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The Florists' Review 



Jlnb 21, 1917. 



stnlli'il. It iv -'Imwii in ilii' ;iiTi iiii| iitiiy- 

 ili;^ illll^t r;it lull. (';ii,U with tlir |iliiitii 

 f;i;i|i|iN ilcsimuit. .1 W;i^hi ll^t mi ;i> tlir 



' ■ t'lHilhlrl', ' ■ I .iilrdlli t he • ' (IcrniiliT, 

 IIImI W'iKiill 1 lie ■ ■ I'lntcrtnr ' " n\ tile 



(.■(Hint IV. Till' ^iiiiillrr ll;i^^ in tlir ^li- 



|i|;i.\ were kepi \\;i\ iii;^ \>y cU'etric fans. 

 It pin\c.| 1(1 lie ;t L;ic;it advc'i'tiseiueut, 

 ;i> it ■ • iiKiili' the |ir(i|ilr cdme l>v, ' ' to use 

 Ml. stiikis" (iwii cN |ircssi(iii, ill siicli 

 iiiiiiiIm IS ;i-. Ill iiiaiiN tiiiirs lildclv the sule- 

 walU. 



Co., of Orleans, Franee, and was nain. 

 (leoii^e l^lj^er, not El^^ar. Tlie ])resei.. 

 of tlie two "e's" should add to tlie e; 

 in reineinberiiifij the spelling. Can \ 

 pardon so atrocious a pun? 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive coinmittee of the Am 

 ican Kose Society Avill hold a meeting 

 I'liiladelphia during the nurserynu 

 con\ ention. Tiie meeting will be h- 

 June 27 at the City Clul), .'513 8o : 

 Broad street, at 1 o'clock. Anyone 

 terested in the rose society as a r , 

 grower will be welcomed at the meetin 

 as the American Kose Society is an <■ 

 cellcnt advertising agency for grow, 

 of roses and rose bushes. 



lieiijamin llaniinond. Sec 'v. 



RED RADIANCE IN MISSISSIPPI. 



In t lie UKiMt li iif .1 Illy. llMti. [ lionglit 

 fjiKi L''^.-iiicli l{e(| Hadian<-e rose plnuts 

 and ]dant('d tiiem in a bcndi at nucc. 

 'i'licy iii;iil(' w ninlrii'iilh- strung growtli 

 anil by Sept enibrr \\ i i c iiriiduciug sal 

 able bidiiiiis. Ill ()rtiiln'r I |iro|iagatci| 

 l.Hdii cuttings I'liiui them, ami by I >e 

 ccMibcr tlic niiL;iii;il plants weir pro- 

 diiring tirstcl;iss. buii: stcinmeil lildi.ms, 

 I'or ^vlli(•ll I ic;ili/.ii| twice as much as 

 for Jiiidiiudnd. In the last part of I>e- 

 cembcr I |l^llp;l^,•lt cd L'.odn mure cut 

 tings. The stdck plants continued to 

 make (iiic gniwth and iirdducc cxcid- 

 lent bldOMis. Miiich I I ii^nl ;ill dt' the 

 wood, putting iiitu the sand l^.i'mi cut 

 tings, dt' which nrnily f\ cry diic rddtcd. 

 Then I lifti'il tlic phint^ and put tliem 

 diit ill the d|icii lic!i|, iiiiilcr .a Skinner 

 iiiigating system. They are imw cum 

 meiicing td bldiiiii, ;iiii| I i|ii iidt hesi 

 t;ite td s;iy tli;it h'ed l\;ii I ia lice is the 

 bevt led ruse, Imlli I'nr I'lilrin;^ aild dllt- 



ddur Iddiiiiiiiii;. tli;il I tia\i' e\ er seen. 



Aiiidii;^ its ^iiiiil i|ii;i lit ies, in my d|iin- 

 idii, are these: It prmlnces ->alable 

 blddin^ thirty il;i\s ejiilier than Hiidi- 

 nidinl in the t';ill. and ciuitiniies in lldwer 

 thirty to sixty days jdiiger in the 

 sjiiing. It is titty per cent inure \ alu- 

 able tli.-in must nther \arieties. It is 

 a free, stiiuiL; L^iiiwer and blodiner. It 

 i^ nut subject Id mildew; sulphur on 

 the pipes or dusted dii the f(diage early 

 in the fall will piexcnt mildew entirely. 



I am |il,'iiiting under gl.-iss this sum- 

 mer, fur next winter's blooming, S.Oiid 

 Red Kadiance and .".((.(kmi Jiadiance. 

 They are without (picstion the best roses 

 I'lir this climate, in the \ icinity of 

 <'dlinnbus. Miss. Often in midwinter 

 the diitdddi- at iniisphere here is sindi 

 tli.-it "'it is tdii warm to tire ami too 

 d;imp iidt to lire."' Kadiance stands 

 tlies(> cdiidit idii-^ better than any (dher 

 \;iriety and is in e\cry w;iy better than 

 Kichiiidiiil and Killaniey. The thing 1 

 need wdist iidw is a white Radiance. 



T. (;. Owen. 



ITS NAME IS GEORGE ELGER. 



This little item li;e- ret'ereiu-e td the 



spelling lit' a name ;ini| so will iidt inter- 

 est reader^ w Im regard nuestidUs nf nr- 

 tliography as mi'ie trilles, unworthy of 



L;idwn men's atteiitinn. .Many people 

 lielieNc they lia\e no time to wnsti', as 

 they Wdiild say, in simply juggling with 

 ihe letters of the .'ilidialiet and trying to 

 didp eaidi individual letter iiiio its 

 pidper |ilace. If so ein|do\'eil. many 

 slreiiiidiis business men would feid too 

 much like (diildien playing with lettert'd 

 blocks. .Most of the siiccessiul estai)- 

 lislimeiits, lidwe\ er, are so widl organ- 

 i/.ed that e\ciy little detail ;if tlu' busi- 

 ness, including the s|ieHing ol' names, is 

 attended to car(d'iilly by some member 

 of the l'dic(>. lU'iice, when the jiroprie- 

 tdis dt such an estaldishment issue a 

 cataldgue, the names of the listed va- 

 rieties dt' std(d\ are usually sp(dled cor- 

 rectly. And the accuracy of the cata- 

 liiLiiie is a reason tor Just pride. 



Tli;it brings us to the point at issue. 

 In some of the recent catalogues the 

 pii|iiilar little yellow |iolyantha or baby 

 rambler rose, (ieiuge I-]lger, is referrcMl 

 td as KIgar, with an ''a"' in the second 

 syllable instead ot' an ' ' e. " ' The rc)se 

 was dii^inated in I'.M:!, li\- K. "I'lirbat cV 



A RED CROSS BED. 



I want to make a tlower beil wit 

 a red cross in the center. What woul 

 be the best ]dants to use for the cross 

 Something bright red is wanted. "Wha 

 wmild be the liest plants to us(> for whiti 

 and blue.' C. !■:. IL— 111. 



rs(> Alteriianlhera brilliantissinia fo. 

 the red cross. I'or blue, one of tin 

 dwarf ageratums, such as Stella Gurney, 

 would prove more rtdiable than blue 

 lobcdia, although the latter is decidedly 

 tli(> bidtei- blue. For white, Alyssuiii 

 Little (iem wiuild be suitable. C. W. 



POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



When is the proper time to take ])oin- 

 settia cuttings so as to have jilants in 

 ;; iiudi and -l-inidi pots in bloom at 

 Christmas.' S. L. Ij. — la. 



Cuttings of pdinsettias for ;i-iiich and 

 1 inch jiots need not go in until early 

 August. Von cannot, of course, have 

 as fine jilants frcun late cuttings as when 

 the\' are put in during .Ma\' and .Fune. 



C. W. 



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§1 SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 

 ^' FOR SOUTHERN FLORISTS 



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MUMS IN THE SOUTH. 



Cultural Notes for Summer. 



The end df .liiiie sliiiiild find all the 

 chrysanthemums ]il;inted out. Muih 

 has been written dii the subject of 

 raised beds \ ersiis siilid beds. In the 

 siiuth the sdlid lied, especially t'lir 

 (diiysant hemums. has ;ill the best of 

 the ;irguinent. Along the gulf coast, 

 where the atmosphere is sd humid and 

 hdt. the plants reipiire to bi' s[>rayed 

 several times a da\', and the walks also 

 should be dampened well. When spray- 

 ing the plants bear in mind not to 

 spray always froni the same side of the 

 bed, but td dd it frmn both sides; 

 dtheiwise the b;ick mw will liave sm.all 

 and thin f(diage and the Ibiwers will be 

 much undersi/.ed. 



The sjiraying must be kept u|i until 

 the buds are ready td >hdw cidor, as the 

 red sjiider is apt to appear, and when- 



ever spider comes it is good-bye salable 

 (lowers. IMa(d< and green Hies are best 

 kept down by using one of the tobacco 

 sprays regularly say every ten days. 

 It is most important to have the 

 plants thdrdiighly (dean of this pest by 

 the time the buds show color; other- 

 wise much loss will result, reihaps the 

 worst ]iest (if the mum is tlirips. The 

 minute that the nights begin to get 

 a little cddl tliri]is seem to hunt winter 

 (piarteis in the greenhouse, and in 

 spite df the greatest care they gen- 

 erally dd a Idt (if damage. 



Disinfectants and rertilizers. 



Kegular biwe(d\ly sprayings with 

 tdbaccd extracts should be given from 

 the time the bud is tiikcii until it shows 

 (•(dor. Tobacco stems should also be 

 used fretdy in the walks and on the 

 wire supports. The idea is to keep a 

 strong t(diacco smell in the houses at 

 all times, so that thrips will kee|i out. 



