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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 29, 1008. 



presents a too crowded appearance should 

 the berries press against the glass. When 

 covered from the air so as to retain the 

 moisture and stood in a light place, but 

 not in the sun, these globes will retain 

 their beauty in the house for several 

 months and have given the greatest sat- 

 isfaction. 



At the S. A. F. convention at Niagara 

 Falls I had the pleasure of showing a 

 new globe, made especially for the pur- 

 pose, that received honorable mention be- 

 cause it has several points of merit over 

 the old style fish globe, which has been 

 used only because it seemed to be the 

 only thing available. The new design 

 presents a perfect globe, which is of 

 much more elegant appearance. It consists 

 of two parts, the globe or cover, and the 

 stand or base in which it rests, both of 

 which parts are of the clearest crystal. 

 The stand is so constructed that there is 

 room for the roots of a fern and in the 

 larger size for a small earthen pan, 

 which will hold several ferns, so that in 

 its dual capacity as a miniature fernery 

 and berry globe it can be used at all 

 seasons. When filled with ferns and 



berry vines combined it is also very 

 pretty. 



Ventilation is arranged for in the 

 base, which is perforated with holes so 

 as to admit the amount of air required. 

 The accompanying illustrations give a 

 good idea of the construction of ' the 

 globe and its appearance when filled. 



Egbert Kipt. 



FLORISTS' DELIVERY. 



Not the least important feature of a 

 high class flower business is the deliv- 

 ery. The flower business is one which 

 demands large delivery facilities. Flow- 

 ers seldom are of any value if delivery 

 is late, and the class of people who buy 

 flowers appreciate their coming to them 

 in a first-class turnout. Aside from his 

 show window, the retail florist has few 

 such strong advertisements as those daily 

 on the streets in the form of good wagons 

 and good teams. 



1'he two illustrations on page 11 indi- 

 cate the delivery facilities maintained 

 by Pennock Bros., Philadelphia. The 

 automobile is a recent addition. 



REMEDY FOR RUST. 



I enclose specimens of carnation plants 

 which are affected with rust. Can you 

 tell me how to check it? W. B. 



In the Review of October 15 you will 

 find recommendations for handling car- 

 nations affected with rust. I can add 

 little or nothing to what I said then, 

 unless you want some of the suggestions 

 more fully explained, which I shall be 

 pleased to do if you will make your 

 wants known. A. F. J. B. 



LEAF SPOT ON ENCHANTRESS. 



Enclosed you will find leaves picked 

 from my Enchantress carnations. I am 

 at a loss to know what is the cause of 

 their condition, and fear that my entire 

 crop will be ruined. Will you please 

 state the disease, and the remedy for it, 

 if there is any? F. N. B. 



The specimens forwarded were badly 

 affected with the common leaf spot, and 

 you must get to work at once, while the 

 weather is still in your favor, or it 

 will do your crop great damage. First 

 of all, get rid of the conditions which 

 bring on these spot diseases, and then ap- 

 ply your remedies, as I will suggest to 

 you. Too much humidity is primarily the 

 cause of all these fungous diseases, and 

 this is frequently aggravated by an ex- 

 cess of rank, foul-smelling dressing or 

 mulching material. Whatever may be 

 the cause in your case, remove it at once 

 and get the atmosphere into a sweet, 

 buoyant state. 



Go over the plants and remove every 

 leaf which shows any of these spots, even 

 though you have to nearly strip some of 

 the plants. Then dust the soil lightly 

 with dry-slaked lime and spray overhead 

 with Bordeaux mixture. Leave these both 



on tlie plants for several days. In fact, 

 they need not be washed off for a week 

 or more if nothing interferes to necessi- 

 tate syringing or heavy watering. When 

 yon water, turn the water on slowly and 

 water sparingly. The idea is to give the 

 roots what is needed without wetting the 

 foliage or stems of the plants. Better 

 run the soil a little on the dry side, as 

 that will have a tendency to harden the 

 growth and make it less susceptible to the 

 attacks of the disease, but do not let the 

 plants suffer for water. 



Dispense with feeding of all kinds, 

 as they all soften the growth more or 

 less. Give all the ventilation possible, 



and if the sun comes out bright each day 

 it will help you a great deal by drying 

 out the atmosphere. In case of damp, 

 cloudy weather, take your sulphur blow- 

 er and fill the air full of grape dust, or 

 slaked lime and sulphur mixed half and 

 half. If it is cold enough to run a little 

 heat, do so, even if you have to open 

 the ventilators a few inches. Then paint 

 one of the pipes with sulphur and lime, 

 mixed with water to make a thick paint. 

 Do not hesitate to pull off all the dis- 

 eased leaves as fast as they appear, be- 

 cause that is the quickest and surest way 

 to destroy the spores, and besides, every 

 leaf with a spot on it will die later, even 

 if you kill the disease, and would have 

 to be removed then. A. F. J. B. 



INSECTICIDES FOR THRIPS. 



Results of Experiments at Urbana, 111. 



It is conclusive from my experiments 

 that thrips, especially when feeding ex- 

 posed on the surface of the leaf, can b( 

 controlled by spraying with solutions con- 

 taining nicotine. Twenty cubic centi- 

 meters, or two-thirds of an ounce, of a 

 forty per cent nicotine insecticide or 

 tobacco extract in a gallon of water has 

 been used to advantage on roses without 

 any injury to the flowers or plants. Seven 

 and one-half cubic centimeters, or one- 

 fourth ounce, has proved as great a 

 strength of the insecticide as can safely 

 be employed in spraying cucumbers, even 

 when the spray is washed off shortly 

 after each application. This strength has 

 been efficient in killing those thrips hit 

 by the spray. 



The amount of the insecticides usually 

 advised is one to two teaspoonfuls, one- 

 eighth to one-fourth ounce, to a gallon of 

 water. It will be noted that this amount 

 is much less than that used in our experi- 

 ments, except in the cucumber experi- 

 ments, where the maximum quantity ad- 

 vised by the manufacturers was used. 



Considered from the standpoint of pure 

 nicotine, which of course is the real basis 

 of comparison, both for the insecticides 

 themselves and all spray materials made 

 from them, the quantities were: In the 

 experiments on roses, using twenty cubic 



The Partridge Berry Globe. 



