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January 11, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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red spider we carried them to one end 

 of the house 10x20, where in some ver- 

 benas we brought from outdoors we 

 had plenty of green aphis. Then we 

 put one of our loaded cups in with 

 them, shut the door until morning, and 

 then found the remains of the mites 

 where they seemed to have gathered 

 in groups. "We look at them occasion- 

 ally, but they have not moved, nor do 

 we expect they will. We had a few 

 flowering maples, f arfugiums, and other 

 things of that nature that those red 

 spiders had taken possession of, and 

 about a week later, December 16, we 

 gave the whole house another dose. 



We like it so well we are not think- 

 ing of using any other material, but 

 we like to read the experience of others. 

 We know a large house could not be 

 aired out so as to be safe, as we do 

 ours, and the ventilators ought to be 

 so they could be opened from the out- 

 side, except where the house is kept 

 closed all night, which we would favor 

 where practicable. The use of this gas 

 removes the tobacco in all forms, or 

 any spraying or any plans to kill in- 

 sects, for in our experience the gas 

 gets all of them. We were going after 

 black aphis on some mums we bought, 

 without perfect success, when we fumi- 

 gated and killed all of 'em. 



J. F. Thissell. 



PLANTS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



Please tell me when to sow seed of 

 candytuft and Petunia Eosy Morn to 

 have them in bloom for Decoration day. 

 Also please tell me the name of the 

 dwarf white stocks with glossy green 

 leaves, used for pots at Decoration 

 time. F. K. 



Sow the petunia seed at once in pans 

 of leaf -mold and sand. Make the sur- 

 face smooth and water it before sow- 

 ing the seeds. As the seeds are quite 

 fine, do not cover them. Protect with 

 glass and shade with paper until the 

 germination takes place. A moist 

 house, with a temperature of 60 de- 

 grees, will be suitable. Candytuft may 

 be sown now or as late as February 

 and flower for Memorial day. It is 



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best to sow it in small pots before 

 the middle of January and grow it 

 eool, later transferring to the benches. 

 The stocks referred to are probably a 

 wallflower-leaved form of the dwarf 

 ten weeks. These are the most satis- 



Hoose of the New Seedling Carnation Delhi, Photoeraphed January 4, 1912. 



factory varieties of stocks to grow in 

 pots or benches for Memorial day. 



C. W. 



DUTCH BULBS FOB EASTER. 



At what time should hyacinths, 

 tulips and Narcissi be in for Easter, 

 in a violet house which has a night tem- 

 perature of 45 degrees? Will they all 

 come into bloom at the same time, or 

 do some require a longer time? 



J. F. J. 



Keep all the bulbs named in a cold 

 cellar, or plunged outdoors with the 

 necessary protection, until a month be- 

 fore they are wanted in flower. So 

 much depends on weather conditions 

 that no hard and fast rule can be made. 

 A couple of clear, bright days will ad- 

 vance them as much as treble the num- 

 ber of dull, cold days. By allowing a 

 month, however, you are sure to have 

 all of them in flower, and probably 

 some of them will need to be held a 

 few days in a cold pit after opening, 

 which is preferable to starting late 

 and forcing hard at the last. The 

 hyacinths will open rather more quick- 

 ly and are naturally earlier than the 

 tulips and narcissi. C. W, 



Tipton, Ind. — The Frank A. Benthey 

 Co. has been incorporated, with a capi- 

 tal stock of $7,000. The directors are 

 Frank A. Benthoy, S. Adam aud Ber- 

 tha O. Benthey. 



