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JULY 22, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Bouquets of Ninety Flowers Each for a Nonagenarian. 



nie Soupert, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Mme. 

 Kavary, etc. 



For new seedling roses, Hugh Dickson, 

 of Belfast, topped the list, receiving two 

 gold medals, one for Lady Pirrie, hybrid 

 tea, a salmon red with a tint of orange in 

 the petals, and the other for Countess of 

 Shaftsbury, a rich, deep, rosy carmine 

 hybrid tea. 



The R. H. S. Exhibit. 



At the B. H. S. show, roses were su- 

 perbly shown by Alex. Dickson & Sons, 

 who had fine stands of new varieties ; also 

 by Hobbies, Ltd., who again excelled with 

 a magnificent show of ramblers, and by 

 Merryweather & Sons, Southwell, with 

 their new rambler, Jessie. The Lyon 

 rose was a grand feature in the groups 

 of many exhibitors. 



Sweet peas from Sutton & Sons were 

 superb, and E. W. King & Co., seed 

 growers, Coggeshall, arranged one of the 

 loveliest stands in the show. Then there 

 were charming groups from Jarman & 

 Co., Chard, and W. Unwin, of Cambridge. 

 Mrs. Townsend, a white flower with a 

 violet margin, from Jarman & Co., re- 

 ceived an award of merit, as did also Col- 

 leen, from Wm. Deal, Kelvedon, a fine 

 flower, showy, crimson standard with 

 cream base and mauve wings. Several 

 other varieties received awards. 



In carnations there is nothing new to 

 record, except that the number of grow- 

 •rs continues to increase and there were 

 more groups of this flower than on any 

 previous occasion. The leading exhibitors 

 nere C. F. Waters, Balcombe ; A. F. Dut- 

 'on, Tver; W. H. Page, Hampton; Stuart 

 '^'Ow & Co., Bush Hill Park, who had 

 ine pyramids of Enchantress and bas- 

 ^:ets of Britannia, and Bell & Sheldon, 

 'Juernsey. 



Some Leading Features. 



To single out a few leading features, 

 I might mention the exhibit of J. Veitch 

 >t Sons, Ltd., which included a dwarf- 

 J^rowing, compact, double scarlet begonia 

 named Washington ; the Mme. Loise Mere 

 Jieony, with large, lovely pink flowers, 

 'rom Jaekman & Son, Woking; grand 

 specimen caladiums in innumerable lovely 

 Hnts and shades, from Peed & Son, Lon- 

 <lon, and Primula Littonia from Bees, 

 Tjtd., Liverpool. This received an award 

 of merit. 



The hardy flower section was a great 

 feature. In addition to Perry's and 

 Prichard's groups, referred to in my 

 opening note, there were fine garden 

 scenes from Artindale & Son, Sheffield; 

 Wallace & Co., Colchester, and Carter & 

 Co., London, with a Japanese garden; 

 also peonies in profusion from Kelway & 

 Sons, Langport, and R. H. Bath, Ltd., 

 Wisbeck, and massive banks of bloom 

 from Barr & Son, London; Gibson & 

 Co., Bedale, and Frank Lilley, Guernsey. 

 Delphiniums, eremuri, irises, liliums and 

 early flowering gladioli were conspicuous. 



The show was visited by a party of 

 German horticulturists, numbering about 

 ninety, who were entertained at lunch by 

 the E. H. S. The members of the party 

 are studying styles of landscape garden- 

 ing in England, by visiting many leading 

 parks in and around London, also several 

 noblemen's establishments and the nurs- 

 eries of James Veitch & Sons, Ltd. 



The fruit and floral committees of the 

 R. H. S. celebrated their jubilee by a 

 dinner in London, July 6. 



On the same day I met several repre- 

 sentatives of the Dutch bulb fraternity 

 in London, all in good humor over their 

 season's bookings. The bulb trade seems 

 to be going all right. Owing to the late 

 season, they report that shipping will 

 begin ten or twelve days late. Bee. 



DISEASE ON GLADIOLI. 



1 have sent you under separate cover a 

 sample of diseased gladioli grown out- 

 doors. The disease is scattered all over a 

 half-acre patch. Please state what the 

 trouble is and what to do for it. 



W. E. 



This disease is not at. all tincommon on 

 gladioli outdoors and is f ouhd also on one 

 or two of the forcing varieties. Without 

 knowing something of the character of 

 your soil and other conditions, it is diffi- 

 cult to say what the cause of the trouble 

 is. The use of fresh barnyard manure, 

 especially when it comes in direct contact 

 with the corms, is the most fertile cause 

 of the disease. Manure should be thor- 

 oughly decayed and, if possible, should 

 be plowed in during the fall previous to 

 planting. Cutting plants down close to 

 the ground when taking off the flower 

 spikes tends to cripple the corms and 

 make them come weak and sickly the next 

 season, as does removing the tops directly 

 after lifting, before they have had time 

 to dry. 



I would advise pulling out the diseased 

 plants now and destroying them. Give 

 your corms a change of ground, if pos- 

 sible, next season. If the land is heavy, 

 add plenty of sand and grit to lighten it. 

 Gladioli seem to do best in rather sandy 

 ground, which has been liberally manured 

 the preceding fall. Wood ashes, thor- 

 oughly leached, are useful in heavy soils. 

 In planting, avoid any corms which have 

 dark blotches, signifying disease. I do 

 not think the trouble need cause you any 

 worry, as you can overcome it by selec- 

 tion and care another season. C. W. 



GERANIUM PESTS. 



Can you tell me what to do for the bug 

 on geraniums? It is a green and black 

 striped bug about the size of the squash 

 bug. The geraniums are bothered the 

 most with it, but it is also working on 

 foliage and asters. W. E. G. 



Outside of hand picking, which is a 

 good remedy where the bugs are not too 

 many, the best way to clean out the pest 

 in question is to spray your plants with 

 a poisonous solution. Paris green at the 

 rate of one ounce to twelve gallons of 

 water, sprayed over the foliage, will be 

 found effectual. Use a little lime in the 

 water, to prevent scorching of the foliage. 



C. W. 



Lebanon, N, H. — The Haskell Floral 

 Co. is building an addition to its green- 

 houses. 



Florist's Outfit Decorated with Thousands of Shasta Daisies. 



