Mabch 21, 1912. 



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about August, when I gave them a 

 3-inch mulch of manure from the horse 

 stable, which had lost most of its heat. 

 In the latter part of the season I was 

 prepared to water them, pumping from 

 a pond and watering with a hose. The 

 plants for the most part grew finely 

 and blossomed profusely, throwing up 

 good canes. This was especially true 

 of the Wm. E. Smith. Many of the 

 best buds, however, opened with a 

 green center, looking as though the 

 leaves were going to come out of the 

 center of the blossom and would spoil 

 it. I should like to know what caused 

 that and what would be the remedy. 

 When the ground became frozen I 

 put on a covering of straw for winter 

 protection. I notice now that the 

 plants have winter-killed back to with- 

 in about three or four inches of the 

 ground. Will it be necessary to re- 

 move the covering entirely and culti- 

 vate the ground, or can it remain to 

 assist in keeping down vegetation? Will 

 the mulch of horse manure be suffi- 

 cient fertilizer, or should something 

 more be added? I do not want to spare 

 any pains that would give me best 

 results. Any information or sugges- 

 tion will be appreciated. I am located 

 in eastern Missouri. F. M. D. 



The soil in which these roses are 

 planted is apparently lacking in the 

 necessary constituents to develop per- 

 fect flowers. Judicious use of air- 

 slaked lime from time to time, spread 

 over the surface of the soil and worked 

 in, might be beneficial. If possible, 

 water these beds with nitrate of soda 

 in liquid form, using the equivalent of 

 a 3-inch pot of this fertilizer to a 

 barrel of water. Water them once a 

 week after vigorous root action has 

 commenced, for about five weeks. 



Do not remove the winter protection 

 too soon. Let it stay on until early 

 in April; then take it off entirely, giv- 

 ing a good mulching of well rotted 

 cow manure. Stir the soil well near 

 the surface, and this is to be incorpo- 

 rated into the soil, as it rots with the 

 application of air-slaked lime, followed 

 by the watering with liquid nitrate of 

 soda. Heller Bros. Co. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. — A petition in bank- 

 ruptcy has been filed against Abraham 

 Moltz, doing business as A. Moltz & 

 Co., wholesale florist, at 57 West Twen- 

 ty-sixth street, by these creditors: Ja- 

 cob Kopp, $200; Alfred Gill, $200, and 

 David Urdang, $200. Liabilities are said 

 to be $6,000 and assets $2,500. A petition 

 in bankruptcy was filed January 12 

 against the firm of A. Moltz & Co., 

 which was dismissed shortly afterwards, 

 as it was claimed they were solvent. 

 The increase in liabilities since then has 

 in part been due to certain newspaper 

 publishers letting their desire to make a 

 showing outweigh their natural caution. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — William H. 

 Gilbert has been appointed receiver of 

 the Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co., under 

 a bond for $10,000. The court made the 

 appointing order upon the petition of 

 Samuel J. Perry and Edward E. Tay- 

 lor, two of the principal stockholders in 

 the concern. It is claimed in the peti- 

 tion that the winter has been dis- 

 astrous, the excessive and protracted 

 cold weather costing the company 

 thousands of dollars in anticipated 



Trained Plant of Juniata. 



A Dorothy Perkins Basket. 



profits. The receiver will be expected 

 to conduct the business until next fall, 

 when it is thought that the property 

 controlled by the company can be dis- 

 posed of to the best advantage, at 

 which time it is probable that the com- 

 pany will be dissolved and the assets 

 divided among the stockholders. 



TREATMENT OF FREESIAS. 



I was much interested in the article 

 on page 21 of The Review of March 

 7, about D. F. C. 's Purity freesias that 

 did not flower. We grew Purity free- 

 sias this winter and had splendid suc- 

 cess with them. They had 12-inch 

 spikes, in fine form. Perhaps it will 

 do no harm to tell something about 

 our experience with them. Freesias are 

 an African bulb and not in any way 

 hardy. We get the first-size bulbs 

 from an eastern wholesaler in August. 



The Umbrella Handle is Entwined. 



We plant them in flats, fairly close, and 

 then leave them in the greenhouse in 

 a temperature of about 60 degrees. A 

 slightly higher temperature does not 

 harm them; 45 degrees is too cold and 

 they will blast at 30 degrees. 



We never water any of our bulbs 

 with ice-cold water, but keep a few 

 barrels filled; it pays. This winter, 

 being in a hurry one January day, I 

 watered a batch of tulips with ice- 

 cold water from the hose, and every 

 one of them blasted. Cold weather or 

 frost does not hurt a bulb until it 

 starts to grow; after that it pays to 

 keep them growing. Use water from 

 which the chill has been removed. Give 

 liquid manure twice a week, about the 

 color of brandy. One must always re- 

 member that success cannot be achieved 

 without work. Fred Clark. 



NO FREESIAS AND FEW LILIES. 



We noticed in The Review of March 

 7, page 21, an inquiry under the head 

 of "Freesias Not Flowering," and we 

 have some of the same experience to 

 report. Our freesias made a fine start 

 after being planted in 4-inch pots and 

 they duly developed a splendid growth, 

 attaining a height of fourteen to six- 

 teen inches, but never a flower! The 

 soil was a fine, sandy compost, con- 

 taining plenty of humus, and excellent 

 hyacinths, daffodils, etc., were grown 

 in the same soil. 



Our Formosa lilies also seemed to be 



