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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Gates Ajar by Rocklin & Leiiman, Sioux Qty, Iowa. 



exhaustive nature have failed to find any 

 cause for this disease, but have sug- 

 gested a number of possible reasons, 

 none of which, however, meets the case. 

 Seed secured in small quantities from 

 one or two diseased plants actually pro- 

 duced plants which were in nearly every 

 case perfectly healthy, which would seem 

 to upset any theory of seed transmission 

 ill this case. A somewhat similar dis- 

 ease affects marguerites and so far no 

 remedy has been found for this. 



The healthiest breadths of asters seen 

 outdoors usually contain occasional yel- 

 lowed plants. A lack of chlorophyl in 

 Hie foliage usually distinguishes them 

 liom the other plants. I have never seen 

 asters grown under glass for flowering 

 jarpoaes affected with the yellows. X 

 wonder if other growers havef There 

 1 ay be something in the climatic condi- 

 I ins, especially the amount of rainfall, 

 ^ iiich causes the disease to appear. 



Asters should, if possible, have fresh 

 L.ound each year. If it can be manured 

 1' J plowed in the fall, it is a decided 

 '• vantage. They like rich soil and are 



r less likely to go diseased in it than 



poor land. I have found that plants 

 • ^ed under glass are more liable to be 



i^cted with stem-rot and yellows than 

 ' se sown outdoors. C. W. 



OUTDOOR LILIUM CANDIDUM. 



shall appreciate it if you will advise 

 ' as to the merits of home-grown Lilium 

 ^'^ didum over the imported stock. Last 

 J'. "■ I got some home-grown bulbs which 

 '' ' well, but this year I am unable to 

 S' tire anything but the French stock, 

 ^ 'ch I fancy will not reach here in time 

 ' the lilies to make the necessary fall 

 gn.wth. Is not nearly all the foreign 

 81 tick diseased and would there be any 



possibility of my getting flowers next 

 season from French-grown bulbs? The 

 planting is to be made in the open 

 ground. H. H. G. 



A few years ago I tried some home- 

 grown bulbs of Lilium candidum grown 

 in sandy ground on Cape Cod, Mass. 

 These did well, both forced and grown 

 outdoors. I have been unable to procure 

 any satisfactory home-grown bulbs of 

 late years, but have always had excellent 

 success with candidums grown in the 

 north of France. It is now fifteen years 



since I have seen any trace of disease on 

 stock grown under glass, although on 

 several occasions it has appeared in a 

 more or less virulent form on outdoor 

 plants. 



The French bulbs usually arrive about 

 the first week in September and we can 

 always depend on getting first-class spikes 

 the following season. It is impossible to 

 grow as fine Lilium candidum outdoors as 

 in pots in America. Under glass it is no 

 unusual thing to have bulbs throw two 

 and occasionally three spikes, sometimes 

 with ten to gixteen flowers each, while 

 outdoors the bulbs rarely produce more 

 than a single spike with eight to ten flow- 

 ers, occasionally more, but more fre- 

 quently less. 



There is ample time for Lilium candi- 

 dum to make and complete its growth if 

 planted before the middle of September. 

 I prefer to plant the bulbs four inches 

 deep, placing sand above and over them, 

 I would suggest dipping the bulbs in flow- 

 ers of sulphur before planting outside. 

 This has been found to help ward off the 

 disease in Europe and I have tried it here 

 with satisfactory results. 



There are two brands of Lilium can- 

 didum imported from Europe. The north- 

 of-France stock makes medium sized, 

 round, solid bulbs, with thick scales. 

 Those grown in the south of France, 

 Turkey, etc., have large, flat bulbs, with 

 thinner scales. These latter carry spikes 

 averaging only three to five flowers. The 

 foliage is much narrower than is pro- 

 duced on the north-of -France bulbs. A 

 great many of the latter are sold each 

 season and people planting them are nat- 

 urally disgusted with Lilium candidum 

 and vow it is of no value, whereas if the 

 broad leaved, round bulbed variety is 

 planted, no other lily can compare with it 

 in beauty, no matter whether pot-grown 

 for Easter decorations or in the open 

 ground. W. N. C. 



TRANSPLANTING ASPARAGUS. 



We have a bed of 500 two or three- 

 year-old Asparagus plumosus, which we 

 wish to transplant to a warmer house. 

 The plants now have good sprays. We 

 wish to know whether they are likely to 

 be injured much by transplanting. We 

 have kept them on the dry side for about 

 two weeks. * 



Store of Rocklin & Lehman^ Sioux City, Iowa, 



