May --'T, I'.>();i. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Loading the Teams of Arthur Dummettt Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



DUMMETT OF MT. VERNON. 



At Mt. \'iMii(iii. N. \., Aitliiir Duiii 

 iitcll liJis its li(';iil(|ii;irt(Ms. ''Jt" he 

 i-.'Uiso Aitliiir l)uiiiiMftt is a corjxjint ion. 

 witli Mr. J)iiMiMictt. ;i viiini^ riiiiii lull of 

 ilic jn'ogrcssivc spiri). ilic lic-iil of tlic 

 .■iiiiciTii. A linnicli is iiiMiiit;iiiH'i| ;it 

 White riiiiiis. ()|p|i<isitc tlic |)OSl-()Hic(\ 

 ;iiiil ill till' ;ici-(iiii|i;iiiyiiiy iliiist I'iitidii the 

 \itlnir 1 >iiiiiiii('t I Ic.-iiiis nil' seen loiiiliiiji 

 i|i ;i1 the Mt. \'eriiiiii |ihii-e with stock 

 inr tiie Wiiite I'lanis store Mr. Diiiii 

 iiieM hiiiiselt' stilllils III tile center, file 

 lieiire ill yrny at the iieml ot' tlie cldulile 

 team. Tlie (Miiiipaiiy lioes a general Inisi 

 iiess in the nuisery ami lamlsi-ape garden 

 iii^ line, liaiulliiiy also plants, seecis, tnillis 

 iinl tcrtili/.ers. with all other stock that 

 L;oes to make ii|i a horticultural (le])ot. 

 Hiisiiicss this spriiiji' has lieen specially 

 uood in the nursery and in landscape 

 vMiik. aiiil now the deni;iiid for .snft- 



\\(Mi(|ed ^lock is lieciilllilie' slrolle'. 



POTASH FOR PIGMENT. 



It llin\er-< ;ire di'ticieni in i-(dni , n is 

 ||--nal to l.'iy it to the lii^ht ton iniicli nr 

 !'io little Inil it ni:iy lie the sciil. A 

 v\riter in an !']iit;lisli e;i rdeiiiiie' magazine 

 -ays he has t'ound defirirllry in pota.sli 

 Ml the siiil nieaiis poor coler in I he croiis: 



'"1 L:ie\\ Lyciinis \iscaria splendeiis 

 I'leiia on a rather li^lil sdII I'm ;i iiuin- 

 Ih r ot years, Imt could not induce it to 

 I'loiliici' the licdi culm- I toiiinl on those 

 Ui'owii, to .'ill appearance, on the same 

 Kind of formation in another neiehjioi- 

 hoed. Some ot' my frieinls remarked thai 

 'hey must lie dilferent \aiieties. .'uid in 

 oilei' to ]ir(i\(' that they were the same I 

 '■Nchangod plants with the eiin^,.,- ,,t' the 

 Miore I'iidily colore(l ones, with the result 

 'hat my soil .•iml treatmenl produced the 

 |i;ile colorecl tiowers I had always <ili 

 'aiiied, and tlu^ soil nl my neiehlidr cnii 

 Verted my |ilaiit into one et a imire de- 

 id(>(l line of tlower. 



■'Tliis was not meie|\ :in i-nlaled case 

 ■ iiniiiy the plants 1 then yrew. for even 

 .geraniums, lolielias and all oiitdonr |d,'ints 

 lai-ked the dist ilieuish i lie i-nlnr df ih,. 

 '.•irieties they i-(>presenl e<l in a inure i,y 

 less degree. This lack of cnlor was most 

 'narked in red and purple flowers. 1 

 lii'W the .'itteiifioii ot' some eminent e;ir 

 deiKM-s to the facts, and ;iltlioujili :ill 

 i^ave ad\ ice. yet when it was jnit to tlio 

 'est it jiroved \aliieless. so that 1 had al 

 most despaired of arriviiiy at a solution 

 'f the ]iroblem. 



''At this stacr(\ one ot' the professors 

 ■d' .'111 agricultural colleec hajipiMieil i,, 

 '■•ill. ami as uc were looking at n. plant of 

 l.\idinis dioica fl. jil.. \\hicli had washed- 



out lldWeis, 1 asked it' he ciiiild explain 

 the deficiency of color. This he did by 

 stating fli.'if potash w;is the idiiet' elenuMit 

 ill organic coloring, and that my soil 

 was e\ideiitly (hdicieni in this alkali. He 



further explained that tl Iiiet' constitii 



eiit of the pigments just within th(> skin 

 ot' the apjile w;is |iiitash. and. owing to ;i 

 scarcity of this all import;iiit ingredient 

 in the soil. I ciiiilil not expect <'itlier 

 riidily colored llnw cis or I'niils. i'ointing 

 to some rhiiliarh. ,'i little later, this gen- 

 tleman i-einarked. •That jilanf re(|niies 

 an e.\("ept ioti.'illy liberal supply ot' potasli, 

 and if you- find it languishing under 

 fairly geneidiis treatment, you nia> 

 safely coiicln<|e that it is unable to get 

 sutlicient potash to enable it to devcloji 



The Editor Is pleased 

 'When a Reader 

 presents his ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



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As experience is the bent 

 teacher, so do ^e 

 learn fastest by a,u 

 exchange of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are broueht out 

 by discussion. 



Oood pciiinanHliip. Hpelliiitr ;iud pT;iin- 

 iiiar, lliou^ti (leMlrHl)le, ari' not neccH- 

 Har.v. Write as .vou woii'.il talk wlieu 

 tloinp ,vou;' 'i'!Hl. 



WE SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR PROM YOU. 



strong growth." 1 leariieci then, too. that 

 sulphate (if |i(it;is|i ;ind kainit were t he 

 best sources of' supply ut' |i(itasli, ;ind 

 that the sulphate innld be applied at aii\ 

 time, but k;iinit should only be used in 

 late .•iiitumii :iiiil early w inter. 



■'in order to lest the correctness ot' 

 those statements. I applied sulpluite of 

 ]iotasli to various plants whiidi were 

 gi'owing side by side, of the same \arie 

 ties. The amount ot' sulphate of" jiotasli 

 eiiiploye(| w.'is about one and one halt' 



ounces to the .-iiiiaie yard nl' snrt'me of 

 ground, and the beneficial effect was ap 

 parent at the end of' the summer in tlie 

 healthier trees and larger and nioio 

 highly cdloi'eil fruit. There w;is also e\ i 

 deuce of the dressings ot' this suljihate 

 when ajijdied to bedding and other 

 jdants. coinimdiig me fli;it 1 had t'ound 

 the key to the cuise ot' badly coldrc( | 

 lldwcrs .'iiid fruits, iiml inducing me to 

 eiiiphiy it ainl kainit much more exten- 

 sively than 1 would otherwise lia\e done 

 ()f cdurse. It means time, and so\eral 

 applicat ioii.s, biM'ore a soil poor in ])otash 

 can be nn'oh^ rich in this plant food con- 

 stituent, so th.'it it took sdiiie ye.'irs tn 

 Work It ii|i td the desirable puiiit. and 

 dccasidiial dressings afterwards Id in.'iin 

 l;iiii it al this s|;indard. 



■• It' any nther gardener has a ditliculty 

 III soi-niing c-dliir in his flowers or fruit, 

 all other essentials being luiivided fdi'. I 

 Wdiild .-eKi-^e him td try tlie effect dt' ;i 

 dressiiii; iif snlph.'ite of jiotash at the 

 rati' staled, and note the result. It t.-ikes 

 lime to becoini' diffused in the soil, .-md 



lo lie l;d\ell up bx' tlu' ]i|,-|ll|s. 



KILLING OUT POISON IVY. 



Will you please let me know i he |oo|ier 

 ii:iiiie of' tliat pdisoiioiis \iiie rdinnidiily 

 kiidwn as pdisdii d.-ik di- |iois,i|| i\\ .' .\nd 

 how can I kill it out ot' .i -.Idiie wall.' 

 Some of 'he \ines ;ire nearlx .-in imdi In 

 ■ li:i met er. What can 1 put on my luiiiils 

 ,'ind lace while exteriii i n;it i iio n. a., mv 

 -■kin I- \ery -en--iti\e and 1 ^el poisoueil 

 while woiki no Ilea I l'\ .' \\ . M , 



The III i|;i nii-a I ii,-inie i ■ I piu-on i\ \- is 

 li'liiis Tiixieddendi'dii. If leather o|d\es 

 are Wdiii wlieii h.iiidliiio ihis \jiie and 

 caie IS lakeii not td biiiio the ol,,\ed 

 liaihl- III cdiiiact Willi the face. prdlinb|\' 



no -el loll-, t Iciuble will I esnil . 



To eMermi nate it . all of the \ i lie t hat 

 I- \ i-ili|e -liiuild III cut aw;i\ with -lieai< 

 oi ,iiivlhiiig ih.at can be used ellecl i > e|\ . 

 :ind then diirino the ^lowino .,,.;|voii all 



-lire Iiii^ o|-,m||| .-liduld lie eiil awa\. 



h I hi- tails. ti\ a sli-diio solution ot' salt 

 in hoi w;iler. using the -oliition while 

 still hoi. If e\eii that t'ails. tr\ iiiiiri 

 all.' .'iciij. being exlremel\ raiel'iil not to 

 'j,f\ any nf the .-icid mi aii\ pari of the 



pel-oil. 1). M. 



Ll\c(i[ \, Ji.i.. Till' dw ners o|' ihe 

 West I'jul (Ireeuhdlises h;i\e dissdhed 

 partnership. ()ttd 1 lembieiki'i' retires 

 from the cuncern and ll.'ins .'<climal/.l le 

 m.'iins in charge nf the business, whiidi 

 has gi'dW n td a cdiisiileralde e-l;iblis|| 

 ineiit as the le-ull dt' the hard wurk boih 

 part Hers have |iiii i iit d it . 



