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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AtlQUBT 10, 1911. 



been benched, to be grown exclusively 

 for cut blooms for local retail trade. 

 There is no present intention of dis- 

 seminating the variety. 



PBOFAQATING SNAPDRAOONS. 



"Would it be too late now to take 

 cuttings of snapdragons and what sort 

 of soil and temperature should they 

 have when planted? W. M. E. 



Snapdragons, rooted now and potted 

 along, will make strong plants for 

 benching in from eight to ten weeks. 

 You can take cuttings any time during 

 the fall, winter or early spring. AVhen 



the weather is cooler they root better 

 and grow far more satisfactorily than in 

 hot weather, such as we get in August. 

 You can also raise these plants easily 

 from seed, and by purchasing separate 

 colors of the tall section from a reli- 

 able seed house you will find few rogues 

 among them. Soil for antirrhinums 

 needs no special preparation. Use the 

 same compost as you have prepared for 

 carnations, violets or mums. A mini- 

 mum winter temperature of 45 to 50 

 degrees suits them. Do not exceed 

 the latter figure, however. The finest 

 spikes I ever saw were grown at 40 

 to 45 degrees at night. C. W, 



POLLY ROSE IN FRAMES. 



Will you tell me how I should handle 

 Polly Rose chrysanthemums in frames? 

 Should I put glass on them now and 

 air freely, or when should I put glass 

 on them? J. T. L. 



If the Polly Rose mums are growing 

 freely, it is not necessary to put the 

 glass on for a month yet, but if they 

 are getting hard and stunted in any 

 way, or showing rust or leaf-spot, I 

 would put the sashes on at once. Au- 

 gust, with its muggy heat and moisture, 

 often brings rust on outdoor plants 

 when plants under glass are perfectly 

 clean. Pushing the sashes off and on 

 means extra work, but sometimes it is 

 work that pays. If J. T. L. watches 

 his plants, he is the best judge as to 

 when the sashes ought to be on the 

 frames. Chas. H. Totty. 



LEAF-DISEASE OF MUMS. 

 AVe have some mums which seem to 

 be affected by some sort of disease. 

 They were planted in the first part 

 of June, in solid beds, five feet wide. 

 The depth of the soil was eight to four- 

 teen inches, and at the time of plant- 

 ing a light sprinkling of bone meal was 

 given. The soil was kept in a moist 

 condition and a spraying was given 

 once a day. A few weeks ago we also 

 applied a dressing of rotted cow ma- 

 nure, with a light sprinkling of air- 

 slaked lime. The disease seems to af- 

 fect the two varieties. White Cloud and 

 Clem. Touset. They are planted 8x10 

 inches apart. The ventilators are 

 kept open day and night. Enclosed 

 you will find some specimen leaves of 

 the plants affected. Please state the 

 cause of the trouble and the remedy. 



F. B. 



of water. This is the liver of sulphur 

 and may be procured at almost any 

 drug store. Look after the watering 

 carefully and keep the atmosphere on 

 the dry side, and this leaf -spot should 

 not cause much worry. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



This leaf-disease is septoria, which 

 is common enough on mums, particu- 

 larly if they are planted closely. It 

 will be noticed that this disease al- 

 most always starts in the center of the 

 bench, where the plants do not dry out 

 80 well as at the sides. Unless the dis- 

 ease gets too bad, it does no particular 

 harm, as it cleans off the lower leaves 

 and allows the sun to get to the soil. 

 If the disease is serious, spray the 

 plants with sulphide of potassium, at 

 the rate of half an ounce to a gallon 



POLL WORTH'S NEW PLACE. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 has just leased a new building for the 

 selling end of the business. The new 

 quarters will be much larger than those 

 previously occupied and are shown in 

 one of the accompanying illustrations. 

 The location is ideal, directly opposite 

 the City hall and on Milwaukee's mar- 

 ket square. For the present the lower 



floors and basement only will be used, 

 the upper floors being sublet until such 

 time as the steady development of the 

 business makes their use necessary. 

 Two of the stores will be devoted to 

 the cut flower department, which is in 

 charge of W. F. Halliday. A large ice- 

 box is being installed and the rooms 

 are being fitted up with all the mod- 

 ern conveniences for handling cut flow- 

 ers and greens. A conservatory is be- 

 ing built in the rear of the building, to 

 be used as a show house for samples of 

 the plants grown at the greenhouses, 

 presided over by W. A. Kennedy, vice- 

 president of the company. In addition 

 to roses, carnations, chrysanthemums 

 and other cut flowers, the greenhouses 

 contain large blocks of palms, ferns 

 and other decorative plants, with 

 blooming plants and bedding stock in 

 season. The remaining space on the 

 street floors and in the basements will 

 be devoted to the supply department 

 and the offices, where C. C. Pollworth 

 personally is to be found. Mr. Poll- 

 worth is enthusiastic over the possibili- 

 ties opened to the company through the 

 acquisition of the new headquarters. 

 He says the force is at present busy on 

 orders for the Common Sense carnation 

 support, which he believes soon will be 

 generally adopted by the growers. 



PLUMOSUS TIPS SCORCHED. 



Will you kindly answer the following 

 inquiry on how to ventilate and shade 

 a house of Asparagus plumosus? Dur- 

 ing the last six weeks the thermometers 

 in this section of Missouri have several 

 times registered over 100 degrees, 

 which caused the young tips to wither, 

 destroying about fifty per cent of the 

 crop. We have benches of plumosus 

 and Sprengeri where a house has been 

 torn down, and these, though exposed 



New Quarters Soon to Be Occupied by C C Pollworth G>., Milwaukee. 



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