Novi:.\ii!i:u .">, I'.toS. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ihc socoiul wock in A])!-!! next year. Tlu\v 

 will li(> yi('l(liii<i strdMy stems liy April. 

 I'kiiil ill a solid lied fur licst results, al- 

 iIkhi.uIi lieiiclies will '^'wv you (jiiite liiuid 

 lliiwers. <'. ^^ . 



RUDD'S NEW WHITE. 



'I'lie ,iri-iiiii|ianyiiiL; i llii-^t i al iiMi sliuws 

 W. N. Ii'udd's while seedling i-ariiati(Mi 

 III lie. disseiiiiiiate(l lliis season. 'I'his 

 iv the \ari(>ty which, sliuwii at last year's 

 t'hicago exhiliil inn, was lirst amoiin the 

 white seedlings, scoriuy,- 8!) ixiiiils. It 

 -^(Mii'ed S() at W'asliiiiiitoii, when exhiliit 

 ed to the Aiiierican Carnation Soei(>ty last 

 .laniiary. .Mr. h'udd has naniiMl the va- 

 riety for .Mrs. .1. C. V'aiinhan. It is 

 understood it will be .dissetiiiiiated joint - 

 l\ liv .leiisen & Dekenia and .Mr. lludd. 



WEATHER PLANT. 



Please let nio know how to raise a 

 wciitlicr j)lant and how to take care of it. 

 I have j)lanted the seed in a 2-inch pot 

 for a year. The seed looks the same as 

 the day i planted it. I kept it Avarni 

 Mild moist. O. J. B. 



The so called weather jilant, or crab's 

 (■y(> \iiie (Abrus preeatoriiis ), bein^ a 

 native of th(> tropi'-s, re(piiros stronjf 

 he.'it to i,fermiiiate its seeds, and to irrow 

 the ])lant well a warm house is required. 

 If the seed remains fresh, soak for a 

 few days in warm water and then jdaco 

 in moist sand. IMaeo the seed pan over 

 your hot water ]iipes to ensure a con- 

 stant warmth. C. W. 



THRIPS ON CYCLAMEN. 



Under separate cover I am sending you 

 a sample of cyclamen leaves. Will yon 

 kinilly inform me what the trouble i>? 

 and how best to remedy it? The plants 

 are the best I ever grew and are almost 

 ready for market, but this pest, together 

 with the small, common gray sj)ider, is 

 doing considerable damage. C. F. M. 



We at first thought your leaves were 

 affected with the dreaded mite, but closer 

 examination showed the marks to be 

 those of yellow thrii)S. This is a bad 

 jiest, but can be controlled by persistent 

 work. Fumigate every other night for 

 a week. As smoking does not always kill 



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Willis N. Rudd. 



(It seems also necessary to add. from a photouraiih niaile within the last few daysi. 



thrips, if you can spare tin- tiin(> dip 

 the [dants in a ]iail or tub of water con- 

 taining a solution of some one of the 

 several tobacco extracts. Be sure the 

 foliage gets thoroughly wet all over. If 

 you cannot spare time to dip the ]dants. 

 spray the juice on with a force |>ump or 

 hand syringe, getting as much under the 

 leaves as jiossiblc. lied fresh tobacco 

 stems among your jdants every fortnight; 

 this will act as a jirotection to the plants 

 I'roin thi'ips and aphis. ( '. W. 



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SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



Mignonette. 



The ]iassing of the unseasonably warm 

 v^eather exptMiencetl during the month 

 of October will improve the quality of 

 ihe mignonette. During hot we.atlu'r it 

 becomes weak and the flower spikes are 

 thin and j)uny as compared with tliose 

 I'liidiu'ed under cooler conditions. The 

 attacks of green wurnis have been un- 

 nsiially severe tliis season. 'ITiese now 

 arc hajipily gone and there should be 

 iiotlung further in tlu^ wdini or insect 



line to tl'Ouble the jdailts. 



To secure fancy spikes. disbud<!ing is 

 a iiriMwsity. leaving three oi' four to a 

 plant. Tiiese should be carefully sup- 

 ported to keej) them straight. Hent or 



twisted stalks ;ii'e of little \,-due. Many 

 growers piel'er to leave on .all tlu^ shoot^ 

 .■iml .are <atis(iec| witii inccjiuni spike>. 

 Tlii-! i-< especially the ,;ise with those 

 lia\ing a gooil local traile. 



Mignonette should ncNcr a]i|iroach dry- 

 ness .'It the ro()t. To .assist in keejiing 

 the surf.aci' soil moist, a light innh-h- 

 ing of old hotbed nuinuie can advaii 



tageotisly be used. 1' ling --hould not 



yet be necessary. A\oi(| .any but lieht 

 fuiiiig.-itions, as the foliaee biiitis easily, 

 and hold the night teinperat are as near 

 M de;^rees as possible, with .abundant 

 ventilation whenever conditions allow. 

 The ventilators .are better open all ni^ht. 

 unless the teinperatuie i-; tmu-^ually low. 



Callas. 



<'all,is are now well established in the 

 [lots ami a little liquiil ni.anure once a 

 week will assist them. i'lants growing 

 in benches will not require any feeding 

 for a month yet. I'ly the hose freely 

 among the plants to k<'ep insects in 

 (dieck and do not allow aphis to get any 

 foothold, or it will badly disdgure the 

 flowers. ( alias will grow and flower 

 in quite a low temi)erature, but we pre- 

 fer to give them '>') to (50 dt^grees at 

 night, the flowers opening much more 

 quickly than in a cooh>r house. 



Primulas. 



(Tiim^se primros(\s arc useful Christ- 

 mas pl.ants, and the fai-t that they can- 

 be grown and sold jirohfably at a com- 

 jiaratixcdy low price makes them popular 

 with (lower bu_\ers whose pocketbooks 

 lack the wherewithal to fiurchase azaleas 

 or jMunsettias. Some of the earliest flow- 

 er trusses will now be well above the 

 foli.agi' and every effort should bo made 

 to lia\e them .as well bloomed as pos- 

 sible for the Indid.ays. While red shades 

 -ell the best, there is a lair call for other 

 colors. 



It i- unwise to .aiteinpt aiiv I'orcing 

 ^\itli |rrirnulas; it ,,uly le-idls in weak, 

 drawn plants. A night temperature of 

 |."i to ."ill i|e;^rees sliiuiM luit be cx(?eeded, 

 and the plants shouhl be ,as near the i;lass 



as |iosvil,|,.. 'I'l Id t'asluoned narrow 



span houses with a p.ath down the i.Miter 

 and a lieneli on e.iih side ha\e never 

 been impioMMl upon lor the cidture of 



plillMllas ;nid cyclamens. As the pots 



will now be well lille(| with roots, some 



weak cow niaiiuie water oiice a week will 



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