Jrr.v 4, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



fliseiosod to the kpon-cyod cominorcial 

 iiu'ii who attciidod in tlic expoctntioii of 

 liiidiiiy iiiiiii.N thiiif^s fioiii whirh they 

 iniylit straightway i)ogiii coiiiiii<f shill- 

 iDgs it not ]ioiinds. Untortnnately, 

 lirst-class noxcdtics ot eoinnic'rcial valno 

 to jilantsMien aro not so I'requontly met 

 with as they were even a few years ago. 

 At tlic Jnternatioiuil one of the most 

 ])]'0inising was I'tcris I'arlveri — and that 

 statement iippearing in several of the 

 British trade i)aj)ers is illuminating as 

 to what the other plant novelties must 

 have been. Pteris Parkcri originated 

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

 Middlesex, and even it was not quite 

 new. I'oi', although undisseminatcd, it 

 already had been given an award of 

 merit at an exhibition of the Koval 

 Jlorticultural Society, IMarch 5, 1912. 

 'J'he cdiaracter of the i)lant is well 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. 



WILLIAM HERTRICH. 



"William IIertri<di, wiiose achieve- 

 ments as sn])erintendent of ilio II. K. 

 Huntington estate, at San ^tarino, Cal., 

 Avere described in The I\eview of ^tay 

 .30, was Item in the year 1878, in 

 Baden, tiermany. As soon as his school 

 course Avas com]>lete<l, his ajipreniice- 

 sliiji oi' four years as a florist began 

 in Austria. Afterward he was engaged 

 in liis trade in Prance, Italy, Switzer- 

 land and (iermany. 



lie rame to America in l!)fll, and, 

 after (ditaining two years' exjKTienee 

 in the eastt'rn states, he removed to 

 California, lie has been coiiiiecte(l witii 

 tlie Huntington estate for seven years, 

 and during that tinu- he lias traveled 

 in Arizona, >>ew Mexico and Mexico, 

 <-oll(>cting specimens of cacti. J-'rom 

 Mexico lie sliipjied about (i.OOO jilants. 



The accomiianyiug illustration is tiio 

 result of an appeal to Mr. Jlertricdi 

 for a ]diotogra|ili of himself. if rela- 

 ti\e sizes only weri' considereij. it niigiit 

 be more correctly called a picture of ;i 

 big feiii. with iiig tiees in the back- 

 ground, liut Mr. Ilertricli is seen staml- 

 ing by the side of 1 lie tern, as if 

 Avilling to Ijc judged by his deeds and 

 to let his manhood be measured by 

 the results of his work. 



NAME OF VINE. 



You will lind en(dosed the flower and 

 fnliage of a vine whiili 1 think must 



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



b(^ a clematis, judging fi'(Mii its habit. 

 Kindly ttdl me Avh.it \aiiety of clematis 

 it is, if it is a (dematis. I>. \V. 



it is f'leniatis .lacUmani. 'riieir a!'e 

 (juite a numlier of these large llnwereii 

 tiematis, in a \arietv of cnhiis. 



C. \V. 



FOLIAGE TURNING YELLOW. 



Can you tell nic what causes the 

 foliage on my mums to turn yellow? 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 condition?-, in 

 a<idition to an overjdus of manure in 

 the comi)ost, may be the cause of your 

 f<diage turning yellow. If the last 

 cause is responsible, it is difTicult to see 

 liow you can remedy it. Pick olV yellow- 

 leaves, water carefully, frequently 

 scratch over the surface soil, allow the 

 ^oil to dry out well on the surface be- 



tween waterings and give the plants an 

 abundance of fresh aii'. As your [dants 

 get established they will jnobably re- 

 cover from this trouble. If they con- 

 tinue yidlowish, give them a watering 

 of soot Avater to improve their color, 

 but do not do this until they are root- 

 ing nicelv in the bencdies. C. W. 



POMPON MUMS IN SOLID BED. 



Please gixc me sonu' information as 

 to the growing of ]iom]ions in solid 

 beds, with reference to the treat- 

 ment, stopjung, sjiace. Indght, etc. jMy 

 \!irieties are Klondyke, Diana, Kent, 



I.iiln .and Zeniilii.-i. | li;i\i' ne\er Lii'nwn 

 .•I n\ |•cl^lpllll■^. I '. 1". i ;. 



Such piiiri|Miii>- ;i- K IipImI \ l<i' ;i ni| 

 l'i;iiia sh.iilld be |>l:iiited (Mit Juvt ;is vnM 

 \\i>\\\([ si IlLiie— -teni lUeW suits til lie LiroWll 



fur IniLie iiliHiiris. Alluw s \ bi im lies 

 iM't\\e( n the Jilants. ^"(lu c:iii either run 

 t lieiii up til ;i siiiLile sliodl nr iiiiidi diice. 

 .\<ilie ot' them ;ire likel\- tu eXceeil ll.ree 

 fei't in lieight il uiipincheij. It' stii|iped 

 once. )nii up 1 \\ 11 (ir tliree -liuots. 

 Where you w;int tuiily Ioiil: stetiis, I 

 woujij prefer net to pindi at all. St;ike, 

 and ill any otiier respect treat as voii 

 \\diild siiiglestemiHeij niums. < '. W. 



SNAILS IN GREENHOUSE SOIL, 



We s(M'm to ha\(^ built our greenhouse 

 o\ er a lu'st of soft bodieil snails and 

 they are increiising at a great rate. 

 What is the liest renn>dv? V. A. A. 



To kill the snails, take turnips, pota- 

 toes or other similar Acgetabb^s, cut 

 them into halves and smear the cut sur- 

 faces with Paris green, white arsenic or 

 some other arsenical. If tht>se are 

 ]ilaced where the snails are troublesome, 

 the pests will soon be (deaiied out. It 

 is .also a good jilan to scatter air-slaked 

 litne or unlea(died wood ashes thiidy on 

 the ground under the bencdu's, and in 

 other ]ilaces where tlie slugs are most 



Jib'Iltiful. 



