The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



617 



X<i. :i. Photographed August 



niililc. 1 Ills. Ill my (i|iiiii.)ii, comes from 

 HI iiiiiili dampness on the foliafje, 

 )iililed with a warm. mnj;fj.v atmo.sphere. 

 have had the spot for the last three 



1 keep a livel_v cireula- 

 iflh tlieni. For those 

 ■i\e a row of stakes at 

 sash, leaving them fif- 

 • the frame, then nail 

 if them and then la.v 

 I I hose in the honse I 

 ■^ash from the bottom. 



il to keep the house open as 

 i^-ililc and allow them to have 

 fr\\ 1 1 u 111 frosts, as it stiffens 

 iiLik.- I hem hardv. I do not" 

 he. IhmI until I ain foreed to. 



rather hine il ;il ilie fnvzin- p 

 than ."ill ih-rrcs. i keep them 

 watercil and syringe ti.em on br 

 iniirniii^s. Imt iii-ver in the evening. 

 1 find it verv beneficial to keep 

 surface of the 'soil slirivd brlwirn 

 plants; this I do willi ;iu .ili| . hi^cl 

 give them two or tliirr .piinklini. 

 air-slaked lime mii.1 «..ik ii in - 



Tlicic are two varieties of in.sects 

 which damage the plants if not kept in 

 clicck. One is a small green worm or 

 caterpillar, which lodges on the under 

 side of the leaves and eats them full 

 nf holes. I use slugshot for these put 

 on with a small blower. Ihen there is 



A Chrysanthemum Story. 



the larva of a gallfly. This gets on 

 .young leaves as the.v come up from 

 crown and causes them to curl and 



I ofT. I use Ivory soap for these; one 

 I small cake dissolved in five gallons of 

 I water and put on either with the sy- 



ipen. 



ing a .good circula- 

 I would say, never 

 ■ hour that you can 

 len a few dull days 

 le frames have been 

 seen siiccks of dis- 



( uiiie in winter 

 kept closed I 

 ease come on them. 



There i.s another foi m of disease 

 which causes a brown rim around the 

 leaf. This 1 think conies from the roots 

 and may be caused by the soil becoming 

 stagnant and .sour, or it may be caused 

 by artificial manure or by the eel worm, 

 and 1 find when once it comes it is very 

 haul to get rid of. 1 give them a good 

 coating of air-slaked lime, and work it 

 in as deeply as i)<)ssible without cutting 

 the roots; this helps them somewhat, 

 if not too bad. 



Then there is what is commonly called 

 the heart rot. This again is caused by 

 too cl()se an atmosphere, and this is one 

 (if the reasons I prefer a medium-sized 

 plant to a large one: the foliage is not 

 dense and it allows the i-rnwns more air 



if if 

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