. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 78 The American Florist. Atip-. 10, A Preventive of Mosquitoes. If all the preventives for mosquitoes were effectual no one in all the wide world need be troubled with these dread- ful little marauders. We hear that the castor oil plant has been found so dis- tasteful to the mosquito that it will neither remain about the premises where the trees are planted nor in apartments where the cut branches, leaves, and seeds have been exposed. This fact is so well known in Egypt that it is a common sight to see the tree pl
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 78 The American Florist. Atip-. 10, A Preventive of Mosquitoes. If all the preventives for mosquitoes were effectual no one in all the wide world need be troubled with these dread- ful little marauders. We hear that the castor oil plant has been found so dis- tasteful to the mosquito that it will neither remain about the premises where the trees are planted nor in apartments where the cut branches, leaves, and seeds have been exposed. This fact is so well known in Egypt that it is a common sight to see the tree planted around a house in places where the mosquito is numerous. It is said that beneath the leaves of the ncinus there is a poison that is fatal to the mosquito, but, curi- ously, even in rooms where the plant is kept, dead mosquitoes are not found.— Journal of Horticulture. Peoria, III.—Chas. Krause, Jr., is pre- paring to build a greenhouse at 303 Gris- wold street. PoRTCHESTER, N. Lortsche, for twenty years gardener to William J. Tingue, has received word that he is the principal heir to an estate of $50,000, left by his brother who died in South Dakota recently. Wbol^ale power/\arK?fe Cincinnati, Aug. 8 Roae», Beauty " Bride ® " Bridesmaid ® " Liberty ® " Perle ® " La France 2 00® " Kaisetin 2.(0® 4 00 CaTnations 50® Album and rubrum lilies 4 Ou@ Asters ® Sweet peas 15® 25 Asparagus Smilax Adiantum Galax leaves .15 Common ferns .15 St. Louis, Aug. 8. Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid ® Golden Gate ® " Kaiserin ® 5 CO Carnations, common 50® .75 " choice ® Asters ® 1 50 Ismene lilies ® 6 00 Tuberoses 4 00® 10 OO Hoi lyhocks Smilax Asparagus Sprengeri 1. 00® 1. 60 Plumosus ® 3 OO Adiantum 75® MlIiWATIKBB, Aug. 8. Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. " " med. &
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