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The Florists^ Review 



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ground. Guard closely all indoor stock. 

 Water sparingly, and only when there 

 is enough air or sunshine to dry off 

 the foliage. Make free use of lime 

 and sulphur on the soil. 



G. S. Ramsburg. 





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PANSIES AT THE FAIR. 



One of the glories of the San Fran- 

 cisco exposition is the Court of Flowers, 

 which lies between the Palace of Va- 

 ried Industries and the Palace of 

 Manufactures. Nothing seenns to haye 

 impressed the visitors more favorably 

 than the showing of pansies, with their 

 masses of brilliant color. These great 

 beds, probably the largest ever planted 

 in the United States except for seed 

 purposes, were not exhibits, but were 

 filled with .stock purchased by the ex- 

 position management from various 

 growers. Steele's Pansy Gardens, of 

 Portland, Ore., furnished a consider- 

 able part of the stock, but was not the 

 only one drawn upon. 



Panstes at the Panama-Pacific Ezpcteitton, Saa Francisco. 



right to prepare trenches five feet apart 

 for the peas, and not use any drainage? 

 The soil is a heavy red clay loam and 

 seems to dry out pretty well. I intend 

 to plant Christmas White and Christ- 

 mas Pink. Are these the best varieties 

 to plant for a good crop about Decem- 

 ber? When shall I plant, and shall I 

 sow the seed in flats or pots? In sup- 

 porting the vines, should they be 

 strung the same as the outside peas are 

 supported? H. A. C. — Ala. 



entire lot, and soi^e of the plants dried 

 up and died within less than a week. 

 L. A. E. & S.— Ohio. 



BEOONIAS FOR tHANKSGIVINO. 



I have a fine lot of Begonia 

 Chatelaine in 4-inch pots, ready to be 

 repotted to 6-inch pots. They have 

 started to bloom. I have pinched the 

 flowers off, as I wanted them for 

 Thanksgiving. Can I keep on pinch- 

 ing for a while, or is it better to let 

 them bloom and sell them earlier? 



W. H. W.— (;:aL_ 



If your soil seems to dry ont^^ljl^ it 

 probablvi;does not need any drainage. 

 Instead of digging out trenches, the 

 best plan would be to give the whole 

 border a trenching two feet deep, work- 

 ing in a liberal dose of rotted cow 

 manure if you have it; if not, well de- 

 cayed horse manure. If you think the 

 soil is too stiff, you could improve it 

 by working in at the same time a dress- 

 ing of coarse sand, fine g|%vel, fine 

 coal ashes or road grit. 



The rows five feet apart will be all 

 right. The old Christmas Pink and 

 Christmas White, which are grandiflora 

 varieties, are being largely superseded 

 by the winter-flowering Spencers. The 

 seed of these Spencers is high-priced, 

 but the flowers are much more salable 

 than those of the grandifloras. Pink 

 and white are the two best selling 

 colors. You will find these winter 

 Spencers advertised in The Review. For 

 a- good Christmas crop in your latitude, 

 I would sow early in September. Start 

 the seeds in flats; then plant out four 

 to six inches apart. Support with cot- 

 ton twine strung from the rafters, if 

 these happen to come right. If not, 

 you can run overhead wires and others 

 above the ground to run the strings 

 from. The shoots will need loose tying 

 in once a week in addition. C. W. 



There is no known cure for rustj^on 

 antirrhinums. Apparently, this is a 

 year of rain, rust and ruin. With inces- 

 sant wet weather throughout the coun- 

 try, we shall see destructive results on 

 all plant life from this enemy in its 

 varied forms. With continued rain and 

 moisture from fog, there is no oppor- 

 tunity for spraying, even if we had an 

 effective remedy. Destroy, by burning, 

 all infested plants, and, where possi- 

 ble, burn over the ground by scattering 

 dry straw. Lastly, scatter lime and 

 sulphur over every inch of infested 



You can keep on pinching the flow- 

 'ers off for some time yet. Chatelaine 

 is an e>',€f^bloomer, and there is not a 

 month in the year when it can not be 

 had in good flower. C. W. 



Wenona, HI. — William Metzger, pro- 

 prietor of the Wenona Greenhouses, is 

 prepai'ing to add one house, 25x75 feet, 

 just south of the present range. It will 

 be used for vegetable and pansy plants. 

 When this house is completed, Mr. Metz- 

 ger's range will contain about 12,000 

 feet of glass. 



RUST ON ANTIRRHINUMS. 



Enclosed herewith you will find a 

 stem from one of our snapdragon 

 plants, which are affected with rust. 

 Is there anything we can do to save 

 them^ The rust lias spread over the 



Paosfei at the Panama-Pacific Expcslllon, San Franciico. 



