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INSECTS, DISEASES AND OTHER PESTS 



BUDS NOT OPENING 



This trouble has been attributed to the use of too 

 much nitrate which causes the buds to remain tight. It 

 would seem as though over-development took place as a 





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A'. J. Ex. Slat. 

 Dissection of two adventitious buds from the center of a "bull-headed" flower. The 

 latter is a monstrous or abnormally large type of double bloom. In the center of these 

 Rowers occur the adventitious buds inside the whorls of petals. "This is a form of 

 axillary prolification," and may be due to overfeeding or other irregularity 



consequence of the over-fertihzation, and the flower is 

 thereby unable to expand thoroughly and naturally. It 

 is suggested in such cases that the soil be dusted with 

 lime and watered freely in order to carry away the fertilizer 

 and cut away all these firm buds. The succeeding lot will 

 come better. 



SPLIT CALYX TROUBLE 



There are many varieties more or less susceptible to 

 splitting. In the case of Bonfire, Pink Delight, White 

 Wonder, Gloriosa and St. Nicholas, the petals not be- 



