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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBW 13. 1921 



PAOKINO PEBENNIALS. 



Important in Shipping. 



Buyers who order perennials and 

 specify that tliey be shipped by freight 

 are, without doubt, unmindful of the 

 loss that must be sustained if the ship- 

 ment is received in bad condition. 

 Granted that express rates are much 

 higher than freight rates as far as the 

 primary cost is concerned, nevertheless, 

 the express rate is comparatively more 

 reasonable, because the perennials 

 shipped the quicker way will assuredly 

 arrive in first-class condition. 



Growing perennials is important, but 

 so is packing them for shipment. Martin 

 Kohankie, of Painesville, O., became 

 famous for his perennials and his suc- 

 cess was greatly due to the way in which 

 his stock arrived — always in good con- 

 dition. 



When an order is received for trees 

 and shrubs and also perennials, which 

 often happens at big nurseries, and the 

 specification is made that all the stock 

 be shipped in one car, there is nothing 

 for the receiver of the order to do but to 

 follow instructions, knowing full well 

 that the perennials should be shipped 

 by a quicker route. In instances like 

 this the necessity of knowing how to 

 pack the perennials in the best way is 

 doubly great. In such car-lot ship- 

 ments, perennials may be safely sent 

 by freight if the plants are placed in 

 the boxes loosely and given plenty of 

 ventilation, and the boxes are set in the 

 middle of the car. 



Often a purchaser orders perennials 

 sent by freight with trees or shrubs 

 merely to avoid receiving separate ship- 

 ments at different times. It is an easy 

 matter to have the perennials shipped 

 a week or so after trees or shrubs have 

 been sent, so that both will arrive at one 



.irac. 



Careful Methods. 



Proper care should be taken not to 

 send out perennials when they are wet; 

 the tops should be as dry as possible. 

 All dead or decayed leaves should be re- 

 moved; this will assure the plants' ar- 

 riving in better condition. Perennials 

 should not be allowed to stand out in 

 the sun and wind too long after thcy 

 Iiavc been dug, as they are liable to be- 

 come shriveled. After the order has 

 been completed, it should be sent on its 

 way as soon as possible. Allowing per- 

 ennials to lie around is no uncommon oc- 

 currence and this often injures the 

 plants. 



It must be emphasized that too much 

 care cannot be given in the manner of 

 packing and in the selection of material 

 used. Sphagnum moss, just moist, is the 

 best material in which to pack the roots, 

 as this will draw moisture and will not 

 dry out for a week or more when used. 



The careful packer will size up his 

 order and will use his judgment as to 

 what plants are best to go at the bot- 

 tom of the box, and he will use as par- 

 titions distinct kinds of plants. For 

 instaace, should the purchaser liave or- 



dered 300 Delphinium Belladonna, 300 

 Delphinium Bellamosa and 300 Phlox 

 subulata, the careful packer would place 

 in the box one variety of delphinium, 

 then the Phlox subulata, which would 

 separate the two varieties of delphinium, 

 which look much alike in their dormant 

 condition. 



Perennials should be packed in layers 

 and between the layers, especially be- 

 tween the tops, should be placed ex- 

 celsior. This acts as an air chamber 

 and keeps them from heating. These 

 are two principles to which one should 

 always adhere — sphagnum moss, not too 

 wet, around the roots, and excelsior be- 

 tween the layers. 



As the season advances in spring and 

 the tops of the perennials begin to 

 grow out, perennials should be packed 

 by standing them up in a shallow box. 

 The moss should be wetter and excelsior 

 should be used. The box should be 

 marked, "This side up." And do not 

 place too solid a cover on the box, be- 

 cause the plants are in need of much 

 ventilation when they are shipped late 

 in the spring season. T. J. M. 



TESTS OF OVIOIDES. 



Nicotine sulphate is not as efBcient in 

 the control of the codling moth as pow- 

 dered arsenate of lead, it has been shown 

 in experiments conducted by entomol- 

 ogists of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. For several years nico- 



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tine and its compounds kave been used 

 against certain soft-bodied insects as 

 contact insecticides, and within the last 

 few years the question has been raised 

 concerning the effects of nicotine sul- 

 phate upon the eggs and early instars 

 of other insects which are commonly 

 controlled by other means. To obtain 

 reliable information on this subject, the 

 department entomologists conducted a 

 series of experiments both in the labora- 

 tory and field, a report of which has just 

 been published in Department Bulletin 

 938. 



In the laboratory teste it was found 

 that nicotine sulphate, with one excep- 

 tion, was inefficient against the eggs of 

 the silkworm moth, codling moth, tus- 

 sock moth and potato beetle. The eggs 

 sprayed with it were variously affecti^, 

 depending upon the strength of spray so- 

 lution used, on the age of the eggs 

 tested, and whether or not the solution 

 contained soap. Upoa the eggs of three 

 of the species of insects used there was 

 practically no difference in the effects 

 between solutions containing soap and 

 those without soap, although those with 

 soap were much more effective upon the 

 eggs of the tussock moth. 



Comparing the effects of the spray so- 

 lution, 1:800, the etrongeet of the eeo- 



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