. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review August 28, VIOLET GOVEENOE HEEEIOK. Please give us information about the treatment of Violet Governor Herrick, as to temperature. Can it be grown in the same house as Princess of Wales? R. & S. F. S. Violet Governor Herrick is now large- ly discarded, as Princess of Wales is a much superior variety. Governor Her- rick did poorly in a night temperature of 40 degrees, which suits Princess of Wales, but a Review reader last year stated that Herrick did well in a night temperature of 50 degrees. Perhaps some reader wh
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review August 28, VIOLET GOVEENOE HEEEIOK. Please give us information about the treatment of Violet Governor Herrick, as to temperature. Can it be grown in the same house as Princess of Wales? R. & S. F. S. Violet Governor Herrick is now large- ly discarded, as Princess of Wales is a much superior variety. Governor Her- rick did poorly in a night temperature of 40 degrees, which suits Princess of Wales, but a Review reader last year stated that Herrick did well in a night temperature of 50 degrees. Perhaps some reader who is successful with this variety can give more information. C. W. VIOLET BOOT EOT. Please tell me what causes black roots on violet plants, I received two different lots of the same kind of vio- let plants, grown by different men. The plants looked fine; they were all set by one man in the same house and looked after by the same man. One lot of plants grew finely, but the other lot all got black roots. I inquired of a man who had been in the violet busi- ness for fifteen years. He told me he had never been troubled with the dis- ease until this year. His own plants, which he set, grew finely, but he wanted to change stock in one part of his house, so he bought 1,800 plants that looked even better than his own, and yet the 1,800 all got black roots, while his own were all right. My case is just about the same. The cuttings were fine and the roots were apparently sound, with not a bit of black on them, yet one lot flourished and the other lot got black roots. Can you give me any in- formation in regard to this? F. M. This disease is commonly called black rot, root rot and black root, and in the New York violet growing districts is so deadly that it takes the name of "the violet ; Its scientific name is Thielavia basicola. The same disease occurs on sweet peas, field peas, cycla- mens and asters, and is destructive on tobacco. It was first discovered and describ
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