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maintained, especially near the heating 

 pipes. Use the spray nozzle on the hose 

 on the first signs of it. Too damp and 

 drafty conditions may lead to mildew 

 putting in an appearance. Cutworms, if 

 they appear, must be carefully looked 

 after.. A poisoned bait of shorts, Paris 

 green and molasses will account for 

 many. I have not found that nematodes 

 do much injury. A free use of soot dis- 

 courages them and improves the peas. 



The number of rows in a house de- 

 pends altogether on its width. Do not 

 plant over two rows along a 6-foot or 



7-foot bed. The best growers allow five 

 to six feet between the rows. One row 

 would be all you could possibly plant on 

 side benches. Sweet peas want lots of 

 headroom. It should never be less than 

 four to five feet, and six to eight feet is 

 better. They will grow ten to twelve feet 

 high in suitable houses and flower abun- 

 dantly for some months. The best houses 

 for them are twenty-five to forty feet 

 wide and of any desired length. The 

 Review contains the advertisements at 

 the proper time of many specialists in 

 sweet pea seeds. C. W. 



PEONY SOCIETY CONVENTION. 



The 1910 meeting of the Americ&n 

 Peony Society will be held at Horticul- 

 tural hall, 300 Massachusetts avenue, Bos- 

 ton, Mass., in connection with the regu- 

 lar peony show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, June 9 and 10. This date is sub- 

 ject to change if w;eather conditioas re- 

 quire. A. H. Fewkes, Sec 'y. 



MR. GOOiyS VIEW. 



Before the big frost, it looked as 

 though the peonies would be in bloom the 

 first week in May. This was air changed 

 one morning, when the night before it 

 had frozen so hard that when the sun hit 

 the plants they were flat to the ground. 

 I do not believe, though, that the freez- 

 ing will keep them from blooming, as 

 at the present time (May 3) the buds are 

 weU formed and seem to be unhurt. Un- 

 less the weather should turn cold, and 

 as it is at the present time, they would 

 be in bloom two weeks earlier than usual. 



I might say that the sale of peony 

 roots has increased wonderfully with us. 

 A few years ago we could only sell the 

 cheap mixtures. Now the demand runs 

 for the better varieti'es, where they are 

 not too high in price. A great many 

 of the good varieties will be high priced 

 for a number of years yet, for the reason 

 that there is no great amount of stock in 

 sight. The present tariff on peony roots 

 increases the price of the cheaper mix- 

 tures, but lowers the price on the high- 

 priced varieties, but, of course, there is 

 not much stock of a great many high- 

 priced varieties in the old countries; 

 therefore, it is not going to affect the 

 sales in this country. 



John M. Good. 



STORING PEONIES. 



We generally keep our peonies in stor- 

 age in a temperature of 40 to 42 degrees. 

 What length of time would you suggest 



they could be kept if placed in at the 

 proper stage of advancement for keep- 

 ing? A. F. C. 



The peony specialists who annually 

 store large quantities usually carry them 

 in a temperature cooler than 40 to 42 



degrees; they put them in the public 

 cold storage warehouses, in the room next 

 coldest above the freezing point. Of 

 course, it is necessary that the tempera- 

 ture be evenly maintained. Thus stored,, 

 peonies will keep in excellent condition 

 for several weeks, probably as long aa 

 there is any real demand for them. 



THE COMMERQAL CAR. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph of a com- 

 mercial car decorated in prize-winning 

 fashion for the Chicago automobile pa- 

 rade by Muir, but a special interest at- 

 taches in that it is a new car, now being 

 put on the market by the Chicago Pneu- 

 matic Tool Co., that seems excellently 

 adapted to the requirements of a florist's 

 delivery vehicle. 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Blanksma. 



Henry Blanksma, aged 38 years, a 

 partner in the greenhouse firm of Blanks- 

 ma Bros., Grand Eapids, Mich., died May 

 5, at Eeed's Lake sanatorium, in that 

 city, of typhoid pneumonia. 



Mr. Blanksma was well and favorably 

 known in trade circles of bis city and 

 state. He is survived by one brother,. 

 Peter, who was also his business partner. 

 Funeral services were held Sunday after- 

 noon at 2:30 o'clock, from the Madison 

 avenue church. Interment was in Garfield 

 Park cemetery. 



Maurice Charvoz. 



Maurice Charvoz, a veteran gardenet 

 of Salt Lake City, Utah, died at St. 

 Mary's hospital in that city, at the age 

 of 70 years. For years Mr. Charvoz 

 had been director of the gardens at the 



Commercial Car Decorated By Muir for the Chicago Auto Parade. 



