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April 4, 1907. 



shoTV and leave big gaps ■when done 

 blooming. IFor coarse flowers, mari- 

 golds and annual sunflowers are good. 

 In rather poor soil, dwarf nasturtiums 

 are worthy a place. Antirrhinums make 

 a nice bed, while Dianthus Heddewigi and 

 D. Chinensis flower a long time. 



C. W. 



SCALE ON FERNS. 



Will you please name the enclosed 

 scale and tell me how to kill it? It only 

 troubles my Boston and Scottii ferns. 



C. W. B. 



Professor Surface, the economic zo- 

 ologist for the state of Pennsylvania, 

 says this insect is one of the Lecanium 

 scales. The problem of killing them on 

 a much infested fern is a difficult one, 

 from the fact that the mature insect can 

 stand more than the fern; but either 

 dipping or syringing with a solution of 

 extract of tobacco will discourage the 

 insects to some extent. The solution I 

 have used for this purpose is in the pro- 

 portion of one part of Eose Leaf ex- 

 tract to fifty parts of warm water. 



CARNATIONS IN ENGLAND. 



The newly formed carnation society 

 in England held its second exhibition in 

 London March 13. There was a large 

 display, including almost every variety, 

 and some grand flowers, but to the Brit- 

 ish eye the display was not ' * spectacu- 

 lar" and lacked in popular interest be- 

 cause of the "sameness" of the tables 

 of exhibits. Few novelties were shown. 

 A. F. Button's White Lawson Improved 

 was certificated as differing from the 

 variety commonly known as White Law- 

 son. H. '.Burnett, of St. Margarets, 

 Guernsey, showed a table of splendid 

 flowers, including many new sorts. Mar- 



View of the Recent Exhibition by the Scranton Florists' Qub. 



mion is large, rich salmon red, with a 

 wide white border on the petals. A. 

 Smith, Enfield Highway, Middlesex, had 

 a grand vase of Britannia. In the com- 

 petitive classes White Perfection, Mrs. 

 Lawson, Harlowarden, Eobert Craig and 

 Prosperity were the winners in their re- 

 spective colors. 



FOR SAME TEMPERATURE. 



I started last year in the florists' 

 business and had fair success. What 

 varieties of carnations in cerise, red, 

 white and pink would you advise me to 

 grow? t, K. 



I am starting a greenhouse and would 

 like to know what varieties of carna- 

 tions are best for growing together in 

 one house in which the soil is somewhat 

 heavy. The flowers are for village 

 trade. I want a good pink. Enchantress 

 would suit, a white and a red. I do 

 not care for more than one variety of 

 a color. E. C. B. 



The following varieties will do splen- 

 didly in the same house with Enchantress 

 and you could hardly improve upon them 

 if you wish to grow only one variety in 

 each color: Rose-pink Enchantress for 

 bright pink, Victory for red, and Lady 

 Bountiful for white. White Perfection 

 will cover the season a little better than 

 Lady Bountiful, as it comes good early 

 in the fall, when Bountiful lacks some- 

 what in petalage. If you care to pay 

 the higher price it will pay you to stock 

 up with White Perfection. I have fre- 

 quently on previous occasions advised 

 against planting only one variety in 

 each color, at least until you find out 

 which varieties you will succeed best 

 with. My choice of varieties may not 

 meet with your favor after you try 

 them. Other varieties that might give 

 you as good or better returns are as fol- 



This scale has given much trouble to 

 fern growers and is not confined to 

 nephrolepis, but will also attack pteris 

 and other species. The tobacco treat- 

 ment will need to be repeated from time 

 to time. W. H. T. 



TO GET GOOD LAWNS. 



There is an old story to the effect 

 that when an American visitor asked i% 

 garden laborer at one of the colleges at 

 a certain English university for the 

 recipe for such wonderful lawns as the 

 college possessed, the answer was, "You 

 sweeps 'em, and you rolls 'em, and you 

 mows 'em." And when the retort came 

 that this was thoroughly comprehended, 

 the old man still replied, ' * You sweeps 

 'em, and you rolls 'em, and you mows 

 'em, ' ' but added, * ' And you keeps on 

 a-doing of it for a hundred years, and 

 then you get good lawns. ' ' 



Toledo, O. — Miss C. B. Flick, who 

 also owns a store in Ft. Wayne, Ind., 

 has sold her Toledo store to Miss Helen 

 Patten. It will henceforth be known 

 as the Patten Flower Store. 



Exhibit of Schulthets & Co., at the Show of the Scranton Florists' Club. 



