. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. the establishment of Conona Bros., in Shrewsbury. They are the largest grow- ers of outside roses in this vicinity. They have about 30,000 plants, prin- cipally Badiance, Bed Badiance, Cochet, White Cochet and a good-sized block of Mexican tuberoses, which seem to do extremely well near this city. They also have a block of 10,000 Eobinson chrysanthemums, the most popular vari- ety grown here, which will be ready for All Saints' day. Conona Bros, are just preparing to put the roof over the mums, and the plants look quite promis- ing. This firm also
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. the establishment of Conona Bros., in Shrewsbury. They are the largest grow- ers of outside roses in this vicinity. They have about 30,000 plants, prin- cipally Badiance, Bed Badiance, Cochet, White Cochet and a good-sized block of Mexican tuberoses, which seem to do extremely well near this city. They also have a block of 10,000 Eobinson chrysanthemums, the most popular vari- ety grown here, which will be ready for All Saints' day. Conona Bros, are just preparing to put the roof over the mums, and the plants look quite promis- ing. This firm also specializes in sweet peas, but up to the present the weather has been too warm for planting. The Conona brothers are hard-working young men, as their place shows. They do their plowing and cultivating with a Fordson tractor. They also have a cold storage plant, which is a real necessity with our prevailing temperatures. E. A. Farley, of Gentilly, who grows most of the Easter lilies for the New Orleans trade, gave an interesting and instructive talk on the culture of Easter lilies, which was highly appreciated. Easter lilies do exceedingly well out- doors here, and it seems surprising that florists do not go into the culture of lilies for Easter more extensively. It was planned to have the October meet- ing of the society at Mr. Farley's grounds. Mr. Cook introduced the subject of the camphor thrips, another troublesome pest that is attacking the camphor trees in some sections of this city. Several members stated that the thrips was more destructive than the scale that created so much comment and trouble last year, when the federal government came to the rescue and sent a power sprayer to help rid the city of the pest, which threatened to rob it of all its shade trees. Some members stated that the thrips did more damage than the scale at that time. Various Notes. The summer weather is with us Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may hav
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