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21 



General View of the Roses at the Chicago Spring; Show, April 1 to 5, 1913. 



(Exhibits of Poehlmann Bros. Co., Wletor Bros., Wendland & Kelmel and tbe Geo. Wlttbold Co., with the flret prize White Ktllarney of the latter on the left.) 



raised by M. Koster & Sons, Boskoop, 

 Holland. The flowers resemble in color 

 Charles X, but they far outdistance the 

 old variety in point of size and inten- 

 sity of the lilac hue. The trusses, too, 

 are of great size. 



My notes usually finish in the minor 

 key and the present is no exception. 

 British rosarians especially, but rosar- 

 ians the world over, have now to mourn 

 the loss of William Cocker, senior part- 

 ner of James Cocker & Sons, Aber- 

 deen, Scotland, who passed away Feb- 

 ruary 27. Bee. 



SOUTHERN DAFFS AT NEW YORK. 



Southern daffodils were a drug in 

 the New York market last week. One 

 commission house, A. L. Young & Co., 

 received a lot of forty boxes which 

 were in an unsalable condition. Mr. 

 Young began giving them away to 

 passing children and soon disposed of 

 the entire lot, but in doing so he 

 almost created a riot. Grown-ups as 

 well as children scrambled for the 

 flowers. He figures that he saved 

 money by giving them away, as other- 

 wise he would have been compelled 

 to pay the garbage man to cart them 

 away. The Review man saw one lot 

 of about fifteen boxes of southern daf- 

 fodils and fifteen boxes of violets all 

 billed as "wagon load of flowers, $10," 

 and it seemed to him that the buyer 

 had the worst of it at that. 



In some cases the first notice that 

 the commission man had of a shipment 

 of southern daffodils was the presenta- 

 tion of a bill for express charges on 

 from twenty to forty boxes. Several 

 dealers declined to receive them at all. 

 They said that it seemed unlikely that 

 the flowers would bring enough to pay 

 express charges, and, even if they did 

 sell, they would come into competition 

 with the produce of local growers who 

 were their regular consignors and with 

 whom they had close and cordial busi- 

 ness relations. Rather than do any- 

 thing that might injure their regular 

 consignors, they would forego the 

 handling of flowers sent in this casual 

 way, without notice, from people whom 

 they had never heard or. 



DISEASED VINCAS. 



We are sending you today under sep- 

 arate cover several plants of Vinca 

 variegata which are diseased. This 

 trouble has been present since January 

 1; prior to that time the plants were 

 in a splendid growing condition. Small 

 black spots were noticed about that 

 time around the edges of the leaves; 

 these spots spread finally around the 

 entire edge and then the leaves dropped 

 off. The plants have been gone over 

 several times and cleaned of all dis- 

 eased leaves, but when new leaves 

 grow the trouble again appears. 

 Samples of the diseased plants have been 

 sent to the Experiment Station, but 

 the disease could not be identified there. 

 No sign of a fungus or of bacteria has 

 been discovered. We have sprayed sev- 

 eral times with Bordeaux, but this 

 does not stop the spots from appearing. 

 We thought the trouble might originate 



in the soil, but the same spot appears oa 

 our vinca cuttings grown in pure sand. 

 The plants are growing in houses where 

 geraniums are the principal crop 

 handled. As we have several thousand 

 of these vincas, we are anxious to find 

 some remedy, if possible, before the 

 new buds break. We have decided to 

 repot several hundred plants in fresh 

 soil, first washing all the old soil from 

 the roots. Any suggestion you can 

 make will be appreciated. R. B. 



This particular disease is new to me. 

 Any I have had acquaintance with 

 were of a fungoid nature and were 

 fairly easily controlled. I think your 

 plan of shaking away all the soil and 

 washing the roots prior to repotting is 

 a good one. I would also suggest cutting 

 back both the tops and roots well be- 

 fore repotting. Give a little shade until 

 they become established, then full sun- 



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Mt. Greenwood Cemetery's Splendid Roses at the Chicago Show. 



