The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Five Hundred Dollar Basket of Beauties, Orchids and Gardenias, 

 Arranged by Mackintosh, New York. 



Seasonable Hints. 



For the first fifteen days after plant- 

 ing, each plant, should be watered indi- 

 vidually. This is best done by slowly 

 lilling the depression around the neck of 

 tin- plant. By that time the moisture 

 from around each plant will have spread 

 sufficiently far to meet. 



If the soil is in good condition and 

 rich, there will be a luxuriant crop of 



w I- t" take cue of. These should be 



removed and the soil in the bench be 

 allowed to become moderately dry and. 

 if the soil is of a fibrous or friable na- 

 ture, it. should be made firm by treading 

 taking care not to go too near the neck 

 of the plant. The soil should then be 

 stirred to the depth of an inch, ruffled 

 and made level and then given a good 

 soaking. This is one of the most essen- 

 tial points in rose culture. To gain the 

 full advantage of the growing season, 

 cultivation should be practiced once a 

 week and no other work should keep 

 us from this most important duly. 



After the surface has been ruffled and 

 made as even as possible, overhead 

 watering may !«■ resorted to; that is. 

 the whole surface of the soil should be 

 watered. 



As syringing musl be practiced fre- 

 quently ami a good deal of force i- i e 

 quired to do ii efficiently, staking will 

 have to be attended to -o that the young 

 stock may be able to keep an upright 



position. If grafted -lock i- used this 

 should be attended to immediately after 

 planting, as the scion is apt to"be de- 

 tached from the stock by the force of 

 water from the syringe. 



To keep the stock vigorous and hardy 

 ventilation will have to be carefully at- 

 tended to. Ample ventilatii n all bright 



days and at night when the weather will 

 permit, will give the stock a constitu- 

 tion that will enable it to outgrow many 

 of the diseases and fungoid enemies that 

 would easily destroj stork which i- neg- 

 lected in these particulars. 



I recently received an inquiry regard- 

 ing the amount of shade young roses 

 should have and this shows that the old 

 fallacy is not entirely extinct. After 

 rose, leave the cutting bciieh or grafting 

 frame and have begun to show that the 

 roots are working, they require no 

 shade, for the rose is a real sun lover, 

 and any shading applied to the glass is 

 detrimental to the health of the plants. 



Greenfly, red spider and mildew are 

 the most troublesome enemies, and will 

 require careful watching. Other ene- 

 mies, such as -lugs and the hairy cater- 

 pillar, will aKo require attention, as 

 these can do cpiite a bit of damage in a 

 few hours among the fresh and tooth- 

 -' on.- foliage. Ribes. 



TROUBLE WITH ROSES. 



Please let me know the cause of while 



house where the temperature is so to 90 

 degree, by day and 50 to tin degree, at 

 night. I find little green worms under 

 the leaves. P. J. K. 



From the meager data given I am 

 unable to give anvthing like a s.iii-i;ie 

 lory reply/ Had he forwarded an affect 

 'd leaf, aird one of the worms I would 

 have had a chance io diagnose his case 

 correctly. 



The spots may be caused by I he dep- 

 redations of this worm, which may be. 

 and likely is, the ordinary rose- slug 

 Inionostegia rosea I which is (he larva 

 of a four winged Bawfly and i, closely 

 related to the" imported currant worm. 

 They have a small, round, yellowish head 

 with a black dot on cad, side of it. and 

 have twenty-four short legs. The bodj 

 is green above, paler at the sides and is 

 almost transparent. Thej eat the tippet 

 skin of the leaf in irregular blotches, 

 leaving the veins and skin beneath un- 

 touched. 



Syringing with the hose every bright 

 day will wash them off. If sufficient 

 force is used, this is the best remedy. 

 Spraying or dusting with hellebore pow- 

 der or Persian insect powder will also 

 destroy them. 



The day temperature is too high. 

 From 70 to 80 degrees is all that i, good 

 for them so long as the weather will 

 permit. Ribes. 



SOIL FOR ROSES. 



I am sending you two samples of soil. 

 Will you plea,,-' tell me which of the 

 two is most suitable for roses'' Would 

 the t«o together, mixed. I>e of value! 

 K. R. T. 



If soil like sample No. 1 can be had 

 from pasture land, with a good sod. and 

 is properly composted. I here i, little 

 doubt but that it can lx> made to pro- 

 duce good roses. The proportion of 

 manure should ]>e one part to four of 

 soil. Sample No. 2 is not of any use as 

 a rose soil, nor would it improve any 

 other soil bv admixture. Ribf.s. 



ROSES AT ST. LOUIS. 



A rose garden planned to eclipse the 

 Chicago and Buffalo display, has been 

 prepared at the St. Louis World's Fair. 

 Thirty exhibitors have sent their stock 

 and four acres have been planted. 



Thjs rose garden, the planting of 

 which was begun early in April, occu- 

 pies one of the conspicuous sites. The 

 center of the garden is at the main 

 entrance to the Palace of Agriculture, 

 a grand structure 1.000 feet Ion- and 

 500 feet deep. It is on a high elevation, 

 overlooking the group of main build- 

 ings of the exposition. 



When the graders' finished their work 

 and turned the site over to the garden- 

 ers, every vestige of „,il bad l>een re- 

 moved, and a broad expanse of sticky. 

 yellow clay remained. The ground was 

 platted with a series of eight collections, 

 forming a great oval. 150 feet long and 

 100 feet wide, as the central picture. 

 In the center of (bis oval is erected a 



stati t tbi g lessof Mower,, in heroic 



size. Flanking tin, oval on the north 

 and south, are two great, collections, tri- 

 angular in form. Scores of other col- 

 lections laid out in plots of ground in 

 various shapes, but all conforming with 

 the general harmony of (be main 

 picture, have been provided. A bell of 

 green lawn, from four to eight feet wide, 

 surrounds each exhibit. 



For each exhibit an excavation eight- 



