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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 29, 1905. 



the manifolds are made up with swing 

 joints there should be no trouble. It 

 would undoubtedly be more economical 

 to cut the coils in two rather than to 

 attempt to provide for the expansion by 

 expansion joints in this size of pipe. 

 If the pipes are in manifolds on the 

 side of the house the expansion can be 

 cared for by providing swing joints at 

 both ends of the runs by turning the 

 manifolds at each end of the house. 

 Swing joints can be made by using two 



L's connected by a close nipple. One 

 L should be on the main line of pipe 

 and the other on a short length of pipe 

 which connects the main line of pipe 

 at right angles to a manifold built of 

 T's and nipples of sufl&cient length to 

 allow for the swing joints. The short 

 lengths of pipe may vary in length 

 from eighteen inches on a 100-foot run 

 to three or four feet in length, ac- 

 cording to convenience. 



L. C. C. 



GROWING GARDEN ROSES. 



After the young stock has been in the 

 benches for ten days the weeds should 

 be pulled out and the surface given a 

 good stirring up to the depth of at 

 least an inch. This cultivation is of 

 the utmost importance to young stock 

 and is far too often neglected or per- 

 formed in a very perfunctory manner, 

 especially by young growers. This oper- 

 ation should be done at least once a 

 week, whether there are weeds on the 

 bench or not, as it is only by persisting 

 in stirring the surface that we can keep 

 it in condition to be benefited by sun 

 and air. 



During the summer we have to use 

 water so liberally that, if we do not 

 keep cultivating, the soil will become 

 sour and caked, thus preventing proper 

 evaporation and retarding growth. 



Tying and Disbudding. 



Just as soon as possible the young 

 stock should be supported and trained, 

 so that each shoot may be kept in an 

 upright position, thus preventing the 



eyes from breaking weak, which will 

 cause a crop of blind wood, and facili- 

 tating syringing, which can be more 

 effectively done when the plants are up- 

 right and rigid. 



Where Beauties are concerned this ty- 

 ing should never be neglected, as the 

 quick, succulent growth is very easily 

 broken where the syringe is applied with 

 sufficient force to dislodge red spider. 



This tying and training should be done 

 in a neat and tasty manner, each shoot 

 tied singly, taking care not to tie so 

 tightly that there will be no room left 

 for the stem to swell and causing the 

 tying material to cut into the bark. This 

 results in unsightly protuberances form- 

 ing on the stems and prevents the free 

 flow of sap. 



The benches should be gone over fre- 

 quently and all buds showing color re- 

 moved, taking with each bud three or 

 more of the topmost leaves, so that only 

 the stronger and more mature buds may 

 be left to break and form shoots for 

 a future crop. 



Feeding Young Stock. 



From the many questions put to me 

 by the younger class of growers, there 

 seem still to be some hazy ideas regard- 

 ing the time when feeding should be ap- 

 plied to young stock. As a rule the 

 ordinary soil, if properly composted and 



used in the manner so frequently rec* 

 ommended in these columns, is sufficient 

 for the wants of the young stock till 

 after the plants have produced at least 

 one crop, and frequently two. This of 

 course depends upon the size and quality 

 of the growth they have made, but, gen- 

 erally speaking, it is safer to leave 

 feeding alone until we are convinced 

 that the plants are in want of it and 

 the condition right, when an applica- 

 tion will be of benefit. 



There is really more damage done to 

 young stock by too early feeding and 

 over-doing it than there is by under- 

 feeding and we frequently see plants not 

 over one foot high with* over two inches 

 of the richest kind of mulch on the sur- 

 face. And there they remain until sick- 

 ness commences and the crops are 

 ruined. Do not feed young stock; it 

 does not require it. Bibes. 



RED SPIDER. 



I have a house of Beauties and a 

 house of Maids and Gates which were 

 planted the same time. They are as 

 good stock as I ever saw for this time 

 of the year. I syringe them in the 

 morning and also about five o'clock so 

 the foliage of the plants and surface 

 of the bed will be damp over night to 

 keep down spider. Do you approve 

 of itf L. r. W. 



Keeping the surface of the soil, and 

 especially the foliage, wet over night, 

 while it may help to keep spider in 

 check, is rather a dangerous experi- 

 ment, especially where Beauties are 

 concerned, as this causes a softness of 

 growth and foliage peculiarly adapting 

 it to the ravages of fungous growth. 

 I should advise syringing in the morn- 

 ing and afternoon during bright 

 weather, using sufficient force to dis- 

 lodge the spiders and break up the 

 webs. This afternoon syringing, how- 

 ever, should be done early enough to 

 allow the foliage to dry before sun- 

 down, say about three o'clock, or just 

 when the temperature begins to fall. 



ElBES. 



JUNE BUGS. 



Can any reader inform me if June 

 bug larvae in the soil are really harmful 

 to roses, also is there no way of kill- 

 ing the pest less drastic than using bi- 

 sulphide of carbon T I have had my roses 

 planted about a month and they are 

 taking hold nicely, but on examination 



Display of Outdoor Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses in over 100 Varieties by Mrs. H. E. Foote, at Boston, June 24. 



