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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januaht 10, 1901. 



to grow it by night in this high tvin- 

 perature and get good results, it would 

 have a tendency to impair its consti- 

 tution. Better go more carefully dur- 

 ing the dark days, and with tlie advent 

 of brighter and longer days raise tin- 

 temperature by degrees to suit the nci.ls 

 of the variety. 



The Lawson is a rapid and vigorous 

 grower, and I find needs and will amply 

 repay any extra care given in the way 

 of a stimulant early in the season. 

 Plants housed Aug. 10 we top dressed in 

 November, which is now filled with feed- 

 ing roots. A light application of pul- 

 verized sheep manure every two or thre'e 

 weeks seems to meet their wants ad- 

 mirably and an occasional application 

 of lime will keep the soil sweet and add 

 to the quality of stem and general con- 

 stitution. ' P^TER FiSJIEU. 



Ellis, Mass. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Since the popularity nf tlic Imig 

 stemmed carnation has svt in, ami iov 

 a dozen years or more it has been at 

 least only second to the rose, millions 

 of voung plants have been brmiiht from 

 the' sp-'ii'i-t ^'"'1 <'"- P'-opniatinn of 

 thcsr ^on,r, p!,n,l-. KmIi I It u.n.\lu~ 



and -iiiiiI.ikI \ ,11 li 1 11 -. h.i- .iit:>i il.'.i ' 

 good liii-iiir-- t'. iiiaii\ I ■ li'-> li"ii- 



rubbish of this kind, and if you have 

 the i)luck to throw them away you are 

 the least out of pocket. But you don't 

 usually do that ; you put them in the 



in.l 



company, but if v, iili .li-niiird visitors 

 you have to a]inlM_-i,, ,\.i\ time with 

 the sanve old stdn ■ ^ . -, ili<\ are poor, 

 1 know. Mr. Tbrili\ atnt me a lot of 

 euitings propagated from the old tougli 

 growths at the bottom of the plants and 

 they, or course, don't amount to much, 

 but I will be able to get plenty of stock 

 from them''; and thaf's most all you do 

 get from them. I don't by any means 

 infer that all firms do this, for many of 

 them can be depended on to send you 

 only good, thrifty cuttings. 



I have prefaced my remarks about 

 rooted futtiiiirs because I know from 

 i\|irniiir, tli.il very poor material is 

 t(in .ittiii -.in to eustom'crs, and is a 

 u'lcat .li-a|i|.oiiitment and loss. 



I believe that nearly or quite all the 

 propagators of young carnations believe 

 in a gentle heat of the sand of the pro- 

 pagating bench. We always had it so 

 in llir old days of twenty-five years ago 

 aiil lia.l uniformly good results. The 

 i.ical to me is about 50 for the temper- 



A bloom ol "Prosperity, 



est firms 

 liberty of 

 some of t 

 shape of 

 or plants 

 ery or ai 

 possiblv : 

 if it roots 

 confiding 

 per hun<l 

 It's a 



1 and individuals. I take the 

 saying "more or less" because 

 he yoiuig stulT sent out in the 

 rooted or transplanted cuttings 

 is vcrv ofl.M 1 r stnir. Ev- 



ature of the house and CO to 65 for tlie 

 sand. Of course the temperature of the 

 house will raise above this in day time. 

 In these conditions nearly all root freely 

 in about twenty to twenty-five days, but 

 are all the better left for another week 

 or until there is a good bunch of roots 

 form'od. Varieties differ in their ten- 

 dency to root. We find the two well- 

 known varieties. "Daybreak'' and 

 "Scott." root verv well in sand without 



any bottom heat. Then again we found 

 the two great varieties. "Mrs. Bradt" 

 and "Crane." will hardly root at all in 

 cold sand. Without bottom heat it takes 

 any variety thirty-five to forty days. If 

 the process of rooting by the warm 

 sand was the slightest injury to the fu- 

 ture plant there would be some reason 

 to condemn it, but it is not in the least. 



Now j'ou often see roofed cuttings ad- 

 verfised as being "transplanted," which 

 means that thry linve limi taken from 

 the sand wlun i^.iiirl ,iii,| |ilante(l into 

 flats two or tin., m h - ,i|i,iil ami from 

 there they are Int.. I in I - M. I liave un- 

 inteiii i' ii.illy l...ii^iii -ih li |il,iiii - and 

 nev.n r nn.l i li.'in in j t !\ ,i- -;ii i-i'aetory 

 as «. II I "I.'. I |.l,iiil - It ..Hi I h.. -jinl. In 



liable to break oti' and lose many of the 

 roots, and unless cut out with quite a 

 lump of earth you are sure to lose most 

 of the working roots. I am aware that 

 if there are no orders for those in the 

 sand and they have a good bunch of 

 roots that something must be done with 

 them, but I am inclined to think that 

 orders are more often ahead of the sup- 

 ply, and whenever it is so there is no 

 advantage but a disadvantage in having 

 them imdergo the process of transplant- 

 ing. 



What can be more satisfactory than 

 lifting the rooted cuttings from the 

 sand and giving them a slight shake, 

 or if you prefer, dip the root in water 

 and every particle of sand will drop Off 

 ami l.,i\.' every tllire entire? Perhaps 

 ilii- 1 1 .iii-|.hinl...l liusiness is practiced 

 1... 111-. 111. pi..]. abator wants to take 

 ..111 a l.ai.li a^ ipiickly as possible to 

 make room for another lot of cuttings 

 and supposes that rooting will go on in 

 the flats. It does if you give them 

 jilenly nf time, but if not well rooted in 

 111. -1 11. 1 I hey are very slow to start in 

 111 - il ami this is the poor condition 

 111 \\linh tliey are often sent. Remem- 

 lier that carnations should be decidedly 

 rooted : that is, the roots should be from 

 one-half to one inch long. 



Now I have written the above with 

 this view: that if you intend to buy 

 any new or standard variety you should 

 give your order at once and say : "When 

 rooted please send me so and so," and 

 there will be no excuse for receiving 

 wilted rubbish that went tlirongh the 

 form of going into the sand for two or 

 tin... »....k, ami lli.ai int.. lln- tiats or 



...11. Il ^^ll.■tll.■l lll..^ 'i.nl 1- .n li..t. We 



11.. i.i.lu «|.ll a-l.....! ..M^^Il,lt .. n-lltlltes 



from the side of the flowering stein, 

 but those shoots should reach a proper 

 size. Some plants are much more pro- 

 lific in this kind of cuttings than others, 

 and some plants of the same variety. 

 A little latitude may be allowed to a 

 man who has a most desirable variety 

 a 11.1 . M I y one wants it. The young 

 ii .\\tli- that send up a flower stem can 

 I Ilk. 11 for a cutting, and we used to 

 pi .paL^ai old De Oraw, Kdwardsii and 

 I. a I'urite entirely from this sort of 

 cutting, but they are inclined to make 

 a strong, bushy plant, with slow incli- 

 nation to flower, and this cutting takes 

 longer and is much less certain to root 

 than the side shoot of the flowering 

 stem. 



Whal T .11.1 ..:..hiL' f.> -.ly al...nl select- 

 inu' .■iiiiin.j- f.i v.. Ml ..xMi -1 . k 1- iioth- 

 inL' 11. ». I'ot ^■■l I' "ol\ ..I.-..M...I with 



art at 

 every 



