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The Florists^ Review 



Jdmb 19. 1919. 



search for the missing man. They 

 found no trace of him. The Pinkerton 

 detective agency was employed. Ander- 

 son 's friends are firmly convinced that 



he has been robbed or murdered, pos- 

 sibly beaten into insensibility. They 

 say he was not the man to commit sui- 

 cide. I 



DISEASED OUTDOOB BOSES. 



Will you please tell me what is the 

 matter with my roses? As you will see 

 from the enclosed specimen, brownish 

 black spots appear on the branches and 

 soon the leaves wither. The plants are 

 in my garden and the ground is rich, 

 made so by manure from a henhouse. 

 ,1 mulched them with stable manure last 

 fall. This spring I applied acid phos- 

 phate and cottonseed meal, at the rate 

 " about 500 pounds to the acre. They 

 ar&-well cared for and I cannot imagine 

 why they should not do well. 



J. E. J.— Ga. 



The piece of rose branch submitted 

 indicates that the trouble is due to the 

 land being altogether too rich. The 

 branch shows a soft, sappy growth, 

 which would be extremely susceptible 

 to disease, especially during a period of 

 heavy rains and dark weather. Hen 

 manure is particularly harsh on any 

 kind of plants. This manure, together 

 with the acid phosphate and other fer- 

 tilizers applied within so short a time, 

 has caused the plants to take up more 

 nourishment than they can safely as- 

 similate. If the land had any life in 

 it in the first place, the mulching of 

 stable manure would have been enough 

 enrichment for the time stated. 



The writer would advise the inquirer 

 to apply crushed limestone liberally to 

 the land and cultivate freely. M. P. 



BLACK SPOT ON BOSES. 



Besides growing my regular crop of 

 miscellaneous pot plants, I am now try- 

 ing to grow a few roses and I am anx- 

 ious to know what is the cause of black 

 spot on roses and what is the best rem- 

 edy for it. Can you also recommend 

 a book on the commercial culture of 

 roses under glass and tell me where I 

 can purchase itf J. M. — N. Y. 



Black spot is a fungous disease and is 

 most destructive during the summer. It 

 is induced or favored by the condensa- 

 tion of moisture on the plants during 

 the night. Hence the best preventives 

 are ventilation and scrupulous cleanli- 

 ness. As the fungus spends the winter 

 on fallen leaves, these should be col- 

 lected &ni burned late in the fall or 

 early in the spring, so as to remove 



the source of infection. The unwhole- 

 some dampness 'should be avoided by 

 careful ventilation at night, with the 

 occasional use of a small amount of 

 fire heat. A tendency toward the dis- 

 ease may sometimes be checked by run- 

 ning the house at a high temperature 

 and applying some quick-acting ferti- 

 lizer, so as to promote a rapid growth 

 and the formation of new foliage. 



But, in addition to all these precau- 

 tions, sprayings with a copper solution, 

 such as ammoniacal copper carbonate, 

 are likely to be necessary. Several ap- 

 plications of this solution, at intervals 

 of a week or ten days, may be needed. 

 Bordeaux mixture is effective, but coats 

 and disfigures the leaves. If the disease 

 is in an advanced stage, the only cure 

 may be to prune the plants back hard 

 and start a growth of new, clean 

 foliage. 



A practical book on rose growing is 

 "Commercial Bose Culture," by Eber 

 Holmes. It may be secured through 

 The Beview and the price is $1.50. 



KKOXVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Things were extremely dry until a 

 few days ago, when fine growing 

 showers came and made everything take 

 on new life. 



No one could complain of business 

 during the last few weeks. There has 

 been a continuous demand for flowers 

 and all the flower stores have been busy. 

 The supply of outdoor stock is not so 

 plentiful as it was a fortnight ago. 

 However, gladioli will soon begin to ap- 

 appear and the situation will be some 

 what relieved. Already florists have 

 begun to cut some of the earlier varie- 

 ties. On account of the extremely hot 

 weather, greenhouse stock is not of ex- 

 tra good quality. 



There is a fair cut of roses and the 

 demand for them is good. Kaiserin and 

 Columbia are the best, while Ophelia 

 and Hoosier Beauty do fairly well. 

 Carnations are small and it will only be 

 a short time until the old stock will be 

 thrown out and replaced with new. Al- 

 ready the planting of carnations is well 

 under way. Sweet peas, though not of 

 BO good quality as they were, are still 

 in evidence and come in handy for 

 bouquet and design work. They are 

 gradually giving way to swainsona, 

 which is of extra good quality this sea- 

 son. There is a scarcity of orchids and, 

 luckily, the demand has not been great. 



There is little if aay change in 

 prices. Boses bring from $2 K) $6 per 



dozen; carnations, $2 per dozen; sweet 

 peas, $2 to $3 per hundred; snapdragons, 

 $1.50 to $3 per dozen; orchids, $1.50 to 

 $2 each. 



The demand for bedding stock is 

 about over, and it is well that it is, for 

 the supply of plants is about exhausted. 

 Seed trade has also quieted down con- 

 siderably. 



Various Notes. 



C. L. Baum recently purchased a Bee- 

 man garden tractor to be used in the 

 cultivation of bulbs at the farm. This 

 is the first Beeman tractor to be used 

 here, and it is proving most satisfac- 

 tory. It was on display at the store 

 for a few days and attracted consider- 

 able attention. May 31 being the close 

 of the fiscal year of this firm, the office 

 force has been busy closing up the 

 year's business and making the income 

 and corporation tax returns. The ypar 

 just closed has been a most successful 

 one, showing something like a fifty per 

 cent increase in the amount of sales 

 over that of any previous year. Miss 

 Ava Quillen is spending her vacation 

 with relatives in Virginia. 



A. H. Dailey reports business good. 

 While the plant season is about over, 

 he still has a few good plants to offer. 

 He has some excellent ferns on display 

 in one of his show windows. He is be- 

 ginning to cut some asters and gladioli. 

 Prospects for a good crop are fine. 



Mrs. W. E. Eyno is closing out a most 

 successful season in the bedding plant 

 business. 



Addison J. McNutt is cutting some 

 fine Kaiserin roses, also some choice 

 Columbia and Bussell. He reports that 

 business is satisfactory, with no com- 

 plaint to make except that occasionally 

 the demand is so heavy that stock runs 

 short. 



Charles W. Crouch is keeping busy. 

 He had the order for the bouquet for 

 the wedding of Miss Williams and Ser- 

 geant Alvin C. York, of Pall Mall, Fen- 

 tress county, Tenn., known as "the 

 greatest hero of the war." The wed- 

 ding took place at the mountain home 

 of Segt. York, June 7. The ceremony 

 was performed by M. S. Boberts, gov- 

 ernor of Tennessee. Practically every 

 county and community of the state was 

 represented at the wedding and the 

 ceremony, though simple and in keep- 

 ing with the mountain customs, was 

 beautiful. The bride carried a hand- 

 some shower bouquet of bride's roses 

 and swainsona. 



I. Bosnoski, representing the Henry 

 F. Michell Co., of Philadelphia, was in 

 the city recently. B. E. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Until June 12 the market was decid- 

 edly weak, but on the closing days of 

 last week flowers braced up nicely and, 

 while no fancy prices were obtained, 

 clearances wer^ much better. Cooler 

 weather helped business somewhat, also 

 a number of graduations, weddings and 

 tag days in Brockton, Lynn and other 

 cities, which used up a large quantity 

 of flowers. Eoses are arriving much in- 

 ferior in quality compared with a fort- 

 night ago, but are selling better than 

 almost any other flowers. Carnations 

 have varied from 50 cents to $2 per hun- 

 dred of late, some fancies reaching $3. 

 They are getting much smaller, and 



