Januaey 11, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



CARNATION ROSALIA. 



Although Kosette is considered a 

 pretty good carnation by many of the 

 growers who have tried it, F. Dorner 

 & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind., which sent 

 it out a few years ago, expects it to be 

 outclassed by Kosalia, the distribution 

 of which has been begun. While Eosalia 

 is said to be an even better color than 

 Eosette, the principal claims for it are 

 on account of its habit. The accom- 

 panying illustration shows the character 

 of flower and stem. 



THE COMMON CARNATION RUST. 



Please tell me what has caused the 

 spots on the enclosed carnation leaves. 

 What is the best remedy? 



M. A. B.— Kan. 



Your carnations are affected with the 

 common carnation rust. This is brought 

 on by unfavorable cultural conditions, 

 such as too much syringing during dark 

 weather, or a foul atmosphere due to a 

 lack of ventilation, especially after ap- 

 plying a mulch or a heavy dressing of 

 animal manure. 



This disease is not the terror to the 

 <'arnation grower it once was, but of 

 course it is not a desirable visitor. If 

 your plants are badly affected, pick off 

 as many of the spotted leaves as possible 

 and then spray the plants thoroughly 

 with Bordeaux mixture. The Bordeaux 

 tends to keep the spores inactive. Give 

 all the ventilation possible and keep the 

 temperature near 50 degrees at night. 

 Water and syringe sparingly, but do not 

 allow the plants to suffer for want of 

 water at the roots. A. F. J. B. 



STARTING TRAILING PLANTS. 



When do you advise taking cuttings 

 from German ivy, tradescantias and 

 Kenilworth ivy in order to produce good 

 plants by the middle of May? 



W. D. T.— 0. 



All the plants named are easy of 

 propagation and make quick growths. 

 German ivy and Kenilworth ivy can be 

 put in from the middle of January to 

 the middle of February. Tradescantias, 

 being such rapid growers, are better if 

 not j)laced in sand before the middle of 

 ^larch. . C. W. 



EUPATORIUMS AND DELPHINIUMS. 



How should Eupatorium ageratoides 

 and E. ccrlestinum and the yellow Del- 

 phinium Zalil seeds be treated to make 

 them germinate? I have tried several 

 methods without success. 



M. E.— N. J. 



Eupatorium ageratoides and E. coe- 

 lestinum should be sown as soon as pos- 

 sible after the seed is ripe, either in a 

 coldframe or in flats. It will do no 

 harm if they are allowed to freeze 

 solid. Cover them with dry leaves, 



however, and remove these about the 

 end of March. Seedlings, if they do not 

 appear in the fall, will do so in spring. 

 The same treatment will answer well for 

 the yellow Delphinium Zalil, which 

 germinates more slowly than the blue 

 varieties. C. W. 



led to wonder whether some other va- 

 riety than Formosa has been, perhaps 

 unintentionally, sold to you. Formosa 

 is jjot by any means a dwarf lily. One 

 of its strong points has been that it has 

 always been possible to cut long stems 

 with it. This leads me to surmise that 

 you may be growing another varietv. 

 ^__ C. W. 



SHOULD SPIR^AS BE FROZEN? 



Should the clumps of Spiraea Gladstone 

 and S. Queen Alexandra be frozen to 

 I)roduce the most perfect flowers? I 

 have had excellent success when they 

 were not frozen, but every florist near 

 here claims thev should be frozen. 



J. N. M.— Kan. 



TIME TO SOW STOCKS. 



Will you please tell me when to sow 

 ten weeks' stocks in order to have them 

 in bloom for Memorial day? 



E. & S. F. S.— Mont. 



Sow at the end of the present month 

 for Memorial day bloom. Pot off singly 

 before planting out. C. W. 



The fact that you have had excellent 

 success in flowering spiraeas that never 

 have been exposed to frost is the best of 

 evidence that freezing, though custom- 

 ary, is not necessary. The advantage of 

 exposure to frost in the case of spirroa 

 clumps is that they start more evenly 

 and more rapidly. F. E. 



FORMOSA LILIES STUNTED. 



I have grown a liouse of Formosa 

 lilies for several years with good re- 

 sults. I pot them up in 4-inch jiots, 

 place them under a bench until they 

 are thoroughly rooted and about four 

 inches high, then I plant them out into 

 the bench and keep them slightly 

 shaded for about ten days, with a night 

 temperature of (iO degrees and a <lay 

 temperature of about 70 degrees. The 

 lilies look strong and healthy and give 

 from four to eight flowers from a 7x9 

 bulb, but this year they do not grow 

 more than eighteen inches high. I have 

 never had my lilies stunted before. Can 

 you tell me what the trouble is? 



S. K.— N. Y. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. — Harry A. Bunyard, 

 Inc., dealer in seeds at 42 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, has filed schedules show- 

 ing liabilities of .$12,087 and assets of 

 $3,083. The corporation was formed 

 March 4, 1915, with $25,000 cai)ital 

 stock, to conduct ' ' The Uj)town Seed 

 Store." An involuntary petition in 

 bankruptcy was filed against it last 

 month by these creditors: John F. 

 Croom & Bro., Magnolia, N. C, $366; 

 A. T. De La Mare Printing & PuV)lishing 

 Co., New York, $049, and Wm. F. Kast- 

 ing Co., Buffalo, $49. It was alleged 

 that August 26 Harry A. Bunyard, Inc., 

 transferred a portion of its ])roperty 

 and gave a chattel mortgage on stock 

 and fixtures. 



All the Formosa lilies I have grown 

 have averaged three feet in height, 

 some as much as five feet, a few as 

 dwarf as your average. Your treatment 

 seems to have been correct, and I am 



Greenwood, Ind. — Jacob O. Bishop has 

 acquired twenty-five acres of laud near 

 the Greenwood cemetery as a site for a 

 larger range, and as soon as the prop- 

 erty is vacated he will commence to re- 

 move his range at Euclid and Madison 

 axeuucs to the new location. 



Carnation Rosalia. 



