Sbptbmbkb 8, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



,111(1 all that. There are but few schemes 

 1(1 equal this in line effect, and all lor 

 I moderate outlay of time and money. 

 Klectric lights and flowers may he 

 udded to any extent desired. A wliole 

 room could bo canopied in the same 

 manner. 



Chiffon and veiling should never t)e 

 self-tied. Catch in loops and ends to 

 ;,rether in the fingers, tie with baby rib- 

 bon and attach with the same ribbon 

 onds. Gertrude Blair. 



NEW AZALEAS. 



Some of the American florists who 

 visited Belgium this summer admired 

 ;i new pink azalea grown by the 

 llaerens Co., of Somergem, which was 

 exhibited in bloom. This variety is 

 similar to Mme. Vander Cruyssen in 

 color, but can be forced much earlier. 

 There are other new varieties ut" azaleas 

 liTown by this firm, including a doulile 

 early white and semidouble red, all of 

 which attracted much attention last 

 I'ebruary when exhibited in bloom be- 

 fore the Boston Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club. 



CROTONS FOB POT CULTURE. 



Kindly give a list of the best crotons 

 t'or pot culture, particularly in the red 

 \arieties. !^. I'- C. 



The list of varieties is being con 

 stantly added to by such well-known 

 specialists as the Kobert Craig Co., of 

 I'liiladelphia, who exhibited over eighty 

 varieties at the late; S. A. V. convention 

 in Kochester, N. Y. The following are 

 excellent, reliable sorts: 



Queen Victoria, yellow, blotched, ribs 

 magenta; Sunbeam, rich blood-red when 

 matured; Triumphans, green and crini- 

 ■-oii, changing to bronze green and 

 irimson; Majesticum, long, narrow 

 h'aves, green and yellow, shaded with 

 crimson; Baron Rothschild, green and 

 yellow, crimson when old; Ilawkeri, 

 iiroad leaves, light yellow, green edge; 

 Andreanum, broad foliage, dark green, 

 with crimson and yellow veins; Chal- 

 lenger, long leaves, niidrilis (Uh'{) car- 

 mine when mature; Disraeli, dark 

 green, yellow veins, turning to i-rimson 

 later; Musaicum, creamy when young, 

 crimson when matured; Beauty, green, 

 \ariegate(l golden yellow, changing to 

 l)i(inze and rosy crimson; Nestor, green, 

 \ariegated yellow and white, midrib 



imson. 



C. W. 



THE ASTER DISEASE. 



I lead J. L. .lohnson's article on aster 

 disease, on jiage 9 of The i^'vi('w of 

 Sejitember 1, with a great deal of in- 

 icrest. I ha\'e worked on this trouble 

 t'or years and have long felt ciuiv iiiced 

 that it was not a disease, if ;i di-^easc. 

 It must have either got better or worse 

 as liie years passed. It was always 

 Worse ill wet seasons, anil sour soil is 

 always more aci<l in wet seasons. 



1 have used lime and recomiiieiuled it 

 to my seed customers for the last three 

 years, and while it doesn 't effect a rad- 

 ical cure, it certainly heljis. One block 

 ne;ir my home, containing about .">,0U() 

 plants, is on soil that has carried asters 

 f(U' the last fi\'e years, and I h:»ve less 

 yidlows this s(>asoii th.an ever before, 

 possil)Iy three per cent in all. 1 applied 

 lime at the ratr* of thre<' tons |)er acr(> 

 live years ago and one ton each year 

 since. This coming spriiij; 1 shall leave 



The Ribbon Was the Needed Touch on This Basket. 



it off, as the soil shows signs of getting 

 pasty. The ideal treatment would be a 

 good dose of tih; along with the lime. 



Experimenting in litns in connection 

 with George 1)'. Williams, the Nitrate 

 .\gcncies' exi)ert for this section, I 

 found thiit yellows seldom appeared in 

 soil that was not sour. .Mr. Williams 

 is a great believer in lime, not only 

 for asters but for most grain and root 

 crops. I'^rom the results he obtains, 

 going so far as to aj)ply ten tons per 

 a(;re for potatoes, 1 think we'll ha\e 

 to agree with him. 



The Tecdinical WorUl Magazine for 

 Decenibi'r, !!)(•!•, contained an article on 

 toxic jioisoii^: from roots of plants, deal 

 iiig with acids left in the soil by certain 

 crops. It is w(dl worth leading by 

 those who are interested along these 

 lines. 1{. K. Hunt iii<fton. 



PLANTS FOR OFFICE WINDOWS. 



1 ha\e I customer who wishes me 

 to sujiplv liim with \aiieties ot' plants 

 that will do well in the window of a 

 fact(uy oflice during the winter iiionths. 

 The plants will have ])lenty of light, 

 hut not much sunshine. What would 

 \ ciu recoiiiiiK nd .' I.. I". M. 



Foliage jilants gener.ally do much 

 more satisfactorily in windows th;ui 

 tlow'i'ring suhjects, especially where the 

 Jilants get consider;iblt> sliadi\ All tlie 

 iie[)lii(depis are suitalde. Xothing does 

 much better than the oUl P.ostoii, but 

 Whitmani, «degaiitissinia and others are 

 also good. Cyrtomium f.'ilcatum and 

 I'teris ('letica ciistata are otlier lelia 



hie ferns. in the way ol' palms you 

 <ould use Kentia l'.(dnioreaiia, I'haMiix 

 riipic(da or ( aiiariensis and Latania 

 P>orhonica. .Vspidistra liirida is prob 

 ably the hest and most enduring of all 

 foliage j)laiits for house oi factory. 

 Ther(( is also a variegated form that i> 

 eipially hardy. Ficus elastic.-!, the cum 

 moll iiihher plant, succeeds with almo>t 

 everyone. Ifex begonias and <juite a 

 iiumher of the fibrous-rooted flowering 

 varieties of robust hahit will do well. 



If the miiiimiim temperature doe-^ not 

 fall helow ."(H degrees, I'andaiius \'eit 

 (diii iiiid iitilis will thrive well. Some 

 other easily grown and reliahle |ilaiits 

 are: .\sparagus Sjirengeri ;iiid ]dumo 

 sus nanus, variegated viiica, Curculii;o 

 recurvafa liiid Draca'iia imlivi-^a. In 

 addition to fibrous rooted hegonias. you 

 could use such varieties :is rubra, nitida 

 alba. lla;igeana, Scliarlii;iii;i and Fr- 

 fordii. The zonal geraniiinis will llower 

 well where the ni;;lit temper.a t ure does 

 not exceed Tiii (legiee>; also |ietnni;is 

 and imp.at iei'--. As .-i i;eiier;il rule, how- 

 ever, t'idiai;e plaiil'^ |iiiive the mo>t s.'it- 

 isfaclcirv. C. W. 



WHITE INSECTS ON COLEUS. 



What will keeji white spider t'loiii 

 ( oleiis :iiid othei plants.' Wli.at will 



exterminate them without iniiiriiig the 

 fidiau''.' S. F. C. 



1 (|o not r(>cogiiizi' an in-,.,-! called 

 •'wliiti' spider, ■' hut possibly it mav he 

 me.aly bug on the coleiis, and in th;it 

 case y(Mi miyht try one of ihi^ nicotine 

 liipiids jidvertised in The K'ev iew, ii'^ed 

 .■iccoiding to directions. W. H. T. 



