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of these vines to put in each 2% -inch 

 pot. I want them to be good for spring 

 sales. H. E. Y. 



STOCK FOB SPBING SALES. 



I should like to have information as 

 to the proper time for starting gera- 

 niums from rooted cuttings for good -4- 

 inch stock for spring. Suppose we 

 wanted about equal quantities of 3-ineh 

 and 4-inch. Could we take enough cut- 

 tings for the smaller size from plants 

 started at the time you state? In buying 

 the cuttings would it be best to buy only 

 what are wanted for 4-inch and de- 

 pend on getting the smaller size from 

 them? When should the cuttings for 

 the 3-inch stock be taken? L. E. S. 



In order to have strong 4-inch 

 geraniums for spring sales, the cuttings 

 should have been inserted in Septem- 

 ber or October. If you did not root 

 any and are anxious to have such 

 plants, I would advise you to- buy 

 plants from 2-inch pots, from some 

 specialist. For 3-inch plants, if your 

 plants were of sufl&cient strength you 

 could take the tops and root these in 

 January. A better plan, however, 

 would be to carry over some old stock 

 plants in a bench. These would give 

 you the necessary number of first-class 

 cuttings. If you have no stock plants 

 and your 4-inch plants are not of suf- 

 ficient vigor, I would advise buying 

 rooted cuttings early in February. 



C. W. 



EQUAL S. A. NUTT AS BLOOMEBS. 



In regard to the inquiry of S. E. C. 

 in The Review for October 29 referring 

 to white and pink geraniums which are 

 equals of S. A. Nutt in blooming, I 

 feel safe in saying that Mme. Buchner, 

 white, and Mme. Barney, pink, come 

 the nearest to S. A. Nutt in blooming 

 quality of anything that I have ever 

 seen. Three years ago, when I was in 

 Washington, D. C, I found Mme. Bar- 

 ney almost entirely used for bedding, 

 on account of its dwarf growth and 

 blooming quality. J. C. Thies. 



A SPOBT OF S. A. NUTT? 



I am sending by parcel post a gera- 

 nium in bloom from a 214-inch pot, with 

 some blooms of the same kind, and 

 would like to have you tell me if it is a 

 sport of S. A. Nutt or a standard 

 variety. I have several thousands of 

 this kind, and I should like to know 

 whether it is a sport of Nutt or a 

 standard variety, so that I can adver- 

 tise the stock for sale. 



One cutting in a batch of S. A. Nutt 

 produced a bloom much darker than 

 Nutt, and I have grown it for three 

 years and find that it holds its color 

 well. I have grown it beside S. A. Nutt 

 and can see no difference in foliage and 

 growth. My trade chooses it even more 

 than Nutt for bedding. It branches 

 more freely, has more flowering buds 

 and blooms earlier in the spring. 



I don't know whether this is a sport 

 of Nutt or a cutting of another variety 



was mixed in the batch. I have tried 

 to find a standard kind having the same 

 deep shade of red, but have not been 

 able to do so. Please examine it care- 

 fully and give me your candid opinion 

 of it. G. R. S. 



This vinca, or myrtle, as it often is 

 called, is perfectly hardy, although 

 sometimes the foliage will scorch where 

 the plants have not had a winter mulch. 

 I am not sure whether, in speaking of 

 vines with roots, you refer to rooted 

 cuttings in the propagating bench, or 

 to outdoor shoots. Either may be 

 potted up, but 21^ -inch pots are too 

 small for them. Put these cuttings in 

 3-inch pots, or, if you prefer plants a 

 trifle larger, you can put four or five 

 cuttings in a 3 1^ -inch pot. Carried 

 along in a cool greenhouse, these will 

 become established and make nice 

 plants for spring sales. C. W. 



Both flowers and plant were badly 

 withered when received. The flowers 

 are considerably darker than S. A. Nutt, 

 but the foliage is certainly identical. 

 Whether or not this is a sport I cannot 

 say, nor can I name it from the speci- 

 mens sent. If this sells well and is a 

 first-class grower and bloomer, you 

 should certainly propagate and adver- 

 tise it. C. W. 



HABDY VINCAS. 



I am growing some grave myrtle and 

 would like to know if I can pot up the 

 vines that have roots, and how many 



TIME TO SOW SHAMBOCK SEED. 



When is the time to plant shamrock 

 seed, and what treatment should be 

 given? W. B. W. 



Sow the seed at once. It would have 

 been better sown about the end of No- 

 vember. C. W. 



Norristown, Pa. — Russell E. Craw- 

 ford has bought the interest of his part- 

 ner, James Devine, in the Wayside 

 Floral Shop and will conduct the busi- 

 ness alone in the future. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN BA>NDS 



Lyon, France. — The Societe Franc aise 

 des Rosieristes has taken under consid- 

 eration the question of renaming the 

 varieties of roses now bearing German 

 names. It has been decided that such 

 action would not be advisable without 

 the views of the rose societies of the 

 allied and neutral nations first having 

 been obtained. 



Sassenheim, Holland. — In spite of the 

 troubles incident to the war, the winter 

 cover was on the bulb fields in time and 

 the bulb district has settled down to 

 winter conditions. Reports through the 

 growers' organization indicate that 

 about the usual area has been planted 

 for the 1915 crop, but the market out- 

 look is not encouraging, buyers being 

 unwilling to place orders as usual. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. — B. Ruys has 

 with him the two daughters of Jules 

 Closon, proprietor of the concern of L. 

 Jacob-Makoy & Co., of Liege, Belgium. 

 He states that, when the bombs were 

 bursting over Liege, Jules Closon and 

 his family fled to Ostend and thence 

 to Holland. Later the proprietor and 

 his grandson went back to Liege, where 

 they found their residences intact and 

 only two out of thirty greenhoilses 

 damaged by bombs, but the stock of 

 palms and azaleas was almost destroyed. 

 As it was impossible to get helpers, 

 they had to repair damages themselves 

 as best they tiould. It is quite diflBcult 

 to get news from Liege, although affairs 

 are quiet there. 



Naarden, Holland. — The last consign- 

 ment of nursery stock for this autumn 

 left our landing-place in November^ des- 

 tined for America, being transhipped 

 at Rotterdam. On the first signs of hos- 

 tilities over Europe in August, our nurs- 

 erymen were anxious as to the possibil- 

 ity of executing their orders for the 

 United States, but things have turned 

 out quite satisfactorily. The city of 

 Naarden is a stronghold and several 

 nurseries are situated close to the forti- 

 fications. As a precaution the military 

 authorities have been bus^ with ground- 

 works, causing a great disturbance and 

 damage to the valuable nursery stock. 



Ghent, Belgium. — Although the green- 

 house establishments in this vicinity 

 have not suffered materially from the 

 occupation of the country by Germans, 

 the same is not the case financially. 

 Exportations to northern Europe and 

 North America have been about normal 

 up to the present, but the war has halted 

 all trade with central and southern Eu- 

 rope. As a result, half, perhaps two- 

 thirds, of the plants remain unsold. 

 Begonia tubers, kentias, araucarias and 

 phoenix are in large numbers. Enor- 

 mous quantities of azaleas of all sorts 

 and sizes remain in the greenhouses, but 

 it will probably be impossible to sell 

 more this year. As winter approaches, 

 the scarcity of fuel becomes dangerous, 

 and, of greater moment, the lack of 

 funds to purchase coal. Many estab- 

 lishments could be saved from total 

 Tuin if they could find buyers for their 

 plants. 



