Jim-; lis, I'.ir 



The Florists^ Review 



Two Acres of Frames Like These, With Slatted Covers for Use in Summer, Will Winter a Quarter Million A;^aleas. 



f^atc'd aspidistras, this \;iri('ty liciii^ 

 simply a vaiiatioii troiii tlu' (iri^iiial 

 green type. A strong' soil somet iiiies 

 will cncouray*' the iialiit nl' icxcitiii^ 

 to the f^i'een t'ortn. ami it is i|iii1c pes 

 sible that this may ha\e liaci ^omethiiii; 

 to do with the ehaii^c in your stock. 

 There is little that can lie dmic tn\\;iril 

 altei'iii}^- this cmidit ion, cxii'iit to Liive 

 the plants a t'air amuniit i>\' li^ht and 

 not to (pxcrfecd them. \V. II. T. 



sprinklinj^ that the croiis will ifi|inri. 

 The use of ;i comjiarat i \('ly ■^niall 

 amount id' water at lon;^ intcixal- would 

 permit the use of water that would Im' 

 unsafe to use if lar^c amounts wcir ;ip 

 |died at frecpieut iut.Txals. 



We Would ci'lt .•( i id \ advice L;le;it c-;tre 



.'iliout relying on the w;itei- fi-mu ilu' 

 test \\(dl. whatever the li;ive with w hieh 

 the (hlorine i-~ eonddued, for .■inxthin^ 

 moll' lli;ill .•Ml oreii >ii iii;i 1 li'^lit Npliu 



kliiiu. T. 



CHLORINE IN THE WATER. 



The watiM' (ui this i>l;iiid all eon 

 tains more oi- less (ddoriiie. What is 

 the maximum |ierceiita;ii' ot' this eus 

 that water can contain and still In- tit 

 for watering' a "^cneial iiiii of plants in 

 the open.' I am usin;; la i n wuter t'or 

 the potted stock. The (dtv water shows 

 o\(M ;;, 11(111 parts of (dilorine in ] ,(i(i;i,ii(iii 

 and I ha\'e found it li;nnil'u! to ninny 

 jdants. .\ t<'st W(dl 1 dii:; rei-ently ccm 

 tains l.fWId pnrts in 1 ,(mio.imiii. Will this 

 water lie sa t'e to use.' Hevi.les ;i til'eat 

 xai'iety (d' tropicnl ;iiid ^nlit ropie;i I 



plants, I j^row nlidUt two .-lelev nt' \ I'^e 



tallies during' the winter and I am es 

 jii'ciallx' anxious to yet water for tiie-e. 

 Any int'orma t ion nou can '^\\f me will 

 lie mihdl ajiprecda t ed. < > . I '. I"l;i. 



.Inst how inucdi chlorine iu;iy s.-ifdy \n- 

 contained in watei- wiM depend laryid\ 

 upon the salts with whi< li it is cdiii 

 Idiieil. Most commonly it i-- united 

 with sodium, t'ormin;^ ciuiimon ^alt. 

 When that is the case e\ en one t'oiirth 

 as miiidi as is <-(intained in the water 



from the test well WdllM lie illjuiiolls, 



;iii(| since this salt wmild accumulate iu 



the soil, the climiliatixe idfert WdllM 



make it iins.-ife to use ;iu\thiny like 

 even the aliove comparatively small 

 amount. .\notlier factor that sliuiild 



lie col|si(|i'| rd is the ;illlollllt ol' r;i i 11 t';i 1 1 . 



or r;itlier the amount ol' i rrii;;! t i iii; o, 



ODCN LETTEI^-A"'" EJEADED3 



CAPRICIOUS WEATHER IN SOUTH. 



The ii'lllf const section li;|s lieell up 



a;;ainst it nearly a year. Since the 

 trojiical hurricane of -luly •", ll'lti, the 

 wi'ather lias heen so uiiseason.alde th.it 

 wc do not kimw wli.at to expect next. 

 After the hurricane there were lloods 

 lor ;i month. .\earl\' four months ii\' 

 droiiyht t'ollowed. Then in \ii\eiiilier 

 came ;i t'ree/e, wliitdi Was t'olliiwed li\" 

 ;i Inioi iiially w.-irm weather. I'lduu.iry I 

 there w;is .aiiotln'r t'ree/e, whicli pr.acti 

 cally (deaneil up c.aldiaLie and otlu'i- 

 t iiick ^.a rdeii crojis. Snmniei ^\e;itlier 

 followcil until .March I, wlieu ;iL;aiii 

 there was a free/,e. The we.atlier duriiiL; 

 March ;iiid April w;is ,iddei than 

 it had lieeii 111 |t'M-emliei .and .l.anu.aiv. 



There had I ii luit little I'aiii sin,-, 



Apiil I .and that in s<-atterei| sli,,\\,.rs. 

 .lanuaiv 1 to .lune '2'.', there li.ad lieen a 

 -hoita^;e ol' ra i n t'a 1 1 in .Muliile el' neire 

 t lia II t W I'l \ e i llchi'S ill till' r.ace cj' the 



t'.act that there had lieeii se\er;il rains 



thele, lillt these li;|(! Hot leached our 

 sert ioll, t'orty I'olir lll i les ;i \\ a \ . 



The drought, which h.ad hasted iie;irl\- 

 three inunths prim to .lijiie i!.',, .|id L;ieat 

 d;im,aL;e to rn.ps, especiallx s,',',] and 



luilli crops. It was interesting to note 

 dune l';; hiiw siicji a drought affects 

 different plants and Imw much ol' it 

 SI iiiii- c;i II st and. 



< a id i n.al (dim Ihis did not srcin to 

 suffer ,at .all .and sum,' lipe si'eds were 



e.athered .llllle I'.t. TlieV Wele lUakillL,^ li 



\ iL;iiriiUs Ljiciw t h. 



.\I iilll i liy t^ hilies Wire ijiiin;.; .allllnst 



iiiitliiny and inomi llow ers h.ad imt come 



IJainliiiw hiliisi-iis w;is in.akiu;^ ii ;^oiod 

 growth, .althoiiyli this tyjie nl' hiliiscus 

 is .a ii,ali\e ol' d.'unp loc;it ioUs. It inad<; 

 a medium :iioutli duriiiL; the diou;rlit 

 anil w.'is .'I in.'is- nf liluoni in white and 

 all tints oi' Ills,' .and jdnk. 



Tio' d.asjiei'n, auotiier wet -'_naiiind 

 plant, had kept u|i ,a f.air erowth and 

 w;is stini'liiiL; the i|roUL;lil miudi Ketter 



t ll.a II We ex I lect ed. 



<'aiiiia had st, md still .and had made 

 pr.act ii-.allv no growth. 1' ndoii lit e.l I \ it 

 had m.ade som,. rout growth .and wlnn 

 r.ain c.anie, it w.as expiit. d tli.at it would 

 impiov e r.apidiv . 



It w.as ,a iplestinli dune L':; jmw iiiiii'li 



lunger ,aii\ pl;ints e,,ii|,| siii\i\,- with 

 out r.'iiii .and :i Ll^eat dcil of ram wmiM 



