May 18, 1005. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



J57?- 



which it. is desirable to artificially inoc- 

 ulate. When this result was attained the 

 Department of Agriculture took a patent 

 on the process in the name of Dr. Moore 

 for the purpose of guaranteeing to the 

 public that no monopoly could be main- 

 tained by commercial producers of sim- 

 ilar cultures. 



The dry cultures are prepared by sat- 

 urating absorbent cotton in a liquid cul- 

 ture, prepared by introducing the bac- 

 teria in a nutrient jelly, where they mul- 

 tiply amazingly. In this way millions 

 of the bacteria are held within the cotton 

 where, af tet this is dried, they remain 

 dormant in much the same way as seeds, 

 waiting for the proper conditions to re- 

 vive them. To do this it is only neces- 

 sary to immerse the cotton in water, but 

 for best results, it seemed best to fur- 

 nish at the same time two packages of 

 nutrient salts, one containing sugar, 

 magnesium sulphate and potassium 

 phosphate and the other ammonium 

 phosphate. The contents of the first 

 package is placed in the water with the 

 cotton, the ammonium phosphate is 

 added twenty-four hours later and in a 

 second twenty-four hours the clear water 

 has changed to a milky liquid, so rapid 

 has been the growth of the bacteria. To 

 apply two methods are practical. The 

 liquid may be used to moisten the seeds 

 or to moisten the soil, which is then 

 scattered as fertilizer and at once 

 worked into the ground. When the seed 

 is treated and dried the inoculation re- 

 mains effective for several months and 

 Dr. Moore predicts that inoculated seed 

 will soon become a regular item of trade. 



Up to November 1, 1904, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture had distributed 12,- 

 490 packages of inoculating material, 

 each stamped with the name of the crop 

 for which it was intended, a different 

 culture being prepared for alfalfa, clo- 

 vers, peas, beans, etc. Each was ac- 

 companied by a circular of simple direc- 

 tions and in nearly every case very bene- 

 ficial results were reported, although in 

 instances where the recipient used on 

 sweet com a culture marked for red 

 clover, or even buried it unopened in his 

 field, he failed to see wonders wrought. 



It is stated that inoculation is neces- 

 sary when : ( 1 ) The land is at all poor 

 or "thin" and has borne no legumes pre- 

 viously. ( 2 ) The land has borne legumes 

 with roots devoid of nodules. 



Inoculation is desirable when: (1) 

 The legumes previously grown on the 

 land belong to another group of these 

 plants. (2) The soil prwiuces a sickly 

 growth of legumes even though their 

 roots bear nodules. 



It should be added that no formula 

 will enable a planter to produce his own 

 cultures as these can be prepared only 

 by a trained bacteriologist with labora- 

 tory facilities. To reliable firms which 

 are equipped to go into the business the 

 department extends co-operation, but ex- 

 pressly states that there will be no hesi- 

 tation in calling attention to any attempt 

 to deceive, either by offering spurious 

 material or material at prices which the 

 department knows by its experience to 

 be exorbitant. 



Seymour, Ind.— A recent hail storm 

 broke 760 panes of glass in the green- 

 houses of M. A. Barick. 



Webster Grove, Mo.— The green- 

 houses of Ernst Henschel were struck 

 by hail on May 4. 



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A M^ell-Grown Crimson Rambler. 



A CRIMSON RAMBLER. 



A well grown and flowered plant of 

 this popular rose is nothing uncommon. 

 This plant was a little over six feet in 

 height and nearly four feet across and 

 it was not easy to decide which was the 

 best side to be photographed. The man 

 who planted this rose in the open 

 ground two yesrs ago this spring has 

 written often advising that the surest 

 and most satisfactory method of forcing 

 these roses was to start in the spring 

 with a good, cut-down, dormant plant. 

 Grow it in the greenhouse until the 

 canes are a good size and then put it 

 outdoors to ripen. We have not gone 

 back on that method, yet the plant 

 shown, which was loaded with trusses 

 of fine flowers from tub to top and on 

 all sides, happens not to have been 

 grown that way. After two summers' 

 growth in the ground it was lifted about 

 November 17. After a good watering 

 it was stood in a house of Kaiserin 

 roses that were going to rest with no 

 fire heat. Perhaps there was little frost 

 in the hou^e before the end of Decem- 

 ber, but from then on to near the end 

 of January there was frequently pretty 

 hard freezing. Then the Eambler was 

 started in a violet house at about 40 

 degrees and later removed to a rose 

 house. We have a good many times 

 tried lifting these Ramblers in the fall, 

 but this is the first we can call "a 

 go." W. S. 



CARNATION SOCIETY'S REPORT. 



The Proceedings of the Fourteenth An- 

 nual Meeting of the American Carnation 

 Society have been mailed to members. 

 It is the usual pamphlet of 115 pages 

 and contains a complete stenographic re- 

 port of the Chicago meeting last Jan. 

 uary, which was quite fully reported in 

 the Eeview at the time and therefore 

 familiar to our readers. The book, nev- 

 ertheless, affords much interesting read- 

 ing, particularly those numerous pages 

 devoted to discussions. The list of va- 

 rieties registered totals seventeen, not 

 counting several sports of Lawson and 

 Enchantress which were not admitted to 

 registration under other than descriptive 

 names. In pages 97 to 99 a stenographic 

 error is noted which evidently escaped 

 the eye of the editor of the volume. The 

 gentlemen who referred to the good work 

 done for floriculture at the Indiana Ex- 

 periment Station were J. S. Stuart and 

 J. A. Haugh, of Anderson, not Stewart 

 and Hall, as printed. 



OsKALoosA, Ia. — The Kemble Floral 

 Co. is very busy with planting work. 

 They have men in a number of the sur- 

 rounding towns. 



BouNDBROoK, N. J. — A. C. Zvolauek 

 has built a residence and two green- 

 houses 31x204 and will remove here from 

 Grand View. As heretofore, sweet peas 

 will be his specialty. 



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