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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbdabt 20. 1919. 



Ncrsity of Illinois, Urbana, tho open 

 ing session on Tuoaday, at 2:30 p. m., fol 

 lowed by another at 7:30 p. m. Wed 

 iiesday, the second day, will be devotei, 

 to loiif'eiences and inspection of the ex 

 peri mental fjreenhonses. 



"Von owe yonrsolf as well as th> 

 other fellow this little treat of fellow 

 sliip. The profj;ram will be interestinj. 

 imd instructive. Cost of Production, 

 i'ulilicity, Fertilizers, Insecticides am' 

 many other important topics will be dis 

 cussed. 



"If you have anything new in flow 

 CIS or ideas bring tlicm along. He snri 

 :ind come." 



ahle. The temperatures given are a 

 trifle warm for carnations and a little 

 cool for roses, but will probably give 

 vou fairly good^r(>turns with each. 



C. W. 



TO FLOWER GRUSS AN TEPLITZ. 



Two years ago I planted a bed of 

 (iruss an Tejditz roses outside. They 

 were 2-year-old California-grown stock. 

 They send up canes five to six feet 

 high that come blind. The only roses 

 jiroduced are a few on the old wood at 

 t)ie base of the plant. They arc planted 

 in moderately rich clay soil and pro- 

 tected with a straw mulch in winter. 

 1 have given them several mulchings of 

 cow manure and bone nieal. Can any- 

 thing be done to make them bloom? 

 The location seems to be ideal for roses, 

 with clav soil, good drainage and plenty 

 of sun. ' D. R.— Kv. 



This rose is such a remarkably free 

 bloomer that I am inclined to think 

 that the vigorous 5-foot or 6-foot 

 shoots you have which fail to bloom are 

 merely suckers from tlie stocks on which 

 the plants are worked. Carefully note 

 whether these shoots are quite prickly 

 and carry seven instead of five j)etioles 

 on their leaves. If they are as described, 

 you probably have a croj) of ^Nlanetti 

 or briar shoots, from below the soil, 

 •which will soon cripple and destroy your 

 roses. All such shoots should be care- 

 fully pulled or cut off as close as pos- 

 sible to the union of stock and rose. 



C. W. 



ROSES IN CARNATION HOUSE. 



1 would iik(> to know if 1 could have 

 -uci-css growiii;; I'osi's and ciiriiat ions in 

 1 he samr linusc. Is tiicre any |iarticular 

 \ariety ol' idsc that would mino nearer 

 doiiiLT \\t'll ill a caniat ion tcmpcratui'c 

 than f)f litis.' 1 lia\c one liou-ie Hl-'xllK), 

 pari I'i wliieh I would like to devote to 

 io>-ts. 1 ill ink I can keep nnc side of 

 it wanner than tli«' olliei'. Woulil Red 

 Radiance be a uimkI rose \<< grow under 

 sucli conditions' 1 have heard it said 

 that this was an easy i-ose to grow. 1 

 • io Tint \\aiit to try any \-ariety that has 

 not prdveij fairly successt'iil under sim- 

 ilar condit ifiiis, as 1 lia\e no room for 

 experiments. I>. M. Ore. 



Roses need a higher temperature than 

 carnations, but you could do the two 

 fairly well together in a minimuni tern 

 per;iture of 'rl or 55 degrees. In this 

 house I would not try any of the En 

 clmntress familv. but Matchless, Pink 

 delight. Ward,' Beacon, H.dle Wash 

 l>urn and P.enora are suggested as good 

 carnations. Among roses you would do 

 much better with Killarney and White 

 Killariiev than Padiam-e and the Kil 

 larneys would ])ro\ e muidi mure piotit- 



CALIFORNIA-GROWN KAISERIN. 



We conteini)late planting a house to 

 Kaiserin in February and notice li-year 

 old tield-gro^vn j)lants offered by a firm 

 in California. Do you know of any 

 reason why California stock would not 

 do well here.' A. N. K. — ^Minn. 



While I ha\e had no experience with 

 California-grown roses under glass, 1 

 see no reason why well ripened fiehl 

 grown Kaiserin should not succeed with 

 you. Perhaps some other readers who 

 have tried them could give their ex 

 perience. ' C. W. 



THE ILLINOIS MEETING. 



President W. .T, Keiniel and Secretarx' 

 .1. I\ Aminann send the following notice: 



■'The thirteenth annual convention 

 lit the Illinois State i'dorists' Associa- 

 tion will lie held Marcdi 11 and 1- in 

 the Ploricultural building at the \hu- 



CAMELLIAS COMING BACK. 



In a recent issue of The Review 7 

 notice the statement that camellias are 

 coming back into favor. I do not find 

 anv advertisement of them. Where can 

 I get them? T. S. W. G.— Ark. 



Yon can obtain camellias from such 

 firms as Henry A. Preer, Inc., Phila 

 (hdidiia. Pa., Pobbink & Atkins, Ruther 

 ford, N. J., the Julius Rochrs Co., Ruth- 

 erford, X. J., and others. Uirfortunately, 

 the coming embargo on importations 

 of all plants with soil at their roots 

 will shut out camellias and we are now 

 jiractically dejiendent on Europe fOT" 

 our camellias. Probably in time some 

 concerns here will propagate this charm- 

 ing old-time favorite, but for some time 

 I am afraid prices on this and other 

 hard-wooded plants will be high. 



C. W. 



Ithaca, N. Y.— The Bool Floral Co. 

 anticijiates the largest spring trade in 

 its long experience. Arthur Bool has 

 (diarge of the houses and keeps thing-* 

 up to a high standard to su])i)ly the 

 store, which is much frequented by the 

 Cornellians. 



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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



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CUCUMBER QUERIES. 



I would like to have some ailvice 

 aliout the growing nt' ciicuiiihers under 

 glass for spring planting. Is it liest to 

 water them in the morning or afternoon? 

 What is the reason that cucumbers that 

 are just setting turn ytdlow and fall 

 off.' ' What will destroy cellar ])Ugs 

 that crawl up the vines and eat the 

 fruit .' Is tobacco fumigation harmful 

 to the crop.* Last hut not leasf, 1 

 would like to have information almut 

 *he right wav to jirune the vines. 



J. M. 8.— Wis. 



Mornini: is the time to water <-ucuni 

 liers. 



Fruits wliiidi have not been jiropevly 

 fertili/.i'd will fall off. Bees are the 

 best fertilizing agent and many grow- 

 ers keep hives in their houses for thi'- 

 )iur])ose. Hand pollination crni be done 

 with a bunch of cotton wool, a ra})bit "s 

 tail or a cannd's-hnir lirush. Collect 

 the |iollen from the flowers when they 

 are dry and touch the pistil of the f-- 

 inale flowers, which carry the fruit, 

 with it. Tapping the vines about mid- 

 dav Indjis to jiollinate the flowers. All 

 tfrtilizing is best done during the mid- 



dle of the day and when the skies ar- 

 clear. It is ;ilso more effective wdu i 

 some \'entilation is given. 



Ctdlar or sow bugs can be destroyci 

 by mixing up a sweet ]ioisoned mash o' 

 shorts, Paris grcn and molasses. AN'i 

 dii-^tini; the surface soil with tobac< > 

 dust or Hammond's Slug Shot prove- 

 effective. Apply the dust around tl 

 haunts of the jiests. 



Tob.'icco fumigation will not har: 

 incumbers if projierly done. I woul ' 

 not advise the use of tobacco stems, b' ' 

 nicotine p.apeis or t(dpacio dust will I 

 effective. 



If yuiir I'lants are trained uprigli • 

 allow eighteen in(dies between th ' 

 |ilanl«. Do not jdiudi the iriain shO' 

 until it reaidies abo\e the first wir(! ' '' 

 strini:. .\fter this, ]iin(di the tips o" ' 

 <d' :ill side-shoots, (»r laterals, after thd' 

 ha\e Jiroduced one or two flowers, it 

 you grow plants in aibors or on un 

 .\shaped tr'dlis, it is nec(>«njyjy to •'''' 

 low the leader to grow a little long ' 

 before }iin(diing. After it is gro\' "■ 

 long enough, jiinch as in the case of r 

 right jilants. It sometimes is nec' 

 sary to remove the wood. If tlie shoe - 

 beconii' too crowded, remov(> the we.'s'- 

 est. C. W. 



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