AIGUST 4, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



39 



corn crop, in which I am most inter- 

 ested, from ten ^aj* to two weeks late, 

 and a poor..'*crbp piiespect. Our own 

 contracted crops here in Ohio are at 

 least two weeks latfe, and a poor stand, 

 jue to the cold weather of May and the 

 fore part of June. Many fields had to 

 be replanted and some crops were en- 

 tirely lost. From the middle of June 

 to July 10 we had splendid corn weath- 

 er and if we can get some rain from 

 now on, with a late fall, we can make 

 a far showing on our contract orders." 



BAILBOAD GABDENEBS. 



The fourth annual meeting of the 

 American Association of Bailroad Gar- 

 deners will be called at Crawford hotel, 

 Boston, September 5. An interesting 

 throe days' program has been arranged, 

 and while the membership is limited to 

 those connected with the gardening de- 

 partment of American railroads, the 

 meetings are open, and the program is 

 so broad as to be of interest to all the 

 gardening fraternity. 



One feature of the work is to place 

 competent men in vacancies and on new 

 work, and it will be of advantage to 

 any who desire to take up this class of 

 gardening to get in touch with tbe sec- 

 retary, J. S. Butterfield, Lee Ir Sum- 

 mit, Mo. 



DETBOIT. 



The Market. 



Business has been far better than 

 might be expected at this time of the 

 year. Of course the most of it is funeral 

 work, but an occasional wedding order 

 creeps in to change the regular routine 

 of work. The greatest difficulty is in 

 getting flowers with which to fill the 

 ■orders. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting August 1 was held in 

 what will undoubtedly be the regular 

 meeting place of the club, in the base- 

 -ment of 112 Farmer street. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 

 •elected, as follows: President, George 

 E. Browne; vice-president, Herman 

 Knope; secretary, H. Schroeter; treas- 

 urer, Robert Rahaley; librarian, Harry 

 Pickworth. Six ballots for president 

 "Were taken and J. F. Sullivan elected, 

 but he respectfully but firmly declined. 



Vice-president-elect N, Knope invited 

 the club to hold the next meeting at 

 Breitmeyer's Mack avenue greenhouses, 

 where he is in charge. The date of 

 nieeting was changed from Monday, 

 September 5, to August 29. 



Along letter was read from President 

 •^ liarles H. Plumb, who is now in 

 i-urope. State Vice-president Bloy 

 again urged all members to attend the 

 lonvention. Mr. Bloy announced that 

 the Detroit delegation will leave for 

 Rochester Monday, August 15, at 5 

 P- m. on the D. & B. line steamer. All 

 out-of-town florists who can convenient- 

 ly do so are invited to join the Detroit 

 party. Notify Mr. Bloy, so that he 

 '■•'in secure berths on the boat. 



George Stevens, of Walkerville, was 

 fleeted a member. H. S. 



Conneaut, O. — The flower store of H. 

 0. Gray was purchased bv L. A. Eaton, 

 and not by the Misses fivans, as previ- 

 ously reported. Besides the store a^ 

 190 Main street, Mr.' Eaton has gro^« 

 liouses at 123 Center street. 



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Vegetable Forcing. 



ASHTABULA OEOWEBS. 



Reports from the large vegetable 

 growing district at Ashtabula, O., are of 

 an encouraging character. The green- 

 bouses are still shipping some tomatoes, 

 but cukes are the principal crop at 

 present. Several growers report the 

 season so far as highly satisfactory, 

 considering the long, expensive, cold 

 winter and spring. 



There are a number of large growers 

 near Ashtabula, and among them are 

 the Griswold Greenhouse Co., Jos. Rice, 

 manager; R. W. Griswold, Dunbar & 

 Hopkins, Sherman H. Luce, Gallop 

 Bros., Fishel & Willis, Ashtabula Green- 

 house Co. and Adams & Sons. E. 

 A. Dunbar is sales manager of the Ash- 

 tabula Lettuce Growers' Association. 

 Besides lettuce, cukes and tomatoes, 

 radishes and rhubarb are also grown. 



STBIPED CUCUMBEB BEETLES. 



Will you please let me know how I 

 can get rid of the small beetles, a sam- 

 ple of which I am sending to you? They 

 are on my cucumber vines. I applied 

 slaked lime, but it does not seem to 

 keep them off. They are small bugs, 

 about one-eighth of an inch long, and 

 are black, with yellow stripes. Also, 

 will you give me the name of some 

 good, reliable house where I can get 

 some hardy plant sei^d t L. 8. 



The pests are the common melon or 



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Celery. White Plume. Golden Self-Blanching, 

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cucumber beetles. They are usually 

 kept in check by dusting the young 

 plants with air-slaked lime, putting a 

 liberal handful around each hill, on the 

 ground, and renewing it after each rain. 

 If it is thrown foifibly, much of the 

 dust will collect on the leaves, which 

 makes it unpleasant for the beetles and 

 they prefer to eat s^omewhere else. 



They can be poisoned by using Paris 

 green or arsenate of lead, but Paris 

 green will injure the leaves if made too 

 strong. Arsenate of lead is better, as 

 it sticks to the foliage longer and does 

 not injure the tender leaves. 



Any of the seedsmen who advertise 

 in The Review are reliable and should 

 be able to furnish good seed of best 

 varieties. H. G. 



Leipsic, O. — The Leipsic Floral Co., 

 Edward Point, manager, has recently 

 completed a new house which will be 

 used for lettuce. 



Pittsburg, Kan. — The Steinhauser 

 Florist and Nursery Co. is erecting three 

 houses 27x200 and a fourth house 

 32x116. 



