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The Florists' Review 



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Wilson the Florist is building a Tesi- 

 dence near his greenhouses, on Sanford 

 street. It will be occupied by his fore- 

 man. 



A visit to the nursery of Fred En- 

 dress & Son finds everything in thriving 

 condition. -Their fields of roses are of 

 exceptionally good quality. Mr. Endress 

 is making a specialty of this line. 



W. H. Nichols & Son, landscape archi- 

 tects, are in Cleveland, O., drawing up 

 plans for the coming fall. T. J. M. 



SED OEBAmUM CLASSED. 



Enclosed find a red geranium bloom. 

 Please tell me what variety it is. It is 

 not Bicard or Helen Michell. Although 

 of similar color, it has smaller flowers 

 and petals. R. M. H. — Ind. 



GOOD PEONIES FOR INDIANA. 



Please state what you would consider 

 the best varieties of peonies for this 

 section of the country. We want only 

 varieties that will ordinarily come into 

 bloom for Memorial day. 



R. M. H.— Ind. 



From my general information, I 

 should imagine that Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours (Calot), as a white; Delicatis- 

 sima, pink, and Felix Crousse, red, 

 would be the three most dependable 

 bloomers for central Indiana. These 

 are among the early varieties and, if a 

 little too early, can well be stored for 

 Memorial day. Wm. A. Peterson. 



OUTTINO PEONIES. 



When cutting peonies, how far should 

 they be cut from the ground? Is it wise 

 to apply cow manure near the root, and 

 at what time of the year? J. S. — Pa. 



Supposing that the peonies are being 

 grown for cut flowers, it is necessary to 

 cut them with moderately long stems. 

 Consequently, growers do not cut more 

 than one-third the shoots; the ones that 

 are cut are taken with whatever length 

 is necessary for the purpose intended 

 and the other shoots are left with all 

 their foliage to maintain the growth of 

 the -plant. If all the growths were cut 

 close to the ground the plant would die. 



It is not desirable to bring cow 

 manure directly into contact with the 

 roots of any plant. With peonies well 

 rotted manure should be mixed with 

 the soil before planting time, which is 

 in September, or, when the plants are 

 making a season 's growth, if additional 

 fertilizer is necessary it can be given in 

 the form of a top-dressing, which is sub- 

 sequently worked into the soil. 



PEONIES FAIL TO BLOOM. 



I sold one of my customers six peony 

 roots. He selected them in the field 

 when they were iiiflower. They were 

 dug the following .September and de- 

 livered to him witnout the original 

 clumps being disturbed. He has had 

 these two years and they have been in 

 a place where all seem to have equal 

 advantages. One of these clumps has 

 flowered each year; the other five have 

 set buds, but these have shriveled when 

 quite small. Probably it would be cor- 

 rect to say they blasted. Can you ac- 

 count for this condition? 



A. D. C— N. Y. 



been planted too deep, or the soil may 

 be soggy and undrained. 



The plants were moved in September, 

 which is the best time to do such work. 

 We hav«< to assume that the tops were 

 cut off immediately when dug, so as not 

 to weaken the plants. In planting 

 clumps more than 5 years old, it is gen- 

 erally better to cut them up rather than 

 set them down all intact. The fact 

 that buds came and shriveled would 

 indicate that there was not sufficient 

 strength in the soil or there were other 

 adverse conditions which prevented the 

 plants f £om carrying out their good in- 

 tentions. Wm. A. Peterson. 



PAINESVILLE, O. 



The planting season, which lasted 

 until well along in June, is finished. 

 Both florists and nurserymen are now 

 having a breathing spell and will rest 

 on their oars until the first week in 

 September, when operations will begin 

 again with renewed vigor. 



G. H. Shumaker, trjeasurer of Storrs & 

 Harrison Co., is back at his desk after 

 attending th« nurserymen's convention 

 and other places of interest en route. 

 Mr. Shumaker reports an enjoyable trip. 



The Wayside Gardens, of Mentor, O., 

 are shipping some fine delphiniums and 

 gail]ardi9,s. 



Carl 8. Barto, of Storrs & Harrison 

 Co., has returned, after attending the 

 seedsmen's convention. 



The geranium bloom when received 

 was badly bruised. It closely resembles 

 Scarlet Bedder, a variety with color in- 

 termediate between S. A. Nutt and Al- 

 phonse Bicard, and growth similar to 

 Bicard. M. P. 



OLXm-BOOTED CYCLAMENS. 



Under separate cover find several cyc- 

 lamen plants. There is something wrong 

 with the roots. Can you tell by these 

 samples what it is? The soil we use is 

 made up of clay, well rotted cow ma- 

 'nure, leaf-mold and sand. The roots on 

 these plants look somewhat like club 

 roots. • E. P. — ^Ky. 



The cyclamen plants have club root in 

 a bad way. They look as if, in the re- 

 potting, the change was from a poor soil 

 to one extremely rich. It can plainly be 

 seen that the old roots have not made 

 any start and what root growth has 

 been made is abnormal and club-rooted. 

 I should advise shaking away most of 

 the soil from the roots of the plants and 

 repotting in fresh soil, using a different 

 cow manure and omitting a portion of 

 the leaf material. Add in its place some 

 light, loamy soil. Take extra care in 

 watering until the roots are well started 

 again. I co -Id find no trace of maggots 

 or mites on the roots or bulbs, and, as 

 stated, I believe the trouble to be from 

 abnormal growth, due to soil conditions. 



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The main reasons for peonies not 

 blooming are as follows: They may be 

 shy-blooming varieties; they may have 



Edinburgh, Scotland. — Dobbie & Co. 

 sent over an exhibit of sweet peas which 

 was awarded a gold medal and the Prix 

 d'Honneur at the exhibition of the Na- 

 tional Horticultural Society of France, 

 in Paris, June 5 to 9. 



Hlllegony^olland. — Anthony C. van 

 der Schoot^^ho was formerly a mem- 

 ber of the dissolved firm of R. van der 

 Schoot & Son/^ears injurious conse- 

 quences to the Dutch bulb trade from 

 the British import restrictions. 



London, England. — Sir Harry Veitch, 

 treasurer of the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety war relief fund, reported recently 

 that £300 worth of seeds had been sent 

 to France, and £1,000 worth of seeds 

 and an equal sum's worth of garden 

 tools had been sent to Rumania. 



Glasgow, Scotland. — Wm. Leighton & 

 Co. supplied 700 laurel wreaths to deco- 

 rate American soldiers' and sailors' 

 graves Memorial day. 



London, England. — Members of the 

 trade who feared the auction rooms 

 would be flooded with cheap Holland 

 bulbs when the import restrictions were 

 lifted have met with a striking surprise 

 in the prices asked by the Dutch grow- 

 ers. 



Amsterdam, Holland. — Reports from 

 the leading bulb growers state that the 

 quality of this year's crop promises 

 well, but that the quantity is far below 

 normal. It is said by bulb growers that 

 the crop will even be twenty-five per 

 cent below that of 1918, which was a 

 small one. 



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