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The Rorists^ Review 



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RulT, of 15:il(l Eaglo, cut about 5,000 

 blooms for this show. 



The Minnesota Htato Horticultural 

 Society held its snminer picnic and 

 flower show at University Farm, St. 

 Paul, June 10. About. 2,000 vases of 

 flowers were shown. Peonies and jteren- 

 nials were there in quantity, almost 

 filling the large gymnasium. D. W. C. 

 KufF, of Raid Kagie; A, 0. Arny, of St. 

 I'aul, and H. F. Baker, of Minnea]iolis, 

 made some fine exhibits of ix'onies and 

 jiorennial flowers. From 1,000 to 1,500 

 people visited the show during the day; 

 this was not so many as usual, because 

 of the rain. 



Various Notes. 



A. W. Lemke is moving into new quar- 

 ters on the Sixth street side of the 

 Hainm building. This is a fine location 

 in a new building in the heart of St. 

 I'aul's shopping and theater district. 



Holm & Olson, Inc., St. I'aul, 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. 

 Koads are bad and it has had some effect 

 on business. Croiis have not been se- 

 riously damaged as yet. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 , elation is iTlanning a trip to the pottery 

 establishment at Red Wing soon. It 

 also plans, in conjunction with the 

 Minneapolis Florists' Club, to have a 

 'jiicnic at Wildwood park early in Au- 

 gust. 



(Jreenliouse men have been busy dur- 

 ing the last week or two in getting 

 ready for next season. Good labor is 

 scarce and jirices are too high for the 

 kind of labor available. 



D. T. Alackintosh, gardener at the 

 state prison, Stillwater, has resigned to 

 accojit a jiosition in New Jersey. 



The Minne.-ipolis rose garden was 

 scheduled to be inspected June 28 by 

 representatives of the American Hose 

 Soc-iety, but heavy rains the night be- 

 fore and also June 28 prevented the in- 

 spection. The garden is in excellent 

 condition and a great attraction to 

 Minneapcdis jK'ojile. I^. C. 



DISEASED DELPHINIUMS. 



Please tell me what is the trouble 

 with my ilel].hiiiiums. The leaves at 

 the to]) curl u}» and the buds turn lilack 

 and blast. What can 1 do to j-.tuiedv 

 this cnndilion? A. N. P. — Ind. 



This blight is often due tn cliiiint i,' 

 conditions, sii(di as extimi.' Iieat fid 

 lowed by low temiieratures. It is espe 

 cially likely to atta/k plants whieh 

 have not lieen ilivfiled mid iri.lantcd 

 for several y(>ars. Sjir.iyiug with Ho;- 

 deaux mixtiir<' is suggcstcci ;ts a od.i.l 

 preventive of Ihis trouble, but it must 

 be applied before bjii^ht -^I't-; in. 



' ( '. W. 



IRIS BLIGHT. 



T am sending you a leat' of iris. I'.rown 

 sjiots apjicar on the leaves of my plants, 

 aiul holes seem to ro; in the leaves ;Mid 

 buds, causing most of tlieiii to blight. 

 Can you give me anv remedv for this.' 



('. A.' P. M.'. 



This rot or lilighl j^ (|nite prev:il(>ii t 

 this season, owing to the damp, siinle><s 

 season experienced until late in .June. 

 An occasional (diange of s(ul, liming the 

 soil once in three years and spraying 

 with l'.orde;iux mixture on the sli'dit 



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WHO'S WHO "^U^ AND WHY 



EDWARD J. McCALLUM. 



UNK^rKLV eelel. rating his twenty-tliir(T"fc'rrthday, Seiit.iulier 1, I'.tns. K.lward 

 J. MeCallum establislied a wholesale cut flower business knnwii as th(> 

 MeCallum < 'o., at i;;7 Seventh street, Pittsburgh. This, too, in the midst of 

 the only too well remembered tinanrial panic, .\lost of the wise ones shook .their 

 heads, and there were many times when young MeCallum thought these sairu' wi>e 

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

 business began to flourish and at the juesent time the MeCallum Co" is doing a' 

 i-ountry-wide business, oj>erating two Ipasket faett)ries, a willow furniture factorv, 

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

 Ky^nce out of the city of Pittsburgh. In addition to these, prosperous branch 

 stores have been established in New N'ork, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati and San 

 Juan, Porto liico, and |iuichasing (illlces in I'aris and ll;imburg, in all emploving 

 2l'7 i>eoj)le. .M i-. .Mcialluni is married and li\e< in I'ittsburgh in an attractive 

 home on Perry.ille avenue, nortli side, formerly known as Old .\ lle:;]ien v. 



K. K. S. 



est appe.-iraihi' of trouble \\il1 allexiate 

 the trouble somewhat. I '. W. 



PROPAGATING SHRUBS. 



^^ hen is the jiroper time to pidpa^ati* 

 hardf shrubs, such as weio,.];,, spii-jea, 

 hydrangea, phila<lelphus. ribes. ,.tc.' 

 \Vh;it care do they need and how Large 

 should theVuttJngs be.' C. P.— <). 



Jlalll^pened wooil of all the shrubs 

 named will K.ot re.adily i/ put in at 

 ""(■0. Take sm.-ill cuttings. pret'eraMv 

 with heels, and remove all leaves but 

 '"'I' ones; (lie latter can b.' half re- 

 moved. Put the cuttings in sand or 

 ^andy loam. I'se a lohlfraine, which 



must be kept shade. |, an.l frequently 

 •j.i\r IJLiht s|. ravings until the cutting's 

 are rooted, when more light and air can 

 be gradually adnutted. Later the sashes 

 can be removed. Bunches of ri|>ened 

 shoots can also be taken in early winter. 

 |>;i(d<e(| in damp sand oxer winter ;ind 

 lined (Mit in spring in nursery rows, 

 burying the cuttings two-thirds their 

 depth and firming them well. Cuttings 

 an ;i\ci-age of eight to nine inches long 

 are desirable tor mature wood: much 

 shorter one- with two or three eves are 

 more ilesirable to u-^e now . ( '. \V. 



Atchison. Kan.— H. A. Karrasc h in- 

 tends to eul.-irge his greenhouse next 

 fall. 



