November 3, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



18 



Salesladies in the Retail Flower Stores at Omaha. 



IS a good plau to tie the stems in bun- 

 dles of twelve and wrap each bundle in 

 paper before plunging them in the cold 

 water. .C. W. 



THE OMAHA SALESIiADIi;S. 



In an Omaha flower store he asked 

 her: "Where do you get your soft- 

 voiced, pleasing ways of selling?" And 

 she replied: "I don't know — unless we 

 get it from our customers." 



Also, take a look at the picture that 

 shows the Omaha salesladies and you 

 will have another clue to why the 

 flower business is so good in the Ne- 

 braska metropolis. 



AZALEAS FOB CHBISTMAS. 



What treatment should Firefly aza- 

 leas have, so as to bloom for Christ- 

 mas? W. M. R. S. 



Give the plants a temperature of 60 



degrees at night. Keep them freely 

 syringed. Eub off any young growths 

 which may appear. As they come into 

 bloom, discontinue syringing and give 

 them a little less heat. C. W. 



DOUBLE POINSETTIAS. 



Where can we obtain double poin- 

 settias? Are they as desirable as the 

 single ones? W. M. R. S. 



Poinsettia pulcherrima plenissima is 

 the so-called double poinsettia. It is a 

 pretty thing and those who have it 

 find that it sells well. I do not think, 

 however, that it will displace the ordi- 

 nary pulcherrima. I do not know what 

 firms can supply stock of it. Any firms 

 who can offer it might profitably use 

 the advertising columns of The Review, 

 as there are quite a number of growers 

 who would like to give it a trial. 



C. W. 



CUELING OF THE LEAF TIPS. 



Can you tell me what is the matter 

 with the enclosed Lady Bountiful car- 

 nations? They are all affected in this 

 manner and are withering at the tips. 

 I have been using Bordeaux mixture, 

 which has acted as a check on the lat- 

 ter trouble, but seems of no avail in 

 this case. M. J. W. 



The curling of the tips, such as your 

 specimens show, is nothing uncommon 

 among certain varieties of carnations. 

 Neither does it portend serious trouble. 

 Usually you will find it shortly after 

 the plants have been housed an(J when 

 they have resumed their growth. You 

 will also find it more prevalent when 

 the plants were housed unusually late. 

 It seems to be caused by the severe 



check resultant from the transplanting, 

 which causes a temporary unbalancing 

 of the root and top development. As 

 soon as the roots become firmly estab- 

 lished again, you will find this curling 

 disappear. 



For the spot, keep on using the Bor- 

 deaux mixture. A. F. J. B. 



ly destructive. Hand picking at night 

 will alleviate the trouble somewhat. 

 Syringing is of no avail and lime water 

 will not trouble these pests in the least. 

 A poisoned mash of shorts, molasses and 

 Paris green will prove attractive to 

 some of the cut worms and sow bugs. 

 When they are buried in the soil, you 

 can suffocate them by using carbon bi- 

 sulphide, boring holes three to four 

 inches deep and eighteen inches apart 

 each way, pouring a scant teaspoonful 

 into each hole and immediately after- 

 ward covering the holes to keep the 

 fumes in. This carbon comes in cans 

 and retails at 25 cents to 30 cents per 

 pound. It will suffocate all pests in the 

 soil and is not in the least harmful to 

 plant life. Q. W. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



CUT WORMS ON CARNATIONS. 



I am sending you a box of bugs 

 which are destroying my carnations. 

 They work on the plants at night and 

 hide around them in the ground during 

 the daytime. I have sprayed with 

 strong tobacco water and watered 

 around the plants with strong lime 

 water. Can you suggest anything that 

 will kill them? F. H. K. 



Cut worms and sow bugs both trouble 

 carnations. The first named are special- 



Instructions to Judges. 



I have had printed a number of copies 

 of the instructions to judges, as adopted 

 by the American Carnation Society. 



I shall be pleased to mail them to 

 anyone wishing them, and am especially 

 anxious that they be used in the judg- 

 ing at the fall exhibitions. Through 

 the use of these instructions and our 

 scale of points, there will result a 

 greater uniformity than has existed 

 heretofore, which surely is most desir- 

 able. A. F. J. Baur, Sec 'y- 



CALLA STALKS EOTTINO. 



What is the cause of our calla lily 

 stalks rotting off at the ground? They 

 are in a raised bench and were planted 

 about the last part of August. They did 

 the same thing last year in another 

 bench. We give them lots of water. 

 Can you state the cause and a remedy? 



D. G. 



Are you sure that the drainage of the 

 benches is good? Callas want plenty 

 of water and are really semi-aquatics, 

 but under glass thev sometimes rot off 

 almost unaccountably. The water sup- 

 ply, when the tubers are planted, should 

 be moderate, and not until the benches 

 are well filled with roots should the 

 soil be kept more than moderately 

 moist. Perhaps you may havel made the 

 mistake of covering the tubers too deep- 



