Apbil 16, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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Bench of the New French Hydrangeas Flowered by C. C. PoUworth G>.« Milwaukee. 



strengthening and stiffening the stems. 

 It is well to study these different 

 modes of action and blend the various 

 substances, so that any bad action of 

 one may be counteracted by the other. 

 Special manures are prepared for par- 

 ticular crops. Yet all soils are not de- 

 ficient in those materials. - 



What is really needed is something 

 to make up the deficiency in the soil, 

 but this would necessitate having the 

 soil analyzed, and even an analysis of 

 soils, unless it showed the active part 

 only, would not be of much use. 



Sulphate of ammonia is a source of 

 supply of nitrogen. It is largely pre- 

 pared by treating the waste ammonia 

 liquid of gas works with sulphuric 

 acid. 



TROUBLE OVER INSURANCE. 



It is reported that the Hoosier Mutual 

 Cyclone Insurance Co., of Dunkirk, Ind., 

 has encountered trouble in doing busi- 

 ness outside the state of Indiana. The 

 following is from the Western Under- 

 writer, a well known insurance author- 

 ity, issue of April 2: 



"The Hoosier Mutual Cyclone, of 

 Dunkirk, Ind., has been soliciting busi- 

 ness, apparently in good faith, in Ohio, 

 though not licensed. It was told to 

 stop it, as the company was not ad- 

 mitted, and organized as it was under 

 the laws of another state, could not be. 

 The Ohio department has been notified 

 by the Dunkirk company that no in- 

 surance except cyclone and hail on 

 greenhouses and stock had been written 

 in Ohio, but that no more business 

 would be done until the officers could 

 confer with the state department." 



THE OLDEST ODD FELLOW. 



George Main, who for many years 

 was a Concord resident and business 

 man, being a florist located where 

 Charles V. Kimball now conducts the 

 same business, is believed to be the old- 

 est living Odd Fellow in New Hamp- 



shire. He became affiliated with White 

 Mountain lodge, March 22, 1844, thus 

 having been a member for seventy 

 years. Although in his ninety-fifth 

 year, Mr. Main's health is remarkably 

 good for one of so advanced years. He 

 is nearly blind, but goes out of doors 

 every day when the weather permits. 

 For several years Mr. Main has made 

 his home with his daughter in Man- 

 chester. 



BLIGHT ON VINCA FOLIAGE. 



Will you kindly tell us what is the 

 matter with the enclosed vincas? They 



are_ on the front edge of a bench in a 

 house with the temperature about 60 to 

 68 degrees. This blight, or whatever 

 it is, seems to spread rapidly, but it 

 affects only the vincas. After it is on 

 the plant a while the leaves drop. What 

 will cure it, if anything? 



G. W. H. & S. 



You are keeping your vincas much 

 too warm. Give them a temperature 

 of 50 degrees at night, which is ample.. 

 I would cut back the worst affected 

 plants, pick off the worst affected 

 leaves on the balance, and spray once 

 a week with Bordeaux mixture, giving 

 the plants meantime a somewhat dry 

 atmosphere and not syringing over the 

 foliage at all between the sprayings of 

 Bordeaux. This trouble usually comes 

 from keeping the plants in a too warm 

 and moist house, especially when the 

 plants do not get full sunlight. 



C. W. 



TIMING THE CROPS. 



C. C. Pollworth does not agree with 

 those who say that weather conditions 

 this year were unfavorable for plant 

 growing; he says conditions were ideal 

 for timing the Easter stock and he 

 submits the photographs reproduced 

 herewith as evidence of it. One pic- 

 ture shows a bench of hydrangeas and 

 the other one of the houses of Easter 

 lilies grown by the C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 Milwaukee. Mr. Pollworth says the 

 azaleas and rambler roses were equally 

 well timed and that he does not recall 

 a year when the stock was more nearly 

 on the dot. 



Fetoskey, Mich. — E. T. Hammond, 

 who has conducted a greenhouse busi- 

 ness here for some years, has closed his 

 establishment and gone to Pontiac, 

 Mich., and will take a position in a 

 large establishment there. 



Corsicana, Tex — Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 

 Clowe, proprietors of the Corsicana 

 Greenhouses, have replaced one of their 

 old houses with a larger new one and 

 made a number of other changes for 

 the improvement of the plant. 



Hoose oi Easter Lilies Flowered by the C. C PoUworth Co., Milwaukee. 



