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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembku 15, 1910. 



■ U'|)tli. (live tiifiu n imilcli nl' littery 

 manure "V leaves oNcr winter. I like 

 1 lie latter i he liesf. After the yrowths 

 ha\(' aii|ie;ileil ill ^pl•in^, yi\t' t lie sell 

 ahoiit thiiii a lilier.al iiinlrh nf nld iiia- 

 iiure. lea\«'s m' any nilier material wliifli 

 will ]ire\eiii the ^nil I'linii iliyiiij^ uut. 

 If yon ha\r lari lilies for wateriiiy. 

 1 hey will a|>|irecial e a lot ol' it . 



'I'lie lil-I -e;i<oii many anialiinis lie 

 .•ome (li~i;i-e,l, I t h i n 1< tlii> i~ mainly 

 .hii' 1(> ihc l.iilli- l.eiiii: lifted ami 

 -hijipeil liefore li.'iii;^ |ini|ierly liiatint'.l. 

 Lifting' aiiM -t(.nii- the Inilli^ will not 

 ■^ive you niiy l.ctlei le-iilt-; than leaving- 

 ill, Mil' in ill.' ;:ioiiiiil, I'l.-illt (lee|ily. 



muli-h liiieially. water freely ami you 

 will !^i\e ihi' liiilli- llie .-onditioiis as 

 near u, theif likiiiL; as jiossiiile. 



( . W. 



SEEDLINGS DAMP OFF. 



|'lc;i>e !(■; nil' isiiow what makes my 

 < aiitei l.uiy liell-- damii off. 1 sowetl 

 -(■(■({ .•iiiil. when l;ii';^c' emni^li. i re 

 jilanled in llat-. I.iii fimml t iiey wmild 

 damp (ilf m ^pite ot' all in\' i-are. 1 

 L;i\e tlieiii inniamn: ^iiii and a ccxd piace 

 in the afti iiiooii, I'lease tell me it' the 

 iioiiiilo i> in the -oil or it' this waian 

 weather r;m-e- it. I wish to t'ore( 

 I hese (anterliiiry lulls .and sIkmiM like 

 |o know it' I have to pot them aloii^ 



as I wciiihl geraniums, or let tlieiii <io 

 from :i iiudi |iots til their hloominjr-si/.e 



pot s. 



I also lind seedlini; paiisies dampiiij;' 

 elf; that is. their stems seem to rot ofV. 



A. D. 



^'olll ( aiiti'ilmry ludls wiuild liavo 

 done more satisfactorily if they had 

 lieeii 1 1'a ii-plani ed fmtiloors instead of 

 into llat-. They do not re(|uire any 

 atternoon shade; 1 li(> t'ull snn is what 

 they need. Too freipient waterinji's ami 

 -prinklin^s overhead are probatily re- 

 spon-iiile for the jdaiits clampiny oil'. 

 < 'a nti'iliiiry hidls make their chief 

 L;rowth dnrini.'; Septemliei .ami the lirst 

 iialf ot' (tctolicr, ami it vvouhl lie lietter 

 tor vou even now to set out viuir re^ 

 mainiiiu- \-oniii<' jdaiits in an o|ien. sunny 

 spot, in rich soil. I\ee[i the j^iiiiiiid well 

 loosened and tliey will "^n'ow ((uite fast, 

 particularly if showers happen aloii^ 

 ali(Uit the time you set them out. 



< 'ant erliurv hells need not lie potteci 

 .aloiiLT: the lietter wa\- is to lift from 

 the ojieii tiioiiml late in ()ctolier aud 

 pot into AvhateviM' pots they uro. to 

 llower in; as a rule. S imdi is ;i suitalile 

 size. I\ee|i outdoors as late as possilile, 

 then iiivc ciddfi'aine protection and 

 .-illovv some frost to re.-odi them. I'lace 

 ill <;entle heat .'iftor < 'li I'ist mas. 



I'ndialdv vini are also cansin'; the 



damping of your pansica by the too froe 

 use of water. Do not try to keep the 

 seedling; beds dainj). sind do not .shade 

 them at all after the seed lias fi;orini 

 iiated. K'einov f the damped off ]dants; 

 loosen the sui'face soil and let it dry out 

 well after each wateriii<f. (". \V. 



OLIVIA MINIATA. 



I am enelosiiiff a jdant whieh I should 

 like to know the name of. 1 also wish 

 to know how it should he jirowu and 

 whether it is liardv or a hothouse plant. 



\V. G. P.. 



This is a oreenhouse plant called 

 i'livia miniata, and also known as 

 1 mantophyllum miiiiatum. It does well 

 ill a minimum winter temperature of 

 ."lit de<irees. Th(> heads of orange .yel- 

 low, lily like llowers are usuall.v pro- 

 duced ju Fehriiary and \Tar(di. Propa- 

 ji,ation is hy seed or di\ision of the 

 plants. The l;itt(M' method is simple. 

 He eaicl'ul to k(>ep as inan.v whole roots 

 ou the di\i(led ])ortions as ]H)Ssible and 

 keep oTi tlie (Ir.v side until well estab- 

 lished. It is necessary to rather under- 

 vv.ater these plants. ■\n.y excess of 

 moisture will cause rotting of the 

 stems. In summer the.v do particularly 

 well stoo(l outdoors under the sh.ade of 

 trees. ('. \V. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Feediua. 



'I'he .|iic~; imi ot' t'ei'<| i n^ is ;i most 

 important one. It' on.' wishes to ;;row 

 his jilanis to tie- hesf possihle advan- 

 tage. Licpvid ferti.ii/ers made from 

 cow or -heep manure are excellent for 

 putting i-olor or tiiiish in the llower. 

 The jdants can lie assisted gr(>atly by 

 .■ip|ilic;it ions- of nitr.-ite of soda, nitrate 

 of |potash or sulphate ot' ammoni.a. Wy 



exjiei ieiici vvitii heavy t' ling has reii 



dered llie viTV <';iatioiis in the use ot' 

 nitrate nf soii;i. whereas sulphate of 

 ;inimoiii;i has ;^ivcii the liest results'. 

 WTiv this is. I :ini un.'ilile to state. 

 The i-lien.ist. 1 lieliive. claims that 

 -iiljiha ; es must he chaiigeil into ui 

 1 rates l.et'oie I lie plants I'an assiuiipite 

 I hem. .-md ^t mav he that the snlphate 

 ot' ;i:nmoni:i does not work in so (|i 

 led a in.anner as .joes nitrate ot' soi|,-i. 

 hut I ;ilwavs t^^Hl.^ it is the uiihIi 

 -:ife'- fertilizer of the two. 



Mnnv ot' our liest growers. ;it'ter 

 stiidvili:^ this (|Uesiio|i ot' (diemical fei 

 tilizers, MUX their own combinations ot 

 chemicaN, which ex]perience has taught 

 them mav lie aji[died with the greatest 

 heiielii to til.' -oil .'iikI their l.ii-al 

 .•olid i I ion-. 



The Needed Caution and Persistence. 



The uiea' -I cr. t in I' ling cliry- 



-:i Ht li.iniinis |.iop.'ily. is to always ^ivi' 



I he III :i ii'tl.' an.! ii.'v.'r uive them .'iiiy- 



' thiiie Very strong, .'it any one time. 



I .\ lie.'ivy top dressiiiii of I'resli manure 

 is dangerous on this ;o'couiit. as it is 

 liable to get the hed too wet and de- 

 stroy tli( tiii.v root hairs, which are the 



I feeders .-iml <(m\ev the nourishment 

 directly to the jilaiit. A light top- 



I dressing of half an inch or so of rot- 

 ten manure is highly beneficial. It 

 brings the roots up to the surface, 

 where they gef the benefit of future 

 feeding. It keeps the bed coid .and at 

 the s;iine time affords a certain amount 

 ot' iiourislmient to the plants. 



It is to the intelligent and ]iersistent 

 use ot' (d'.emical fertilizers that our best 

 erow.rs owe nil their |irize winning 

 llowers. it is practically imjiossihie 

 for atiy tnan to tell another grower 

 how. when and where to feed his 

 jdant-. Local con.lit ions \arv in al- 

 most every casi' and this is the one 



te^t where person.'il experience is bet- 

 ter than all of the literature the grower 

 can lav liis hamls on. jiertaining to this 



subject. 



■When the Buds Are Forming. 



rii.' month of September is the month 

 when feeiling tells, because the bud 

 is takr'M and the sap is flowering di 

 rectly into the hud, producing the 

 fiitnr.' flower. I'revions feei|iii.r |i;,3 

 been used up in growing the plant to 

 its yiresetit comlition ami ileveloping 

 its difi'erent parts, j-'rom now on there 

 is no inoi'c growth nia.li' ;inil the stems 

 will hegiii to thiid^eii from the hud 



h;i(d< to the soil. Less moisture, .'ilso, 

 will he needed with the advent of 

 cooler weather and a ])ractically com- 

 pleted growth. The j)lants should not 

 by an\ means be allowe<l to suffer, but 

 they do !iot need nearl.v the nioistur(> 

 they weie getting during the hot 

 months of .lul.v and August. This is 

 particularly true of overhead spra.ving. 

 Once a da.v now, in most cases, is aitout 

 all the spra.ving the plants need, and 

 where the crown l)ud has burst thnuigh 

 its husk\' i-overing, forming, as it does, 

 a sort of cii|(, overhead spraying slioiiM 

 he discoiit inued .altogether. It is p;ii- 

 ticiilarlv .lesirable tliat the le.avi's be. 

 at this time. friM' from sjtider ,an<l 

 tlirijis on the umler side, because when 

 syringing is no longer possible it is 

 simply astounding how r.apidly thesi' 

 pests develop ;ind do their mischief, in 

 some cases rendering the llower un 

 salable. The one thing .above all others 

 that the grower should be watcdiful of. 

 is to see tli.at his fdants are clean. 



Th" bl,a(d< .and green fly must .also 

 be eradicated before tlie buds show 

 color, .as one cannot smoke when the 

 llowers .are ]iartially develofX'd. 



Lor fiiinigation there iv iMdhing else 

 so good as fohiic(a) dust, in m\- estima 

 tioli. If is ]ierfectly safe atid iloes not 

 injure tin' young, delicate ti[)s <d' the 

 pl.ants, Avliich is mor<' than can be said 

 of most of the niiaitine s(dutions that 

 are re.-omiiieiiih'.l from time to tiin<'. 



(has. II. Tottv. 



