Maech 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1345 



A Symphony in Yellow. 



by no means dump it until you have 

 given it a trial; immerse it in water up 

 to the rim until it is quite wet, but don 't 

 let the water overflow. 



When the little fronds appear in 

 places, immediately prick off in flats, 

 not flats large enough to prick off seed- 

 ling quercus into, but handy flats two 

 inches deep, 71/2x141/2- This size you will 

 find quite deep enough. By the time 

 the roots reach the bottom they will be 

 large enough to pot on. Don't make 

 the mistake of letting your plants get 

 so large that the roots require to be torn 

 apart when potting, and have your loam 

 mixed with a third of sifted peat with 

 a dash of sand; this prevents the soil 

 from caking. 



The other stages must be described at 

 a future date. Finally, attend to shad- 

 ing. Your pots won't hurt if under a 

 stage near a pipe, but you must bring 

 them into greater light to harden them 

 off a little before they are fit to prick 

 off, and at all times protect them from 

 brilliant sunshine. Langley Tudor. 



recommended by E. Lockerbie and W. B. 

 Patterson, Jr. It consisted of bran or 

 corn-meal, Paris green and enough syrup 



to make it sweet, the mixture to be 

 spread alongside the plants and around 

 the benches. 



On Friday morning, the last day of 

 the convention, E. Lockerbie, referring 

 to the growing of carnations in the 

 south, said that a different style of 

 liouse, such as is used in the north, 

 should be established here. More atten- 

 tion should be paid to ventilation, so as 

 to get the benefit of fresh air and pro- 

 tection from insects. 



The closing discussion Friday evening 

 was in reference to two important shrubs 

 of Louisiana — Magnolia fuscata and 

 sweet olive. Thus far the propagation 

 has been made from layers, which make 

 good plants, but the process is slow. E. 

 Baker and others thought that the plants 

 can be grown successfully from cuttings, 

 grafts and seeds. 



Several members wanted to know how 

 to keep Aspidistra lurida from reverting 

 to green. P. A. Chopin and B. M. Wich- 

 ers advised giving the plants rather poor 

 soil, starved plants showing more varie- 

 gation than those in rich soil. 



To hear J. A. Newsham tell it, orchid 

 culture is the simplest thing imaginable. 

 He is just now starting in to supply the 

 south with cut blooms of orchids, and we 

 hope he finds it the simple matter his 

 talk on the subject would indicate. In 

 speaking of growing mums, he said that 

 no doubt protection must be provided to 

 finish the flowers perfectly, owing to the 

 climate and the number of insect pests 

 one has to contend with in the south, but 

 a good grade of commercial flower can be 

 raised in New Orleans if grown outdoors 

 and protected by glass as soon as the 

 buds appear. 



Paul Abele told of his method of grow- 

 ing Harrisii lilies in pots, which he has 

 tried for the first time this year, and 

 which has turned out a perfect success. 

 He expects to have his stock in fine shape 

 for Easter. M. M. L. 



CONVENTION HINTS. 



At the annual convention of the So- 

 ciety of Southern Florists, held at New 

 Orleans, February 14 to 16, there were 

 some interesting discussions, more or less 

 spontaneous. In one of these discus- 

 sions B. M. Wichers gave a remedy for 

 destroying cutworm on nephrolepis. The 

 formula is as follows: One level tea- 

 spoonful of Paris green, one teaspoon- 

 ful of lime diluted in five gallons of 

 water. Sprinkle the plants and foliage 

 at intervals of a week. 



A remedy for shot-bug, an insect pest 

 80 troublesome in the south, was highly 



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