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Hauling Easter LlBcs to a Sootfacm Maziut,. by Idldioar Noneries, MacefvGte. 



one or two flowers and that the money 

 is made on those that carry more than 

 the average number — it costs no more 

 to flower a plant that has six buds 

 than it does one with only three. The 

 accompanying illustration shows a For- 

 mosa lily flowered at Easter by Joseph 

 Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, la., that 

 carried seventeen flowers and buds, all 

 perfect. It was a 9 to 11 bulb. 



ASPLENIUM BUI.BIFEEUM. 



Will you please give me the name of 

 the fern, a frond of which I am en- 

 closing? The plant was brought 'to 

 my place by a lady who expected to be 

 gone during the winter, and while here 

 it has been admired by several people 

 and they have wanted one like it. Can 

 you tell me where I can get it? Some 

 have called it a Scotch fern and others 

 have spoken of it as a silver fern, but 

 I can not find either of these names ap- 

 plied to any such variety as the one in 

 question. P. B. 



The fern in question is Asplenium 

 bulbiferum, an old species, but one that 

 is not largely grown by the trade. Try 

 some of the large fern specialists who 

 advertise in The Review, and if they 

 •lo not carry the fern in stock, it is pos- 

 sible that they could tell you where to 

 get it. W. H. T. 



SHASTA DAISY ALASKA. 



Please give me a description of 

 Shasta Daisy Alaska, with cultural di- 

 rections. H. C. B. 



Alaska is a decided improvement on 

 the original Shasta daisy. The color 

 is pure white, the flowers are four to 

 fi^'e inches across and the 'stems are 

 ordinarily two feet in length, but in 

 ''^^■6?, moist soil they may be double this 

 length. Seed sown now may throw a 

 f«'W flowers, but had you sown them 

 outside last July, transplanted into 

 "iirsery rows and then replanted this 

 springy you would have had a fine crop 

 ot' flowers. If you buy plants, set them 

 twenty-four inches apart in the rows 

 *nd run the rows three feet apart. Let 

 tj»e soil be liberally manured and keep 

 t"e soil well cultivated right through 



the 



growing season. 



C. W. 



LILIES IN DIXIE. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 four mule-teams driven by darkies, de- 

 livering Easter lilies from the green- 

 houses of the Idlehour Nurseries, Ma- 

 con, 6a. In some parts of the north 

 the plantsmen were favored with mild 

 weather this Easter, but thousands will 

 envy the grower the ability to haul his 

 plants to market in an open lumber 

 wagon without wrapping. At the right 

 of the picture, in the touring car, is 

 D. C. Horgan, the proprietor of the 

 Idlehour Nurseries, and his foreman, 

 Carling Schatcmon, the man behind the 

 gun. They flbwered 2,000 pots of lilies 

 this Easter, having practically every 

 plant at its prime when wanted. 



WOOD LICE IN FLUMOSUS BEDS. 



We are having considerable trouble 

 with wood lice or sow bugs in our 

 asparagus beds. The growth of the 

 asparagus is strong and the plants 

 are healthy, but as soon as the young 

 shoots appear above the surface of the 

 soil they are eaten off by these bugs. 

 We have tried several remedies, but 

 have been unable to prevent these bugs 

 from destroying the crops of asparagus 

 as they come on. What would you 

 suggest that would be a good means 

 of destroying the bugs and at the same 

 time would not be injurious to the 

 plants? W. J. T. I. 



You can catch large quantities of the 

 wood lice by laying hollowed out po- 

 tatoes or other vegetable roots as traps. 

 Look over these each morning and im- 

 merse them in a pail of hot water. A 

 surer method still is to lay some 

 poisoned mash, which they will eat 

 with avidity. Take some fresh shorts, 

 mix some molasses in it, add suf- 

 ficient water to make it pasty and then 

 sprinkle on enough Paris green to color 

 it. You will find that this will soon 

 clear out these annoying pests. 



C. W. 



OBEOO ASTEBS UNDEB GLASS. 



I have a lot of Crego aster plants, 

 with two and three true leaves starting. 

 I am potting them up in 2-inch pots. 

 What would be the best way to handle 

 them to get a paying crop of flowers? 



I have a greenhouse and. hotbeds avail- 

 able, if their use would be an advan- 

 tage over open ground culture. I am 

 located in southwestern Ohio. 



K. W. H. 



There is no advantage in potting 

 asters over transplanting them into 

 flats. In fact, the latter is really the 

 better way, as plants can always be 

 taken up with a ball of roots, while in 

 small pots they dry out badly, and are 

 likely to become potbound before they 

 can be planted but. If you have good 

 soil which has been liberally manured, 

 you will get as good results outdoors 

 as under glass, perhaps better. If, how- 

 ever, you want flowers a little earlier, 

 it would be a good idea to plant one 

 bench of them inside. Use such com- 

 post as you would use for roses or mums 

 and place the plants ten inches apart 

 each way. For fancy flowers do some 

 disbudding, but as a rule the medium 

 flowers pay better. C. W. 



LEAVES ON PAT TBEES DYING. 



I am enclosing some bay leaves taken 

 from a tree kept in a nice, warm, light 

 storeroom. Will you please tell me 

 what is the matter with the trees? 



H. F. P. 



The most probable cause of the leaves 

 dying is dryness at the root. Bay 

 trees should have a winter temperature 

 of not over 40 to 42 degrees at night, 

 but must never be allowed to approach 

 dryness at the roots. In a warm room 

 it would be especially necessary to give 

 them an adequate water supply. 



C. W. 



Alvin, Tex. — E. J. Sheffield reports a 

 good crop of cape .jaamines, which will 

 come on just about right for Decoration 

 day. 



Croswell, Mich. — R, H. Murdaugh is 

 making improvements in his store, 

 which he expects to be a model when 

 everything is complete. He has just 

 received and installed a neat refriger- 

 ator from Buchbinder Bros., Chicago, 

 which affords excellent display of hia 

 cut flower stock and is an added attrac- 

 tion on account of its original design. 



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