FEBRUABT 29, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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shade, though the plant illuatrated 

 holds its foliage and color well and is 

 growing in the full sun. 



The plant of Phoenix Canariensis is 

 not growing at Los Angeles, but a few 

 miles distant, at Pasadena. As will be 

 noted, the plant is finely developed, 

 having held its fronds for a number of 

 years. It is a quick growing, robust 

 palm, needing ample room for its full 

 development. 



Ehapis flabelliformis is another beau- 

 tiful palm when well grown, and one 

 that is not as much grown as it de- 

 serves to be. 



LILY FOLIAOE BBOWN AT TIPS. 



Can you tell us what makes the ends 

 of the leaves on lily plants turn brown? 



K. B. F. C. 



There are two or three possible 

 causes for the foliage on your lilies 

 turning brown at the tips. If they are 

 standing too close together and are 

 hosed quite freely, an excess of mois- 

 ture may start it. Overdoses of stim- 

 ulants, particularly those of a chemical 

 nature, may produce a like result. 

 Strong fumigations are another cause. 

 None of these may meet your case, but 

 if you can give the plants a night tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees, water freely 

 and care for them well the trouble 

 should practically disappear, although 

 occasional plants may continue to de- 

 velop it, especially if they are kept 

 too wet at the root. C. W. 



TREATMENT OF CANDYTUFT. 



I have a batch of candytuft just 

 nicely out of the soil. At what time 

 can I expect them to bloom, and at 

 what temperature shall I keep themf 

 Which would be better, to transplant 

 into flats or into pots before putting 

 them in the bench? How much space 

 will each plant require in the bench? 



W. D. H. 



Candytuft is in great demand at 

 Memorial day. Your plants are just 

 a little late for that date, but it will < 

 pay to give them a little extra care. 

 Pot off singly. When they are nicely 

 established and before they become too 

 much potbound, plant them out in beds 

 or benches in rows twelve inches apart, 

 allowing six or seven inches between 



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the plants. The soil must be well en- 

 riched and such as you would use for 

 caraations or chrysanthemums. Oive 

 them a temperature of 45 degrees at 

 niglmt. liaise this to 48 or 50 degrees 

 as they advance, running them a trifle 

 cooler as the flowers open. 0. W. 



ADIANTUMS. 



AVhere adiantums have been resting 

 for a few weeks they can now be over- 

 hauled and, where necessary, repotted. 

 Lar£e sized plants will carry for sev- 

 eral years in the same pots if occasion- 

 ally fed with liquid manure, but smaller 

 sizes are liable to become starved if 

 not shifted, and furthermore there is 

 mor« or less danger of their drying out 

 and losing much of their foliage. One 

 severe drying off is generally sufficient 

 to ruin the appearance of an adiantum, 

 and this is most liable to occur with 

 the smaller plants. Large plants can 

 be divided, but these divided portions 

 do xot give as satisfactory returns as 

 youxger plants potted on. While the 

 adiantums take kindly to soil contain- 

 ing considerable leaf-mold, and this is 



Phoenix Gmaiieosis. 



particularly good for young stock, 

 larger plants want something heavier, 

 and good pasture loam, with some 

 thoroughly decomposed manure added 

 and a good dash of sand, will grow ex- 

 cellent plants. Bone and chemical fer- 

 tilizers are better not used in the soil, 

 altlough a little Clay's or Bon Arbor 

 in the water during the growing sea- 

 son is excellent for them. A. cuneatum, 

 while still the species mostly grown, is 

 not; equal to A. Croweanum commer- 

 cia.lly. The growths of the latter are 

 tougher and keep much better out of 

 wa.ter. 



PBIMUIJ^ OBCONICA. 



^'ith conditions favorable, how long 

 should Primula obconica continue flow- 

 .'Orixgt We have some that. began flow- 

 ^i«a9.ng! about 'January 10. Wd'^should 

 flj^e-ko hold «o me o£ them until' Easter 

 if' this ean, be successfully done. They 

 are in 5-inch and 6-inch pots and are 

 well flowered. We are giving them 



Jubaea Spectabilis. 



liquid cow manure every week or ten 

 days. They have a nice head of flowers, 

 with spikes in all stages of growth. 



T. S. M. 



This primrose is persistent-flowering 

 and will easily last until Easter in a 

 cool house. In fact, it will bloom until 

 June if wanted. Keep the faded flow- 

 ers and seeds removed and continue to 

 feed with cow manure as you are doing? 

 C. W. 



EFFECT OF SULPHUR IN WATER. 



We are in need of information re- 

 garding the use of water from a sul- 

 phur water well, for irrigation. What 

 effect will it have on flowering plants, 

 such as sweet peas and asters, and 

 what effect on the soil? We thought 

 that perhaps some of the readers of The 

 Beview might have had experience 

 along this line. We have a sulphur 

 water well which will furnish all the 

 supply we shall need and there is no 

 other water available. D. E. W. 



So far as the sulphur water is con- 

 cerned, whether it will injure plants 

 will depend upon the amount of sul- 

 phur and the form in which it is found. 

 A small amount of sulphur would not 

 be injurious and might be helpful, as it 

 is a splendid fungicide. The trouble 

 is more likely to come from various 

 alkalis which are often associated with 

 the sulphur in the water, but, as they 

 are odorless, their presence is not sus- 

 pected. If they are present in consid- 

 erable quantities the water would not 

 be fit for greenhouse use. The best 

 way to determine whether or not it 

 can be used with safety is to try it for 

 watering a few plants and at the same 

 time water the same number of other 

 plants with water which is known to 

 be free from sulphur and alkalis of all 

 kinds. ■'■''■' 



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East Bridgewater, Mtaa.-^Joiai K. 

 Alexander, of the East Bridgewater 

 Dahlia Gardens, -lias been reelected 

 president of the New England Dahlia 

 Society. 



