MAY 17, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



759 



stalks that bear them, become two- 

 celled by a cross wall, and occasion- 

 ally three-celled. 



In all details affecting tre.itniv-nt 

 this fungus agrees with that of the 

 well Ijnown Botrytis, which also at- 

 tacks roses in this same manner. Both 

 fungi can flourish on decaying (low- 

 ers, leaves, and almost any vegetable 

 matter, and only occasionally take to 

 killing growing plants. 



The first thing to do in ridding a 

 house of such pests is to fumigate 

 with sulphur. If flowers of sulph ir 

 be evaporated over a flame in an opni 

 vessel until the air of the hous.-' is 

 decidedly pungent, and the process 

 repeated twice a week for two or ttirse 

 weeks, there should be no more 

 trouble from surface infection for 

 some time. During the operation the 

 sulphur should be watched and not 

 allowed to burst into flame, or the 

 contents of the house may be ruin"l. 



But the fungus can also flourish in 

 rich soil where sulphur fumes do not 

 readily penetrate. To guard against 

 this danger, the cutting bench should 

 only receive sand that is clean and 

 never before used in a greenhouse. 

 Until the plants are well establishol 

 the soil should not be too rich, and if 

 a naturally rich loam must be taken, 

 as in some prairie regions, sand 

 should be added to the soil when the 

 cuttings are first potted off. Of course 

 fresh soil that has had no chance to 

 be contaminated from indoor use is 

 safest. J. C. ARTHUR. 



Indiana Experiment Station, Lafay- 

 ette, Ind. 



We also sent specimens to Prof. 

 Byron D. Halsted of the N. J. Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, who re- 

 plied: "The young rose plants have 

 been examined and the trouble is r'.ie 

 anthracnose, treated of fully in my 

 late paper before the American Rose 

 Society." This paper was printed in 

 The Review for March 29 last. From 

 it we reprint an extract below: 



"It will be gathered from these re- 

 marks that rose anthracnose is a .spe- 

 cific disease, caused by a well defined 

 fungus that grows rapidly from spores, 

 penetrates the substance of stem and 

 leaf and finally causes defoliation and 

 death of cane. The anthracnose. be- 

 cause of its multitude of spores pro- 

 duced in pimples on leaves, particu- 

 larly fallen ones, and the canes, and 

 the ease with which they are trans- 

 ported by water, also rapidity of ger- 

 mination, all combine to make this 

 fungous enemy of the roses very con- 

 tagious. 



"This class of fungi to which the 

 Gloeosporium belongs is amenable to 

 treatment by fungicides. A coating of 

 the Bordeaux mixture or cupram upon 

 the leaves and stems prevents in large 

 degree the entrance of the germs 

 Therefore all rose-houses where there 

 is any anthracnose should he sprayed 

 with one of the above compounds. It 

 goes without further saying that sll 

 plants that are nearly leafless from 



this cause should be either cut down 

 close to the soil or thrown bodily into 

 the burn-heap." 



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Fungus Affecting Mr. Myer's Roses. 



A. Fungus, magnified. 



B. Spores, m'^gmfied. 



In his description of the ravages of 

 this disease the professor makes no 

 mention of decay of the roots, and 

 this was the case with all the affected 

 plants in an advanced stage of the iMs- 

 ease. 



TAXING FLOPISTS. 



Editor Florists' Review: Will you 

 please answer the following questions 

 through your paper: 



Are plants in pots taxable? 



Are plants planted in tiench taxable? 



Is the soil in bench t.*xable? 



Our local assessor claims they are 

 and wants to tax us for same as per- 

 sonal property. K. B. 



Ohio. 



I cannot say what the general prac- 

 tice is, but ordinary justice would in- 

 dicate that greenhouse stock, whether 

 in pots or on benches, is no more 

 taxable than a farmer's half-grown 

 crops; in fact, not so much so. 



Greenhouse stock, unsold, has no 

 value, as it can neither be eaten, worn, 

 burned nor made to serve any other 

 purpose. When it has been sold it ap- 

 pears for taxation, either in money or 

 other form of property. But until the 

 sale has been made, how can a valua- 

 tion be put upon that which may have 

 to be consigned to the dump? 



As to the soil in the bench, if the 

 local assessor can find any monetary 

 valu,. in that, he must be a wonder. 



Cleveland, O. A.GRAHAM. 



I can not see how plants are any 

 more taxable than a crop of growing 

 corn or wheat in a field and I think it 

 is very unjust in the local assessor to 

 attempt to assess the same; in fact, I 

 can not see how it can stand or where 

 th( re is a law, at least in this state — 

 Illinois— giving him a right to do so. 

 It has never been tried in this locality, 

 and if it were I would most assuredly 

 protest and make my complaint to the 

 li'iard of Equalization, which we have 

 for that purpose, and which I would 

 advise K. B. to do also if his local 

 assessor insists on including plants, 

 soil, etc., as personal property. 



J. F. AMMANN. 



Kdwardsville, HI. 



Plants in pots are not taxed with us 

 and we should "kick" if they tried it, 

 as our taxes are heavy enough as it is. 

 R. B. SHUPHELT. 



Chatkam. N. Y. 



Our assessor regards plants as nat- 

 ural products, like wheat or corn in 

 the field, and therefore not taxable. 

 As to taxing the soil in the bench, I 

 should say not! 



EMIL BUETTNER. 



Park Ridge, 111. 



Plants in pots or on benches are not 

 subject to any tax in Philadelphia. 

 The dealers have to pay a trifling mer- 

 cantile tax from which the growers 

 arc exempt. 



.JOHN WELSH YOUNG. 



Germantown, Pa. 



Greenhouse stock, either in pots or 

 planted in benches, is taxable in Ohio, 

 the attorney general holding that such 

 stock does not come under the head or 

 the intent of the law as to growing 

 crops. THE GOOD & REESE CO. 



Springfield, O. 



So far as I know the custom here is 

 for the assessor to place a valuation 

 on a greenhouse establishment for 

 taxation. Plants in pots, etc., are cer- 

 tainly personal property. 



A. HERRINGTON. 



iVIadison, N. J. 



We are taxed on greenhouses and 

 property as a whole. We pay no tax 

 on plants, pots or any pther contents 

 of the houses. Of course, our tools, 

 wagons, horses and other outside 

 property is taxed. 



GEO. M. KELLOT.G. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



The answer to the Inquiry should 

 be "No." Each year that a new as- 

 sessor is elected we have this matter 

 brought up, but after inquiry into it 

 by the county auditor, it is never 

 brought up by that assessor again. I 

 have never had greenhouse stock as- 



