. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Unpacking a Girload of Phalaenopsis Plants from the Piiilippines. ican importer is paying more for his stock, he is getting it with less per- sonal effort. Many varieties are ad- vancing in price because of increased ?demand, the exhaustion of the regu- larly hunted localities, and because of the number of hands through which the stock now passes. The customs authorities are becoming more or less familiar with the situation and they are seeking to add the government's quota to the cost. There is little doubt that the importer will have to submit to
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Unpacking a Girload of Phalaenopsis Plants from the Piiilippines. ican importer is paying more for his stock, he is getting it with less per- sonal effort. Many varieties are ad- vancing in price because of increased ?demand, the exhaustion of the regu- larly hunted localities, and because of the number of hands through which the stock now passes. The customs authorities are becoming more or less familiar with the situation and they are seeking to add the government's quota to the cost. There is little doubt that the importer will have to submit to increased duty, which he promptly will pass on to the man in the green- house. on them. The leaves are all turning yellow. Would you kindly inform me just what should be used? H. A, B. A FEW PHAIiiENOPSIS. In-a talk before the Chicago Florists' Club a few weeks ago, George L. Free- man, Fall River, Mass., widely known as an orchid expert, and then on his way home from a visit to the principal orchid growers as far west as the Pa- cific, made the statement that San Francisco not only uses more orchids thau any other city of equal size in America, but that spray orchids have a greater vogue at San Francisco than anywhere else in the United States. The remark is recalled by news that a San Francisco grower and dealer has just received from the Philippines the larg- est shipment of phalaenojjois that ever came to this country. It consisted of a solid carload of plants, over 15,000 of them. One of the accompanying illus- trations shows the packing shed of the MacRorie-McLaren Co., at San Mateo, when the cases were being opened up and the other picture shows one of the company's houses of phalaenopsis in bloom. THRIPS ON CALLAS. I am enclosing a sample lily leaf to show what has happened to my bed of callas. Some little black insects seem to be spreading all through the gera- niums and other plants. I have tried using nicotine and a heavy solution of soap suds, but neither has any e
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