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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Apiul 4, 11)07. 



lii<i' jiajis wiu'u done 

 inai'sc lliiwci's, inari- 



slunv aihl leave 



lilooDiiiij;. l"(ir 



t>ol<ls aiiil annual sunlhnvers niv youil. 



Jn ratlier juku- soil, ilwarf iiastuiliuiiis 



aro Wdi'lliv ;i place. Aiitii-iiiiiniins iiiak(> 



a iiire lieil. \\ liile Diaiitlms lleiMeu ii^i ami 



1). < liiueiisis tinwer a loiiy time. 



SCALE ON FERNS. 



^Vill you ]iloase iianit^ tli(> enclosed 

 scale and tell nie how to kill it .' It; only 

 Ironldes )nv jioston and Scnttii ferns. 



< . W. H. 



l'i'ofes-oi- Suid'ace. the economic zo- 

 ologist for Hie stall' of I'ennsylvaina, 

 says this insect is one of the lA'caniuni 

 scales. Tiie jiroldeni of killing them on 

 a much infested fern is a diliioult one, 

 from tiie fact that the mature insect can 

 stand more than the fern; but either 

 dijijiinii' "1' syriiiyiny '.vith a solution of 

 extract ^<f loliacco will discouragr? the 

 insects to somt' extent. Tlie solution I 

 liave nseil for this ])urj)ose is in the pro- 

 portion of one part of K<ise Leaf ex- 

 tract to tifty ])arts of warm water. 



CARNATIONS IN ENGLAND. 



The newly formed carnation society 

 in Lnoland held its second exhibition in 

 London .March 13. There was a largo 

 display, including almost every variety, 

 and some grand tlowers, but to the Brit- 

 ish t>ye the disj)lay was not "spectacu- 

 lar'' and lacked in popular interest be- 

 cause of the "sameness" of the tables 

 of exhibits. Few novelties were shown. 

 A. y. JJutton 's White T^awson Improved 

 was certificated as differing from the 

 variety commonly known as White Law- 

 son. IT. Burnett, of St. Margarets, 

 (iiiernsey. showed a tal)le of splendid 

 tlowers. inclmling many new sorts. Mar- 



mion is large, rich salmon red, with a 

 wide white border on the petals. A. 

 Smith, Enfield Higliway, ^Middlesex, had 

 a grand vase of Britannia. In the com- 

 ])etitive classes White Perfection, Mrs. 

 Lawson, Harlowarden, Robert Craig and 

 Prosperity were the winners in their re- 

 sj)ective 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 ? E. 



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 

 licavy. Tlie 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. 



View of the Recent Exhibition by the Scran ton Florists* Club. 



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: Kose-pink Enchantress for 

 bright pink. Victory for rcd, and Lady 

 Bountiful for white. White Perfei-tion 

 will cover the season a little better than 

 Lady Bountiful, as it comes good early 

 in the fall, Avhen Bountiful lacks some- 

 wiiat in petalage. If you care to pay 

 the higher price it will pay you to stock 

 up with Wliite I'erfection. I have frc- 

 (|uently on previous occasions advised 

 against ]>lnnting only one variety in 

 each color, at least uidil you find out 

 which varieties you will succeed best 

 with. My choice of varieties may not 

 m<'et Mith your favor after you try 

 them. Other varieties that might give 

 you as good or l)etter returns are as fol- 



This Scale has given much trouble to 

 tern growers and is not confined to 

 nephrolepis. but will also attack ](teris 

 an<l other species. The tidiacco treat- 

 ment will need to lie lepeated from time 

 to time. W. 11. T. 



TO GET GOOD LAWNS. 



Tilele is :ill old story to tin' eflfrcd 

 that w ill h an Americ:ui \isilor asked .*> 

 uai'leu labori r at one of the colleges at 

 a ccitain Ln^lish nidversity foi' the 

 ]cci|M' Icir such wonileiful lawns as the 

 colle^i' Jiossesseil. the answi'r was, • ' Vou 

 sweeps ■'■m.. ;iml \i<\\ idlls 'em. and y(»u 

 inovvs 'em.'" And when the I'elort cnme 

 lliat I'lis was thoi-oughlv comprehended, 

 the ohl man still re|>lied, "'Vou sweeps 

 'em. iml you lolls 'em. and you mows 

 *em. " but added. "And you keeps on 

 a-d<iine i)f it for a liundred years, and 

 then Vou "et trood lawns." 



Toi.KiH). (). — Miss C. B. I'lick, who 

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

 has sold her T(dedo store to Miss Helen 

 Patten. it will henceforth be known 

 as till' Patten |-'lower Store. 



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



