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Jaxuaby 21, 1909.. 



The Wcddy Florists* Review. 



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House of White Killarney Roses at the Establishment of the F. R. Pierson Co., Scarfooro, N. Y. 



by scattering tobacco dust over them 

 when seen on the surface, and I think a 

 watering of some nicotine extract diluted 

 will clean them out of your Sprengeri 

 pots. These are less harmful than the 

 BOW bugs or wood lice, with which you 

 are probably well acquainted.^ C. W. 



CEMENT FOR WALK. 



In the Keview of December 24, page 

 10, I saw an item aboi^ the use of cin- 

 ders in a eon<»ete wall. Can we use the 

 ashes and cement without the addition 

 of any sand? We have been thinking of 

 putting a walk in front of our green- 

 house, and we should like to know how 

 we must mix the cement so that it will 

 stand the passage of a load of coal over 

 it, as we put our coal in from the front. 



E. L. B. 



When cinders are used for concrete, 

 it is best to sift out the finer ashes and 

 take out the larger clinkers. No sand is 

 required. 



I am not quite so certain that this 

 concrete would stand on a sidewalk 

 where heavy loads have to be taken over 

 it. The usual method of mixing with 

 gravel in the proportion of six or seven 

 parts of gravel to one of cement ought 

 to serve for this purpose. Rises. 



CINDERS IN CONCRETE WALLS. 



In the Eeview of December 24, page 

 10, you tell about* making a concrete 

 wall from ashes or cinders and cement. 

 1 should like to ask if it is best to sift 

 all fine ashes from the cinders. How 

 thick a wall would be most satisfactory 

 for holding the sides of a greenhouse 

 where the sashbars are sixteen feet long, 

 and would it be best to put a section of 



woven wire fence through the wall? It 

 seems to me that this is an important 

 question and deserves a thorough reply, 

 f«r if the florist can work up his cin- 

 ders into sides for greenhouses, he in- 



<fr«ases his profit^ 



CS. M. 



It is best to sift Out the finer ashes 

 and remove the large clinkers before 

 mixing with cement, as this makes a 

 more uniform concrete and sets more 

 quickly. 



As to the thickness of the walls, much 

 depends on how the house is to be 



braced. If the roof is to have no other 

 support but the walls, in that ease the 

 walls will have to be at least twelve 

 inches thick. With center and purlin 

 supports, the walls can be from six to 

 eight inches thick. With well made con- 

 crete there is no necessity for any woven 

 wire, although it is safe to imbed some 

 bent piping around the corners. 



There is no doubt but that cinders caa 

 be utilized for this and many other pur- 

 poses, such as making benches, etc. It 

 depends a good deal on the ingenuity of 

 the florist. RiBES. 



STOCK FOR BEDDING. 



Geraniums will now require constant 

 attention. A few days of neglect will 

 seriously cripple the plants, particularly 

 if they are left crowded together. Fall 

 rooted stock should now be nicely estab- 

 lished in ^-inch pots and ought to be 

 kept spread out to make the plants 

 sturdy. It will be possible to take tops 

 from many of the strongest, if this has 

 not already been done. " Insert these 

 singly in 2-inch pots containing sandy 

 loam, but no manure of any kind. Given 

 some bottom heat and a minimum tem- 

 perature of 50 to 54 degrees, they should 

 he nicely rooted within three or four 



weeks. Let them have the full sun and, 

 after the initial soaking watering, run on 

 the dry side until rooted. Better results 

 usually follow this method of propaga- 

 tion than where a regular propagating 

 bench is used. It is a big error to put the 

 cuttings in a bench where you are rooting 

 coleus or crotons, where a night tempera- 

 ture of 65 degrees is maintained. Much 

 of the blight often found on geraniums 

 may be traced to this method of propagar 

 tion. 



It is a great mistake to keep geraniums 

 constantly soaked at the root. Some grow- 

 ers even go the length of spraying the 

 plants over each time the hose is used!. 



