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The Florists^ Review 



Decxubsb 10, 1914- 



Most of this is disposed of at the Jay 

 street store. 



Five acres of land are devoted to 

 nursery stock, mainly fruits and hardy 

 plants. This area will be doubled in the 

 spring, for all departments of the busi- 

 ness are rapidly increasing. 



"BBEAD AND BUTTEE" BSaONIA. 



"Now, there's a plant not half well 

 enough known," said Ernest Eober as 

 he laid down the photograph from 

 which the accompanying illustration 

 was prepared. He referred, of course, 



MIIiDEW ON OUTDOOR BOSES. 



We have a quantity of field-grown 

 rambler roses and they are infected 

 with mildew. Would it be safe to sell 

 these plants in the spring and could it 

 be done without danger to our reputa- 

 tion f We should not like to send these 

 plants out to our customers if we 

 thought they would infect their gardens. 

 Will the mildew disappear through the 

 wiaterf We planted some Crimson 

 Ramblers last spring in a part of our 

 nurseries in which there never had been 

 any mildew and now all the other varie- 

 ties seem to have it. Is it possible that 

 the mildew spread from these ramblers 

 to the other plants, or is it due to 

 weather conditions! Will the mildew 

 fungi live on dormant plants through 

 the winter and reappear in the spring t 



F. B. 



Mildew on outdoor roses is due to 

 climatic conditions. It spreads rapidly, 

 but can be controlled in some measure 

 by spraying the affected plants with 

 some good fungicide. You need not be 

 afraid of selling the plants which have 

 had mildew on their leaves. Such plants 

 might be entirely free from the disease 

 the following season. It all depends, 

 however, on their treatment. Crimson 

 Rambler is notoriously susceptible to 

 mildew. For this and other reasons it 

 has been dropped to a large extent in 

 favor of varieties that carry better 

 foliage. C. W. 



POOR QROWTH OF YOUNO STOCK. 



I am enclosing two rose plants of the 

 variety Irish Fireflame. They were 

 planted last July, but have not - done 

 anything. The conditions bave been 

 favorable for good growth. You will 

 note that the foliage is badly burned. I 

 have been in charge of the growing since 



to Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine, no 

 longer a novelty but, Mr. Eober thinks, 

 not yet tried by a large majority of the 

 trade. "You can root it any time and 

 it makes cuttings freely; blooms all 

 the year around, in 2-inch pots and up; 

 good for bedding, as a house plant or 

 for basket work; bright pink flowers; 

 good keeper; it will displace Erfordii 

 when the trade gets to know its bread 

 and butter qualities," continued Mr. 

 Rober, whose business at Wilmette, III., 

 and his many years in the trade fit 

 him to know the needs of all kinds 

 and conditions of florists. 



by its use. If it were nitrate, it would 

 have been dissolved by thistime. 



tH. B. M. 



From the appearance of the plants 

 when received, they had bein originally 

 potted in extremely light, s«ndy soil, and 

 when planted they may havf been dry at 

 the root. When the plantV have been 

 watered after planting them in the 

 bench, this sandy soil has always shed 

 the water. As a consequence the plants 

 have been unable to make. any root SrC- 

 tion and have never staled to grow. 

 This also caused the folia^ to burn, as 

 there was not enough sap i^the leaves to 

 withstand the rays of the sun through 

 the glass. The foreign matter referred 

 to was sandstone, which, on being rubbed 

 between the fingers, easily crumpled ap 

 into a fine sand. If the soil is pressed 

 firmly around each plant, making a basin, 

 and the plants are given several thor- 

 ough waterings, they should still sta^rt 

 out and make good plant8,~as Irish Fire- 

 flame is a strong, free grower. 



W. J. K.' 



the middle of August. Upon lifting these 

 plantSj I examined the roots carefully 

 and found a foreign substance which was 

 evidently mixed with the potting soil. 

 These plants were purchased from a well 

 known eastern firm. I am sending t^is 

 foreign matter to you, so that you may 

 determine what it is. At first I thought 

 it was nitrate of soda; but after further 

 consideration of the matter I am inclined 

 to believe that it is gypsum. I have bad 

 experience with nitrate when used right, 

 but not when the stock has been injured 



WANT TO MAKE A FORTUNE? 



I. E. L. Hills, conitfcted with the 

 United Supply AssociaUpn, San Fran- 

 cisco, is looking for spmephe in the 

 trade who wants to make a fortune — in- 

 troducing his new rose, Ohio. It is said 

 to be a seedling of Ma<;4(Xthur, "daz- 

 zling red in color, the jpetals of large 

 size, delightfully fragra^^ of excellent 

 keeping quality as a cufBower, remain- 

 ing in a half-opened condition for an 

 exceptional length of time." 



ROSE BEDS AT ARUNGTON. 



There seems to have been a misin- 

 terpretation in some quarters concerning 

 the planting lists of the Washington 

 rose garden as included in the commit- 

 tee report read by William F. Gude at 



Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine. 



