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The Florists^ Review 



Septbmbeb 18, 1918. 



these plants as they died, but we have 

 been unable to find any worms or in- 

 sects. If you can enlighten us on the 

 subject we shall appreciate it. 



C. F. C. 



The samples were so dried up after 

 their long journey that we could tell 

 nothing of the cause of the plants 

 dying. It is something unusual for 

 tomatoes under glass to become affected 

 in this way. Are you quite sure you 

 did not give the plants an overdose of 

 commercial fertilizer in the soil? It 

 would seem that only something of this 

 character in the soil would affect them 

 BO seriously. Your soil looks all right 

 and, with well rotted manure, should 

 produce first-class tomatoes. Your 

 warm, dry Kansas atmosphere should 

 not cause any disease, as tomatoes suc- 

 ceed best in a dry atmosphere. 



C. W. 



DIANTHUS FROM THE FIELD. 



Will dianthus plants, lifted from the 

 field and potted, bloom until Christ- 

 mas, or how long will they bloom? "We 

 have fine, stocky plants in the field, but 

 have had no experience with them. 



E. B. 



Dianthus, such as Heddewigi, pluma- 

 rius and latifolius, will not pay to pot 

 up. Such varieties as Emperor Napo- 

 leon are sometimes handled success- 

 fully, but I would not advise you to 

 trouble much with any but carnations, 

 which are, of course, a variety of dian- 

 thus. C. W. 



SCALE ON LILACS. 



Enclosed you will find a lilac twig, 

 which you can see is covered with some 

 kind of scale. It spreads rapidly and 

 also travels onto fruit trees. It has 

 killed several of my pear trees this 

 season. W. C. K. 



The scale on the twig you enclosed 

 seems to be no other than the common 

 San Jose scale, which has killed mil- 

 lions of trees in the last few years. 

 There are a number of remedies for 

 this pest on the market now, and you 

 should have no great trouble in getting 

 rid of it if you will take the matter in 

 hand before it gets too much of a start. 

 The lime-sulphur-salt solutions are ef- 

 fective. A. F. J. B, 



BEMOVE THE CANNA SEEDS. 



Will you kindly give me some advice 

 regarding cannas? Is it advisable that 

 the flowers be kept cut from field- 

 grown cannas to benefit the roots for 

 the coming season, or does the flower- 

 ing of the cannas benefit the roots? 



M. H. R. 



It will do the roots of field-grown 

 cannas no harm if their flowers are al- 

 lowed to develop, though I doubt much 

 whether the mere production of flowers 

 would in any way benefit the roots. Be 

 careful, however, to remove all seeds, 

 as these soon sap the vitality of plants. 

 C. W. 



Peoria, 111. — When completed the con- 

 servatories at Glen Oak park will be 

 among the largest and finest in the 

 state outside of Chicago. The range 

 is heated by Kroeschell boilers, the 

 original housm by a Kroeschell No. 13, 

 installed in 1907, and the recent addi- 

 tion by a No. 10. 



CLEVELAND THE BRIGHT SPOT. 



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Cleveland will be in the spotlight in 

 a trade way in the months to come and 

 the result of the election of officers 

 held September 8 by the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club is a, matter of general 

 interest. Those chosen to office are the 

 men who will have charge of the club 's 

 participation in the big flower show to 

 be given in November in cooperation 

 with the Ohio Horticultural Society 

 and of the club's part in the annual 

 meeting and exhibition of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society the last week in 

 January, 1914. 



The new roster of officers is as fol- 

 lows: 



President — Charles E. Russell. 



First vice-president — T. J. Kirchner. 



Second vice-president — A. L. Brown. 



Secretary — Frank A. Friedley. 



Treasurer — George W. Smith. 



At the meeting at which the new offi- 

 cers were chosen, the retiring president, 

 Adam Graham, was given a unanimous 

 vote of thanks in appreciation of the 

 thoroughness that has marked his ad- 

 ministration of the club's affairs dur- 

 ing the last two years. 



The club and its officers find plenty 

 of work in prospect. Not only is the 

 autumn show close at hand, followed by 

 the January carnation meeting, but 

 many in the trade in Cleveland are 

 looking forward to entertaining the 

 Society of American Florists at an 

 early date and wish the club to at once 

 begin preparations for securing the 

 convention. 



Leavenworth, Kan. — The Sunnyside 

 Floral Co. has completed three green- 

 houses, making a total area of 27,000 

 square feet of glass. A 150-foot cold- 

 frame is another recent addition. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Flowers continue much too abundant 

 for the moderate calls for them, and 

 it is unlikely that there will be any 

 appreciable improvement unless heavy 

 rain or frost, or a combination of both, 

 curtail the outdoor offerings of asters, 

 gladioli, etc. Asters still swamp prac- 

 tically all other flowers. Some good, 

 long-stemmed flowers sell as high as 

 $2 per hundred, but many do not reach 

 one-fourth that figure. Gladioli were 

 surely never so fine, so abundant or 

 so difficult to dispose of. When splen- 

 did America, Mrs. King and Mrs. Frank 

 Pendleton are hard to move at $2 per 

 hundred, the condition of the market 

 can be gauged. Dahlias are seen in 

 considerable numbers. Only some of 

 the best cactus and peony-flowered 

 sorts are wanted. 



Roses are decidedly soft and not 

 easy to sell, even at low prices. The 

 cooler weather has caused a consider- 

 able improvement in the quality. Some 

 more growers are now sending new 

 crop carnations, but they do not bring 

 much, there being too many good 

 asters. Chrysanthemum Golden Glow 

 is overabundant. Smith's Advance 

 sells rather better, but mums in Sep- 

 tember are rather premature. Liliuni 

 longiflorum has b^en scarce and nat- 

 urally in good demand. Valley is com- 

 mencing to come in' from one or two 

 more growers. It is not yet in over- 

 supply. Cosmos is abundant. Good 

 cattleyas continue scarce, as are gar- 

 denias. Demand for asparagus and adi- 

 antum is a little better. 



Dahlia Exhibition. 



The annual fruit and dahlia exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticultural 



Frank A. Friedley, Secretary Cleveland Flofttts' Club. 



