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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_34_1 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Junk 4, 1914. The Florists'Rcvieov 15 A SHOWY BOBDSB PLANT. The use of Liatris spicata as a bor- der plant is well illustrated in the fore- ground of the photograph here repro- duced. The genus to which the plant belongs is not restricted to its one strictly proper name, liatris, but is variously known also as the blazing star, gay feather or button snakeroot. The fifteen or more species are all more or less effective as border plants. They are hardy perennials, natives of North America, and were originally confined chiefly to the Atlantic and Gulf states,, from Massachusetts to Xiouisiana. They grow and bloom in comparatively poor soil and require no special care, but they thrive best in garden ground that is well enriched and not too heavy. They are easily propagated by divi- sions, in spring, or from seeds, sown in the fall. Their flowers are mostly rose- red or purple and are produced in late summer or autumn. The species illus- trated, L. spicata, is one of the hand- somest. Its deep purple flowers form a dense spike from six to twelve inches long, on a thickly leaved stem, which varies in height from two to five feet. WELLS FABOO ON B. &; O. Announcement is made that Wells Fargo & Co. will July 1 assume the ex- press business of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad system. Acquisition of these contracts will take the express com- pany into three cities not hitherto served directly by it—Philadelphia, Bal- timore and Washington. The company supersedes the United States express on the Baltimore & Ohio and its affil- iated lines. Wells Fargo & Co. will assume also the express contracts on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the St. Louis & San Francisco. AMERICAN GETS U. S. CONTRACT. The American express has taken over the United States express contract on the Philadelphia & Reading railway system on a basis of forty-five per cent of total operating receipts. The con- tract goes into effect July 1, and will run for a period of one year and six months. Philadelphia & Eeading mile- age under the express contract is about 1,300 miles. It is understood also that the express contract on the Central Eailroad of New Jersey will go to the American express. The operating percentage is expected to be forty-five per cent of total re- ceipts, and the duration of the contract will be eighteen months. AS OTHERS SEE US. "Our flower trade gets a boom on at Easter and Christmas, but our U. S. A. friends manage to enliven the business at three other times yearly, with great advantage to themselves," says the Horticultural Advertiser, British. "In addition to our festivals, they have St. Valentine's day, Memorial day, and, during the last year or two. Mothers' day. On Memorial day the cemeteries throughout the country are lavishly dec- orated with flowers, giving a huge im- petus to business. "The latest addition, Mothers' day, was the outcome of one lady's efforts, backed by the florists who were smart enough-to see a good thing in it. Now it is becoming the recognized thing on this day to wear a white flower in mem- ory of a mother, or a colored one in her
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A Border of Liatris Spicata. honor if living; and gifts of flowers are, of course, equally in order. "We are not quite so easily moved by a wave of sentiment as our cousins over the water, but we still think that if our florists would pull together and get the aid of the press, they might do some- thing to establish one or more of these 'days,' which would help to carry them over a dull season, and divert many a pound to their pockets which would oth- erwise be spent in ways which, for the most part, would, at any rate, do no more good to the spender." what these are and how to get rid of them I shall be greatly indebted to you. F. A. K. DESTRUCTIVE LARVjE IN SOIL. I am sending you a bottle contain- ing some insects which are causing me a great deal of trouble. There are thousands of them in our greenhouse and have been there for a long time, but until recently they have done no harm. They are beginning to work on our geraniums, entering the pots at the hole in the bottom and eating out the entire inside of the stalk, when it turns yellow and dies. They seem to work mostly in the bottom of the beds, going right through the wood and cut- ting little passages about the size of a lead pencil from the bottom of the benches, and the passages are swarm- ing with bugs. If you can tell me The larvae forwarded in the bottle I am not acquainted with. As they are doing serious damage, some imme- diate remedy is necessary. Get some carbon bisulphide; this costs about 25 cents per pound can at retail. Make holes a foot apart each way with a pointed stick, the holes to be four or five inches deep. Into each hole pour half a teaspoonful of the carbon and immediately fill the holes. The gas from the carbon will destroy all soil pests. A smaller quantity, half a dozen drops, will suffice to kill the pests in each pot. Another good rem- edy is Vermine, used at the rate of one part to 300 parts of water, applied to pots and beds. Do not use any lights while applying the carbon, as it is explosive. Since your houses are so badly infested with these pests, I would suggest giving all the beds a sterilizing with steam when the plants are all cleared out. A dose of hydro- cyanic acid gas would also get any pests which the sterilization failed to destroy. Perhaps if you send some of the larvae to your state experimental station, you may also be able to get some helpful advice there. C. W.

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