NOVBMBER 28, 1012. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



H. N. Lowe aad Hit Daily Auto Load of Flowers. 



degrees at night. We give a little 

 ventilation overhead at night. The 

 building runs north and south. 



C. B. G. 



The advice to pick off the rose 

 foliage was not good. It is permissible 

 to pick off leaves here and there when 

 black spot appears, as it frequently 

 does on American Beauty, and to a 

 minor extent on other varieties, but to 

 remove all the leaves simply because 

 they were somewhat mildewed is un- 

 heard-of. This stripping of the foliage 

 will seriously cripple if it does not 

 entirely ruin the plants thus treated. 

 With steam pipes in the house you could 

 easily have cared for the mildew. 



I am sorry that I cannot offer much 

 encouragement over the defoliated 

 plants. They will certainly give no 

 Christmas crop. All you can do is to 

 keep them clean, pick off any buds 

 they make and carry them along for a 

 spring crop. Your night temperature 

 of 60 degrees is rather high for such 

 sorts as Killarney and Richmond; 56 

 to 58 degrees would be better. You 

 will find that a little sulphur on the 

 flow or return main steam pipe will 

 keep the plants clear of mildew. 



C. W. 



TROUBLE WITH YOUNG STOCK. 



Enclosed you will find a sample of 

 some of our rose leaves. We had ex- 

 actly the same trouble last year, and 

 will write you and perhaps some 

 specialist can tell us the trouble and 

 remedy. The plants seem to start out 

 well in fall, and the growth is healthy, 

 hut when a dark, cloudy spell comes 

 the new shoots seem to turn a light 

 green, the new growth becomes not 

 nearly so strong and the older leaves 

 turn as are the enclosed samples. We 

 try to be careful with watering and 

 keep the temperature between 56 and 

 00 degrees. The kinds grown are Rich- 

 mond, Killarney and White Killarney. 



H. F. C. 



Your temperatures seem to be all 

 light, and the foliage, which was quite 

 dried up when received, seemed to^t)e 

 free fVom both red spider and mildew. 

 Evidently the soil or watering, is at 

 fault, perhaps both. I do not know 

 what you are feeding with, but I have 

 frequently seen similar mishaps caused 



by an excessive use of some stimulant, 

 more especially sulphate of ammonia or 

 nitrate of soda. If your drainage is 

 good, soil correct and ventilation care- 

 fully attended to, I should say that an 

 injudicious use of stimulants was the 

 cause of your trouble. Feeding must 

 be done moderately until the sun gains 

 in power in the new year. If you will 

 stick to cow manure for top-dressing 

 and liquid you will be on the safe side. 

 Also use care in top-dressing, not to 

 have the cow manure too fresh and 

 strong, or the ammonia will scorch 

 many leaves and cause others to drop. 

 It is diflScult, without knowing the soil 

 and other conditions, to suggest a cause, 

 but I think the one given is probably 

 the correct one. C. W. 



THE GREATEST ROSARIAN. 



Apropos of the question whether the 

 name of Dickson or that of Pernet- 

 Ducher should stand first among the 

 rose hybridizers of the day, Adolph 

 Farenwald, president of the American 

 Rose Society, says that in his opinion 

 Peter Lambert, of Trier, Germany, is 

 the peer of any rosarian. Mr. Faren- 

 wald mentions two roses, amon>j; others, 

 introduced by Mr. I^mbert, that have 

 proved of great public benefit. They 

 are Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and Frau 

 Karl Druschki. Mr. I'areuwaM does 



not believe that any of these three 

 master rosarians, Dickson, Lambert or 

 Pernet-Ducher, can fairly claim supe- 

 riority over the other two; he believes 

 that they are all entitled to positions 

 in the front rank. 



KIPP CAPTURES CUP. 



Reference has been made in the Pa- 

 cific Coast Department to C. T. Kipp 

 having captured the silver cup offered 

 by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce 

 for the best decorated automobile in a 

 recent parade. Mr. Kipp is proprietor 

 of the Spokane Florist Co. There were 

 550 cars in the line, and the winning 

 of the trophy must have been of con- 

 siderable advertising value in his busi-. 

 ness, but what specially interests the 

 florists is that he used in his decoration 

 the ordinary stock of a retail flower 

 store. Note the high-handled baskets 

 on the running boards. Observe that 

 the wheels were covered with Porto 

 Rican mats and that the same kind of 

 mats were used on the lamps and to 

 hold the potted plants. Also, much 

 ribbon and chiffon was employed. The 

 flowers principally were dahlias and 

 daisies. The color harmony cannot be 

 shown in an illustration, but naturally 

 was given careful attention. 



IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



At Long Beach, Cal., H. N. Lowe 

 started in the florists' business when 

 the town had only 1,200 population. 

 This was in 1897. The city now has 

 over 25,000 inhabitants, and Mr. Lowe 

 says business has kept pace with the 

 growth of the town. September 1 he 

 moved from his old store at 10 Pine 

 avenue, occupied for many years, to a 

 new establishment at 401 Pine avenue, 

 where he has a much more attractive 

 place and three times the floor space of 

 the old stores As almost always hap- 

 pens, the improvetl facilities have re- 

 sulted in a marked increase in trade 

 this season. 



Of the accompanying illustrations, 

 one shows the window display at the 

 opening of November. The other 

 shows Mr. Lowe on his morning trip 

 from the greenhouses with stock. It 

 looks as though Mr. Lowe follows the 

 old rule of business first and pleasure 

 afterward, for his automobile is a tour- 

 ing car, not a truck. He brings down 

 his day's cut by auto each day, deco- 



Vindow of New Store of H. N. Lowe, LonK Beach, Gil. 



