. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. GEBANIUMS TURNING YELLOW. I am having a great deal of trouble with my geraniums this year. The leaves are all turning yellow. It is underneath the leaves that the trou- ble starts. I keep them wet enough and always water them at the roots. Will you please tell me the cause and something to do for themf W. B. Among the possible causes of yellow- ing foliage are too much water, too lit- tle water, overfeeding, overcrowding and starvation at the roots. Be care- ful in feeding to apply the fertilizer only to plants which are well rooted. Avoid chemical
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. GEBANIUMS TURNING YELLOW. I am having a great deal of trouble with my geraniums this year. The leaves are all turning yellow. It is underneath the leaves that the trou- ble starts. I keep them wet enough and always water them at the roots. Will you please tell me the cause and something to do for themf W. B. Among the possible causes of yellow- ing foliage are too much water, too lit- tle water, overfeeding, overcrowding and starvation at the roots. Be care- ful in feeding to apply the fertilizer only to plants which are well rooted. Avoid chemicals. A surface dressing of Clay's fertilizer or bone meal is safe. Spread your plants out. Do not play the hose on the foliage. Pot any which are much matted with roots. Give full sun and free ventilation and vour plants should soon improve. C. W. GOOD SINGLE GEBANIUMS. Will you kindly give me the names of the single red geraniums, dark and light? I have tried to identify them by means of the descriptions in The Re- view's advertising columns, but with- out success. A. E. N. Without seeing any flowers, I can only give the names of what I con- sider first-class single geraniums, for either pot plant culture or bedding. Jacquerie, rich crimson scarlet, is the finest dark red; Paul Crampel is bril- liant vermilion scarlet; Rival is salmon red; The Sirdar is rich scarlet; Tele- graph is Lincoln red, and Maxime Ko- valevski is rich vermilion, C. W. GEBANIUMS BLOOM POOBLY. I wish to ask you for some informa- tion about my geraniums. I received my 2-inch geraniums March 19 and planted them in 3V^-inch pots. I mixed the soil with bone flour and gave them a good soaking with nitrate of soda solution. The foliage is all right, but they are slow to produce buds and blooms, I want them for Decoration day trade, I have them in hotbeds. Do you think I should give them a top-dressing of bone flour? How is this done? Should it be strewn on top of the soil or mixed with the top soil, or should I
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