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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 27, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



Q. L. OBANT. Editob and Manaokb. 



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INDEX TO ADVEBTISERS, FAOE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The RetaU Florist— A Oalax ScroU (illus.)... 3 



— Some WIndowB 8 



CX>nTention Aftermath— New Canadian OfficerB 4 



— The Trade Kxhlbltlon 4 



•^ Judges' Ueport 4 



— Bowling 4 



— Committee on Horticultural Education. ... R 



— National Flower Show B 



— Edward Dale (portrait) 6 



The Convention 6 



Boses — Uut-of-door-Boaes 6 



William C. Barry (portrait) 7 



B. G. GUlett 8 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 



— Mulch for Carnations 9 



— Spacing Carnation Plants 9 



Seasonable Suggestions — Bouvardlas 10 



1 — Berried Solauums 10 



T- Chrysanthemums 10 



— Stevlas 10 



— Cattleya Lablata 10 



— Trltomas 10 



— German Iris 10 



School Gardens 11 



Why Incorporate ? 12 



Grower and the Retailer 12 



Peter Crowe (illus.) 13 



Bar Harbor Jottings 18 



Planting for Winter Effect 14 



George E. McClure (portrait) 15 



Pittsburg's New Firm (portraits) 17 



Gardeners' Opportunities 17 



WbeatoD Country Fair 18 



Tbrlps in Greenhouses 18 



Chicago 19 



Cincinnati 21 



Denver 22 



New Orleans 22 



Boston • 22 



Pittsburg 23 



Philadelphia 24 



New York 26 



Brie. Pa 28 



Vegetable Forcing 29 



— CauliUower to Follow Mums 29 



Minneapolis 29 



Columbus, 29 



LooisTille, Ky SO 



Providence. R. 1 80 



Cornflower 80 



Seed Trade News 82 



— Seed Convention Report 82 



— German Seed Crops 82 



— Dutch Bulbs 84 



— French Bulbs 34 



— Imports 84 



— German Grass Seed Crops 84 



— French Seed Crops 86 



The Cosmos Dahlia 88 



The Boston Exhibitions 80 



Pacific Coast — Los Angeles 44 



— Portland, Ore 44 



— O. C. Saakes (portrait) 44 



— San Francisco 44 



— Victoria, B. C 45 



Steamer .Sailings 46 



Nursery News — A. A. N. Committees 48 



— Southern Nurserymen Meet 48 



— Grayish-Blue Clematis Bug 48 



— The Delicious Apple 48 



Denver 49 



New Bedford, Mass 60 



Montreal 52 



Baltimore 64 



Fertilizers for Sweet Peas 65 



De«««it 66 



Milwaukee 68 



Greenhouse Heating — Cement for Cast-iron 



Pipe 66 



— Exchange the Pipe 66 



— Greenhouse and Dwelling 66 



— In British Columbia 67 



— A House for Mixed Plants 68 



St. Lonis 68 



Lenox, Mass 72 



Glen Cove. N. Y 74 



Peoria, 111 76 



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lOCIKTT or AMIUOAM FLOBISTg. 



IKCOBPOBATKD BT AOT OI> OONOBKSS MABCH i, '01 



Officers for 1908: President, F. H. Traendly, 

 New York; vice-president, George W. McClure, 

 Buffalo; secretary, Willis N. Rudd, Morgan 

 Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Plttoburg. 



Officers for 1909: President, J. A. Valentine, 

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, E. G. Glllett, 

 Cincinnati. O. ; secretary. Willis N. Rudd, Mor- 

 gan Park, III. ; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pitts- 

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, 0., Augrust 10 

 to 22, 1900. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber 9 to 15, 1008; W. F. Kasting. Buffalo, 

 chairman; J. H. Burdett, secretary, 1411 First 

 National Bank Bldg., Chicago. 



Frank P. Beiqham, of Lockport, 

 N. Y., has written and published a 

 "Handbook of Cultural Notes on Boses 

 and Other Interesting Items." 



THRIPS IN GREENHOUSES. 



A bulletin on "Thrips in Green- 

 houses" has been prepared by Prof. A. 

 will soon be ready for distribution from 

 the Illinois Agricultural E^^periment Sta- 

 tion. The following summary of the 

 C. Beal, of the Department of Horti- 

 culture in the University of Illinois, and 

 contents of the bulletin baa been sup- 

 plied by the author: 



Thrips injury to cut flowers in green- 

 houses is a recent trouble. 



Thrips are very small, winged, suck- 

 ing insects, which lay their eggs in the 

 green parts of plants. 



The "hothouse species" was not 

 found, but a closely related species is 

 widely distributed. 



The great damage to roses and carna- 

 tions is due to the work of two common 

 outdoor species — wheat thrips and onion 

 thrips (E. tritici and T. tabaci). 



Cucumbers are injured by onion thrips 

 (Thrips tabaci-Lind.). 



Observations made show that T. tabaci 

 is the most abundant species in green- 

 houses in autumn and winter, but that 

 Euthrips tritici becomes the most abun- 

 dant species in rose houses in summer. 

 Thrips tabaci appear to prefer the car- 

 nation to the rose. 



Eggs are laid inside the calyx of car- 

 nations, on the outside of the calyx of 

 the rose, and in the tissues of the lower 

 side of the leaf of cucumbers and callas. 



Injury is caused by withdrawal of the 

 sap from the cells of the petals and 

 leaves of plants, leaving white blotches 

 on colored flowers, a browning of petals 

 of white or light pink flowers, and a 

 gray, hoary appearance to leaves. 



All species are more or less sensitive 

 to bright sunlight and generally seek 

 shaded positions. 



Temperatures -at night above 60 de- 



grees are favorable to thrips, and their 

 appearance and worst injury may be ex- 

 pected in the warmest parts of the house. 

 Conditions favorable to red spider are 

 favorable to thrips. 



Thrips injury is greatest in autumn 

 and spring and least in midwinter. 



Some varieties of carnations 8|e more 

 subject to attack from thrips. .»<,_|\ , 



Experiments with insecticides on ^^Q^'' 

 tions in a commercial establishment. 



Fumigation slightly more eflfectivQ than 

 sprays. : «*' ' 



Experiments on cucumbers j^vvery 

 large commercial houses. '', a- 



Hydrocyanic acid gas, one otmce to 

 each 1,000 cubic feet of space, danger- 

 ous to young cucumber plants, but suffi- 

 cient to destroy an average of nifliety-two 

 per cent of the thrips. \),.- 



Hydrocyanic acid gas, one ounce to 

 each 3,000 cubic feet of space, destroyed 

 aleyrodes (white fly), but only eleven per 

 cent of thrips, while it did not injure 

 the plants. 



Daily sprayings with nicotine insecti- 

 cide on the upper surfaces of the leaves, 

 and the spray syringed off, gave good, 

 practical results. Spraying thoroughly 

 will clean out thrips, provided the plants 

 will stand the hard syringing necessary 

 to remove the spray^ 



Tobacco smoke is not a very efficient 

 insecticide for thrips. 



Sprays made with two-thirds of an 

 ounce of any of the stronger nicotine 

 insecticides per gallon of water gave 

 promising results. 



Nicotine is the poisonous principle in 

 the insecticides used. Pure nicotine in 

 very dilute solutions kills thrips almost 

 instantly when sprayed on them. 



The nicotine content is the factor de- 

 termining the value of a reputed tobacco 

 extract or nicotine compound. 



WHEATON CX>UNTRY FAIR. 



The country fair at Wheaton, 111., 

 opened August 25 with an excellent dis- 

 play in the department of plants and 

 flowers, of which E. T. Wanzer, the 

 Wheaton carnation grower, is superin- 

 tendent. Lmil Buettner, of Park Bidge, 

 acted as judge. The plants were staged 

 on Tuesday and awards were made as 

 follows: 



Twelve palms, A. T. Peterson, Wheaton, 111. 

 Specimen palms. Vaughan's Greenhouses, 

 Western Springs, HI. 



Cycas revoluta. A. T. Peterson. 



Araucarla. Vaughan's Greenhouses. 



Six Boston ferns, L. A. Miller, Glen Bllyn. 



Fern dish, A. T. Peterson. 



Wbitmanl fern, Vaughan's Greenhouses. 



Collection of geraniums. EX T. Wanzer. 



Hanging basket of Sprengerl, A. T. Peterson. 



Specimen Boston fern, L. A. Miller. 



The cut flowers were staged on 

 Wednesday, the following awards being 

 made: 



Twenty-flve American Beauties, Bassett & 

 Washburn, Hinsdale, first; Poeblmann Bros. Co., 

 Cbicazo. second. 



Twebty-flve Richmond. Bassett & Washburn 

 first. Poeblmann Bros. Co. second. 



Twenty-five Bride. Poeblmann Bros. Co. first, 

 Bassett & Washburn second. 



Twenty-five Klllarney. Poeblmann Bros. Co. 

 first. 



Fifty white carnations. Poeblmann Bros. Co. 

 first. E. T. Wanzer second. 



Fifty light pink carnations. Poeblmann Bros. 

 Co. first, E. T. Wanzer second. 



Fifty deep pink carnations, E. T. Wanzer 

 first. 



Display of cnt lilies, Poeblmann Bros Co. 



Collection of hardy perennials, Vaughan's 

 Greenhouses. 



Collection of asters. E. T. Wanzer first, C. E. 

 Randall second. 



Collection of gladioli. Vaughan's Seed Store 

 first, E. T. Wanzer second. 



J. L. Baske, Chicago, made a fine dis- 

 play of cut flowers for exhibition only. 

 The cut flower work is reserved for the 

 third day of the fair. T. E. W. 



