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The Florists' Review 



Mat 8, 1913. 



SCALE ON CATTLEYAS. 



We notice in The Eeview many in- 

 teresting articles on orchids. Last year 

 we stocked a house with this precious 

 plant and now notice that there are 

 four different kinds of scales popping 

 up in different places. One form is 

 oval, with brown, hard shell; one is 

 small, round and black and white; one 

 is small, yellowish, and one is similar 

 to mealy bug. Will cyanide be effec- 

 tive in small doses, say one-fourth of 

 an ounce to 1,000 cubic feet, once a 

 week, or will fumigating with some nic- 

 otine product do the work just as wellt 

 We have sprayed, but not with good 

 results, as it is hard to get where they 

 are located, having the plants close to- 

 gether. We give plenty of air and do 

 not carry the house over 60 degrees at 

 night and about 70 degrees during the 

 day. We have cyanide ninety-eight per 

 cent pure and would like to try it, 

 but do not know the quantity it will 

 take for scale and still not injure the 

 plants. Your best remedy for this will 

 be much appreciated. K. B. 



The several scales referred to can all 

 be overcome, but it will take a little 

 time to accomplish this. I have found 

 that Aphine as a spray will kill a large 

 proportion of these scales. Plants 

 which are badly encmsted with them 

 can be dipped. To get the plants thor- 

 oughly clean, however, I would advise 

 you to go over them with a sponge or 

 soft brush after applying the Aphine. 

 Once your plants are tolerably clean, 

 do not wait until they are again badly 

 infested before using remedial meas- 

 ures. Give a spray once a month and 

 you will keep the scales down pretty 

 well, at least where the spray is care- 

 fully applied. 



Do not on any account use cyanide 

 at even the weak strength you men- 

 tion. You would probably kill the 

 scales, but cattleyas, tough as they may 

 appear, will not for some reason stand 

 fumigation with cyanide. More than 

 one prominent grower has proved this 

 to his sorrow. Nicotine fumigation is 

 of practically no value against scale. 

 The cyanide may not affect the plants 

 for a few weeks, but sooner or later 

 they will present a sorry appearance 

 if you use it, W. N. Craig. 



J. A. NEWSHAM'S OBCHIDS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 to advantage a house of Oncidium 

 aplendidum in bloom at the nursery of 

 J. A. Newsham, New Orleans, La. These 

 oncidiums, as well as the other va- 

 rieties, including phalaenopsis, dendro- 

 biums, Cattleya Mossise, etc., attracted 

 widespread attention and drew to Mr. 

 Newsham 's plant hundreds of admiring 



visitors, among whom were many flo- 

 rists. 



Besides his orchids, Mr. Newsham 

 has one of the finest calla houses in 

 New Orleans. A profitable branch of 

 his businss is cucumber growing, in 

 two large greenhouses. After this crop 

 is cut the houses will be planted with 

 chrysanthemums. 



BBOOKLINE PRIVATE PLACES. 



At E. A. Clarke's, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass., where Alexander McKay has 

 charge, cyclamens, cinerarias. Primula 

 obconica and bulbous plants in variety 

 are well grown and were making a fine 

 show at the time of my visit. A house of 

 American Beauty, Killarney and other 

 roses was in heavy crop. A large num- 

 ber of lilacs, both dwarf and standard, 

 prunus, pyrus, wistarias and other de- 

 ciduous shrubs are forced. A fine bench 

 of the yellow Calc^laria Stewarti was 

 seen. 



At Larz Anderson's, where Duncan 

 Finlayson presides, cyclamens were 

 good. A beautiful batch of Primula 

 malacoides in pans was noted. There 

 were good batches of acacias, ericas and 

 other hard-wooded plants, including 

 some fine specimens. Among the 

 acacias, heterophylle, pubescens and 

 armata hybrida were noteworthy. Coro- 

 nilla glauca is a charming hard-wooded 

 plant, well liked here. In the orchid 

 houses a fine assortment of cymbidiums 

 was noted, several unique forms being 

 in flower. The other orchids looked 



well. In the carnation houses Winsor, 

 Enchantress, White Enchantress and 

 Beacon are the favorites. The grape 

 and nectarine houses were started and 

 coming along nicely. 



At E. B. Dane's, at Chestnut Hill, 

 there is one of the flnest collections of 

 orchids in America. Two divisions of 

 phaleenopsis were a beautiful sight, such 

 varieties as Eimestadiana, Stuartiana, 

 Schilleriana and amabilis being fine. 

 The main cattleya house contained 

 many fine hybrids in flower, in addi 

 tion to ordinary sorts, such as Triansc 

 and SchroedersB. Several houses are de- 

 voted to cypripediums, including prac- 

 tically every rare kind in commerce. 

 Other divisions contain Iselias, den- 

 drobes, odontoglossums, etc. In addi- 

 tion to the orchids, houses are devoted 

 to carnations, violets and cyclamens, 

 which were well done. There were two 

 houses which contained ericas, boronias, 

 acacias, genistas, cinerarias, schizanthus 

 and other seasonable flowers, also a 

 house of gardenias. Donald McKenzie 

 has charge of this large and well kept 

 range. 



William Downs, at E. S. Webster's 

 place, has some of the finest houses on 

 a private estate around Boston. Here 

 were noted a splendid lot of cinerarias, 

 cyclamens, schizanthus, amaryllis, prim- 

 ulas and other flowering plants. A 

 house of gardenias looked healthy. 

 Other houses are devoted to orchids, 

 carnations, roses, palms and nectarines. 

 Everything here was neat and the stock 

 well grown. 



At Mrs. J. L. Gardner's William 

 Thatcher's house of cattleyas and other 

 orchids never looked better. Here are 

 some of the oldest and largest camellias 

 to be seen in New England, while Big- 

 nonia venusta, streptosolens and other 

 climbers made a great display in one 

 house. Cinerarias, primulas, bulbous 

 plants, calceolarias, etc., are all well 

 grown. A hard-wooded house contained 

 a fine assortment of boronias, coronillas, 

 ericas and acacias, a number being of 

 quite large size. 



The visitor to Prof. C. S. Sargent's 

 will always find much of interest. Here 

 soft-wooded plants are not much grown, 

 but, on the other hand, varieties whicB 



[Conclnded on pmire 76.] 



House of Oncidiums at J. A. Newsham's, New Orleans, La. 



