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ACGUST 14, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



KAISEBINS TUBNING YELLOW. 



I herewith send a rose plwl. &Q<^ 

 some of the soil in which it bTO^lJeeti 

 growing, and I shall be glad if you can 

 toll me what has caused the leaves to 

 turn yellow. The roses were planted in 

 February of this year, for our supply 

 during the summer, and they grew well 

 till about three weeks ago; then they 

 began to turn yellow in places. Some- 

 times one plant will become quite yel- 

 low all over, while the plant next to it 

 will look perfectly healthy. The house 

 is planted with Killarneys and Kaiser- 

 ins. The Killarneys are keeping their 

 color and doing well, but the Kaiserins 

 are turning yellow. A whole house of 

 them went the same way last year. I 

 give them manure water every other 

 week and I keep a mulch of cow ma- 

 nure on them; when one mulch wears 

 away, I put on some more. 



C. J. R. 



The trouble in this case, in my opin- 

 ion, lies entirely in the soil, which seems 

 to be a half decayed red sandstone, 

 without a particle of fiber in it — a soil 

 which it would be impossible to pack 

 solid enough to hold moisture and plant 

 food in a bench six inches deep. Though 

 roses may live in such soil if planted 

 outdoors, or in solid beds under glass, 

 they would even then hardly make a 

 satisfactory growth or prove profitable. 

 That one plant grows while another 

 alongside it turns yellow may be ex- 

 plained by the facts that the soil is 

 not all alike and some plants stand more 

 than others. .Judging by the sample 

 sent, the plants have made little growth 

 considering that they were planted in 

 February. 



If you can get some clay soil or soil 

 iiom bottom land, with a fair sod on it, 

 1 would advise taking at least part of 

 fhe soil out of the benches and replacing 

 It with a compost consisting of equal 

 larts of this new soil and of half rotted 

 manure. Then water the new compost 

 lown well, so as to pack it as much as 

 i'ossible, and I think you will overcome 

 ) our trouble. W. J. K. 



THE ST. LOUIS FALL SHOW. 



George E. Kessler, one of the most 

 -widely known landscape architects, 

 ^•■rving the park commissioners of the 

 ' n-gest cities in this country, is busily 

 "gaged in laying out the space in the 

 oliseum building in an artistic way to 

 'larmonize with the decorative scheme 

 ''** a setting for the flowers. The exec- 

 ^'tive committee, composed of the fore- 



most business and financial men of St. 

 Louis, at a meeting last week awarded 

 the scenic contract to Toomey & Vol- 

 land Scenic Co., and this calls for 1,000 

 feet of woodland scenery forty feet 

 high and the cost is to be $4,000. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club at the 

 last meeting voted to offer $100 as a 

 special prize to be announced in the 

 regular premium list. Inquiries are 

 coming from the best growers in the 

 country and the management thinks the 

 Mid-Continental flower show is now an 

 assured success from all angles. 



CHECKINQ ABMY WOBMS. 



I .im sending you a few worms which 

 are unknown to me. Will you kindly 

 advise me how to get rid of them, as 

 they are doing considerable damage to 

 my ferns? W. B. W. 



The larvae are those of one of the 

 common army worms. Arsenate of lead 

 or one of the tobacco compounds may 

 be used to control this pest. The arse- 

 nate of lead may be applied at the rate 

 of two pounds to flfty gallons of water, 

 with a little lime or soap as a sticker. 

 Nicotine extract and the other tobacco 

 compounds can be used according to 

 the directions enclosed with them. 



G. L. P. 



OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS. 



The doors at which opportunity 

 knocks are not always, nor commonly, 

 chosen by chance. It will bring her 

 sooner to put out guide-posts to show 

 the way. Our Classified Ads are won- 

 derfully successful little guide-posts. 

 They were what this florist used to 

 bring opportunity to his door: 



will you please illscontlnue our ad for mums, 

 as we have already sold out and could have sold 

 three or four times the amount. — R. Lutey, 

 Ironwood, Mkh., July 28. 1913. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



The Market. 



August started in with a little en- 

 couragement, as there were three big 

 days in the week that kept the shops 

 busy. This, of course, was all funeral 

 work, as that is the only thing in 

 sight these days. Outdoor flowers are 

 crowding the market, and one can get 

 any variety he desires. There are gla- 

 dioli, asters, snapdragons, hardy hy- 

 drangeas, hardy phloxes, tritomas, zin- 

 nias, marigolds and helianthus of every 

 variety. Good roses are scarce, but, 

 owing to the hot spell, there are loads 

 of poor and open roses going to the 

 dump every day. 



Various Notes. 



E. S. Rutt, Elizabethtown, Pa., was 

 found busily engaged August 3, mak- 



ing a large floral shoe. The order was 

 given by one of the large shoe fac- 

 tories for the funeral of an employee 

 who was drowned. The piece was made 

 up in attractive style, of green mag- 

 nolia leaves, roses and asters. 



George Goldbach had a handsome 

 blanket to make for a funeral at Cop- 

 lay, Pa. It was made up here of gla- 

 dioli and shipped to the point named. 



The Keystone Nurseries are cutting a 

 large quantity of Ward roses from 

 young ])lants, which are doing well. 

 These are the first batch of Wards 

 grown in this section. 



At Barr's shop the painters are busy, 

 both inside and outside. A number of 

 changes have been made in the shop 

 and workrooms, so as to be in a posi- 

 tion to meet the coming season 's de- 

 mand. 



The death of Erancis Bachler is re- 

 corded in this week's obituary column. 

 His death was a great shock to the 

 trade here. 



At H. A. Sehroyer's shop the win- 

 dows are neatly decorated with gladioli, 

 asters, marigolds and ferns. 



The Florists' Association of Lancas- 

 ter county will hold its regular month- 

 ly meeting, Thursday evening, August 

 21. Asters and gladioli will be dis- 

 cussed. 



Visitors: C. B. Knickman, for Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., New York, and H. C. 

 Paulin, for the Rutland Fire Clay Co., 

 Rutland, Vt. C. F. E. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



An abundance of gladioli, roses, 

 Beauties and carnations has character- 

 ized this market for the last week. The 

 supply has more than kept pace with 

 the demand, and it may be safely pre- 

 dicted that this will be the condition 

 for the coming week. Asters are faring 

 better, as they are of better quality. 

 Lilies are cleaning up every day. Gla- 

 dioli of good quality are offered in lots 

 of 1,000 at $7..'50 to $15.00. 



Club Picnic. 



The Florists' Club's picnic was a 

 grand success; the chairman and his 

 committees deserve congratulations. 

 Over 250 persons enjoyed the boat ride, 

 athletic events and dancing; the day 

 was delightful. The winners in the ath- 

 letic events were as follows: 



HHndre<l-yard dash, open — .\ndy Spitzner. 



Hundred-yard dash, growers — Chas. Godwin. 



Fifty-yard dash, boys — Geo. Wessenbaugh. 



Fifty yard dash, girls — Irene Smith. 



Hundred yard dash, hoys — Louis Wessenbauijh. 



Hundred-yard dash, girls — Jane Brooks. 



Hundred-yard dash, fat men — Al Rosnosky. 



Hundred-yard dash, ladies — Mrs. Coleman. 



Hundre<l-yurd dash, ladies — Jane Brooks. 



Tweiity-flve-yard egg and spoon — Jane Brooks. 



Twenty-live-yard iiotato race, men — Charlts 

 Gerwig. 



Hop. step and Jump, men — Andy Spltzner. 



Running broad Jump, men — Andy Spltzner. 



Ball-throwing contest, men — Andy Spltzner. 



Ball throwing contest. ladies^Jane Brooks. 



Shoe-string race, hoys — Louis Wessenauer. 



Cake walk, on boat — Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ger- 

 wig. 



Baseball game — Wholesalers 14, Retailers 12. 



Various Notes. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. has 

 let contracts for one house, 40x583 feet, 

 to Lord & Burnham Co., for three soil 

 houses to ^he King Construction Co. and 

 for a Hartaes vacuum heating system to 

 Fred Q. Bowers, of Philadelphia. This 

 comj^y is now receiving bids on a 

 large-dormitory and service building for 

 th*ir employees. 

 -'Visitors last week included H. E. 



