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MAt 18, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' R 



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EUEOPEAN HOTES. 



Bemarkably fine collections of nar- 

 cissi have been shown recently at the 

 leading English shows in London and 

 Birmingham. The leading hybridizers 

 exhibited their latest novelties and sev- 

 eral awards were made. 



At a conference in Birmingham, the 

 consensus of opinion showed disapproval 

 of the lines on which the hybridizers 

 are working, as they are neglecting gar- 

 den decorative varieties and varieties 

 of commercial value for cut flower pur- 

 poses, and introducing such as are only 

 of value to fanciers who grow for ex- 

 hibition. Some of the hybridizers pres- 

 ent admitted that among their seedlings 

 they discarded many on account of 

 their not being "show" flowers, and 

 promised to consider the question of 

 running a second department in their 

 trial grounds, to meet popular demands. 

 This view will commend itself to com- 

 mercial growers, as there have been few 

 narcissus introductions of commercial 

 value in recent years. The word "com- 

 mercial" is intended to be read in its 

 full sense. True, the seedlings intro- 

 duced have commercial value, but their 

 sale is limited, at £3, £5 and £10 per 

 bulb, to narcissus fanciers, and they do 

 not pass through the hands of seed mer- 

 chants. 



W. Lewis, who formerly represented 

 Clibrans, nurserymen, Manchester, will 

 now represent John Waterer & Sons, 

 Ltd., Bagshot, Surrey, of rhododendron 

 fame. Thomas Lewis, his brother, has 

 been a successful representative of the 

 Messrs. Waterer for several years. 



Bee. 



TEOUBLE WITH CATERPILIjyBS. 



Enclosed find a moth which is caus- 

 ing us considerable annoyance while 

 still in the caterpillar form by eating 

 the under side of leaves. We have tried 

 heavy fumigating and spraying with- 

 out results. Do you know of any 

 remedy? H. F. C. 



The caterpillar of the enclosed moth 

 is quite annoying, being specially bad 

 on chrysanthemums, cinerarias and 

 marguerites, also attacking geraniums 

 and some other plants. Some sticky 



Memorial Day Stock Wreath of Galax. 



(Madf up In quantity In advunfo; Just before delivery trimmed t» suit 

 selling price and the eustomer's taste.) 



fly papers hung around will attract and 

 catch many of the moths and fumiga- 

 tion should also destroy them, but is 

 usually ineffectual against the cater- 

 pillars themselves. Kill all the moths 

 you possibly can by hand, destroy the 

 larvse in the same way and you will 

 soon exterminate them. C. W. 



MILDEW AND LEAF BOLLEBS. 



Can you tell me what to do with my 

 rose bushes? I think they are troubled 

 with mildew. The leaves curl up, with 

 a white, dry dust underneath and some- 

 times on the buds. I have used dry 

 sulphur, but it does not seem to have 

 any .effect. Also, what should I do for 

 slugfe on roses? I enclose a leaf in- 

 fested with rust. F. J. H. 



Sulphur dusted on the foliage when 

 it is a little damp with dew will be 

 found the best remedy for mildew. 

 Thefe are a number of special remedies, 

 amopg which Hammond's Grape Dust 

 is one of the best. Blow the sulphur 

 on with a pair of powder bellows. To 

 destroy the leaf roller, or slug, dust 

 hellebore on the foliage as soon as the 



second leaves appear. More than one 

 application may be necessary, as rains 

 will sometimes wash away the poison. 

 If white thrips appear, force of water 

 is the best remedy, while any of the 

 soap solutions or kerosene emulsion will 

 care for black or green aphis if it ap- 

 pears. If you have a good water pres- 

 sure convenient to your bushes, use it 

 freely and you will have little trouble 

 with insect pests. They always breed 

 faster when the plants are suffering 

 from a lack of moisture. W. N. C. 



ROSES IN ALABAMA. 



Will Killarney, Bride, Maid, Eich- 

 mond and Beauties do better on 

 benches than on beds composed of six 

 inches of soil over about the same 

 depth of cinders? What is the best 



night temperature for Richmond f 

 Could it be grown successfully in the 

 same house with Killarney? Is it 

 treated like Killarney? If not, in what 

 respects does the treatment differ? 

 My location is Alabama. F. G. 



Killarney, Bride, Bridesmaid and 

 Richmond will all do quite well in the 

 same house. An average night tem- 

 perature of 56 degrees during winter 

 will be found about right. Unless you 

 have customers who continue to call 

 for Bride and Maid, you would be well 

 advised in dropping these two in favor 

 of Killarney and White Killarney. 

 Both sell much better than the older 

 sorts in all the markets; in fact. Bride 

 and Maid are hard to sell when Kil- 

 larney is procurable, and their numbers 

 are being rapidly reduced. 



All the roses named will do much 

 better in solid beds than on raised 

 benches. The latter would give you 

 possibly a few more flowers in mid- 

 winter, but they would not average so 

 well either in quantity or quality as 

 those in beds. Richmond's treatment 

 differs little from that of Killarney. 

 The objection to Richmond is that it 

 is not sufficiently double, and is of lit- 

 tle value when hot weather has set in. 

 There are promising red sports of Kil- 

 larney which should be heard from 

 later. Rhea Reid is also an excellent 

 red rose, a good forcer, and with 

 greater substance than Richmond it 

 would certainly be worthy of a trial 

 from you. C. W. 



