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The Weekly Florists* Review^ 



MARCH 10, 1S9S. 



There must be something else the 

 matter with J. R. E.'s caruations be- 

 sides the soil. If they have grown 

 tall, "and thousands of buds" are on 

 them, it must be temperature or water 

 that is at fault, and then again there 

 are a few varieties which have been 

 seut out within a few years heralded 

 as something wonderful, which as pro- 

 ducers have been perfect frauds, al- 

 ways promising a wonderful crop, but 

 which is never realized. Bridesmaid is 

 an excellent type of these impostures, 

 which reminds you of Pope's immortal 

 words: "Hope springs eternal in the 

 human breast; man never is. but al- 

 ways to be, blest." W. S. 



AN INDIANAPOLIS STORE. 



We present herewith three views in 

 the store of the Bertermann Floral Co.. 

 Indianapolis, Ind. No. 1 shows part 

 of the ice box, counters and wrapping 

 tables. The door in the corner leads to 

 the bookkeeper and the private office. 

 To the left is a small elevator to the 

 basement, used for bringing up the 

 flowers. The show windows are open 

 to the store, giving plenty of room for 

 decorative effects. 



No 2 gives a view toward the mirror 

 and an easy stairway to the basement. 

 In front of the mirror is the desk room 

 for the use of customers in writing 

 cards, etc. At the left two high arches 

 lead to the design room and conserva- 

 tories. 



No. 3 looks toward the conservatory 

 in the room for designs, baskets, vases 

 and jardinieres, swinging doors con- 

 necting the two. A long table is used 

 for displaying designs, etc.. when sell- 

 ing. At the left is a door leading to 

 the private office. 



DISEASED ROSES. 



I have a house of mixed roses. Bride, 

 Bridesmaid. Kaiserin, Perle and Sun- 

 set. The two last named varieties are 

 badly affected with club root or some- 

 thing of that nature. The leaves turn 

 yellow and the edges look as if scald- 

 ed. The roots are swollen, dead or 

 brown, and the plants die. What is the 

 probable cause, and is there any rem- 

 edy? R, W. S. 



"R, W. S." does not say what he has 

 been keeping the night and day tem- 

 perature at, but inferring that Brides- 

 maid and other varieties have been 

 satisfactory the temperature cannot be 

 far wrong and would not account for 

 the present trouble with the Perle and 

 Sunset. It may be c'.ub root, but with- 

 out seeing the plants and roots I can't 

 say. 



What to do at the present moment is 

 of most consequence to R. W. S. I 

 would say that unless the plants are in 

 a very bad state I would leave them in 

 the bed and get what flowers they will 

 produce between now and June 1st. It 

 is wonderful the way plants of a'l 

 kinds pick up on the approach of 

 spring, and roses that have struggled 

 along during the dark days of winter 

 may now throw off disease with the 



No. 1. 



GLIMPSES OF THE STORE OF THE BERTERMANN FLORAL CO., 



INDL\NAPOLIS, IND. 



genial conditions that the advance of 

 the season brings. Don't attempt to 

 propagate from this stock. Two lbs. 

 of quick lime dissolved in 30 gallons of 

 water, allowed to stand till it is clear 

 and sprinkled en the beds, will do no 

 harm and may help the roots. 



W. S. 



FORCE PUMP. 



A subscriber asks if The Review can 

 recommend a force pump that can be 

 used with hose attached to distribute 

 liquid manure and would not get clog- 

 ged up easily by the manure. 



If but one house is in use the force 

 pump could be fixed permanently in 

 the shed and would be easer to work. 

 If to be portable and carried to differ- 

 ent houses the same arrangement 

 would not do, but most force pumps 

 are made in more than one style. All 

 first-class seedsmen advertise one or 

 more makes. There is Henderson's 

 "Success" would answer the purpose, 

 also the "Perfection," but the one I 

 have seen in use lately is "The Exc?l- 

 sior." It would answer the purpose 

 admirably. 



In pumping liquid manure, either 

 from a barrel or tank, there should be 

 a vessel or compartment into which 

 the liquid after having extracted what 

 is essential from the manure, can filter 

 and be free of that part of the manure 

 that would clog up a pump. The refuse 

 of the manure is not what is wanted 

 by the plants and should not enter the 

 pump. This is not difficult to arrange. 



W. S. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Subscriber snys: "Can you tell me 

 through the columns of The Review 

 whether there is published in th s 

 country any practical work on land- 

 scape gardening, giving bedding de- 

 signs, descriptions, etc." 



The two following works should 

 cover the whole subject: "Handbook 

 of Practical Landscape Gardening." by 

 F. R. Elliott, "illustrated, designed for 

 city and suburban residences, designs 

 for lots and grounds." Or "Landscape 

 Gardening, or How to lay out a Gar- 

 den," by Edward Kemp, "illustrated, a 

 guide in choosing, forming or improv- 

 ing small places or large estates." 

 Both these works are of moderate cost 

 and can be obtained from book stores 

 or the leading seedsmen. W. S. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. 



In your issue of February 24th I no- 

 tice a request for making a barrel of 

 Bordeaux mixture and a few direc- 

 tions for its use on chrysanthemums 

 and celery. The answer signed by W. 

 S. is not in conformity with the more 

 recent methods of making this mx- 

 ture, and as the value of the mixture 

 depends very largely on how It is made 

 it seems necessary to correct the mat- 

 ter. 



"Briefly, the best results have been 

 obtained from the use of the Bordeaux 

 mixture made in accordance with the 

 following directions: In a barrel or 

 other suitable vessel place 25 gallons 

 of water. Weigh out 6 pounds of cap- 

 per sulphate, then tie the same in a 



