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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Makch 3, 1904. 



fected aTiaiigemcuts for the annual fes- 

 tivity of the elub in July. A handsome 

 program will be issued and a splendid 

 lot of prizes offered. 



The sunny south seems the attractive 

 mecca for those who desire pleasure 

 or recuperation from illness. John N. 

 May, Julius Koclirs and Fred Smytlic 

 are anuing the latest departures. 



Amongst western visitors last week 

 were: W. A. Kennedy, of Milwaukee, 

 Wis., and J. S. Wilson of Western 

 Springs, 111.; while Robert Craig iind 

 John Burton were here from the city 

 of rest and A. N. Pierson from Crom- 

 well. Conn. 



Among the sick are Henry Beaulieu 

 of Woodhaven and Eugene Dailledouze 

 of Flatbush. The unseasonable, change- 

 able, severe weather is the cause of al- 

 most universal sickness in the trade; 

 grippe claiming dozens of employers and 

 employees of the wholesale cut tlower 

 section amorgst its victims. 



W. Elliott & Sons received last week 

 eleven cases of conifers, rhododendrons, 

 roses, clematis, etc., from Holland, 

 which they will offer at auction. Sales 

 this year begin next Tuesday. March 

 8, and will continue every Tuesday and 

 Friday during the remainder oit' the 

 season. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling club grows in members 

 and enthusiasm. Many of the members 

 are ill, but a fair attendance can now 

 always be depended upon. Announce- 

 ment of another prize night, to which 

 special invitation will be given to all 

 florists' clubs in or near the city, will 

 • soon be made. The scores made on 

 Monday evening show encouraging im- 

 provements, as the appended list will 

 show. A good team may be depended 

 upon to represent New York at the great 

 tournament in .St. Louis. 



Elliott i)l 96 136 13» 



Traendly 1711 IM 209 14S 



O'Mara 153 187 176 187 153 



Siebrecht l.W 1S3 158 155 133 



Nugent 110 111) S9 84 86 



Glbbs 12!) 167 102 1.34 157 



Frank 154 142 165 161 155 



Ha£Ener 145 156 159 1.38 13.S 



Roehrs Ill 1.37 128 136 121 



Shaw 120 124 126 127 139 



J. Austin Shaw. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Young stock Iroin now on should re- 

 ceive a deal of careful attention, as, if 

 overlooked or neglected during the time 

 the plants are in pots, the damage done 

 can scarcely be repaired. To keep young 

 stock in a growing condition they must 

 never be neglected in regard to watering, 

 especially during bright weather, as the 

 tender roots are easily scorched and dried 

 up. A good syringing twice a day serves 

 the double purpose of refreshing the 

 foliage and keeping them free from red 

 spider, which, if they once get a foot- 

 hold among young stock, are very hard 

 to get rid of by reason of the leaves 

 lying so close to the pot, where the 

 spray cannot reach the spider. Care 

 must be taken to have the syringing 

 done early enough to give them ample 

 time to dry before sundown. 



Sprinkling the paths of the stock- 

 house frequently helps to keep a suffi- 

 ciency of moisture in the atmosphere 

 during bright weather and keeps the 

 foliage from suffering. During dull wea- 

 ther the young stock should be kept 

 rather on the dry side in order to keep 

 the foliage and young growths from be- 



coming too soft and tender. Plenty of 

 room on the bench, so that the air can 

 circulate freely among the leaves, is ab- 

 solutely necessary to secure health, and 

 a frequent shifting around on the bench 

 so that the plants may not always pre- 

 sent the same side to the sun greatly 

 lu'l|is ill fonuing liardy, stocky and vvell- 

 balaiKcd plants. 



This lifting and shifting around is also 

 beneficial in preventing the formation of 

 top roots, which, when left undisturbed, 

 dig their way through the pots and fre- 

 <|uently come in contact with very un- 

 liesirable food. Neglected in this par- 

 ticular, they are greatly injured and re- 

 ceive a severe check when these roots 

 are exposed or torn off. when they re- 

 quire repotting. 



Ample ventilation, hv keeping the 

 leaves hardy and of a tirm texture, is 

 the best preventive of mildew, but as a 

 safeguard a dusting of sulphur once a 

 week should be applied, as during the 

 next month we are liable to have sud- 

 den and extreme Huctuatious of tem- 

 perature, which even with tlie best of 

 care will also tiisturb the inside condi- 

 tions and seriously affect the tender 

 foliage. RiBES. 



WHITE FLY AGAIN. 



ily Kaiserin ni.-e leaves seem to shriv- 

 el, or rather, curl up. Is this the re- 

 sult of a disease or some insect? They 

 were planted the first part of January 

 in chrysanthemum soil and have been 

 kept at .54 to 56 degrees nights. They 

 are well budded and will be able to cut 

 roses in about a week. W. A. S. 



This is the work of tlie small white 

 fly, a pest which has been giving a deal 

 of trouble in some localities lately. Be- 

 ing especially fond of chrysanthemums, 

 they had no doubt been in the last crop 

 and when these were thrown out and 

 roses planted in the same soil they 

 turned their attention to these as being 

 the most available food at hand, as they 

 are in no wise particular about the kind 

 of food plant they infest. 



As yet there is no sure way of ex- 

 terminating these pests, but I have used 

 the following mixture with some suc- 

 cess: Two pounds powdered lime, two 

 ounces sulphate of copper, two ounces 

 paris green and two ounces sulphur, well 

 mixed and applied with the powder blow- 

 er every second day. 



.J. Thorniley. in the Kkview of Febru- 

 ary 18. recommends syringing with wa- 

 ter at a temperature of liO degrees, first 

 reducing the temperature of the house 

 below 50 degrees. He seems to have 

 been successful by this method. 



RlBES. 



UNESTABLISHED ROSES. 



I want someone to tell m'e through 

 the Review what is the matter with my 

 roses. They are two-year-old plants, 

 taken up and put in beds for cuttings. 

 They start up, put out nice shoots and 

 then begin to shrivel and die. Over half 

 in one bench have done this wav. 



J. P. C. 



These roses behave as if they were 

 being subjected to a high temperature 

 before root action has commenced. Stock 

 from which propagating wood should be 

 selected should be established and in full 

 vigor, and it is rarely possible to secure 

 such by replanting old stock, unless this 

 has been affected during the proper plant- 

 ing season, Julv or August, when no 



artilicial heat is required to start root 

 action, I am afraid there is little hope 

 of deriving any profit from such stock. 



RiBES. 



HEAT FOR ROSES. 



Do you recommend hot pipes under the 

 rose benches, with 4-inch tile and .soil on 

 top? Or would it be better to have the 

 pipes on the side walls of the rose 

 houses? I have some rose benches with 

 board bottoms, with heat under them. 

 The roses are not of the best. Could 

 that be the cause? J. R. E. 



There is no great objection to having 

 the pipes under the benches, many grow- 

 ers producing good crops under such cir- 

 cumstances, provided the pipes are suffi- 

 ciently removed from the bottom of the 

 liencli and the bench of such a form 

 that there is no danger of the heat be- 

 ing conserved there, such as having the 

 side boards dropping below' the bottom, 

 etc. 



The main object to be attained is an 

 even distribution of the heat through 

 the whole house, so that the soil in the 

 bench will be so heated and not by 

 undue proximity to the piping. The 

 old ideas of sub-irrigation and bottom 

 heat for rose benches being subversive 

 of natural laws, and not having had the 

 desired eft'ect, have been practically aban- 

 doned. The nearer we copy nature in 

 her most favorable moods, so much bet- 

 ter are our chances of success. 



Roses under natural conditions receive 

 their supply of water from above and 

 dry out from the surface, and never be- 

 gin to dry at the roots first, so that 

 when we can we ought to keej) the pipes 

 from being so close to the roots that the 

 heat will first take effect there. Most 

 modern structures have the heat supply 

 so arranged that the soil is simply 

 warmed by the temperature of the house, 

 and this is eft'ected by running the sup- 

 ply pi]ies under the gutters, returning 

 along the paths and walls, and seems to 

 distribute the heat in a satisfactory man- 

 ner. RiBES. 



CARNATIONS. 



Carnations at Fihy Degrees. 



What varieties of carnations can be 

 grown to advantage in a house half of 

 which is devoted to chrysanthemums and 

 is run at 50 degrees night temperature? 

 We have been growing Daybreak and 

 White Cloud. Of the first we have a 

 fine .stock and cut a good flower, if not 

 quite up to newer kinds in size. But 

 we have never had the best of satisfac- 

 tion from White Cloud, either this year 

 or when we grew it warmer. How about 

 Estelle, and what good commercial va- 

 rieties can we try at that temperature? 



J. & C. 



There are a good manj' varieties to 

 choose from tha? will do fine in a tem- 

 perature of 50 degrees, providing the 

 rest of the culture is up to a fair stand- 

 ard. I will advise you to get some En- 

 chantress to plant in place of Daybreak; 

 it is four times as large and likes just 

 about the same treatment. Estelle might 

 be a good one for you. but I would ad- 

 vise you to try a limited quantity first. 

 A few large growers claim that it is 

 their best paying scarlet, but with the 

 rank and file it has not been so suc- 

 cessful as Crane. I would also advise 

 you to try a few Adonis. If it succeeds 

 with you vou will want no Estelle, nor 



