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and properly diluted, water the peas ■with 

 it. We heard recently a true story of a 

 friend who did this to kill wire-worms 

 that were eating the roots of his cauli- 

 flower, and with marked success. If 

 tobacco water will kill these tough- 

 skinned wire-worms it should kill any- 



thing that creeps, or walks, or flies. It 

 would be less trouble to dilute some of 

 the commercial nicotine extracts, but I 

 don't know what strength would be safe. 

 If you prefer to dilute an extract, then 

 water heavily enough to go to the bot- 

 tom of the bed. W. S. 



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CHENILLE. 



Its Uses and Abuses. 



The uses to which chenille can be put 

 in our business are many and varied, 

 and still many florists use little, if any. 

 It is true enough that a poorly made 

 letter detracts a great deal from the 

 beauty of a design, while one well made 

 of chenille is by far more artistic than 

 any other. And why not have a well 

 made letter. 



Right here let me give you a few 

 pointers in chenille letter-making. First 

 of all use twisted chenille. For large 

 letters, say over two inches, use extra 

 heavy. If this is not at hand, twist 

 two or three lengths together. A baby 

 ribbon spool, with a heavy wire, hav- 

 ing a hook on one end, and the other 

 bent in shape of a crank, the same wire 

 running through the spool, is very handy 

 for this purpose. 



For letters between one and one-fourth 

 inches and two inches, use regular size 

 chenille, and under one and one-fourth 

 inches use small size, plain. Any size 

 letter being at the artist's command is 

 one reason why chenille lettering is pref- 

 erable. 



In making single block letters, always 

 use a guide, so as to have them of a 

 uniform height. The letter " O " should 

 always be about one-sixteenth to one- 

 eighth of an inch higher, in order to 

 look right in the finished word. A knife 

 stuck into a board is the simplest guide. 



Use your finger to bend the round 

 parts of letters, but always use a pair 

 of tweezers to bend the corners, as it 

 is most important that your letters 

 have sharp, square corners. 



Twisted chenille should always have 

 the and bent back to keep the cotton 

 from unraveling. A cabinet made of 

 cigar boxes can always be kept filled 

 with some standard sized letters, say 

 1%-inch, for regular use. The easiest 

 and neatest way of fastening these let- 

 ters on your design is with a piece of 

 No. 20 wire, bent in the shape of a 

 tight hairpin, so tight that it will just 

 slip over the wire in the chenille nicely. 



In making chenille into script, a 

 good plan is to write the inscription 

 in the size wanted on paper, and use 

 that as a guide. So much for letter- 

 ing. 



One should always keep on hand an 

 assortment of colors, for use in cover- 

 ing strings of designs, as harps, lyres, 

 etc. For this purpose the twisted is 

 best, unless white is required; then 

 plain is preferable. 



Last, but not least, it can be used 

 in a hundred and one other ways, as 



for instance in making anchors, hearts, 

 crosses, crowns, swords, etc., for use on 

 designs of different societies. The 

 easiest and best way is by first bending 

 the desired shape out of a piece of No. 

 16 wire and then winding chenille 

 around the same. Large letters are also 

 made in this way. 



Hugo Schroeter. 



McCONNELL'S NEW STORE. 



The accompanying illustration is pre- 

 pared from a photograph taken in the 

 new store of Alex McConnell, at the 

 Windsor arcade, 571 Fifth avenue. New 

 York. For years McConnell 's has been 

 a familiar feature on Fifth avenue, at 

 the corner of Forty-fifth street, where 



Tbe Kdltor la pleased 

 ■wben a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



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As experience Is the best 

 teaober, so do ure 

 leam fastest by an 

 exobanse of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are broucbt out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanBhip, Bpelllnr and gram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR rROM TOU. 



the patronage was of the highest class, 

 and steadily increasing. The recent re- 

 moval to the Windsor arcade has given 

 opportunity for a still further develop- 

 ment of the business. The store is 25x82 

 feet, eighteen feet to the ceiling. The 

 basement is of equal dimensions and 

 fourteen feet high. Here the storage 

 and workrooms are located, giving all 

 the store to the purpose of display and 

 sales. The illustration shows only about 

 half the depth of the room. It goes 

 without saying that all the fixtures and 



furnishings are as rich as good taste will 

 permit. 



Among those who have dealings with 

 Mr. McConnell he is known as one of 

 the most thorough business men in the 

 trade. His system is complete and none 

 of the small details which go to make 

 up good service in a flower store is 

 permitted to escape attention. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



Philadelphia, October 27, Chrysanthe- 

 mum Mrs. G. A. Lotz, creamy white, 

 Japanese inciirved, exhibited by Gustav 

 A. Lotz, Glen Burnie, Md., scored ninety 

 points commercial scale and eighty-nine 

 points exhibition scale. • 



Philadelphia, October 27, Mrs. West- 

 ray Ladd, yellow, Japanese incurved, ex- 

 hibited by Edward A. Stroud, Overbrook, 

 Philadelphia, scored eighty-seven points 

 commercial scale. 



New York, October 27, a white sport 

 of Wm. Duckham, white blush tint, ex- 

 hibited by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, 

 N. J., scored ninety points commercial 

 scale and ninety points exhibition scale. 



New York, October 27, Mamoless L. H. 

 Cochet, pink, Japanese incurved, exhib- 

 ited by the E. G. Hill Co., Kichmond, 

 Ind., scored eighty-five points exhibition 

 scale. 



President Duckham has announced the 

 committees to examine seedlings and 

 sports on each Saturday to and including 

 November 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. Specisil attention is called 

 to the rule requiring that sports to re- 

 ceive a certificate must pass three com- 

 mittees. 



New York. — Eugene Dailledouze^ 

 chairman, 55 and 57 West Twenty-sixth 

 street. New York City; Thomas Head, 

 Wm. Turner. Ship flowers to 55 and 57 

 West Twenty-sixth street, New York. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; John 

 Westcott, Wm. K. Harris. 



Boston, Mass. — E. A. Wood, chair- 

 man; Wm. Nicholson, James Wheeler. 

 Ship flowers to Boston Flower Market, 

 care of John Walsh. 



Cincinnati, O. — K. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allan, Wm. Jackson. Ship 

 to Jabez Elliott Flower Market, care 

 of janitor. 



Chicago, 111. — J. S. Wilson, chairman; 

 J. B. Deamud and Geo. Wienhoeber. 

 Ship flowers care of J. B. Deamud, 51 

 Wabash avenue. 



The oflBcial scales of the C. S. A. are 

 as follows: 



Commercial 



Color 



Form 



Fullness . . . 

 Stem 



Ezblbltion. 



... 20 Color 10 



... 15 Stem JV 



... 10 Foliage 5 



... IS Fullness 15 



Foliage 15 Form 15 



Substance 16 Depth 16 



Size 10 Size 86 



Total. 



.100 Total 100 



David Feasee, Sec'y. 



FORCING LILACS. 



One of the famous growers for the 

 Tjondon market is T. Jannoch, of Ders- 

 ingham, known as an authority on lily 

 of the valley from his years of success 

 not only in forcing but in growing the 

 pips. But of late years valley has taken 



