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The Florists' Review 



August 13, 1914. 



Gold Medal Peonies 



We have all the new varieties as well as the old standard sorts 



- Let us send you our catalogue ; . - 



We are only thirty miles north of Boston, and invite 



you to come and see us while at the Convention ,:-'' i 



T. C. THDRLOFS SONS, Inc., West Newbury. Mass. 



Mention. The Kevlew when yon write. 



on the gospel of "quality first." By 

 explaining ,.J;he difference in the meth- 

 ods of growing really good stock and 

 those of producing stuff that will sell 

 under the same name as the good stock, 

 the article impresses on the reader the 

 fact that ' * the best is none too good, ' * 

 nor, at the same time, any too expen- 

 sive. Once let the public be made 

 thoroughly familiar with this idea, by 

 the means here mentioned or any other, 

 and the day of the "bargain" will be 

 over and the nursery business a more 

 profitable one. 



TO KILL TREE BOBEBS. 



My fruit, pin oak and ash trees are 

 severely attacked by borers. Will you 

 oblige me by telling the best method 

 of destroying them or driving them 

 away? T. J. 



Eun a piece of galvanized wire up 

 the holes until you reach and kill the 

 borers. You can also suffocate them by 

 injecting a little carbon bisulphide into 

 the holes and plugging up the holes at 

 once with putty. Do not pile manure 

 around the trunks of your fruit trees, 

 as this makes an excellent harbor for 

 the pests. Keep, if possible, a ring of 

 eultivated ground around each tree and 

 keep this well stirred. Encourage in- 

 sectivorous birds, which will destroy 

 quantities of these pests. C. W. 



PESTS COLLECTED IN JUNE. 



June was the off month of the year 

 with the federal horticultural inspectors, 

 judging from the horticultural board's 

 report of pests collected from incoming 

 consignments of stock during that 

 month. The total number of infested 

 shipments found during the month was 

 barely over 200, and these included not 

 only shipments of nursery stock but of 

 every other conceivable representative 

 of the plant kingdom that is listed in 

 our country's imports. Belgium's ship- 

 ments brought the largest number of 

 pests of any one country, seventy-nine, 

 and practically every one on palms and 

 bay trees. Considering the extent of 

 this country's exports of these two 

 stocks, this number is not surprising. 

 Second in number of pests was Colom- 

 bia, but all of the cases from this coun- 

 try were on orchids. The District of 

 Columbia was the busiest spot for the 

 inspectors, and sixty-five cases are re- 

 ported in that district. New York, New 

 Jersey and California stood next in line, 

 with twenty-five, twenty-two and twen- 

 ty respectively. 



Seasonable Stock=Ready Now 



AsparasruB Plumosus, 214-inch, bushy, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Fern Dish Ferns, Aapidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayil, etc., $3.00 



per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Primula Malacoides (Giant Baby Primrose). $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Primula Chinensis, a splendid strain, in all colors, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 



per 1000. 

 Araucaria, compact plants, 4-inch pots, 6 to 8 inches high, 35c each; 5-inch 



pots, 8 to 10 inches, 50c each. 

 Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling 



plant, 3-inch pots, $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 4-inch pots, $5.00 per 



dozen; $35.00 per 100. 5-inch pots, $7.00 per dozen; $50.00 per 100. 

 Cibotium Schiedei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on, 



6-inch pot plants, $1.50 each. 

 Hydrangfeas, all the best French sorts, 4-inch pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 



5-inch pot plants, $25.00 per 100. 



Writs for CstaloKus No. 8 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, Ohio 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



ROSE PLANTS 



PINK KILLARNEY- WHITE KILLARNEY- RHEA REID 



3-inch .... $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



Cash or C. O. D. 



W. J. & M. S. VESEY, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



Choice Young Beauties 



In 3 and 4-inch pots, at the rate of 130.00 

 per 1000, in lots of 500 or more plants, f. o. b. 

 Hinsdale. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



131 North Wabash Avanua 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Qreenhousas: 

 HInsdala, III. 



Mention Tlie Rerlew when yon write. 



