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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Winning Pandanus Shown at St. Louis by Chas. Beyer. 



Jill stripoil or inostly solid red. *':in you 

 i-xpliiiti the fri^-ik ;iik1 do yoii know of 

 ;niv similar casos .' S. Ji. tS. 



Tlic spcfiiiit'ii llowr'r ai'iivrd in lair 

 couilitiiin. Tlic color M|i|car('(l to 1k' a 

 d('r|i rod, almost a crimson. It is <loul)t- 

 lid wlietlior tlicri- is a yroat fiitiue for 

 i(d(iied tul/croscs. White is its color, as 

 lihic is for violets. J do uot know that 

 any mo caii account for those variations 

 in color in ilowers. sports or Inid vai'ia- 

 tiiins as the great Darwin calh'd them. 

 Imt lliey have t>iven lis some of the most 

 \aluablo of our llorists' flowers. lV)ssi- 

 lily soil has more intlueiice than any 

 otlicr. Now that you ha\o sucli a radi- 

 <al change of color in tliis favorite 

 llowcr, it IS more than likely you will get 

 further variation and if you could get a 

 I'lirc pink it would l)e a valuahle noveltv. 



W. S. 



DISEASED PLANTS. 



\\'ill viiti pha^e state what is tiic mat 

 tei with the ])laats I semi.' 'I'lic IrouMc 

 began about two or thice yt'a!r> ago, witii 

 cinerarias, then spreaij to geiMiiiums, 

 gloxinias, fuchsias, etc. The jilunts sent 

 show the disease better than 1 could de- 

 S(Miiie it. I have tried Boideaiix inixtiiie, 

 ot( .. to no avail. The disea-<e always be- 

 gin- with voiing seediiiijis or ciittiio's. 

 If i here is a remi'dx- pi"a>e indicate it. 



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N\ hen the >peciineiis arrived they wimc 

 too much (irii.'d U]i to di^^t inguish any |iar- 

 ticiiiar dif-ease. I'l-om 1 lie description 

 tiiis .M'cms a veiy bad case and, wlmt is 

 •^traiigr, it spreads omt sncli a \arietv. 

 it ,t was one kind of plant and we knew 

 it> treatini'nt \\e might iiid a cause. As 

 it is we slnniid ad\ise \niir getting the 

 ueaicst good gardf nei 1o evamine yiMir 

 condition and if there was noihing \i-iblv 

 wi(.ng then you should ha\e your seil and 

 ^\:\u-v nnalyz'^d. W. S. 



STONE WALLS. 



We are conlemplating using stone for 

 the w.'ilis of gieeiihouses to be built next 

 year and we would like some advice 

 from some one in regard to their desir- 

 ability. \V(> have asked some of the 

 greenhouse builders, Ijut they an; more 

 intoi'csted in selling posts, etc. We 

 thought possibly \tni might think it 

 worth \\hile to discuss that ma'ter in 

 vour letters in the i^:viK.w. What we 

 would like is an opinion lUi whether 

 stone ^\ails ;ire desirable and liow thick 

 they need be. Alsd how the rout' would 

 bi'st 1)0 placed upon them. '/.. \\. .J. 



1 can say little on tlu^ suliject and 

 must state at the stai-t that those hor- 

 ticultural liuilders who talked ]iosts and 

 boards were not so far wrong, because 

 good Tennessee red cedar posts iiiid cy- 

 ]pi-ess lioards as sheathing will last 

 through youi' natural life, unless you be- 

 lo!ig to the Methuselah fauiily. Tweiity- 

 li\(' years ago, when ^v<.■ tii-st started to 

 biiihl. \\e tiegan nobly. \\U\\ nMi'e am- 

 bition tlutn dollars. We dug a trench 

 three feet deeji and built an l>-inch 



stone wnll wincii caine six inclu'^ abovi,' 

 the gr;oli.' of lie -ui'iouiidiiig surface. On 



to the wall w : lioreil a ^J.\\^2 I'ine sill 



aid Iroiii lh;ii nailed en niir studding, 

 (ir po-:is. All water m- uioi-ture trickled 

 down •uil(i the pine pl.ate. wliicii in live 

 ve.-irs was 1 Imicugiily roiien. Tlie only 

 ledeeuiing I'ealuie in this wasted money 

 w;!S the t'act that t \\ o t'eet six inches 

 I't' this w.-ill, er Inundation. w;i-- laid U]> 

 di\. .\o moilar was used lietween the 

 stones and it was the means of ticting 

 as a good drain, always keeping the sur- 

 face (jI' th(> greenhouse dry; otherwise 

 it was several hundred dollars buried. 



<)urs is a iieighliorhood <jf many tlint. 

 .iiul liinestiuie (|uanies. All the baseiuents 

 (>f (.111 dwellings aiv built of limestone 

 aihl 1 can -ay from the authority ot 

 practical iiiasdiis that eighteen inches in 

 thickness is the least you can build. \ \' 

 \ou have stone at .i \ei'\ trilling cost 

 there is no reasiiii why yiui sliould not 

 use it, for an exteiinr \\all. and let the 

 tirst two feet ill the t(iuiidati(Ui be laid 

 up dry. Wheh you tinish oiV at the lop 

 .il I he wail you will, nt' cnurse. anchor on 

 a |ila!e bcM'led both Way- to throw the 

 water in or oui and fioin that ymir root' 

 s|irin"s. A I'Jim-li luick or s-indi '•<■- 

 nieiit wall may look iie.aier. hut it to 



^■OU tlie stdue i- c-hcaper, then UsT' it. 1 



cannot tliink ot' anv i'eas(Ui wliv iinl. 



" W. S 



SOOT AS FERTILIZER. 



A\'iial Mfoperl II'- lias i-u.al sn.it that 

 make :i ii-eiiil a- a I'eil ili/.i-r .' What 

 elfecl doe- ii h.-|\e Mil ihe plaiil-.' \\ liai. 

 (jUailtilleS is it safe to use.' N. li. 



Sunt t'l'iMii bitiiiniiiou- cual I- lrei|ie'nt- 

 ly iisi'd li\ pardoners nli .uitside ci-nps 

 and aiso by Ihu'ists mi greeiihoiisr crops 

 with good results. The analysis slmws 

 that in Inni) parts il cniitaiiis: <harii.al, 

 ;'.71: salts of aniiiioiiia. Il'ti: salts of 

 |iot;issium and socla. L' t : oxiik- ot' iron, 

 ."lO ; Sllic;i. '.W : -lllpliale of lime. ;',| ; 

 caibonate ot' magnesia, '.'. 



The I'ertilizing effect ot' a I op 'Iressiiig 

 ot' soor is \rr\ decicled ;iiid sioius in ;i. 



great degree to be due to iho presi'llio 



ot' sulphate and chloride nt aininoniiiiii. 

 To g<jt the b'-t re-iilts ;i- a I op-d Tossing 

 it'ShouldJie diluted witll Iwi.-r its bulk 



of good fresh Soil and pm on tin- boiii'h 

 X'ery thinly, about one Imsiiol 'o oarh 

 .")0n S(pi;ire feet ot' siirt'ai-e. 



It is also an excellent ni.aii-rial to u.-e 



' KD.Ml F.M.I, s. Ia. .Joseph I'.ailcroft ^ 

 ^on have their -tock in exceptionallv 

 good shape this season. 



lli;i;i: is a check for >_' to jiay two 

 yeiirs ill advance for the llorists' best 

 jiaji.'i. — (;. A. b'lKMN.v, ( oiiiiersville, Ind. 



Show Given by J. W. Dudley & Son, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



