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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Mat 28, 1908. 



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 and Bridesmaid Roses and of course a full line of all seasonable Cut Flowers and 

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It takes considerable time for the violet 

 cutting to root, and for this reason it is 

 more difficult to get good, healthy stock 

 than it is with the rose and carnation. 

 All these matters the grower will have 

 to learn by experience. 



Rooting the Cuttines. 



Our usual practice is to root the cut- 

 tings in benches, using bank sand if it is 

 practicable to procure it. There is a 

 disease of the violet, which we will refer 

 to later and which has its inception usu- 

 ally in the cutting bench, through the 

 medium, I think, of improperly washed 

 sand. Bank sand is usually free from 

 the fungus carrying the disease, hence 

 the recommendation for its use. 



After the cuttings are rooted they are 

 transferred to small flats, each holding 

 100 plants. The flats are about two and 

 a half inches deep and are filled with 

 prepared soil which is well sifted. The 

 plants may stand in these flats until 

 they are read/ to be set in the beds, any 

 time between May 20 and June 20. 

 After the plants are put out it is then 

 only necessary to see that they are care- 

 fully watered and looked after, the 

 ground kept free from weeds and con- 

 stantly cultivated. Growth begins at 

 once and is rapid, especially if the plants 

 are under glass and are kept fairly well 

 shaded. 



The violet, like other crops under 

 glass, has its troubles; in fact, it is gen- 

 erally believed that the violet has more 

 than its share of difficulties of this kind. 

 Taking up the diseases in the order of 

 their importance, we will dbll attention 

 to one which is familiar to every florist 

 who has attempted to grow the crop, 

 namely, the so-called spot. 



The Spot Disease. 



The spot disease is no longer a mys- 

 tery, as it has been proved to be due to 

 a fungus, the spores or reproductive 

 bodies of which are nearly always to be 

 found in the air of violet houses, only 

 waiting the proper condition of the plant 

 to infect the foliage. There is little to 

 be feared from spot if proper precau- 

 tions are taken to keep the plants in 

 health. Without entering into a detailed 

 description of the life history and gen- 

 eral work of the fungus, the whole mat- 

 ter of prevention has already been 

 summed up by me, and I may be par- 

 doned for repeating it here, as follows: 

 "Keep the plants at all times in a 

 healthy growing condition; rigidly de- 

 stroy all diseased parts of the plants; 

 never apply water to the leaves in such 

 a way that they can not dry in from 

 four to five hours; keep the leaves free 

 from dew, and avoid fumigation with 

 tobacco, or if tobacco is used, make the 

 smoke as light as possible." 



The question of keeping the leaves of 



Dreer's Hardy Pot Grown Climbers 



FOR MAY AND JUNE PLANTING) 



There is always a strong demand for Hardy Climbers at this season of the year^ when it is not 

 Batisfactory to move field grown stock. In anticipation of this we have pr» pared the following 

 varieties in pots. They are in prime condition to plant throughout the months of May and June: 



AKEBIA QUINATA— 4-incb pots, $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 per 100. 5-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 

 per 100. 



AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA-Yirginia Creeper. Extra heavy plants in 5-inch pots, $1.25 per 

 do/en: SH.OO per lOo. 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO— Dutchman's Pipe Vine. Extra heavy plants, 6-inch pots, $4.00 per 

 dozen; $30.00 per 100. 



BIGNONIA GRAMDIFLORA— Trumpet Creeper. Strong plants, 5-inch pots, $3.00 per dozen; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



CLEMATIS, LARGE FLOWERING HYBRIDS, as under: Duchess of Edinburgh, double white; 

 Fairy Queen, pale flesh, pink bar; Henryi. large single white; Jackmani, the popular purple; 

 Jackmani Superba, rich royal purple Lilacina Floribunda. pale blue: M. Koster, bright rosy 

 carmine; Mme. Baron Veillard. light rose shaded lilac: Miss Bateman, white with chocolate 

 anthers; The Gem, deep lavender blue; The President, bright bluish purple; Ville de Lyon, bright 

 carmine red. 



All the above In strong 2-year-old plants in 6-inch pots, $3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



MISCELLANEOUS CLEMATIS— Paniculata, 4-inch pots. $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. Cbccinea' 

 4-inch pots, $1.2,5 per dozen: $10.00 per 100. Crispa, 5-inch pots, $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. 

 Flammula. .S-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 per 100. Integrifolia Durandi, 5-ineh pots, $5.00 per 

 dozen; $40 00 per 100. Virginiana, 4-inch pots, $1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Montana Grandi- 

 flora, 4-inch pots, $3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



HONEYSUCKLES— Halleana (Hall's Monthly), 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 per 100. Ever- 

 green, 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 per 100. Variegated, 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $7.00 

 per 100. Variegated, 6-inch pots, $2.00 per dozen; $16 00 per 100. 



HARDY YELLOW JASBONE NUDIFLORUM-6-incb pots, $2.50 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 



HUMDLUS LUPULUS— The common hop vine. 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozen; $8 00 per 100. 



CELA8TRUS 8CANDBNS— Bitter Sweet, 6-inch pots, $2.50 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 



CLIMBING AND TRAILING ROSES- 



Crimson Rambler 6-inch pots $20.00 per 100 



Philadelphia Rambler 6 



Trier, the New White Rambler 4 



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Prairie Queen 6 



English Sweet Briar or Eglantine 5 



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Hybiid " Lord Penzance 6 



" Lady Penzance 6 



Anne of Gierstein 6 



" " Brenda 6 



Wichuraiana Hybrid, Evergreen Gem 6 



PinkRoamer ; 5 



South Orange Perfection 6 



Universal Favorite 6 



The Dawson 6 



Persian Yellow 6 



Gloire de Dijon 6 



W. A. Richardson ^ 6 



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714 Chestnut 

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Philadelphia, Pa. 



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the plant dry at certain seasons is of 

 the highest importance. From the middle 

 of August until from the first to the 

 middle of October is the critical time 

 for spot. This is when the crowns are 

 growing rapidly, and the foliage is 

 thick. Syringing should always be done 

 at this season of the year on days when 

 it is certain the leaves will dry off be- 

 fore night. Heavy fumigation with to- 

 bacco is absolutely certain to produce 

 spot. It produces the disease by so weak- 

 ening the plant that the fungus has an 

 opportunity to invade the tissues. 

 (To be continued.) 



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