DECEMIiKU 9, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



New Store of the Spokane Florist Co. 



tiiswcr \\o\], and at'tcr tln' |ilaiits yet 

 uril eslalilislic(| and arc yrowiny 

 strunyly, a nmlcliiiij: nt' an inch or so of 

 inannie will l.c ln'niliuial. 



Till' oidy ii'st iccinircd for thrsr jdants 

 is in the form of less vvatci' for a slioi-f 

 linio after tlic cro]) has Ipccn cut, tlic 



inantity of water to he increased ayain 

 ■IS tiie [jjants ]iusli up another jirowth. 

 ^entilati' according to tlie weather, civ- 

 nit;' fresh ;iir as frequently ami as freely 

 as the teMi|>eratnre will jicrinit. 



Sliadin^ is re(|uired durin<f the sum- 

 aicr for Ijotii these crops, and a "^ood 

 preparation for the purpose is a mixture 

 "f whitinc, white lead and kerosene, to 

 '•f appliecf with a brush. This prejiara- 

 'icn stands a j^ood deal of rain, but 



•'■mes off rea'lilv with frost. 



W. 11. Taplix. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



A notable Scottisii <,'ardener has passed 

 '"ay in the |MM'son of David Thomson, 

 \ ■^'- JI- Among the IxKViKw'.s wide 

 •'I'-ie of readers there must be many 

 "ho knew hhn. and proliably some who 



' ■iveil [,,.||-t ,if their (>arly trainin^j un- 



l''i liis tuition dnriiig the perioci tiiat he 

 "■'•M .'IS head cardener, from 1868 to 

 ''^'■•T, t.i the Duke of Buc(deucdi at Druin- 

 '■•"inj;. Mr. Thomson had been living in 

 '■etirem(>jit since 1897 and died at the 

 ■;»«<! of 8(5. His only son, D. ^V. Thomson, 

 's a i>opular member of the trade in 

 l-dinburgh, where he carries on an ex- 

 tensive see<l and nursery business. When 

 gardener at Archerfiold, Kast Lothian, 

 j.rior to nroinjT to Drnmlaurig, the late 

 David Thomson introduced the now wide- 

 ly known Kast Lothian stock. Tor sev- 

 eral years he was editor of a Scottish 



|iublical ioii enlitleil The <iari|enei', and 

 lie was the author ot' se\i'r;il works on 

 i^ardeniui;. i)u the occasion ot' his retire- 

 mont from Diumlauriij, se\enty six of 

 his (dd t'oremen pii'sciit eel jiim with an 

 illuminatcil .address, enclosed in a sihcr 

 casket. .\t variolic tinics he was the 

 recipient ot' the Xiell pri/.e. the \'citchi;in 

 medal and the \ictoria meclal ol' lionor, 

 and he was <;enerally recoj^ni/.ed as a rep- 



resentative oardener of the Victorian era. 



On the death of the late William Bull, 

 the business of William Dull ^; 8ons, 

 Liimlon. i;nt>land, was continued by his 

 two sdus. William and Kdward. Owincj 

 'o the ill health of the first named, the 

 |)artnership ha.s been dissidved by mutual 

 i-oiisent and the business will now bo 

 continued under the same title by E<1- 

 war.l Ibill. 



M. < '. .\llw(jod, carnation specialist 

 with Stuart Low & Co., I'.ush Hill Park, 

 lias inlidduced a new carnation support 

 of oriojnai and distinctivi; design. 



W'illi.am King, for the last five years 

 the energetic and pojiular m.aiiager ami 

 secretar\- of tin; (jld establ1she(| firm of 

 .lames liackhouS(! & Sons. Ltd., York, 



who ha\( n.sfructed some of the' largest 



rock gardens in I'jirope, has accepted an 

 ;i[i|ioint ineut as ni;uiaging secretary to 

 a syndicate which has purcli;ise<l tho 

 Duir llonsi'. <'state of the Duke of Fife, 

 S(!otland. 



The gooseberry disease, Sphajrothcca 

 mors-uvu', has now made its ai^pearanco 

 on the gooseberry |>lantations in tho 

 Stettin di.stiict of (iermany. The dis- 

 ease' was (irs; known in (iermany in 1905, 

 ami was belie\e(l to lia\o come from 

 Russia. Bee. 



HARD WATER FOR FERNS. 



I should like to ask if a hard water 

 containing calciiini, iron and other min- 

 erals Would have a tendency to injure tho 

 t'r(in(!s or t he ;^row th ot' ferns. 



A. .r. H. 



speaking in general terms, soft water, 

 su(di as rain water, is pict'erable for I'ern 

 growing, but the extent of the injury 

 from har<l wiiter would depend largely 

 iijion the pro|iortion ot' mint'ral matter 

 i-ontaiiicd therein. A strongly .alkaline 

 \\ater is liable to injure both roots and 

 fronds. ^ W. H. T. 



Vki.i.ow Si'hin(;>. <>. -Mrs. II. C. 

 IJrown is seriously ill ;in.l .Mr. Mrown has 

 t:iken her to < inci rin;i I i, < >., t', u- t reatment. 



l':.\Ti'.Ki'i{isi;. W . \'\. -Charles l.'ockwoll, 

 toirnerly of' .New M.trt ins-ille, W. Va., 

 i- iiow In business lure. He has pur- 

 chaseil twenty two acre< of l;ind .ami has 

 li\c' large oreeidiouses in ojieration. 



New btore of the Spokane Florist Co. 



