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June 18, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



A Wedding Decoration in a Hotel Banquet Hall. 



Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham. Paul & Son, 

 Waltham Cross, received an award of 

 merit for Elaine, and awards were also 

 given to Tausendschon and White 

 Dorothy. 



Though still early for sweet peas, C. 

 W. Breadmore, "Winchester, staged one 

 of the finest lots ever seen in May. 

 Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, were strong in 

 new varieties, but it is too early to pass 

 an opinion on them. I hope to 

 see them again later. E. W. 

 King & Co., Coggeshall, made an at- 

 tractive hit with their new variety, Mrs. 

 Wm. Eang. 



The finest begonias came from Black- 

 more & Langdon, Bath, who were award- 

 ed a silver cup and an award of merit 

 for Empress Marie. T. 8. "Ware, Ltd., 

 Feltham, were close cempetitors and re- 

 ceived a silver gilt floral medal. 



Alexander Dickson & Sons, Ltd., 

 Newtownards, specialized on May-flower- 

 ing tulips, as did also Hogg & Robert- 

 son, Dublin, and R. H. Bath, Ltd., Flo- 

 ral Farms, "Wisbech* The first named 

 received a silver gilt floral medal and 

 an award of merit for Duchess of "West- 

 minster. "Walter T. "Ware, Bath, re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate for a new 

 variety, named "W. T. "Ware. 



J. Waterer & Sons, Bagshot, led with 

 rhododendrons and were awarded a 

 silver cup. A similar award was given 

 to Richard Smith & Co., Ltd., "Worces- 

 ter, for specimen plants of clematis. 



Novelties of commercial importance 

 were not strongly in evidence. In addi- 

 tion to awards already mentioned, 

 Dracaena Doucetii de Grootei, from 

 Veitch & Son, London, received a first- 

 class certificate; Croton Fred Sander, 



from Sander & Sons, Bruges and St. 

 Albans, an award of merit, and Pseonia 

 decora alba, from R. "Wallace & Co., 

 Colchester, an award of merit. 



"W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, 

 was among the visitors. Probably he is 

 now on his way to the cauliflower seed 

 farms in Denmark, thence through Hol- 

 land, etc., returning to London for the 

 National Sweet Pea Society's show, in 

 July. 



The date of the National Sweet Pea 

 Society's show is fixed later than usual 

 this year, namely, July 24. Consider- 

 ing the backward season experienced so 

 far, it looks as if the time fixed will 

 prove all right, unless we have an ex- 

 ceptionally hot July. 



Henry Eckford is specializing strongly 

 in sweet peas at the Franco-British ex- 

 hibition in London, having planted a 

 plot of ground with nearly 150 clumps, 

 representing as many varieties. 



John "Waterer & Sons, Ltd., of the 

 American Nurseries, Bagshot, Surrey, 

 announce a great exhibition of rhododen- 

 drons from June 10 to 30, at the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, London. Thousands of 

 rhododendrons, from two feet to ten 

 feet in height, in about 200 varieties, 

 will be on view, probably the largest 

 flower show made by any one firm in 

 the world. 



An English landscape artist, T. H. 

 Mawson, "Windermere, has been fortu- 

 nate in securing the premier position in 

 the competition for laying out the gar- 

 dens, eighteen acres in extent, at the 

 new Palace of Peace at The Hague, 

 Holland. He was in competition with 

 leading French and Dutch landscape 

 gardeners. Bee. 



CREOSOTE IN GREENHOUSES. ^ ; 



Apropos of the discussion on the sub- 

 ject of creosote in the Review, we beg 

 to say that we have had experience with 

 creosote in our greenhouses and have no 

 hesitation whatever in saying that it is 

 most injurious to plant life. Some years 

 ago we coated the side boards of a bot- 

 tom bench and the bottom boards of 

 another bench with creosote, and the 

 smilax and ferns that were growing in 

 this house were rendered entirely use- 

 less. The plants would not make any 

 growth and had the appearance of hav- 

 ing been burnt with tobacco smoke. 

 State Nurseey Co. 



MEALY BUG ON COLEUS. 



"Would like to know what to put on 

 coleus plants outdoors in beds in the sum- 

 mer to keep the mealy bug off. They 

 practically destroy coleus here during the 

 montji of August. J. "W. Y. 



We cannot recommend anything which 

 will kill mealy bug on coleus and not, 

 at the same time, practically destroy 

 the plants. Coleus will not ^tand any 

 insecticide of an oily nature, as the foli- 

 age is easily burned. Force of water 

 through a spray nozzle will keep the pest 

 in check, but this is liable to break the 

 shoots to some extent. Coleus are notori- 

 ously dirty plants. When bug-infested 

 indoors, it is the best policy to destroy 

 them. Try to set out young plants 

 which are clean, if you continue to use 

 them, but my advice would be to drop 

 them and try plants which do not harbor 

 mealy bug. C. W. 



