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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBH 20. 1021 



Elco Brand 



We have been asked the question how we account for the 

 tide of ELCO popularity which has swept the country. 



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LIKE PRODUCES LIKE. 



Will you examine the spefimcns of 

 chrysanthemum plants mailed to you 

 from Dayton, 0., and determine their 

 ailment? These plants get a red cast, 

 shrivel up and then appear to discon- 

 tinue their growth. They become af- 

 fected at different stages of develop- 

 ment. Sometimes they are well budded 

 and ready to open when they die. The 

 Seidewitz late pink and white varieties 

 are the ones which are mostly affected, 

 in spite of the fact that they have re- 

 ceived the same treatment as that ad- 

 ministered to the other varieties, which 

 seem to be in a healthy condition and 

 growing well. H. D.- — O. 



The specimen plants reveal no or- 

 ganic trouble. They seem to be af- 

 fected with leaf-spots, the best remedy 

 for which is to keep them on the dry 

 side of the bench and be particular 

 about spraying. Give them a good dust- 

 ing of sulphur or spray them with a sul- 

 phur solution, which will keep the spores 

 from spreading. Mums should be grown 

 much drier at this time of the year 

 than they are in the summer months. 

 Overhead spraying is practically aban- 

 doned and any watering necessary should 

 be done in the early morning hours and 

 only ill sunny weather, in order that 

 the plants may become ]ierfectly dry 

 before nightfall. 



There is much disea.se among the 

 Seidewitz stock in the country and it 

 would be advisable, after the i)lants 

 have flowered this year, to throw away 

 all of those which are affected in any 

 way at all and begin over again with a 

 stock of perfectly clean plants. It is 

 one of the oldest creeds of the hybrid- 

 izer, whether he is raising prize sheei> 

 or liowers, that "like jiroduces like,'" 

 which is only another way of saying 

 what is so often emphasized — be sure 

 that your stock is clean at all times if 

 vou wish to grow successful crops. 



C. H. T. 



SWEET PEA ROWS. 



My bed of sweet peas is five feet 

 wide, with four rows, one foot in the 

 row and two to four plants at each 

 clump. Is this system desirable? Would 

 you advise removing all the side shoots 

 or is it best to leave some on for com- 

 mercial purposes? S. B. — Can. 



Your row^s are much too close. Two 

 rows would be ample and would give 

 vastly better results. The most suc- 

 cessful sweet pea growers allow five to 



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six t't'ot between their rows. As sweet 

 ]ie;is uiuler good culture will grow eight 

 to twelve feet high) this is not too nuich 

 s]):iee. It would be advisable for you to 

 take out your two center rows and you 

 will get much better returns from your 

 filants. For commercial ])urj)oses, it 

 would not be well to remove the side 

 shoots. It is all right if specimen tlow- 

 ers are wanted; otherwise not. C. W. 



IT'S A PUSSY'S TOE. 



Will you give me the correct name 

 of the plant which I have sent? I have 

 grown and used it for years, but I do 

 not know its name. W. E. K. — Cal. 



It is a species of antennaria, probably 



dimorpha, commonly called Cat's-Ear, 

 I'ussy's Toe and Ladies' Tobacco. It is 

 a species of everlasting, of which about 

 a half-dozen are native of the United 

 States. C. W. 



Painesville, O. — .lames and Steve 

 Kallay. of Kallay Bros., are erecting 

 new houses at their nursery. 



Topeka, Kan. — The American Green- 

 house Mtg. ("o., of Chicago, has secured 

 the contract for the construction of the 

 new $40,(100 greenhouses at North 

 Topeka for the Hubbard Gardens Co. 

 The range is to be devoted to the culture 

 of roses, carnations and vegetables. Mr. 

 Hubbard expects full production wilV 

 be reached by Thank.sgiving 



