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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 12, 1909. 



O. p. Bassett Carnation Plants 



Acknowledged the "Beat Bed" in the market. Immediate delivery. Field-grown plants, $12.00 per 100. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



■ """w^iSk ILL. OfRce and Store. 76 Wabash Xve., CHICAGO, ILL. g 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



LICE ON CAULIFLOWER. 



What can be used on cauliflower to 

 drive away lice? 



H. G. N. 



For lice on cauliflower I have never 

 used anything but the tobacco products, 

 diluted in water according to directions 

 for spraying. All the different named 

 extracts of tobacco will kill all the lice 

 they touch, but not any that escape the 

 wetting. H. G. 



WORMS ON CABBAGE. 



What would you recommend for use on 

 cabbage to keep off worms? H. G. N. 



Use one ounce of saltpeter to a gallon 

 of water and apply with a whisk broom, 

 in much the same way as small gardeners 

 used to apply Paris green on potatoes. 

 This saltpeter solution is quite effective 

 in keeping down the cabbage worms. If 

 some method of catching the moths could 

 be invented, it would be a great boon to 

 cabbage growers in some localities. In 

 rainy seasons and good growing weather 

 cabbages grow so fast that they are not 

 much injured by the worms, but in dry 

 seasons they are often ruined, as the 

 worms eat them faster than they grow. 



H. G. 



PESTS IN CUCUMBER HOUSE. 



We are sending you a few cucumber 

 leaves that are attacked by a small mag- 

 got. Nearly every, leaf was affected the 

 same way in a house 120x140. We have 

 burnt tobacco stems regularly once a 

 week, and three different times we used 

 a little Cayenne pepper on the burning 

 tobacco stems, but neither of these 

 seemed to check the trouble any. We 

 first discovered it three seasons ago, but 

 it was not bad then. We are located in 

 California. 



Can you advise us what to use to 

 destroy this pest without injuring the 

 plants? G. B. & S, 



The samples were so badly rotted and 

 mashed together when received that it is 

 difficult to tell much about them, but I 

 am satisfied that in all my experience I 

 have never before seen such a pest in a 

 cucumber house. It must be an insect 

 that eastern growers are not troubled 

 with, probably an outdoor pest of your 

 California climate that has happened to 

 get a foothold in the greenhouse and is 

 hard to dislodge. 



I would suggest that you send speci- 

 mens to your state entomologist at once. 

 You will probably not be able to save 

 this crop now, but may learn how to pre- 

 vent future losses from the same pest. 



John J. Davis, of the Illinois Depart- 

 ment of Entomology, Urbana, 111., has 



If You Grow Mushrooms 



and 'want the best spawn nutde* use 



% ANGLO-AMERICAN 



fiS^ An exceptionally fine lot of Spawn ready for etalpment. If 

 your dealer cannot supply you write direct to us. 



Anglo-American Spawn Co., Kennett Square, Pa. 



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just sent out a thorough bulletin on the 

 fumigating of greenhouses with hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas. Complete directions 

 have also been published in the Review 

 within the last year. I think that the 

 use of this gas would probably be a good 

 way to clean your houses of the pests. 



Do not let the matter drop. We would 

 be interested in having more information, 

 hearing your state entomologist's opin- 

 ion, and also learning of what success 

 you have in getting rid of them. 



H. G. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Neither amateur nor professional 

 flower circles have been particularly dull 

 this last week. Considerable funeral work 

 was called for, owing to several acci- 

 dental deaths. A city fireman was killed 

 and all of the floral firms had orders 

 from the various departments at the City 

 hall. Noticeable among the pieces were 

 gates ajar, picture panel and large 

 wreaths. On account of the wreck on 

 the Spokane & Coeur d'Alene Electric 

 Railway, which resulted in the deaths of 

 fifteen people, funeral work was called 

 for steadily this week. 



Roses are almost an unknown quantity. 

 Carnations are to be had in limited quan- 

 tities and in quality not to be boasted of. 

 Peas continue plenty and of very fine 

 quality. 



Variout Notes. 



Windows are showing good average 

 stock. Ine Spokane Florist Co. had a 

 large basket of auratum lilies, with a tie 

 of Nile green ribbon as its leading at- 

 traction. 



The Sanders store has a fine lot of 

 peas. 



M. Armstrong's window feature was a 

 large arch of peas and gypsophila. 



Hoyt Bros. Co. displayed a group of 

 sweet pea baskets with cocos and smilax 

 garlands. 



A recent prominent church wedding 

 had decorations of palms, smilax and 

 pink peas. Armful bunches of Countess 

 Spencer peas with adiantum were used 

 for the bridesmaids; armful bunches of 



No Grower of Vegetables under glass can 

 afford to do without the Wittbold system of 



Watering 



—because with it a boy can do as much 

 •8 two men can do in a whole day with 

 the hose— and do it better. 



The system is equally valuable out- 

 doors, and for many other crops besides 

 vegetables— wlierever you need water. 



Send for our booklet— with testimon- 

 ials— read and you'll send in your order. 



E. H. HUNT 



Ezclniive Salei Atent 

 76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO 



THE cost of labor saved 

 ^ in six months will buy 

 and install a Skinner Sys- 

 tem of Greenhouse Irri- 

 gation. 



Tts Skinner Irrigation Go. 



TROY, O. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAGK- Succession, Flat Dutch and Savoy, 



Sl.OO per 1000; $8.60 per 10,000. 

 CKLSBT -White Plume and Golden Self 



Blanching. 91.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 

 PAR8LKT-25C per 100; 11.2) per 1000. 

 Cash with order. 



R. Vincent, JfM&SonsGi.,' 



White Harih. 

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Enchantress and Crocker carnations with 

 empire tie of pink satin ribbon and the 

 usual shower of white peas for the 

 bride's bouquet. 



An interesting annual event in the 

 shape of a sweet pea fair was held by the 

 ladies of the Universalist church. Much 

 time and pains were consumed in prepar- 

 ing schemes for display and some designs 

 were exhibited which would have done 



