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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Gates Ajar by Rocklin & Lehman, Sioux Cityt Iowa. 



i!:iu^ti\(' nature have failed to find any 

 isi' f(ir this disease, but liave sug- 

 -itd a luiinbcr of i)OSsiblo reasons, 

 nc of whicii, however, meets the case. 

 I'll secured in small quantities from 

 '■ or two diseased jdants actually pro- 

 1 I'd jdants which were in nearly every 

 r pei'I'cctly healthy, which would seem 

 ii]iset any theory of seed transmission 



lliis case. A somewhat similar dis- 

 ■I- affects marguerites and so far no 

 ni'dy has been found for this. 

 I'lie healthiest breadths of asters seen 

 'doors usually contain occasional yel- 



rd jilants. A lack of chlorophyl in 

 ■ foliage usually distinguishes them 

 'III the other plants. I have never seen 

 'IS grown under glass for flowering 

 'jio.ses affected with the yellows, i 



uler if other growers have? Tliere 

 \ be something in the climatic condi- 

 -^. esitccially the amount of rainfall, 



•li causes tlie disease to appear. 

 "■-^tcrs should, if jjossilde, have fresli 



I lid each year. If it can be manured 

 plowed in the fall, it is a decided 



'iitage. They like rich soil and arc 



i'ss likely to go diseased in it than 



•'or land. 1 have found that plants 



■'I under glass are more liable to Ite 

 ■ed with stem-rot and yellows tliaii 



= sown outdoors. C. W. 



)UTDOOR LILIUM CANDIDUM. 



^Iiall aiipreciate it if you will advise 

 ;" to the merits of home grown Lilium 

 iidum over tiie imported stock. Last 

 ^ got some home-grown bulbs which 

 ^^•'11, but this year I am unable to 

 '•' anything but the French stock, 

 'i T fancy will not reach here in time 

 'he lilies to make the necessary fall 

 *"'• Is not nearly all the foreign 

 ^ 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. 11. H. G. 



A few years ago I tried some home- 

 grown bulbs of Lilium candidum grown 

 in sandy ground on Cape Cod, Ma.s3. 

 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 candidunis grown in the 

 north of France. It is now fifteen vears 



since I have seen any trace of disease on 

 stock grown under glas.s, although on 

 several occasions it has appeared in a 

 more or less virulent form on outdoor 

 plants. 



The French bulbs usually arrive about 

 th(> lii'st week in S('|iteud><'r and we can 

 always depend on getting first-class spikes 

 the following season. It i.s impossible to 

 grow as fine Ijilium candi<luiii outdoors as 

 ill pots in America. Under glass it is no 

 unusual thing to hav(> bulbs throw two 

 and occasionally three spikes, sometimes 

 with ten to sixteen flowers each, whih^ 

 outdoors the bulbs rarely jiroduce iiiore 

 than a single spike with eight to ten flow- 

 ers, occasionally more, liut more fre- 

 quently less. 



Tliere is ample time for Tiiliiim candi- 

 dum to make and complete its growth if 

 planted before the middle of .S('i)teiiiber. 

 I ]u-efer to plant the bulbs four inches 

 deep, placing s:iiid above and over tlu'iii. 

 I would suggest dipping the bulbs in tlow- 

 (M-s of sulphur before planting (lulsidi'. 

 This has been found to help ward (df the 

 disease in Europe and I lunc tried it here 

 with .satisfactory results. 



Tlu'r(> are two brands of liilium can 

 (lilium im]iorled from llurope. The north 

 of France stock makes medium sizc^d. 

 rcuiiid, solid bulbs, with thick scab's. 

 Those grown in the south of l''raiice. 

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

 thinner scales. These latter carry spik(>s 

 averaging only three to five flowers. Tlu' 

 foliage is much narrower than is pro- 

 duced on the north-of-France buUis. A 

 great many of the latter are .sold each 

 season and people planting them are iiat 

 urally disgusted with Lilium candidum 

 and vow it is of no value, whereas it' 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 hous(\ 

 The plants now,ha\e good sprays. We 

 wish to know whether they are likely to 

 be injured much by transjilanting. We 

 have kept them on the dry side for about 

 two weeks. * 



Store of Rocklin & Lehman, Sioux City, Iowa, 



