Febkuauy 9, 1922 



The Florists* Review 



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outdoors, pinching them until about 

 the end of August. A good size of pot 

 is 8-inch. Place the plants in a cold 

 greenhouse before the frost comes and 

 feed them well until the flowers start 

 to open. C. W. 



GYPSOPHILA FOR WINTER. 



How is it best to handle gypsophila 

 for flowering in the winter in a green- 

 house? B. & B.— Ore. 



Gypsophila elegans is not a satis- 

 factory winter bloomer, but successional 

 sowings made in flats once a fortnight, 

 commencing in October, will give flowers 

 from the end of February until June. 

 Flower the plants in flats containing 

 four inches of soil or in quite shallow 

 benches. A couple of inches of soil suf- 

 fice in the benches and a flat, 4x12x24, 

 will hold seventy-five seedlings pricked 

 out. A shelf is ideal for flats. 0. W. 



MITE AVOIDS LILIES. 



We have calla and Easter lilies in the 

 same house with cyclamen plants. They 

 are not doing well. Would mite inter- 

 fere with the growth of the lilies and 

 callas? P. G.— Ind. 



Mite does not affect lilies and callas. 

 Feed the callas well. A surfacing of 

 fine bone once in ten days will be rel- 

 ished. These and lilies will do well 

 in a temperature of 55 degrees at night. 



C. W. 



RUINED BY CYCLAMEN MITE. 



We have had trouble with our cycla- 

 mens this season. The small buds just 

 coming from the bulb dry up after mak- 

 ing a height of one or two inches. We 

 have watered the plants carefully and 

 the soil seems to be all right, but they 

 go just the same. Will you tell us what 

 the trouble is and suggest a remedy? 



T. & O.— O. 



You probably have mite on your cyc- 

 lamens and it is doubtful whether it 

 will pay you to bother with them fur- 

 ther. This trouble annually ruins many 

 thousands of cyclamens, even the best 

 growers not being immune. Thorough 

 cleanliness is necessary in the culture 

 of this plant and frequent fumigation 

 and spraying with a nicotine solution 

 are necessary to guard against attacks of 

 mite. Dipping the plants showing any 

 signs of mite has proved efficacious; a 

 mixture of nicotine and soap is the best 

 for this purpose. It would be advisable 

 to throw away the diseased i)lants and 

 to start again with a new stock. 



C. W. 



PINCHING BACK MUMS. 



At what stage of growth should mums 

 be pinched back, so that tlioy will not 

 UTovr too tall and so that they will bloom 

 bv November 1 ? I. E. A. — La. 



Tiie manner in which nuiins are being 

 grown makes some difference as to when 

 they should be pinched back and why, 

 but, under average conditions, if they 

 are planted in a greenhouse bench and 

 the head room is quite limited, they can 

 1)0 pinched back to the last week in 

 •Tune, the pinching being done with the 

 thumb and finger in the soft wood, so 

 the plants can break away quickly. It 

 is entirely wrong to let the plant make 



OLIVER E. STEINKAMP. 



BEING suddenly shoved up with the bright lights of the trade, among the oflicers 

 of the American Carnation Hociety, makes one feel a little out of ])lace and 

 blink a trifle, said Oliver E. Steinkanij) when congratulated on his election to 

 the office of secretary of the American Carnation Society. But those who know 

 him will recognize that this is just Mr. Steinkamp's modest and humorous way of 

 regarding such honor and responsibility. He is quite used to the strong light that 

 pervades such places, for he was nine years the secretary of the State Florists' 

 Association of Indiana, one of the largest and most active of state organizations. 

 During his term of office several of the national organizations of the trade were 

 successfully entertained by the Hoosier florists, and he w.as among the most ener- 

 getic in assuring the success of those events. Born in Kichniond, Ind., Mr. Stein- 

 kamp was employed as a h.'ink cl(>rk in that town until liHU Upon the retire- 

 ment of Mr. Smith from the firm of Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, he became a part- 

 ner of A. F. .1. Baur and today the name of Baur & Stcink.-imp is known wherever 

 carnations are grown. 



n long, straggly growth and flieu cut 

 it back. Keep the soft growth piuchci! 

 back and then the lin.al slioots can be 

 thinned out to one, two, three or a 

 dozen, as the case may be, and then the 

 l>lant can be permitted to grow along. 

 If the jdants have their final pinching 

 the last week in .lune, tliiv will still 

 be in sullicii'iit time for blooming No- 

 vember 1. C. II. T. 



agreement carrying a thirty per cent 

 wage reduction for window glass work- 

 ers in every i)art of the country follow- 

 ing a four days' joint conference at 

 Cleveland. The manufacturers at first 

 asked a forty-five per cent reduction. 

 The association mills have been idle 

 since January 4, Frank Bastine, chair- 

 man of the manufacturers' wage com- 

 mittee, said, but ar.' now ready to re- 

 sume oix'rat ions. 



GLASS WORKERS' WAGES DROP. 



Rejiresentatives of the National Win- 

 dow (JIass Workers' Association anil the 

 National Association of Window Glass 

 Manufacturers last " week signed an 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Frederick S. Peck, of Barrington, 

 K. I., has been adjudged the most suc- 

 cessful exhibitor of horticultural prod- 



