February 14, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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Qoestlons by our renders In line with any of the topics presented on this puKe will be cordially received and promptly answered 

 by Mr. Rnzlcka. Such communications should InTariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE. 



Young Cuttings After Potting 



Even with the best of care there will be a few cut- 

 tings that will go to the bad, and if the number does not 

 exceed ten per cent, it is doing nicely. The smaller 

 the loss the greater credit for the grower. After a 

 week or two in pots the cuttings that are going to die 

 can be easily picked out and done away with, and the 

 space thus gained can be used to grow some more. Be 

 very careful with the hose for too much water and a 

 few cloudy days will play havoc among the little plants, 

 causing many to die of rot, getting all black at the bot- 

 tom and gradually dying to the top. As soon as growth 

 starts, a little more water can be applied. When look- 

 ing over the benches take a plant every now and then 

 and turn it out of the pot so that you will be able to see 

 just how moist the soil really is, and at the same time 

 you will see how many roots the plants possess and will 

 then have an idea how to keep them, should a bad spell 

 of dull cloudy weather come along. Syringe as often as 

 is possible, for you will then not only rid the plants of 

 many undesirable insects, but will help promote growth. 



Lime Water 



If the soil in the pots starts to get coated with a green 

 scum, it will be well to water the plants a little now and 

 then with lime water. This green should not appear, 

 and if perfectly clean pots were used it seldom will 

 until after the plants have been in pots six months or 

 more. Where a large number of plants are being grown 

 it will not pay to bother mixing the lime water in cans, 

 and the only way is to get a barrel every here and there, 

 dump a peck of lime into it, and then slake it. After it 

 is well slaked fill the barrel with water, and allow it to 



settle. Use the clear water from the top only, otherwise 

 the plants or leaves of the cuttings will get a coat of 

 lime, which would be of little benefit to them, and look 

 bad besides. 



In the Old Houses 



Just because the rush of tlie propagating season is 

 here tliere is no reason why the old iiousos should be 

 allowed to go back, as there is plenty of time yet to grow 

 many cut roses before they are torn out. Neglect now 

 will mean bad roses in the spring and there miglit as 

 well be none as to have poor stuff, for there will be 

 plenty of other flowers on the market and when there 

 is plenty to select from the buyers will not have to take 

 all that is offered, so some of the stuff is bound to go to 

 the bad. 



Tying 



Keep right on with this, and never neglect to keep 

 the plants tied, for they go back very quickly when al- 

 lowed to lie around at all. This is especially true of 

 Beauties, which will go blind very quickly, Killameys 

 and the roses of that habit will require very little tying, 

 and an occasional touching up will be all that is neces- 

 sary to keep all the plants in good shape. Witli Beau- 

 ties it is different, and they should be gone over almost 

 weekly, and straightened out, so that they will never be 

 real bad. Once they are allowed to go back it wll take 

 time and time to get them into shape again. Wlien 

 tying it is well to pick off all the yellow leaves that you 

 come across and as soon as the house is tied go over 

 the benches and pick them all up and burn them. This 

 will make the plants look much neater, and will benefit 

 them as well. 



A DUTCH VIEW OF THE GLADIO- 

 LUS SITUATION. 

 Editor Horticultuke: 



Dear Sir— With great surprise the 

 Council of the Dutch Gladioli Society 

 has read your editorial of Dec. 27th, 

 about the Dutch gladioli. We permit 

 ourselves to answer in the following: 



The growing of Gladioli in Holland 

 has increased much in a very short 

 time and this proves that the state of 

 this culture must be sound, as in the 

 opposite case it would be quite im- 

 possible that this culture could have 

 developed in such a way, nothing be- 

 ing more difficult than growing bulbs 

 or any article whatever, which are lia- 

 ble to disease. As for the damages 

 which might be caused in shipping the 

 bulbs we can only say that every year 

 the Dutch bulb growers ship enormous 

 quantities of bulbs to the U. S. of A. 

 with the best success and that they 

 take care, of course, that gladioli do 

 not arrive in America spoiled and 

 sweating. 



It is not to be denied, however, 

 that the prices of gladioli are very 



low at present, which we too regret 

 very much. This fact has nothing 

 whatever to do with the more or less 

 good quality of the Dutch Gladioli, but 

 is the result of overproduction. This, 

 however, cannot last long, there be- 

 ing nobody who can grow an article 

 a long time at a lower than production 

 price, and people very soon start to 

 plant fewer bulblets and less young 

 stock, which quickly diminish the 

 stock of saleable bulbs for the follow- 

 ing seasons and consequently the 

 price soon returns to a normal state. 

 Hoping to have given by these lines 

 a better insight as regards the Dutch 

 Gladioli, we remain, 



Yours truly. 

 The Dutch Gladioli Society. 

 K. Velthuys, Sec'y. 



DREER EXHIBITS ON THE GAR- 

 DEN PIER, ATLANTIC 

 CITY, N. J. 



The Gardens located on the new 

 Garden Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., have 

 been leased by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Philadelphia, for exhibition purposes. 



This new pier, which will be the chief 

 attraction on the ocean front, was 

 built at a cost of over one million 

 dollars and will be further extended 

 in the near future. The Gardens are 

 located in the center of a beautiful 

 court leading to the theatre, which 

 has been leased by Keith for a term 

 of 25 years. Hundreds of thousands 

 of nersons from all over the United 

 States will pass these Gardens and 

 the advertising thus obtained will be 

 of a national character. 



The Gardens consist of two large 

 square plots, with a smaller circular 

 plot between and will afford ample 

 space for liberal displays of plants 

 and flowers, including a large pond of 

 water lilies and other aquatic plants. 

 These exhibits will be changed fre- 

 quently in order to make a continuous 

 and varying display during the whole 

 year. This method of advertising is 

 unique and has never beforr been at- 

 tempted on so large a scale. It will 

 be exceedingly attractive to the pub- 

 lic and particularly interesting to 

 those florists who visit Atlantic City 

 durin.g the summer. 



