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The Florists' Review 



23 



ROOTING LADDIE. 



l.iist soasfin was the first time that 

 wo have grown Laddie and we did not 

 have the success in j)r(ij)agatiiif; that 

 we should have liked to have. We were 

 able to root but a small percentage of 

 the cuttings we made. 



Will you please give us all the advice 

 that you cm regarding the taking of 

 these cuttings and the rooting of them. 

 l>f) they require any special treatment, 

 particularlv in the matter of heat? 



H. G.— X. Mcx. 



Your experience in rooting Laddie 

 is not unusual. We know of no one who 

 has been able to propagate it as suc- 

 ressfully as other \arieties. It is one 

 of the most dillicult \arieties to propa- 

 gate we have ever come across. We 

 iia\e struck mjiny good batches, but 

 :ibout the time we think we know just 

 how to handle it. we los(> a batch. Others 

 r( jKprt the same exjicrience. AVe tind 

 tliat good-sized cuttings, if fairly well 

 hardened, will root best. After select- 

 ing such cuttings, give them just a little 

 rloser attention than the other varieties 

 need and you will fare about as well 

 as the rest of us. Small side shoots 

 from the blooming stems do not root 

 wvW. Laddie cuttings will never sell 

 as clieajily as those of other varieties, 

 on accoiiiit of the (lilli(iilt\' in rooting 

 them. A. F. .T. R. 



disinfect the house thoroughly before 



refilling. Bordeaux mixture is the 



standard r<'medv for this tvpe of ilis- 

 ease. " A. F. J. B. 



FAIRY RING ON CARNATIONS. 



I am sending y(ni tour carnation 

 plants, two of White Wonder and two 

 of Matchless. Two of these plants .arc 

 liadly inf{>cte(l with a disease of some 

 kind, while two are in their earlier 

 stages. 



This disease started in the center of 

 the Matchless bench. It seemed to 

 liave covered the entire width of the 

 bench and ;i sp.ace jibout four feet in 

 length before 1 noticed it, and then, for 

 about a month, it did not seem to go any 

 farther. However, I now notice a 

 s]irinkling of it in different parts of 

 the bench and it lias also spread across 

 to the bench on each sid(> of the one in 

 which it originally started. 



I 'an you advise what this is and what 

 can be done for it .' J. I. — it. 



Tlie plants submitted are badly af- 

 !eite(l by fairy ring. This disease is 

 usually brought on by excessive luimiil 

 ity. Too much overhead watering or 

 -playing in hot weather is f reipiently 

 •hi' cause. It beloiic< to the spot (li^ 

 •asi's :iiiil shdiibl lie tre.'itcd the same 

 \vay. but it is one of the worst of this 

 'lass of diseases, as it s]ircads rapidl\- 

 :t conditions are laxorable to it. It 

 would probably not pay to combat it 

 on your (dd stock now. :is the season is 

 •oo far gone. Better rip out the worst 

 affected jdaiits and burn them, unless 

 you are ready to tear out the whole bed 

 or house. In case you decide on tlie 

 latter, it will give you a chance to 



,;ii'l -pi.iy the plants thoroughly. K'e- 

 |ie;it alter a good 1-aiii or in a week 1 1' 

 there i> no riiin. It' you)' plants need 

 t<ippii'g, ciiiry along a. basket ami t.ake 

 the tops away fi-om the liebl. hi that 

 way \ (Ml will eliminate a large per- 

 centage of the sjdders, as they usually 

 keep rather close to the til) leaves. 



.\fter benching these plants, ]uit on 

 the siipjiorts immediately, so yon can 

 syringe them thoroughly right from the 

 start. The plants will neecl spraying, 

 anyway, and they will take Indd better 

 if freed from this pest. .\. F. .T. f'.. 



SPIDER ON CARNATIONS. 



The ciirnation plant which I have 

 sent is an example of how my carna- 

 tions are affected. They are growing 

 all right, but some of the foliage seems 

 to curl. Tliey are growing in the field. 

 Will von t(di me what is wrong with 

 them.' O. G.— O. 



Your carnations are infested with red 

 sjiider, caused by the continued hot, 

 dry weather, which seems to have been 

 general through a large pjirt of the 

 middle west. There may have been a 

 few str.ay spiders on the ]ilants when 

 they were set out. Ordinarily, the 

 s|iring rains will destroy any that are 

 brought out from the greenhouse, but 

 the absence of rains this wear ga\(' the 

 spider an ojiport unity to multildy. 

 There will be niuch red spider bnuight 

 into the greenhouses this sninmer. 



It is difficult to combat this pest in 

 the field, due to the absence of water 

 for syringing as is done in the house. 

 Spraying with salt water is about the 

 next best course. I'ut a Clinch )iotful 

 of oieliiiarv salt in two ffallons of water 



TREATING BROWN SCALE. 



I am sending you two fronds from a 

 Boston fern. These are badly affected 

 with some sort of scale. The affection 

 starts with a sticky substance the c(dor 

 of w.ater and later these brown-coloreil 

 scales appear. Will you please tell me 

 what this trouble is and how I can 

 guard ag.ainst it in the future? 



D. F. r.— Colo. 



The fern fronds arc badly infested 

 with the common lirown scale, an in- 

 sect that spreads rapidly at almost all 

 seasons of the year. The worst fronds 

 should be cut off and burneil and then 

 a regular course of spraying carried on. 

 One of the nicotine extracts advertised 

 for treating ]dants may be used in solu- 

 tion for sfiraying, using the prepara- 

 tions as directed liy the makers, but, 

 whatever is used, it is safest to do the 

 spraying on a cloudy day or in the 

 evening, for strong sunshine sometimes 

 injures the tender tips of the fern 

 fronds .after thev have been spra\-ed. 



W. li. T. 



PRECOCIOUS CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



My chrysantheniunis oiit<loors are 

 blooming now, in June. They were 

 taken out of the grouiul in the early 

 part of March and the promising 

 sfiniuts cut off and jnit out in well jire 

 pare<l trenches tfi grow roots, which 

 they did rapidly, and th«>n were trans- 

 planted to beds to rem.ain there. These 

 cuttings are now, with few exceptions, 

 in bloom or budding to bloom. 1 

 ne\ cr had it happen before and am at a 

 loss to understand it. We had mibl 

 weather in Alarch and A)iril aiol every- 

 thing giTw rajnilly. T. W.- Tex. 



Will you jdease tell me what is th(> 

 m;itter with my mums.' T jilanteil them 

 • Inne 10. They are budding and I foidi 

 off thi' bud and all the new lireaks h;i\-e 

 binl-. (hicftaiii and Oconto are the va- 

 lieties. I li;i,,. sunie just as early and 

 they are all right. I had to buy all the 

 stock. This has nexcr h.appeiied to nu' 

 before ;md I have grown mums I'cir a 

 yood many years. Would it be a.lvis- 

 able to keep piiudiing them until projier 

 time to take the bud.' .1. A. — Kan. 



hard, will run into bud in nine cases 

 out of ten. Conditions in the spring 

 seem to be just about the siime as con- 

 ditions in the fall so far as bringing 

 mums into bloom is concerned. 



We have on occasions had .a good 

 batidi of mum flowers in the early ]iart 

 of -May, but tli(> iiiitur.al blooming time 

 of the mums is fall and I must confess 

 that the spring flowers we hail were 

 not a commercial pro])osition and there- 

 tdre I have ne\er bothered repeating 

 the oper.atioii. 



The (uily thing I can suggest is to 

 keep the buds tightly piiudiecl oft and 

 cut the I'lants down to within a I'ew 

 ini-hes of the ground and most kincls 

 will almost imniediat<d>' iHiidnce une 

 (•r two sni-kers from the around, which 

 will grow up and Lrive entirely s;itis 

 factorv ilowcrs next f;i!l. » '. II. T. 



It is by no means unusual to ha\-e 

 mums run to bud in May and .Iiine; in 

 fact, stock that is rooted in Februarv 

 :ind grown along, if permitted to gi't 



SHADING IS NEEDED. 



I'o r hry santhemiini i-ultiu;;s rei|uire 

 sh.-nling during the whide time they arc 

 root i lie.' \v. G,_lo. 



\'rs. the chrysaiitliemnm cuttings 

 should be sl];i,||.(] (hiring sunshine until 

 they are rooted. There are some cut- 

 tings, ger.anium, for example, which 

 root much better if given no shade at 

 all. C. W. 



