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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 7, 1907. 



VEILAND & OLINGER PLANT. 



The establishment of Weiland & Oliu- 

 ger, at New Castle, Ind., consists of six- 

 teen houses. Ten of them are devoted to 

 tea roses, three to American Beauty and 

 three to carnations. The accompanying 

 illustrations are from photographs made 

 November 20. Enchantress is shown in 

 one of the interior views, Beauty in the 

 other. Peter Weiland gives his personal 

 attention to the Beauties and had a fine 

 crop on for Christmas. He is one of a 

 well-known family of florists, being a 



son of M. Weiland, of Evanston, III., a 

 nephew of Peter Keinberg and related to 

 the Wietor brothers, Adam Zender, John 

 Muno and others in the trade. Mr. Olin- 

 ger is his partner 's brother-in-law. They 

 have, in addition to the range of glass, 

 a big field of peonies of the best varie- 

 ties, planted for cut flowers. Last season 

 the weather was so unfavorable just at 

 the blooming period that it ruined most 

 of the crop, but the field has now been 

 planted long enough for the stock to be 

 well established and better luck is hoped 

 for this year. 



GREENFLY AND RED SPIDER. 



As spring advances we may look for 

 a rapid increase of greenfly and red spi- 

 der and special efforts should be made 

 to exterminate them before they become 

 too numerous. 



It is almost impossible to fumigate 

 with tobacco as frequently as is neces- 

 sary to keep greenfly in check, without 

 at the same time causing injury to the 

 flower and foliage to some extent. 



The petals of the pink varieties are 

 so easily bleached that heavy fumigation 

 frequently makes them unsalable and, 

 although the injury to the foliage is not 

 so apparent, it is there nevertheless, and 

 a careful microscopic examination will 

 show the injury done. 



This method of keeping greenfly in 

 subjection is yet the most commonly used 

 but it is far from being perfect; nor 

 have we as yet found a substitute that 

 can be used with the same freedom and 

 safety. 



That cyanide of potassium is more ef- 

 fective and less injurious to bloom and 

 foliage there is no doubt, but many 

 growers show a decided inclination to 

 avoid the attending dangers consequent 

 on the use of this deadly gas. Where 

 plenty of tobacco stems can be had it 

 is a very safe and effective way to keep 

 these under the benches, on the pipes or, 

 in fact, anywhere in the house where 

 they will be out of the way and cause 

 no untidiness. By renewing these peri- 

 odically greenfly can make no headway 

 and there is not the least danger to even 

 the most delicate leaved plants, such as 

 ferns, spiraeas or cinerarias. 



If spider is present in the house keep 

 the syringe going on every favorable oc- 

 casion and, particularly, keep an eye on 

 the young plants, as this is oro of the 

 most insidious and injurious pests they 

 have to contend with in their present 

 stage. BiBES. 



SOUTHERN ROSES UNDER GLASS. 



[A paper by R. Lockerbie, New Orleans, read 

 before the Society of Southern Florists, at the 

 New Orleans Convention, February 14 to 16. 

 1907, continued from the Issue of February 28.] 



Plantins. 



The operation of planting is simple, 

 but must be well done. Insert the plant 

 well beneath the surface of the soil and 

 press it down firmly with both hands. 

 The soil around the plant must then be 

 firmed, leaving a cup-like depression at 

 the base. Eoses naturally love a firm 

 footing, but where the soil is of a heavy, 

 clay texture, less firming is necessary 

 than where it is of a loose, sandy nature. 

 In the latter case you can hardly make 

 the soil too firm, so you must let the 

 nature of the soil guide your judgment 

 in the matter. Be careful in all this 

 firming process not to mash the ball of 

 the young plant. I have found no imple- 

 ment so handy for this "purpose as a pint 

 beer bottle filled with sand and corked. 

 Like a certain brand of soap, this "just 

 fits the hand," and beats the bare fist 

 or a brick all hollow. Where three men 

 work together, one inserting the plants 

 and the other two using the bottles, a 

 great many can be speedily planted. 



Watering at Plantiiig. ■ 



After planting a few rows fill the de-' 

 pressions full of water, so that the bench 

 will be thoroughly saturated to the bot- 

 tom, and spray the plants. By delaying 

 this waterm^, until a whole bench is 

 planted you m^y find a great many of 

 the plants have evaporated their mois- 

 ture and lost the tips of their young 

 shoots. Every bright day the plants will 

 require copious doses of water, in the 

 depressions only, and also a good syring- 

 ing. Do this in the morning and repeat 

 the syringing after dinner all during the 

 hot summer months. The walks and un- 

 derneath the benches should also be well - 

 wet down a few times each day to neu- 

 tralize, as far as possible, the enervating 

 effects of the summer heat. 



There is a wide margin between the 

 terms, too wet and too dry, but this 

 cannot be measured out in talk, and each 

 grower must study this out for himself. 

 It is difficult to give too much water ' 

 during the summer months, if the roseS 

 are in a good growing condition and the 

 drainage has been properly provided for. 

 It is also well to remember that a rose 

 plant during summer will quickly go tO' 

 pieces if kept too dry, and is much 

 harder to restore than one that has been 

 kept a little too wet. 



The grass and weeds will quickly 

 spring into being, but there need be na 

 haste to remove them. For the first 

 three weeks they serve two important 

 purposes, which more than compensate 

 for the little nourishment they take from 

 the soil. First, they take up any surplus 

 moisture the bench may receive, thus 

 keeping the soil sweet, and second, they 

 act as a shield against the sun's rays,, 

 keeping the soil cool and giving the 

 young plants a good chance to start into 

 active growth. After this they must be 

 religiously kept down. 



Supporting. 



Staking and tying up are next in or- 

 der. The sooner tea roses are tied up,, 

 the better and stronger will the breaks 

 be. Beauties, on the other hand, ought 

 to be left to wander at their own sweet 

 will until the breaks have started fronk 

 the bottom. It seems the gentle over- 

 hang is just enough to induce the eyes at 

 the base to start into active growth. 

 Use wire stakes three and one-half to 

 four feet long for tea roses and six feet 

 long for Beauties, and tie each stake t» 

 an overhead wire running the whole 

 length of the bed, over each row of 

 plants. Keep the plants always neatly 



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