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The Florists' Review 



Adgdbt 12, 1915. 



with Great Britain through an infor- 

 mal arrangement between this country 

 and the London government whereby- 

 trade relations .with the neutrals can 

 be resumed. 



TIME TO START PAPER WHITES. 



How long does it take to get Paper 

 Whites in bloom from the time of plant- 

 ing the bulbs f F. K. — Mass. 



Paper Whites can be planted in flats 



or placed directly in the beaches. Flats 

 are preferable, as in these the plants 

 can be forced or retarded more easily. 

 If planted in August, they pan be flow- 

 ered early in November. For Christ- 

 mas they can be started a month later. 

 It is better to start them in good season 

 and keep them in a cool cellar until 

 wanted for forcing. The time to flower 

 them after housing depends on the sea- 

 son. In a temperature of 55 degrees, 

 allow three to five weeks. C. W. 



what is the trouble and what spray 

 will prevent it? E. E. H. — Mich. 



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MUMS IN THE SOUTH. 



Taking the Bud. 



Most of the plants at present are 

 making crown buds, which should be 

 removed at once, as it is entirely too 

 early to let any bud develop. All the 

 side shoots should also be pinched off, 

 except the leading or strongest one. 



Early in August is a good time to 

 give tne beds more fertilizer. First 

 apply a top-dressing of guano, say 

 twelve to fifteen quarts to 500 square 

 feet of surface, and cover with a good 

 inch of fresh cow manure. This will 

 carry the plants along until the time 

 when liquid fertilizers are needed, 

 which is just as soon as the buds are 

 taken. 



This is the rock on which many 

 southern growers get bumped. It is 

 a mistake to take a crown bud before 

 the last week in August or the first 

 week in September, even on the early 

 varieties. Golden Glow and Smith's 

 Advance are two exceptions; the buds 

 on these develop satisfactorily if tak- 

 en two weeks earlier. Crown buds 

 taken too early develop imperfectly, 

 and many a good, profitable variety is 

 condemned on this account. 



Crown or Terminal Buds? 



Colonel Appleton is a case in point. 

 This variety makes few perfect flowers 

 from a crown bud taken September 1, 

 but on terminal buds, taken ten days 

 or two weeks later, the flowers will 

 come in fine shape and be almost as 

 early. Robert Halliday makes a 

 tempting looking crown bud early in 

 August, but one developing near the 

 end of the month will make a better 

 flower. Mrs. Robinson, V. Poehlmann, 

 C. Touset and Glory of Pacific all pro- 

 duce good blooms from crown buds 

 taken late in August or early in Sep- 

 tember. 



The mid-season varieties do not gen- 

 erally make crown buds until well into 

 September and, as a rule, these buds 

 make better flowers than those from 

 terminal buds. 



Crown buds, after taking, remain 

 stationary for a long time before ex- 

 panding, while a terminal bud keeps 

 moving right along. Hence, though a 

 crown bud may be taken two weeks 

 earlier than a terminal bud, there is 

 only a difference of a day or two in 

 their time of flowering. This quicker 

 development is a big point in favor 

 of the terminal bud, as it makes the 



time so much shorter for thrips to get 

 a chance at them. Terminal buds 

 should be taken on all the late varie- 

 ties. 



If each grower would try a few dif- 

 ferent buds on each variety and put 

 down the results in a notebook, he 

 would find the notes of great value for 

 future reference and guidance. In a 

 case of this kind it is unwise to de- 

 pend on the memory alone. L. 



This is rust, a disease which soon 

 virtually destroys hollyhocks. As your 

 plants are now badly affected, tj^ere is. 

 no use in trying to save themT The 

 best way, in fact the only way, to keep 

 them clean is to spray with Bordeaux 

 mixture once a week, from the middle 

 of April until the plants show flower. 

 Do not wait for the rust to appear be- 

 fore spraying, as prevention is better 

 than cure. It is also a good plan to 

 spray once or twice the previous fall. 

 Destroy all affected plants by burning. 

 This disease has decimated hollyhocks 

 for nearly half a century, but is not 

 a^ bad now as twenty years ago. It is 

 most virulent on plants growing in a 

 dry soil. C. W. 



PROPAGATINa BUSDLEIAS. 



How and when can Btiddleia Veitch- 

 iana be propagated? E. M. — N.J. 



RUST ON HOLIiTHOCKS. 



Within a few days our hollyhocks 

 have been reduced to an unsightly lot 

 of almost bare stalks, with the leaves 

 turned brown and dropping, and they 

 are covered with a growth like that on 

 the sample enclosed. Can you tell me 



Buddleia variabilis Veitchiana, in 

 common with all buddleias, is easily 

 propagated from cuttings. These will 

 root in a warm propagating bench as 

 quickly as heliotropes. Propagation 

 can be started in October and, if you 

 have a few indoor stock plants, can be 

 continued until spring. In order to 

 have heavy plants in 4-inch or 5-inch 

 pots for spring sales, put the cuttings 

 in not later than December. This is 

 probably the most easily propagated 

 shrub we have. It may also be in- 

 creased by seeds, but these are likely 

 to produce plants more variable in 

 character. C. W. 



Pn^irie Pick-ups^^ 



Topeka, Kan.— Jacob C. Bleier has 

 gone out of the florists' business. 



Goshen, Ind.— The Colonial Floral 

 Shop will be closed every Thursday 

 afternoon during the hot months. 



St. Paul, Minn.— H. Nielsen, former- 

 ly in the employ of Holm & Olson, Inc., 

 has purchased the Hazel Park Green- 

 houses. 



Wichlta> Kan. — Lawrence Hitte- 

 noure, of the Charles P. Mueller store, 

 has returned from a visit to his 

 brother, near Liberal, Kan. 



VaUey City, N. D.— Mr. and Mrs. 

 Charles E. Moore have lately returned 

 from a six weeks' vacation trip to the 

 Canadian national park and the Pan- 

 ama-Pacific exposition. 



Winona, Minn.— The Winona Floral 

 Co. has leased the D. Voelker green- 

 houses on Huff street. Joseph Orlowske 

 will manage the range, and George Hart- 

 ner will have charge of the greenhouses 

 purchased from Edward Kirchner some 

 time ago. 



Valley City, N. D.— Charles E. Moore 

 and C. L. Stuewig have purchased the 

 store of the Jamestown Floral Co., at 

 ■Jamestown, N. D., from L. T. Dysart. 

 Mr. Stuewig, who has been with Mr. 

 Moore for some time, will manage the 

 Jamestown store. 



Sbenandoah, la.— The Stevens Floral 

 Co. is putting in some additional show 

 cases at its store. 



Zimmerman, Minn.— Mrs. H. J. Mick- 

 elson is doing a good business in grow- 

 ing irises, gladioli and violets for mar- 

 ket. 



Fargo, N. D. — Excavation has been 

 started on the site of the greenhouse 

 and store to be erected by W. R. Briggs, 

 on the corner of Eighth and Front 

 streets. 



Hammond, Ind. — After a successful 

 plant season, Herman Holtz has remod- 

 eled his benches and is ready to put in 

 mums. His bedding stock was com- 

 pletely cleaned out. 



Springfield, IlL— The Colonial Flow- 

 er Shop, of which Edward H. Midden- 

 dorf is the proprietor, has removed 

 from 207 South Fourth street to 409 

 East Washington street, where he has 

 an up-to-date store. 



Webb City, Mo.— If present indica- 

 tions are worth anything, J. E. Mein- 

 hart should have a good season. His 

 50,000 feet of glass, devoted to carna- 

 tions, mums and pot plants, is in the 

 best of condition. Mr. Meinhart is a 

 believer in concrete and follows his 

 belief in practice. His residence is 

 most convenient, connecting directly 

 with the office and range. 



