. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. The New Rococo Erecta Cyclamen, Orchid-flowering. crimson sorts, I obtained a new color, vermilion, both deep and light. This is a delightful color, outshining all the others. I shall bQ ready to supply seeds of this beautiful novelty in ; weather. Watch the cultural notes on lilies in The Review from time to time. C. W. LILIES FOR EASTER. Will you kindly advise me how to treat Lilium giganteum to have it in bloom for,Easter, 1917? I shall not re- reive the bulbs until about the middle of September. W. C. H.—Pa. PARIS GREEN BURNS ASTERS.
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. The New Rococo Erecta Cyclamen, Orchid-flowering. crimson sorts, I obtained a new color, vermilion, both deep and light. This is a delightful color, outshining all the others. I shall bQ ready to supply seeds of this beautiful novelty in ; weather. Watch the cultural notes on lilies in The Review from time to time. C. W. LILIES FOR EASTER. Will you kindly advise me how to treat Lilium giganteum to have it in bloom for,Easter, 1917? I shall not re- reive the bulbs until about the middle of September. W. C. H.—Pa. PARIS GREEN BURNS ASTERS. Will you please give me the best remedy for killing aster beetles? I have been using Paris green, but I do not like it, as it sometimes burns the foliage if too much of it is used. ,S. T. H.—Ind. If you receive your lily bulbs as early as October 15 they will be in ample time. As a rule, giganteums do not ar- rive much before October. This lily likes a good heat from the start. Place the pots in a shed, in a cellar or be- low greenhouse benches, where the minimum will be 60 degrees. Maintain this temperature and your jjlants will be in ample time. The buds should show distinctly when Lent begins. About six weeks will be needed to have the flowers open. Some extra forcing or retarding may be necessary; it all depends on the There is no better remedy for aster beetles than Paris green, used at the rate of one pound to 200 gallons of wa- ter. I am afraid you have been using a mixture too strong. Adding a lit- tle air-slaked 4ime to the water will lessen the danger of burning the flow- ers and foliage. At the above rate you should have no trouble from burn- ing. C. W. Charleroi, Pa.—.Joseph Haube has re- cently returned from an automobile tour through northern New York, east- ern Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Business here is down to the usual summer Cyclamen Rococo Erecta for Seed at Ferd. Fisclier's, Wiesbaden, Please note that these
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