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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 4, 1908. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 

 Per 1000 seeds, $2.00. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



Per 1000 seeds, 75c. 



WP RCPtf CDT ^^orth Side, 



a Ml DCUIVCIf I y PITTSBURG, FA. 



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FISKE SEED CO. 



Make a specialty of ASTER 8BBD. 



All the leading varieties; also Flo- 



. rlsts* Seed for immediate planting. 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO. 



18 and 18 Fanenil HallSa. BOSTON, MASS. 



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to a %-inch hose, and if the pressure is 

 over thirty pounds, it is all that is re- 

 quired. The fight against the spider 

 must be persistently kept up, as after 

 the plants attain considerable size, say 

 about the latter part of August, it is 

 not practicable to treat them longer. 



When it is not found practicable to 

 use water, as in the case of young cut- 

 tings or large crowns, which are badly 

 infested, Ivory soap will be found an 

 effective remedy. A five-cent bar of this 

 soap dissolved in three or four gallons 

 of hot water makes a solution that is 

 immediately destructive to the spider. 

 The solution should be put on with the 

 spraying nozzle and then washed off in 

 about an hour. 



Other Insect Pests. 



There are other insect pests to which 

 I will briefly refer. These insects may 

 be enumerated under the general head of 

 cut-worms, saw-flies, gall-fly maggots, 

 and leaf-cutting larvae of various kinds. 

 Up to a few years ago aphides, both 

 green and brown, were a serious draw- 

 back to violet culture. - Thanks to the 

 introduction of the cyanide treatment, 

 these are no longer to be feared. Cya- 

 nide gas, as is well known, is made by 

 combining potassium cyanide, ninety- 

 eight per cent pure, with commercial 

 sulphuric acid. In the old practice it 

 was usual to figure on about 0.15 of a 

 gram (one gram equals 15^ grains 

 avoirdupois) of ninety-eight per cent po- 

 tassium for each cubic foot of space in 

 the houses. Now it is the common prac- 

 tice to use milder doses and to allow the 

 gas to remain in the house all night. 

 The quantity is a matter of experiment. 

 For a house twelve feet wide, 150 feet 

 long, seven feet to the ridge, and three 

 feet on the sides, we have used from 

 three to four ounces of the cyanide, al- 

 lowing the gas generated therefrom to 

 remain in the entire night. The gas is 

 developed by dropping bags of cyanide 

 of potassium into earthenware jars con- 

 taining the sulphuric acid diluted with 

 water. So much has been written and 

 published regarding the method of gen- 

 erating and using this gas that it is not 

 necessary for me to enter upon further 

 details here. 



Btisiness Methods. 



I cannot close this somewhat general 

 talk on the subject of violet growing 

 without reference to the business prac- 

 tices connected therewith. A man may 

 be ever so successful in producing the 

 flowers, and, furthermore, may be able 

 to ward off diseases and insects and 

 other troubles, but without ability to 

 understand and apply good business 

 practices to the handling of his crop, he 



Pansy, Rawson's Giant Trimardeau 



This Pansy is grown for us in France and we claim superiority over any other strain of 

 the same name offered in America. Please do not compare it with Trimardeau Pansles 

 offered elsewhere. Our seeds are strong in germination. 



We Otter the FoUowing: PAN8T. GIANT TRIMARDKAU 



Voz. 1-oz. 



Finest mixed f0.40 $1.25 



Adonis, light blue 60 1.60 



Bridesmaid ^-oz., 60c 8.60 



Emperor William 50 1.50 



Golden yellow, dark eye 50 1.50 



Golden Queen 60 1.50 



H-oz. 1-oz. 



King of the Blacks $0.50 $1.50 



Lord Beaconsiield 60 1.50 



Ruby Red 75 2.50 



Snow Queen 50 1.50 



Striped 50 1.60 



White, with black eye 50 1.60 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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ASTER GROWERS, ATTENTION 



Oar seed is all sold. If you failed to get some it is your loss. 



HOWKVBR, get a Competition Card Now, Enter your Name as an Aster Grower of America 

 and win part of our $250.00 offered in prizes. Entry free. All information gladly given. No cost to 

 you except to prepay the express on flowers sent in competition. 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO., Canfield, Ohio 



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