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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



l"i:iii!iAi!V 17. 101(1 



.ire iiiillions of wild loscs in dost' ]nn\ 

 unify to our pljicc .-hkI ihic can liardlv 

 Kill tliiMii with an a\; so I jir^posc U> 

 '■XlM'lillKMl) with >(.itlc this SMliiinci-. '["lie 

 wor.^f tVaturc I s.t. i> th,. thorns, wliicii 

 ^■■"■\ ill nnnilM'i> linni .-i tew to thick 

 •liistcis. hut conM easily lie laibhcd otV 

 \vitli a heavy leather yhjve. ![..<'. S. 



Thai many of our wild roses ran he 

 and are used as slocks tor huddiny ,ind 



.;ral'tiiiL; is i-ertain. hut with what 



nnonnt of success I am unahle to s;i\'. 



riie wild Kise of lirilain. K'osa canina. is 

 used almost exclusively for oidside work 

 tli(>re. especially tier standard and h;i]f 

 >landar.l grades. The reason uli\ 



Manet I i is ju'eferred is hocause it ]iov 

 -~esses so line .a mass ol' lii)rous roots, 

 uluch gather and supply more food to 

 ;he plaid than do the less lihrous loots 

 possi'ssed hy most varieties. Some \ari 

 efies of wild stock have also the unde 

 -irahle hahit of takino- a loijo rest in 

 winter, making; tiiem unfit lor u^iny for 

 greenhouse jmijtoses. 



Ivxfierimeiitinji' with ditl'eient >lock- 

 ^vliicli ;ire native to your section, .■iiid 

 ■omparini; lesults with those on Manetti. 

 will tertainly ;;i\c yuu debited infoi-ma 

 ''"'1 K'iukv, 



WHITE FLY ON PRIMULAS. 



I am seiidiiic; yuu a primula leaf with 

 V'. Iiite lly and e<,'j,fs. Tliey seem to hree.i 

 hy the ihousaiids. Smokiny with to 

 haeco sf(niis seems to h.ave no etVed on 



have ioiind.l'roiii repeated trials tlnit the 

 ahovc quantities suiliee if a calm (wcninj- 

 i^ chosen for the work. ('. \V. 



HYACINTHS AND NARCISSI. 



How soon ought we to bring our liva- 

 <infh and narcissus bulbs to tiie heat' to 

 produce blooms for Jvistor .' The aver- 

 .age night temperature is about .'(• de- 

 grees, ^v. ('. r. ('. 



liasier Sunday comes .March l'7. 

 Mouse your liyacintlis March 1, and ytmr 

 narcissi, if of the 'J'rumpet fainilv. four 

 or live days later -that is. provided thev 

 are well started. It is well to start theili 

 in gooii season, as it is easy to hold them 

 a few days in a cold house or slied, when 

 open. \v (• 



PLANTS TURN YELLOW. 



Will you kindly inform nic what is the 

 tiouble in my greenhouse. I am a young 

 lloiist, located in (ireenviile. 111., anil jus7 

 -larted the business for niyself eight 

 moidhs ago. I have only one greeidiouse. 

 LlxoO, heated by .a small steam boiler, 

 and one l'i:\-inch ))ipe runs up in, the 

 middle from the boiler to the end of 

 the house and conies back liy three 

 -inch returns under each side' bench. 

 Tin Iiouse runs from north to south. 1 

 have cut ;i nice jot of carnations since 

 last Sej.tember. but my geraniums, 

 .asparagus, ferns, et<'.. do not grow well. 

 I have my ju'op.agation liendi covered 



of air on th(! top ventilators all i\, 

 Have you ])ainted your pipes with 

 of tiie patent metal paints on the • 

 ket.' These sometimes do great daui 

 especially if some furjientine has i 

 nuxed in them. A safe paint is I: 

 lilack .and linseed oil, if you warn 

 cover any heating jiipes .as a lusl 

 ventive. 



If your well water is so very har.; 

 will he better t(. use the soft rain w; 

 for the plants. Write to the Agri 

 tiiral College of your state, send a s 

 !)le of your well water and ask lj 

 their opinion of it. They will analyyi 

 and tulvise you if unsuitable, and' n 

 lie able to suggest a ivay to improve 



For so small a house 7 think i 

 water would lie better for , you th 

 st«-an,. The latter heat is strong a' 

 <lrying ;iiid temperature Huctuafio 

 must be nnire viideid with it. The hei' 

 iiiC expert of the Hkvikw woidd ; 

 gl.'id to tell yew how to hauge Ire 

 steam to hot water. Do not get d> 

 cour,ag<'d. Write ag.ain for informatio' 

 It is difficult without knowing exact eoi 

 ditious to advise you, hut the Kkvii 

 will help you in evcrv jiossible, pi-actii:, 

 ■*v:iy. ' AV. N. C. 



PALMS WITH SHALLOW ROOTS. 



Kindly tell me if tliere is any way o' 

 preventing palms from [uishing up on- 

 of the pots. All of <mrs are doing tin- 

 more or less. They are not potboumi 

 They stand almve the soil oii their root- 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



ri ^^*i'^ reader of this paper can tind something of interest among the Review's 

 ^^lassitied advertisements. Almost every day you want something. You keep on 

 wanting It because you do not realize you can fill almost any want through the 

 Classified pages of this paper. 



11 J°i ^ ^'"^'^ expenditure you can advertise to thousands of readers. You 

 will bnd someone, and often very many, who will buy the stock yon want to sell 

 or sell you what you want to buy. 



10 cents per line of six averas^e words. 



them. Tiioy just ruin the pl.ants. Wiiat 

 IS the simplest .and he^t melhocl i,i' l\uh\ 

 in>x them? U A. I •. 



Spr.aying with .-oaji and w,at(a lielps 

 to keep white lly in check. I'umig.ation 

 with tobacco stems has no efleci un them 

 whatever; in fact, thev seem to revel in 

 a smoky atmosphere. ( )ne form of fund 

 Liation only will clean them out .and that 

 i- hydrocyanic acid gas. This must lie 

 M-rv carefully used, as jt is a deadly g.as. 

 I'lit ]niiidr«>ds of successful florists now 

 lelv on it exclusively. Always use it in 

 the evening, .and the lower the tempera 

 tmc the better. There is little liability 

 of injuring the plants at this season of 

 the year; in hot weather the foliage is 

 more liable to lie hurt. 



for a house L'OxlOd we use two jars. 

 e.ach (Containing two ounces of sulphuric 

 acid and six ounces of water, dropping 

 ■ iiie ounce of cyanide of ])ot;issium in 

 '.(cli. We find Iwo d<ises. given two or 

 three nigjits apart. a\ ill exterminate the fly 

 and .an all-night exposure Avill not hurt 

 the iiio^t f<'nder planf>^ in the least. We 



with ^^ha-^s. so thi' ciiiiinns do line, hut as 

 ^'"»i" •■1'- i |int them on the bench they 

 start to tuili yellow. ,a- you see hv the 

 s.ample leaves ahdoseil. 'l haw a 'wood 

 \\all between the boiler room .and the 

 greenhouse, ihe n-.ackv being covererl 

 with pap. 1. I -ive .-IS much wnt il.af ion 

 ;is jpossihie. J»,, vou think lii.at 1 oueht 

 to |HI, sometiiin;; nn tj,e pipes while thev 

 are hoi .' I'h'.a-e le|| me what to d(,. I 



aNo would like i,, havo your advice 

 about watiaing mv ^to.-k 1 use cistern 

 ^^afe^, but 1 like t(p K'^e the ^\e|| water, 

 hut it is so li.aid that it kilN tnv voung 

 l'l:inl<. <'an 1 ],ut somethiiiL; in th.a7 

 water so it .-an be sweet .' j-' i 



if your c.aru.ations have hloome<l well 

 since last Sej)tember. the house evidently 

 suits them. It is possible that you are 

 allowing gas to escape from your boiler 

 room to the ureenhouse. This would .ac- 

 count for the Aspar.igus Sprenyeri 

 •lying, as y,,ur s.ample shoots have done. 

 < lose up tigiifly every possibh' crev i<'e 

 wh(M-e this can c.une in. If the troidile 

 -fill contitMiev. ii-v leaving a little chink 



and get wabbly. We have to pu-i 

 stakes ilown m the pots to hold then^ 

 iijiright. This spoils the locdss of then 

 and ;iUo their -ale. What c.an I do t. 

 ""'"1 ■' A. IT. W. 



'' '- natural for the ma.jorit\ oi 

 palm- to h.ave the h.ase of the pl.aii' 

 above thr ^urf.ace of the ^^round, thougl 

 the loot- .are usii.allv stiff enough to sup 

 liort them without neeil ,,\' staking. Th' 

 plant- in ipustion. however, m.av ha\i 

 been potted unnecessarily- high, wit I 

 ihe re-ulf that they are unsteady in tie 

 ■"oil. When repiittiliM. kei'p ihe has;' el 

 the plants iiisf below the surface of tin 

 -oil .and then there is not likeh iu In 

 .a re, iirrence of this trouble. 



When growing n.atnr.ally. m.aiiv of 

 the p.alms are fmind with the "basi 

 r.ai-eil up from one to three feet abo\< 

 the soil, .according to the .age .and si/' 

 of the id.anfs. hut Ihey are enabled t" 

 stand stroiii; winds by means of tie 

 foundation of sfmit roofs that snjp|iori- 

 Ihem. w. ir. T. 



