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JUNE 20, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



donas of the Texas Nursery & Floral G>., Alvin, Texas. 



Those large green caterpillars are 

 also a common pest at this time of the 

 year. Get rid of them by hand-picking 

 early in the morning. Sometimes you 

 can destroy a lot of them by poisoning 

 with a bait made of bran, molasses and 

 arsenic. Mix the bran with molasses 

 until it is fairly moist and sweetened. 

 Then add enough arsenic to make it 

 deadly. Drop a little here and there 

 along the edgeboard of the benches. 



A. F. J. B. 



CANNAS IN TEXAS. 



The canna is proving of special adap- 

 tability to the conditions in the south; 

 it flourishes luxuriantly, attaining a 

 height entirely beyond the customary- 

 catalogue descriptions of the northern 

 catalogue houses. The accompanying 

 illustration shows how the cannas 

 thrive at Alvin, Texas, near Galves- 

 ton, and only a few miles from the 

 Gulf of Mexico. Note that the plants 

 in June are above the reach of the 

 man with his hand upraised. 



The upraised hand is that of D. Lee 

 Slataper, the manager of the Texas 

 Nursery & Floral Co. At the right 

 in the picture is L. Eucker, the super- 

 intendent of the florists' department. 

 At the left is the member of the staff 

 who holds the place dearest to the 

 hearts of the rest of the employees — 

 it is Faust, the "cooky." He is re- 

 sponsible for the comjfort and well- 

 being of an organization of fourteen 

 florists and nurserymen. 



THE TRADE IN MONTANA. 



. That Montana is rapidly developing 

 into an agricultural as well as a min- 

 ^^g state is shown by the increased 

 demand which the State Nursery Co., 

 of Helena, has had for fruit and shade 

 trees, roses, hardy perennials, bedding 

 P'ants, etc. To meet this increased 

 demand the nursery concern is build- 

 "ig two new houses, each 20x250 feet. 

 J^his addition will bring the glass area 

 "P to 160,000 feet. The houses are 

 inostly devoted to growing cut flowers, 

 palms, ferns, bedding and ornamental 

 piants, which are shipped to all parts 

 ?i Montana and contiguous states. It 

 ^s the intention of the company to 

 devote more space to plants for the 

 }vhoIesale trade, and for that purpose 

 increased stock is being planted. The 

 accompanying cut shows some of the 

 employees of the State Nursery. Co. 



during noon time recess, and affords a 

 view of the property. Except for 

 Mount Helena in the distance, it is all 

 the company's land. J. P. K. 



COSMOS LADY LENOX. 



Will you kindlly state through your 

 columns when, in New Jersey, to stop 

 pinching out buds on Lady Lenox cos- 

 mos? G. V. W. 



Discontinue pinching the shoots on 

 Cosmos Lady Lenox after the middle of 

 July. This is not an early flowering va- 

 riety and is not at its best until from 

 the end of October to the middle of 

 November, and in a cold greenhouse the 

 plants, when well fed, will flower well 

 until Christmas. C. W. 



VENTILATION. 



We are planning to reconstruct two of 

 our houses to run east and west in order 

 to grow a general line of pot plants, car- 

 nations and mums, Iowa climate. On 



which side of the house would you put 

 the ventilator, opening at the top? In 

 the winter most of our winds are from 

 the north, and in summer they are from 

 the south. ■ W. B. 



Continuous ventilation on both sides of 



the TQ^;|K^ give^, thei'^ooses the best 

 gro\ji^:*al&OBphere, bu* if you ' can not 

 put in two lines let the one line be on 

 the north side, opening against the cold 

 winds. 



YELLOW HYDRANGEA LEAVES. 



What makes the leaves of hydran- 

 geas turn yellow when they are forced? 

 I have other varieties of plants that 

 are perfectly green, though grown in 

 the same soil. C. P. M. 



There are several possible reasons 

 for hydrangea leaves turning yellow. 

 A usual one is an insufficient water 

 supply. If the plants are allowed to 

 dry out badly, many leaves are bound 

 to turn yellow. Too heavy feeding 

 and an oversaturated condition due to 

 poor drainage will also result in a 

 loss of foliage. C. W. 



POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



Will poinsettia cuttings, put in sand 

 at once, produce plants — small ones — 

 that will be in time for Christmas, or 

 will it be necessary to buy them? 



C. D. A. 



Poinsettia cuttings put in the sand 

 at once will make plants five to six feet 

 high if grown along liberally. For small 

 plants for pans, put in the cuttings 

 about July 20 to August 1, or even 

 later for quite short stock. The latter 

 part of December is the natural bloom- 

 ing period for poinsettias, and they 

 will bloom at that time if the cuttings 

 are put into the sand early enough for 

 the plant to become established and 

 form the bract. That would mean any 

 time up to the latter part of September 

 for putting in the cuttings. 



A. F. J. B. 





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