OCTOBBB 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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43 



Buch time, be filled with other quick- 

 growing trees or shrubs, but they in turn 

 should also without fail be removed be- 

 fore they begin to injure the former in 

 any way. M. 



BORERS IN WILLOWS. 



I notice that on many two-year-old 

 Kilmarnock weeping willows the base of 

 the trunk is rotten. Something like a 

 ring is formed around the trunk. The 

 center of the trunk, extending a foot or 

 so upward, is also rotten. What causes 

 this? -Is this worm or bug also destruc- 

 tive to other trees? Please also give a 

 remedy and preventive. J, K. 



The damage to the willows may be 

 caused by borers. The parts of the trees 

 affected, as well as like parts of those 

 yet unaffected, should be painted with a 

 somewhat thick solution of coal tar and 

 clay, or coal tar and cow maiiure. The 

 clay or cow manure is required in order 

 to render the coating adhesive and per- 

 manent. Calcium dissolved in water and 

 then applied with a brush will also be 

 found to act as a good preventive. The 

 soil should be carefully removed from 

 the base of the trees and then the trunk 

 down to the roots should be cleaned, 

 thereafter applying a coat of either of 

 the above. R. B. 



THEE ROOTS IN CISTERN. 



Please tell me how I can keep the 

 roots of a large Cottonwood tree out of 

 a cistern. There is a distance of about 

 thirty feet between the two. Would it 

 be advisable to put an inch coat of 

 cement on the inside of the wall and 

 then put in an extra wall, laid in 

 cement f Or is there a less expensive 

 way to save the cistern and the tree 

 too? E. D. B. 



All that appears to be necessary to 

 prevent the roots of the cottonwood tree 

 from entering the cistern is a coat of 

 cement, as suggested. There seems to 

 be no need to build another wall. Al- 

 though a cheaper way out of the diflS- 

 culty might be found, it would prob- 

 ably only answ'er the purpose tem- 

 porarily, whereas an inch coat of con- 

 crete, made out of sharp gritty sand 

 and Portland cement, will last and 

 answer the purpose without fail for a 

 long time. R. R. 



STRATinCATION OF SEEDS. 



The stratification of seeds is practiced 

 mainly because seeds are protected there- 

 by, and easily in large quantities, until 

 the season most favorable for sowing. 

 Nature provides protection for seeds by 

 covering them with leaves, besides using 

 atmospheric agencies in the treatment 

 necessary to be undergone by them be- 

 fore germination as well as after. It is 

 this work of nature that doubtless first 

 gave man the idea of stratifying seeds in 

 order to aid nature in her work. 



Stratification consists of placing a 

 layer of sand or dry earth in a shal- 

 low box or flat and then placing a layer 

 of seeds, repeating the operation until 

 the box is filled. The seeds may be mixed 

 with the soil or sand and keep just as 

 well as when placed in layers, but it 

 sometimes happens that some of the seeds 

 germinate before the others and then, if 

 they had been placed in layers, each 

 layer could with ease be uncovered and 

 taken oat for sowing or planting; where- 

 as, with the other method there would 

 be considerable difficulty experienced in 



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doing that. And, again, when the seeds 

 and the covering material are mixed it 

 becomes necessary, before planting, either 

 to screen the material away from the 

 seeds or to plant or sow it with the 

 seeds. 



The boxes, when filled, should be 

 buried in a trench and covered with 

 boards and then the earth filled in and 

 up to form a ridge, or the boxes may be 

 placed on the level ground and earth 

 in sufficient quantity thrown over them. 



Besides attaining the object of pre- 

 serving the seeds, this form of stratifi- 

 cation rots the coverings of many seeds, 

 while the depth at which they are placed 

 renders them incapable of sprouting. 

 Seeds of the hawthorn and many others 

 require to be in the ground a year, the 

 holly two years, before thev vegetate. 



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