The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



August 1, 1907. 



resenting the various Florists' Clubs will 

 take place at 1:30 p. m. Thursday. 



The ladies' bowling contest will take 

 place at 2 p. m. Thursday. 



For further information inquire of 

 Wm. Graham, 104 South Thirteenth 

 street, Philadelphia. 



The team and individual shooting con- 

 test will take place at the Florists' Gun 

 Club grounds, Wissinoming. For entries 

 and information, address A. B. Cart- 

 ledge, 1514 Chestnut street, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Other Societies. 



The ladies' auxiliary society will hold 

 a session Wednesday morning. 



The Florists' Hail Association holds 

 its annual meeting at 3:30 p. m. Aug- 

 ust 22. 



The American Carnation Society meets 

 Thursday evening, August 22. 



The American Rose Society will have 

 a brief business session sometime during 

 the week. 



HOTELS OF PHILADELPHIA 



Nuiue. Location. Euroiiean Kate. 



Aldlne 1914 Chestnut *2 



Belgravla 18th & Chestnut.. .*2.60, bath 



Bellevue-Stiatford. Broad & Walnut. ?2.50 and up 



Bingham 11th & Market $1.50 



Colonnade 16th & Chestnut. . .*1 to $1.50 



Continental 0th & Chestnut $1.50 



•Dooners 10th & Chestnut $1 to $2 



Edouard 13th & Walnut. $2.50, 2 in r'm 



*(Jieons 8th & Chestnut $1 to $2.60 



Hanover 12th & Arch $1 to $5 



Irving 917 Walnut. .$2 to $3, Amer. 



Keystone 1524 Market 50e to $1.50 



Lorraine Broad & Falrmouut Av. .$1.50 



Majestic 1207 N. Broad $2, Amer. 



Normandle 3eth & Ch'nut. .$3 to $3.50, A. 



Pascoe 313 S. 13th $1 to $2.60 



Rlttenhouse 2132 Chestnut $2 to $2.50 



Stenton Broad & Spruce $1.50 



St. James 13th & Walnut $2 



•Trainer's Broad & Locust $1 to $2 



♦Vendlg 12th & Market fl to $2.50 



Walton Broad & Locust $1.50 



Windsor 1217 Filbert $1 



•Men only. 



Joseph Heacock, chairman of the hotel 

 committee, will be pleased to send any 

 further information, if addressed at 

 Wyncote, Pa. 



TEMPERATURE FOR BOUNTIFUL. 



In what temperature does Lady Boun- 

 tiful do best? Would it do well with 

 Lawson? R. A. M. 



Lady Bountiful will do finely in 52 

 degrees, which is a trifle low for Mrs. 

 Lawson. In a higher temperature the 

 stems will come weak and the blooms 

 will not keej) as well. In a lower tem- 

 perature the blooms will come consider- 

 ably mottled with pink. A. F. J. B. 



OUR CARNATIONS IN SVABIA. 



The cultivation of the American va- 

 rieties of the carnation is being taken up 

 in Germany with all earnestness, and 

 with much success. The newest competi- 

 tor in the field of commercial gardening 

 is Hrn. G. Staehle, court purveyor in 

 Ludwigsburg, who has erected several 

 ranges of span-roofed houses in which 

 the cultivation of the plants will be car- 

 ried on according to American methods. 



like the large white grub which does so 

 much damage in the rose benches. This 

 one is usually found under sod, while 

 those you mention were likely introduced 

 with the manure and are a harmless 

 kind. If, however, you should find later 

 that they are the harmful kind, you can 

 rid the soil of them by drenching the 

 soil with lime-water or by using bi-sul- 

 phide of carbon. You can also get rid 

 of thousands of them by plowing the 

 soil and letting your neighbor's chick- 

 ens at them. A. P. J. B. 



GRUBWORMS FROM MANURE. 



Last spring 1 sowed a piece of ground 

 in oats, turning them under after they 

 were ten inches high. Before sowing I 

 gave the land a liberal coating of horse 

 and cow manure. The soil is now in 

 splendid shape, but on taking up only one 

 shovelful of dirt I will find at least a 

 dozen small grubworms. Can you tell me 

 how to do away with this pest, as I in- 

 tend to use this soil for growing my 

 carnations, which will be planted on solid 

 benches? I have no arrangements for 

 heating or steaming the soil before using 

 it, and I am afraid to use it with all 

 these worms in it. C. C. W. 



T do not think the small grul)worm8 

 you mention would do your carnations 

 any harm whatever. I would not hesi- 

 tate to use the soil on the benches. There 

 are many forms of grubworms, but only 

 ;i few of them are reallv destructive. 



CUTWORMS ON CARNATIONS. 



I am sending, under separate cover, a 

 few carnations containing specimens of 

 worms that are attacking our carnations. 

 They eat the blossom and seem to pre- 



fer the Lawson and pink varieties to 

 others. We have found them an inch 

 and a half long. Can you tell me what 

 they are, where they come from, and 

 what is a safe and sure means of ex- 

 terminating them? B. A. M. 



The worm is one of the cutworms, of 

 which there are many forms and all of 

 which are destructive. We have seen 

 many of them in the greenhouses, espe- 

 cially in the chrysanthemum houses. The 

 best method of extermination we know 

 of is to keep a sharp lookout for them 

 and catch them by hand. They are not 

 usually so numerous as one would think 

 by the amount of damage done, as they 

 are voracious feeders and one of them 

 will destroy much stock in a short time. 

 Their feeding time is at night, and un- 

 less you look for them early in the morn- 

 ing you may not see many of them, but 

 if you see a freshly eaten bloom or 

 shoot you will likely find Mr. Cutworm 

 buried somewhere near, just below the 

 surface of the soil. They are fond of 

 any young, succulent growth. Poisoning 

 is sometimes resorted to, but we do not 

 like to use strong poisons too freely on 

 stock for cutting, and unless you can 

 find some bait of which they are much 

 fonder than carnation blooms the 

 chances of reaching them with poison 

 will be quite remote. A. F. J. B. 



INSECTICIDES IN WATER SUPPLY. 



In using insecticides for red spider, 

 greenfiy, etc., on carnations, would it do 

 to put the insecticides in the water sup- 

 ply tank, to be used whenever I water 

 the plants? My tank has a capacity of 

 nine barrels. M. W. W. 



It would not be wise to use insecticides 

 as you suggest. If applied with the hose 

 you would be likely to use too much, 

 which would not only be wasteful, but in 

 some cases perhaps injurious to the 

 plants. The most modern way of apply- 

 ing liquid insecticides is with the auto- 

 matic spray pump. You can not invest 

 a few dollars more profitably than in 

 purchasing one of these. Formerly we 

 used the ordinary brass hand syringe, but 

 the spray pump saves much time and 

 does the work better. A. F. J. B. 



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THE RETAILER'S DISPLAY CASE. 



Every retail florist should have as 

 good a display case as his capital will 

 permit. And nowadays the manufactur- 

 ers of refrigerators have come to a 

 realization of the large amount of busi- 

 ness to be done with florists, so that they 

 carry in stock quite large assortments of 

 florists' refrigerators and it is no longer 

 necessary to have a cut flower box built 

 to order, as was the one iUustrated, un- 

 less It is designed to fit in where all 

 the fixtures are specially planned, in 

 which case it will of course be required 

 that a special case be built. 



The case illustrated stands against the 



wall and is accessible only from the 

 front. Ihe ice chamber is above and is 

 filled from the end. In planning a store 

 it is often possible to divide it across 

 the miuuie, the front section to be the 

 salesroom and the other portion the work 

 room, all the mechanical part of the 

 business being kept behind the scenes, 

 as it were. Where such an arrangement 

 is possible it is desirable to have an ice- 

 box which opens both front and rear. It 

 gives both the salesman and the make- 

 up a chance to get at the stocks without 

 extra steps. In such a case, too, the ice 

 should go in from the rear, so that un- 

 necessary dirt may be avoiued in the 

 sales-room. If there is any one thing 



