
News Letter 
November, 1950 


Dear Friends: 
The Q. and A. arrangement last month seemed 
to make everybody happy, so we’ll try it again. 
Q. 
A 
Q. 
A 
What do you call a mild soil? B. H., Ottumwa, 
Iowa. 
One with very little nutritive value in it. Long 
on sand or vermiculite, short on fertilizer. 
Where do you get the Violet Magazine, Alma 
Wright, editor? M.M.W., York, Nebraska. 
This magazine is sent automatically to all 
members of the National Society. The sub- 
scription price is included in your annual dues 
of $3.00, which should be sent to Mr. Boyce 
M. Edens, 2694 Lenox Road, N.E., Atlanta, 
Georgia, instead of Mr. Gottshall whose name 
I mistakenly quoted last month. 
I would like to receive the Round Robin let- 
ter on A.V. How do I go about joining? Mrs. 
G.L.C., Pueblo, Colorado. 
The letters are sponsored by the Flower 
Grower Magazine and are under the general 
direction of Mrs. Mabel E. Wickman, 1014 
Churchill Ave., Utica 4, N. Y. Send her a buck 
and tell her you wish to join the African 
Violet Robin. 
I have an Orchid Beauty with half of some 
of the leaves white and the other half green. 
What could caused this? Mrs. G.L.C., Colorado. 
You have a varietgated foliage plant. It’s a 
freak, but every now and then there are some 
very handsome ones. Good specimens are rare, 
so treat yours lovingly. 
Is rotten oak leaf dirt better than old rotted 
oak stump dirt? Should I mix this with sand 
or rotted cow manure? Mrs. E.C.M., Hayes- 
ville, N 
As far as nutritional content is concerned, I 
doubt if there would be much difference be- 
tween the leaf and stump of the same tree. 
Would suggest the addition of 1 part sand to 
4 parts dirt, however. 
All my white and pink violets have died. 
Why? Mrs. M. K., Bessemer, Alabama. 
Most whites and ene are just naturally not 
as vigorous as the blues. In case of some mis- 
hap such as exposure of a whole collection 
to intense heat or cold, the fiiee would be the 
first to get over the damage. If any of the 
Copyright, November, 1950, by Russell Gray 
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