. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN LETTEl^y^ DEADEUB MICE KILL BUGS. I''or a \o\)<x time llic soil in my rose liciiilies lias lit'oii iiii'i'sted ^\itll millions <il' sow hn^'s. Lately I have notieed the suitaee littered witli tlie remains of the Iniu's and on investi<^ati()n 1 find that miee arc rosponsilde for the deaths. I can hardly find a live bu^ now. As lonjj as there is work for them to do, 1 certainly shall nt)t ti'v to exterminate the mice. J. L. Johnson. STEM-ROT ON ASTERS. Someone is always asldnj:; about stem rot on asters. "We have an old fashioned r
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ODCN LETTEl^y^ DEADEUB MICE KILL BUGS. I''or a \o\)<x time llic soil in my rose liciiilies lias lit'oii iiii'i'sted ^\itll millions <il' sow hn^'s. Lately I have notieed the suitaee littered witli tlie remains of the Iniu's and on investi<^ati()n 1 find that miee arc rosponsilde for the deaths. I can hardly find a live bu^ now. As lonjj as there is work for them to do, 1 certainly shall nt)t ti'v to exterminate the mice. J. L. Johnson. STEM-ROT ON ASTERS. Someone is always asldnj:; about stem rot on asters. "We have an old fashioned remedy which we have used for ten years, since it was fi;iven us by an old lady at a time when we were losinij seventy-five per cent of our asters. We have used it continuously c 'er since and we seldom lose an aster. We find, however, that the remedy must be ap ]ilied every year. In our town jieojile burn the dead leaves in the autumn in the streets. We have made it a ])ractiee to go around and gather \ip the ashes from the bon- tiies and keoj) them in a dry jdace until sprin better than the sand ben(di because there is one ]iotting operation saved and, if the li-incdi ]iots are set (dose to- getlier, the cuttings are as thick as they should be to insure proper circulation of air around them. Thomas H. White. THE INDIANA ASSOCIATION. Meeting at Richmond. An except idUally large delegation of members of the State Florists' Associa- tion of Indiana was ])rest'nt at its meet- ing November 12, in anticipation of the ijood time alwavs enioved at Riidimond. ()\i'r fifty members s])ent the morning anil the early j)art of the afternoon visit- ing llie various ranges around the city. Perhaps the most attractive item seen was the new rose. Premier, which Avas found in fine form at both of the Hill establishments. Orders for 130,000 jilants of this new rose already have iieen l)ooked. Columbia also looked fine and is sidling better tliis year even than last. Other places visiteil were the
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