JUKI 6, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



11 



The King of England, Mr. McKeHar, Gardener, Windsor Castle, Took First Prize on Fruit. 



N. Y.; C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; J. A. 

 Evans, Richmond, Ind.; J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Boston; A. H. Brown, Manatee, 

 Fla.; H. E. Dailledouze and P. F. Daille- 

 douze, Flatbush, N. Y.; A, Farenwald, 

 Roslyn, Pa.; A. Junge, Secaucus, N. J.; 

 W. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.; H. 

 Papworth, New Orleans, La.; E. N. Rea- 

 soner, Oneco, Fla.; J. Peterson, Cincin- 

 nati, etc. 



To the regret of American visitors 

 and of all his friends, J. A. Evans, Rich- 

 mond, Ind., had the misfortune to meet 

 with an accident May 24, and is now in 

 a hospital with one or more fractured 

 ribs. Information which I have just re- 

 ceived seems to point to his having 

 fallen heavily while alighting from an 

 automobile. He was accompanied by 

 E. G. Hill at the time of the accident. 

 Bee. 



CUTWOBMS ON ASTEBS. 



A small worm is eating off our aster 

 plants just below the ground. It is 

 about one-half to three-fourths of an 

 inch long, yellowish in. color and wiry. 

 Can you tell us how to get rid of them? 



L. F. C. 



Probably it is either the common cut- 

 worm or one of his nearly allied rela- 

 tives which is making free among your 

 asters. If you have only a few plants 



you could pick the worms out from just 

 below the surface, near the stems of the 

 plants, where they bury themselves in 

 the daytime. This plan is too slow 

 where large quantities of plants are 

 grown, and in these cases poisoning is 

 the best remedy. Take some fresh 

 shorts, sweeten with molasses, moisten 

 a little and scatter sufficient Paris green 

 with it to color it. Mix it thoroughly, 

 and toward evening go through your 

 rows and scatter it in small pieces 

 among the plants. You will find numer- 

 ous corpses next morning. Fresh grass 

 or lettuce leaves dipped in Paris green 

 solution is also an effective poison. 



C.W. 



LILIES FOB EASTEB. 



What variety of lily would you ad- 

 vise me to grow for Easter next year! 

 I wish to grow them in a temperature 

 of 55 degrees. I have ordered some, 

 but, on account of Easter coming so 

 early, I am uncertain what to do. When 

 would you advise potting them? I am 

 located in northeastern Kansas. 



J. H. 



The lily which is mostly grown for 

 Easter flowering is L. longiflorum 

 giganteum. It is a dwarf, stpcky grower, 

 but would not be in flower for next 

 Easter, coming, as it does, in March, 



unless you could give it 10 degrees 

 more heat than you propose to grow 

 your lilies in. L. Formosa has jumped 

 into favor during the last few years. 

 It flowers much earlier than giganteum, 

 but it is too tall growing except for 

 cutting. The plants vary from two to 

 six feet in height and carry anywhere 

 from one to a dozen flowers. For cut- 

 ting it has much to recommend it, but 

 it is hard to get a batch in flower at 

 one time. L. longiflorum multiflorum 

 grows taller than giganteum, but can 

 be flowered earlier and would be a good 

 variety for you to grow. The flowers 

 are not so large as those of L. longi- 

 florum. Lilium Harrisii is the hand- 

 somest of all the Easter lilies, and if 

 you can procure bulbs which can be 

 guaranteed clean, you would do well to 

 try some of them. Bulbs of this latter 

 lily arrive early and you should pot 

 yours in September. The Formosas 

 should be kept in a cool, dry place two 

 or three weeks after arrival. This ad- 

 ditional rest will, it is claimed, make 

 them dwarfer in habit and cause them 

 to flower more uniformly. The mui-ti- 

 florums should be potted on arrival in 

 October. It is best to pot the bulbs of 

 whatever you are to grow in good sea- 

 son, especially since you have not a 

 strong forcing temperature for them. 



C. W. 



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