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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 4, 1011. 



MEYER. 



I'ixci'N out' ill flic w liolcsiilc cut Mower 

 scetioii (if New 'Sdrli knows Mover, 

 likes liiiii, and will rocoj^iiizo The Re- 

 view's i>liotofjraitlier as having toueh(>il 

 the button when his suhject was in a 

 <-harai't<'ristie attitiiiio. with a box of 

 his favorite llowor under his arm. in- 

 deed, there are those who will see in 

 Meyer ;u niodest\' akin to that of the 

 \ iolet, for Mevei' is so content to joj^ 

 along on the road of good fidlowslii]) 

 tliat some of those who iiiiow iiim best 

 are not ac(|uainted witli iiis full naiae 



Meyer Otile. 'I'o the trade he is 

 .Meyer. There is only one Meyer. 



.Mr. Otile -Meyer — is still one of the 

 young men of the -New York market, 

 but hv has liad many j-oars of oxi)e- 

 rience. h'or tW(d\'e years lie was with 

 the film of (iunther liros.. and later 

 for six years witli A. .1. (ruttman. 

 Wlien tlie corporation of Jiadgley, 

 iiiedel (.V: Meyer was formed to take 

 over the (.Juttnian businc'ss Meyer be- 

 came oiu' of tile incorporators and 

 stoekholders, since whieii time he lias 

 hustled lianler than over. 



iider glass, it would be wise to syringe 



tliem oecasi(mally. 



0. W. 



^MIm 



SCENTED GERANIUMS. 



A limit evfiyniie who has .-i L;;iiileii 

 wants a plant or two of ilic scented 

 leaved ])laiits ;ind none are more |iiipu- 

 lar than the scented-leaved geraniums, 

 of ■whii'h there is ;) con'^iderablo variety. 

 Tile le;i\es of t lie-i' are ii>-el'iil in fiiiger- 

 liowls for diancis. while the shoots ar(> 

 ex<-(dleiit for .•iiranging in liowls in 

 rooms. There is some commereial value 

 to Scented geranium sprats, there beiiiy 

 ipiite a little cjill t'or i hem in The large 

 iiiaiket<. but 'lie lai'i-age i-ountrv florist 

 cannot atVnrd in giciw thc^c a^ a winter 

 ■ •ro)i to ;iiiy exieiii. Knt in siiinmer if 

 lie ])laiits nut e\('ii Iweiity li\c or tliirly 

 plants from I iin-li p<pt~ in gnud ground, 

 tliey will give ipia iil il ie-- nl' ■^lionts the 

 whole siimniei. 



.\notlier ll<<' 111 wllicll tlioe sci'lllccl 



geraniiiiris ■••in lie juit is in ^niwiiig 

 tlifiii on t'nini yc'ii to \ear in pots or 

 tubs. keejiiiiL; iliem well pinched and 

 growing them of >|iecinieii --ize lor n-e 

 in the garden or on the pia//.a. In V.uii 

 land these are giown from year to year 



into specimen-, six to ei^lil. or e\cil tell 

 feet across, iiid used as we wdiild box 

 or li;iy trees. 'I'hat |iopiil;ir plant, the 

 lenion scented \eiliena. .\loysia eitrio 

 dora. is another ^nitalile pl;int to tre.at 

 in this way. Nothing could beifiner for 

 old fashioiiecl ;^arden^ tli;in these speci 

 mens of scented geraniums and lemon 

 \erbenas. In winter they can be car 

 iK'il o\er ^iit'ely in any liglit frost proof 

 i-ellar and can be jilaced in the green 

 house early in .\pril. in order to yet a 

 Ljood growth on before tlie time coiiM"* 

 to stand tliern indoor'^;. 



THRIPS ON IVY GERANIUMS. 



I enclose a L:eiaiiiiini leal' and shall 

 be oliliged to Non if yon will tell me 

 what disease i^ trouliling my plants 

 and the remedy for it. When the geru- 

 niiims are affected this way, all the 

 leaxes finallx droji olf. .1. M. T. 



'i'lie leaf of the i\y geraiiiiim >liows 

 iinmi-takable signs of Hie attacks of 

 white tlirips. .\h a general rule, gera- 

 niums are immune from red spider, 

 tlirips and ;iphis, but the i\y leaved sec 

 tion, witli leave- of thinner substance, 

 are sometimes attacked, particularly 

 when growing in a briglit lion^e near 

 the glass. If the w;itering has at any 

 time been nei'lected. ■^o that the plants 



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become dry, tliiip.-- would get a foothold 

 on the foliage. They :\rv most likely to 

 .•ijipear on plants giowitiL; near the licit- 

 ing pipes. 



I'icls olV the wiiisl .-ilfected leases 

 and spray tie- phinls with a niccdine ex- 

 tract, of wllicll there are ;i number of 

 good braiels on the m.arket. Directions 

 for use generally come on each can. 

 i'se ;i fine spray no/zle mid direct the 

 water below the t'oliage. licpeal this 

 operation three or four tinn's, at inter 

 \aK of fort \ -eight hours, and \ou 



GERANIUMS ONCE FROZEN. 



We bad a fine lot of geraniums in 

 li inch pots which froze for us about 

 four weeks ago, and they dropped 

 nearly all of their leaves. Then wo 

 used nitrate of soda to hustle them 

 along and the third dose we gave them 

 was too strong and of c,ourse they 

 turned brown .at the roots and the 

 leaves, but now they seem to be grow- 

 ing again. Now. would you transplant 

 them into :>-iiich pots or feed them 

 something to make them grow? They 

 were taken out of the sand and potted 

 l^diniarv In. .\ny information on this 

 siihie.^f will be ajipreciated. 



E. K. G. ('. 



Meyer Otile. 



should clean out the tlirips. Moi^.sten 

 down the more arid parts of yonr house 

 in future. As less fire heat will be 

 needed from this lime on, there will be 

 less likidihooil of the pests increasing, 

 but as they breed fast during hot, dry 

 <iininier weatlier. if you k<'ep any jdants 



\o\\ did wrong iu applying iiitrati^ 

 of soda to the geraniums after the 

 leaves were frozen off. No [dants in 

 this condition can take up lii[uid footl. 

 You must treat them carefully, or they 

 will be valueless when the spring trade 

 starts. I W()uld advis<' taking them 

 out of the L' inch pots. Scratch the 

 balls over a little with a. pointed stick 

 and place in ;'. inch pots. I'se no ma 

 iinre in the soil, except it lie .i little 

 which is well decayed, i'ass it throii);h 

 ,1 half inch screen. Add a little fine 

 bone to the soil; a ;'.incli pot to .i 

 biislnd of soil will siillic^e. I'ot lirnil\ 



and stand the jit'ints ( sunny bem'h, 



where they call have a temperature of 

 Is to .'ill degrees at night. Allow 

 them to dry out well betwe.'ii water 

 iugs. Scratch over the surface soil 

 if it becomes baked and remove dry, 

 moldv or ilead leaves twice a week. 

 Do iiol sjiray the plants ovcrheail. \'eii- 

 lilafe freely. Do not feeil with liiplid 

 manure at .ill. or yon will spoil them. 

 .Spread out from time to time iis they 

 urow and avoid a (•lose atmosphere. 

 These may not make lirst clas>; plants, 

 luit thev mav lie salable in e.irlv .lune. 



c. \v. 



DUTY ON IMMORTELLES. 



\V. C. lieckert. of I'ittsbiirg, has been 

 ii|iheld by the I'nited States Hoard of 

 (ieneral .\ppraisers in a claim that yel 

 low immorttdles are simply ''flowers, 

 jireserved or fresh," .and not a.rtificial 

 flowers as describecl in paragraph 438 

 of the tarilV law. the ditVereiice in duty 

 being thirty live per cent of the value 

 of the goods; but the board rules that 

 the duty of sixty j'or cent applies to 

 colored immortelle-, (ieneral .Vppraiser 

 McChdIan says: 



"The ill! portal ion consists of ;!,50() 

 bunches id' immortelles, and the testi 

 niony of the imjiorter shows that all of 

 them, except the ll'."i bunches of yellow 

 llowers. were either bleached or dyed 

 before importation; that as to the 12ri 

 bunches of yellow immortelles they 

 were natural flowers simply dried, and 

 as to these the (daiiii for duty at the 

 rate of twenty five per cent ad valorem 

 under paragraiih -li:'. is well founded 

 •and therefore sustained. The remainder 

 having been artificially colored, they 

 were properly assessed under jiaragraph 

 b!^, and the siii\eyor's action is to this, 

 extent affirmed. ' ' 



Agawam, Mass. M. s. Aii;:leinan, 

 formerly employed .'it flie greeiihoiisefi 

 of Mark .\itken. in this town, has taken 

 a position with N. 1'. lliyyins. at 

 Springfiehl. Mass. 



