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The Florists^ Review 



Makch •-'<!, 1014. 



LEAF SPOT ON GERANIUMS. 



I .-iiri ^i'iiiliii;j \ nil a ;^t'l;i II luiii mit nl' 

 iiiv >.t<i(k. I li;i\c iiiic Ikhisc with aliiint 

 .'.iHni l:i'i .•! II iurii- III II. .■iihl tlicv .•iif all 

 Im'l:! II II i ii'_; til --Imiw •~|mi1< (111 till' Icax (■> 



.■llh) >ti'IM- Sllrli a- -IliiW nil tlio line 1 

 am Mihliii^; \nii. Tlicsr -^ixit-^ kccji 

 ^|ii.-;i'liii- until tlir |c;i\r- tiiiii aii'l 

 -liii\i'l ii|i aii'l liii.ally ,\\r. I am aiix- 

 inii> til kiiiiw what thi^ ili-casr i^. aihl 

 the .■.•ni'-r aii'i rcmcily t'm- it. Any 

 i iit'ni Mi;it mil will III' '.iii'ath a]iliri>r iat (>.l. 



W. K. .1. 



Thi~ i^ a rnmiriiiii tniulilo ainoiiix .:jr 

 1-,'iiiiiim--. ( )u1i|ii(ii'^ it usually apiifai's 

 ilmiii'j hut, ilam].. sunlcs- wealluM', 

 when L;i'ii"tlis arc sdft. aii'i most al'- 

 t't'rt^ plants which arc in lirli soil. What 

 ■Miil ilnl y(Ui use tor yuiu' plants.' If 

 \t iiiiit.'iinoil min-li animal inamiro, niofo 

 jiai tiiiilaily any which was not woU ilo- 

 cayi'il, it woiilil icinlof such jilaiits 

 snt'ttM ainl iiiori' susci'jitililo tn attack. 

 .\ny inanuro used sliouM Ik' (|uiti' oM. 

 A ".inch ]>ot lit' liiii' lioiic tn a liushcl 

 of I'aith is >iO(iil. aiiil lu'l]'s to cioate a 

 stocl^y jilaiit with fiiin wno.l which will 

 flowc'f fr<H>ly. 



Pick oir the wdi-st alloctcl iilaiits. 

 throw away any liaillv afYccti'il an.l 

 jjivo tho ]>laiits a sjuayinL: ot Funiiine. 

 an cxcclli'iit aui] iclialilc icnifiiy Idf 

 such luii^oiil attack-. .^]iiay so as to 

 (laiiiji I'Vt'iy jiait nt' the tuliau''. select - 

 iup a iloai' ila>' lot the upeiation. I'se 

 a line, misty s]>iay iiu//le in ajijilyinu 

 it. (live a secnml sjiiayiiiL; a week 

 later, ami. it' iiecs-aiy. a tliii'i luie. 

 iJnnleaux inixtui-e i- aiiiither Lrciml fun- 

 yici.le. lillt for L:rerlilliill-i' ]ilaiit- I jne- 

 ter I'lin^'iiie. 



] »o iKit svriiiL;!^ \(im ]il;ints (i\t'ihea.l 

 at all. liut run them -cmiewh.'it mi the 

 dry siile. to harden up the -niwtlis. Aii' 

 freely atid le;i\e :i little air mi all 

 !ri<:lit: kee|i a dr>. Iiuny.-int atmci-|iliere 



rdid a temiieiatlire ul )" tn •"'" de^lees 



.•it irn;ht and \niir jik-nit- -hcnil.i simii 

 >hnw an ini]irn\ eiiielit. ( leallli lies-. 



j.leiitv of fre>h air. lull -iiidiL^lit and 



.'l drier atmn-ldier.' .-ill tlie-c will help 

 Tu put new life ilitn xnlM |.|ant-. 



• ■. w. 



GERANIUM LEAVES DISEASED. 



Idle Insed V" ^^'" *'"■'' """"■ .-'■'•' 



mum le:i\i- t'mm ]'laiit- m ni\ -lemi 

 li.iU-i -. 'Idle ].laiit- .•lie linW ii, l-lllih 

 |.,.1~ 111 -nnd. 10 h -nd .aici Seelli In I'e 

 t lull t \ iitherw 1-e. Wdi.-it l- the Iiiattel 



with them.' Wi.uhl ynu -u;,v-e-t u-iiiu^ 

 iilllate <>\' Ml. la. ni 1- llu'le -nliielhinu 

 ,.i-,. 1 can U-e tn ieine.lv thi- t inulile .' 



T. (i. 



Keep the afVecte.l l.-a\e- l.icke.j nfV. 



Tlii.w away any i.a.ily -jintte.! mie-. 



|'l,,|,;,|,|\ the cau-e nl llie trnuMe is 

 tnn mil soil. If ^■nU U-e.l mU<-h ill' 



,a\e.i aiiiiiial manure in the --nil. it 

 unuhi I'lmiMile ,'1 ranl%. -eft einwtli ami 

 make "ilic plant- inoro sn<ce],t il-l.' In 

 di-ea-e. (ieranium- shouM have littl-' 

 animal manure, aiel sudi a- i- u-ci 



-.hnllM lie iiM all. I well .ie.aye.l. r.nm-. 



at llic rate nt' ;i heapiiiji 11 inch jiotfu 

 In .'1 liushel nt' snil. is a t;ood fertilizer 

 I'm ^;ei alliums, keepiii;; the jilants hard 

 ail. I stncky aiul pinmotin^ tloii t'ernus 

 iie-s. ()n the nther h.'ili.l. the tnn tree 

 ii-e nl .-iiiimal manures causes sid't 

 ijinwth- which llnwcr luit -parsely. 



If ynui plants are well piitlmund and 

 the ;^iciwths ;i re nnt sni't. \iiu mit^lit 

 try ;iu ;i pj dic;it inn nf weak nitrate of 

 -n.|;i w.-ilei. I'se it with cautiiui. how - 

 e\t'i. ;i- It may iinpin\e the culm liut 

 at the same time make the izrowths 

 .Icchle.lly snit. Sunt w.'lter. smdl .as is 

 nld.'iine.l finni the imported Scotch 

 snnt. i- splelidi.l fnl tnliini; Up sickly 



Idukiiin plants. (;i\e the plants full 

 siinlieht. dn nnt spray n\'erhead. \enti 

 late the liiiuse freely ami yixc an a\er- 

 ai^e iii:^lii lem|ier;it lire nt' l."i to ."in de- 

 L^recs. Keep had fnli;i;^e remo\ ed and 

 ^i\e the jikants a fresh stand as thi'\' 

 crowd loie another; alsn keep the at 

 ]iins|ihere .always on the dry side. 1 

 hope snnu> id' these suji^iest imis may. 

 if tnllnwed. lie helpful to vnll. 



('. W. 



This iii.'iy be due to some iaherout 

 weakness in these particular ])lauts, or 

 the trouble may be brought on by au 

 oxerdose of manure, (dtliei- in the soil 

 or in liquid form. The best plan is to 

 throw away badly alfecteil plants, iso- 

 late others; keep them jiiid^ed over tnul 

 larefully watered and they will usually 

 uiow out of it. Keep the atmosphere 

 dry; don't shade the jilass at .all. Ge- 

 raniums \vant full siinlinht. at le.ast for 

 some time yet, and only a lis'it cover- 

 ing is needed to jiroteet plants in full 

 bloom nejirer beddin,i:-out time. If the 

 plants seem at all starved, feed them 

 mice in four or li\e dtiys with weak 

 liiiuid m.anure, or nitrate of sod.a gi\en 

 miee a week will help to tone them up. 

 rsuallv two doses id' the latter will 

 sulHce.' »'. W. 



LEAVES TURNING BROWN. 



1 am eiiclnsiuL: some geranium leaves 

 which. I think, are diseased. All the 

 lea\e- mi my i:ei'aniuins have turned 

 brnwii ill the same way. 1 would like 

 tn kiiiiw the cause and the reniedv 

 for it. d. W. X. ' 



( icca-inn;il j.lants will not iiif reqiient- 

 Iv In-e their fnli.age in this way, the 

 whnli' plant beiuii sometimes affected. 



GERANIUM LEAVES TURN RED. 



l-;iiclnsed you will find a s.'unple of 

 leaves ]jicked from our young gerani- 

 ums, whicdi are now in I'l-iiudi pots. 

 There seems to be an increasing amount 

 of this trouble; the older leaves turn 

 red and in a few instances the whole 

 ]dant is affected. We shall greatly ap- 

 jireciate your opinion as to the cause of 

 this and the best remedv for it. 



C. F. C. 



This looks like a case of starvation 

 ;it the root, from lack of both water 

 and plant food. Sometimes an over- 

 dose of bene in the soil will cause it. 

 If your plants are well rooted in their 

 pot's, I would start feeding them; a 

 dose of soot or weak nitrate of soda 

 would be good. A top-dressing, also, 

 of some high-grade fertilizer should 

 soon help to tone them u}). Keep the 

 jilants fairly moist, but not wet; air 

 freely on pleasant days; do not use any 

 shade over them; let the night tem- 

 perature average .'ii' degrees. These 

 conditions should suit geraniums, and 

 if your plants are treated thus they 

 (uiglit to iinpro\e rapidly. C \V. 



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THE RETAIL 



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SIX DAYS' WORK ENOUGH. 



'I'll,, aiticl Snn.l:i.\ cdn-lnu in The 



K'c\ icw fni March I'.i i- all right. < »ii 

 tlic .Inni- nl' ni\ c-ta lili-hmcnt the sIliii 



M.;|.l-. ''<|ns,..l nil Suihl.'iy except fnr 



t iiiH'i al nr.jci -. 



A tl.ii 1-1. Ill . in fact. aii,\ nt hci man. 

 ha- I'linll^^h In dn in -i\ da\-: he I- 

 icrtainlv entitle.! tn ic-t niie it' hi' can. 

 |',\ the time Wc attcicl 111 the tire-. 



waietiii'^. \ eiit il;it iiiL:. etc, ami U" '" 

 ehiircli. as smne of us .In, it is almiit 

 dinner time. 1 ne\ er ln-t linanciall.\ 

 by closing, 



■\'nu will h;i\e ]ilenty nf \isitiir-. but 

 im cu-tiiineis, it' ynu keeji open fnr in 

 spcction. They will walk thrmi^h an. I 

 li;ni.||e exerything that is loose, but 

 ■'iiarv ;i buy." There :ire exceptimial 

 c'l-e- Avhere one is nldiged to .accmn 

 mo. late, but they are so few they 'In 

 nnt .•oiint. 



|l'< just nwill',; tn hnw \'nll st.ait ail.! 



your greed for money. T have a busi- 

 nes- th.'it allnws me a linnd li\ing. a 

 iiimith- \ac;i1ion in Miiliigan ."in.l time 

 fill duties as a citi/en. which I nwe my 

 f.'llnw citi/eii--. church, etc. If you are 

 nnt ■ ' mmiex' iii;id. ' " selfisli or a crank, 



\nll will ic-pect Siinil:iy. There i- Iin 

 r\c|i-c fnr keepill'J npeli SuildaX. 



.1. F. Ske.i. 



ALL STRANGERS NOT CROOKS. 



On the Saturday following the date 

 nf issue. ] Avas reading in The Kexiew 

 nf .March ■" an .accnunt of .a ]ierson try- 

 ing tn ilimtl.'im the tinrists at S.aiidusky. 

 O. Within ;in hour a strange la.ly 

 • ame into our store and. after asking 

 the joiies of flowers, finally ordercl 

 some carnatinns. In ]>ayment she ten 

 dered a dieck for *."i mi a l>ank about 

 l."iti miles away. Well, say! she ha.l iiiv 

 goat! i was unable to cash the checlc 

 for her. a- it w.as Satur.lav and the 



