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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 22, 1907. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Denver and G>Iorado. 



On visiting Denver recently I found 

 it a busy place and widespread. Unlike 

 the people of Chicago and Kansas City, 

 where nobody seems to have time to stop 

 for anything, everybody in Denver gives 

 you any information you desire and 

 streetcar men are accommodating. The 

 daily life does not cost any more here 

 than east. Denver is bound to make the 

 largest city west of Kansas City. It has 

 fine streets, nice parks and beautiful 

 public buildings. The state capitol is a 

 grand palace and its free museum is at- 

 traction enough to make anyone stop at 

 Denver. The City park, with 360 acres, 

 two lakes, wild animals of all kinds, 

 beautiful flower beds and good concerts, 

 would be a credit to any large eastern 

 city. Lincoln park and Manhattan beach 

 are also great attractions. 



Colorado is a grand state and well de- 

 serves the reputation it has as a place 

 for the tourist. The air is mos't delight- 

 ful. The scenery is grand, especially 

 around Manitou. There are mineral 

 waters of all kinds. The Rocky Moun- 

 ' tains, with their caves, canyons, streams, 

 waterfalls and hundreds of miles of all 

 sorts of rock formations in all shapes, 

 are a sight that will never be forgotten. 

 I have seen in Europe the Alps of Swit- 

 zerland, with their charming growth. I 

 have seen the mountains of the Schwarz- 

 wald or Black Forest. I was born near 

 the Hal-z, a beautiful large range of 

 mountains, with strawberries, blueberries 

 and raspberries growing wild, as well 

 as large beds of lily of the valley; the 

 largest mountain 3,500 feet high, with 

 snow nearly all the year round. All 

 these places have their peculiar beauty, 

 different from what we find in this coun- 

 try. But the rock formations, the scen- 

 ery and the large territory over which 

 all this extends in our country, with the 

 millions of minerals, cannot be found in 

 the old country. 



I visited the greenhouses in Denver 

 and all the florists I spoke to have done 

 well this season and are enlarging their 

 places. Hardy flowers and the ordinary 

 bedding plants are used a. good deal in 

 private and public parks. Around resi- 

 dence property I found bedding plants 

 scarce, but hollyhocks, sweet peas, snap- 

 dragons, cosmos, nasturtiums, poppies 

 and dahlias are found on every lot. As 

 Kansas is called the Sunflower state, 

 Colorado could justly be called the Holly- 

 hock state. 1 visited Colorado City, 

 Colorado Springs and Manitou. The 

 florists there are not building, but re- 

 pairing, and the most of the places were 

 in charming order. The cool atmosphere 

 keeps flowers low and bushy and every- 

 one has an unusually large stock for this 

 time of the year. August Luther. 



Begonia Rubra* 



Tlie note in a recent issue of the Re- 

 view, on Begftnia rubra affected with a 

 disease, is interesting. I had not heard 

 of a disease connected with this robust 

 variety of begonia before. 



Rubra as applied to this variety may 

 be termed its trade 'name, as, so far as 

 T know, that name is not recognized by 

 botanists. I believe its botanical name 

 is corallina. 



I believe when this or any other plant 

 becomes diseased its youthful vigor may 

 be renewed by raising it from seed. 



I am trying an experiment which may 

 be of some interest to your readers. Seed 



was saved during the past spring, and 

 when sown it came up as freely as any 

 of the semperflorens type. I fiow have 

 over 200 plants, the largest of which are 

 in 3-inch pots. The young plants all 

 have spotted leaves, more or less dotted 

 over the foliage with gray spot*. Whence 

 came these spots? They will bfe watched 

 very closely to see if they may be raised 

 true from seed, or possibly we may rea- 

 sonably expect to develop an improved 

 form of this very useful variety. Robert 

 Craig once told me that in his experi- 

 ence with seedlings from Begonia rubra 

 they had a tendency to come with flow- 

 ers of a lighter color. 1 have also been 

 informed that there was at one time a 

 seedling form that appeared superior to 

 the old type, but owing to an accident 

 it was lost to cultivation. Last year I 

 raised seedlings of Begonia sanguinea 

 which all came as true to the type as if 

 they had been raised from cuttings. 

 Edwin Lonsdale. 



Excessive Assessment. 



I have noticed the articles' in the Re- 

 view with reference to assessments on 

 greenhouse property. In regard to the 

 assessment on my property here in Penn- 

 sylvania I can now state that I appealed 

 the matter before the county commission- 

 ers and they reduced my valuation from 

 $17,000 to $11,000. TTiis, of course, is 

 quite a reduction, but although I made 

 out a good case, my valuation is still too 

 high, according to growers in this and 

 other counties. I do not know how to 

 do any better than what I have done. I 

 could take the matter to court, but my 

 lawyer thinks it would do little good, now 

 that the commissioners of the county 

 have reduced my assessment $6,000. I 

 feel I have done all that can be done 

 in this county. I still say that I am un- 

 justly taxed and the only way to get 

 any redrpss is to carry the matter to the 

 supreme court. This I could not under- 

 take alone, and although one grower has 

 offered to pay $100 towards the expenses 

 in carrying it through, I cannot see my 

 way clear. I appreciate the way the Re- 

 view has taken hold of the matter. 



S. M. 



Slugs and Snails. 



I beg to hand in a cultural note which 

 may possibly be as new to others as to 

 myself. It is especially valuable to those 

 who grow tender alpines, etc., of which 

 slugs and snails are specially fond. There 

 are some varieties which one can scarcely 

 venture to*^ow on account of the special 

 attraction to snails. The dodge is to 

 sprinkle rockery at night with Richards' 

 XL All Insecticide in solution. In the 

 morning and for several days, without 

 fresh application, the snails may be 

 picked up stretched out on the ground, 

 and too drunk to get home. Slugs seem 

 to be quite done, for there is little left 

 of them. Their first pipe, evidently. 

 Anyway, it is a good thing to get rid 

 of them. 



This is reported in a British publica- 

 tion and doubtless the use of the Amer- 

 ican nicotine extracts would be worth 

 trying for the same end. H. O. 



A Remedy for Cut Worms. 



Thoroughly mix one peck wheat bran 

 with one tablespoonful Paris green, then 

 add a quart of strong New Orleans mo- 

 lasses. Rub all the ingredients together 

 thoroughly until the mass becomes the 

 same consistency throughout and crum- 



bles easily. Scatter lightly among the 

 plants where' the cutworms are feeding 

 and you will have no further trouble 

 there. 



This remedy also destroys snails, sow 

 bugs, etc. It never fails and is the 

 simplest remedy we have ever tried for 

 this class of insects. We pity the man 

 who stays up nights to pick these in- 

 sects by hand. B. F. C. 



Grafted Rose book sent by the Re- 

 view for 25 cents. 



The Review is the most compact and 

 business-like journal in the horticultural 

 field. — C. Adams, Memphis, Tenn. 



Have you the Florists' Manual, by 

 William Scott f Its consultation when in 

 doubt will give you prompt information 

 and save you many times the cost of the 

 book, which is $5. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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 word. CASH WITH ORDBR. When anawera 

 are to be addressed in our care, add 10 centa (or 

 forwarding. 



SITUATION WANTBD-Slnrle man desires to 

 obtain a position In chargre of a private place; 

 many years' experience and capable of taklngr 

 full charge. Apply to The E. 6. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



nUATION WANTED— As storeman or mana- 

 rer; 12 years' experience In florists' business; 

 married; best of reference; good education; 

 state wages. Address No. 100, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



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SITUATION WANTED— By first-class grower 

 of roses, carnations, violets, mums and 

 general line of pot and bedding plants; capable 

 of taking entire charge; 21 years of exp«>rlence; 

 state wages, please. Address No. 80, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a practical man as 

 foreman ; roses, carnations mums and bed- 

 ding plants; well up in landscape work; can 

 furnish best of reference from a well-known 

 nursery company; married, small family. 

 Charles R. Johnson, Box 468, Lindenhurst, L. I., 

 N. y. 



SITUATION WANTED— By first-class grower 

 of roses, carnations, mums, general line of 

 bulbs, bedding stock, also good designer and 

 decorator, as foreman or manager; German, age 

 86; married; life experience; good wages ex- 

 pected. Address M. C, 1021 Clay St., Lynch- 

 burg, Va. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young man, 34, as 

 designer and to wait on first-class trade; 

 have had 4 years' experience in designing ana 

 growing in up-to-date place; steady position; 

 chance for advancement and a better knowledge 

 of the business more of an object than wages; 

 state wages, etc.^n first letter. Address No. 

 87, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced carnation 

 grower. United States Cut Flower Co., 

 Elmira, N. Y. * 



HELP WANTED— A good carnation grower: 

 steady position to the right man. Carl 

 Rauth, Springfield, 111. 



HELP WANTED— A steady, reliable grower of 

 roses, carnations, mums, etc., to take charge. 

 Address E. Power, Frankfort, Ky. 



HBLP WANTED— A good grower Of pot plants; 

 must be of good habits; send references 

 and state wages expected. Stuppy Floral Co., 

 St. Joseph, Mo. 



HELP WANTED— Experienced night fireman, 

 for steam heating, in Pennsylvania; mar- 

 ried man; 116.00 per week. Address No. 70, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Two .voung men with some 

 experience In rose growing; also man for 

 general greenhouse work; state wages without 

 board. Cole Bros., Peoria, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Rose and carnation grower; 

 state wages and send reference in first 

 letter; position open now: good new modem 

 houses. Hubbard's Seed House, Topeka, Kan. 



HELP WANTED— An all-round man to grow a 

 general stock, cut flowers and plants; must; 

 be sober: send references and state wages 

 wanted; 16,500 ft. of glass. S. M. Harbison, Dan- 

 Tille, Ky. 



