Seftbmbeb 16, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Bhould fail to root. It is always well 

 to dig up a few old plants, to be kept 

 dormant during winter. These, when 

 started, yield an abundant crop of soft 

 growths which are ideal for propagating 

 purposes. 



Eucharis Amazonica« 



A crop of .spikes of Eucharis Amazon- 

 ica around the holiday season is always 

 welcome. Plants in pots should now be 

 placed in a cool house and gradually 

 dried off. Of course, they are not to be 

 rested so as to lose their foliage, but it 

 will be found that they withstand quite a 

 severe drying with little loss of foliage. 

 If given a rest from about September 

 20 to November 15, then placed in a 

 warm, moist house and well watered, a 

 good crop of spike.s sliould be in season 

 for Christmas. As the siiikes sliow, af- 

 ford souie li(iiii<l iiKinuie and it will much 

 improve the size of the llowers, besides 

 promoting a vigorous leaf -growth. 



Late Asters. 



While there may be no frost in some 

 latitudes for a uutnlier of weeks yet, 

 some states hail teni|)iMatuies below the 

 free/.iii}4 point during tiie lirst t\'w days 

 in !Se[)leuilier, anil ii\er tiie noit hern 

 states tiicre is aluavs a pinbaiiility of 

 Render (rojis iiein^ destroyed before Oc- 

 tober 1. Lale asters are an invaluable 

 Cifoi) to many a cduntry llnrist ami eveiy 

 effort is Tuade to [ir(iliin<^ the croj) until 

 the nuim season is in full swing. 



It is a I'ity to see line liol^ of asters, 

 ju.'^t Coming into llower, ikstroyed by 

 frost, when a covrrin;.; of cln't'St'cioth or 

 thin canvas would have sa\ed them. It 

 is a good plan to plant the latest asters 

 iti any spare coldf lauies, so that sashes 

 can be placed over tlieni to keep them 

 clean and protect from early frosts. The 

 sash covering also means ii good . deal 

 when severe rain and wind storms come 

 along. These practically luin [ilaiits in 

 the open. I'roviijcd the ground is nudst 

 and the [dants are lifted with a ball of 

 earth, they are easily removed to a frame 

 from the open. A little shade for ji day 

 or two will prevent any wdling. Where 

 funeral "work is an almost daily duty, 

 these little details are well worth attend- 

 ing to. 



English Ivy. 



Where the stock of Hiiglish ivy is low, 

 the i)resent is a gooil time to put in a 

 good sized batch of cuttings. Any ordi- 

 nary propaj^ating bench will root them. 

 These can he j;i-ovvn into nice, salable 

 little plants for late spring sales. While 

 it is a iiarWy |)lant in some states, it 

 scorches badly if uni)rote(ted in the 

 more northerly states, and ;iny stock 

 left in the field should receive a covering 

 of straw or leaves when the ground 

 freezes. 



D. RUSCONI. 



As treasurer of the Cincinnnti Florists' 

 Society, w hi.h has di^nnyuislied itself 

 in convention inatt( rs ami in other ways, 

 1). Ivusconi is [iroinincnt in florists' club 

 circles, as well as in purely business af- 

 fairs. In referrint; to his commercial 

 success, he irrr.louhtedly expresses the 

 sincere convictiorr, tmtli of himself and 

 of a maj<irity of reputable dealers, when 

 he says that "there is nothing like qual- 

 ity ancl f;rir treatment to build up and 

 maintain a lar-;ie busiiress. " 



Mr. Kirsconi was !)orii in Wnlmodrora 

 a city in the province of Coriro, in the 

 northern part of Italy. He carrre to Amer- 

 ica in ISTi.' anil, after enga;,dirg in vari- 

 ous lines of work for a few years, he 



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George B. Windier. 



finally settled in Cincinnati, 0., and in 

 1.SS4 established his present business in 

 bull's and florists ' supplies, wliiih he has 

 operated successfully ever since, having 

 some of his eustouuM's continuously for 

 twenty-five years. l'"ollowing his plan 

 of business expansion, one year ago he 

 added seeds arrd poultry sup|dies to his 

 rej^ular bulb business and immediately 

 took rank among the leading BU[)ply 

 houses. 



He is also the senior partner in the 

 Avomiale Floral Co., of Cirrcinnati. 



Mr. Rusconi is nrarried and has a 

 bright and interesting f.amily of five 

 children, who, with .Mrs. Krrscoid, are now 

 on a pleasure trip to sunny Italy. 



GEORGE B. WINDLER. 



Ceorge li. Windier, the new president 

 of the St. Louis Florists' Club, is the 

 son of the late Cieorge 11. Windier, and 

 is i!0 ye.ars old. He is conducting the 

 business which was originally estalilished 

 by lienedict Windier, his 'grandfather. 

 Mr. Windier became proprietor iir the 

 spring of 11)03, and makes a specialty of 

 growinjr plants for the wholes.ile and re- 

 tail trade, at -10.")!) Delore aveirue. 



Mr. Windier h;is Ixmmi a member of the 

 St. Louis I'lorists' Club for iirany years 

 and has seldom missed a meeting. He 

 is also a life menrber of the St. Louis 

 llorticidtural Society and is at present 

 a momber of its e.xectitive board. Ite has 

 also been vice-president of the Florists' 

 ('lub, serving from August, IDO'J, to .Au- 

 gust, 1!)():5. 



Mr. Windier has a host of friends in 

 the trade, who say that the members 



made no nusttike in eh'cting him as pre- 

 siding ofTieer of the St. I>ouis Florists' 

 Club. He is the twi-nty- fourth president 

 since the club w;is organized, in the vear 

 1SS7. 



ASTER BEETLES. 



ITow can we exterminate aster beetles? 

 We had iin exceptionally fine supjily of 

 astens until last week, when the beetles 

 came ;iird destroyed the entire stock, also 

 the buds. We have been bothered with 

 them for the last two or three vears. 



Ii. & p. 



Aster beetles hav(> been unusually de- 

 structive this season and you are not by 

 any means the oidy grower who has had 

 his crop of flowers destroyed. The most 

 efVective reiitedy I have tried is one .small 

 tablespoonful of Paris green to live gal- 

 lons of wtiter, applied through an auto 

 or knapsack sprayer having a fine spray 

 no/.zle. By adding a little air-sl.aked lime 

 any lik(dihood of injuring the foliage is 

 reduced to a minimum. If you grow 

 asters on a large scale, I would use one 

 pound of Paris green to 200 gallons of 

 water. I have found that ime applica- 

 tioir cleaned out the beetles in short 

 order. It h.is never injured flowers or 

 foliage and leaves no marks whatever on 

 the bloom.s. Whoever apf)lies the Paris 

 green should keep it well shaken, to pre- 

 vent the poison settling at the bottom of 

 the sprayers. W. N. C. 



TIamii.tox, O.— Walter Cray. .Ir , of 

 Citicinrrati, has opened a tlower .rnd seed 

 store at 151 North Third street. 



