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TheWcckly Florists* Review. 



OCTOBBE 11, 1906. 



jasmine-like flowers are excellent for 

 bouquets, for choice design work and 

 are highly prized by ladies on account 

 of the rich perfume, which is strongest 

 at night. 



Propagation may be effected cither by 

 root or soft wood cuttings, the latter 

 being, if anything, preferable to the 

 foriner. If kept pinched and potted on 

 in a warm house they soon make good 

 plants. They should be planted out in 

 rich ground at the end of May, occa- 

 sionally pinched and lifted ere the last 

 of September. If shaded for a few days 

 and well syringed they readily recover 

 from the effects of removal. They do 

 not need a high temperature to flower in. 

 A. carnation house suits them well. After 

 fl.owering they may be cut back, kept 

 somewhat dry and stored in a cool house 

 until planting out time comes around 

 again. 



This bouvardia is worth growing for 

 the flowers it furnishes while in the open 

 ground. It may be left out until cut 

 down by frost. Then the roots can be 

 dug, placed thickly in boxes and stored 

 for planting another year. Roots two or 

 three years old make big plants and fur- 

 nish a lot of cuttings, but younger stock 

 propagated during winter will make nice 

 bushes. This is much the best of the 

 bouvardias and merits more extensive cul- 

 tivation. The flowers are highly prized 

 by all critical buyers. W. N. C. 



COUNCIL OF HORTICULTURE. 



Arrangements have been made for a 

 meeting of the National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture, at Chicago, Friday, November 

 9 at 10 a. m. Delegates are requested 

 to meet at the flower store of P. J. 

 Hauswirth, 227 Michigan avenue, and 

 from there will go to a room in the 

 Auditorium Ailnex, where the sessions 

 will be held. 



Details for the press bureau work for 

 the coming year will be considered ahd 

 acted upon, together with the matter 



Odontoglotsum Crispum. 



by Robert Craig, who is making a per- 

 sonal visit to the Jamestown Exposition 

 Co. for the purpose of investigating the 

 practicability of a congress and exhi- 

 bition. Other matters which should be 

 brought before the council will be ' con- 

 sidered at this time. 



Anyone having thoughts or sugges- 

 tions for the consideration of the coun- 

 cil is asked to correspond with the sec- 

 retary or if ^possible to be present at the 

 meeting of the council and present his 

 views. H. C. Irish, Sec'y. 



THE READERS' CORNER. \ 



of holding a national congress of horti- 

 culture and horticultural exhibition at 

 the Jamestown exposition in 1907. It 

 is expected that a report will be made 



Hydrocyanic Acid Gas. 



I notice in the Review for September 

 27 an inquiry from W. R. G. and a reply 

 by Mr. Scott regarding the use of 

 cyanide for scale insects. If Mr. Scott 

 could see the way tons and tons of 

 cyanide are used here in tumigating 

 citrus trees he would soon admit that it 

 is sure death to scale. I have yet to 

 see anything it would not kill — even 

 plants, if used strong enough — but in 

 proper hands it is harmless, some say 

 even beneficial to all vegetation, though 

 thoroughly destroying all insect pests, 

 except red spider, possibly. We have 

 here in purple scale a variety much more 

 tenacious of life than any of the green- 

 house varieties and yet it is being al- 

 most entirely cleaned out where thorough 

 work is done. Mr. Scott should come to 

 California if he wishes to learn how to 

 fight scale insect pests. 



Fred Rafferty. 



How Insects Breathe. 



With deep respect and admiration for 

 our mutual friend and benefactor, Wm. 

 Scott, and only because he asked for a 

 call-down, and always takes one in a 

 way that makes him still more beloved 

 by his brother florists, whether they 

 know him personally or not, I would like 

 to take exception to his expression, "in- 



Laelia Elegans it One of the Mo«t Useful of Florists' Cut Flower Orchids. 



