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An interesting illustration showing the 

 most elaborate church decoration thus 

 far executed by the Hollywood Gardens, 

 Seattle, Wash., is a feature of another 

 section of this issue of The Eeview. 



SOSE BUST IN CALIFOBNIA. 



Enclosed are some rose leaves taken 

 from a number of rose bushes in my 

 nursery. The red, peppery appearance 

 shows only on the under side of the leaf, 

 and, as I do not think it is the red 

 spider, I should like to have your opin- 

 ion as to what the disease is. Also, 

 what is a remedy for it? 



I have several rows of fig trees and 

 would like to know if sweet peas grown 

 in the rows would in any way injure 

 the fig trees. 



Will it be all right to pot cyclamen 

 plants in soil in which sweet peas have 

 been grown! B. V. i>f. — Cal. 



The rose leaves enclosed are infested 

 with rose rust — Phragmidium mucrona- 

 tum — and, while there is no known rem- 

 edy for the rust, the attack usually can 

 be stopped by removing and burning 

 all affected leaves. In southern Cali- 

 fornia there are many neglected berry 

 patches covered with rust, and, although 

 experts say this is a different kind, I 

 have frequently noted bad cases of rose 

 rust in the vicinity of the berry 

 patches. 



The leaves submitted also were badly 

 affected with mildew, which is common 

 on outdoor roses in this section. Sul- 

 phur is about the best remedy for this. 

 Shake fine flowers of sulphur over 

 the bushes through a sack or piece of 

 old burlap. The best time to do this 

 is in the early morning, when there is 

 reason to expect a hot day. The morn- 

 ing moisture on the bushes holds the 

 sulphur until the heat of the day liber- 

 ates the sulphuric acid, which kills the 

 mildew. 



The sweet peas can do no harm to 

 the fig trees, provided the trees are far 

 enough away, so that the roots are not 

 disturbed. The fig trees are far more 

 likely to rob the peas than vice versa. 



The soil in which sweet peas have 

 been grown is all right to use for pot- 

 ting cyclamens, provided it is properly 

 enriched with fertilizer, the same as 

 would be done to any other soil. 



H. E. Richards. 



BBUNNEE IN CALIFOBNIA. 



Kindly inform me through The Re- 

 view how to propagate the Cecile Brun- 

 ner rose. What treatment is required 

 to insure a good colort 



M. M. F.— Cal. 



The great popularity which the Cecile 

 Brunner rose has attained in California 

 has had the usual result of its being 

 grown for quantity rather than for qual- 

 ity. Carelessness in selecting the wood 

 for cuttings and in finding a suitable soil 

 and position has caused the production 

 of thin-textured, pale flowers, which are 

 not nearly so attractive as those from 

 plants given better treatment. 



The wood for propagating should be 

 taken from the lower part of the bushes, 



not from near the flower stems. The 

 wood roots freely if cut into lengths of 

 about four inches and inserted in a sand 

 bed. If a little bottom heat is at com- 

 mand, the cuttings will root more surely 

 and more rapidly, but this is not abso- 

 lutely essential, many thousands of cut- 

 tings being raised annually without bot- 

 tom heat. 



Insert the cuttings in the usual way, 

 by marking the drill with an old table 

 or chisel knife on a lath, and see that 

 the bases of the cuttings rest on a firm 

 bottom and that the sand is well pound- 

 ed around them. 



Thoroughly soak the sand at the first 

 watering, in order that no interstices be 

 left in the sand, and after this never 

 allow the bed to become dust-dry on the 

 one hand, or overwatered on the other. 

 Give the cuttings just sufficient water, 

 by sprinkling overhead once or twice 

 daily in bright weather, to keep the 

 wood plump, and no more. In a cool 

 greenhouse, lath or canvas hoHse, or even 

 in a partly shaded position outdoors, the 



cuttings will be rooted in about five 

 weeks, more or less, as the weather is 

 cool or warm. Never allow the cuttings 

 to make much root in the sand, but pot 

 them into 2-inch pots as soon as the 

 roots are about half an inch in length. 

 Pot them firmly in moderately heavy 

 soil, shade them for a few days and in- 

 crease the light and air when' they have 

 taken to the shift. Eepot into the 3-inch 

 or 31^-inch pots as the roots are feeling 

 the sides of the pots, and again press 

 the soil firmly. Pinch the growths to 

 insure a low, bushy habit, and the 

 plants will be ready for setting out in 

 from five to eight weeks, according to 

 the weather. 



While these baby roses are often 

 grown in poor, light soil, it is not by any 

 means the best for them. To produce 

 flowers of good color and substance, a 

 fairly heavy, or loamy, soil is best. 

 Light, sandy soils may be improved by 

 the addition of marl or clay, or even 

 road edgings or scrapings, and well de- 

 cayed cow manure, but the soil with a 



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VIOLETS 



We are shipping the finest Violets coming into Los Angeles. 



And remember we carry all other flowers and plants in season, the biggest 

 line of ribbons and supplies on the Coast and everything in the way of greens— 

 everything, in short, that a high-class florist needs. 



Write, wire or phone your orders to 



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CAN YOU USE THESE PLANTS IN YOUR BUSINESS? 



Streptosolen JameBonil, eleKant 2-lnch stock, $2.00 per 100. 



Creeping Colens, Also grand for baskets or wall pockets, 2-iDch pot stock, $3.00 per 100; larger, SS.OO 



per 100. 

 Beronia Laminosa, Yemon and Prima Donna, strong transplanted stock, $1.60 per 100. 

 Primnia tjlnensie, 2'2-lncb, extra strong. $3.00 per 100. 



Rose Geraninms. Grand, busby 4-lncb stock plants, $4.00 per 100— worth double. 

 Geraniams. All colors, rooted cuttings, $10.00 per 1000: unrooted, $S.OO per 1000. 

 Salvias. Stock plants, 9-lnch to 12-lnch, bushy. A snap at $4.00 per 100. 



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