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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januaby 30, 10U8. 



dry and warm, a syringing with not too 

 cold water will greatly benefit the young 

 plants. A light vaporization of tobacco 

 extract at intervals will keep the plants 

 clean of insects, but do not syringe the 

 cUanthuB with any extracts, or they may 

 spoil the nice glaucous appearance of 

 the leaves. 



Before the plants become potbound 

 shift them into 4-inch pots, plunge them 

 in a closed frame, water and syringe lib- 

 erally, after which the same care is given 

 as at the first potting over. 



When the pleasant days arrive, you 

 may get your plants inured to as much 

 air and light as possible, which is very 

 essential for a good result. To pre- 

 vent the plants from creeping on the 

 ground you may commence from now on 

 to tie them up on bamboo or wire sticks. 



The best soil for clianthus is two- 

 fourths good, loamy soil, one-fourth well 

 rotted manure and one-fourth sharp 

 sand, well mixed. The object is to have 

 a good, permeable soil, through which 

 water, light and heat can easily pene- 

 trate. At the end of May the plants will 

 be quite robust and some will show their 

 first flowers. That is the time to give 

 to those that are to be grown in pots 

 for retail trade their third and last pot- 

 ting over. It is no more necessary to 

 have heat; an open frame, with a Uttle 

 shading for a few days, will do. 



Two good varieties for commercial use 

 are Clianthus elegans and C. rosens. 



Louis Soldan. 



LARVAE IN NARCISSUS BULBS. 



Several horticulturists in the neigh- 

 borhood of Toulon, France, who grow 

 narcissi outdoors for the cut flower trade 

 have experienced a serious loss during 

 the last season, owing to the damage 

 done to bulbs by a destructive larva of 

 some insect. The matter has been stud- 

 ied by M. Val6ry Mayet, professor of 

 entomology at the Ecole Nationale 

 d 'Agriculture at Montpellier. He has 

 reared the larvae in question, and finds 

 them to belong to a beetle named Mala- 

 cosoma lusitanicum, belonging to the 

 family Chrysomelidse. 



This insect is abundant in the central 

 region of France, and at the beginning 

 of May is common on the flowers of 

 various compositse. The larval form has 

 hitherto been unknown, but it seems like- 

 ly that it normally lives on the bulbs of 

 species of grape hyacinth, probably on 

 those of Muscari comosum, although this 

 has not yet been definitely ascertained. 



The larva or grub is wMte and is about 

 five-eighths inch long and one-twelfth 

 in thickness. The head is small, and is 

 provided with two three-jointed anten- 

 nae and with mandibles, which are only 

 adapted to deal with soft tissues. 



Several of the grubs are often met 

 with in a single bulb, but sometimes, 

 when the attack is a severe one, there 

 may be more than a dozen living in a 

 more or less decomposing mass. The 

 larvae enter on the pupal stage during 

 the early part of April, and the perfect 

 insect escapes about the beginning of 

 May. 



M. Val6ry Mayet advises the taking up 



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