. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. The American Florist. 301. Jitntrrtirrfiomt VJtOOVUG. kRRN^GtWtm. in its line, and is most preferred when from twelve to thirty inches high. A large specimen is now and has been, for some time in bloom, but so far as we could see there is no trace of seed setting. The Marguerite leaf-mineri — David tells me that two years ago this insect was so destructive about Brooklyn that it completely ruined his and some other gardeners' Marguerites and ciner- arias. But he didn't observe it last year nor has it put in
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. The American Florist. 301. Jitntrrtirrfiomt VJtOOVUG. kRRN^GtWtm. in its line, and is most preferred when from twelve to thirty inches high. A large specimen is now and has been, for some time in bloom, but so far as we could see there is no trace of seed setting. The Marguerite leaf-mineri — David tells me that two years ago this insect was so destructive about Brooklyn that it completely ruined his and some other gardeners' Marguerites and ciner- arias. But he didn't observe it last year nor has it put in an appearance this win- ter. And this state of affairs seems to be general in the East. In the Florist, page 297, March 15, 1SS7, I referred to it as Phytoniyza affinis, but Dr. Lintner, our state entomologist, who has thor- oughly investigated the subject from specimens contributed from here (see his Fourth Report, 1SS8, page 73). has de- cided that it is P/iv/omr:a /a/era/is (Fallen). Gus Bennett lives near by and is gar- dener to Mr. Brown. Gus is the second son of the late \Vm. Bennett, of Flatbush, who was one of the best plautsmeu who ever came to America, and beloved his. plants as he did his children. Spacious and well appointed green- houses, well filled and well kept. Ma- jestic, graceful, many colored and rare tropical exotics, orchids, roses and other gay flowering plants. Young V. old palms.—"When we started to fill these greenhouses we bought a lot of large palms, but I find it is much better to get young plants that are per- fectly free from scale than oM ones that are infested. By liberal treatment palms grow pretty ; Of Hydrangea Otaksa he has a fine lot of young stocky plants in full leaf and showing flower buils. These plants area year old; they were struck last spring, planted out in summer, lifted and potted into smallish pots early in fall, kept in a cold frame till New Year's, when they were brought into the greenhouse, and as soon as t
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