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The Florists* Review 



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This time the house was 23xG0 feet in 

 size. About two years later, F. P. Mer 

 rill, a well-known silk man of the coun- 

 try, bccaiiie interested iti the fjrowin^i 

 business and he offered Mr. James iin 

 limited assistance. It was accepted on 

 a ])urely business basis, With the result 

 that the range was enlarged in lOKi. 

 When this addition was completed, 

 there was a range of about 10,000 feet 

 of glass. He also started in to do a re- 

 tail business at that time. In July, 

 191!», he opened a store in the business 

 section of Ilorneli. lu .\pril, 1!»20, he 

 jiurcliased a range of 20, (KM) feet of (rlass 

 at Wellsville, N. V., which is now jirov- 

 ing an extremely useful addition, esjx"- 

 <ially in the growing of roses and cii' 

 ijiit ions. 



The small- greenhouse, tt.xll' feet in 

 si/.e, has grown, in the relatively short 

 time of nine years, to a retail store at 

 JbiiMcll, and the two langes, having ;i 

 'oiiihined glass area of over .'!(I,(K)I) feet. 

 In keeping these various activities go- 

 ing, Mr. James is ably assisted bv his 

 two sons. Mr. James" feels h,'ip[>y and 

 fully rei);iid for having shifted his p|;iii 

 "f living at the age when mos' 

 think they are too olc 

 ing, and he is duly 



tnoved from the dyeing business into 

 the florists' business. And the florists 

 who are his stanch 

 too. 



men 



to do any cliang 

 thankful that he 



•h friends are glad. 



TO WINTER COLEUS. 



I have enough Trailing Queen coleus 

 to make ;"iO,000 cuttings next spring if 

 they will do well, but I have been told 

 that they will not keep through the win- 

 ter. Under projx'r conditions will they 

 kee]) and grow all winter, so fh.at I can 

 root the cuttings for sjiring trade? I 

 notice a white, soft growth appearing 

 on some of my jdants at the joints 

 where the leaves are. What can I do 

 to remedy this? . N. I). V. — S. C. 



To winter coleus successfully, give the 

 plants in winter a minimum teniperii 

 ture of .").■) to 60 degrees and you will 

 have no trouble. ^'ou may be able to 

 carry them over at 4.'j to HO degrees, but 

 you will ])robably lose much foliage un- 

 less the i)lants are watered with care. 

 The niateri.'tl at the joints is. doubtless, 

 a j)est, which is |i;irti;il to coleus, called 



C. G. James. 



mealy bug. The force of cold water 

 driven through :i tine s))ray no/./.le will 

 effectually dislodge it and is the best 

 remedy. Lay the jdants on their si<les 

 .and you will be able to spray them more 

 thoroughly. <'. W. 



STERILIZE YOUR SOIL. 



I'nder separate cover I have sent you 

 a siunple of my cucumber vines. Twen- 

 ty-four hours after they secMn to be in 

 good shape, they will have wilted and 

 died. And my lettuce seems to be 

 similarly affected. Would sterilizing 

 the soil help any? \\ J. CJ.- -Wis. 



auiination of the sample of cucumber 

 sent, as it wiis so comj)letely dried up. 

 The trouble is not at all unusual and, 

 if old soil has been used without steril- 

 ization, such conditions are nearly cer- 

 tain to occur. There is nothing you can 

 do now to save your present crops, but 

 steam sterilization will assuredly pre- 

 vent such trouble in the future. The 

 most successful growers of these two 

 important greenhouse vegetable crops 

 would be forced out of business if they 

 would not sterilize. By all means ster- 

 ilize soil for all vegt'table crops. 



C. W. 



Little co\ild bi' g.aiiied from an ex- 





Range of C. G. James & Son at Wellsville, N. Y. 



GROWING HYDRANGEAS. 



Will you kindly advise me what is 

 the best method of propagating Hydran- 

 gea .arborescens granditlora and H. 

 ]ianiculata granditlora in New York 

 state? Wh.it is the best season for 

 doing it? K. S.— X. Y. 



Hoth Hydraiigeji .arliorescons grandi- 

 tlora .nid 11. p;niiculat;i grandiflora 

 projiagate well in summer from soft- 

 wood cuttings, which can be carried in 

 li.its or ciddfr.imes all winter, or 

 ri|>eiie<| wooil can be utilize(l, which 

 should be cut off in early winter after 

 the foliage has dropped. Cut it in 

 lengths containing not less than three 

 eyes each, tie it in l)undles and pack it 

 in d.nnp e;irth in a cold cellar over 

 winter. In spring line these out in 

 iiursiry rows, cfivering two thirds the 

 length of the cuttings firmly. As li\ 

 dr.inge.'is m.'ike consideraliie growth in .i 

 season, it is well to allow tjot less 

 than fifteen inches between the cut- 

 tings, liy taking summer cuttings, yoti 

 can get large, salalde i)lants the fall 

 el tile I'tdlowing season if the plant.s 

 ;ire ke|it wi'il inlti\ ;ited. (_". W. 



