NOVK.MHKK 3, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



Salesladies in the Retail Flower Stores at Omaha. 



- a <i()(i(l plan to tii' llio stems iu Viiiii- 

 iles i)t' twelve and wraji eacli bundle in 

 iiaper Ijcfoie |iliuiyiug them in the eold 

 >\ater. .<'. W. 



THE OMAHA SALESLADIES. 



In an (hnalia tiower store he asked 

 iier: "'Wlieie do you jjet your soft- 

 juiced. ]deasin<,f ways of selling."' And 

 -lie rep]ie<l: "1 don't Icnow — unless we 

 ^et it from our custonu'rs. ' ' 



Also, take a look at the picture that 

 -hows the Omaha salesladi(>s and you 

 uill have another (due to why the 

 ilower business is so good in the Ne- 

 liraska metrojiolis. 



AZALEAS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



What treatment should Firefly aza- 

 leas ha\e. so as to bloom for Christ- 

 -rias? W. M. h'. S. 



Give the jilants a temperature of (30 



degrees at night. Ivee]) tliem fretdy 

 syringed. Hub otf any young growths 

 which may ap])car. As th(\v come into 

 bloom, discontinue syringing and gi\e 

 Ihem a little less heat. < '. W. 



DOUBLE POINSETTIAS. 



Where can 

 settias.' Ar<' 

 si nolo ones.' 



we obtain double pidn 

 thev as desirable as the 

 W. M. K. ^<. 



i'oinsettia pulcherrima plenisslma is 

 the so called double poinsettia. It is a 

 pretty thing and those who have it 

 lind that it sells well. I do not think, 

 however, that it will displace the ordi- 

 nary puhdierrima. I do not know what 

 iirms can supj)ly stock of it. Any lirms 

 who can otfer it might profitably use 

 the advertising columns of The Review, 

 ••IS there are quite a number of growers 

 who would like to iiive it ii trial. 



('. W. 



CURLING OF THE LEAF TIPS. 



• an you tell me what is the matter 

 uith the enclosed Lady Bountiful car- 

 nations? They are all" affected in this 

 'iianner and are withering at the tips. 

 I iiave been using Bordeaux mixture, 

 which has acted as a cliecdv on the lat- 

 ter trouble, but seems of no avail in 

 this ease. M. J. W. 



The curling of the tips, such as your 

 specimens show, is nothing uncommon 

 :imong certain varieties of carnations. 

 Veither does it portend serious troul)le. 

 I'sually you will find it shortly after 

 I he plants have been housed and when 

 ihey have resumed their growth. You 

 will als<i find it more prevalent when 

 I he plants wer(> housed unusually late. 

 It seems tn be caused bv the severe 



i-li('(d< resultant from tin' 1 raiis|ilant iiig. 

 which causes a temporary unbalancing 

 of the root aiul top devidojiment. As 

 soon as the roots becdinc firmly est;ib 

 lished again, you will find this cinling 

 disappear. 



For the sjiot. keep on u^iiig the lioi' 

 deaux mixture. A. F. .1. P>. 



CUT WORMS ON CARNATIONS. 



1 am sending you a box of bugs 

 whi(di are destroying my carn.ations. 

 They work on the plants at night and 

 hide around them in the ground during 

 the daytime. I ha\e sprayed with 

 strong tobacco water and watert'cl 

 around the plants with strong lime 

 water. Can vou suggest anvthing th;it 

 will kill theni.' ' P. II. K. 



ly dot I net i\ I'. Hand pi(d\ing at night 

 will alleviate the trouble somewhat. 

 Syiiuging is of no a\ail and lime water 

 will not trouble these jiests in the least. 

 A poisoned mash of shorts, molasses and 

 Paris green will prove attractive to 

 some of the cut worms ;uul sow bugs. 

 When they are buried in the soil, you 

 can suffocate them l)y using carbon bi- 

 suli>liide, boring holes three to four 

 iucdies deep and eighteen inches apart 

 ea(di way, pouring a scant teaspoonful 

 into eatdi hole and inimediatcdy after 

 ward covering the li(des to keep the 

 fumes ill. This carbeii comes in cans 

 and retails ;it '_'•■; cents to .".(I cents per 

 pound. It will suffocate all pests in the 

 s(ul ■•iiid is n(d in tin; least harmful to 

 plant life. C. W. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Instructions to Judges. 



1 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 

 .•uiyiine wishing them, and am es[iecially 

 a II X ions th;it they be used in the juilg- 

 ing at the fall exhibitions. Through 

 the use of these instructions ;iiid our 

 ^'•nle (if |Munts. ther<' will result a 

 greater uniformity than li.as existed 

 heretofore, whiidi siirelv is luost d(\sir 

 •ible. A. F. .i. Haur. Sec 'v. 



Cut Worms and sow bugs both troubl(> 

 carnations. The first named are special- 



CALLA STALKS ROTTING. 



What is the cause of our calla lilv 

 stalks rotting (df at the groiiml .' Thev 

 ;ire in ;i r.aisrd bench and were jdanted 

 about the List part of August. They did 

 the sanu> thing last year in another 

 bench. We gi\e them lots of water. 

 Can Mill state the cause .and a remedy' 



D. G. 



.\re you sure that the drainage of the 

 femdies is good.' Callas want jdenty 

 ef u.ater ami are really semi .arpiatics, 

 but under glass they sometimes rot off 

 .ilmost unaccoiintabiy. The water sup- 

 |.ly, when th(> tubers are ]dante<l, should 

 lie moderate, and not until the benches 

 are widl filled with roots should the 

 soil be kept more than inoderatclv 

 iiioivt. Perhaps you may have made the 

 nii'-take of cM\,.iing the tubers too deep 



