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The Florists^ Review 



jL-r.Y 19, 1917. 



till! }4'ardoii, tlie piir])()S(i ol" wliu-li ^ 

 twofold, I'lliicatioiial and exptM'imoii 

 Students and iiiterostoil visitors [ 



have ail ojiport unity to liocoino 

 (|iiainti'd with our dm', liardy <^;ii ,, 

 lldwcis, and the {i'arilen ^\ill also sr ,. 

 as a means of detcrniininji^ the rela; . 

 liaidiiicss (d' tlie various .s[K'('ios her. 

 Iowa. 



Some ei^lit acres of ;;iouiid have li 

 devoted to ve;;otables, ami a portion 

 the ii(dd has Iteeii e(pii|'ped witli 

 Skinner system of irri>;ation. 



GOOD BYE! 



Thou Good and Faithful Servant. 



I'or ;i dei-;idc Killariirv lias had a 

 jdace OH the liemdies of W'elidland »!c 

 ]veiinel < '<)., v ■• ^rowcis :it I'.lmhurst, 

 111., liiit tlie icc(,|-ds -;h()\\ that it now is 

 less jiintit ;i lih' than .ithi-:'. newer varie- 

 ties ;nid it has lieeii dis arde<l. 



After rlcariii;^- the last lieiudi of Kil- 



lanicy the (•oinpan\''s st:itisti<'ian eoin- 



]iiled the t'dlluwin^ little siiiumary of 



the tell years ' riM-cirils: 



'J'ot.-il iiiiiiilMi- "!' !\ill;inicy iilants 



umuii, I'.ies tn nii7 l.'it.mo 



riow.Ts .lit •l/js;!,r|_n',t 



Flowers |i,T |p|.iiit -T.S 



(iniss r.'rripl< .siST.r.dT.Ol 



iJross iM'i' lldwir $(l.(Hl 



Net IMP llipwcr (I.(i:f72 



(iniss per |il;uit I.'JIT 



Net v<-r lil.iMl 1.(KU.3 



i;ross |iiT |il;iiil in the lii;;liest ve:ir, 



IDKMl i.r.isi 



CidS-i lief Jilllllt ill tlie lewe-t yi'llV. 



I'.illK. "02.-. 



At the I'diit (pf thes.' liiiures AV. .1. 

 ]\einiel i iivciilied. with sentiment akin 

 to rei:ret. the he^idinu of this note, 



" CmmhI l.ve. thtiii l; I and faithful 



ser\ a lit . 



RESTING THE ROSES. 



Keferniiu tn the repl V l.y 11. <). to the 

 im|Uir\- di' i;. <'.. In.l.. relati\e to the 

 hest nietlmd til puisne in drying' off 

 roses, ill till' isviic ,,f .Inly IL'. I take the 

 ]iln'it\- III' .■i--iiininL: tlie iiije n l' a disseu- 

 tieiit in repaid to tlie thei.rx' II. (). ex- 

 ]MiuniK. My .nlleept imi nf the ]iliiloso- 

 pli\ lit' dr^iiiL; t<^T ^i'eenliniise ro^^i'S after 

 ;i se;i<iiii iif ;iiti\ity .•ir;:nes that a eom- 

 jilete and imt ;i ]i;irtial rest is esstMitial. 

 A deep ;ind \ i i^i ir relle W i Iil; sleeji, nut .a 

 iiL;ht nap. 



I'.iitanieal tliemv re^ardiiii; the bio- 

 liiiiie;il tran-ilieii that t.akes ])laec in 

 tree- ;ind -liiiili- exi-tin;;' in a state of 

 nature in the temjierate /.nii(> at the 

 time ;ieti\it\ iif ei-i,\vth is supjilanted l>y 

 ddiniaiiey, as 1 ha\ e interpreded it, con- 

 eliisively deimui'^t rat(>s th.at defoliation 

 .,]■ deridneii-> jdants i- :i \ it.al ])art of 

 \euetalile ei-iiiiiuny ;ind must oecur an- 

 nua 11 v in I irder tliat their destiny 's great - 

 e,--t |iriipliery iiiav be t'ullilled. 



Tlu; ie;i\-es, it has been jininted out, as 

 the i>r^:ins of respirat imi, digestion and 

 .•issimilation, in the ]ierfornianee of their 

 fiimtiiius di\e ri>e to the aeeumulation 

 iif wM-te matter. 'Jdieir faeilitics to care 

 fur the v\a>te ;ire suflicient for a period 

 of >i\ <ir seven months, Imt after that 

 time a I'ur^inijj of the .'>>stem is neoes- 

 •j.ary. Xatiiie most el'hiii ntly adminis- 

 ters the purLrativ(> liy coulinf!: the soil 

 iu the autumn, v\hiLdi tends to retard 



iinbibition of moisture liy the roots and 

 results ill the recession id' stored U]i and 

 unutili/ed manufactureil compoumls in 

 the leaf cells, to the liranches and stock. 

 When this conservation process is con- 

 summated, the leaves, with their residue 

 of waste, commence to fall. 



Kose ]dants existing; under artificial 

 conditions in the <^reeiiliouse must con- 

 form to the fundamental laws of vef^o- 

 table economy, and as the state of na- 

 ture demonstrates the jjjreat essentiabili- 

 ty of dormancy f(dlowiii<;' acti\ity, a rest 

 that terminates in comjdete defoliation 

 should be aff"ided them if niaximum 

 productivity is desired. 



Chas. X. Cotter. 



DOINGS AT AMES. 



It has been a busy se.ar.on at the Iowa 

 State (J(dley;e. A herbaceous ■i)erennial 

 garden was started this spriii<jf and is 

 now cominj:^ along jiicely. It is laid out 

 ill bods twelve feet in width and fifty 

 feet in length, separateil l»y wide grass 

 paths. There are more than ."hid dif- 

 ferent S[)ecies and varieties included in 



OTAKSA LEAVES TURN WHI' 



I am eiudosiug a Hydrangea ut.i 

 leaf that has turned Avliite. .\. nuin 

 of my jilaiits are afflicted this way .. i 

 some <d" them have died. These . 

 jdauted (uitside and stay out all win 

 Some are jilanted in soil that is natu; 

 ly hard, while some are in looser gron 

 In liotli locations a number of the ])la 

 remain green. Please t(dl me what 

 do for these plants.' C. E. B.— Del 



The most jirobaide cause of the Iea\ - 

 dying is lack of moisture at the roe 

 ]\,'rlia]ts the soil is more shallow win 

 the affe(ded plants are growing. < 

 could not see any disease marks on ' 

 leaf sent. Occasionally mildew v 

 whiten the fidiage of liydrangeas. i 

 that case sulphur should be dusted o\ 

 the ]ilaiits attatdved or they slumld 

 s]irayed with a fungicide containing s 

 l.hur. C. W. 



Mansfield, O. — Stnlildreher Bros, ri > 

 adding a greenhouse, -1(1x11:2, to tie 

 range at Lexington and Cline avenn. 

 increased business has made the ad', 

 tioii necessary. It AviU be planted ' 

 chrysantlu'innms. The new house i' 

 creases the linn's range to 35,000 fv' 

 (d' glass. 



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:7Ae OB SERVATION CAI^ipi 



Perhaps tin- mii<t interesting news in 

 tJiis issue' nf The l\'e\ iew is contained 

 in the lettiM- III' A. I". .1. r.,iur, stating the 

 ste])S taken by Indi.ana tlnrists to (U'- 

 eaiii/e the l'l(iri-t-' Mntii.al Casualty 

 Association, to write bnth h.-iil .•ind wind 

 stiirm insuraiu-e. 



A suit I'or :t:i'."i,(inii d.-miages h.as lieen 

 started against i'iiiiiith\ Smith, the 

 < 'lev(dander, tlii' rein pl;i i nant ;illegiiig 

 tli.at his skull w;i> fractured when the 

 Miitonioliile in which he Av.as riding was 

 -truck by a e;ir s.aid tn have been in 

 .•liarue n\ Mr. Smith's sun. It pays to 

 ■ •.iriy lialiility iiisur.-inee mi the car. 



Born with ;i Imrsi s|,(ir- in liis liaiid, 

 w.is .1. M. .lohiistiin, lit' .McKeesport. 

 I'a., 1'iir ^Ir. Joliiistini is one nt' the 

 iiiclvy I'ew who ha\e ;i strangle hold mi 

 the high cost of co.-d. Mr. Joh..stmi 

 IMissesses such a jirecious thing as a 

 cual mine on his place, and since ojien- 

 mu' it this summer the mine has pro- 

 duced enough coal for his needs and a 

 surplus, which the tlorist-miiier is sell- 

 ing. The high ]irices of coal look dif- 

 ferent to ]Mr. J(dinston than they do 

 to most of us. 



Friday, the thirteenth, tin' day of t' 



dmilde hiMidoii, ni.'ide l; 1 its threat ■ 



liad lurk by tiriiiniiiL;- a hail storm ' 

 ( ireeiii-ast le, Ind. I'he hail stones w< 

 .is liiree ;is lieii>' eeL;s, s,iy .lolin Kitid 

 Smi. wllii lost l.Ci'ill leet of glaSS ar 

 .ibmit ^L'.MiKi worth iif stock. 



The j^fiHid fellow slii]. ]irevailing amm 

 ilmists is manifi'st in the contributio' 

 by llorist.s of ^-W in cash and (pian* 

 ties of stock to help A. 1). King, of ^la 

 tomi, ill., rei'stablish hinistlf. The Kii 

 greenhmise lange and Imme were ooe 

 ]detely destroyed by the tornado 

 May '-^K 



Speaking of tire bills, mad maps ai 

 ImiLi'dist aiicc records, there is the ca 

 nf Walter U. Siebrei ht, of New Yor 

 Avho lias depart<'d on his second trim 

 continental auto tour to California. Th 

 ocean to ocean marathon was starti 

 t'roni Cmiey Island, and the New Yori 

 er's dust now should be discernible ' 

 tin; western edge of the central stat< 

 Mr. Siebi-echt is accniniianied by Cla 

 eiice .-^liiin, ;iiinther intrepid Twent. 



eie 111 ll st reeter. 



