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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCXOBBB 4, 1906. 



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Y''X Y -' '~^ ' VentiUtion. • " '; 



The cool nights are reminding us that 

 we are no longer in the good, old sum- 

 mer time and the ventilators need to 

 be lowered every night. T do not like 

 the house to fall below 45 degrees and 

 when there is frost in the air it is far 

 better to run a line of heat through 

 the house and have on several inches of 

 air than to close the house up tightly 

 to keep up the desired temperature. A 

 close atmosphere is always a damp one, 

 and the loss from damping flowers will 

 more than pay for a little heat applied 

 when it is needed. Charles H. Totty. 



A LEAF-MINER. 



Enclosed are samples of our chrysan- 

 themum leaves, which are eaten. We 

 tried several remedies which we heard 

 of, but they did not do any good. If 

 you know of a remedy please let us 



This occurred on a night when the 

 weather was threatening. The plants 

 are outdoors, to be roofed over as the 

 season advances. This was done by a 

 discharged employee with the purpose 

 of injuring the stock. He had only 

 covered about half the bed before being 

 detected. The plants in that half are 

 burned down with all the top buds and 

 shoots. Since then they have begun to 

 break afresh from the base of the 

 plants. Will I get any flowers worth 

 having? J. C. S. 



The result would be just about what 

 J. C. S. says did happen; i. e., the 

 plants would be burned and whatever 

 growth was on the plants would be ren- 

 dered useless. Paris green is useful in 

 chrysanthemum growing if used spar- 

 ingly, but a heavy sprinkling would be 

 certain to have disastrous results. The 

 alum would be equally certain to in- 



Establishment of L L. PUkbury, Galesburg. 111. 



know. Almost all are affected, but the 

 Dekalb the most. G. A. F. 



The leaves are being eaten by an in- 

 sect very much like the celery leaf- 

 miner (Tephritis), possibly the same 

 thing, or certainly the same species. 

 They are about the hardest of any 

 larvse to destroy, as they work inside 

 the leaf and are protected by the two 

 outside skins, so that Paris green is of 

 no use. I would recommend a strong 

 solution of one of the liquid extracts 

 of tobacco. This will kill some but not 

 nearly all. Take off any leaves that are 

 not really necessary and burn them. 



If G. A. F. looks closely he will see 

 a tiny worm in each leaf at the point 

 up to which the leaf is skeletonized, a 

 pressure of the thumb and finger will 

 kill the worm and no more trouble will 

 ensue on that particular leaf. It is slow 

 work, but the only sure way, which is 

 why I say, remove any leaves that are 

 not necessary to the appearance of the 

 plant. The worm eats all the substance 

 out of the leaf, leaving only the veins 

 and a silvery skin, the latter being left 

 apparently to protect it as long as pro- 

 tection is necessary. C. H. T. 



jure the roots. The individual respon- 

 sible for this combination had evidently 

 taken to heart the injunction that what 

 is worth doing at all is worth doing 

 well and proposed to make a clean sweep 

 while he was about it. Any flowers 

 that would appear after such drastic 

 treatment would not amount to any- 

 thing, I would say. J. C. S. is the best 



judge as to whether the plants are break- 

 ing strongly or no, but it would seem 

 to me that any shoots that appear must 

 of necessity be weak, and if I had any- 

 thing else that needed the room I would 

 throw out the plants affected. 



C. H. T. 



AN ILLINOIS ESTABLISHMENT. • 



Reproduced on this page are two re- 

 cent photographs which give an idea of 

 the establishment of I. L. Pillsbury, of 

 Galesburg, 111. Mr. Pillsbury is well 

 known as one of the most successful of 

 the many prosperous florists in the pro- 

 vincial cities of Illinois, and the pictures 

 will serve to interest many who are simi- 

 larly situated. One view shows a house 

 principally devoted to roses in pots but 

 also containing many other items of the 

 miscellaneous stock which must be car- 

 ried by one who does business of a gen- 

 eral character. 



The other illustration is from a photo- 

 graph 'showing the establishment from 

 the side, the ends of the greenhouse be- 

 ing obscured by the service buildings. 

 In the foreground is the bedding, which 

 has served to attract much attention dur- 

 ing the summer. The words, "Pillsbury, 

 Florist," appear in large letters, baek 

 of which are beds of geraniums, cannas, 

 etc., and between these and the buildings 

 is a patch of carnation plants now housed 

 in first-class shape. In addition to this 

 establishment Mr. Pillsbury has a down- 

 town office at 223 East Main street. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Committee on Seedlings. 



President Duckhani has announced ihe 

 committees to examine seedlings and 

 sports on the dates as follows: October 

 6, 13, 20 and 27; November 3, 10, 17 

 and 24, 1906. 



Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must in all cases be prepaid 

 to destination, and the entry fee of $2 

 should be forwarded to the secretary not 

 later than Tuesday of the week pre- 

 ceding examination, or may accompany 

 the blooms. Special attention is called 

 to the rule requiring that sports to re- 

 ceive a certificate must pass three com- 

 mittees. 



New York. — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman, o;") and 57 West Twenty-sixth 



PAHIS GREEN AND ALUM. 



Can you tell me just what will be 

 the result of throwing Paris green thick- 

 ly on the foliage of chrysanthemums and 

 scattering alum on the bed underneath? 



Eitablkhment of L L. Pillsbury^ Galesburg, HI. 



