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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUrch 26. 1903. 



" NITROGLYCERIN." 



Ed. Florists' Review: — While T ain 

 not a subscriber to your paper, yet I am 

 a regular borrower and faithful reader of 

 the copy my eraployor receives, [ am al- 

 ways interested in the various ai tides 

 which appear in the Rexiew relating to 

 plant culture, but more especially in 

 questions asked by readers. 



Now, I was raised as a fanner and 

 was credited as a good hand at growing 

 mangel-wurzels and feeding cattle. I 

 afterwards learned the butcher business 

 and was handy at skinning animals and 

 things. I am, at present a "first-class 

 florist," and I want to go into raising 

 roses, carnations, violets, etc., also or- 

 chids and a few other fancy articles, 

 when I learn a little more about their 

 diet. 



I want to know if nitroglycerin is a 

 good thing to raise roses with, and if so. 

 how much of it would be required to a 

 bushel of •'srround" to be effective. 



Would 'milta Vit<a," "Force," or 

 Sonne such diet, be a good thing to feed 

 carnations with! 



How much water ought to be added 

 to a quart of condensed milk to fead 

 cuttings with? 



When is the best time to sow Cin- 

 eraria hybrida seed, so as to get the 

 plants in flower by the 4th of July? 



If you don't answer these questions in 

 your paper, not being a subscriber, I 

 cannot stop my copy, so will have to 

 appeal to your generosity for the in- 

 formation asked by "I." 



Walter Bermixgham. 



Oskaloosa, Iowa. 



[Mr. Bermingham can overcome all 

 his difficulties by placing a can of nitro- 

 glycerin upon the soil near the plants 

 and driving it in with a sledge hanuner. 

 The driving must be done persiiiallv by 

 Mr. BeiTiiingham to accomplish t'le de- 

 sired result, which will be instantaneous. 

 A record of his experience with this 

 method of "forcing" will be gratefully 

 received and we trust he will favor ns 

 by writing it on asbestos paper, as we 

 fear any other would not last long in 

 the place where he would undoubtedly be 

 obliged to write it. We would also" ask 

 that he be kind enough to carry on the 

 experiment at a good safe distance from 

 any really "first-class florist." — Ed.] 



A COPY of the printed proceedings of 

 the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the 

 Georgia State HorticuUural Society has 

 reached us from the secretary, Mr. L. A. 

 Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. It contains a 

 great deal of matter of live interest to 

 Georgia horticulturists, the discussions 

 upon the various papers oeing especially 

 full and complete. A very valuable 

 feature is a catalogue of fruits in which 

 the desirability of each variety for cer- 

 tain sections of the state is noted. Tliis 

 being brought up to date each year as 

 the result of the experience of all the 

 members, must be of very great value. 



Rochester, N. Y.— Tlie building of a 

 greenhouse, to cost $2,600, in Highland 

 Park has been approved by the park 

 board. Its erection will, however, de- 

 pend upon the tax budget. 



Mitchell, S. D.— E. C. Newbury has 

 issued a handsome and attractively 

 printed price-list of cut flowers, designs, 

 plants and nursery stock. 



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