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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



ter, and iu a few weeks the plants are 

 established and able to fight off the dis- 

 ease. Keeping the soil loosened up al- 

 lows tlio water to soak down to the roots 

 while the top soon dries off and the 

 striiis are also kept dry. 



We go through all our carnation 

 benches about ten days after planting 

 with one of the teeth "from a hand cul- 

 tivator and iliaw it throut'h the soil 

 aliout an iiicli (n- tun iloep, Ijoth eross- 



loavcs furiows butli ways and there is no 

 danger of the water running off the sur- 

 face and leaving the bottom dry. Last 

 year we had a bench which was infested 

 with this disease and we were able to 

 keep it in check by watering on bright 

 days and only in these furrows. 



We find that there is less of this dis- 

 ease where bottomless pots are used, as 

 the plants are up higher, away from the 

 soil and can be kept drier as the air can 

 circulate better between them. We also 

 find that there is still less if the plants 

 are grown in the pots all summer than 

 if they are lifted from the field in the 



ground is a bed of mixed hybrid perpet- 

 ual rose-s. 



A long oblong bed of Richelieu gera- 

 nium by C. W. Ward, of the Cottage 

 Gardens, has made a fine show for a 

 long time. This geranium resembles in 

 many respects the well known S. A. 

 Xutt. but does not seem to have that 

 defect of blackening the inner petals 

 and is, I think, a distinct improvement 

 on Nutt. The reader will notice in this 

 bed there is a maple tree. Now this 

 tree was not put there until last June 

 and as the whole ground is artificially 

 made and the tree could have but few 

 roots we had no idea anything would 

 suffer in the bed. If the tree had been 

 growing there permanently we would 

 have known, of course, that the roots 

 of the maple would rob the soil and 

 that the geraniums would be poor, but 

 we hardly expected that a tree put there 

 with a comparatively small ball of earth 

 would make any dillerence. But to our 

 cost we find that wherever there is a 

 tree planted it has much affected the 

 growth of the plants beneath. 



Bed of Geranium " Richelieu " at the Pan-American Exposition. Exhibit of C. W. Ward. 



fall, as they do not have to go through 

 that spell of syringing through which 

 they must go in order to keep them alive 

 until the rcii.ts hikr a fir-li hdld. Thi' 



Tlic 



condition f.i, MA,iai ..lay= and unable 

 to fight off di!^case as a growing plant 

 can. and the e.xtra dampness is just what 

 most of the diseases want to make them 

 extra aggressive. 



So if Mr. G. S.'s carnations are plant- 

 ed properly the only thing for him to do 

 is to run them on the dry side, loosen 

 uji till- -dil. and dust both plants and 

 snil « itii liiih-, stcip syringing altogether 

 l'"i a wliili . and yive all the air he can 

 lidll. day and ni-bt. A. F. J. BauR. 



EXHIBITS AT THE PAN-AMERICAN. 



Geraniums have done remarkably well 

 in our soil and climate. In the picture 

 is seen a bed of the well kno«ni Alphonse 

 Riccard. the splendid nrange scarlet, 



lordn-rd In llir littl,. \aijr;jatrd Madame 

 Salln.ii. «lii(li in nn iijiini.ai is much 

 licltn- than MonniMi, nt Sn.n^. If you 

 arc -oinu t.. liaxr an .d-r m Hi,. l,ed the 

 more compact it is tli.. hi-tter. Visitors 

 from the south and cast have remarked 

 that they cannot grow geraniums as well 

 as we can here. Possibly our cold nights 

 are a factor. The shrubbery in the back- 



We are strong on cannas at the Pan- 

 American. This is a large circular bed 

 containing seven or piLdit'of the old vari- 

 ed ir,, il,r ..vldlnt of 1 1. any A. Dreer. It 

 ^^a- iIm di-t l.rd planir/l and has been 

 •"■'} ^a\ I. a a Icn- linir. As you can 

 niitue Hum tlie |jiLline it is one mass of 

 bloom. The varieties are Souvenir de 

 Antoine Crozy, President Cleveland, 

 President McKinley, Madame Crozy and 

 one or two more. 



Tlie dwarf Florence Vaughan canna is 

 entirely distinct from the well known 

 Florence Vaughan. The picture shows 

 a large oval bed. One or two of the 

 old type was found in the bed but it 

 went up 18 inches higher than the dwarf. 

 For a long time it has been one mass 

 of bloom and has been much admired. 

 It is the exhibit of J. C. Vaughan. 



The bed of perennial phlox, the exhibit 

 of H. A. Dreer, is a great success. These 

 plants did not reach here until the end 

 of last April and for spring planting 

 I consider have done remarkably well. 

 The bed consists of a dozen fine varieties 

 planted in bands diagonally across the 

 bed. They were in the best condition 

 when the photograph was taken. 



A bed of single petunias is always 

 more attractive than the double vari- 

 eties. The bed illustrated is by James 

 Vick's Sons and has been one of the 

 gayest on the grounds and has grown 



most luxuriantly. The photograph does 

 not show the colors but there are no 

 two colors alike and all have been beau- 

 tifully marked. It is a particularly fine 

 strain. 



A circular bed of blue chrysanthemum 

 aster has been very fine, as will be seen 

 by the picture. The bed is one mass of 

 bloom, of an even uniform giowth and 

 like the other asters are about the aver- 

 age of asters in this neighborhood. Ex- 

 hibited by H. A. Dreer. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



Mulching. 



A light nivilch of well-rotted cow 

 manure is very beneficial to the plants 

 growing in boxes or benches if applied 

 soon enough for the plants to get the 

 benefit of it before they come into flower. 



I have always considered it better to 

 put the manure on now as a mulch, so 

 that its good properties can wash down 

 into the soil, in place of putting a coat- 

 ing of manure in the bottom of the 

 bench before filling with soil in the 

 early part of the season. 



It would be better, if the rotten man- 

 ure is not available, to use fresh man- 

 ure in a liquid form; then, if diluted 

 well with water, it can have no possi- 

 ble ill effects. I have before now seen 

 all the bottom foliage burned off by a 

 top dressing of green cow manure. 



Feeding 



should be carried on now regularly if 

 good flowers are looked for. Feed early 

 and often, like the ward-heeler votes, 

 and, we might also add, always feed 

 lightly. A bushel of horse or sheep 

 manure, placed in a bag and soaked in 

 a fifty-gallon barrel of water, will make 

 a good liquid fertilizer, if allowed to 

 stand for a few days. If the manure is 

 in a bag the water can be easily drawn 

 off with a Kinney pump. 



Cow manure, I always think, is better 

 if it is put right in the water and 

 applied with a can. It never seemed 

 to me to give up its good properties if 

 confined in a bag, and if you use it loose 

 in the water you can't use the Kinney 

 pump on it. 



Nitrate of soda or sulphate of am- 

 monia can be used in the proportion of 

 one ounce to four gallons of water; 

 or, if you use the pump just mentioned, 

 put in a pound and a half of nitrate to 

 fifty gallons of water, and the pump will 

 reduce it down to the right proportions. 



Specimen Plants 



that were left low enough at the last 

 potting to allow a top dressing to be 

 applied later, should now be attended to. 

 Top dress with equal parts of good loam 

 and cow manure, but always leave ample 

 room for watering. 



Never allow the branches on these 

 plants to get all bunched up together, 

 but train them out and stake them. It 

 always pays to give a specimen plant 

 lots of room and you should make a 

 point of turning the plants around every 

 other day or so in order that no particu- 

 lar side of the plant shall get a monop- 

 oly of the light. While there is not as 

 much money in specimen plants as there 

 used to be, perhaps there is always a 

 satisfaction in growing a plant as well 

 as it can be grown. 



Plants Outside 



that it is proposed to pot up should 

 be attended to right away. Lift as care- 



