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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



,lr\i: L'::. I'.Mi 



SNAILS. 



1 >(i \iiii kiKiw III' ;iii\ |ii;irl ir:i I \v;iy 

 III' uilliiiL; I'nl 111' --iiMiK. lillici in i^lnsv 

 liiiiiM'-- 111 in ilir ^n^ll(•n.' I linsc tricil 

 |ii:iri ir;i lis rvi'iy i n'-crt n'iilt'. Init; witli- 

 iiiil lcMill>. rir--iilf--. I inixnl 1 he sll'diiy 

 ol |ini>iin>, like .-irMiiii- .•nnl I'li'i^- 

 ^ii'cn. Willi lnnn. mrninrnl .•mil lirnwii 

 -ul;!!!'. .'iinl .'ill III' nil nviiil. I >hiiul(| In- 

 Lirc.-illy iililii^rij I'm knowing ;i mixliirc 

 lh;il wiinlil i'\l CI mi n:il I' llicni. I ;ils(i 

 Iriiil Apliinr. Spr.-i nin Uinn. ShiL;>liii| ;inil 



\ jriit iriilf. I-'.. .\. 



Nimr 111' I ln' ri'inciiii'v \iiii li;i\c tiicil 

 ■ire 111 iniirti ;i\;iil ;i^;iin''l >n;iils. Thcv 

 -crm liliicil' Myilills! .'ill jinisiilis ;nii| 

 t'iniiiu.'il iiiii>- : I'Vrii liyiJriirN'.'i n ir ,'ii-iil i^.'is 

 ^I'clii^ 111 i-;iiiM' lliciii liltic ruiii-iTn. Ill 

 L;ri'rnli<iU'~i'-- llicy arc Npfri.'! 1 1\ ijr- 

 ^linrii\r .'iniiiiiy .'iiTki III iiin>. TlifV mn 

 lii' I i;i |i|iii| ill l.'iryc iiiiini Ids liy 1,'iyiiiy' 

 li';i\('-- 111' i-.'i 111 ;i^c iitiil li'llnrc. iir siicrs 



dl' ciiiiiil ;iiiil liiniip, ;iii(l cxaniiniug 

 iIk'sc. ('s|irri;illy ;il niylil; llir -nail- 

 • '.'III 111' |illlliy('i| ill linl W.'itrr .'illil ill- 

 -triiycij. I r yiinr Ih'iicIic- aii' Ii.'hIIv in 

 rc-lfil. rcliMiNC all I Ik- jilanls .'iinl cillirr 

 |iiiiir nil linjliiiu w.'iicr. Ill- L;i\<' a iln-l 

 iiit;- with airslakcil liinc. A Imn-li nl' 

 I he latter \\ ill kill llic -ii.'iil-. Sail i-.-in 

 lie similarly used ami it will |i.'iy In 

 scatter (>illier s.'ill tir lime. Imtli mi .'iini 

 lieldw ymir iieiiclies. Snails cinnnt li\i- 

 Imi^' at'ler coinino- in i-mii.'ict witli 

 eil lier. 



( )iil(i(iors, scalier lime nr sunt frmii 

 siit'l cii.'il t'reely aniiiml tlie liaiints nt' 

 I lie snails. 'I'liey c.'iiiikiI ti-.'i\'el nxcr .'i 

 line dl' either, ami neither will liaiiii 

 ;ili\' dl' yiiiir ]il;iiils. the sunt lieilij; -^lu' 

 ci.'illy lienelicial. S;il| c.-m lie -iinilarly 

 iiseil. Inil is imire likel\- le ilaniaye the 

 |plaiits. Sc.'il t ere>l mi w';ill<s ii|- alimit 

 any nf their lianiits. it will kill l,'ir;^e 

 (|iiant it ies. A line dt' sawiliisl while it 

 remains <lr\' \vill act :is a lianier to 



-nails. I lia\e l're(|iieMt ly seen 

 dl' I hi- used dutilddis to i^naril 

 I'lnm tlie attacks et' snails, with p 



G^ERMINATING KENTIA SEED 



I'le.'ise tell us linw much he;il k, 

 seeils i-an stand without lieiny sji. 

 Tell us. .'ilso, A\hat decree i.l' he;: 

 iiid-T snit.-ilde t'di' them. ]•?. 



Keiitia seeds wtuild stand a teiii| 

 lure of Hid dej^rees I'or a few 

 willioiii serious in. jury, |pro\ ided 

 were ke]il iiioist, hut such a teiii| 

 lure is nut lu'cessar.v I'm- the yeni 

 lidii dt' these seeds. .\ t em jier.'it m , 

 7-"i Id Ml de<;|-ei'S is siillicicnl I'm- ihi- 

 isl'.'icidry ycrmiiKit idii id' keiilia-. 

 ihi- prdCess may lie accom|dislie.! 

 either lij^lit soil or a lied of s|i|ia^; 

 iiid-s. as may lie most couvenieni. 

 -eeds lieiiji;- ke|it cdiitiniially moist, 

 not sodden. ' \V. II. I 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN SPRING. 



'J'lie chriiiiiclers of hm't iculi uial news 

 ill dilVeient jiarts of the cdiiiiiry have 

 lieeii i-eciiidiuy the fact of the chrysaii- 

 iheiMiiiu lieiny on sale at dill'erent m.'ir 

 kets diiriiiy the s|ii-i!iy, ;iml lefcriiii;^ 

 to it as -miiethiiij; new. whei'eas, as a 

 matter nf f.'ict, it is ie;illy as old as 

 chiysant lieiimm cultiii'e. I'",\<'r\' yoar 

 for ,'i lolly time, (liailes 'riidilcy. ot' 

 New N'mU. has had mi sale liowcrs of 

 a. wllite variety, which I lieliexe is the 

 olil \aiiely Nixeiis. diiriiij; the months 

 of .\]iril .'iiid May. and some twelve 

 yo.'irs a<;<i I I'ec.-ill jii-owiny a l.'iryc liatch 

 of the old \aiiety. .1. II. 'I'l'dv. for 

 sjiriiii; work. 



Trcseiit ilay oroweis ;iri' running more 

 td (ioldeii (i|dW. liv the re|iorts in The 

 i\'e\ iew. It is a perfectly sim|ile mat- 

 t<'r to y(>t aliiidst aii.\' \.'iriet\- in tlower 

 in the splint,', if they are yniwii for 

 that jiui'i><ise, hut the (|iiestioii is: Is 

 it .'i jfiiod ]iolicy.' I liaxe ahva.vs ar- 

 yiieil that one reason for the <rreat po|i 

 ularitv of the miim in the early fall 

 ■was its rea]i]((>aran<e after a i;oo(i loiiy 

 spell of ahseiice. and the average llower 

 ]o\ei- greets it like a ]<<ujS h'st hrdtlior. 



If \\ e are jfoiny to haxe the chrysan- 

 themum on sale .'ill tlirouyh the sum 

 mer. we are uoin<; to kill the iio\-elt.\' 

 and one of the mum's hest assets for 

 ]io|inlaiity will he <'riislied out. The 

 Avriter. in coux t^'sat ion with a promi 

 iient erower a few ilays ayo. was told 

 that (iolden (ilow was <;diii^ to kill the 

 clirysaiithomiiiii luisiness. I'ersoiiall v, I 

 do not bolievc it is <,'oiiie; to do anv 

 such tiling', hut that it will have some 

 ftfect on the market until the craze 

 for ^rowiny it has suhsidei], no one can 

 for a Tumneiit doulit. 



(oddeii (!low. oven though it will 

 ihiwer at almost aii\' season, jirodnces 

 the liest flowers ahoiit the end of Sop- 



lemher oi' (>arly in ()ct(dier. Much of 

 the (ioldeii (Ilow seen on the market 

 at Olid seasons is wietchedly ]ioor. ami 

 ahoiit the only reason for the existence 

 of ;i jrood deal of this stock is that the 

 grower allowed the wood to yet hard 

 ;iml could not iirevcnt his plants from 

 lldwerin^'. 



If yoniiy plants of this \ariety are 

 set out now, and left yrowiny ;ilone- 

 iiiitil the middle or end of .liil\- hefoie 

 .•1 hud a]ipe.'irs, they will |irddiice ,'il- 

 niosl Hid per cent of heaiitiful llowers, 

 and will he .'i standiuy refutation of the 

 .'iryiiments of some yrdwers that it can- 

 iidt he made to produce a eond. clean 

 stem. ('has. 11. Tditv. 



A GLIMPSE AHEAD. 



The accompanying portrait nf Thnin.'is 

 W. J*oid<ett, of Melii(uiiiie. .\ ii-l ralia. 

 will yive to maii.\- growers for the first 

 time some idea of the man who has 

 done possihly more than aii\' other to 

 hrinu the chr.vsant hemiiiu to its ]ireseiit 

 hiyh st.'imlard, and ,'i report just to 

 hiiiiil of the annual aiitiiinn -how held 

 .\pril -i;> at .Malvern, a siihurh of Mel 

 houriie. yives a ylimiisc, si.\ months 

 ahead, of the thiiiys we sh;ill hear more 

 ahmit when our own autumn ariixc-. 



At the Mahcrii show, whid, w.'is a 

 iioiahh oiK'. ''all the leadiiii; awards 

 were won hy A\ . T. I'ocKett. a son of 

 T. AV. I'dckett, td wlidin the credit i- 

 diie for estahlishiny new seedlings. The 

 well known curator of the .MaKcin pah 

 lie jfardeiis has attained a staye which 

 makes the cross-fert ili/.at ion of cliry- 

 antliemums .'i work that will yixe iiniiie 

 diate and certain results, as ayainsf 

 tilt" ])rocess df a tew years ayo. when 

 the paieiits of the seedlings were not 

 known. 'I know the fathers, the grand- 

 fathers ami the yreat-yra ndfat hers nt 



the stdck's oil which T am working ii"\v, 



-Mr. I'ockett said to the \\riter. \\ I n 



(|U(stidued I'eyardinir his advaiicenii-n! 



with hyhiidi/.at ion. He lias att.n i 



ail e\ (Ml higher le\'el than that id' | i-i 



-iiccesses with a new secdlinir, '.vh-'ii 



h'l- lieeii named White Australia, s, \ 



erai hlddiiis, pure wliiti'. with I ;: 



di'd.ipiny |i( tals, were shown, and tl i 



;s e\ cry siyii of !^^^. I'ockett li.i'. i;; 



|ii'ddiiced a variety whiidi will heal : ' 



thiiiy that has yone before it. T' i' 



Were l.arye numhers of the m "i 



'■hr.\ sMiitlieinuins in flip show, hut \v ' i' 



a specimen of the new jiiire u' '<- 



\.'iriet\-. ^Frs. David Syiiie. was m- .^ 



eipial to wiimintj tlie award f'n 



hest hlooni in the shfiw, W I 



I'ockett won Avitli a Mine, ("ariidt i 



le-ult that was not befi;riidiied \ 



chvysaiithi'mum enthusiasts, who n ; 



iii/.e the retiiarkablo manner in a\ ' ^' 



this old fa\orit(> has inaintaiiieii 



viyor. 



"That the work started at Mai n 



i- estaldished on a solid foiiud.i " 



is now an estahlislied fact. Spea^ - 



with Mr. ro(d\('tt on this suh.jeci 



said: 'i lia\'e ai-coniplished the ol ' 



1 1 ,'id in \iew when I first started '■ 



Was -.(line time before my friends 



me encouragement. How could I 



peel to ceiu'iete witli .America, I'l' 



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.lapaii, ital.x", Kiiyland .' How coi- ' 

 yet plants to Hnylaiicl in jjood ci 

 tidU.' Now, all these ditliiulties I 

 been o\ erconie, with the assistaii'' ■' 

 those across the sea. and toilay ' 

 hesl growers and distributors ot ' 

 two yreatesi tlower loving couiitiie '' 

 the world. Knyland and America. " 

 yi\i' them the greatest jiossible at ' 

 tion. It was tliouyht when I raised 

 or three \arieties some years ay" '' 

 it was the luid< that comes to '< 

 plant raisers, ,'ind that I would le 



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