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OCTOBKB 11, 1906. 



The Weekly Horists' Revie*^. 



1331 



Ten-Flowered Spike of Gittleya Gigas. 



sects which have lungs," a remark I 

 have noticed a few times from his pen. 



I always read Mr. Scott's "Miscel- 

 laneous Seasonable Hints," with much 

 interest, and he does us more good than 

 we imagine, always hitting some nail on 

 the head, or making us suddenly re- 

 member something neglected; but to 

 ■come back to the subject, no insect 

 breathes through lungs proper, as in 

 -the mammals, but through a number of 

 openings, "spiracles," found along the 

 «ides of the body, and leading into a 

 ■system of air tubes extending to all 

 parts of the body. This holds good with 

 only minor variations for all classes of 

 insects or hexapoda, be it a scale, thrips, 

 •aphis, fly, bee, beetle, or butterfly. The 

 red spider is not a true insect but be- 

 longs, as the name would suggest, to 

 the order of spiders, Thanfing Mr. 

 Scott for a good many dollars saved 

 through his hints and excellent Manual, 

 I would respectfully recommend to him 

 another manual, "Comstock's Manual 

 for the Study of Insects," a book that 

 ought to have a place next to his own 

 on every florists' bookshelf. H, P. L. 



GOLDEN SPUR NARCISSUS. 



How early can Narcissus Golden Spur 

 t>e taken into the greenhouse? P. O. 



Supposing you have put the bulbs in 

 flats as soon as received, they should be 

 well rooted by December 1 and then can 

 ■be brought into the greenhouse. They 

 will do well for two or three weeks be- 

 neath a bench in a cool house, then put 

 them in a temperature of 75 degrees, 

 -with shade overhead, and they should be 

 in flower by January 15. The Golden 

 Spur is the finest of all the moderate- 

 priced narcissi, W. S. 



Morrison, III. — Davis Bros, are com- 

 pleting a new show house of ample size 

 and lighted by electricity. 



SOIL FOR VIOLETS. 



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After using soil in the greenhouse one 

 season for violets, can it be taken out 

 and spread on. the groudd a foot thick, 

 sown with clover or grass for three years, 

 turned several times,- "and, then be used 

 again with good succfSQS. W. C. P. 



In answer to this query I would say 



that this is the one way to do, and I 

 should not be afraid to try using the 

 soil again if circumstances demanded. 

 Yet if I could get other soil I should 

 do so, as violets are more than par- 

 ticular and if it were possible we would 

 never use the soil the second time for 

 them, preferring not to take any chances 

 of making a failure for the lack of such 

 a precaution. E. E. S. 



GRASS FOR NAME. 



Enclosed please find a kind of grass 

 of which I would like to have the cor- 

 rect name. W. S. 



The grass, so far as can be determined 

 from the condition of the specimen, is 

 the ray darnel perennial rye grass (Lo- 

 lium perenne). Another darnel (Loli- 

 um temulentum) has the evil distinction 

 of being the only poisonous grass known, 

 at least its seeds once had the reputation 

 of stupefying those who ate them. 



John Higgins. 



SNAPDRAGON AND CANDYTUFT. 



When should the seeds of snapdragon 

 and candytuft be sown for winter forc- 

 ing in greenhouses? What variety of 

 each is the best for the purpose? I 

 wish to grow them for cut flowers. 

 W. H. O. 



Candytuft can be sown at once. Sow 

 in shallow drills across the bench and 

 thin out ' as they grow. Try the White 

 Empress, also some of the White Socket. 

 They need the full light and should be 

 grown cool. 



The snapdragon, or antirrhinum, should 

 have been sown two or three months ago 

 to flower during winter. Seeds sown 

 now would not flower until February. 

 I would advise you to buy plants if you 

 desire flowers at the holidays. Field- 

 grown plants are advertised in the Re- 

 view. W. S. 



Cattleya Mottlae Flowered by Julitn Roehn. 



