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The Florists' Review 



Jllv 31, 11)13. 



lasters. Professor Galloway; as long 

 a^^o as 1896, stated that this was caused 

 by a fungus which enters the plant 

 near the surface of the ground and fills 

 up the water vessels of the stems, 

 causing the plants to wilt and finally 

 die. This disease shows itself most 

 from the middle of July to the mid- 

 dle of August. On cutting open the 

 stems of affected plants near the sur- 

 face of the ground, a dark discoloration 

 is found in the outer edge of the harder 

 woody portion of the stem, where it 

 joins the solt bark portion which cov- 

 ers it. This discoloration spreads and 



keting the entire crop and at times was 

 hard pressed to fill orders. "Notwith- 

 standing the fact that this was our first 

 season, ' ' he says, ' ' we were among the 

 heaviest shippers of cape jasmine 

 buds. ' ' He says he is pleased to ad- 

 mit that though the quality of the 

 stock was such as to cause the duplica- 

 tion of many orders. The Review de- 

 serves the credit for all the first orders, 

 which "came in bundles." He finds 

 that good stock and good advertising 

 make an almost irresistible combina- 

 tion. 



A part of the Jasmine fields owned 





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Jasmine Field ard Packing Crew at Alvir, Texas. 



runs up the stem. Finally the soft 

 outer part is attacked and rots away, 

 leaving the hard inner part intact, 

 but by this time the plant is dead. 



Investigations go to show that this 

 stem-rot is developed in the seed bed 

 as a result of conditions favoring damp- 

 ing off. Some seedlings show it soon 

 after being planted out, the majority 

 not until they are well advanced. Plants 

 raised outdoors are usually immune 

 from the trouble; greenhouse seedlings 

 are often badly affected. 



£ach plant developing stem-rot has 

 undoubtedly taken it either in the 

 seed bed or when transplanted into 

 flats. Outdoor culture and soil, no 

 matter how ideal, will in no wise check 

 the disease. It is not believed that 

 perfectly healthy plants will take the 

 stem-rot, even though affected plants 

 may be all around them. Each indi- 

 vidual plant carries health or disease 

 with it. No course of treatment after 

 planting will in any way mitigate the 

 trouble, but if the seedlings are raised 

 either outdoors or in coldframes they 

 are not likely to be affected with this 

 disease. C. W. 



THEIB FIRST JASMINE CROP. 



Now that the cape jasmine season is 

 past and the firms engaged in the grow- 

 ing of this flower have had time to bal- 

 ance their accounts and take a leisurely 

 view of the situation, the reports seem 

 to indicate that a satisfactory volume 

 of business has been handled. For in- 

 stance, the Alvin Cape Jessamine & 

 Floral Co., of Alvin, Tex., says that "it 

 is a pleasure to turn the pages of the 

 books and realize the large amount of 

 business that has been done." 



The members of this company are 

 Heller & Lomanitz, and W. L. Heller 

 is manager. Mr. Heller states further, 

 in his report, that though this year's 

 jasmine crop was the first one gathered 

 by him, and though his firm was un- 

 known to the trade until his advertise- 

 ments in The Review served as an in- 

 troduction, yet he succeeded in mar- 



by the Alvin Cape Jessamine & Floral 

 Co. are shown in the accompanying illus- 

 tiation, with a part of the picking and 

 packing force. In spite of the unusual- 

 ly cool weather in the first part of the 

 season, which retarded the growth of 

 the buds, the total results have been 

 so encouraging that the firm is now 

 making arrangements which will more 

 than double the output of stock next 

 year. 



OEBBERAS FOB WINTER BLOOMS. 



1 have about 200 plants of Gerbera 

 .Tamesoni hybrida in 3-inch pots. They 

 are well developed plants, which I in- 

 tend to grow for cut flowers in the 

 greenhouse in winter. I should like 

 to know whether these plants are 

 strong enough or old enough to bloom 

 next winter if benched in August or 

 September, or whether it would be bet- 

 ter to keep them in a coldframe for 



this winter and plant in the greenhouso 

 next year. Will they do well in tlu- 

 same temperature with snapdragons, 

 mignonette, etc.? How far apart shoulj 

 they stand on the benches? When wiU 

 they bloom if benched in September* 



B. W. 



I am afraid your Barberton daisies 

 are a little weak for winter flowering. 

 Stronger plants from 4*^ to 5-in()i 

 pots would be preferable. If, however, 

 your 3-inch plants are strong, I would 

 give them a trial on a raised bencli. 

 Plant them nine inches apart each 

 way. The temperature for snapdragons. 

 45 to 50 degrees at night, will suit 

 them. Mignonette likes 40 to 42 de- 

 grees, which is rather low for gerberas. 

 These gerberas are beautiful, but arc 

 not prolific bloomers in winter. 



C. W. 



MORE ST. LOUIS WORKERS. 



The illustration on this page shows 

 the working force of H. G. Berning, St. 

 Louis, as they were about to leave for 

 a half holiday, Saturday noon, July 26. 

 The photograph was taken by Oscar 

 Kuehn. They are, reading from left to 

 right: H. G. Berning, John Berning, 

 Arthur Kring, Miss Emma Bruenig, 

 Otto Bruenig, Wm. Keller, John Kinzcl 

 and Herman Hiehaus. J. J. B. 



MORE WELLS NOTES. 



W. Wells, the English novelty spe- 

 cialist who made a tour of America 

 following the National Flower Show, 

 has concluded the notes of his journey 

 with the following: 



"Mr. Totty is a partner in the Wells- 

 Pockett-Totty combine for the handling 

 of new chrysanthemums. The agree- 

 ment of the combine is to test out nov- 

 elties, send out the good varieties in 

 the different countries and discard the 

 bad ones, therefore giving the public 

 the full value and benefit of the tests, 

 which are rather expensive. These tests 

 are certainly profitable to us, and it is 

 surprising that others in tbt lilkde have 

 not taken the matter up, for there is 

 plenty of scope. I was much surprised 

 to find an open field to work on with 

 the new carnations during my recent 

 trip. All carnation growers on this side 

 know the difficulty in importing the 

 plants of their specialty, and for those 

 that have not had this expeiience, I 



H. G. Beroiog, St. Louis, and His Workiog Force. 



