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OCTOBEH 3, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



7 



Tulip Cbrysolorat Golden Yellow. 



varieties of nephrolepia caused a little 

 competition, and many extra lots had to 

 be made up at the rate of about 24 shil- 

 lings per dozen for Todeaoides and Whit- 

 mani. Small ferns sold well at prices 

 nearly equal to ordinary quotations. 

 Other foliage plants went at about the 

 usual or a little above what they have 

 made previous years. 



SOW BUGS OR WOOD LICE. 



Can you tell me of something that 

 will kill sow bugs? I have tried Paris 

 green in meal, shorts, bran, etc., sweet- 

 ened as directed in the recipes, but I 

 cannot get the pests to eat it. This is a 

 new place and 1 have millions of them. 

 They are iu my dwelling as well as in 

 my greenhouse. They seem to be partial 

 to Asparagus plumosus and ferns. They 

 eat the young shoots off as fast as tiiey 

 start up. They are in the soil all around 

 here. T. A. G. 



Since the suw bugs do not take kindly 

 to the Paris green, try white arsenic 

 mixed in sweetened bran. If the pests 

 are as numerous as you state, they will 

 be a real menace to successful plant cul- 

 ture. Besides using the poison, you can 

 trap many by laying around some pota- 

 toes or turnips with the insides scooped 



out. Look over these frequently, espe- 

 cially early in the morning, and drop the 

 pests in hot water. Dust the surface of 

 your benches with tobacco dust, which the 

 pests do not like. Try a little Cayenne 

 pepper dropped about their haunts in 

 your dwelling house. Sterilize any soil 

 you use for potting, and if your bench 

 soil is infested use some carbon bisul- 

 phide, dropping a little in holes eighteen 

 inches apart each way, covering the holes 

 at once. This will not harm the plants. 

 Do not leave any rubbish under your 

 benches, as that would make congenial 

 hiding places for them. A few cans of 

 boiling water poured into their haunts 

 will kill large quantities. ('. W. 



PANSIES FOR WINTER BLOOM. 



When pansies are wanted for winter 

 blooming should they be allowed to 

 freeze before bringing in? How early 

 will they bloom in a cool house with solid 

 benches? Seed sown about August 1. 



L. D. 



A little freezing will prove beneficial 

 to any pansies which are to be under 

 glass for cut flowers. Treatment and 

 temperature should not vary much from 

 that afforded single violets. If kept just 

 clear of freezing at night, they will do 



well. You will probably not get many 

 flowers until the new year, February 

 being as early as the plants will bloom 

 with anything like freedom. Avoid ex- 

 tremes of temperature and do not on 

 any consideration try coddling in the 

 hopes of getting an early crop of bloom. 

 Heat reduces the size of the flowers and 

 soon spoils the plants. C. W. 



HARDINESS OF HIBISCUS. 



Will you please inform me if the 

 Peachblow hibiscus is hardy enough to 

 stand the winters in this climate, in 

 southwestern Michigan? W. B. 



The hibiscus most often seen in cul-^ 

 tivation is H. Mo8cheut< s. This is the 

 best of the marsh malhw.s and succeeds 

 well either in any good j.arden soil or in 

 quite moist locations, such as the bor- 

 ders of streams and ponds, in which lat- 

 ter situations it succeeds specially well. 

 Probably the variety Peachblow is a 

 form of H. Moscheutos. This and H. 

 militaris are both perfectly hardy and 

 need no winter protection wh'^tsoever. 



c. W. 



Batavia, III. — D. B. Hazen, of the 

 Valley (Jarden Co., is at Orlando, Fla. 



Tulip Couleur Cardinal, Crimson-scarlet. 



