PELARGONIUMS 
the plants plenty of space after they start to grow 
in three inch and larger pots. Crowded plants will 
be tall and slender and an invitation to disease and 
insects. Use drainage in all pots 4” and larger. 
Keep the young plants shifted and never let them 
get pot bound. Be careful not to over-water the 
plants during the fall and winter, and never water 
overhead after the plants are shifted to larger pots. 
By running the plants on the dry side when in 
bloom, the flowers will hold their petals better. 
Sometimes pelargoniums shatter some of their 
petals. Use a thin glue similar to the kind used at 
the express office for sticking labels on boxes. With 
a medicine dropper, put about two drops of glue in 
the cup of each flower. This will glue the base of 
the petals together and they will never shatter. 
After the glue dries, it can hardly be seen. 
Keep your plants in a healthy, growing con¬ 
dition and they will not be nearly as liable to in¬ 
festation. There is no reason to have white fly 
when Cyanogas is so simple to use. Write for book¬ 
let “Insect control with CYANOGAS”, American 
Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation, 535 Fifth Ave., 
New York. 
For mealy bug we find that continuous watch¬ 
ing and syringing with a pressure of water is ef¬ 
fective. 
For chewing insects, use arsenate of lead. 
If you buy clean stock and fumigate or spray 
occasionally, you will never be troubled with in¬ 
sects. 
DISEASES. Leaf spot, caused by a fungus, is 
the only important disease of pelargoniums. It 
causes a yellowing of the affected foliage and usu¬ 
ally begins with small dark spots over a portion of 
the leaf. Hand picking of the diseased leaves should 
be practiced, destroying them by burning. Wet foli¬ 
age will spread the spot. 
We recommend pinching or topping during 
November, December and January for early April 
blooming. Usually only the tips should be pinched 
out which will make breaks lower down and form 
a branched plant. Pinch when the plant is in active 
growth between pottings and not at the time of 
repotting. 
We never have trouble with pelargoniums be¬ 
coming blind, but usually the cause is over-feeding 
with nitrogenous fertilizers. Too much water dur¬ 
ing the short days, too warm a temperature and 
overpotting are other causes. 
Our service consists of not only selling you the 
plants, but in assisting you to grow them so that 
you may appreciate them in their fullest beauty. 
Come to us with your problems. 
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