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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 9, 1911. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Since Hallowe'en there has been a ' 

 slackening of business. The mum is 

 queen of the trade. There is a plenty 

 of them, but no glut as yet. Some 

 growers say the supply of late varie- 

 ties will be unusually large about 

 Thanksgiving. The shorter grades of 

 roses were coming fast last week. Longer 

 grades are now more in evidence. 

 Prices are medium. There seems to be 

 an overstock of smilax. It is predicted 

 this will be going better within the 

 next fortnight, when there will be a 

 number of important weddings. Wet 

 weather has threatened the supply of 

 carnations and may force wholesale cut- 

 ting of mums. The same cause is bad 

 for business generally. Valley is plenti- 

 ful and fine. 



Various Notes. 



This is flower show season. The Agri- 

 cultural Department show closed No- 

 vember 4, after a successful week. The 

 average daily attendance was 2,500. 



Last week's flower show of Gude 

 Bros. Co. was enjoyed by the public. 

 It was decided to extend the show 

 throughout this week. A feature of the 

 displajr was a rustic arbor covered with 

 Beauties. 



F. H. Kramer advertises a mum show 

 this week, to which the public is in- 

 vited. 



A rose festival is planned for next 

 spring by flower growers of Brookland, 

 a Washington suburb. 



The Gudes display in their window 

 the Dorrance silver medal awarded them 

 by the American Rose Society for the 

 finest rose display at the Boston flower 

 show. 



E. J. Fancourt, of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., was here recently en route 

 home from a trip south and west. He 

 reports business better in the east than 

 in other sections. 



David Groff, of Frederick, Md., came 

 to town the other day to see Uncle 

 Sam 's mum show. 



W. R. Smith, of the Botanic Gardens, 

 is still at Providence hospital. His con- 

 dition remains about the same. 



P. J. D. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GRUBS ON STRAWBEBBIES. 



We have a bed of strawberries 

 which are badly infested with white 

 grubs. What is the best way to get 

 rid of themf Is there anything with 

 which the plants can be sprayed in 

 summer, to prevent the grubs from lodg- 

 ing in the soil, as I understand they 

 are the larvae of the June bugs or 

 beetles? Would it be practicable to 

 use bisulphide of carbon for this? How 

 much would such spraying cost, on a 

 bed 60x100 feet? P. S. D. 



The grubs referred to are, as stated, 

 the larvae of the May beetles or June 

 bugs, and in some years they are ex- 

 tremely destructive, sometimes almost 

 destroying lawns and pastures. They 

 are particularly partial to strawberries. 

 You have probably used cow manure for 

 enriching your strawberry bed and the 

 June bugs usually lay their eggs in 

 clods of cow manure. Such manure is 

 often found to be literally swarming 



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