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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 4, Iftio. 



will sometimes turn yellow in this way 

 during spelle of hot, sunless and humid 

 weather. There is no need for constant 

 wetting of the soil about geraniums. 

 If you must water, give the plants a 

 thorough soaking; then on the follow- 

 ing day loosen the surface soil and do 

 not water again for a week. Treated 

 thus your plants will grow and flower 

 well, but constant wetting of the soil 

 keeps it in a hard, baked condition, 



while damping over of the leaves does 

 no good at all, but helps to create a 

 soft growth, which falls an easy prey 

 to fungoid diseases. 



A few other-g^cellent double bedding 

 geranioaui^in apdition to S. A. Nutt, 

 are: Alphonse^icard, E. H, Trego, daz- 

 zling scarlet on saffron ground; John 

 Doyle, deep scarlet; General Grant, a 

 good old sort, vermilion scarlet. 



C. W. 



meaLt bugs. 



Will you kindly tell me what to do to 

 get rid of mealy bugs in a carnation 

 house t I have taken out the old plants, 

 but am waiting to hear from you before 

 taking out the old soil, which is badly 

 infested with these pests. Do you ad- 

 vise fumigating, and with whatf 



8. J. F. 



I have never been troubled with 

 mealy bugs in the soil, my experience 

 with this pest being limited to their 

 sucking on the plants. There are sev- 

 eral preparations on the market which 

 are supposed to destroy them effect- 

 ually. I have found kerosene emulsion 

 quite effective, but it must be prepared 

 carefully, as it will burn the plants if 

 not well mixed. 



After you have taken out all the soil, 

 you can fumigate your house with sul- 

 phur, which should destroy them. If 

 your house contains other stock, so that 

 the fumigating would be impracticable, 

 then spray all the woodwork, from the 

 eaves down, with kerosene. 



If the pest is really in the soil, then 

 I would advise you to write to the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, for Farmers' Bulletin No. 

 145. This gives directions for applying 

 carbon bisulphide for the destruction of 

 all underground insects. A. F. J. B. 



BENCH-aBOWN ENCHAVTBESS. 



Under separate cover we send an 

 average carnation plant from a bench of 

 about 125. They were planted directly 

 into the bench from small pots during 

 the first week in June, and were topped 

 about the time they were planted in 

 the bench. They do not seem to be 

 strong plants. Do yoa think they will 

 make anything for winter blooming or 

 would you advise us to throw them out 

 and buy field-grown plants to be put 

 in their place f If so, could we winter 

 them in coldframes for blooming next 

 Bummer, or save the plants in any 

 other way which would give us some 

 profit f The variety is Enchantress, and 

 as we are rather limited in capacity, 

 we shall need every Enchantress bloom 

 we can grow. W. S. G. 



If the plant forwarded is an average 

 one, you need have no fear that you 

 will not have a good yield of blooms 

 bpr next winter. The plant now car- 

 ries five good shoots, two of which are 



ready to top. When these break again, 

 you will have nine shoots to come along 

 to flower. 



You will find generally that plants 

 g^own indoors will not be as large, or 

 carry quite as many shoots by August 1, 

 as plants grown in the field. They have, 

 however, the advantage of being estab- 

 lished, and by September 15 there will 

 be little difference in the size of the 

 plants The difference is usually in 

 favor of the field-grown stock. 



A. F. J. B. 



CLEANINO INFECTED HOUSES. 



Two years ago fairy ring, and last 

 year stigmonose, played havoc with my 

 carnations. Just now I am house-clean- 

 ing, and will whitewash the walls and 

 benches and fumigate with sulphur. 

 The soil I intend to use is top soil, 

 mixed about a month ago with one- 



third cow manure. It will be turned 

 over once or twice and lastly mixed 

 with air-slaked- lime, a bushel to six 

 loads of soil. The carnation plants I 

 will buy from a reputable, successful 

 grower, so as to have new, healthv 

 })lant8 and a clean house to begin with. 

 Is there anything else you could sug. 

 gest that I can do to avoid these two 

 dreadful diseases, as I am a firm be- 

 liever in the ounce of prevention being 

 worth more than a pound of curef 

 P. C. M. 



There is one thing more I would Bug. 

 gest to you, and that is to get some 

 Bordeaux mixture. About two or three 

 weeks after you bench your carnations, 

 spray them thoroughly with it, to pre- 

 vent the spread of any spot disease 

 which may have started while you were 

 spraying freely right after benching 

 the plants. You can get it in a handy, 

 condensed liquid form from your supply 

 man. A gallon^ of it will go a long way. 

 if you have an automatic sprayer. 



A. F. J. B. 



ABBAHAM MOLTZ. 



Abraham Moltz, of the firm of A. 

 Moltz & Co., in the Coogan building, 

 New York city, has had an experience 

 of over twenty years in the trade. 

 Since taking his nephew, Maurice L. 

 Glass, into partnership, he has enlarged 

 his store and increased his force of 

 helpers, and is evidently anticipating 

 a big addition to his sales. He asserts 

 that he never has filled a retail order. 

 and at the same time has the unique 

 record of never having sold a flower 

 for a grower. His purchases on some 

 days are enormous. He has a genius for 

 legitimate speculation and takes many 

 risks, but always lands on his feet. He 

 has the general good will of the whole- 



Abraham Moltz. 



