July 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Eighteen-months-old Dorothy Perkins Rose. 



A mulch of four inches at one time is 

 considerable and the plants will need 

 careful watering for a time. Half the 

 depth would be much better, I think, 

 though leaf-mold does not lie so closely 

 as rotten manure. 



The chief trouble will be that heavy 

 storms will make the beds very wet and 

 the mulch will prevent them from dry- 

 ing out as they should. I think if C. 

 F. P. could fix the awning of duck now 

 and run it over the plants during rains, 

 that it would be of great advantage. 

 Bust always appears in this section on 

 plants grown outside, when we get wet 

 weather in August. C. H. T. 



REMEDY FOR WHITE FLY. 



Please let me know what is a good 

 remedy for white fly on mums, obconicas 

 and other plants. I have used different 

 kinds of tobacco products, with only par- 

 tial success. J. F. F. 



Tobacco does not seem strong enough 

 to kill the white fly in the summer time, 

 as the houses must be ventilated freely 

 every day and the fly that is stupefied at 

 night recovers again in the daytime. 



Use the hydrocyanic acid gas so often 

 recommended in the Review for that par- 

 ticular insect and, with proper care, no 

 serious results should follow to the 

 plants. C. H. T. 



BLACK FLY ON MUMS. 



My mums are all full of a little black 

 bug and I have tried several different 

 remedies. I got rid of them by using 

 To-bak-ine, but I had to use it so strong 

 that it burned the plants. I should like 

 to know if there is something that will 

 kill the bugs without burning the plants. 

 I am sending a leaf that has some on it, 

 but the stems are just black with them. 



I am just a beginner and have never 

 seen these on mums before. W. T. G. 



The bug is the black fly, which is the 

 most common pest that affects the mum 

 and, as a rule, is the easiest to dispose 



of. If W. T. ,G. will use tobacco dust 

 of the brand supplied by good dealers, 

 he will find it the cheapest and best 

 thing to use. I have used nothing else 

 for years and have never had a leaf in- 

 jured by its use. A little experimenting 

 will show how much is needed for the 

 house, remembering that two or three 

 consecutive smokings are far better than 

 one heavy one. C. H. T. 



TEMPERATURE FOR MUMS. 



The temperature in my greenhouses, 

 with the doors and the side and top vents 

 open, and with the glass whitewashed, 

 runs from 96 to 106 degrees every day. 

 Is not that too hot to plant mumsf I 

 have mine in coldframes, in 3-inch pots. 



They are from four to six inches high. 



A. W. 



While the temperature is certainly 

 warm, it is not too hot to plant mums, 

 providing the plants receive the proper 

 moisture in the atmosphere and at the 

 root. Spray them over several times 

 during the day and get off the whitewash 

 as soon as the weather cools off a little. 

 With attention and by spending the time 

 on the plants, I see no reason why A. W. 

 should not produce good flowers. 



C. H. T. 



DOROTHY PERKINS ROSE. 



A. Mitting, of Santa Cruz, Cal., says 

 he can endorse the judgment, published 

 in the Review July 9, awarding to Dor- 

 othy Perkins rose preeminence in its 

 class. Mr. Mitting asserts that it is the 

 finest climber for California and backs 

 up his opinion by reference to the photo- 

 graph reproduced herewith, which shows 

 a plant of Dorothy Perkins from a cut- 

 ting made only eighteen months pre- 

 viously. The scene is the office door of 

 Mr. Mitting, at Santa Cruz. 



The conditions in the vicinity of Santa 

 Cruz, Cal., have been found well adapt- 

 ed to the growing of the gladiolus and 

 a number of persons there are now en- 

 gaged more or less extensively in the 

 production of bulbs for the trade. A. 

 Mitting sends the photograph reproduced 

 herewith, of a patch he is growing for 

 seed this season. 



Baltimore, Md. — Charles Siegifvart 

 will build an addition to his greenhouses, ^ 

 located near the Old Frederick road. 



NuTLEY, N. J. — William L. Jones is 

 building an additional greenhouse, which 

 he intends to use for growing smilax. 



Bowling Green, O. — Eric Rode has 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy in the '' 

 United States district court, placing his 

 liabilities at $6,101.92 and his assets at 

 $5,558.80. The liabilities consist princi- 

 pally of promissory notes. 



Gladioli for Seed at Santa Cruz» CaL 



