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July 4, 1912. 



The Fleets' Review 



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disclosed to the keen-eyed commercial 

 men who attended in the expectation of 

 finding many things from which they 

 might straightway begin coining shill- 

 ings if not pounds. Unfortunately, 

 first-class novelties of commercial value 

 to plantsmen are not so frequently met 

 with as they were even a few years ago. 

 At the International one of the most 

 promising was Pteris Parkeri — ^and that 

 statement appearing in several of the 

 British trade papers is illuminating as 

 to what the other plant novelties must 

 have been. Pteris Parkeri originated 

 with J. J. Parker & Co., Whetstone, 

 Middlesex, and even it was not quite 

 new, for, although undisseminated, it 

 already had been given an award of 

 merit at an exhibition of the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society, March 5, 1912. 

 The character of the plant is well 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. 



WILLIAM HERTEICH. 



William Hertrich, whose achieve- 

 ments as superintendent of the H. E. 

 Huntington estate, at San Marino, Cal., 

 were described in The Keview of May 

 30, was born in the year 1878, in 

 Baden, Germany. As soon as his school 

 course was completed, his apprentice- 

 ship of four years as a florist began 

 in Austria. Afterward he was engaged 

 in his trade in France, Italy, Switzer- 

 land and Germany. 



He came to America in 1901, and, 

 after obtaining two years' experience 

 in the eastern states, he removed to 

 California. He has been connected with 

 the Huntington estate for seven years, 

 and during that time he has traveled 

 in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico, 

 collecting specimens of cacti. From 

 Mexico he shipped about 6,000 plants. 



The accompanying illustration is the 

 result of an appeal to Mr. Hertrich 

 for a photograph of himself. If rela- 

 tive sizes only were considered, it might 

 be more correctly called a picture of a 

 big fern, with big trees in the back- 

 ground, but Mr. Hertrich is seen stand- 

 ing by the side of the fern, as if 

 willing to be judged by his deeds and 

 to let his manhood be measured by 

 the results of his work. 



NAME OF VINE. 



You will find enclosed the flower and 

 foliage of a vine which I think must 



Wm. Hertrich, Huntington Gardener, Near Fine Tree Fern. 



be a clematis, judging from its habit. 

 Kindly tell me what variety of clematis 

 it is, if it is a clematis. E. W. 



It is Clematis Jackmani. There are 

 quite a number of these large flowered 

 clematis, in a variety of colors. 



C. W. 



1 FOLIAGE TURNING YELLOW. 



Can you tell me what causes the 



foliage on my mums to turn yellow I If 



the soil is too rich, how may I remedy 



it, as the mums are already benched 



;and started? W. T. M. 



Too wet or too dry root conditions, in 



; addition to an overplus of manure in 



j the compost, may be the cause of your 



foliage turning yellow. If the last 



cause is responsible, it is difficult to see 



how you can remedy it. Pick off yellow 



^leaves, water carefully, frequently 



scratch over the surface soil, allow the 



soil to dry out well on the surface be- 



tween waterings and give the plants an 

 abundance of fresh air. As your plants 

 get established they will probably re- 

 cover from this trouble. If they con- 

 tinue yellowish, give them a watering 

 of soot water to improve their color, 

 but do not do this until they are root- 

 ing nicely in the. benches. C. W. 



POMPON MUMS IN SOLID BED. 



Please give me some information as 

 to the growing of pompons in solid 

 beds, with reference to the treat- 

 ment, stopping, space, height, etc. My 

 varieties are Klondyke, Diana, Kent, 



Lulu and Zenobia. I have never grown 

 any pompons. C. F. B. 



Such pompons as Klondyke and 

 Diana should be planted out just as you 

 would single-stemmed sorts to be grown 

 for large blooms. Allow 8 x 10 inches 

 between the plants. You can either run 

 them up to a single shoot or pinch once. 

 None of them are likely to exceed three 

 feet in height if unpinched. If stopped 

 once, run up two or three shoots. 

 Where you want fairly long stems, I 

 would prefer not to pinch at all. Stake, 

 and in any other respect treat as you 

 would single-stemmed mums. C. W. 



SNAILS IN GREENHOUSE SOIL. 



We seem to have built our greenhouse 

 over a nest of soft-bodied snails and 

 they are increasing at a great rate. 

 What is the best remedy? V. A. A. 



To kill the snails, take turnips, pota- 

 toes or other similar vegetables, cut 

 them into halves and smear the cut sur- 

 faces with Paris green, white arsenic or 

 some other arsenical. If these are 

 placed where the snails are troublesome, 

 the pests will soon be cleaned out. It 

 is also a good plan to scatter air-slaked 

 lime or unleached wood ashes thinly on 

 the ground under the benches, and in 

 other places where the slugs are most 

 plentiful. 



