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The Florists' Review 



9 



laden soil to deal with; in others they 

 have soil that is good in itself, but all 

 fiber has been silted out by continuous 

 irrigation of the fields whence it is 

 drawn. These are the soils that need 

 etinring, frequently and deeply, to get 

 the best results. 



Mulching and Feeding. 



As the plants develop and begin to 

 push surface roots, these must be taken 

 into consideration, and where they are 

 seen no deep stirring must be done. A 

 light mulch of new soil is of great 

 benefit here, but only if roots are 

 plainly visible near the surface. 



Some growers are never contented 

 ^ unless they are everlastingly feeding 

 their plants, and both young and old 

 plants come in for heavy top-dressings 

 of manure or watering with liquid 

 manure. But if the soil that was used 

 in the benches was good and suflBcient 

 manure was use<t at planting time, 

 there ought to be no need of feeding 

 until cropping commences. American 

 Beauty, for instance, is a strong grower 

 and absorbs a lot of feed, but the big, 

 plethoric stems produced from overfed 

 stock are not nearly as satisfactory 

 later in the season as the hard, though 

 vigorous canes grown under more ra- 

 tion^ treatment. 



Supports for the Young Stock. 



I usually arrange to have at least 

 two gooa~Treedingsand cleanings of the 

 soil and one careJut,""ligbt-4jruning jjf 

 the young stock before placlng_^he\ 

 stakes, strings, or whatever are used 

 as supports. 



Though more expensive than strings 

 or bamboo stems, iron stakes are 

 highly satisfactory supports. They keep 

 out less light than bamboos and are 

 therefore better in northern latitudes, 

 where the winter days ^ are short. 

 Strings are good, but their .use necessi- 

 tates a lower set of wires, which get in 

 the way when cultivating or mulching. 



The fault urged against bamboos, 

 that they harbor insects, is more imag- 

 inary than real. While a few earwigs 

 or even wood lice may occasionally 

 find a home in the hollow stems, the 

 more injurious insects will be more 

 likely to find congenial quarters on the 

 plants themselves and the treatment 

 that keeps the plants clean will also 

 keep the stakes free of insects. 



Points About Pruning. 



If the young stock was well handled 

 before planting and the useless spray 

 growth was removed, there will be lit- 

 tle need of the knife afterward. Not 

 until strong basal shoots appear and 

 need the room, should the smaller 

 growths be removed, for it must be 

 remembered that every good leaf the 

 plants carry does its part in sap elabo- 

 ration and root development. 



A point much debated among grow- 

 ers of Beauties is the stopping or non- 

 stopping of the first long shoots. 

 Those who stop say that the basal 

 «yes of the plant are strengthened 

 thereby and better shoots result, but. 

 Personally, I have never been able to 

 detect the slightest difference between 

 plants so treated and others allowed to 

 S'ow naturally. A grower who pins 

 his chances of success on the carrying 

 <>ut of a regular program and on treat- 

 ^^S all plants exactly alike, is likely, 

 *8 far as results are concerned, to be 

 u ^®^^°^ t^6 ™*^ "^^0 believes in the 

 Old adage that "circumstances alter 



Gold Medal Rose Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. 



cases," and who shapes his course 

 accordingly. 



BOSE MBS. CABNEOIE. 



Here is the Scottish rose, named for 

 the wife of the Laird of Skibo Castle, 

 that captured the gold medal at the 

 recent exhibition of the National Bose 

 Society at London. Several American 

 growers were present at the show, held 

 July 9 at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 and the interest in the novelty was 

 keen. It is a cross between Fran Karl 

 Druschki and Niphetos, the flowers of 

 the Druschki type, lemon tinted and 

 scented. It was exhibited by J. Cocker 

 & Sons, Aberdeen. 



tornado insurance on greenhouses and 

 that if his companies do not he should 

 hunt up a company for you. Then it 

 will be a question whether your risk 

 is such that any company writing this 

 class of insurance will accept it. 



TOBNADO INSUBANCE. 



Are there any cyclone associations 

 among the florists, like the Hail Asso- 

 ciation? We had a cyclone here 

 July 9 and it wrecked one of my green- 

 houses, breaking about 8,000 feet of 

 glass, with some other damages. We 

 have never had a cyclone here before, 

 but still the insurance companies will 

 not insure greenhouses, although they 

 are built on cement walls and with 

 steel frames. S. N. M. 



There is no cyclone insurance asso- 

 ciation. Some of the insurance compa- 

 nies will write tornado insurance, but 

 they enforce a number of restrictions 

 and charge so high a rate that not 

 many florists care to go in on it. 



Tell your local agent that you are 

 informed that some companies write 



CBOPS FOB MONTANA. 



Could bulbs, onion sets, echeverias or 

 yuccas be grown in southeastern Mon- 

 tana, where the temperature frequently 

 gets as low as 20 to 25 degrees below 

 zero, where frost is likely at almost any 

 season of the year and where the Yucca 

 glauca angustifolia grows wildt While 

 we cannot depend upon enough rainfall 

 to produce a crop, this year rye is doing 

 nicely. B. D. C. 



Where rye succeeds you should be 

 able to grow such succulent plants as 

 echeverias and yuccas well, and onion 

 sets planted early should get suflScient 

 moisture to mature a fair crop. If 

 there is sufficient fall and spring moist- 

 ure in the soil, certain lilies, tulips, 

 narcissi and some other bulbs should 

 grow and flower satisfactorily. The 

 lilies will require deep planting and if 

 the rainfall is scanty through the sum- 

 mer months, would not do so well as 

 where they could obtain more moisture. 

 C. W. 



Creston, la. — Carl Gehricke, of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., has decided to erect green- 

 houses here and grow stock for the 

 market. It is said that at present 

 there are no greenhouses nearer this 

 city than Bed Oak and Council Bluffs. 



