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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



J269 



apt to have some quite warm days, with 

 considerable wind, causing rapid trans- 

 piration. In this case close attention 

 must be given to spraying, that the 

 plants may not suffer through wilting. 

 Dark, stormy times occur during which 

 the foliage takes on a soft growth. If 

 possible it is best to wait until pleasant 

 weather before watering, but if close 

 observation shows plants to be suffer- 

 ing, apply sparingly between the rows, 

 without wetting the foliage. 



The best time to water is in the early 

 forenoon of a bright day, at which time 

 any necessary spraying to counteract 

 wilting or syringing to destroy spider 

 should be done. Sometimes every indi- 

 cation points to a fair day, when, by 

 eleven o'clock, the sun is obscured and 

 plants have been wet by spraying. This 

 is a bad position in which to be caught, 

 but the best must be made of it. Every 

 means must be employed to dry out the 

 surplus moisture as soon as possible. 

 Under no circumstances close the venti- 

 lators and raise the temperature. There 

 musTbe a circulation of air and this is 

 best accomplished by having on a crack 

 at the ridge. 



A generous dose of grape dust will 

 materially reduce the development of 

 fungoid germs. Knowing the nature of 

 your soil, construction of bench, also 

 whether raised or solid, you can deter- 

 mine the natural capacity of a bed to 

 retain moisture, but let there be no 

 guesswork. Examine the soil each day. 



Never apply water in such quantity as 

 to cause a rain storm under the bench. 

 This is not only carelessness, but a means 

 of carrying out valuable fertilizing ele- 

 ments in solution. 



Frequently the plants along the side of 

 the bench are in need of water about 

 three o'clock on the afternoon of a 

 bright day. A slow stream from the 

 hose held close to the soil will remedy 

 this, but be careful not to overdo the 

 matter. 



It is about time to get in a batch of 

 cuttings for bloom next summer. Look 

 over your list and select varieties that 

 by nature are inclined to make trim, 

 bushy plants. Geo. S. Osborn. 



LEAF-SPOT. 



I am sending you some leaves from 

 my Enchantress carnations. You will 

 see that the foliage seems to turn dry 

 at the tip of the leaves; the plants look 

 healthy in every other way. The plants 

 were grown in the field until about the 

 first week in September, when they were 

 carefully housed in good soil. Please 

 tell me what you think the matter is, and 

 the treatment. E. A. M. 



The leaves you sent were spotted with 

 what closely resembled fairy-ring, though 

 I could not be certain, as the leaves were 

 pretty well dried up. I feel quite safe 

 in saying that you may treat your plants 

 the same as you would for that disease, 

 as all those leaf-spot diseases require 

 much the same treatment. Pick off all the 

 spotted leaves and burn them to prevent 

 the spreading of the disease. If you 

 heat with steam pajnt one of the pipes 

 with a mixture of lime and sulphur in 

 equal portions, mixed with water to make 

 a thick paint. If your plants are bloom- 

 ing, don't have tiiis too strong, as it 

 \vill take the color out of the flowers. 

 Better leave a crack of air on. Strew 

 around the house and under the benches 

 some air-slaked lime. You can also dust 

 the plants with air-slaked lime and sul- 



The Chamaedorea Species Exhibited at Washins^too. 



phulr mixed in equal proportions. Take a 

 Peerless sulphur blower or a pair of bel- 

 lows and Wow the house full of this. 

 Stop syringing unless there is red spider 

 on the plants. 



One of the best remedies we have ever 

 found is Formaline, of which we use one 

 part to 500 of water. Spray this on 

 the plants in the morning of a bright 

 day. But you must choose a day that 

 promises to be bright, so the plants 

 will dry off well before night. These 

 leaf-spots are more active in a damp 

 atmosphere than in a dry one and so 

 you want to keep the plants dry, espe- 

 cially at night. A. F. J. Baur. 



GOV.WOLCOTT? 



I am sending a bloom of a white car- 

 nation which^ has appeared among my 

 Enchantress. It has a very hardy, vigor- 

 ous growth and all the traits of En- 

 chantress. Do you think it is a sport? 

 The plant has been grown in a night 

 temperature of from 56 to 58 degrees 

 and the stems are probably weak on 

 that account. L. A. L. 



THE CHAMAEDOREA. 



In the display made by the U. S. De- 

 partment of A^griculture at the Wash- 

 ington convention of the S. A. F. were 

 a number of plants of chamaedorea like 

 the one shown in the accompanying illus- 

 tration. Prof. Galloway and his assis- 

 tants in the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 think that in this they have a plant 

 with commercial possibilities and the 

 specimens shown were examined with 

 much interest by the many palm growers 

 who saw them. The exhibit as a whole 

 received the society's certificate of merit. 



George W. Oliver says that this palm 

 was discovered in Guatemala by Prof. 0. 

 Cook, who found it growing at an ele- 

 vation of 3,000 feet. Prof. Cook thinks 

 it a new species but closely allied to 

 Chamaedorea graminsefolia. It requires 

 the same treatment and temperature as 

 Kentia Forsteriana and K. Belmoreana. 

 As a house plant it is said to be very 

 good. 



The bloom you sent revived enough, 

 when placed in water, so I could say al- 

 most positively that it is Gov. "Wolcott. 

 When you get another bloom you will no- 

 tice that it has less petals than Enchan- 

 tress and it also has more deeply ser- 

 rated petals than Enchantress. Also the 

 calyx is more slender and the stem and 

 foliage more wiry. If you will grow 

 these in a temperature of 52 degrees you 

 will get better stems and better result? 

 in general. No carnation will grow in 

 a temperature of 56 to 58 degrees and 

 remain healthy very long. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



The palm in question attracted some 

 attention from those visiting the Masonic 

 Hall, in which the exhibit of palms from 

 the department was displayed at the S. 

 A. F. convention, and, while the chamsB- 

 doreas generally are not looked upon as 

 commercial palms, yet this species (pos- 

 sibly C. glaucifolia) looks more promis- 

 ing than some already in cultivation. 



This palm has narrow leaflets of very 

 dark green, and the habit of the plant 

 is compact and well furnished. All the 

 members of this genus are shade-loving 

 species, and are of comparatively dwarf 

 habit, most of them being found as un- 

 dergrowth in the tropical forests of 

 ]Mexico, Central America and South 

 America. \v, H. T. 



