. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Seedling No. 103 17. ous, why not, as suggested, throw out all the stock plants and let the matter rest that way for some time? I do not know whether there are any other plants in the house that the midge will attack, bijt if all the plants that are affected with it are destroyed, there is a good chance of getting rid of it. Cyanide of potasatum is, I believe, a valuable fumigant, though I have never been able to use it without injuring the plants. When tobacco dust is used as a fumigant, make a small heap of two or three handfuls and on top of eac
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Seedling No. 103 17. ous, why not, as suggested, throw out all the stock plants and let the matter rest that way for some time? I do not know whether there are any other plants in the house that the midge will attack, bijt if all the plants that are affected with it are destroyed, there is a good chance of getting rid of it. Cyanide of potasatum is, I believe, a valuable fumigant, though I have never been able to use it without injuring the plants. When tobacco dust is used as a fumigant, make a small heap of two or three handfuls and on top of each heap put a few drops of kerosene where you can ignite it. It is, as you say, preferable to grow mums on raised benches instead of solid beds. Referring to your question as to whether it is not better to have the mum house partitioned from the other houses, we believe in having a separate house and then if one does have a dis-. ease or insects in the house, it can be better fumigated. I think if you will throw out all your old plants, you will not have to worry much about fumigating at this time. Then in the spring, before buying new stock, I suggest that you clean out the house of all vegetable life and give it a thoroughly good fumigation with sul- phur, burning it in the house for an entire night, so that all life will bo destroyed. In this way there should be no future trouble with a pest of this kind. C. H. T. QOOD COMMEBCIAI. VARIETIES. Please let us know the names of a few of the best varieties of mums for florists' use, in white and pink, early and late, which are easily grown. Also give us the names of a few of the best hybrid tea roses to grow out- side for cut flowers. C. B.—Can. Good commercial pink chysanthemums are Unaka, Chieftain, Patty, Dr. Engue- hard, Wells' Late Pink. White varieties are Smith's Advance, Early Snow, Octo- ber Frost, White Chieftain, Charles Ea- ger, White Bonnaffon and White Chad- wick. Hybrid tea roses suitable for outdoor culture are nu
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