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OCTOBEB 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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The Establishment of James J. Cvrraa at Salem, Va. 



MONTREAL. 



Current Comment. 



Everybotly reports business to be rush- 

 ing, with all kinds of orders. Flowers 

 are niucli better in quality and quantity, 

 though carnations are not yet at their 

 best. Mums are in all the stores, 

 though they are expensive as yet. Violets 

 and valley are seen in large quantities 

 and one sees occasionally some splendid 

 orchids. 



Tlie weatlK^r has been very disagree- 

 able, rain nearly all the time and a few 

 hail storms. We have had some sharp 

 frost an<l all outdoor plants and fiowers 

 are now things of the past. 



Campbell's are having their large store 

 thoroughly cleaned and rearranged, white 

 being used for the woodwork, etc. It 

 promises to be one of the handsonu'st 

 stores in Montreal. They have had a few- 

 large orders for balls and dinners and 

 can boast of having some of the finest 

 mums in town. 



Miss Murray has had one of her win- 

 dows beautifidly decorated with violets 

 and valley, with a background of ferns, 

 while another window showed huge 

 bunches of American Heauties. 



Miss Carniichael 's little store looks 

 fine this week. She has a large number 

 of good forns and palms and reports 

 busini'ss to l)e verj- good. 



E. (Jurnaey has opened a wholesale 

 store near tlie Grand Trunk station. 



We regret to report the sad bereave- 

 ment which befell F. ('. Smith, gardener 

 to Sir William Van Home, October 11 

 by the death of his wife. Besides three 

 little girls, she leaves three sisters, one 

 of whom is Mrs. J. Bennett. 

 ^ Miss L. S. Bennett has returned from 

 England after an absence of si.xteen 

 months. She will enter her father's 

 business in thf near future. 



We .extend our congratulations to 

 Alex Lee, gardener to T. Dawes, on his 

 recent marriage. The happy couple have 

 settled in Lachine for the winter. 



Tommy. 



REMEDY FOR SPOT. 



Can you tell us if there is any remedy 

 for the spot on violets? We planted 

 them in August, in benches, and they did 

 well at first, but now some plants are 

 leafless. We inclose some leaves. The 

 violets were shij)ped from ilichigan. The 

 varieties are Imperial, Marie Louise, 

 Lad}' Campbell, Dorsett and Princess of 

 Wales. The first ones got tlic spot badlv. 



E. B.' 



Well, the spot is not a pleasant thing 

 to be up against and E. B. has my 

 sympathy, but I judge by the sample 

 sent arid the query that there is no hope 

 of any profit and, a.s a nile, the best 

 thing one can do is to pull and burn all 

 the plants, leaves, etc., in the boiler, 

 sweeten up the house and use it for some 

 other crop. However, if you wish to take 

 the time and trouble to see if you can 

 overcome the disease, you will have to 

 pick off and burn every sign of spot. 

 Then the first clear morning, when the 

 plants can dry off quickly, take the hose 

 and wash each plant off thoroughly with 



a fairly ^strong stream, as .strong as you 

 can use without injuring the plants. 

 Scatter air-slaked lime between the plants 

 and work it lightly into the soil. Give 

 all the air and light possible. Watch 

 closely, and remove and l)uru daily all 

 signs of spot and you nuiy be able to 

 carry part o'^ the plants through, al- 

 though I very much doubt if you can 

 get any profit from the iiouse. Where 

 you have to remove all tlie leaves, you 

 might as well pull the jilants first as 

 last, unless they were in a very tlirifty, 

 growing condition. I wonder if j'ou did 

 not have your hou.s.e too close, damp and 

 untidy and then fumigated heavily with 

 tobacco stems. This will often cause 

 spot. R. E. Shuimielt. 



THE SALEM CONSERVATORIES. 



The accompanying illustration from a 

 pliotograph shows a partial view of the 

 Salem Conservatories. Salem. Va., oper- 

 ated by James J. Curran, formerly super- 

 intendent for the United States Cut Flow- 

 er Co., Elmira, N. Y. This place is beau- 

 tifully situated, on the banks of the 

 Roanoke river one mile frf)m the court- 

 house in the town of Salem, on the Nor- 

 folk tS: Western and Tidewater railroads. 

 It consists of 40,000 feet of glass, devot- 

 ed to growing roses, carnations, palms, 

 ferns, etc.. with six acres of nursery 

 grounds. Mr. Curran does a wholesale 

 and retail trade, shipping to Richmond, 

 Philadelphia, Washington and intermedi- 

 ate points. He also does a retail seed 

 trade. He reports roses as doiui; remark- 

 ably well, the young stock jiroducing a 

 fine cut. Carnation planting was finished 

 September 1, the young jdants showing 

 up well. Mums also are giving promise 

 of being early and of fine grade. Busi- 

 ness is good in Virginia and all through 

 the south the trade is only at a begin- 

 ning. 



