16 



The Florists' Review 



Mat 6. 1016. 



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SHAW'S GARDEN SELECTIONS. 



In the June, 1914, number Of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden bulletin, an- 

 nouncement was made of an extensive 

 test of geranium varieties with a view 

 to adding, if possible, new desirable 

 varieties to the small list of those at 

 present known to be suited to growing 

 in St. Louis and vicinity. In this ex- 

 periment 367 varieties were included, 

 careful observations on which were kept 

 during the last season, especially as re- 

 gards heat and drought resistance, pro- 

 fusion of flowers, color, shape and size 

 of flower clusters, character of foliage, 

 etc. Although last season was excep- 

 tionally dry and hot — conditions which 

 are not at all favorable to the growing 

 of many varieties of geraniums — favor- 

 able growth and satisfactory flower pro- 

 duction have been recorded for seventy- 

 six (a list of which is here appended) 

 out of the 367 varieties tested. For 

 convenience, the classification and se- 

 quence of the varieties as here given 

 are the same as in the June, 1914, num- 

 ber of the bulletin. 



In the following list, whether the 

 variety is double or single is indicated 

 by the initial following its name. 



' BKUANT'S 1911 NOVELTIES. 

 Caruso (d) Eurlplde (s) 



Jeanoe Glrard (d) Marclenne (s) 



Maxence (d) Comte F. De Bonge (d) 



LEMOINE'S 1911 NOVELTIES. 

 Fellclen Cbampsanr (s) Henri ArrtelCs) 



BRUANT'S 1910 NOVELTIES. 



Pierre Courtols (s) ii'"'/^^.^ ^^ l«„^=^ 



Pierre Suhau (d) ChastenetdeCastalng (s) 



Francis Eon (s) ' J 



BOZAIN-BOUCHARLAT 1910 NOVELTIES. 

 Dlales (d) Fellclan Pascal (s) 



RECENT INTBODUCTIONS FROM VARIOUS 



SOURCES. 

 Claire Frenot (s) Jean Rostand (s) 



Frivola (s) Ixiuise RoBaln (s) 



General Galllenl (s) Sereno (s) 



STANDARD VARIETIES. 



Berthe de Presllly (d) Omella (d) 



Colonel Thomas (d) S. A. Nutt (d) 



Edmond Blanc (d) Anttthese (s) 



General Grant (d) De CourtlUolesde Angle- 



Henrlot (d) „ ^'"? »<•) 



Jean Oberle (d) Feur (s) 



Jean Viand (d) Ololre de Ronge (s) 



Jean VIolette (d) Gabriel Montoya (s) 



Leopold Boullle (d) Granville (s) 



Mme. Barney (d) Jacquerie (s) 



Mme. Landry (d) Mme. Mosnay (s) 



Monsieur EmlleDaTld (d) Raymond Polncare (8) 

 SCENTED-LEAVED VARIETIES. 



• (Foliage Only) ^ ^^ 



Apple I>emon (lemon scented) 



Balm Mrs. Kingsbury 



Capltatum (rose-scented) Nutmeg 



Dale Park Beauty ^erclroltron 



Fair Ellen Rose 



Lady Mary Scarlet Unique 



Lady Plymouth "^ WTjQ 



OTHER VARIETIES. 

 Bohemos MIssle Schmerber 



Convoltlse Pelargonium peltatutn 



Double White RosaOera 



Doctor PhUllppe TIssle Smith Seedling 

 Elsa Scevola 



Flat Forest Park Beauty 



OmySDnrg Mme. CJhevallere 



Heteranthe P**?'"'.,, 



Leon Rlotox Andre Allar 



l4y« Beiger Duchess de Challles 



STEM-BOT OP QEEANIUMSr 



I am sending by parcel post a few 

 geranium plants which are affected with 

 a stem disease. The first symptoms 



seem to be a reddening or yellowing of 

 the outer leaves; later the stem appears 

 black or dark colored and eventually 

 shrinks up. The disease can often be 

 seen within the stem of plants which 

 have leaves turning, before it appears 

 on the outside. The number of plants 

 affected is probably about 600 out of a 

 total of 2,000. It seems to be spread- 

 ing rapidly. Would soil from affected 

 plants be fit to use again, or should 

 it be carted awayf I shall appreciate 

 it if you will tell me the name of this 

 disease and mention anything which 

 will serve as a remedy. 



L. S. — Mich. 



- The plants forwarded were badly af- 

 fected with stem-rot. This trouble may 

 have had its inception in the cutting 

 bench, if the cuttings were allowed to 

 remain too long before being potted, 

 or it can be developed by burying the 

 stems of the plants too deeply when 

 potting them. If rooted cuttings are 

 received with rather long stems, there 

 is always a temptation to bury them 

 more or less and thus give the plants 

 a stockier appearance. This often 

 causes stem-rot to appear. You nlay 

 have used soil from a carnation or 

 chrysanthemum bench where there had 

 been stem-rot, as the germs stay in the 

 soil ready to prey on the next suitable 

 plants. This may have helped to pro- 

 duce your trouble. Do not use any 

 soil in which other plants affected with 

 stem-rot have been growing, without 

 first sterilizing the soil. I would cer- 

 tainly not propagate from any plants 

 in the least affected, but rather de- 

 stroy them. There is little you can do 

 now to help the plants, except to give 

 them all possible sunshine and fresh 

 air, keep them well spaced apart and 

 avoid spraying overhead. C. W. 



BIVEBSIDE AT BOCHESTEB.' 



It is only two or three years since 

 William Albright started in business 

 at Rochester, Wis., where he is known 



as the Riverside Flofist. A view of 

 his present place is shown in the illus- 

 tration on this page^ He is doing a 

 good general businesr'and bids fair to 

 show further growth. 



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PEONIES PAII. TO PLOWEB. 



At what age or .'size do peonies 

 flower, and in •??;hat kind of soil? I 

 have had some seven years, but they 

 have never bloomed. 



E. C. C— Okla. 



There are various reasons for peo- 

 nies not flowering. Your clumps mqj^ 

 have been allowed to grow too long 

 without being divided and replanted. 

 They may have been in too poor soil, 

 or they may not have had a sufKcient 

 supply of water at the roots. They 

 require ground which has been deeply 

 spaded or trenched ^d liberally ma- 

 nured. Fall is the^bett planting time, 

 September being an excellent month 

 for this work. If your climate is natu- 

 rally hot and dry, there is the more 

 likelihood of your plants failing to 

 flower unless they can be watered or 

 irrigated in some way. If the clumps 

 are large, divide them; if not, simply 

 replant as suggested. C. W. 



AT PHIPPS CONSEBVATOEY. 



The Aquatic House. 



In the issue for October 15 The Re- 

 view invited its readers, or such of them 

 as felt so disposed, to make an imaginary 

 visit to Schenley park, Pittsburgh, and 

 view some of the grounds in front of 

 Phipps Conservatory, as shown in two 

 photographs reproduced in The Review 's 

 columns. Now the readers are asked, 

 if they please, to continue their visit, 

 with some more assistance from the pho- 

 tographer. They are asked to glance 

 at the exterior of one. of the buildings 

 of the great conservatory and then to 

 step inside, as it were, and examine one 

 of the rooms. 



Let us look, then, at the exterior of 

 the building, as here pictured. As we 

 approach the entrance, in this swift men- 

 tal journey, we pass between the two 

 carpet beds in the foreground of the 

 illustration. These carpet beds, says 

 J. W. Jones, the foreman of the con- 

 servatory, are each thirty-three feet 

 long and six feet wide,at the narrowest 

 points. They are planted with 15,000 

 alternantheras of the varieties parony- 

 chioides, brilliantissima, aurea. amabilis 

 and amoena, besides about 300 Kleinia 

 speciosa and yellow cotyledons and a 

 border of 3,000 Echeveria glauca. The 



EcUblishment of WillUm Albright, Rochester, Tb. 



