March 5. 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



39 



LILIIM LONGIFLORIM 



Ask your dealer for our own special grown stock or write us direct for quota- 

 tions. Only a limited quantity available for the coming season, 1908. Delivery will 

 be made the first part of August. 



The bulbs are thoroughly ripened one month before the Bermuda Harrisii and 

 are considered far superior in quality, as they are entirely free from disease. 



Careful trials were made for two years and were so successful that we imported 

 over 300 cases last season. 



Our cases will be marked Y. N. Co. 



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 that_ are grown, also 



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No.34i 



WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



is thr earliest of , 

 all Snowballs, lhrt| 

 . most compact, the 

 surest header, is 

 giving the largest and snov- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-wrather. 

 Demand it through your 

 seed-firm or direct from - 



R. WIBOLTT, NAKSKOV. OENIAmI 



can be determined by the microscope or 

 bj- chemistry. And in pathology I 

 learned that disease follows a state of 

 low vital resistance. Now, if this is true 

 in the animal, why not equally so in the 

 vegetable ? 



As I saw one plant after another de- 

 liberately perish, without any apparent 

 cause, it took my mind back to hospital 



scenes, where in a state of low vitality 

 a human being would go down, down, 

 down, until no further resistance was pos- 

 sible and life went out without a strug- 

 gle. Similar cases in the incipiency of 

 the malady, by the use of proper stimu- 

 lation and tonic agents, were tided over 

 until the living element had overcome the 

 unseen foe, resulting in renewed vigor 

 and a return to a state of normal health. 



By this comparison I was led to the 

 conclusion that if I could bring the bio- 

 plasts to a state of activity, supra-nor- 

 mal if necessary, they would build up 

 more rapidly than the malady, stem-rot, 

 was tearing down. Thus the trouble 

 would soon disappear. 



I have never had the opportunity of 

 very extensive study on plant pathology 

 and the application of remedies, but in 

 reading the Eeview I had noticed a num- 

 ber of times that sodium nitrate was 

 spoken of as a vegetable stimulant. 

 Taking it as such, I believed it to be 

 one, at least, of the needful elements in- 

 dicated in the case. And on this con- 

 clusion I began to apply a solution as 

 follows: 



One heaping teaspoon of sodium ni- 

 trate to two gallons of water. I sprin- 

 kled this lightly over the entire benches, 

 moistening the plants and the surface 

 of the soil. An hour or so later I sprin- 

 kled with pure water, washing off the 

 foliage and moistening the soil to the 

 depth of half an inch, thus carrying the 



sodium nitrate to the roots of the plants, 

 to be taken into the circulation. 



After one week I could plainly see 

 that the ravages of the disease were ar- 

 rested. Then I repeated the treatment 

 and I never saw plants act more satisfac- 

 torily or give more perfect results. 



Since this experience, after I have 

 sowed my lettuce seed I moisten the sur- 

 face lightly whenever a show of dryness 

 appears. In one week the plants are 

 through the ground. I at once give them 

 the sodium nitrate treatment, and as the 

 days go by they are truly a delight to 

 look on. 



I want to know if I am right in my 

 treatment. Is this a good line to fol- 

 low^, or may it have been one of those 

 unaccountable things that happen, the 

 stem-rot simply quitting of itself? 



W. L. Leeka. 



FERTILIZER FOR LETTUCE. 



What is the best fertilizer to use for 

 the second and third crops of lettuce, on 

 soil well enriched with rotten horse ma- 

 nure when put in? Also how much should 

 be used? My lettuce looks healthy and 

 grows all right, but not so fast as the 

 first crop did. How about the cow and 

 sheep manure which comes in bags? 



B. A. B. 



Seeing that your soil is already well 

 enriched with rotted horse manure, it has 

 probably all it will stand of this nature. 

 This being the case, I would prefer to 

 use some stimulant such as nitrate of 

 soda or sulphate of ammonia. This 

 would undoubtedly facilitate growth and 

 should not cause softness, seeing that the 

 dull days are pretty well over and the 



