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The Florists^ Review 



I >i:i i:mi;i;i: .'.. r.ilL'. 



SOIL FOR NEXT YEAR. 



I ~li(ill li I I I kr 1(1 Lli-t \ I I,, r .-ii i \ in CI 111 

 rl'lllillL: Uli' I 'I'I'I'.'I 1 ;i 1 lull (it r;i null illli 



-nil 1(ir iiVxt yc;ii-. W C lia\r .-i licaxv 



■~i<l\ ! 1 1 1 . 1 Ac .-.■III ;; ( ■ t I I i I t little ;- 1 1 1 I . 

 SJKIlllil \\C li-c MlUcIl lliailMiC with till' 

 Miil.' Slimilil the liiaiiini lie idli^;:' Mow 

 aliiHil iln'inical I Ci t i I i /.ci ~ and Ikiiic,' 

 In liii\iiii: ciittiii;^- lidiii dllici I'laii'-. 

 wc lia\i' I'liiiinl -dinr nl tiiiin -(» iiiiicli 

 la I'ji'i t l.a II I 111 r~ - 1 li:i t ■>'..' t li l n l^ 1 lie 

 I 'la Ml - in ii~I lia \ (■ \ i-f\\ •j.niw \i in a 

 iMi|i-h l.cj,Ici- -Mil. .1. .1. < . \ :~. 



\ I !' \iiur -III! 1^ lii|' -dii wliirli lia- liccii 



> uiii^vinij i^iiii.l '■rdi'-. it iiiil:IiI In I"' 

 I a 1 1 I '. l;(pihI t'di Lli'dWiiii; ra riia t imi-. It 

 It 1-- lira \ y ill I I'M 11 ic. It will I ir I miic 

 titi'l li\ a.l'liiiL; rdii-i'ici a lilc Imi^ ^laMc 

 riiainiic. A- iiiiich a- nnc i-niirtli will ijn 

 lid ha Mil . [iTdN i'l i ml; i ' li.i - a iii|ilc t ilih' 

 Id (lcca\ t lidi iiiiuhl V lidldic 11-Iiil;. I'" 

 ■|idt at t dill I't t (1 t Via t \ dill -di I with 

 cliciii ii-a K lidtdic liiinuiiiL: it iiilo the 

 hdii-d. Iiir the ijanuii di ■ 1 1 -a -I lull- I'c 

 -lilt- i- tdd Laical. It the ^dil i- |iiHii, 



\(ill rcilllij aihl -hl'c|i nialllild In it, citllcl 



wiii'ii i-diii |Hi-t i II l: it di' when |ili(wiii;j i' 

 the la-t tiiiii'. 'rwciit\ h\d |idiiiii|s t(i 

 cn-i-li waudii Inail will li"||i it wdiiilcr- 

 t'ulU'. ainl even fifty iidiiml- wniihl prdlj- 

 ;ilily iKil (|d any harm. 



The- fad thai thd-c .iitlinL:- were 

 laidrr than yiiui''- ddc- not iirccs-arily 

 indicate that the -idck wa> -troii.-cr 

 tlillli ydlir-. iililc-- thc\ arc the -aiiic 

 kind df ciittiiit;- that \(iii select. A 

 ini'(rniiii -i/.i'd ciittin;^. taken fidiii a 



jdailt whiidl had lldt lieeli nxeffed. i •- liV 



far t he lie-t. i II i'\w e-t i mat inn. 'I hat 

 i- the re;i-dii wh\ ciitliiiu;- lal.en fidin 

 |i|ant- which ;iic lifdWii tHi cillliii;;- 

 .aldiie are n-iiall\ | H'el era 1 d" n. t lin-e 

 taken tii'iii iilddiniiiL^ -luck. Iidwe\er. 

 it' t he IdddlnlllL; -Id'd^ ,- uliiw II nidd 

 eiatel\. the ciittiii'j- taken fiinii it ale 

 ei|iia I t d a n\ . A . I , -1. I '•. 



MORE ABOUT FEEDING. 



I imtice tiial \. I". ■• r... in 'I'he 



|,'e\ lew III \d\eml.er M. I^a^e -''. :id 

 \ l-d- I lie ll-e d|' -liee|i Ilia llll I e f"! t eed 

 1 iil; ca I lia I idl: -. I - hull hi like t n knew 

 I he i|naiilit\ u-ed I'll -i|iiaii I'dut el 

 lie, I .and alidiii Imw utten i1 -hdiild lie 

 il-ei|. >1 Id lidlie lliea I he n-e(| .' I I 



-d. what i|iia III It \ and Imw ut t en .' 



Ill i:-iiie nitiaie di' -dda. diie | I 



Id Ii 1 1 \ ua lldii-. ca n I he I'd iaee In' 

 w :ilei e I w It lidilt injury id t he |da nt- .' 

 In ii-iii'j the -liee|i Inalillle and luilie 

 ■jlle;i|. ca II I hex he dll-ted d l' t hfciW II 



III) t h( idant- di- -I Id 1 he\ he t hfdw n 



).et\\eell I lie |(iW - .' I -lldllld I hilik tliey 

 could he |Mlt dli llldl'e i-\ (II l.\ il' t llTdW II 

 nil I he |d,allt-. When 1 111 dW n het Ween 



the KiW-. the middle (ilanl- in the lied 

 .lie likeU td -et le-- I Cli lll/el. 



W. < . I'. \ < . 



When \\ c a|i|ily -lne|i maniiie tn eiir 

 >-,-M iiat idii hed-. wc ii-iially |iut dii a 

 handful I ahdiit a- iiiiich a- a :'. iiedi pot 

 would iidjd I td eaidi idw. lialfwa\ acie-- 



a -I Iddl lieiiidi. It is e;isy eiiiiii;^li to 

 -ealtei it d\er the Miftace of tlie^lied. 

 --0 that jiiacl ica ll\- the whole >urface 

 I- covered e\e|||\-. A little pfactice 

 will make that o)ieratioii easy. I )o not 

 tiy to ihiDw it all ill I'l-din the ed^c of 

 the lied.dr yoii will lia\(' Jiisl the fesidt 

 soil -i|ei;e-l. XidliiiiL; could lie ejiJned 

 hy diistiiiLi it d\ er the |i|aiits. Ill fact. 

 Id (111-' it dii the plants lllii;lit liliiiL; iin 

 di-ea-e. :i- much ot' it \\iiuld ii.atnrally 

 'odi:e in the ,a\ils id' the leaxes and, if 

 It remained there Ion;: in a daiu|i con 

 dition, it iniLiht start ;i finiyous iirowth 



wllicdl Wdiild de\e|o|i h'af-S|iot. So kee|i 



It off the |i|,a Ills all you can. 



I >o iidi ii-e sliee|i iii.anure t no dfteii. 

 It i- rich in nil rneen jnol has a tend- 

 ency Id m.ake the stock soft. < )iice in 

 -i\ Week- is dlteii eiioUdli, Usually. The 

 .iiiidunf of -iinshiiie is the -;i fest unide. 

 I .e-- -iin-hine. le-- feed of a II \' kiinl. 



W'e lia \ e not ii-ed a I'on mi ol' I loiie 

 for (Ml r ca ma lions in the last I'our 

 \ e;n -. i']N peri nieiit s coiidlu-te(| previous 

 to that time (ielllolist I'Uted to our en 



tire satisfaction that tli(> money wc lia(| 

 lieen speioliiiL: eaidi year on lione for 

 carnations was thrown away. In water- 

 iiiL: with nitrate of soda, no special 

 harm will icsult if some ot' it splaslu's 

 on th" fiditiLie. lint that is not where 

 you want it, so why not try to iiet it 

 ;i II w here it is wanted .' 



A, V. .1. I!. 



DRY ROT OF CARNATIONS. 



Till- Is my tliird ye.ar in ciii'iiatnm 

 uriiwiiie and I have Inol almost the saim 

 tldulde e;i(di \ear. I ha', e lieeli tryili;: 

 (lil'fel'ent reme(|ie-. luit it seem- that 

 every diie I'ails. l!\ery \ '.'ir I h.'i\e u-ed 

 new -nil. Ill prepaiiii'.: a lied that !■-. a 

 Lildlind hed I added une w lieeli la iriiw o! 

 cow m.'iniilc Id each hed I X I "_' feel. The 



plants •-lail iTu-ely each year, hut after 

 thai I liiive my troiildes. The troulde 

 starls soon after hmisiiid ainl |iincliiiid 

 liiem. They either stand still and do 

 not ^i<iw, <ir they i\v\ up from the liot- 

 tom, leaf liy leaf, till the whole |ilaiit 

 is dried u|i. just like the one that you 

 will liiid enclosed. I lia\t' ^ixcii 1 liem 

 plenty of ventilation I'Vi'vy day and also 

 at iii,i:lit, except in extremely cold 

 weather. 1 have tried to run them dry, 

 and ayaiii 1 luiNc tried them wet. I 

 li;i\i' tilso trieil djU'ereiit sorts of sprays 

 for insects. I do the watei'iiiL;' in tlie 

 niornini: on (dear <lays, and do not water 

 (III cloudy (la\s, Inn tiie trouble con- 

 liniies just the same. hi soiih' casos 

 some ol' the shoots are i|uite liealtliy 

 and others are dry, on the same plant. 

 I am iirowini^- the three kinds oi' J''ii- 

 chanli'ess, and I 'erfect ion, Lady Houii;^ 

 tifiil and lieacon. The I'Inclian tress 

 -oil- are the worst a ll'ect ed. .\ny lijjlit 

 that \oii can throw on my tronlile will 

 he milch appreciateil. .). (1. K. 



The specimen forwarded is al'fected 

 with what is commonly known as 

 liiaiich rot, or dry rot. If you liaxc 

 iiiiich of il amoiiL: your cariiat i'uis, you 

 lia\e ^ood reason to feel 'I iscoii raii'eil 

 w il h t hem. It i- pe haps md so de- 

 slruciivc :is the wet stem-rol, ,'is it 

 doe-- not spread su I'.-ipidly, Iml it is 

 liardei' to control, once ,1 ;.;ets a start, 

 as we know ol' pi'ad ica 1 1 \' iidthinj:' that 

 will destroy it. The only process that 

 wc ha\c ever known to i-lie(d< it is lo 

 pull up every plant that is alVected and 

 I 111 III it. 



If your plants are so li.'ully tilVecteij 

 lliat you cannot leel safe iii jicttiiiy ciit- 

 tiii^is wliicli are i'vi'i' from it, you will 

 do well to litiy a t'resli stock, idther of 

 rooted ciittiliLls tills winter or (ield- 

 ^idwii plants next '■iimmer. < )t course 

 you will change the soil in your lio'ls, 

 as to piant new stock :ii tlu' old soil 

 wdidd only invite a repetition id' x'our 

 ohi 1 idiilih's. 



(Idoil cultural iiietlidds will, of course, 

 help some ill dealiii;^ with any kind of 

 di-ease, liy lielpiiie the plants to resist 

 its .'ittacks. This disease, however, 

 -eellls little all'ected ill that wav. 



A. !•'. .1. I!. 



BROWN PETALS ON BONNAFFON. 



Some III ni\ r.diiiial'loii chivsantlie 

 inuin-. liotli white and vcllovv. are Liet 

 Iiiil; a lew hrown petals nn the nuter 

 elide 111 the lldWel-. What is the cail-e 



df t hi- .' They a re pla iited on -ide 

 liellche- and co II -ei jUe II t ly are near the 

 e|;i: — aliollt Idoolli i iil: time. The troulile 



w;i- liist iiotici'd last year. 1 was i|iiite 

 c;iicfiil in waterini:. heatine ami veiiti 

 latin^- tills year, on account of la-t 

 vear'- troiilde. M. I'.. 



Till' hl'dW n pel;il- (111 the I '.on li;i ll'dii- 

 c.'in come fidiii two causes, either the 

 damping: "f the pi'laU. which is seen to 

 a greater or le-- extent on |iract icall V 

 ev.rv variety, or the daniaee (lone hy 

 -pidei. which works i'api(|ly over the 

 ihiwei- at'ter svrineiiiL; is d i'-cont i iiiie(| 



,'iiii| the llowei's -how color. The spider 

 -ometillie- render- the tloweis utterly 

 ll-ele--. I a-siiiiie vdil ale laiiiiliar 



eii(iu;:li with plant- Id know it' the 

 tidiilde i- dalnpiiiL;. The -pider can he 

 idelitilied li.V the Well that is WOVCll till 



dv er t he lldvvcr. ( 'has. 1 1. Tot t v, 



BLACK APHIS ON MUMS. 



niir mums ;ire line, hut some of them 

 are lidthered with Mack liy. We can- 



lidt use Nico-t'uilie liovv. a- We are 

 al'raid of -|ioiliiie the tlnwcrs. I'le.'ise 

 lell 11- wh.'lt to do. < '. 1'.. ('•. 



^'d^l need not lie ,'ll'iaid td use the 

 Nico fume or other toliacco |i;ipers ill 



voiii ell rvsa lit heiiiiim house. This fiimi- 

 ;jatioii will not harm the flowers in the 

 h'.'i-t, liiit toliaccd -tern- woiihl lie 



