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The Florists^ Review 



November 1, 1917. 



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VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT 



FERTILIZER FOR CUCUMBERS. 



\\'li;it is a udoil (•(iimiitTcial I'cit ili/.cr 

 tu use OH <U(iiiiilicis uiiili'i' ^lass.' Wliut 

 is tlu' licst Avay to ;ii>|ily it.' I have 

 been iisIiil; vow uiamirc, but it doi's not 

 lioi.l out. ' 1.. r. K.— Miss. 



root j^ciicrally attacks plants in stiff, 

 sour lanil. Tlie cabbajie maj^^jjot is an- 

 otlu'i" ])i'st responsible for many sick 

 batclies of cabbage. It attacks the 

 mots. It' licit liei' of tiiese ])csts is 

 n'si>oiisil)le for your yellowed foliage, 

 ;.(iu iiuiy have had a fungoid attack, due 

 |iiiinarily to ])cculiar climatic condi- 

 tions. I'or such an attack, spraying 

 with r)or(b'aux mixture as soon as the 

 troulile a])]iears is recommended. Apply 

 this s[iray once a week until you are 

 reasonablv sure the i)lants are clear of 

 the trouble. C. W. 



OBITUARY 



No cMiunn Tcial fertilizer is equal to 

 good cow ninuure for cucum])ers. As a 

 stimulant, iiiti'ate of soda or sulphate of 

 ammonia, one pdund to lifty gallons of 

 water, can lie used, watering with 

 clear water b(>fore applying. These 

 chemicals should bo nsed witli extreme 

 care, and at best do not equal cow man- 

 ure. A mulch of three to four inches 

 of stiawy cow manure, once the plants 

 are bearing, is excellent for them. 



C. W. 



CABBAGE LEAVES YELLOW. 



I am enclosing some diseased cabbage 

 leaves. The outside leaves of the 

 ])lants first begin to turn yellow or 

 brownish, and linally drop off. I had 

 4U(J in (uie ])ed that were ruined. They 

 were ]danted in new soil. What is the 

 diseajsc and what is a remedv? 



C. A." P.— Me. 



TOMATO FLOWERS FALLING OFF. 



A\'e have a largo patch of tomatoes 

 planted in the Held and all the plants 

 liave jiroduced Avell except one. This 

 one is tlio largest plant of the lot and is 

 jicrfectly healthy; so we expected some 

 extra line fruit from it. It blooms 

 freely, but as soon as the flowers are 

 fully develo])ed they drop off, with a 

 little i)iece of the llower stem. There 

 are no insects on the ])lant and none of 

 the other plants is affected. Can you 

 tell us the cause and the remedy for it? 



E. A. E.— 111. 



■ The leaves were badly decayed when 

 received and luid a pronounced odor. I 

 assume that you know what club root 

 is. This causes plants to A\ilt and the 

 foliage to gradually turn yellow. Club 



This particular plant is probably 

 growing in soil which is richer in nitro- 

 gen than the soil where the other to- 

 matoes are. This promotes a strong 

 growth, but not infrequently such plants 

 drop their flowers as your plant has 

 done. You could check the abnormal 

 growth and make the plant set its fruit 

 by giving it a root pruning with a 

 sharp spade. It will be too late, how- 

 ever, to trv this during the present sea- 

 son. ' C. W. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS 



a^^MgiiimjiMMigm^oHiigag^i^^ 



George Sihul/, i>\ the ■(.•icol) Scliulz 

 (!o., Louisville. K\.. \\a^ leaturiug tlie 

 F. 'I". I), idea at < ;unp Za(liarv 'i'aylor 

 • luiillg the liieetilio (it' Die \\ T. I), at 

 l>etr(dt. Tlii'^ plan, wiiidi is ludiexed 

 to ha\(' origiii;ited witli Mi. Scliulz, un- 

 dnuiitedlv will be adopted by those who 

 are Incate,! Me;ii- canqis. A^ Mr. Schulz 

 .says, the v(i|,li,.|- |iny> will send and re- 

 eei\e l!o\\(i<. d'lie ((mijiany has leased 

 •'III nllice elose to the main entrance of 

 the canqi. and e\ciy car jiasses the 

 building. Some LM.OIMI people ai'e e\ 



]iected tci \ i-it till' CiO.OdO to 7U,niiu 

 soldier-. Tlie 1". '1'. 1). "^tunt'" depicts 

 a Kentui liy beaut \- telegraphing llower- 

 oidered liv (Hie nl' our gallant sons, said 

 flowers to be -rut til the -allant son's 

 dear one. At the home end of tlie wir-' 

 the recijdent i- pictured lecidxing the 

 ;:ift with the usual expre-sion ot' delight. 

 Suuiuji 1' liii-iiii'-- \\a- all tlu' rompaiiy 

 rniihl \\iv|i. ;iiiil naturally the manaue 

 nieiit anticipates a ynod winter season. 

 The \eiir;in .F;iroli Sidiulz is constantly 



nil the |oli at the l: feen lloUSes, t'l'dlll >llll 

 lise to -unset, ;ili(| i-im-idel- him-elt' 

 -till in the prime ot' li te. 



Manager .\. Adams. i\( Aiolerson's 

 stiiie, MiitTalo, while nverlooking the 

 trimming of the tine \viiidow said: 

 ■'When wrestling with sindi a jiroldem 

 as is now before us, this matter of 

 publicity, take the bull by the horns, 

 ;iiid by persistency, depend upon it, 



we will have the business where we 

 want it." 8. A. Anderson had not yet 

 returned from his summer home. 



The Cuthrie-Lorenz <d., of Des 

 Moines, la., is exjieriencing excellent 

 business in all dejiartnients, seed, flower 

 and jioultry supply. 



A. 11. lluiMn:ert, of tlo' St. Louis Seed 

 ' 'o., St. Louis, (diserxed that while tlie 

 (•nni|ian\- did imt plare .-ill its (.'ggs in 

 line basket, it timk i;ire to place the 

 liillk of them in the -tliiliLiest basket. 

 ;iiid he .-it t ribiiteil niinli ut' the rom 

 pa iiy 's siicress to that t'ai-t. 



■'1 ;iiii an ;ii|\iicate nt' liberal ad\i'r- 

 ti-ing,"' said 1 >. < '. llorgan, at' the Idle 

 1 lour Xiir-eiie-. M aeiiii, < in. ' • We -peiiil 

 I'roiii .*;;,oi)(i to .tLf'Wii per xear in this 

 siuitliern /lUie. Our suriety tdlks are 

 lint buying llowefs today as in ]ire\ inus 

 \e;ir-. ()iir be-t trade i> eiiining I'rom 

 the middle ela-^ ;ilid rails t'lir ilirreased 

 funeral work. The disrupted condition 

 uf the ex|iress and ]iarc(d jmst systems 

 makes it the nmre essential for meni- 

 bei's to rely on one another. As an in- 

 stance ot' delax': AVe ha\'e .iust i-ecei\cd 

 a slii|inieiit (d" valley from New York, 

 whi(di was nine days in transit, and this 

 is lint an is(dated case by any means. 

 ( )ur Dutch bulbs have not yet arrived, 

 but we are not much jmt out, for our 

 order file is emjtty. In other years we 

 have had a stack of good retail orders 

 to fill." W. M. 



Edward H. Schmidt. 



Edward n. Schmidt, of Indianajjolis, 

 ] passed away Monda.v, October 22, at 

 the age of 45. As a boy he worked for 

 Charles IJieman, under whom he learned 

 the business. For many years he was 

 employed in difl'erent cities, but later he 

 returned to Indianapolis. At one time 

 he Avas emiiloyed by the city to look 

 after the greenhouses, parkwa.ys, etc., 

 and later was associated with John 

 Kieman, the son of the man under whom 

 he had learned the business. 



E. E. T. 



James D. Balfour. 



James D. Balfour, of Seabright, Cal., 

 died at his home, October 18, after an 

 illness of almost a year, leaving a 

 widow and one son. Mr. Balfour had 

 made many friends during the fifteen 

 years of his residence in Seabright. He 

 was a cousin of Lord James D. Balfour. 



Harry F. Read. 



Harry F. Read, of Royal Oak, Md., 

 member of the Florists' Union of Bal- 

 timore County, died suddenly of apo- 

 plexy the evening of October 18, while 

 visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Kirk Bennett, at Middleborough, Mid- 

 dle River. Mr. Read was well known 

 throughout Talbot county. He was a 

 widower and leaves two sons, who live 

 in Virginia, also a sister, a resident of 

 Baltimore, all of whom Coroner James 

 Green, who was called to make an ex- 

 amination, is trying to locate. 



E. A. Beaven. 



One of the leading green goods men of 

 the soutli, E. A. Beaven, died October 

 22 at his home in Evergreen, Ala. The 

 decedent had been in failing health for 

 a year or more, and recently returned 

 to his home from Chicago, where he 

 had gone with the hope of improving 

 his health. 



Although Mr. Beaven was distributor 

 of all kinds of southern greens, he proli- 

 abl.v was best known for his wild smi- 

 lax. The introducer of this almost in- 

 dispensable decorative green, (ieorge 

 W. Caldw(dl, who died six years after 

 his retirement in l!Hi.', was succeeded 

 by Mr. l*.ea\i'u. Mr. Beaven continued 

 the business under the old name, Cald- 

 well The Woodsman Co., as separate 

 from the similar establishment under 

 his own name. Mi'. l!ea\'eii became a 

 nieniber of the S. .\. 1'. in I'.hiC,. He is 

 <iir\i\t'd by hi- wit'c. a daughter and 

 four -(.IIS. 



Fred Stielow. 



I'l-edcrick Stieliiu, Sr., ,,[' Xiles Cen- 

 ter, 111., (iiie ef the idde-t growers for 

 the Chicago market, died October 25. 

 He had been taken to a hospital a few 

 days pre\ iously for an operation on the 

 bl.-idder, wliiidi was performed Oct(dter 

 1 ^. A seciiiid o|ieiation became neces- 

 sary and was perfoi'ined the morning of 

 the day of his death. His illness liad 

 not been considered serious until the 

 second operation became necessary. 



Fr(Mlrri(d\ Stielow was born in Prussia 

 in LS44 and came to the United States 

 in ]8()!>, locating first at Boston, where 

 he remained for nearly six years, the 

 last two (d' wlii( h were at tlie establish- 



