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898 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 23, 1906i 



GRUBS IN SOIL. 



In an experience of forty years at the 

 nursery business I had never been trou- 

 bled by the white grub-worm until last 

 year. Can some of you nurserymen or 

 florists tell me how to rid the soil of 

 them? They destroyed hundreds of 

 aster plants for me last season, and are 

 doing the same thing this year. They 

 eat the roots, and also the bark, from 

 the stems of the plants beneath the 

 soil. They not only destroy young 

 plants, but plants which are full-grown 

 and in bloom. 



A year ago this spring the ground 

 was heavily manured with barnyard 

 manure, but not this spring, except with 

 a surface coating of cow manure be- 

 tween the rows, the manure being fresh 

 and not supposed to be infested with 

 grubs or their larvse. 



I have lost by them a few chrysanthe- 

 mums this season; other kinds of plants 

 are not much affected. Must I resort 

 to commercial fertilizers, or can the 

 barnyard manure be treated in a way to 

 destroy or prevent them? J. C. H. 



We regret very much that we can 

 give no information that would help in 

 fighting the grubs. In reply to the 

 question about the use of commercial 

 fertilizers, we can answer only in this 

 way: We are obliged to depend almost 

 entirely on commercial fertilizers on 

 asters, and are not troubled with grubs; 

 but we do not offer that as a remedy, 

 or even as a preventive. 



We think this must be the grub that 

 often attacks strawberry plants. Bul- 

 letin 189, of Cornell University Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 might give you some information. 



White Bros. 



Tarrytown, N. Y.— F. R. Pierson 

 feels himself tied down by the fact that, 

 the work on his big new houses is be- 

 hind the schedule. He had expected to 

 have them planted by August 1, but it 

 will be nearly the end of the month be- 

 fore all is complete. 



Liidvig Mosbask 



ONARGA, ILL. 



100,000 ABparairuB PI. Nana and Sprsnsf 



•rl, very stronR and fine plants, ready for a 

 shift, 4-ln., $10.00; 3-ln.. $5 00; 2i<-in.. $2.60 per 

 100; 10 acres of cannas. List mailed and or- 

 ders booked for fall delivery. Seedlings, 

 $10.00 per 1000. 



40,000 Ferns in var., Anna Foster. Boston, 

 Plersoni and Sword Fem(Exaltata) very 

 fine, pot-j?rown, ready for shift, 6-in., $40.00 

 per 100: $6.00 per doz : 4-in., $16.00; 8-in., $8.00. 

 Boston and Plersoni, stronc: runners, 

 $30.00 per 1000. 



8.000 Neplirolepls Plersoni Klesantls- 

 slma, 4-in., $50.00; 8-in., $20.00; 2^-in., $12.00 

 per 100. 



20,000 Geraniums, stock plants from field, in 

 standard var., $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per lOCO. 

 Will also book orders for R. C. and 2Ji-in. 

 plants. 



Palms — Dracaena Indlvlsa, S-inch, $5.00; 

 4-in., $10.00. Kentlas, 3-in.. $12.00. Plioe< 

 nlz Canarlensis, 4-in., $20.00 per 100. 



Pansles are working their way to the front 

 once more. Our International strain, seed- 

 lings, $3.C0 per 1000. Seeds, oz., $6 00; 3^-oz., 

 $1.00. Prepaid for cash. 



Roses, Brides and Bridesmaids, 3-in., in 

 fine condition, $5.00 per 100. 



Sansevlerla Zeylanlca var., 4-in., $16.00 per 

 100; 8-in., $8.00 per 100. 



Let me send you a sample of my Asparagus and 

 Ferns. They are worth more money to you 

 than to me. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Watch Us Grow 



ABAUCA.RIA8, the best decorative plants 

 Nature produces, our specialty. 



Bvery man in businesB and life, to be auccesa- 

 ful, must adopt one tblns as his specialty and 

 that specialty, of whatever nature it may be, he 

 must guard, study and push to such an extent 

 that it not only benefits himself but he must con- 

 tinue It ao every one who seeks his aid, services 

 or his article, which he advertises or practices, 

 will share a slice of his activity and prosperity. 

 I made the importation and cultivation of arau- 

 carlas a special study in my life. The figures 

 below will show my success in business from 

 the first year; by commencing with an Importa- 

 tion of 360 and now, the eleventh year, my impor- 

 tation has grown up to 6,000 (come and see it), 

 the reason being that the araucaria grows yearly 

 more in favor with the plant consuming people all 

 over the country, as a most admired decorative 

 plant for the parlor, bed-room, dining and sitting- 

 rooms. stores and hotels, lawns and porches. 

 The outlook will be of an importation of at least 

 8,000 to 10,000 in spring of 1907. To secure this 

 vast amount for 1907, 1 am now on the ocean, per 

 Steamer New Amsterdam, having left Hoboken 

 Aug. 16, striking for Belgium, to make contracts 

 for next year. I shall also bring over with me at 

 the same time, a large lot of choice Azalea Indlca 

 and Palms, etc., for Christmas and Easter forc- 

 Inr. No money will be spared to secure for my 

 customers the cream of the Belgium greenhouses 

 only. 



Please note lowest prices now August and 

 September. 



Aranoarla Excelsa, 12 to 14 inches high, 

 6H-in. pots, 8 to 4 tiers, 2 yrs. old, 60c. 14 to 16 

 inches high, 6^- in. pots, 8 to 4 tiers, 2 yrs. old, 60c. 

 16 to 18 Inches nigh. bH to 6-in. pots, 4 to 5 tiers, 3 

 yrs. old, 7&c. 18 to 20 inches high, 6-ln. pots, 6 to 

 6 tiers, 4 yrs. old, $1.00. 20 to 24 Inches high, 6-in. 

 pots, 6 to 6 tiers, 4 yrs. old, $1.26. 36 to 60 inches 

 nigh, specimens, 7-in. pots, 6 yrs. old, t2 60 to 13.00. 



Araucaria Compacta Bobaata, have 1000 of 

 them. Never were they as nice as this year. 

 Plants are as broad as long, from 12 to 20 Inches 

 in height, 8 to 4 perfect tiers, 20 to 80 inches 

 across from tip of one tier to the other, 8, 4 and 6 

 yrs. old. 6 to 7-in. pots, tl.26, 11.60, $1.76 to $2.00, up 

 to $3.00 each. 



Araucaria Excelsa Olauca, perfect jewels 

 in shape and size, their beautiful greenish blue 

 tiers give them such a Btrikln^ appearance, that 

 anyone seeing them must fall in love with them 

 on sight. Plants, 6 to 7-in. pots, 3. 4, 5 perfect 

 tiers, 16 to 26 Inches in height, from 16 to 30 inches 

 across, tl.26, tl.60, 11.75, 12.00 to $2.60 each. Please 

 bear In mind tnat the above mentioned varieties 

 are the cream of Belgium's productions. We 

 have thousands of tnem and can meet all 

 demands. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 6-in. pots, 4-year-old, 6 

 to 6 leaves, bushy, 30 to 36 inches high, 11.26; 6H 

 to6-in. pots, 3-year-old, 6 to 6 leaves, 76c to tl.OO 

 each. These are the sizes entered in the cus- 

 toms house. 



OUR Little pets 



From Aschmann, in Philadelphia, we bought 

 An araucaria, a pet for our little girl. 



Now we have two pets, the pride of our thought: 

 The little girl so sweet, a head full of curls, 



And the araucaria with its everlasting green— 

 A more Joyful home you never have seen. 



Kentia Foratertana, 7-in. pots, made-up, 1 

 large one in center, 3 smaller sizes, 22 to 26 in. 

 high around, $2.00 each; 6-in. pots, single plants, 

 35 to 40 in. high, 6 to 6 good leaves, 4- year-old, 

 fl.26 to 11.60 each; 30 to 36 in. high, 4-year-old, 

 6-in. pots, 6 good leaves, tl.OO each; 26 to 30 In. 

 high, 5^-in. pots, 3-year-old, 6 leaves, 76c; made- 

 up plants with 3, 18 to 20 in. high, 26c to 80c. 



Cocoa Weddelliana, 16c. 



Jerusalem Cherries or Solanums, same 

 varieties we sell at Xmas for 76c, tl.OO each; 2^- 

 In. pots, t6.00 per 100. 



Ficua £Iastlca (Belgian importation), 6-in. 

 pots, 6ac. 



Areca liUtescens, 4-ln.,' made-up with 8 

 plants in a pot, 26c. 



Cycas Revolnta, sago palms, 6 to 7-in. pots, 

 7 to 20 leaves to the plant, 10c per leaf. 



Mephrolepls Barrowsll, 6-ln., strong plants 

 ready for 7 to 8- Inch, 60c; 4-lnch, strong, 26c. 

 Nephrolepls Scottll, 6-ln,, large, 50c; 6Jii-ln., 40c; 

 6-in., 36c; 4 in., 20c to 26c. Boston Ferns, 4-in., 

 20c to 26c, also by the 1000. Ferns for diahes, 

 3-in., 6c; 2X-ln., 6c. 



AsparaKUS Plmnosus Nanus, 4-in., 10c; 

 8-ln., 6c. 



All goods must travel at purchaser's risk. Cash with order, please. 



GODFREY ASCHNANN 



Importer and Wholesale Grower, 1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The Florists' Manual 



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 for we feel, with Mark Twain, that we "would rather not use violence." 

 South Bend, Ind., July 28, 1906. SOUTH BEND FLORAL CO. 



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