August 15, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



HGHT THE THRIPS. 



Thrips, which have in recent years be- 

 come such a pest in Beauty houses, will 

 now claim our attention. As soon as the 

 crops begin to develop, the presence of 

 thrips becomes apparent by the buds as- 

 suming a blood red appearance and in- 

 stead of nicely pointed buds we have de- 

 formed buds which look as if they had 

 been cut off or shortened by a knife. 

 As such a bud develops the petals will 

 be crumpled and off color. 



On the first appearance of this pest 

 no time should be lost in effecting its 

 eradication, as thrips increase very rap- 

 idly and if not checked will take entire 

 possession of the bouse. 



Fumigating lightly, frequently and 

 persistently will in most cases keep them 

 so much in check that the damage will 

 be light. This insect, being practically 

 a night feeder, leaves its shelter at sun- 

 down and any remedies, to be effective, 

 should be applied while the pest is at 

 work. 



All buds which show signs of having 

 been attacked should be picked off and 

 destroyed. The benches, walks and 

 ground under the benches should be kept 

 clear of weeds and rubbish, as all these 

 are only places of shelter and breeding 

 spots for the pest. 



This insect, in its perfect state, is 

 easy to destroy, as it succumbs to very 

 light fumes of tobacco, but the greatest 

 trouble is that the larvae are hard to 

 reach. These have the habit of secreting 

 themselves in the mulch, soil or, in fact, 

 anywhere where the fumes cannot reach 

 them. 



Spraying the bushes after sundown 

 with kerosene emulsion, to which should 

 be added one-twentieth of brown sugar 

 and one-sixtieth Paris green, will help to 

 keep the young broods in check. There 

 are many other preparations which are 

 equally effective, but persistence in their 

 application is the only means of effect- 

 ing a remedy or keeping the pest within 

 bounds. ElBES. 



RHEA REID ROSE. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., al- 

 ways has a pet, and usually scores of 

 them. Just at present the center of 

 the stage there is occupied by Rose Rhea 

 Reid, which will be the firm's next in- 

 troduction. In sending the photograph 

 from which the accompanying illustra- 

 tion was produced, Fred Lemon wrote: 

 "Rhea Reid, our new red rose, is show- 

 ing as early and free blooming charac- 

 teristics as any rose with which we are 

 familiar, these blooms having been cut 



August 10, from young stock planted 

 May 15 from 3-inch pots. The house 

 is a beautiful sight." 



CUTVORMS ON GERANIUMS. 



I never knew, until this year, that 

 geraniums had any pest to trouble them. 

 I have a large bed on the west side of 

 my house that the cutworms have about 



times eaten by cabbage worms during 

 the latter half of August and early part 

 of September. 



Hand picking at night is one temedy, 

 but a slow and tedious one. As the 

 worms with you do not hide in the day 

 time, it will pay to pick off all you can 

 see. Mix ujj a mash of brap, powdered 

 sugar and either white arsehic 6t Paris 

 green and scatter arojind their haunts. 

 This will poison many. Lime the ground 

 well in the fall on any land where the 

 pests have troubled you. C. W. 



ENGLISH IVY. 



There is a constantly growing demand 

 for English ivy. All sizes of plants are 

 marketable for one purpose or another. 

 Now is about as good a time as any to 

 put in as many cuttings as possible. The 

 sooner they are put in the sooner they 

 will root, of course, and the easier they 

 are to root, too. There are several meth- 

 ods pursued in propagating ivy, but per- 

 haps the best method at this time of the 

 year is that of putting them in the soil 



Rose Rhea Reid. 



ruined. They do not drop to the ground 

 in the morning, l^ut I find them curled 

 up on top of the leaves. They have 

 badly eaten the border of Salleroi as 

 well, and they seem to stay longer than 

 usual this year. What can I do to get 

 rid of themf L. C. P. 



Geraniums are not usually attacked by 

 cutworms, as your plants have been. The 

 white variegated, Mme. Salleroi, is some- 



in coldframes, taking care to shade them 

 for a week or more after they are in. 

 By this method the cuttings will all be 

 well rooted by early fall and ready for 

 potting. Later, or even now, for that 

 matter, , cuttings may be placed in flats 

 close together and the flats put in a 

 shady, sheltered place outdoors or in 

 coldframes. Ivy may also be propagated 

 from rather long shoots by placing one 

 or more in small pots. D. M. 



