. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 287 when syringing is done give it to them thoroughly and early in the morning. A few flowers can be allowed to come here and there when the plants of the young stock are exceptionally strong. They must also be kept clean and carefully tied. Keep on disbudding the small plants till they catch up to the others. E. Bride Rose Plants Injured. Ed. American florist :— I am sending you a Bride rose plant, one of a batch of 400 that were benched about June 10. They were somewhat mildewed when
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 287 when syringing is done give it to them thoroughly and early in the morning. A few flowers can be allowed to come here and there when the plants of the young stock are exceptionally strong. They must also be kept clean and carefully tied. Keep on disbudding the small plants till they catch up to the others. E. Bride Rose Plants Injured. Ed. American florist :— I am sending you a Bride rose plant, one of a batch of 400 that were benched about June 10. They were somewhat mildewed when received from the wholesaler and were potted for about six weeks before benching. I dusted them with sulphur and the mil- dew is almost gone. The plants have been watered individually till about a week ago. Have given air on both sides of roof in day and one side at night. Have syringed once every bright day, and tried to give enough water without overdoing it. There are about a dozen affected like the sample. The house is a three-quarter span with raised benches and runs east and west. There is a very light shade on the south. Ventilators, hinged at the ridge, are about 2y2x3y2 feet and placed alternately. Temperature sometimes goes over 100°. Any advice as to the treatment of the roses will be much appreciated. R. s. The plant sent was simply a dried up dead scrap with a little soil when it arrived here and it was quite impos- sible to give any idea as to what caused the injury from such a speci- men. When young stock is mildewed at the start it stands a very poor chance in the race and many growers —if the attack is at all severe—would not run the risk of planting such stock but would obtain clean plants. If "R. ; only loses a dozen out of a batch of 400 he must consider himself fortu- nate and the best thing to do is to pull the diseased plants out and plant fresh, clean ones. We cannot find space in answer to a query to go into the whole matter of rose c
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