. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. r JOLX 29, 1915. The Florists' Review 13 ing baskets, and how they got there is beyond us. If you can give us any iulormation on how to exterminate this j>est, we shall more than appreciate it, tor they surely have us bested. T. N. C. This seems to be a serious attack of caterpillars and is evidently not easily .lisposed of. The remedies already tried ;ire all good when used on plants with tough foliage, but are quite likely to injure the ferns. Powdered hellebore is almost a specific for the currant worm, and I would try it on the ferns, i;ivin
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. r JOLX 29, 1915. The Florists' Review 13 ing baskets, and how they got there is beyond us. If you can give us any iulormation on how to exterminate this j>est, we shall more than appreciate it, tor they surely have us bested. T. N. C. This seems to be a serious attack of caterpillars and is evidently not easily .lisposed of. The remedies already tried ;ire all good when used on plants with tough foliage, but are quite likely to injure the ferns. Powdered hellebore is almost a specific for the currant worm, and I would try it on the ferns, i;iving them a thorough dusting with it, but the hellebore must be fresh, as it loses its virtue when kept in stock too long. W. H. T. FBEESIA BXTLBS ABE BEADY. The freesia bulbs have come to hand .>arly this season and are of splendid quality. While the old refracta alba is still grown to a considerable extent. Purity has largely displaced it. Some superior strains of this fine variety now are offered. Some seem to be a decided improvement on Purity. I have found that bulbs produced in lienches, or even in flats under glass, prove more satisfactory than field- grown ones. This is hardly to be won- dered at, as they make a more even growth, not being exposed to the vari- able climatic conditions of the outside ones. Furthermore, I find that these bulbs will fiower some days earlier, if given precisely th^ same treatment as outdoor-grown bulbs. An early batch of freesia flowers is ai .rays appreciated, and, as these bring fancy prices for the Christmas holidays, it pays to go to a little extra trouble to secure them. "While fine freesias can be had in benches, I doubt if it pays as well to grow them in this way as in flats or pans, for it means that they must occupy a bench for half the year, or lonjeer if bulbs are to be kept over. Pans in sizes from 8-inch to 12-inch are really better than flats for freesias. Plant twenty, thirty-flve and fifty bulbs per pan. Keep in a coldf
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