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the old Kriemhilde, a German cactus 

 (iahlia and a good flower. Unless one 

 IS careful to give it good soil and cul- 

 ture, it is oiften disappointing, but when 

 properly grown it is a fine variety. 

 The other bloom was so far gone that 

 it was impossible to identify it posi- 

 tively, but it may bo one of the peony- 

 flowered varieties that have become so 

 popular in the last few years. It pos- 

 sibly may be a decorative type that 

 has followed in the wake of many 

 crops this season and come with an 

 open center. 



The box was somewhat crushed in 

 transit. If, when blooms are sent in 

 this manner through the mails, more 

 care ie used in packing and giving 

 proper room, better results can be se- 

 cured in ferreting out the correct 

 names. E, S. T. 



OAEE OF BOXWOOD IN WINTER. 



Please tell me how to care for box- 

 woods in the winter. S. M. 



The only particular care required for 

 the box bushes is to keep them in a 

 cool place, and to give them water 

 enough to keep them moist at all times. 

 A night temperature of 40 degrees is 

 sufficient, and if it goes a little lower 

 at times it will do the plants no harm. 



W. H. T. 



POOB SOIL FOB SMILAX. 



I have about 1,000 smilax plants 

 which are not growing as they should. 

 About half of the leaves are turning 

 yellow. There are hardly any insects 

 on them. The soil contains one-third 

 sand and about one-fourth stable ma- 

 nure. Should they be sprayed with 

 ammonia water, or does the soil need 

 fertilizer? H. C. B. 



It is no wonder that your smilax 

 plants are doing poorly in such a com- 

 post. You do not state whether your 

 plants are small ones in pots or are 

 planted out. If in pots, mix up a 

 compost of three-fourths loam and the 

 balance well decayed and screened ma- 

 nure. Sand is not needed unless your 

 soil is quite retentive. Shake out and 

 repot your plants. If the stock is plant- 

 ed out there is little you can do, but 

 spraying with ammonia water would 

 only make their condition worse. If 

 you apply some liquid made in a barrel 

 from soot and cow manure, sufficiently 

 diluted, it may improve the plants some- 

 what, but you will not get really satis- 

 factory results until you give them a 

 compost in which sand is cut out and 

 more loam used. Of course correct tem- 

 peratures, proper ventilation anfl careful 

 watering all play an important part in 

 the culture of smilax. C. W. 



BLIND WOOD ON BEGONIAS, 



Under separate cover I have sent 

 some parts of Begonia Gloire de Chate- 

 laine, on which the wood is hardened 

 and has gone blind. Can you tell me 

 the cause and the remedy! I have been 

 growing begonias successfully for sev- 

 eral years, but this is my first attempt 

 with Chatelaine. I have treated it in 

 the same way as Lorraine, Cincinnati, 

 luminosa and Erfordii, giving it the 

 same house and the same bench. All 

 the other begonias are doing well. In 

 fact, the Chatelaines also did well at 

 first, and I thought from their appear- 

 ance, and from the amount of bloom 



THE MEN YOU MEET 



A. F. J. BAUR. 



IF you don't know Baur, this is your chance — the Chrysanthemum Society is 

 meeting at Indianapolis November 8 and Baur is vice-president, in charge of 

 local arrangements. But it is not in connection with the chrysanthemum that 

 most of the trade knows A. F. J. Baur; his reputation rests on his work for the 

 carnation, as a grower, a novelty raiser, as secretary of the American Carnation 

 Society these many years^ and as a writer on the carnation for The Review. 

 There are few men who give so freely of their time and energy to the affairs of 

 trade welfare, nor are there many whose work is so effective. The reason is that, 

 while on occasion lie takes a stand and will not budge, he arouses no antago- 

 nisms; whether he will or lie won't, everything is all right so far as Baur is 

 concerned. 



they carried, that they had the more 

 expensive begonias beaten in many 

 ways, and that I would have a good 

 supply of these on hand for the Christ- 

 mas trade in case the azaleas did not 

 turn up. Then the best and strongest 

 wood began to harlen and go blind, 

 while the plants produced a great mass 

 of undergrowth. They are not pot- 

 bound. I am using a compost consisting 

 of good rotted sod and cow manure, 

 with sharp sand and a little crushed 

 charcoal. There is good drainage. 



J. P. 



caused the trouble, as I have never 

 heard of any disease attacking this 

 begonia. The shoots forwarded appear 

 healthy. I would advise cutting the 

 plants back. They will soon start away 

 again and will still make good plants, 

 but hardly in time for Christmas. 



C. W. 



Your estimate of this begonia is cor- 

 rect; it is indeed invaluable for either 

 bedding out or pot culture, and is a 

 constant bloomer. Your plants must 

 have had some check to act as they 

 are doing. I have never had any of 

 my stock act in this way. Your com- 

 post seems to have been all right. A 

 check or lack of plant food must have 



NO JOKE. 



Many users of classified ads in The 

 Review get such excellent results that 

 they call them "strange," "curious," 

 "funny," or some other word that 

 merely means they had not appreciated 

 the power of these little liners when 

 the offer happens to be one that hits a 

 general need. Then this is what hap- 

 pens, right away: 



Ploase don't print that ClaKalfled ad again- 

 CTerytlilng sold and could not fill all the orders 

 Knnny what a little ad like that will do. Send 

 hill and I will gladly send check.— Mar B 

 Schrolhor, McDonald, Pa., October 30, 1914 



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