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Beds of Rose Mine. Caroline Testout at the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland, Ore. 



suggested. A night temperature of 55 

 degrees will grow fine white roses. Ivory 

 will give you almost a;^ many buds as 

 the largest varieties of carnations. 

 Years ago we grew the old double white 

 primula, now seldom seen. We also grew 

 successive crops of white ten weeks ' 

 stocks. It was a dwarf, early flowering 

 strain, the seed of which we saved. Our 

 first sowing was the middle of August. 

 It has disappeared entirely. There are 

 several things which could be grown in 

 the genial temperature of 55 degrees. A 

 crop of sweet stevia up to New Year's; 

 Bermuda lilies from January on, also 

 flats or pots of f reesias, but I can think 

 of nothing that will give you continuous 

 bloom from November to May equal to 

 the carnation. 



4. We know of no reason at all why 

 acetylene gas light should be harmful to 

 plant life. It comes the nearest to day- 

 light of any artificial light we know of. 

 It makes the electric light look a dull 

 red and will be more and more used as 

 people get over the fallacy that it is 

 dangerous. It is generally admitted that 

 plants cannot remain healthy and vigor- 

 ous under continuous light. You could 

 slightly advance the flowering oflilies or 

 any crop you wished to force, and where 

 worthless afterwards, but it will not do 

 for roses or carnations or any plants that 

 we wish to keep in vigorous health. When 

 the sun goes down let the plants rest. 



W. S. 



A CASE OF DISTRESS. 



The Review is in receipt of the fol- 

 lowing letter accompanied by letters 

 trom the county clerk and sheriff at 

 Leavenworth, Kan., indicating tliat the 

 tacts are as stated: 



With a heavy heart, and only for the sake 

 "f my family, I ask you respoctfuU.v If you 

 I'laybe would do something through your paper 

 -^ I would be able to repair my greenhouses 

 I'ofore fall. I had a Are in the month of 

 I'ebruary and lost about $800 In plants. 1 

 lebullt and restocked It again, and in the 

 month of May the hall not only wrecked the 

 greenhouses but destroyed the contents and 

 )'?ft me without anything. Please excuse me; 

 't Is a terrible thing to ask for help, but It 

 '^ for the sake of my family. My wife Is an 

 invalid for two years. C. W. KLINE. 



t«avenwortli, July 18. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



TOMATOES. 



Young plants now under wjiy should 

 not be neglected in the matter of mov- 

 ing up. A good deal has been said re- 

 garding the having of tomato plants too 

 strong, claims being made that it gives 

 them a tendency to develop overabun- 

 dant foliage to the detriment of the fruit 

 producing properties. When the fruiting 

 stage is reached there is no doubt dan- 

 ger from this source, but in the earlier 

 stages of growth I believe the best re- 

 sults are afterwards obtained by grow- 

 ing the plants on ns freely as possible; 

 it is time enough to begin the hardening 

 up process after tlie plants are set in 

 their fruiting quarters, which is best 

 done by limiting the amount of soil for 

 the individual plant. In the meantime, 

 however, keep the plants potted on just 

 as soon as the pots are well filled with 

 roots and before they begin to show any 

 signs of becoming drawn or spindly 

 through lack of freedom at the roots. 



Of course the soil need not be over- 

 rich. Any good potting soil will be 

 strong enough ; the principal thing is 

 room and soil enough for the roots to 

 run freely in. If this is supplied, heal- 

 thy, short-pointed plants will be the re- 

 sult and sucli plants will begin to flower 

 and set fruit a good deal earlier than 

 plants that have become drawn and 

 spindly through neglect from any of the 

 many causes which produce such condi- 

 tions. It stands to reason that it takes 

 a plant built on a good, healthy founda- 

 tion to withstand, and prove fruitful, 

 the artificial conditions to which they 

 are subjected during their after life. 



Another important agency in the pro- 

 duction of healthy plants is abundance 

 of light and air. At this season of the 

 year there should be little trouble in sup- 

 plying both, as the ventilators can be 

 left open, both night and day, with lit- 

 tle danger from the attacks of mildew 



or other fungous diseases. But the plants 

 should be set well apart, so that every 

 individual will have freedom of air and 

 full exposure to light on all sides. 



Care shohld be exercised as the nights 

 get colder to regulate the air so as to 

 give as equal a temperature as possible. 

 For instance, should the temperature run 

 naturally, with the ventilators open, as 

 high as from 70 to 75 degrees one week 

 and next, in the case of a cold spell, run 

 10 degrees lower, the ventilators should 

 be lowered so as to maintain a tempera- 

 ture of about 70 degrees. To do this 

 it may be necessary to close down gradu- 

 ally early enough in the afternoon 

 to concentrate enough sun heat to 

 sustain the desired temperature. Five 

 heat should not be used until it is abso- 

 lutely necessary. The longer it can be 

 delayed the better for the plants, but it 

 is advisable to use it should there be a 

 danger of the temperature of the house 

 running below 60 degrees. 



The plants will require a moderate 

 supply of water at the roots, but no syr- 

 inging, and as little atmospheric mois- 

 ture during the night as possible. 

 Through the day it is sometimes ad- 

 vantageous to damp tlie floor of the house 

 to help lower the temperature on bright, 

 scorching days. W. S. Croydon. 



TO EXTERMINATE ANTS. 



To drive out the common black ants 

 which may be infesting any flower beds 

 or other places I should use tar or a 

 solution of it. Not gas tar, but ,iu«t 

 common pine tar. Gas tar is fatal to 

 plant life. One must use judgment 

 mixed with his tar. If the ants 

 swarm all over the place, of course, 

 heroic treatment must be resorted to, 

 but in ordinary cases, where the ants 

 are in the ground occupied by coleus 

 and other tender stock, that is another 

 story. Were I to handle such a job, un- 

 less the ants were killing the plants I 

 would not do a thing to them now, but 

 when frost has come and got in its work 

 on the plants so that the ground is clear, 

 then I would just soak it with a solution 



