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1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



19 



li'ichnionJ, Ind., was our next c:ill,^to 

 see the nurseries of E. G. Hill Co., :i 

 Vi'vy good establish iMont. h'osos and 

 carnations are (h)nt' woll. A now carna 

 tion, Bonfire, bright scarlot. is a fine 

 thing, also several new roses. Mr. Kill 

 has found the lost scent of tiic rosi' 

 and we shall soon have his new \ari(' 

 ties. 



From there we went to Chii-a>;n. This 

 is a pusliing place, all hustle. It seems 

 to mt" this will yet be the greatest city 

 ill America. We visited the wholesale 

 llorists, also the great cut tlower grow 

 ing establishment of the Poehlmanii 

 brothers: (i2.000 plants of American 

 Beauty rose, also Richmond, My Mary- 

 laml. Killarney, White Killarney, Mel- 

 ody, etf., altogether 27o,n00 roses under 

 glass, most of them strucic from cut- 

 tings; 2;"0.0ii0 carnations all jilanted 

 out <ui raised beds. 



The Boston show was well laid out. 

 Groui>s of acacias and ericas, and a 

 garden of roses from T. Eoland, were 

 features, also the Dutch garden of 

 Messrs. Farquhar. ^Mr. Walsii put up a 

 splendid group of rambler roses in 

 which Mrs. yi. II. Walsh, a new double 

 white Avas very fine, also Lucille. A. N. 

 Pierson. of Cromwell, staged a new 

 sport from Killarney, named .Si'arlet 

 Killainey: I should say it has a good 

 future. Mr. ticott exhibited Double 

 Pink Killarney, with twelve or more 

 petals than in the old KiP.arne.v; it 

 looked ;i good rose. < 'ariiat i(uis were a 

 great feature — we exjieeted this. Jt 

 seems to me our American friends have 

 murli TO learn as regards llie -taging 

 of llowers. We took tram to see Mr. 

 Sim's sweet peas, a mar\eloiis sight, 

 one house inO feet long and forty-three 

 feet wide, with nine rows of sweet 

 peas, six feet high in tln^ pink of 

 health coveroil with blooms. Thousands 

 i>f I'riucess of Wales violets nre grown 

 under glass: then comes tomatoes. ]\Ir. 

 Sim is a (•le\er grower. 



New ^"oik was the Ijeginiiiiig (d' our 

 triji. .lud in New York we finished. 

 W(> well- oMi:^(^d to decline seviual invi- 

 tation- til \ isit nurseries, but on our 

 last day there we were the guests of 

 Artliur T. Boddington at lunch. Yes, 

 a most wonderful time we had in Amer- 

 ica from first to last, and a thousand 

 tlianks to the American florists who 

 welcomed, us, not as strangers but as 

 brothers. A great wave is coming over 

 America to iuantify the cities and 

 towns with trees and' shrubs. With the 

 exception of Wiishington and a few 

 towns this has been neglected, .\merica 

 does big things when she starts and 

 .\nierican nurserymen are on the look 

 out for stock. I am surprises! that 

 English nurserymen do not push for 

 -American trade; any quantity of stock 

 can be sold and American nurserymen 

 are eager to buy. But it is all left to 

 the Dutidimen, who do a roaring trade, 

 ;is 111,, field is left to them. 



WHITE FLY. 



^ There 'are niauy wliite flies in my 

 greenliouse. Will you please t(dl mo of 

 something I can use that will destrov 

 theni? K. L. F. ' 



Sucji safe fumigants as To-bak-ine 

 will clear out white fly, but the most 

 eflective means is hydrocyanic acid 

 gas, directions for the use of which 

 have often been -given in the pages of 

 The Re\iew. A cool evening is neces- 

 sary for the operation. Do not trust 

 the work to anv assistant: do it vour- 



Bluedorn's Azalea. 



--I'if. 'i'liis is ;i deadly gas and it is 

 iinwisi' to le;i\e the I'uiiiigation to care- 

 less persons. Some plants .are much 

 iiioie easil.N' iiijured than others. To- 

 matoes, i-uc-uinliers ;iiid antirrhinum--. 

 for instance, are e:isily scorcheil. It 

 the fumigation can be i^ivcn with the 

 temjier.ature in the house below (iO de- 

 crees, the (liauces of in. jury are great- 

 ly reduced. To get the culiic contents 

 of your luuise. uiiilti]dy the lein^th li\ 

 the breadth .and this by tlie average 

 height. Ci\,' two I'muigat ions, ;(t in 

 ter\als ol' three iiiulits. ;uid you will 

 L;i\e the wliite lly its ipiietiis. This 

 is now a i-onimon I'orm <d' t'limiyat ion. 

 not only for white lly, but tor othiM" 

 l>ests, but must l.r used with great 

 care. 



I lia\e touiKl till' t'ollowing .a safe 

 dose for Use. gixiiig an .all-nii^ht ex- 

 posure: < )ne |>int water and one })int 

 su!|diuric .ai-id in .a stone ,iar. .\dil to 

 this two .and one half ounces cxanide 

 of ]U)tassium. l'la<-i' the jars fifty feet 

 ajiart in the house. 1 prefer to use 

 jars with sullicieiit mixture for at least 

 ■J.noo oul)ic feet '(if spaci\ Having 

 |>laced the .jar.s in position, see that 

 tlie ventilators :ire t los(^<l tightly. Droji 

 the cyanide, wrap]>ed in oil paper, in 

 each jar. \\'alk along briskly. Make 

 ;i speedy exit. Lock the door and al- 

 low no one to enter until morning. To 

 breathe the gns is fatal. C. W. 



BLUEDORN'S AZALEA. 



The illustration uii tlii> pa_;e is re- 

 |ii'odnred I'roiii a jiliot ogra |di recei\'ed 

 from HeruKiii I'dueilorn, liaii Claire, 

 Wis., who writes: ''The pl.int st.ands 

 li\(' feet I'onr iuclu'S high and meas- 

 ures four feet six inches a.-ro-s the 

 he;id. I ha\e no name I'or the \aiiet\. 

 Twehe years ayo 1 received a niiinber 

 of azaleas atid .iboiit twai yeais later 

 noted that a lir;tnch of loie of the 

 plants still on hand made an exception- 

 ally rapid growth. I loidv enooi^h in- 

 terest in it to grow it on into a tree 

 [staud;ird(?)] form and when it bloomed 

 it was a dilVei-eiit i-oior from the rest 

 of the |dant. being .a briylit, dark 

 pitik, with a still darker blotih in the 

 throat of the llower. 1 have raiseil cut- 

 tings of many dilfereiit kinds of ;i/.a- 



li>as, but never ha\e seei like this. 



All the cuttings from tlii- |d;int go 

 naturally to the {rov form and when 

 blooming they are ;ill ,o\ered with 

 flowers, like the one in the photour;iph, 

 with hardlv ;i le;if to lie seen.'" 



Latrobc, Pa. — Edward Li'it/man says 

 that the business of the florists in the 

 Latrobe and Trwiii .listrict is at the 

 lowest ebb in ye;irs, because of the 

 miners' strike, which has now been in 

 force thirteen months. 



Cambridge, Mass.- -H.'rman A. .lor- 

 daii. projirietor of the Harvard Con- 

 serv.itories, at 22 Bablwin str-'ct. car- 

 ries on a successful business as a gar- 

 dener as w(dl as a florist. 



Missoula, Mont,--.I. IL Smith, who 

 until re. lilt !y was foreman at the 

 greenhouses of the 'Missoul.a Nursery 

 Co., 1-: now store manager for the same 

 firm. Ifo s;iys there has lately been a 

 he.'ivy <lema ud for carnations! Owing 

 to unfavorabb^ W(>ather. the field plant- 

 ing <if carnations was not begun till a 

 later d.ate flnan usual. 



