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Ai'Kil. 27, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



able quantity of bedding stock. What is 

 the cause of this appearance? 



H. F. B.— Minn. 



It would be an exceedingly difficult 

 matter to grow geraniums in the same 

 house with roses, carnations, cinerarias, 

 lilies, etc., as you mention, and have 

 them remain in good health. One or the 

 other of these plants must sufifer, and it 

 is likely to be the one to which the sur- 

 rounding conditions are the least con- 

 genial. In your case the geraniums seem 

 to have been the ones that suffered. It 

 is suggested that as soon as the lilies 

 are out of the way, and you can possibly 

 do so, you give the geraniums a space 

 where they can have a lower tempera- 

 ture and more air than it is possible to 

 permit where roses are grown. M. PT 



SPOTS SHOW WRONG TREATMENT. 



We have mailed you two 4-inch gera- 

 niums, which you are kindly requested 

 to examine, and determine, if possible, 

 what causes the dried-up condition of 

 their leaves. About five per cent of 

 our S. A. Nutt stock is affected in this 

 manner, and we are at a loss to under- 

 stand why this particular variety only 

 should be affected. We also fail to un- 

 derstand why this condition should pre- 

 vail only intermittently. How can we 

 overcome this condition? 



F. F. c— ni. 



It appears that these geranium plants 

 are forced beyond their sej^son. 

 Whether this condition is due to a too 

 high temperature or to a rich soil, it is 

 impossible to determine from the ap- 

 pearance of the plants. The roots and 

 the stems of the plants appear to be in 

 a healthy condition, but the leaves show 

 a soft growth. It is difficult to say why 

 some of the plants should show signs of 

 disease in spots, unless it is where they 

 have received overhead watering at 

 some time or other. The trouble that so 

 many growers have with their gera- 

 niums is generally caused by treating 

 the plants too tenderly in the way of 

 high temperature and an overabundance 

 of water. It is suggested that you ex- 

 amine closely the treatment to which 

 the plants are being subjected and see 

 if more air and less water, together 

 with a lower temperature, will not help 

 to remedy the trouble. 



GERANIUMS DOING POORLY. 



I wonder if I have been watering my 

 Poitevine geraniums too heavily? They 

 were purchased as rooted cuttings in 

 January and flourished in 2-inch pots, 

 but since I have repotted into 3-inch 

 pots, the leaves turn red and die. They 

 are on & sunny bench and I have been 

 watering them freely with the hose. 

 Other varieties seem to do pretty well 

 with this treatment. I am afraid the 

 Poitevines will not be large enough for 

 Decoration day. What can I feed them 

 to hustle them along? 



C. F. C— Mich. 



I should judge that the soil in which 

 this particular batch of geraniums are 

 potted contains something distasteful 

 to the plants; what it is I am unable to 

 say. You are undoubtedly overwatering 

 them. Geraniums are not aquatics and 

 always thrive best when kept just a lit- 

 tle on the dry side. Therefore, "water- 

 ing freely with the hose" has been the 

 wrong treatment for them. You cannot 

 feed plants in this condition; it would 



WILLIAM G. COLLATZ. 



THE old saying about the prophet's reputation in his own country is not 

 applicable in the case of William G. Collatz, for esteem of him is highest in 

 the community where he was born and reared. That was Maywood, 111., where 

 he now resides, being general superintendent of the large range of the A. F. 

 Amling Co. Mr. Collatz began to work for Mr. Amling when a young boy. At 

 the age of 22 he started in a bu^ness of his own, growing sweet peas and mis- 

 cellaneous flowers. After ten years he was induced to enter partnership with 

 Mr. Amling, taking charge of the growing at this big rose range, in which he 

 now holds one-third interest. One son follows in the footsteps of his father; begin- 

 ning at the bottom, he is now in charge of a section under his father. Throughout 

 Maywood, Mr. Collatz is well known and highly esteemed, and he has an interest 

 in various enterprises in the locality. 



only hasten their end. Red leaves come 

 sometimes from a too poor soil, and 

 heavy watering will only aggravate the 

 trouble. Keep the plants somewhat 

 drier at the roots and I would suggest 

 shaking out and repotting them, using 

 a compost containing three-fourths good, 

 well decayed pasture sod, if you have 

 it, and one-fourth old, well rotted 

 manure, passed through a half-inch 

 screen. C. W. 



GERANIUMS AFFECTED. 



We have mailed two specimens of 

 geraniums. The geraniums grew finely 

 all winter and were shifted in Janu- 

 ary. Now they are becoming affected 

 like the specimens. The leaves turn 

 brown and drop off. We grow the ge- 

 raniums on coal ashes. Our mums act 

 the same way. H. F. S. — 0. 



ble these geraniums show signs of. 

 This happened when our plants were 

 set on coal ashes. But, after worrying 

 a great deal as to the cause of the trou- 

 ble, we decided to try something else, 

 instead of coal ashes, on which to set the 

 plants. When our geranium plants are 

 set on soil beds, we now use pulverized 

 limestoncj so that the soil will remain 

 in good condition, to be used after the 

 geraniums are out of the way. But 

 when they are set on board benches we 

 use sand on which to place the plants 

 and have not had any return of the 

 trouble since making the change. 



M. P. 



We have experienced the same trou- 



BLIGHT ON GERANIUMS. 



What causes our geranium leaves to 

 blight or scald around the edges? This 

 blighting soon goes over an entire leaf, 

 when once started. Does top watering 



