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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



March 8, 1906. 



book, but tliat is not saying they are 

 not attacked by diseases that are brought 

 on by unfavorable conditions or misman- 

 agement. The leaves sent were like a 

 piece of thin, black leather and we could 

 recognize no particular trouble. 



Moonvine should be sown at once to 

 produce good, strong plants for this 

 spring. 



The white liy, the omnivorous little 

 creature so troublesome of late years, is 

 effectually destroyed by the hydrocyanic 

 acid gas. The fornuila has been pub- 

 lished repeatedly in the Beview. One 

 application is not enough; it needs three 

 times, because tl)e eggs are not de- 

 stroyed by the gas. Kerosene emulsion 

 is the best remedy for mealy bug. 



W. S. 



WITH THE GROWERS. 



John Tailby & Son, Wellesley, Mass. 



Joseph Tailby & Son 's place is quite 

 near the Wellesley station of the Boston 

 & Albany R. R. They grow a miscel- 

 laneous assortment of stock, having con- 

 siderable local trade. They also have a 

 stand at the Music hall market, Boston. 

 Bulbous stock is quite a specialty witli 

 them, narcissi, tulips, Spanish iris and 

 gladioli being grown in quantity. Liliuni 

 candiduni is grown on benciies. We do 

 not, however, consider this mode of cul- 

 ture as good as in })ots. 11. P. roses, 

 violets, Nephrolepis Elegantissima, cy- 

 clamens, azaleas, and other stock is 

 handled. A lot of Lilium speciosum 

 rubrum is now in bloom. In carnations, 

 Fair Maid, White Lawson and Queen 

 are chiefly grown. Princess of Wales 

 violets looked well. Joseph Tailby is an 

 encyclopnndia of horticultural lore and 

 as keen a plantsman as ever. 



grand standard of Acacia pubescens was 

 at its best. There were big specimens 

 of azalea.s, Streptosolen Jamesonii and 

 camellias in flower. A well grown An- 

 gra?cum sesquipedale carried ten flowers. 

 The head gardener, I'homas Watt, also 

 had other well grown orchids. 



At Walter Hunnewell's estate^ where 

 T. 1). Hatfield presides, fruit houses 

 were iieing gotten in readiness to start. 

 A quantity of September flowering 

 chrysanthemums, which Mr. Hatfield se- 

 cured in Great Britain last year, were 

 Iwing proj^agated. Nice batches of cal- 

 ceolarias, ericas, acacias, etc., were 

 noted. In the orchid houses plants 

 looked well. A batch of over 100 Mil- 

 • touia vexillaria were starting to push 

 spikes. These are in G-inch to 8-inch 

 pots and are grand specimens. One 

 carried eighty flowers last season. Catt- 

 leyas looked well, as did the phalaenop- 

 sis, vandas, saccolabiums and other warm 

 house varieties. A plant of Angra?cum 

 sesquipedale carried twelve flowers. 

 Some fine baskets of the sweetly scented 

 Vanda Amesiana were just going out of 

 bloom. 



l>ed Cole, at Mrs. Arthur Hunne- 

 Avell 's, has some nice seedling carnations 

 which promise well. Leptosyne mari- 

 tima is liked for cut flowers. Its lemon 

 flowers an. .laag.^teins. a^re.. freely pro- 

 duced in pots. Schizanthus is a favorite 

 pot-plant here and is used for piazza 

 decorations in early summer. 



John Barr, South Natick, Mass. 



John Barr, in South Natick, has one 

 of the neatest and most up-to-date plants 

 in the vicinity of Boston. Three houses, 

 each 23x200, are devoted to carnations. 

 The sorts grown are Mrs. Patten and 

 Chester Roper for variegated; Queen, 

 White Lawson and Ladv Bountiful in 





Acacia Pubescens Grown by Thomas Watt, Wellesley, Mass 



George Sibthorpe's place is quite near 

 that of Tailby & Son. Carnations oc- 

 cupy one house 13x143. Varieties are 

 Fair Maid, Enchantress, Flamingo, 

 Queen, White Lawson, Manley and 

 Fenn. A miscellaneous assortment of 

 other stock is grown. All flowers are 

 sold at home. 



Wellesley's Private Places. 



At Wellesley College greenhouses we 

 always see some interesting plants. A 



white, the first named being mostly 

 grown and does well here; Manley, scar- 

 let; Fenn, crimson; Lawson, dark pink; 

 Enchantress and Fair Maid, light pink, 

 the last named being the favorite of its 

 color. 



A pink seedling a little lighter than 

 Scott is under trial, also a white seedling 

 of L. E. Small's and other sorts. The 

 propagating house is filled with a splen- 

 did lot of cuttings, not a sign of bac- 

 teria or rust l^eing noted on them. A 



batch of 500 splendid cyclamens and a 

 large lot of hydrangeas are the only 

 other plants seen here. Everything is 

 very conveniently arranged and extreme 

 neatness prevails throughout the whole 

 place, of which Mr. Barr has every 

 reason to be proud. A model dwelling 

 overlooking the romantic Charles river 

 is nearing completion. W. N. C. 



THE FLORISTS OF ILLINOIS. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion was organized February 25 and in- 

 corporated March 20, 1905. The object 

 is to unite all the gardeners and florists 

 of the- state into an organization to pro- 

 mote the interests of floriculture. To 

 accomplish this object it is proposed to 

 hold meetings for the discussion of topics 

 of mutual interest and to hold exhibi- 

 tions in the larger cities of the state, 

 to educate the public and to stimulate 

 their interest in flowers. It is hoped 

 that the public may be brought to a 

 realization of the great possibilities in 

 the beautifying of home grounds with 

 flowers and plants. 



Further, it is the purpose of this or- 

 ganization through these meetings, ex- 

 hibitions and reliable press reports to 

 bring to the knowledge of people the 

 importance of floriculture in this state, 

 so that they shall appreciate the fact 

 that, considered from the commercial 

 standpoint, floriculture is the largest 

 horticultural interest in Illinois. 



Another object which the organization 

 hopes to accomplish is the securing of 

 an appropriation from the state for the 

 construction of greenhouses at the Illinois 

 Experiment Station and the carrying out 

 of investigations to find means of pre- 

 venting fungus diseases and the destruc- 

 tion of insect pests affecting greenhouse 

 plants. Thus the florists' industry will 

 be placed on an equal footing, as it de- 

 serves, with the other agricultural inter- 

 ests of the state, all of which have been 

 benefited by special legislative appro- 

 priations for several years. The work 

 undertaken will be determined upon by 

 this organization and cannot help but be 

 of immense value to the trade. 



Another line of work of the associa- 

 tion will bo the furnishing of reliable 

 information to the public and the en- 

 couragement of the school gardening 

 movement and the work of civic improve- 

 ment societies, either by the society 

 itself or by providing funds to enable 

 the experiment station to publish and 

 supply information on gardening mat- 

 ters, which it is unable to do now. 



The organization will be in a position 

 to request, insist and possibly demand 

 that a fair share of the appropriations 

 made by the state for maintaining horti- 

 cultural exhibits at international and 

 other fairs shall be spent in the interest 

 of floriculture and further to support 

 the National Council of Horticulture in 

 securing for horticulture in general 

 overv benefit which rightfullv belongs 

 to it. 



The above are some of the many things 

 the Illinois State Florists ' Association can 

 accomplish. If the florists have not se- 

 cured that to which they had a right it 

 is because they have not had an organi- 

 zation covering the whole state to prop- 

 erly present their claims and to bring 

 pressure where and when needed. When 

 the florists of the state appeared in legis- 

 lative halls at Springfield they had to 

 spend a vast amount of time in educat- 

 ing the lawmakers that floriculture 

 amounted to something and therefore de- 



