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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Concrete Benches Built in Plant House by Geo. B. Windier, St. Louis. 



iii: till' \. Ills arc Idwcrcd for iiiiy sliow- 

 ■ ~ il.ai II. av i-)aM' ii|i ill tli(» nio'lit. 



At.kukd linrruN. 



i lie -aiiM' (if lilack spot (Ml licautics is 

 Mially sonic cIk ck to root action, caused 

 '' (ixciwatcriiiy. Iiy ilcfc('ti\c (lraii)ay;e or 

 ii\ iiidis ill yidw iii<;, iirinci]ially hy try- 

 iiiL: to ctl'cct a too ra]ii(l <iro\vtii diiriiiii' 

 iln' tirst two iiioiitlis after plaiitiiiij. 



I' i-^ also a rccoi;iii/.('il fact aiiioiig 

 l"Miiy Mrowcrs tiiat iJcaiitics arc iiiiicli 



'■ ■■nsi-c|,til)lo to tiiis particular dis.-asc 



''ill I hey wi'i'c ten or fifteen yeai-s aijo. 



laii, tliis irutii has been .so apparent 



■ 'ii many linns liaxc ceased nrowiny 



l''iniics to some extent. In many estah 



-'iiiHiits wiicrc these nsi'd to form the 



'U''!' part of the crop tiiey liaNC licen 



' 'iii'ly cliiniiiateil. 



I dcr to yet rid (d' this tronlde. it 



iiice-v:iiy first to find the cause, and. 

 I'ossihh'. to reiiioV(> it. 



' he iiM lies ai'c to jiive ]deiity of 



'ihition on all faxoralilc occasions, 

 I' 'he almosjiliere as dry as is con 

 'III Willi growth and keeji red .spi(|er 

 ' otlici taixious insects in check. .\ 

 iiiil; of one part air slaked lime to two 

 '* Mow (IS of suiiilmr once a wei'k, 

 'I' it may not eradicate tlic disease. 

 ! Ill some exlcut pi-(>vent its spreadiii;^ 



^"eeliii the atlilosphei'c. 



'iiiiiiy cold, (lamp wealher il is yooil 



' ■* 111 lire u|i now and then, to <lrv 



he hdiiv,. ;i]ii| |ire\-eiit souriiiL;'. 



' •■ nil vt coiiiiiionly us'd i'enie(ly is tlit^ 



'"!■ ~-iileiioii (cnjiruni). This should 



'I'jilied al least twice a week, and 



'd he h'lt to I'cmaiii on the foliaue 



'^>eiit\ four hours Iiefore svrini>in<r. 



"^y\i' witii ,1 \-ery fine spray should lie 



' "hell a]iplyin<T tln^ solution, so that 



' '• I'.iit of the foliage may he tlior 



-''!> -atiirate.l. All affected leaves 



'''I I'c picke(| olV and liiinu'il. and all 



'Vn^ matter remii\-ed fi'oin heiu'ath 



liclicjie-. 

 ' "'i|iiii(w a ,1,.;,| of |ialience and per 



sistence to ovciconie this troulile when 

 once it has yntten a hold, and usually 

 iiefore it is coii((U(>rt'd if ]ea\t>s the house 

 in a nioi'c oi' less dilapidated coiulition. 



RiBfJS. 



lilack spot on Beauties is, in my opin- 

 ion, dne to a lack of }i;rowth, combiiu^d 

 with (lose atmospheric conditions. The 

 licst rcmetly is to jiick off the worst af- 

 fected lea\cs and ^et the plants yrowiuj;-. 

 Wai.i..\ck R. Pierson. 



BEAUTIES A SECOND SEASON. 



Our American Beauties have been dry- 

 iu;; oil' for about six weeks and the soil 

 on the bench is now hard and dry. The 

 plants are healthy and the canes \ ary in 

 Iciiiitii from (HU' to six feet, some of the 

 sii<irt''r ones coniino' froiu breaks on old 

 canes two or three feet above the bemdi. 

 ri.'ase ei\(' explicit directions for ]unn- 

 iny and also subse(|ueiit care, to insur" 

 o'ood iijooins later. II. L. T. 



It is not eustomai'v and seldom ]irofit 

 aiile io rini .Xuu'rican P>eanties oxci' a 

 secoii.l siasdii, and when this is ihme it 

 re(|iiii-(s the eicatest skill and rare to 

 make 1 lieni pay. 



If these plants are <iu raised beinlies 

 tiny will re(|nire but little dryinLT <dV; 

 in fad, 1 iiey invariably do better with- 

 out i'. it is belter not to prun(> much 

 at one tiiiK', as by so doinj^ llie plants 

 are denuded (d mucli ot' the lU'ces-^ary 

 fiilia;^'-. wiliionl which il is haicl to keep 

 root action yoinji. 



If it is dcsi<;iie(l to allow lluse ]ilants 

 to remain wlieic they are, a prop<irlion 

 of tii<' su!;iller wood should be reino\(>d 

 .and the si ronecr canes shoiihl be lieil 

 down, to eucoiirayc tiie latent eyes near 

 the base to break. The top soil should 

 then be renni\«'d; that is. as much of it 

 as can be renioxcd without injurinir the 

 Idols, and the snit'ace should Ik^ erixcn a 

 diisiiiie ot' airslakcil lime. 



The beindl should then recei\'e a i,rood. 

 ri(h mulch, in inilk ('(pial to the soil re- 



moved, and tiie whole mass should <4et a 

 Ihoiduyh soakino'. l'"or a week or ten 

 days the house should be kept as cool a* 

 |iossibl(> ami the syrinije should be aji- 

 |ilied two or tiiree times a day during 

 bright weather. 



When the new foliage Ixn-omi^s abun- 

 dant, pruniiio- can be practiced, cutline 

 out llit> older and harder wood to uuike 

 room for the new. When root actiiui is 

 resumed, they will re(|uire just the same 

 care as yoiiny slock umler like coiidi 

 tions. IiIUKs. 



BUILDING CONCRETE BENCHES. 



The Geniuses Are Busy. 



()nce upon a time it was the sayiii;,' 

 that tile Moris! who did not have a for- 

 tune in siyhi in some pet carnation seed 

 line' v\as an uniniai;inal ive person, (Icxnid 

 of that sjiark to which all pidi;res- i-^ 

 line. Today there may be no less caina 

 lio'i seedlines, but tiie concrete bench li.as 

 snp|)lanted them as the soui'cc fmui 

 which i-iches are cxpectcil to Mow; tor 

 certain it is that the luethod of buildini; 

 benches v\itli cement has been the siiiiiect 

 of mole study by more men, in liie last 

 I wo or tiiiee yeais. than has any otiier 

 (Uie phase of yriMMiiiousc work. 



It is a com|iarat ively simple nialter to 

 build with coiicieie when the bed is mi 

 !he eroiind and leiainine walls ai'c all 

 that are needed, but when ;i table is 

 wauled it become^ another story; wlien 

 leys and a bottom are to be built the 

 (|neslioii of how to build best is coiii[ili 

 caled by the |irobleui of how to build with 

 ecoiiomy of time .and material - there 

 never is any ipiestioii of nllimale econ 

 om\ . for any concrete bench will Last in 

 delinilely. 



So keen has become the interest in 

 concrete construction that hundreds ot' 

 tlmists are experiment illy ;it lunch bmld- 

 iny. Some inakiny sectional beiudies that 

 ran be nianu facture(l in the sh(>ds at odd 

 neiiiieiits, to be set Up when and where 



