. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 12 The Florists' Review Ai'BiL 8, BLIND WOOD ON GERANIUMS. We have been troubled for the last two seasons with blind growth on our Ricard and Beaute Poitevine gerani- ums. Last season, for the first time in our experience of about ten years, a large number of our geraniums re- fused to bloom, producing instead a blunt terminal growth. The foliage of some of the plants had a mottled ap- pearance, and on other plants the leaves were deformed and wrinkled. We have been culling the plants rigidly since taking them in last fall. In fact, we were
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 12 The Florists' Review Ai'BiL 8, BLIND WOOD ON GERANIUMS. We have been troubled for the last two seasons with blind growth on our Ricard and Beaute Poitevine gerani- ums. Last season, for the first time in our experience of about ten years, a large number of our geraniums re- fused to bloom, producing instead a blunt terminal growth. The foliage of some of the plants had a mottled ap- pearance, and on other plants the leaves were deformed and wrinkled. We have been culling the plants rigidly since taking them in last fall. In fact, we were not aware of housing plants from the field that showed any signs of the trouble. It is, however, still appearing, but only on the above named varieties. The other varieties grown under the same conditions successfully are Nutt, Landry, Perkins, Viaud, Castellane, Jaulin and white. W. K.—Mich. I do not think that anything in your culture has caused the geraniums to throw blind wood. My experience has been that it all depends on care in the selection of cuttings. A few years ago I had a somewhat similar experi- ence with a batch of Nutt and General Grant. One year two or three plants showed some blind wood. These were not sold, but planted out for stock. They started away near the ground and made a nice crop of cuttings, which were propagated, and the result was that towards spring I found a consid- erable portion were blind. I would throw away every plant which throws any blind wood at all. If this is done, I think you will soon overcome the trouble. No spraying will be of any value. For plants which are not blind but have a somewhat starved appear- ance, try a couple of weak doses of nitrate of soda water at intervals of ten to twelve days. C. W. BLIGHTING OF THE LEAVES. We are mailing you, under separate cover, samples of geranium and hy- drangea leaves that are aflfected by some sort of rust or pest. Last season we lost thousands of geraniums and hundreds of hydrangeas beca
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