Febri'auy 1, 1!»1T. 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



'I'lio steins are tall and strouo, wliile tlic 

 ilowcr.s reacli iiiiniciiHO sizes and are of 

 lastiiifj; quality. Their coloring is odd, 

 innijiiii; hetwecn niarooii, purple and 

 !crra cotta. 



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CALLA BLOOMS TURN BROWN. 



I'leasc tel! me what i aiise.s calla blooms 

 l(» linn brown at the edges before they 

 ,-ire fully 0]>lii. H. II. — Colo. 



A heavy dose of liciiiid manure as the 

 tlowers start to expand, given during 

 <lark weatluM- whieh is f()llowe<l by a 

 < dear, sunny day, often causes the flow - 

 ors to turn brown at the edges. You can- 

 not use any safer food for callas than 

 !ine ground bone. Give the jilants a top- 

 <lressing of bou'' once in ten days. It is 

 leally surjirising to note how greedily 

 (lie loots devour this food. C. "W. 



ASPARAGUS GROWN TOO COLD. 



I ha\e seven solid beds of Asparagus 

 pluniosus plants^ whi(di are growing un- 

 satisfactorily. Last yepteniber I loos- 

 I'ned the soil thoroughly and gave the 

 'leds a good to])-dressing of cow manure. 

 Subsequently I gave a light dressing of 

 lime, Ihinking tliat the soil was old 

 •liul perhajis sour, but this also failed 

 to help the ])lants. I run the beds 

 neither too dry nor too wet and main- 

 lain a temperature of 50 to C5 degrees. 

 Slio\dd I give the ])la!its more water.' 

 is there a special food for asparagus.' 

 .^iioidd I (diange the to]) soil.' Sonn" 

 i'lati1< in iieu' beds lichave similarlv. 



J. G. K.— liul. 



So I'ai- as 1 can judge from this re- 

 port, it seems most likely that tiie :is- 

 jiaragus is being grown too cold. This 

 <ro]i is seldom satisfactory wlien grown 

 in a temjteraturc lower than (JO degrees 

 at nlgiit, ;iiid better results are secured 

 I'y holding the night temperature at O." 

 degrees and by giving the ]dants an 

 .■ibundance of Avater biith o\ei-li(\ad auil 

 .■it the root. 



When using ;i dressing of Tune on the 

 soil, it is better to apply it sometime 

 previous to mulching, and to wash the 

 lime in with a go(jd watering before 

 lifting on the manure, for lime on the 

 manure is likely to liberate some of tho 

 amnu)ni:i and thus I'cdiUM" fh(- fertilizer 

 \nlue. "W^ ]j 'p 



isters .' 

 use and 



ASTERS GOOD BUT SLOW. 



T li.Mve a b(>d of swi.'et peas that seem 

 to l>o ;ifi'.>ct(vl witli root-i-ot. Would it 

 lie all ri^lit to plant liie bed to 

 If So. whiit varieties shall T 

 when shall I put them in.' Would the 

 iate br;in(diing kind be the best? Tt is 

 a goo.l. sulid 1,0.1 ;m,| tlie soil isrirli. 



B. 15. C— Kan. 



.\strrs should do well and should make 

 a good paying crop. Sow seeds now 

 of Queen of the Market, also called 

 ;,>ueen of the Karlies. Sow the seeds 

 in flats, later transplant into other flats 

 and plant out froju these. The late- 

 branching asters wonbl not pav you so 

 well as Queen of ihe Market. You 

 might also try a batch of Comet. White 

 anil ]nuk are the li(>st colors. 



If vour peas are badly diseased and 

 must be thrown out at once, there neces- 

 sarily must be a long season when vour 

 house will net you nothing. You could 

 sow ten weeks' stocks now and have a 

 Menu.rial day crop; or there is ca.ndy- 

 tiitt. -i on could procure plants of dou- 



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A. J. McNUTT. 



T^-"'" ''ll -\- ■'■ M' \nti ..ii.', i( iiipi,i:iril\ abandon, 'd the ti'ade. his ''absenee 



made hi- hoarr l;i,.\\ T \vr" and ho i.airw,.! hi- liort i.n It iiral (dforts with a 



resolute cii.Moy that ,>.roMu d .1 i li',. nit '..■-. \ntr t|,,. ,|rri.;ix,. vi,.,,s in his jirogress: 

 lioru ill Knox r(,unt\, Ti'iiiio-,-,'. .Inly ::•;. In:,",; r,,||,,\\,.d hi^ Jailo'iV o,-.iipation 

 "', niarkot L;ardoniii- until alt.-r iii-- ma i i iai,'''. in Is'.".',; worked at llio bn-iness 



of candy m;ii<iiig for li\,- \cais: n-tuiiod to ih,. -,,il. dot erininr.l to sur, 1: built 



Ills lir>t orconlioii-o in Mini.', making lottinc his main crop; uradnalh- Mibst it uted 

 ilouois for \o-.'tablos, until, in li'i:;, io wa- i^iowin- ildwms oid\:'in Kcd.ruary, 

 lOlO. jnir. dialed tlir greenhous,^ est.abli-limont ot ( dias. W. ('rourh, at K'nowille! 

 one (.r tho l;n-,'-t lan-cs in tli.^ -outli: romod(dcd the (,'romdi s1(,iv in (degant and 

 uiodcrn fa-hion. IIo ha- sor\-,ni as senx'taix tnaMirrr and a-^ piesidoiit" of the 

 Know illo florist,- ■ S(i(det\-. 



Me fi^verfcw or -n.apdi-agons. wdiii-n 

 would also iK^t good [u-ulits at that liiiio. 

 It is not a good poli<'y to j.ut all tlio 

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TILE BENCHES. 



As we are contemidating a «diange 

 from wood benches to tile, avc wouM 

 like to know wdiat you think of tile bot- 

 toms. Are tile benidies satisfactorv for 

 growing roses and carnations? 



W. E. W. 



those oi' wiiod. A bemdi unndi in fa\oi' 

 is oiK^ with wooden legs, wdtli hea\\- 

 pecky cyjiress stringers running length- 

 wise. Oil these stringers is placed tlu' 

 tile, \\hiili reaches halfway across the 

 bench. The edgeboard is then set on 

 top of tli.^ tile and held fast bv either 

 wood or iiKdal sfrijis attached to the 

 legs. A -ood inetlioil is to run a narrow 

 strip of tar ],;iper on top of the stringers, 

 the paper being just wide enough to 

 -hed water from the wood. This will 

 lengthen the life of the stringers mate- 

 rially. Y'ou can buy tile sltPbs, ^vhich 

 are the same as a regular conduit tile 

 but grooved in such a wav as to enable 

 "ne to sfilit them. This 'makes a slab 

 with heavy ribs on one side, whiidi act 

 as a reenforcemcnt. Thev are made in 

 any si/.e to suit. ' A. V. J. P.. 



Tile benches are suitable for growing 

 any crop that will grow on wooden 

 benches ;^ in fact, many growers are 

 putting in tile bottoms in preference to 



Virginia, Minn.— Alfred .lohnson has 

 • omidetod the erection of a house 50x 

 150 feet, which brings the total footat^c 

 of his range to 30,000. " 



