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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Alglm -*, 1910. 



will somctiiiu's turn yellow in this way 

 during sik'IIb of hot, Buuless and humid 

 wi'iitluT. There ia no need for constant 

 wetting of the soil about geraniums, 

 li 3'ou must water, give the plants a 

 thorough soaking; then on the follow- 

 iug 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 daini)ing 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 excellent double bedding 

 geraniums, in addition to S. A. Nutt, 

 are: Alphonse Ricard, E. H. Trego, daz- 

 zling scarlet on satfron ground; John 

 Doyle, deep scarlet; General Grant, a 

 good old sort, vermilion scarlet. 



C. W. 



MEALY BUGS. 



Will you kindly tell me what to do to 

 get rid of mealy bugs in a carnation 

 house/ 1 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 i)e6t8. Do you ad- 

 vise fumigating, and with what! 



S. J. F. 



I have never been troubled with 

 mealy bugs in the soil, my experience 

 with this \)OHt being limited to their 

 sucking on the plants. There are sev- 

 eral preparations on the market which 

 are supposed to destroy them eflfect- 

 ually. 1 have found kerosene emulsion 

 quite effective, but it nmst 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 sjuay 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 GROWN ENCHANTRESS. 



Under separate cover we send an 

 average carnation plant from a bench of 

 about 12.>. 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 

 Btrong |ilauts. Do you think they will 

 make anything for winter blooming or 

 would you advise us t^ throw them out 

 and buy field grown plants to be put 

 in their place? If so, could we winter 

 them in coldframes for blooming next 

 summer, or save the plants in any 

 other way \vliich wouhl give us some 

 profit ! Tiie variety' is Kuchantress, 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 

 by next winter. The plant now car- 

 ries five good shoots, two of which are 



ready to toj). When these break again. 

 you will have nine shoots to come along 

 to flower. 



You will find generally that plants 

 grown indoors will not bo 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. 



CLEANING 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 bo turv,-,: 

 over once or twice and lastly mi-^. 

 with air slaked- lime, a bushel to :x 

 loads of soil. The carnation plani: | 

 will buy from a reputable, success..: 

 grower, so as to have now, heal; v 

 jiiants and a clean house to begin W: , 

 Is there anything else you could s -' 

 j^est that I can do to avoid these t ^. " 

 dreadful diseases, as 1 am a firm !,. 

 liever in the ounce of prevention bei ,;; 

 worth more than a pound of curat 



P. C. M. 



TluMe is one thing more 1 would su. 

 gist to you, and that is to get son i- 

 ISordeaux mixture. About two or thr<r- 

 weeks after you bench your carnation 

 spray them thoroughly with it, to pr 

 vent the spread of any spot disea;-., 

 which nuiy have started while you we) 

 s|)rayiiig freely right after benchin, 

 tlie }ilants. You can get it in a handN 

 condensed liquid form from your suppj. 

 man. A gallon- of it will go a long wa^ 

 if von have an automatic sprayer. 



A. F. J. B. 



ABRAHAM MOLTZ. 



-Miraham Moltz, of the firm of A 

 Moltz & Co., in the Coogan building 

 .\ew York city, has had an experience 

 of over twenty years in the trade 

 Since taking his nephew, Maurice L 

 (ilass, into partnershi|), he has enlarge.: 

 his store and increased his force of 

 iielpers, and is evidently anticipating- 

 a big addition to his sales. He asserts 

 that he nevt'r 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 

 lias the general good will of the whole 



Abraham Moltz. 



