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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jandaby 5, 1905. 



beautiful, four to t*n blooms and many 

 over three feet high. Last season some 

 of them were a little late on account cf 

 Easter being a little early or running my 

 house a little cool. This season I potted 

 my lilies and brought them in the full 

 light and heat about November 1 and 

 they are just coming through the ground 

 nicely and pots well filled with roots. 

 By running at about the same tempera- 



ture as carnations they will come in 

 full swing about April 15 to 20. Now 

 this is my experience. I would not dare 

 to say for everyone to follow it, but I 

 make a success in this way and would 

 advise anyone getting in the same fix as 

 W. &. N. to give them a trial and I am 

 safe in saying they will not be in the 

 back row at Easter regarding blooms. 



L. H. W. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



As the season advances and the busbes 

 become stronger they will require iv;ore 

 nourishment to mature the crops and 

 this should be given to them just as 

 soon as it is required. 



During the busy season of propagating 

 potting, etc., when so many crops are 

 calling for attention, the rose !)enches, 

 if they continue to do fair work, are 

 frequently neglected in the matter of 

 food and it is only after a crop show- 

 fligns of deterioration that the nourish- 

 ment is given. Of course this is too late 

 to do any good to that particular croi) 

 and it must be remembered that once 

 starve a rose and it takes a long time to 

 regain its vitality and if the food is 



Siven to the plant in large or strong 

 oees while in this exhausted condition 

 it is almost certain to give them dyspep- 

 sia or sour stomach. To provide against 

 tne plant suffering from want of food 

 a light, rich mulch should be given and 

 when the weather is bright this can be 

 supplemented with liquid feeding. 



If plants have been forced by raising 

 the temperature previous to the holiday 

 season, it is best and safest to lower this 

 gradually until the normal is again 

 reached ; any sudden drop in temperature 

 is bound to check the growth and cause 

 trouble. 



Keep the shoots tied up and the bench 

 clear of dead and decaying leaves, for 

 without cleanliness and fresh air it is 

 impossible to produce good roses. 



After protracted dull weather, when 

 it is next to impossible to use the syr- 

 inge with freedom, spider will be apt to 

 increase and should be looked after care- 

 fully. Where there are any hot corners, 

 there the spider is sure to lurk and if. 

 not destroj'ed will soon give trouble. A 

 judicious use of the syringe will repay 



at this season. _____^^ — 



— By -thrs^tmeTTiere should be no mil- 

 dew; ii there is any, it is the result of 

 carelessness or neglect as any ordinary 

 precaution will keep the house.s clear of 

 this pest at this season when there is a 

 command of heat. 



Fumigating once a week will under or- 

 dinary conditions keep green fly in check 

 and if some red pepper is burned in the 

 houses once a week there will be little 

 trouble from thrips. 



Care in watering, keeping an even tem- 

 perature and judiciousness in ventilating 

 will tide us over the short days and keep 

 the stock from losing vitality till the 

 sun gets higher and gives them more 

 activity both in root and foliage. 



BiBES. 



MARECHAL NIEL. 



Please tell me what to do with a 

 large Marechal Niel rose I have in my 

 greenhouse. It is in the ground and 

 about ten feet high. It does not bloom 

 enough to pay me for the room it occu- 

 pies. It was cut back to six feet last 

 spring and did fairly well. It gave one 

 crop last summer and since then has 

 been at a standstill and scarcely exists. 

 I have given it wood ashes and a little 

 lime, also liquid manure at different 

 times. Would be glad for any informa- 

 tion. L. M. B. 



When Marechal Niel roses get too old 

 they sometimes take a fit like this, pos- 

 sibly due to exhaustion of the soil, or the 

 roots may have reached into some unsuit- 

 able food, and then they had better be 

 thrown out. 



If you still wish to retain the plant 

 it would be advisable to dig around it 

 and remove the old soil, give it a root 

 pruning and fill in with a good com- 

 post. RiBES. 



SPIDER ON PLANTS. 



I send you some leaves from Ameri- 

 can Beauty and wish your expert would 

 tell me through the Revikw what is the 

 matter with tliem. They have been grow- 

 ing in 6-inch pots since the first of 

 October and did finely up to the first 

 of December, since which time they seem 

 to have stood still and lost their leaves. 

 I watered them with liquid_ manure_uo 

 to_De££nxber-i-aB4-haveThem Tn^ house 

 with a temperature of 54 to 60 degrees 

 at night and from 60 to 75 degrees in 

 the day time, but they do not need any 

 more water, as we do not get any more 

 sun and they do not dry out. Please let 

 me know how to handle them so that I 

 get from four to six roses on them each 



before Easter. I would like to sell them 

 in pots at Easter. P. J. K. 



These Beauties are suffering from a 

 very bad dose of red spider. Look care- 

 fully on the under sides of the leaves and 

 you will find them covered with a very 

 small and lively mite and the whole sur- 

 face covered with a fine web. To rem- 

 edy this syringe the under sides of the 

 leaves every day and use sufficient force 

 to dislodge the spider and break up the 

 web. 



Until you get them back to health do 

 not use liquid or any other food, as this 

 will aggravate the trouble. Bibbs. 



TROUBLE WITH SOIL. 



Will you please examine this rose foli- 

 age and let me know what is the matter 

 with it? It is two months that I have 

 been with this plant. The man who was 

 florist before I took hold of it, so the 

 owner of the plant says, used lime by 

 the wholesale and the soil shows it. I 

 have tried all ray remedies but cannot 

 stop the foliage from burning and leaves 

 falling. The soil the other florist used 

 was black gumbo and the proprietor 

 says he was making the soil for months. 

 My houses run 55 to GO degrees nights, 

 65 to 70 degrees days, with plenty of 

 air. The houses were full of red spider 

 and mildew when I took them, but have 

 conquered that, but cannot stop this 

 burning and the leaves falling. 



The benches were water soaked when 

 I took the plant. All the roses out of 

 benches in pots do well and I set out 

 some Perles since I came here out of 

 the common soil and they are doing 

 well. J. H. W. 



From the appearance of these leaves 

 it seems to me that there must be some- 

 thing wrong with the drainage. Gumbo 

 soil, which I have tested several times, 

 I do not consider at all fit to grow roses 

 in, and especially if overdosed with lime. 

 The treatment you are giving them is 

 all right and if the soil and drainage 

 were good they ought to respond. I 

 should advise running them rather on 

 the dry side for some time and refrain 

 from feeding. 



You have not had much time yet, 

 during the most torpid ])eriod, to know 

 if your treatment is to be effective, so I 

 would continue it until the spring 

 growth commences, when without doubt 

 you will have better results. Avoid if 

 possible using gumbo soil in the future. 



RlBES. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Early Propagation. 



While it is somewhat early to begin 

 propagation in earnest, it is none too 

 soon to start the slower growing sorts, 

 for with this class, unless good sized 

 plants can be had at housing time, the 

 returns come too late to be profitable. 



Because large plants are needed when 

 housed, it does not follow that the young 

 stock must be so when planted out. The 

 idea of early propagation is nj)t-SO muel 

 to- secure large plants as it is to pro- 

 vide a period of partial rest. Letting 

 the rooted cuttings into soil early and 

 gradually working them into a lower 

 temperature will produce a natural, slow, 

 sturdy growth and of course to follow 

 this plan it will be necessary to pro- 

 vide a place separate from the blooming 

 plants, also to use soil free from manure 



