March 28, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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A Really Artistic Window Decoration is Simple, Like This One hy Koropp, Chicago. 



than good to apply any more stimulants. 

 Use clear -water only, spray the plants 

 freely, keep them clear of aphis and 

 move to a somewhat cooler house as 

 they open. C. W. 



THE EASTER WINDOW. 



The tendency is to put too much in 

 the window. To impress the public with 

 the size of the stock carried it may be 

 all right to crowd the window as full 

 as it will hold, but there never is any- 

 thing about such a window display to 

 suggest to those who see it that here 

 is a man who is master of his art, who 

 knows how to convey with flowers the 

 finer sentiments. To the one who crowds 

 his window, flowers usually are mer- 

 chandise, nothing more. 



The best window displays invariably 

 are the simpler ones — they carry a mes- 

 sage. 



For an Easter display try such a 

 simple decoration as the Koropp 

 window shown on this page and note 

 how much greater attention it attracts 

 than the one that is a jumble of stock, 

 a riot of color. 



TO DESTROY EARTHWORMS. 



Will you kindly inform me whether 

 I can safely use carbon bisulphide to 

 destroy the angleworms and grubs 

 which bore and plow through our panay 

 seed beds, outdoors, destroying a large 

 portion of our best seed before it has 

 time to come up? How long >before 

 sowing time should the carbon bisul- 

 phide be used, or is there any liquid 

 sterilizing material on the market 

 which would be better or more safe 

 to uset W. C. W. 



There are several special worm erad- 

 icators on the market, one of which 

 is called the Badix^^and is jnanufac- 

 -tured l)y the Bon A^lior Cheteical Co., 

 Paterson, N. J. This comes in liquid 

 form and is much used on newly, seeded 



lawns, being applied preferably after 

 a rain, through an ordinary watering 

 pot with rose attached. It does not 

 injure grass or any growing plants on 

 which I have used it. Carbon bisul- 

 phide can be used just before seeding, 

 or even when the seedlings are up. It 

 will not injure them in the least. Holes 

 should be bored twelve to eighteen 

 inches apart each way and a teaspoon- 

 ful should be placed in each hole, im- 

 mediately covering it. Sterilization by 

 steam would, of course, destroy all 

 earthworms, grubs, weed seeds, fungi, 

 etc., where there are facilities for us- 

 ing this method. An application of 

 lime and soot a month before sowing, 

 incorporating them well in the soil, 

 will make it distasteful for worms and 



grubs. A light application of gas lime 

 the spring previous to sowing is also 

 excellent. C. W. 



IT IS A TRITONIA. 



Enclosed under separate cover you 

 will find a freesia which flowered with 

 me for two years. Is there any on the 

 market of that shade, or is there any 

 value in this bulb for florists. F. T. 



This is Tritonia crocata, a South 

 African bulb, allied to gladioli, mont- 

 bretias and sparaxis, and not a freesia 

 at all. It is seen in limited quantities 

 each winter in the larger flower mar- 

 kets and proves quite popular with 

 critical flower buyers. C. W- 



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Easter Display iiy Henry .M« Burt, Jjickson, Mich« 



