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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Suppose that day was bright and you 

 repeat tlie operation a few days later 

 and you have the cloudy weather then. 

 The result will be that you will have 

 the plants wet from thirty-six to forty- 

 eight hours when it is cloudy instead of 

 about eight and while the warm sun is 

 shining. Which of the two methods do 

 you think is more likely to start the 

 rust? Then suppose you happened not 

 to notice the presence of the spider until 

 just before the beginning of a two weeks' 

 cloudy spell, during which time the 

 syringing would certainly be harmful. 

 What condition would your ])lants be in 

 by the time it cleared up again? 



Daybreak is not the only variety that 

 red spider likes, .Jiil)il(i', W. Cluutl and 



Armazindy are just a- -nl i and it 



soon spreads over tli. ..iIki laiaiu's as 

 well. We have heard iiliii> ,mn«ns talk 

 about keeping off spider by ventilating 

 freely, etc.; but we have tried it more 

 than" one season and we have seen others 

 try it, and we have never seere a house of 

 carnations that was kept free from the 

 pest without being syringed between Dec. 

 1 and March 1. You will have to do just 

 about so much syringing and it is only a 

 question as to whether you do it all with- 

 in a few weeks or whether you will dis- 

 tribute it over several months. We iind 

 that we can keep down red spider and 

 rust and have the growth more solid by 

 adopting the latter method. 



Shading the Propagating Bench. 



The most important part after you 

 have your cuttings in the sand is to 

 keep tiieni from wilting. How often you 

 will need to water the sand will depend 

 on the coarseness of it and the tempera- 

 ture, both top and bottom; but it must 

 never be allowed to become dry. Many 

 propagators use paper for shading, but 

 we do not like it for several reasons. 

 When the sun shines on: the paper it gets 

 quite warm and if it lays directly on the 

 cuttings it will cause them to wilt ac- 

 cording to the strength of the sun, and if 

 you are using the north bench of a car- 

 nation house after you remove the paper 

 the dry atmosphere of the house will soon 

 take away all the dampness from them. 

 We have a curtain in front (and later, 

 one overhead) which shuts them off to 

 themselves, and we find that one or per- 

 haps twn spiayinp-s nn bright days will 



kci-|i 1 In III 111 L' I -li.i|ir. wiiile on cloudy 



day- MPiu'jIi liiiipn.^- I'liiics from the 

 sai'iil III kri |i 111' in ii. -Ii. We always try 

 to have tlinii i-l. ;.il.l\ .liy before night 



eomes, as t n h nnn-ture at night 



will cause Inni^ii-, .t... and rust will 

 start as quickly in tin- -and as on the 

 growing bench. 



Last week I said something that I 

 want to take back, and that is, that The 

 Marquis has a better color than K. 

 Crocker and G. Lord. I had never com- 

 pared them except by daylight and The 

 Marquis certainly had the best of it, but 

 last Tuesday night I saw both by electric 

 and gaslight and I was surprised to see 

 how E. Crocker loomed up, while The 

 Marquis did not show up nearly so well 

 as by daylight. I wonder if it would not 

 be well (when judging commercial varie- 

 ties at least) to judge them both by day- 

 light and artificial light and then strike 

 an average. There are no doubt more 

 fiowers used in decorations for evening 

 parties, etc., than for any other time, 

 and to be a truly valuable commercial 

 variety it should show up well both by 

 daylight and artificial light. After no- 

 ticing the above two varieties we com- 



pared a vase of America with a vase of 

 Jubilee and we were surprised to find 

 that America looked by far the brighter 

 at night just because it was not so dark, 

 which makes it perhaps more valuable 

 for night decorations than Jubilee. 



A. F. J. BAUii. 



A PEACH OF A CARNATION. 



Say, Mistah Editah: I 'spose you'll 

 remembah de fust dollah wat yo' got 

 fo' dat Keveew oh re Flowrcst trade ob 

 yourn. Komen fruni dis chile as yo' 

 tole me so by lettah at de tynie. I alius 

 hav a waum spott in wat de doctah scz 

 is de eels ob my hart foah dat best ob 

 all papahs, De Flowrest Eeveew, 'n 1 

 hope you'll not tink I'm puttin' on stile 

 wen i say I nius' frum de cells ob mi 

 hart kongratulate you fo' de swel kau- 

 nashun number wat you send me last 

 weak. 



But to tell de trufe an' noting but de 

 de trufe, az Jedge Johnsing alius sez 

 to me an' Scmanthy day after Thanks- 

 givin' wen dey take us into de corte 

 house, I waz offlcy ngweably desapinted 

 (bit ilr k.iiiiia-lniii- liad not add vansed 

 a^ inu. h a- nn an Snnanthy had rekoned 

 full iL^la.l mI, ,|r .haii-c to mak a naim). 



1 rile yo- mi' rxpn.nfP =r™ce I last 

 rote you. You slniali li. iciiicmbah dat 

 at dat tyme I wa/ iu~t -tanting to bild 

 an' I red den in Mmh paiiali hnut some 

 fellah wat ad razed a big kaunashun 

 an' sed he didn't no how he did it. Dat 

 stauted me thinkin' an Semanthy sez, 

 scz she. Efruni. I gess yode bettah mak 

 a tri for a tirty tousand plunks too 

 (Semanthy alius had confidense in mi 

 cbility to suck seed with anything I 

 overtook). Wei to kut de story short 

 I'll tell you mi experunce wid de kross- 

 ing. De result is dat I hab one now 

 wak maks dem in de Reveew look like 

 sellin' platers dat dey aukshun off ober 

 at de trak down here at Memphis. 



Mi big clame foh de new one is dat 

 it mesures one foot an' a quatah aroun', 

 tenesee meserment. Ob coase dat sound 

 ghost like an fishy to a white man but 

 dat ez only ekwill to de five ench noath- 

 ern meserment (dyeametre). De blums 

 in Keweshun iz de lobliest shade of blak 

 you eber scene an' it noks de ruff rider 

 inter a coekt hat. De greates' ting in 

 its favor ez de fack dat only one bud 

 komes on a stem, dewin' away wid all 

 strippen ob supperflus buds. It will 

 neber giv eny trubbel wid bustin' if de 

 growah wil tak a fine pece ob blak silk- 

 lene to sow up de splits. 



It rekwires quite a lott ob fertilizin' 

 en de wey ob blak boss manure to help 

 ets colah alonge, de only truble en fack 

 wat I find wid et iz it gibs me only 

 mail Illumes so dat et is empossebel to 

 kros it wid oders. Wei, sum ob de flow- 

 rests here make de clame dat dat iz a 

 good fault foil in dat case it kan not 

 be ofer proppegaited. A few ob de big 

 guys from 'i'oak sity hab been tryin' to 

 buy it off me an' say I muss most as- 

 suahedly enterduse et. So look out fo' de 

 ad en de neah future wid a swell kut 

 ob de blume. 



I am veahy proud to be allowed to 

 remane youah most humble fust sub- 

 skribcr an' newest advetizer. 



Epiiraim WniTE. 



P. S. — Semanthey ensisted on havin' 

 de new ones pikter tooken wif de baby. 

 She tinks I'm enclosen et wif dis Icter 

 but I doan tink it wood sel so good 

 dat way, so rite by return male an' tell 



us youh waz sorrey dey was no room 

 fo' et. Youahs, F. S. and N. A. 



Eph. W. 



Bye de wey, wat eber bekom of dat 

 Fritz Bloomsnyder? ilcez idees was 

 goot. as he wod say. Epii. 



Oh, one ting I fergot (Semanthey's re- 

 kwc'st) will yo put de pictur ob me tin 

 lur an de baby en de pa pah? E. W. 



I'. S. — Rite soone. E. 



Oh, say, Mistah Editah, hope youall 

 exkuse dis hind end ob de lettah, sorrey 

 to desturb you agen, but wen I send 

 de ad just say on de side dat its a 

 peach ob a kaunashun all rite. Youahs. 

 Yo KG. 



THE NEWER CARNATIONS. 



From a Commercial StAndpoint. 



[Extracts from a paper by Dr A. S. Halstedt. 

 Belleville. 111., read before the St. Louis Florists" 

 club, January 10.] 



Kthel Crocker seems to be one of the 

 pink carnations that has come to stay. 

 It was originated by J. H. Sievers & Co. 

 As grown in the soil of my vicinity, it 

 makes a fine, large plant in a short time, 

 with a profusion of large pink flowers 

 on long stems, good, strong calyx, bloom- 

 ing continuously. It ran -tand good, 

 sharp stimulant, sm-li a~ w.kmI a~lus or 

 pulverized cow maiun ■ , » In. li lan either 

 be put on as a top (iii--iiin i r m liquid 

 form. I think "Ethel ( i.mL.i t!ie bread 

 winner for 1901. .\i\i '-im- the fa- 

 mous "Mrs. Thomas l.aw-Mii. wlii-li Ims 

 gained considerable l.inie, e-prrially on 

 account of the price paid for it-^$3(J,000. 

 Peter Fisher is certainly a very lucky 

 man. He might originate thousands 

 more, and not find another Lawson. This 

 variety has a large pink flower, "coarse," 

 something like the "Adelaide Kresken," 

 which only lasted one season. "Mar- 

 quis," a rich pink, perfect calyx, sturdy 

 plant, grass like "Jubilee." I think this 

 variety can be grown for profit. It will 

 need no tying, as it has a strong, stiff 

 stem, and can stand a great deal of stim- 

 ■nlant. It is grown by our president. 

 He seems to think it a cracker-jaek, but 

 the longest pole knocks the persimmons, 

 and I think "Genevieve Lord' has the 

 pole. When it is well grown •"Daybreak" 

 can be discarded forever. I expect to 

 plant at least 1,000 plants next season. 

 This pink variety fairly thrills you with 

 its exquisite beauty. Old man Weber, as 

 well as his sons, can be highly compli- 

 mented on their product. 



Now for a few of the older ones. In 

 white "McGowan" has been grown for 

 the past seven years on my place, and 

 I have a soft spot in my heart for "Liz- 

 zie." She will always find bench room 

 in my greenhouse. The poorer the soil 

 the better the flower. This is one of 

 those that needs no stimulant, and can 

 be grown at a temperature of 55 degrees 

 with good results. 



"Flora Hill," the next best white on 

 my place, is continually infested willi 

 rust and bacteria. The combination of 

 the two diseases produces what I call 

 marassmus. Marassmus is the using up 

 of the vitality. When vitality is once 

 lost it means death. I administer in 

 these diseases arsenic and carbolic acid, 

 which proves a great factor. 



Bradt is one of the best variegated I 

 prow ; makes a fine large flower, stiff 

 stem, rarely ever bursting the calyx if 

 grown at a temperature of 55. I have 

 a small house of that variety and it has 

 paid well, not on account of its produc- 



