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The Florists^ Review 



AiGisx 1.;, iyi4. 



FISH GUANO FOR CARNATIONS. 



Will \-(Ml I'lcasc tell nil', if |i()ssililc. 

 w li;it (|u;iiititv ot' lisli ^iiaiui vluiuld lie 

 il^t'.j III ;( <;(lli;it inn ;i ICC II iluil sc lil\l."ll, 

 (•(Jiitai liiiiu lOiii- Im'iK.' Ildw olfcii 



-linnli! 1 lie I'cit ili/iT lir usi'ij .' 



.M. M. M. 



I li;i\'' li;iil iKi |ii'i>iJii;il cxiicriciii r 

 witli (isli ;;ii;inii, Imt oIIh'is w Iki Iimxc 

 U'-cil it iccdiiiiiii'iicj the I'cil l(H\ i iio |ir(>- 

 )i(iitinii--: A^ ;i t(i|i ihosiii;;, use (iiic 

 li.'ilt' to line |i(iiiiii| |ii'r liiiiiil it'il s(|iiair 

 I'ci't dl' liciicli s|iacc, I Wdiilil siiyycsl 

 tiiat vdii mix it witli alidut six times 

 it- liiilk df sittcil soil ami let it stain! 

 a ila\ lii'ldid iisiiiLi. Ill that w a \' \'dii 

 "ill lid alili' td ijist riliiitd it iMdic 

 d\('lily. I'sdcj as a lii|iiiil. it is rccdiii- 

 nicihldd that \dii iisd t \\ d |idnii(|s td 

 lil'tv yalldlis df water. 



This feitili/er is ii,-|| in nitiOLieii 

 .•iiel I Wdiild -iiyudst that ynii use it 

 '•;ii cf iill\ . its telideiicy will lie td 

 ■~dfteli the LlKiwtli: Sd. ;it the least si^ii 

 ill Ih.-it direct idii, \iiii nmst d iscoiit i line 

 it (11- a1 least reduce the (|Uailtit\'. Tlie 

 nature df yoiii soil and its I'ertilitv 

 must deteriiiiiir the frec|lieilcy of the 

 ••i|'|||icat idii-. If \dii think it neces 

 -ary. ydu iiii;ilit a|i|ily it liefore lieiich 

 ini: tile |ilaiits and rake it in well. I,nt 

 I dislike the idea df addiiid ;iiiy fer 

 tili/er at that time it' the siiil is in 

 e\cn f;iirl\- ^ddd i-diiditidii. The |d;nit- 

 aic not aide id laki ii|> mm li food 

 until the iddt- l.ccdlne \\f\\ est a ! d i-lie. I 

 in t!ie new --dil. ;ini| that t,■li^es alidiit 

 t w d iiidiith-. After tli;it it i -- c;i-icr td 

 deteliiiili!' what the --idl lack> ;ind tn 



.add it in the -li;i| I' liipiid di tup 



dle--iii;^s. A|'|p|\ td|i (Irevvim^- not 



"iftciii'i tli.an diicr each nidiith: li(|niH. 

 iidl dt trnci 1 h,-i n diicd ( ac|i \\ crk . 



A. f, .1. !;. 



CARRYING OVER OLD PLANTS. 



Ale tlieie .a ii \ vaiictic- nf i;i rn.a t idii- 



dl whicli \ (111 Wdllld ad\l-e ca ir\' i lli; 

 |d;iiits (i\cr ill the licindie' frdiii \c;ir tip 

 ycai- if new |p|;iiit- are init a \ a i l.a Ide .' 

 It' -d. what \ a rirl ic- .' It' iidt, w|i\ ndt ' 

 I li;i \ f liei-n t d|.| t h.at tin- ma \' Ke dene 

 -nci-f>-f 11 1 ly. lull wmild not caie tn tl\' 

 .anything i|iiitc v,, -|i.'iii |a t i \ c witlnnii 

 \ dii I .a |'|i| d\ ;i I. •'.!.. 



< a 11) I n;^ d\ c: d|.| ra mat idii-- Idi :i 

 ~ei-dii.| yr.ai'- IdddiniiiL; i- i|iiite inac 

 tic.al under certain c(iii,| j t ion-.. Td dd 

 liii- -m-cd-st'iilly , lldWc\er. c;iref||| 



|'rc|.;i I .at idii inU'^t Ke m.adc.at tin |iid|ici 

 time. It i- tdd late iidw td dd a II \' t lii iil: 

 aldiiL; that line fer the i-dinin^ sea-im. 

 If ydU h.avc nut the jilants neede.l fur 

 replant i iil; Vdur lied-, the enK' -,afi> 

 thinu I'di \ dii td dd will Ih' td lin\ 

 llieiii. T(] t r\ td cairy d\ei' plants tli.at 

 h.ave licea allnweil tci uidw .and lildiiin 

 up td t hi- t iiiie w diihj lid Id invite 

 certain di-a-ter. 



Wliethir it Wdiihl p;i\- \(iu tii carr\ 

 d\ el ydll r dhl pl;i nt- w (111 hi depi'in I 

 ;ilnid-t eiitiich dii \diir market. Il 



yon cdiidiict a retail estaidisliiiient .and 

 can use what Mooiiis xoiir plants will 

 yive riylit up td .Inly, you will do well 

 td foijict .all alioiit the two year propo- 

 -itidii. lest you attempt it under im 

 |iossili|e cdihlitions and (inly lose li\- it. 

 Hii the dtlier li.ainl, it' xou can spare a 

 part of \diir plaiitiiiL; to use for this 

 piirpdsc alter .May 1. witlidut roldiiii;^ 

 your trade of lilooiiis that could lie 

 disposed ol' ,at profitalile liyures, then 

 it iiiiyht lie Wdith your while to yo into 

 the matter. 



It depemis less on what \;iriety you 

 use tli.aii (111 tlu' cdiidition (if the plants 

 at the time yen licijin td pri'pare them 

 fdi- the rest.art in the s|iriny. Tliev 

 should lie alisoliitidy free I rom dis 

 ease or insect-, ami if the folia;:e is 

 ali\(' pretty widl down to the liottum. 

 .all the lietter. We have used the fol 

 lowing \aii(dies in tlii- w.ay succe:»s- 

 fully: I'iiik l)(di-lit, r.i>ac('iii. White 

 Womler. Mmdi.a nt res- and (iloridsa. 



.\. r. .1. i;. 



SEEN IN THE MARKETS. 



T.al.iiiL; Ihem ;i- .a whole, the l'e,iiit\ 

 Ljrdwcr- did not t .a k e in mm h money 

 diirinL; the winter, for cut- were li^lit 

 .and (pi.ality poor diiiiiii; tin time de 

 m.and usually i- ,a I its lu'-t. lietwceii 

 Th.a n k -L;i \ i iil; .and .\-li Weilnesda\. 

 L.atelv there li;i\e heen liea\y clll- 

 .ind, ill -dine inarlvcts. alidiit a- lnw 

 pi ice- a- e\er h,a\c liecii known. Il 

 -('(III- (jiic-t idiia Ide if lieauty ;^rdwiiiL: 

 p.av- the man v\ lid ha- mi spcci.al laleni 

 \'(>y li.aidllinL: this cro]i. 



The Ir.a'le ^enerall\ ha- eiitliu-ed 

 ,aL;aiii (i\ei .\i r-. K'lissidl rese. L.ast f.all 

 It \\a- line and ino-t of tiiose who 

 lidiii^ht -to(d^ id' the introducer took 

 inore iiKUicy out of the lirst crop than 

 they hail p.aid Idr the yduii;^ pl.ants. 

 Then, in the winter, there lie^^.an tn lie 

 lieail shakings. \',\i\ it .ajipears that 

 e\ervlid(|y lieindied aliout all the plalit- 

 lliat were a\.ailalile. Ndw the rese is 

 li ne- - not h i 11;^ e(pial td it in the market 



■ami cut- are lieaxy enough to make 

 it pa \' h.amlsomely for its -pace. 



.Mr-. Shawyei h.as taken the pl.ace ol' 



SOIL FOR PANSIES. 



1 lia\c two jiieeiiliou.s<'- witln i 



lienelies, in wlii(di I yrow pansies a i 



other (•ro])s. 1 haxc use(l the soil t ,, 

 years ami it is j^oiiiy ofV in sjtots. 



it is a <;reat deal of work aiul ox|iii ,. 



to remove the soil and icjilacc w h 



new, I would like to know if theic ^ 



a means, (dieniical or otherwise. ,, 

 correct the soil without movinc ii 



W. P. K 



It is a mistake to u-e the same ~ i| 

 year after year for pansies or : \ 

 other cioii. Soil needs rotation. ! ,| 

 instance, if you f(dlowe(l your pan-- 

 with cucuniliers, tomatoes, clirysant c 

 mums or some other crop, this wo ,,| 

 L;i\e the necessary rotation. Soil |, 

 pears to yet sitd\ (d' any one ciop, w li 

 out this (diaiiye. unless you steni /,■ 

 your soil ea(di season. There is re;- l\- 

 no necessity to remove your siiil. | 'd- 

 V idiiiy you adopt rotation or steril /<■ 

 liy steam, espei ially if your soil i- m 

 soli(| lieds. If in iienclu's. I we |.| 

 stronj^ly adv ise (diani;inii it ea« h sea-iii. 

 < )f course, vdiir soil ^honlil lie liliei: !l\- 

 niaiiiiie(| .and tren(die(l over ea( h sea-'iii. 

 The grower who wants to make iiid: c\ 

 plans to h.ave his hoiist s idle as IimIc 

 ,as possible. I'or this reason I wciM 

 advise a rotation, followinj;- tlo' pan- c^, 

 etc., with whatever crop you could ;!- 

 pose of to the liest adv;Mita>ie. • '. \'> 



.My .Maryland in the esteem ol i ■-' 



iiiteiesteil ill slimmer roses. .Marv i' ' 



is little seen — nearly all the L:ro ci- 



have (Iropped it. Shawver is yaii ''-• 



liiit it will lie a loiiy time iKd'c '' 



fiiltills C. II. Tdttv "s prediction th ' 



displaces Killarney. althoiijili tile k '' ' 



ci'itainlv does not comp.are with S " 

 yer at pres(Mit. 



If Killarney liiilliant show- l\ 'i' 



nev V variation in color it will pas '"' 

 ;i red rose in luiylit winter weatl 



it is .as (lark now ,a- Killarnev i- '•'' 



1m-1. 



PRUNING OLD PLANTS. 



1 h.a V e a house of K i ll.a i tiev and ■ ' 

 uidiid roses, wlii(di I ilesire to l\(' 

 the house for the sci-oml wiiiti 

 yave them a re-t and have pruned '" 

 li:nd< sh.arplv. Some dt' them, •' 

 ticiilarlv Itiidiiiidiid, arc (piite weal i" 

 vadldw liramdieil. Will \ ou kind 

 me w hat to do to ^(d t hem i n 

 -hape.' .\. I- 



The (lirections niveii in the lo-e '''" 



in the issue nf .liilv !•, in aii-wei ' ''' 

 in(|uiries ol' ( '. H. .and L. (I. >. iV; ' ' 



will .ajiply here. When old pl.ant- '^ 



-tarted to make new growth tlie.v -^ ''' ' 



lie "one ov er a ml t he -mall. ' •'' 



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