. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JUMB 10, 1815. The Florists' Review 15 thickly with haulm as if the plants were left crowded. If wireworms, cutworms or other soil pests are really at fault, lime your ground well in the fall. Meantime you can get rid of them best by getting some liquid, such as carbon bisulphide, boring holes four to five inches deep and twelve to fifteen inches apart, pour- ing a small teaspoonful of the liquid into each hole and immediately filling the hole. Or you can use Vaporite, working it into the soil, or water with Vermine, one part to 200 parts of wa- te
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JUMB 10, 1815. The Florists' Review 15 thickly with haulm as if the plants were left crowded. If wireworms, cutworms or other soil pests are really at fault, lime your ground well in the fall. Meantime you can get rid of them best by getting some liquid, such as carbon bisulphide, boring holes four to five inches deep and twelve to fifteen inches apart, pour- ing a small teaspoonful of the liquid into each hole and immediately filling the hole. Or you can use Vaporite, working it into the soil, or water with Vermine, one part to 200 parts of wa- ter. This destroys grubs, worms, ants and other soil pests. C. W. BUDS TURNING YELLOW. Enclosed please find some of my sweet pea blossoms. You will see that they turn yellow while in bud and drop off. They are planted out in sandy soil, well fertilized with cow manure. If you can tell me what is causing this I shall appreciate it, as I expect to have a large crop this season if all goes well. W. J.—Tex. It is not at all unusual for some of the earliest buds to act in this way. Occasionally this will continue for two or three weeks, but eventually your plants will grow out of it. The plants will be helped much if you can give them an occasional watering, while a mulch of old manure, grass, partly de- cayed leaves or any similar material will help to keep the roots cool and moist. C. W. WEDDING WORK FROM DETROIT. At a time when they are most busily engaged in making wedding bouquets florists will be interested in samples of the handiwork of one of the leading firms of the trade, the L. Bemb Floral Co., Detroit, which Albert Pochelon runs in the time that he can spare from his duties as secretary of the F, T. D. The bouquets shown in the illustration were the bride's and bridesmaid's in one of Detroit's smartest weddings of the present season. TULIPS FLOWER UNEVENLY. I have a tulip bed on the east side of the house, containing about 250 bulbs. The whole outer border has just come
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