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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



J447 



SCHCXDL OF HORTICULTURE. 



From a beautiful bulletin of the Iowa 

 State Agricultural ('ollege we learn that 

 the department of horticulture and for- 

 estry offers most excellent opportunities 

 for observation and study. The depart- 

 ment has a two-story laboratory for hor- 

 ticulture, containing the main laboratory 

 for general instruction and research 

 rooms for special students. The green- 

 houses, covering 5,000 square feet, offer 

 every opportunity for studying the man- 

 ao-ement of plants under glass. In addi- 

 tion to tills, about forty acres of land 

 are devoted to horticultural purposes, 

 orchards, gardens and forestry planta- 

 tions, thus enabling the students to make 

 actual testa of tlie worth of different 

 varieties, modes of culture and adapta- 

 bility of soil and climate. 



Instruction is also offoreil in the 

 .science of forestry — -studying the pro- 

 duction of timber for various purposes, 

 the preservation of timber, lumbering 

 operations and the general forest con- 

 ditions of the country. Excellent oppor- 

 tunities are offered here for this study. 

 Many varieties of both native and for- 

 eign trees are found on or near the 

 campus, which, together with the large 

 collection of specimens found in the 

 museum, afford ample examples for 

 study. The library, which is always at 

 the disposal of the students, is also well 

 supplied with literature relating to botli 

 horticulture and forestry. 



THE CODLING MOTH. 



The codling moth is familiar to every 

 grower or consumer of apples, and a 

 wormy apple, the result of its work, 

 scarcely needs description. Such an ap- 

 ple is practically unsalable or, at best, 

 fetches a very small price. The mone- 

 tary loss thus occasioned by this insect 

 is greater than that due to any other 

 insect pest affecting fruits. 



It has been shown by careful estimates 

 in various apple-growing states that this 

 insect may cause a loss of from twenty 

 to forty per cent of the fruit which 

 would otherwise be sound and merchant- 

 able. The U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture estimates that this loss, on the 

 lowest or twenty per cent basis, amounts 

 annually to $n, 400,000 in the United 

 States, and this does not include the ex- 

 penditures for spraying trees with ar- 

 senicals, which amount to more than $8,- 

 000,000 additional, indicating a total loss 

 chargeable to the codling moth of near- 

 ly $20,000,000. Great as this loss still 

 is, it has been very mudi limited by 

 measures of control which are becoming 

 more and more Avidely adopted, and 

 many apple growers in badly infested re- 

 gions are now saving every year more 

 than eighty-five per cent of the fruit 

 which would, without treatment, be 

 wormy. 



Spraying with some arsenical is now 

 recognized as the best means of con- 

 trolling the codling moth. The object 

 is to poison the young larva; before they 

 enter the fruit. The larva? get the poison 



GRAPEVINES I'fS' F^'^^"* 



Early, Salem, etc 6o 



Currants— Strong, 2-year, Fay's Prolific, 



Cherry, White, Grape, Lee's Black, etc 4c 



Raapberrles— Finest Red and Black sorts 9c 



Blackberries — Rathbun and other best sorts.. .)8c 

 Packing- free for cash and extras added on account of 



express charges. See offers of other stock in this issue 



or write, ^, h. SALTER, Rochester, N. Y. 

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CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 



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The GLENWOOD Nurseries offer the finest trees, both 

 DECIDUOUS and EVERGREEN; FLOWERING SHRUBS 



and VINES of all sizes in general assortment. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET and other HEDGE PLANTS 



ARE SPECIALTIES 



Special Quotations to Large Buyers. 



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Low Prices 



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 WHOLESALE LIST 



Per 10 Per 100 

 Japan Maples, polymorphum, 2-3 ft. ..$4.00 



Pin Oaks. 8-10 ft 6.00 



Box Wood, 12-15 in 3.00 



Privet. RcKaliana. 2 ft 1 20 



Privet, Californium, 2 3 ft $2.50 



Althea, in variety. 3-4 ft 8.00 



AraUa Pentaphylla, 3 4 ft 10.00 



Azalea Amoena, specimens 27.50 



(Other sizes, 70,000 plants.) 



Hydrangea P. G., 2-3 ft 6.00 



Hydrangea P. G., 3-4 ft.. X fine 10.00 



Spiraea Van Houttei, 3-4 ft 7.00 



Begonia Radicans, strong 5.00 



Honeysuckles, strong, in variety 5.00 



H. P. Roses, 2-yr. -old 10.00 



Per 100 

 $10.00 



6.00 

 10.00 



Rosa Rugosa 



50,000 Creeping Roses, 2 yrs. old, own 



roots, $5a00 per 1000 



Roses, in 4-inch pots 



500,000 Roses in 2-inch pots, $20.00 to 



$30.00 per 1000. 



Baby Rambler Roses, 2-inch pots 6.00 



New Canna Floradora, grows about 4 or 5 ft. in 

 height, has dark foliage and bright scarlet 

 flowers of good size, 15c each; $1.25 per 10. 

 New Canna Fairy Queen, is a tall growing variety 

 with dark foliage and large bright orange 

 colored flowers. A free grower and a fine 

 bloomer. 15c each; $1.25 per 10. 



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