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HORTICULTURE 



July 19, 1919 



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KANSAS CITY 



Tranwfer Your Or den te> 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



1017 Grand Avenue 



ttmrnhmr Florl.t.' Telerraph D.llr«<f 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



Randall's Flower Shop 



gitll I. UNDAU, l» i a prtet o > . 

 Fl.rteu' Telea-rash Denvery 



S. A. ANDERSON 



440 Main St., Buffalo, N. T. 



AK UMBOS' eervlee — — 1 treo h. »* "*y 

 teaek •»> preempt Aellverlee 1* BCrT AIX>, 

 LOOSFOBT, NIAGARA FA1.M eeid 

 WHTHN NF.W IOEK. 



Member Florist*' Teleereph Delivery 



HESS & SWOBODA 



FLORISTS 



Telepheaee 1M1 fcQd ll« 



1415 Farnum St. 

 OMAHA, NEB. 



KNOBLE BROTHERS 



Member Floriste' Telegraph Delivery 



We are well equipped to handle 

 your orders. 



ISM W. 25th Street CLEVE1AND, O. 



THE SMITH & FETTERS CD 



735 Euclid Avenue 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Rawer* ttt ETery Kind in Season 



PHILADELPHIA 



CHAS. H. GRAKELOW E™ 



Everything in Flower* 

 Broad Street at Cumberland 



IN THE 



National Capitol 



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 or »••!*«»• •» Ord*» by TeW- 

 rr&ph or «tla«rwt*M. Fr#wa»t 

 R«il*bls Swrrlee. 



GEORGE H. COOKE 



Connecticut Ave. and 1. St. 

 WASHINGTON. D .0. 



The Park Floral Co. 



B. E. GILL IS, President. 



E. P. NEIMAN, Secretary. 



Mn-'— Florlata- TtUcnfk Delivery 



DENVER, COLORADO 



PREVENTING SURFACE ROT OF 

 PEONIES. 



W. F. Christman, secretary of the 

 North West Peony and Iris Society, has 

 written some interesting facts in re- 

 gard to peonies rotting at the surface 

 of the ground. This has been an un- 

 usually rainy and cold spring in the 

 Northwest, and this disease has been 

 particularly annoying in a good many 

 gardens. This disease is known as 

 Botrytis, or a rotting at the base of 

 the stalk. Peonies should be carefully 

 watched, and if any of the young, or 

 even nearly mature, stalks show a wilt- 

 ing, the trouble will doubtless be found 

 in the stalk being rotted off near the 

 base of the ground. The disease af- 

 fects stems, buds and leaves in the 

 order given and is always more preva- 

 lent during rainy seasons. The rot 

 usually does not extend very far below 

 the surface of the earth. 



Removal of the affected parts and all 

 earth immediately surrounding the 

 diseased portion of the plant is the 

 best remedy for eradication of the 

 trouble. A small trowel can be used 

 to good advantage in removing the 

 earth, which should be carefully and 

 thoroughly done. After soil has been 

 removed, cut off the stem of the 

 diseased shoot above the crown or di- 

 rectly below the diseased portion. Care 

 should he taken that the affected por- 

 tion of the plant does not come in con- 

 tact with the balance of plant, or the 

 disease may be easily transmitted to 

 the healthy portion. Destroy the 

 diseased parts and replace the soil re- 

 moved with other soil or sand. Fortu- 

 nately the disease does not affect the 

 root of the plant, and if entirely re- 

 moved the young shoots thrown up the 

 following year will be healthy. If 

 disease is not removed, they will be 

 contaminated by spores of the disease 

 that remain in the soil or live in the 

 old diseased stalk from year to year. 

 This disease is very similar to Sclero- 

 tina. A little watchful care and atten- 

 tion will soon eradicate the disease. 



CLEVELAND 



A. GRAHAM & SON 



5523 Euclid Ava. 

 Will taka **©d eara af your order* 



Mtmitri »J F. T. V. Ai~ci*ti*H. 



DAVID CLARKE'S SONS 



Deliver ordori from any pari ol tbo couatry le 



New York City 



Write er Telegraph 



2139-2141 Broadway, New York 



Telephone 15J!-ia! Colombo. 



KOTTMILLER, Florist 



426 Nfeufiton Ave. and 49th St., New 



York. AUo Vanderbilt Hotel 



Telephone, Mnrrny HID. 7SS 



Out-of-town Ordera Solicited. Location 



Central. Personal Attention. 



Member F. T. D. Aaao. 



Providence, Rhode Island 



Johnston Brothers 



LEADING FLORISTS 



38 Dorrance Street 



Member Florlete' Telee-mph Delivery 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



FRED C. WEBER 



4326-28 Olive St. 



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THE I. M. CASSER COMPANY. 



CLEVELAND 



Euclid Av 



The Far- Famed Flowers of 



TORONTO 



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 any eeeaeioa^ 1b aey part of the Dooa tn lee, 



JOHN H. DUNLOP 



t-M Wet Adelaide •*. - TOaOITTO, OBT 



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