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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



DUCESIBEK 2i, 1003. 



SHAW GARDEN SCHOLARSHIPS. 



William Treleasp, director of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, an- 

 nounces that two scholarships at the 

 garden will bo awarded prior to the 

 first of next .\pril. Those scholarships 

 aro provided by the board of trustees 

 and include, liesides free tnitinn, free 



lodgings in a dwelling adjoining the 

 garden and a wage of $250 for the first 

 year and .liSOO per year for not nuir(! 

 than the following three years during 

 which the scholarship may be held. 

 Prof. Treleaso will receive ajiplications 

 for these scholarships up to March ], 

 ]904, aud on March 8 a preliuiiuary ex- 

 amination will be held. .Shouhl there 

 be more applicauts than scholarships, a 

 competitive examination will be licM 

 March 11 and 1'2, the subjects Ix'in^ 

 tlioso usually taught in the piililic 

 schools. To be eligible the can<lidate 

 jiiiisl lie between llie ages of 14 :iiid lill. 



LIQUID FERTILIZERS. 



From now on during the remainder of 

 the season, where the plants are in a 

 vigorous state and tlie benches full of 

 roots, stimulants in a liquid form can 

 be used with great benefit. For this 

 purpose there is nothing better and safer 

 than fresh cow manure, which contains 

 nearly all the elements necessary in 

 their proper proportions, with little or 

 none of those caustic properties so prev- 

 alent in chemical preparations. 



This should be placed in a tank with 

 sufficient water added to cause speedy 

 fermentation, after which it should be 

 drained off into another tank and water 

 added to reduce it to the proper strength. 

 For a first application it should be rather 

 weak. After applications can be made 

 stronger without incurring any danger. 



The correct time to apply this is when 

 the young wood is from three to four 

 inches in length, and should be con- 

 tinued at least once every alternate week 

 till the buds are well developed, and 

 should be discontinued when the buds 

 show color. Sheep, poultry and pigeon 

 manures, being all of a more concen- 

 trated nature, should be used with gi-eat 

 caution and in much smaller quantities. 



As this form of food is so easily and 

 quickly assimilated great care should be 

 exercised regarding the strength, es- 

 pecially if any of the chemically con- 

 centrate<l foods are used and should be 

 first tried on a small scale. The use of 

 ammonia and nitrate of soda at certain 

 stages of growth are also very beneficial. 

 These being very powerful and their 

 effects being imniediate, they should be 

 used with great caution and in a very 

 weak solution, one pound of either being 

 sufficient for 100 gallons of water. 



During dark weather, when the days 

 of sunshine are few and far between, it 

 is safer to use any of the preparations 

 in a very weak form and frequently, 

 rather than run any risks l\v giving it 

 strong. As the days get longer the 

 strength can be gradually increased, 

 keeping all the time a strict watch on 

 the effect produced. Weak or unhealthy 

 stock is unable to use food in this form 

 and any troubles they may be suffering 

 from will be aggravated. ElBES. 



TROUBLE WITH FUNGUS. 



Can you tell me. what is the matter 

 with tlio Bride sent herewith? They 

 start to die from the top. I see signs 

 of the disease in the Maids and Gates, 

 but the Brides are afl'ectcd the worst. 

 1 have one grafted plant that has the 

 snuic triuible. Can you give a remedy? 



W. K. 1>.' 



Tlicso |plauts arc infected by the para- 

 sitical fungus known as rose anthracnosc 

 (Cilocosporium rosse). This fungus at- 

 tacks the wood near the top of the cane, 

 depriving that portion of the stem above 

 the point of attack of all nourishment, 

 eau.sing the leaves to become thin and 

 yellow and eventually to fall off. It 

 spreads very rapidly, usually in the direc- 

 tion towards the top of the cane, while 

 the underpart of the bush continues to 



fallen, these should be collected and 

 burned. The affected parts of the stems 

 should bo cut off, cutting well back, and 

 also burned. Spray once a week with Bor- 

 deaux mixture; keep the soil rather dry, 

 give free ventilation on all favorable occii- 

 sions and whenever possible keep a crack 

 of air on during the night. I'lants which 

 arc so badly infested as the smaller of 

 the specimens should bo pulled up and 

 destroyed; they are past redemption. 



1 particularly commend the way these 

 plants were packed, they having reached 

 1110 in as fresh a condition as when they 

 were lifted from the bench, which con- 

 dition considerably simplifies a diagno- 

 sis. KrBKs. 



TROUBLES. 



As you invite correspondence, I sub- 

 mit a few of our troubles and hope to 

 get some light on them. First, is mil- 

 dew on roses contagious? During one 

 nf the very cool nights in September a 

 door in our rose house blew open and 

 the roses got badly mildewed. Since 

 then we have treated them with sulphur 

 in various forms, but the new growth 

 seems still mildewed, while they have 

 not been exposed to cool draughts since 

 the first exposure. Second, will it do 

 to propagate from such wood? 



What can be done to get rid of 

 uiolos? Wo have our carnations in 

 ground beds and the moles are rambling 

 all llirough the beds. They work too 

 deep to see their road nuirks on top of 

 rlie grcuind. 1 liave tried sulphide of 

 carbon, also earthworms soaked in 

 strychnine, all to no effect. Tf anybody 

 can suggest a remedy that will drive the 

 little pests away we shall be truly 

 thankful. 



We have a young man in our employ 

 who is a sort of a crank on electricity. 

 He has rigged a battery m the rose house, 

 so arranged that when the temperature 

 gets down to 53 degrees it rings a bell in 

 his bedi-oom, and wakens him so he can 



House of Decoralive Plants Grown by A. C. Oelschig, Savannah, Ga. 



send out strong young canes which are 

 in turn attacked and destroyed. A mi- 

 croscopical examination of the aft'ected 

 leaves and stems will reveal pinkish col- 

 ored blotches which keep on bursting and 

 scattering the spores in countless num- 

 bers. 



If the trouble is not caused it is great- 

 ly fostered by a moist and stagnant at- 

 mosphere, great fluctuations of tempera- 

 ture and imperfect drainage. As the 

 fungus continues to grow and develop 

 spores on the leaves, even after they have 



replenish fire; then he can go to sleep 

 again without risk as to oversleeping 

 and letting his fire go out. I do not sup- 

 pose it would be very useful in a large 

 estiiblishmont, but in a small place like 

 ours (about 4,000 feet of glass) it makes 

 it easy for the fireman. J. W. M. 



Yes, mildew is contagious, and will 

 continue to spread, grow and scatter the 

 s'[iores by millions, which, if the condi- 

 tions are suitable, will find a lodgment, 

 germinate and spread like the parents, 



