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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 17, 1910. 



WOOD LICE OR SOW BUGS. 



Kindly let \ia know what we can do 

 to get rid of wood lice or sow bugs — 

 the flat insects that work at night on 

 everything. They are getting so bad that 

 it is no trick for them to eat quite a 

 little in one night. S. N. C. 



The means most commonly used for 

 the extermination of sow bugs or wood 

 lice is a mixture of sugar and Paris 

 green. Some growers use common white 

 granulated sugar, mixing with it enough 

 Paris green to coat the granules well 

 and give the whole mass a lively green 

 color. A pinch of this is dropped here 

 and there on the edgeboard of the 

 benches, under the benches, or wherever 

 the haunts of the pests are. If the Paris 

 green is of good quality, there will prob- 

 ably be numerous dead bugs strewn along 

 the path and elsewhere on the following 

 morning, but the dose may have to be 

 repeated several times before the treat- 

 ment is fully effective. 



One grower recommends the use of 

 brown sugar and Paris green in equal 

 proportions, spread along the benches at 

 the rate of about a half thimbleful every 

 two feet. Still another grower says that 

 in case the bugs do not take kindly to 

 Paris green, it might be well to try white 

 arsenic mixed in sweetened bran. 



Besides using the poison, you might 

 trap many by laying around some pota- 

 toes or turnips with the insides scooped 

 out. Look over these frequently, espe- 

 cially early in the morning, and drop the 

 pests in hot water. You might also dust 

 the surface of your benches with tobacco 

 dust, which the pests do not like. If 

 your bench soil is badly infested, you 

 might use some carbon bisulphide, drop- 

 ping a little in holes eighteen inches 

 apart each way and covering the holes at 

 once. This will not harm the plants. 

 Do not leave &«y rubbish under your 

 benches, as that would make congenial 

 hiding places for them. A few cans of 

 boiling water poured into their haunts 

 will kill large quantities. 



This bug is found mostly where there 

 is decaying wood or vegetable matter, 

 but it is also fond of many plants, such 

 as Rex begonias, ferns, etc. It seems 

 also to be fond of carnations, though it 

 attacks them mostly during the time of 

 reestablishment. After the carnation 

 plants get to growing well there is little 

 trouble along this line. 



Richmond, Va. — Mrs. Annie L. Brook- 

 er will build an iron- frame greenhouse 

 this season, 28x206, using King material. 



Lunenburg, Mass. — James S. Gilchrist 

 is building a greenhouse for the starting 

 of tomato plants, cabbages and other 

 vegetables. 



FOUND 



in the Advance Machine the 

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 vent sash with entire satisfac- 

 tion to the boss, owner and 

 operator. 



By using an Advance the 

 boss does not have to worry 

 about the repairs, therefore 

 he is satisfied. The owner is 

 satisfied because he knows 

 that he will not have to buy 

 another, because it does not 

 wear out. The operator is sat- 

 isfied because it is operated so 

 easily. 



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New Side Construction 



For Oar 



Iron Frame 



Hoase 



In place, of welding the 

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 Posts to the Steel Rafters 

 for the wide houses, we 

 now join them by the 

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 stronger and it makes an 

 ea.sy house to erect, espec- 

 ially with the otherwise 

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 in the wide houses. 



Then there is the drip 

 gutter, which takes the 

 condensation from the Ice- 

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 carries it away through a 

 lead pipe, behind the heat> 

 ing coils, doing away en- 

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The sides are concrete 

 and the sills cast iron — a 

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 construction, with extreme 

 lightness and great 

 strength in its favor. 



Before you buy, let us 

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 you all the details of these 

 new houses. It is the only 

 way to make comparisons 

 that are fair to yourself. 



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Concrete Steel Benches 



After three years' experimenting and putting to actual 

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 Forms, by which means you can erect the neatest, 

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 perfectly pleased and satisfied customers on our books. 



We invite correspondence. 



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