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August 18, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



597 



ished and everything under Foreman F. 

 Gustavson is looking fine. 



TheifB is lot more news, of course, 

 but everything has to come to an end, 

 so my letter. Greetingly, yours for- 

 ever. C. BUSSJAEGEE. 



SWEET PEAS. 



In the August 4 issue of the Review 

 I saw the questions asked by H. L. H. 

 about sweet peas. Three winters ago J 

 wintered some sweet peas, in what 

 seemed to me an unusual way, consider- 

 ing we never have less than two inches 

 of ice and as many of snow, which is 

 sufficient to kill peas. 



About September I planted the seed 

 in a long box containing about four or 

 five inches of soil from alluvial land. 

 They sprouted but the plants did not 

 do well. They would not grow even in 

 the cooler autumn days when garden 

 peas were bearing abundantly. As long 

 as there was life though, I hoped and 

 took care of them. 



All during the winter they were only 

 about six to twelve inches high and 

 when the cold snap came, I laid old sacks 

 over them in which we had gotten 

 ice. The box was placed always in a 

 southeast angle of the house. As soon 

 as the milder weather began, the vines 

 grew with it till they were roaming over 

 a space of about four to five feet as high 

 as the supports and as long as the box 

 (box was about six inches wide) and 

 covered with perfect, beautiful flowers 

 all spring till into the summer. 



I kept the box watered night and 

 morning and fertilized with liquid barn- 

 yard manure. The flowers (sweet peas) 

 were blooming before my neighbors' 

 were well started to grow. 



Ellen B. Crump. 



Nitta Yuma, Miss. 



CINC3NNATL 



The Market 



Business has been dragging its slow 

 course onward as it usually does at this 

 time of year. Now and then there is a 

 little stir in the market, due to funeral 

 work, but it is the exception. Stock is 

 none too plentiful, either. Roses of any 

 kind are scarce. Beauties, Brides, and 

 Kaiserins being most in evidence and 

 they sell quickly. 



There are not many carnations. A 

 very few good ones are to be had, also 

 a few short-stemmed ones from the field. 

 The demand is good, also the price and 

 many more could be sold. Even asters 

 are not equal to the demand, pink and 

 purple being especially scarce. Short 

 stemmed ones are most in evidence, but 

 there are not nearly enough long ones to 

 fill all orders. Gladioli form the onlj^ 

 over-supply. There are hundreds of them 

 and only the best quality sell with any 

 degree of certainty. There is a plenti- 

 ful supply of everything in the green 

 goods line and a good demand. 



The scarcity of water in this city, 

 owing to the water works not being large 

 enough to handle the amount of water 

 that is required during such a dry spell 

 as we are having at present, there not 

 having been a soaking rain for mostly 

 six weeks, is becoming a serious ques- 

 tion to several of the florists who depend 

 upon the city for their supply. It is to 

 be hoped that the long looked for rain 

 will come before any serious damage 

 is done. 



Variotts Notes. 

 The meeting of the S. A. F, O. H. is 



at hand and the pilgrimage toward St. 

 Louis has been made by hundreds ot 

 the florists and their friends. Many oi 

 the eastern delegations stopped in this 

 city between trains and were met by 

 some of our boys. Those going from this 

 city did not make the necessary arrange- 

 ments to go in a body, but altogether, 

 there will be a goodly number from this 

 city. 



J. T. Conger was the principal ex- 

 hibitor in the flower and plant depart- 

 ment at the Carthage fair last week. Ho 

 made a very creditable showing and won 

 the $75 prize for best display. 



Julius Baer spent a few days with his 

 family at French Lick Springs, Ind. 



Wm. Murphy left Monday night for 

 his annual trip to Snow Islands, seek- 

 ing relief from his old trouble — hay fe- 

 ver. 



H. D. Edwards is in Louisville for a 

 few days.' Before his return home he 

 will visit the World's Fair. 



E. G. Gillett and family left Monday 

 for the S. A. F. O. H. convention, also 

 a few days at the fair. 



I regret to report the death of Wil- 

 liam Altemus Huntsman, father of 

 Frank Huntsman, which occurred at 

 Christ hospital, August 10. The deceased 

 was eighty-two years old and died vir- 

 tually of old age. He was at one time 

 mayor of Reading, O., and in his earljr 

 days was quite a politician. He was a 

 schoolmate of the late Gov. Morton, of 

 Indiana. C. J. Ohmer. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



We are now approaching the time 

 when owing to the cool, dewy nights it 

 will be advisable, on many occasions, to 

 use a little heat in order to checH and 

 minimize the conditions favorable to the 

 growth of mildew and black spot. 



Any check to root action which will 

 interfere with the vitality of the plant 

 is an invitation to these pests which, once 

 they have secured a foothold, are cer- 

 tain to give us a deal of trouble ana 



hard work to clear them out, and care 

 should be taken to guard against such 

 conditions. 



With the warm days when copious 

 supplies of water are necessary and the 

 nights cool, there is sure to be consider- 

 able condensation which can be obviated 

 in a great measure by the application of 

 a little heat which will enable us to use 

 ventilation, thereby securing a dry, pure 

 atmosphere, which is absolutely essential 

 to a good growth and healthy foliage. 



A good deal of the success or failure 

 of our rose crops depends on the care 

 and attention given them during this pe- 

 riod, as the transition from natural to 

 artificial heat, in order to be successful, 

 must be gradual. 



Where the heating pipes are placed 

 under the benches particular care must 

 be taken to see that the roots near the 

 bottom of the bench, and which are mosi 

 liable to suffer from close proximity to 

 the heat, do not suffer from want ol 

 water, as appearances are often deceptive, 

 the surface of the bench frequently ap- 

 pearing moist while the body of the soil 

 may l» quite dry. 



Those houses which were planted early 

 and are now in a condition to bear a 

 crop will be greatly benefited by the ap- 

 plication of a light rich mulch. This 

 serves the double purpose of feeding the 

 plant and keeping the roots cool during 

 warm weather, considerably increasing 

 the size and quality of the bloom and 

 providing a better quality of wood for a 

 future crop. 



In respect to taking a first crop from 

 young stock, it is safer to be a little 

 conservative in regard to quantity, as 

 many errors are made yearly in this mat- 

 ter, fine, thrifty bushes being spoUed for 

 months to come because of the ambition 

 or greed of the grower to have a big cut. 

 The grower who can see as far ahead as 

 the holidays will content himself with one 

 or two blooms from each plant for it 

 first cut and conserve the vitality of the 

 plant for wood making purposes, so that 

 he may have some size and strength to 

 his plants for tlie winter work. 



RffiES. 



The Boston and Two Improved Forms of the Nephrolepis. 

 Tarrytown Plersonl Boston 



