January 11, 190S 



HORTICULTURE- 



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Sweet Peas at Christmas 



The accoiupanyiiig pliotograpli is of a sweet pea 

 house here taken just before Clu-istmas. The varieties 

 are Mont Bhuie, and Christmas Pink (Zvolanek's). 

 They were sowed the first week in September, and were 

 orowu along very cool until they commenced to set bud. 

 The temperature was then increased to 52 degrees nights 

 and 65 to 68 degrees on bright days. They are on the 

 solid and are planted in rows three feet apart crosswise 

 the house. The house is 30 feet wide. The rows are 

 26 feet long allowing 2 feet at each side for passage way. 

 Tlie house is 6 feet high at the eaves. Cutting was 

 commenced at Tlianksgiving. All tlie heating pipes are 

 on the sidei=. 



The Paeony Disease Weights and Areas for Fertilizers 



Editor Horticulture : 



The article in your paper of January -Ith, by Mr. 

 E. W. Morse in reference to a new pseony disease, is 

 very likely notliing but what pseony growers have 

 known for some years as the Black Kot. From ob- 

 servations which I have made, I am inclined to the 

 lielief that the infection takes place in the ground. 



In dividing a fine' variety in fall of 1906 into thirteen 

 divisions I found that in May, 1907. three of the divis- 

 ions had failed to grow. In digging them up, it was 

 oliserved that the crown was rotted off of all three. 

 These could not Iiave been affected through the leaf and 

 stalk, because the stalk had been cut off to three or four 

 inches when the whole plant was divided. 



The treatment given these three roots was taking 

 them and cutting away the affected parts, and planting 

 them in a new place after a thorough dusting with air- 

 slacked lime. All three grew. One was finally cut off 

 by cut worms; but the other two grew all through the 

 season, and I believe they 'will come all right next 

 spring. As many as eight years ago I read an article by 

 a German professor saying that the best remedy for this 

 disease was lime. 



I have tried also this treatment. Dig the plant up 

 and cut away the bad part and soak the plant in a solu- 

 tion of Formalin, then plant in an entirely new place. 

 An old grower whom I have corresiK)nded with in 

 France soaks them in a solution of sulphate of iron. 

 Tlie Formalin solution is the best fungus killer. 



I have lost wholly only two plants by this disease, so 

 far as I know, and these I neglected. 



The tal)le below may be useful to those who wish to 

 compare the amounts of fertilizer used outdoors on large 

 areas with corresponding values used indoors on small 

 areas. It mav also interest those wishing to use a sol- 

 ulile fertilizer by means of tanks, Kinney pump, 

 wheeled water-barrel or hand water can. 



Pounds per acre, 

 (43,560 sq. ft.) 



1 lb. win cover 1 oz. will coTer 



2,000 Pounds 

 1,000 

 900 



22 sq. ft. 



1.3 sq. ft. 



44 



2.7 



48 



800 



55 



3.5 



700 



fi2 



600 



72 



4.5 



500 

 450" 



87 



97 



6.5 



400 



109 



350 



124 



300 



145 



250 



174 



11 



200 



218 



14 



150 

 "T25~ 



289 



336 



18_ 



"22" 



100 



""75" 



436 



27 



578 



36 



50 



872 



54 



40 



1,090 



68 



1,446 



90 



'25 



1,744 



108 



20 



2.178 



136 



In case of plant foods dissolving completely in water 

 values much stronger than 200 lbs. to the acre would 

 not commonlv be used and in most cases much less. 



It should always be clearly borne in mind that the 

 standard referred" to in applying any fertilizer is the 

 meigM per area and in the case of water soluble nutri- 

 ment the actual weight that finally reaches the soil de- 

 pends on both the amount in the um-ter and the amount 

 of watrr applied to the area in question. 



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Pasouy Specialist. 



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