso loll u.s if forget -me- 

 Tiots will i-oiiir into hlooin satisfai-lorily 

 if siiiail plants :iro )H.tti'i! ,df now and 

 when slionld lhr\ li- in llower.' What is 

 the jirejier tnat iinod .' S. \i. 



When \\'' i;i''\\ tliis ]ilant, whii^-h we 

 (lid largi'ly onee, we idaiited Ihe siiialJ 

 idants on tli2 odszo of a eaniation lieiieh 

 in September and lliey liei^aii to llower 

 ahoiit ('hristiuas. but llowciod iniirh more 

 jirofuscly ns the season advanced. 1 

 ani sorry I <'armot iiivo the specitic name 

 ,,f the lOir wo L'ri'W. I'lH it was a yund 

 one and ua\e us loiii^- sprays in almnd- 

 auee. They propa^alnl \ery easily fnuii 

 i-uttiii<_'s and almosi any soil suits and- a 

 laiiialion lioiise ti'iii|iorat iiro is about 

 liyht. ^V. S. 



THE SOLANUM. 



Will yon kindly tell ino when Sohuium 

 ajisirast Mini, or Jerusalem eherry, should 

 <,i\\ii til lia\o i;oimI ])laiits for Christ- 

 mas I'.MiT. also rouardiiV ihe growing 



i| It 



^ !■:. s. F. 



Sooils should 111' sown in l-'ebruary or 

 Manli ami placed in a tcinpi'rature of (50 

 ilc'.^iccs, with bottom heat if possible. 

 .\s soon as ihey are large enough; that is, 

 after they gel the first pair of character 

 leaves, tliey should be jiut into L'-iueh pots 

 and kcjit growing till after the danger of 

 frost is jiast. They sliould then be 

 ]ilaiitei| out on rather ])oor soil, which 

 will gi\c a more eoinjtact jdaiit than if 

 the soil is rich. liifi and jud before 

 frost and shade lightly for a few days 

 until root action coiuniences. A tempera- 

 tiire ot' ."),") degrees at uiglit is usually 

 siillieieiit 1,1 liring thein into good condi- 

 t ion for the horidass. L*. 



CYANIDE FOR THRIPS. 



Will you kindly inform me what is the 

 irouiile with my violets.' 1 send you a 

 sample of llie Moonis. A great many 

 of them go the s:ime way. Tiie plants 

 .lie in good condition. Is it for want ot 

 fi'edino'f if so, what would you ad- 

 vise giving ihem.' 1\ 1'- B. 



In rejily lo tins ,iiier\. I am sorry to 

 say that the sample blooms that were 

 sent were s,i diy and shiivi led when they 

 reached nie that i; was very hard to tell 

 \('ry much about tln'in. but liy the num- 

 ber" of black aphis tli.at survived the 

 iournev. the jirobabilit i,> ;iie that tiiey 

 .are your jnincipal trouble, if not the 

 I'lilv one, as you s.ay the jilants are in 

 •jood condition. This i< a very unpleas- 

 ant state of afl'airs for any grower to 



find things in; however, the old sayiiij; 

 is ihat "misery loves company"' and by* 

 the number of imiuiries this fall along 

 the same line you are evidently not alone 

 in having to take strong measures for 

 their immediate dc<t rm'tion. 



The formula for fumigating with hy- 

 drocyanic acid gas has been given so 

 many tinu's in these coluinns that 1 do 

 Hot nee, I to rejieat it; but, of lauirse, this 

 is what you will have to use. at once 

 and thoroughly, if you are situated so 

 tiiat you can wit limit danger to your help 

 or neighbors. In all probability one 

 fumigation will no4 be sutlicient to en- 

 tirely eradicate them, and for that rea- 

 son you will want to follow it up al a 

 few days' interval by one, two or, jier- 

 h.aps, three more fumigations, all de 

 pending on how well the a|)his have cstab 

 lislied themselves. 



You will liml that some growers who 

 use this gas for fumigaling will aibiso 

 setting off small charges the last thing at 

 night ami leaving the house closed until 

 morning; while others will say to do the- 

 work in t!ie daytime, using iieavier 

 charges and leaving the Imuses dosed 

 " only twenty or thirty mimiles, liut as in 

 everything tdse, 1 would tiy botli w.ays 

 thoidu<;lily and follow up the ]ilan that 

 tdiserval ion toM me VMuked tic best t'oi 

 me. I'ersiiiially as I s;iid in answer to 

 a ,|nerv ,-i '-liori time aue. w, ]»refer. 

 a fli.T ■ ha\ in:^ given biilh way- trials, to 

 use 1 he gas in 1 he ,layt ime. 



The etfert iv ■■iKjss of tile fiuiiigati'in de 

 jiends a gicat dilil on taking a goo, I tiim 

 for it. ^'o|| want a day when you have- 

 a ni,e, clear, dry air. and not so cold 

 that yoi; cannot open the houses to tlieii 

 fullest e.xteiit when the time is up. It 

 is also better tliat the plants should not 

 have lieen watered or spr.ayed -that day, 

 or the day previously, as the yilauts 

 -Iniuld 1)(> dry. although !iy this I do m>t 

 mean that they sliould lie wilted or over 

 div, onlv that they should not have any 

 moisture stamliiig on them. It is also 

 wtdl, if it comes so you can, to liavo 

 a i-lomlv dav, mi as not to have llie tem- 

 perature mil up too high while the- 

 house is closed. 



As tlie gas is very liglit and rises rap 

 i,llv. vou will w.ant to see to it that your 

 house is tigli/. as it takes only a few 

 cracks hei'c and there, a corner broken out 

 of a light in one placi." and a hole of 



General View of tlie Exiiibition at Poughkcepsie, N. Y., November 1 and 2. 



