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The Florists' Review 



15 



The State Florists' Association of Indiana at Luncheon on the Occasion of its Visit to Davis Gardens, Terre Haute, Ind. 



sects, but the sticky substance referred 

 to is present to some extent and ap- 

 pears to be a deposit left there by 

 aphis. It is not uncommon for aphis 

 to leave such a mark on the foliage of 

 plants on which they have been feed- 

 ing, and the insects themselves have 

 most likely been removed by the nico- 

 tine treatment. 



Castor oil possesses no special value 

 as a fertilizer for ferns, and plants in 

 general are not benefited by the appli- 

 cation of oil of any kind to the roots. 



W. H. T. 



to add one 5-inch pot of the bone meal 

 to one wheelbarrow load of the soil. 

 For this purpose, bone meal is prefer- 

 able to acid phosphate. W. H. T. 



PLANTS NEED FEEDINa. 



Under separate cover we are sending 

 you some ferns. What seems to be the 

 matter with them? They will not grow 

 to any length and they turn yellow. It 

 has been this way all winter. 



We would like to get some informa- 

 tion regarding plumosus and Sprengeri 

 asparagus before putting in our next 

 winter's supply. We have grown fine 

 smilax next to the affected ferns. 



J. H. C— Mich. 



POINSETTIAS IN THE SOUTH. 



The weather in the south is becoming 

 a trifle too warm for the successful 

 propagation of poinsettias from cut- 

 tings, and from now on the best method 

 of propagating poinsettias is to layer 

 them as in propagating rubber plants. 

 Each shoot whejj^ layered likely will re- 

 quire a stake to prevent it from break- 

 ing. In making the layers do not make 

 them longer than two or three inches, 



as they grow considerably before they 

 are rooted and are hard to handle on 

 being potted off. The moss on the lay- 

 ers must be kept constantly wet while 

 the layers are rooting. The most crit- 

 ical period of this method of propaga- 

 tion is when the layers are severed from 

 the parent plants and potted. They re- 

 quire a good, shady position for a few 

 days, plenty of moisture on the foliage 

 and protection from drafts. Given ' 

 these conditions, they will establish 

 themselves in a few days, when they 

 may be gradually inured to the fuU 

 sunlight. It takes from seventeen to 

 twenty-five days for the roots to show 

 through the moss. L. 



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It seems that the trouble is in the 

 soil. The specimens submitted had a 

 sufficient root system, but apparently 

 did not receive sufficient food to give 

 them satisfactory growth. 



Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri 

 require rich soil, and the light soil in 

 which these specimens have been grown 

 should be liberally treated with cow 

 manure. Try working in about one part 

 of well rotted manure to four parts of 

 soil when making the new beds for this 

 purpose. After the plants are estab- 

 lished give a top-dressing of manure 

 about an inch deep from time to time 

 as needed. This, with a night tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees, and sufficient water, 

 should produce good results. 



W. H. T. 



COMPOST FOB ASPABAGUS. 



What is the best potting soil for 

 Asparagus plumosus, A. Sprengeri and 

 snapdragon? How much bone meal 

 should be mixed with the potting soil? 

 Which is better, bone meal or acid phos- 

 phate? L. K. M.— Pa. 



Eotted sod is the best foundation for 

 potting soil in general, and the best 

 fertilizer to add to it is well rotted 

 stable manure, in the proportion of 

 one cartload of manure to four loads of 

 soil. When using bone meal in potting 

 soil of this character, it is customary 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The retail busi- 

 ness conducted under the name of 

 Rosery Flower Shop has been in- 

 corporated at $5,000. Edward Reiss, 

 Robert Nitsche and Kenwood Dragton 

 are the directors. 



Union City, Ind.— Albert A. O'Brien, 

 who recently underwent a second opera- 

 tion for appendicitis, which proved suc- 

 cessful, is on the rapid road to com- 

 plete recovery. The operations were 

 performed in a Greenville, O., hospital. 



Elkhart, Ind. — William Currier has 

 opened a store in the Orpheum Theater 

 building. He will carry a full line of 

 plants, cut flowers and seeds. Mr. Cur- 

 rier and his brother are plaintiffs in a 

 suit for $50,000 damages against their 

 former creditors, who placed their flo- 

 rists' business in the hands of receivers, 

 although it was solvent at the time. 



Huntington, Ind. — George Pastor has 

 won a $400 verdict in Circuit court 

 against T. Adam Hipskind, a con- 

 tractor, and the Huntington Light & 

 Fuel Co. Mr. Pastor is proprietor of a 

 greenhouse at Frederick and Lafon- 

 taine streets, and sued the contracting 

 company, alleging that while excavat- 

 ing a sewer on Lafontaine street heavy 

 blasts ruptured a gas main belonging 

 to the fuel company. The escaping gas 

 filled the greenhouse and ruined his 

 plants and flowers. He asked judgment 

 for $2,000. 



Princeton, Ind. — After two years of 

 profitable business in the hands of re- 

 ceivers, the Princeton Gardens have 

 been acquired by a new concern, of 

 which O. M. Gilbert is a member. The 

 business will be continued under the 

 old name. 



Bluffton, Ind. — The ' ' trade at home ' ' 

 idea is being boosted here. A large 

 dry goods company with seventeen 

 stores in the state, which formerly pur- 

 chased stock for its floral departments 

 from Chicago growers, now is placing 

 its orders with the Wiecking Co., a 

 local grower. As the Wiecking Co. fur- 

 nishes stock to sixteen stores in six- 

 teen other Indiana cities, it is not ex- 

 actly clear what is meant by the * ' trade 

 at home" idea at Bluffton. 



Crown Point, Ind. — The Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., Chicago, has nearly completed 

 a fine steel-frame house, 60x200, at the 

 establishment of Alois Frey, the home 

 of the Rainbow freesia. The house will 

 contain twenty monolithic concrete 

 benches built by Mead & Suydam, East 

 Orange, N. J., on the Wilson-Hoyt pat- 

 ents. As an evidence of what can be 

 done on these benches Mr. Frey points 

 to the carnations in the older houses, 

 Mrs. Ward, Matchless and Enchantress 

 being extremely good for this time of 

 year. The cut now being sent to the 

 Chicago market consists of carnations, 

 second-growth snapdragons and mignon- 

 ette. 



