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July 1, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



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Buff, of Bald Eagle, cut about 5,000 

 blooms for this show. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society held its summer picnic and 

 flower show at University Farm, St. 

 Paul, June 19. About 2,000 vases of 

 flowers were shown. Peonies and peren- 

 nials were there in quantity, almost 

 filling the large gymnasium. D. W. C. 

 Ruff, of Bald Eagle; A. C. Amy, of St. 

 Paul, and H. F. Baker, of Minneapolis, 

 made some fine exhibits of peonies and 

 perennial flowers. From 1,000 to 1,500 

 people visited the show during the day; 

 this was not so many aa usual, because 

 of the rain. 



Various Notes. 



A. W, Lemke is moving into new quar- 

 ters on the Sixth street side of the 

 Hamm building. This is a fine location 

 in a new building in the heart of St. 

 Paul's shopping and theater district. 



Holm & Olson, Inc., St. Paul, are lay- 

 ing out a fine golf course for the Somer- 

 set Club. They will keep a large force 

 of men busy there most of the summer. 



Last week was one continuous rain. 

 Boads are bad and it has had some effect 

 on business. Crops have not been se- 

 riously damaged as yet. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation is planning a trip to the pottery 

 establishment at Bed Wing soon. It 

 also plans, in conjunction with the 

 Minneapolis Florists' Club, to have a 

 picnic at Wildwood park early in Au- 

 gust. 



Greenhouse men have been busy dur- 

 ing the last week or two in getting 

 ready for next season. Good labor is 

 scarce and prices arc too high for the 

 kind of labor available. 



D. T. Mackintosh, gardener at the 

 state prison, Stillwater, has resigned to 

 accept a position in New Jersey. 



The Minneapolis rose garden was 

 scheduled to be inspected June 28 by 

 representatives of the American Rose 

 Society, but heavy rains the night be- 

 fore and also June 28 prevented the in- 

 spection. The garden is in excellent 

 condition and a gteat attraction to 

 Minneapolis people. L. C. 



DISEASED DELPHINIX7MS. 



Please tell me what is the trouble 

 with my delphiniums. The leaves at 

 the top curl up and the buds turn black 

 and blast. What can I do to remedy 

 this condition t A. N. B. — Ind. 



This blight is' often due to climatic 

 conditions, such as extreme heat fol- 

 lowed by low temperatures. It is espe- 

 cially likely to attack plants which 

 have not been divided and replanted 

 for several years. Spraying with Bor- 

 deaux mixture is suggested as a good 

 preventive of this trouble, but it must 

 be applied before blight sets in. 



C. W. 



IRIS BLIGHT. 



I am sending you a loaf of iris. Brown 

 spots appear on the loaves of my plants, 

 and holes seem to rot in the leaves and 

 buds, causing most of them to blight. 

 Can you give me anv remedy "for this? 



C. A. P.— Me. 



This rot or blight is quite prevalent 

 this season, owing to the damp, sunless 

 season experienced until late in June. 

 An occasional change of soil, liming the 

 soil once in three years and spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture on the slight- 



WHO'S WHO 'Al^l AND WHY 



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EDWABD J. McCALLUM. 



UNIQUELY celebrating his twenty-third birthday, September 1, 1908, Edward 

 J. McCallum established a wholesale cut flower business known as the 

 McCallum Co., at 137 Seventh street, Pittsburgh. This, too, in the midst of 

 the only too well remembered financial panic. Most of the wise ones shook their 

 heads, and there were many times when young McCallum thought these same wise 

 ones demonstrated their wisdom in shaking their heads. Ere long, however 

 business began to flourish and at the present time the McCallum Co. is doing a 

 country-wide business, operating two basket factories, a willow furniture factory, 

 wireworks, two artificial flower factories and a range of greenhouses some dis- 

 tance out of the city of Pittsburgh. In addition to these, prosperous branch 

 stores have been established in New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati and San 

 Juan, Porto Rico, and purchasing offices in Paris and Hamburg, in all employing 

 227 people. Mr. McCallum is married and lives in Pittsburgh in an attractive 

 home on Perryville avenue, north side, formerly known as Old Allegheny. 



E. E. S. 



est appearance of trouble will alleviate 

 the trouble somewhat. C. W. 



PROPAGATING SHRUBS. 



When is the proper time to propagate 

 hardy shrubs, such as weigela, spiraea, 

 hydrangea, philadelphus, ribes, etc? 

 What care do they need and how large 

 should the cuttings be? 0. B.— O. 



Half-ripened wood of all the shrubs 

 named will root readily if put in at 

 once. Take small cuttings, preferablv 

 with heels, and remove all leaves but 

 top ones; the latter ean be half re- 

 moved. Put the cuttings in sand or 

 sandy loam. Use a cohlframe, which 



must be kept shaded, and frequently 

 give light sprayings until the cuttings 

 are rooted, when more light and air can 

 be gradually admitted. Later the sashes 

 can be removed. Bunches of ripened 

 shoots can also be taken in early winter, 

 packed in damp sand over winter and 

 lined out in spring in nursery rows, 

 burying the cuttings two-thirds their 

 depth and firming them well. Cuttings 

 an average of eight to nine inches long 

 are desirable for mature wood; much 

 shorter ones with two or three eyes are 

 more desirable to use now. C. W. 



Atchison, Kan.— H. A. Karrasch in- 

 tends to enlarge his greenhouse next 

 fall. 



