Febhuary 18, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



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stroot I'loor :iinl hasciiKMit at J77-!) 

 Xorth ^I ichi^.'ui inciiuc. I^'oiir tclc- 

 plionos ■were installed diiriiiji; tlie t'oro- 

 iioon, with ofIi<'o <M|iii|iiiKMit, and facili- 

 ties for caiTviii^ on the cut llower de- 

 partment of the business. Orders for 

 florists' supjilies, filled from storayt^ 

 stocks, were shipped from the new quar- 

 ters February l.'). A. L. Kandall stated 

 tliat tli()S(\ holding orders from th(> 

 liousc had Ixmmi sent instructions to 

 ship immediately and that no time 

 would be lost in purcdiasinj; ,'i com- 

 ])lete new sto(d\ on a lar<^er scale than 

 before. It was stated as one of the 

 miti<;atijij^ ciicumstatices that all mer- 

 chandise bills for .lanuary had been dis 

 counted. The safes wei'o recoxci'ed 

 February 1() aiul all i-ecords found to b(> 

 in {'•ood condition. Xo oicUms or ac- 

 counts were lost. 



The question of ]>ermain>iit locations 

 foi- the two concerns is one of consid- 

 erable importance. 'not only to them but 

 to the rest of the intei'ests that hereto 

 fore ha\'e been so (dosely c(>ntei-e(i in 

 the Chica<;o cut flower section. It is 

 consiilered imjiossible to I'cstore the 

 burned buildinf;; witliin the tiiru^ limit 

 stipulated in the leases. The Amlinj; 

 house, dealin^i oidy in cut tloweis, will 

 liavc less trouble' findin;; ;i tlioi-ou<i;hl\- 

 satisfaclory location tliaTi will the Kan- 

 dall concei-n, rt>quiriii<;- space for so 

 mu(di bulky mercdiandise. 



TROUBLE WITH CUTTINGS. 



T am enclosing; a few cuttin(j;s, hoping 

 they may reacdi you fresh enou^ih for- 

 you to see a funfjus that continually 

 attacks my stotdc in the ]>ropaj;atin<; 

 house. The disease apparently l)e^nns 

 under the sand surface, workinjj up the 

 stem to the leaves above the sand, then 

 quickly spreadin<j. It has shown itself 

 in coleus, heliotropes, alyssums, iresines. 

 {jeraniums and fjenistas and, in spite of 

 all I have done, still exists. Our jtropa 

 jjating benches are princip.'illy in;ide of 

 wood. At the bejjinninp of tli(> season 

 they were well whitewashed and filled 

 with perfectly fresh sand from the lake 

 shore near here. The sand is about four 

 to six inches deep on the benches, with 

 a temperature of 7(i to J-l dejrrees, the 

 house temperature beiiirr sli<jhtly below 

 that. The beijcdies are three to five 

 feet wide, with two 1-inch pipes under 

 each bench, and the temperature of eacli 

 bench is practically the same. I have 

 steamed the sand in one ])ench, but it 

 makes little or no difference. If you 

 can advise mc as to sterilizing; the sand, 

 or in any other way put me on the road 

 to getting rid of the pest, I shall be 

 grateful. W. E. G. 



The genista cuttings had 1)een planted 

 too deeply in the sand and, further- 

 more, the tem|ierature of the house 

 and sand is much too high for them. 

 Oive them sand of a temperature of GO 

 degrees and top heat 10 degrees lower. 

 Also, be careful not to set the stems 

 so deeji in the sand and you should 

 have no trouble with fungus or dampintr 

 off. Tiie l)ottom heat named should 

 suit coleus, heliotrojies and iresines; it 

 is a little warm for geraniums and 

 sweet alyssum. Bo sure to clear all 

 leaves and scales from the portions of 

 stems placeil in the sand. 



If the sand is not sufTiciently coarse, 

 this may be in part responsildn for your 

 trouble. In this case I would advise 

 placing two incdies of coal ashes in the 

 bottom of the bench; over this place a 

 layer of moss, then fill in the sand. This 



Space Formerly Occupied by the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, as it'Appearedi February 15> 



will make the drainage better. To still 

 further improve it you could break up 

 some charcoal or ordinary coal, pass 

 through a fine screen atid mix with the 

 sand. Steaming the beds or ])ourin^ 

 boiling water over them should sterili/.e 

 them sufhciently. I am inclined to 

 think, however, that the water is not 

 ]»assing through your sand as freely as 

 it should. ' <'. \V. 



ME. WIRTH'S GARDEN. 



The garden that was so fine a feature 

 of the S. A. F. convention at Min- 

 neap<dis in l!t|."> w:is continued in 1!M t, 

 paitly with stock donated by houses in 

 the trade that felt themselves repaid 

 through the a<lvertising they obtained 

 by siirns on the beds. Mr. ^Virth now 

 states that ''on account of the large 

 ;iniount of annual planting material re- 

 quiit'd to fill th{> gar<len, whicdi, be- 

 <ause of the recpiirements for bedding 

 jdants for other parks, we are not able 

 to furnish from our own pro|iagatinir 

 plant, it seems advisable to (diange the 

 layout of the garden to provide room 

 for a larger nund)er of perennials and 

 other hardy jdants which do not require 

 re]dacing tn ery year. We cannot ex- 

 jiect outside growers to furnish larije 

 <|uantiti(>s of plants every year to ludji 

 fill this large garden, and we do not 

 intend to ask them to do so. "We are. 

 liowe\er, not oidv willing but anxious 



to liave all growi-is who wi<h to do so 

 make use of those display grounds to 

 introduce and show their novelties in 

 large or small numbers. Exhibits sent 

 us for that purpose will be i^i\en a con- 

 spicuous place in the <:;irden among the 

 class of ]>lants to which they Ixdong. 

 They will be properly Labeled, giving 

 the exhibitor's full name and adtlresg, 

 We simply ask that prospective ex- 

 hibitors write to us before April ] what 

 they wish to exhibit, so that we may 

 reserve s|iace for their exhibits, and 

 that the jilaTits be sent, freight or ex- 

 press prepaid, at the proper time of 

 pkiTiting. 



''Our home people are taking a great 

 interest in the garilen right along, ami 

 there can be no question as to the ad- 

 vertising v.alue of an exhibit at those 

 well-kept exhibition grounds.'' 



FORCING BLEEDING HEART. 



How long do( - it take to lono bleed- 

 ing heart.' Will you kindly give us 

 a few cultural dir(>cti(jns regarding it? 

 T. X. 



I'deediiig li(>art. or I'itdytra s]iecta- 

 bilis, does better wlien not forced too 

 hard. Allow the jdants six to se\en 

 w(\d<s in a temperature of .",0 det^^-ees 

 at night. Treat them similarly to 

 s|iir;eas, but 'j:\\c less water and "heat. 



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