OCTOBKR 4, 190G. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1263 



Automobile Decorated by A. C. Jennings, Toronto, tor I. C. O. F. Parade, September 19. 



siK'ct. New ^'<>^k <'il_v; 'riioiiuis Ik'iKJ. 

 Will. 'I'liiiHT. Slii|i tldwns to '>'> and .")7 

 Wfst 'I'ui'iitv-sixtli street. New \'()ik. 



Pliila.lel|.lii:i. I'a. - A. 15. Cartlclfie, 

 vhairnian. l.")14 C^hestnut street; .lolin 

 Westentl. Win. K. Harris. 



liostoii. Mas.s. — E. A. Woud. cliair- 

 nian : VVni. Nioholson, .lames Wheeler. 

 ^hi|> flowers to Boston Flower Market, 

 •care of John Walsh. 



Cineinnati. < ). K*. Witterstaetter, chair 

 man; .James Allan. Win. .laeksoii. Sliip 

 to Jabez Elliott I 'lower Market, care 

 III' janitor. 



Chieajjo, HI. .1. S. Wilscm. ihairman; 

 .1. H. Deaiillicl ami (ieo. Wieiiluieher. 

 -Shi|i flowers caii' ot' .1. It. DeainiKl, Ol 

 Waliasli avenue. 



'J'he oflii-ial scah-s nt' the ( '. S. A. are 

 as follows: 



CoDiUHTiial. I'.xliiliiiiiiii. 



■Color -" I uli.r 10 



I'orin 1.") sii'iii > 



rullness 10 ('..li.iu'i' 



Stem 15 i'liliiii'ss l.'i 



li'llllK'' '•" I'liilii 1"| 



.SullSlllIKf . I."i |lf|llll .. . I."> 



.sizf I'l Sizr :;.> 



Tot;)l , . Mil 'InUl KXI 



l>v\ii) I-'kaskk. Sec 'v. 



Special Premiums. 



The ( 'hrvsanl lienmin Sncieiv nt Ainer 

 ica offers the tiilluuiny s|)ecial [iri/c list 

 for the exhiliitioii at (liicayu. \n\einlicr 

 t) toll: 



C. S. A. prize, silvei- cn|i tor lic^t loi 

 llowers, one variety. 



Prizes of $50, $25 and $lu for twelve 

 blooms on '24 inch stems, for the best 

 seedlinfj or sport not yet in eoininerce. 

 The color to be white, jiink or yellow, 

 the name to be yiven by the donor of 

 the prize. 



W. Wells. ..f M.-rsthain. Surrey. Kii;; 

 land, offers j;old. silver >,'ilt and siKer 

 medals for si.\ varieties of chrysanfhe- 

 mnms two of each on 12-inch stems. The 

 following varieties are elijrible in this 

 competition: Mrs. |I. I'artridjre. Mrs. 



h. Willis .lames, Merstiiain ( riinson. 

 .Mary Ann Pockett, ' lieatiicc May. T. 

 Richardson, Mrs. Heaniiie, I]. .1. Itiooks. 

 Mrs. I-'. I". Tlioinpson, .Mrs. Win. Kiio\. 

 Mis. .1. !•;. |>iiiiii and .Miss May Seddoii. 



< ha lies II. Totty offers prizes of +12, 

 •~fN and $•"> for twelve blooms in twelve 

 varieties, stems not oNcr tweUe inches 

 loii;i, introductions of IIMkI. open !o .all. 



I". K. rierson offers a siUn- cup for 

 thirty si.x chrysanthemiiins, >i.\ varieties, 

 si.\ blooms of each, introduced in Amer 

 ica in liMi.". and litiMi. 



\atlian Smith & Sou idfer .+ l'.") for 

 best twenty four idooins of .\meriean 

 origin, introductions of I'tOf, 100." and 

 lOnC). three v:irieties. white, pink and 

 yellow, eight blooms of each, shown in 

 se|)arate vases. 



Naiighan's Seed Store offer- a silver 

 cup. value $]'>. for the best specimen 

 liiisli clirys.antliemiim plant, which has 

 not ii'ceivcd any other award. Open to 

 private gardeners only. 



I'lie K, C. Hill Co. ofl'ers a special 

 prize of $].') for the best twenty-five 

 Idooins of ( 'hiysaiithemum Mary Maun, 

 and .+ 10 t'or the best fifteen blooms of 

 .'iiv introduction of 190fi. 



CYANIDE FUMIGATION. 



A Successful Experiment. 



Wishing to test the theory I advamcd 

 a few weeks ago regarding the use of 

 pure cyanide instead of the comineicial 

 article of uncertain strength for green 

 house fumigiition. we selected a hous<^ 

 2ii.\;!f). even span, ten feet to ridge, with 

 side vv.ills four feet high. We figured 

 this to contain soiiievvhat more than 5,00it 

 cldiic feel, lint \\r calle(| it an even 

 •''.000. 



This house c<iiit;uniil .i large varietv 

 of plants, as the following list will show: 

 <ieraniiims, coleus. cycl.-iincn. primula. 

 Kotli obconic.a and ('hincse: lieliotrope. 

 farfui;iiiiii. fuchsia. Ii v dian'.:i a. ahiifilon. 



ferus, smilax, .\sparagus |duinosus and 

 Spreugeri, callas. (Jermau ivy. petunia, 

 ficiis, chrysaiitheinmns. gicv iilea, palms, 

 dracaena. lobelia, iinp.atiens, rose trcran- 

 iiiins. trad(>seantia, salvia, I'.aby Ham 

 liler ;ind a few potted carnations; in 

 fact, a representative collection of the 

 plants usually found in the majority of 

 estalilishments. This iiouse was badly 

 infested wiih white fly, and black 

 aphis was giving us considerable tronble 

 on the clirysauthemunis. 



.\s we were working with ;i ireinend 

 oiisly powerful agent, we weri' a cun 

 sideralile time coming to a decision as 

 to the aniount to start witli. iiaving no 

 data o| ;iiiy value to guide us. We 

 linally decided, however, to try four 

 ounces to .'.,000 cubic feet, but not ex 

 pe<-tiiig \eiy miich in the way of results. 

 < out last this with twi'lve and a half 

 ouiiics. as leroiimiended liy W. S. ancl 

 others and you can see i!iai we were d.- 

 lidedly conservaliv e. 



Wo took four one-jiiiii iiuil jars, tilled 

 them half full of a coM inixtun- of one 

 and a half ouiic.s strong sulphiiiic acid 

 and sis ounces of water, and s,i tliem 

 in the walks, two on each sj,|, . about 

 ten feet froiii the cikI-. Ilien will) a 

 lather delicate pair «i' -cale- we weighed 

 out .accurately four one ounce portions 

 ot ciiiinically jmre ninety nine per cent 

 |i(d;issinm cyanide. Ilaeii ,,f these was 

 lolled ill ;i small piece oi iLssiie paper 

 (don't use the waxed paper) and the 

 i-nds twisted tightly. These were then 

 ready to drop in the acid without dan- 

 ger of sjiilling any. When we were 

 ready we started at" the further end and 

 dropped a roll in each jar as we came 

 to it. We closed the hfiuse up tii:htly 

 and left it so all night. 



rpon inspection tlie rie.\t nioinine ue 

 were simply .astonished at the result. 

 We could not scare up a live white fly 

 anywhere, but dead ones were everywhere. 

 The hltick aphis were complet<dy cleaned 

 out. 'I he uiealv luig a[ip:irentlv was the 



