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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jancakj 24, 1901. 



for the pots, the next best were 

 planted out on the same beiicli in the 

 ordinary way. Tlie same treatment has 

 been given both lots, and at the present 

 time both batches look alike, so that 

 would lead most of us to believe that 

 there was no special advantage in the 

 bottomless ^jot for carnatlion culture. 

 But the way it appeals to nie, it should 

 be a good thing, as it keeps the plants 

 and foliage from resting on the beds, 

 affording a better circulation of air 

 through and underneath the plants, 

 causing less stem rot and keeping them 

 in a healthier and stronger condition, 

 thus enabling them to take up more 

 stimulants. 



I do not for a moment believe there is 

 enough in its favor to ever warrant a 

 large grower to adopt its use entirely, 

 but if I had a small place I think it 

 would be worth a fair trial, for if I 

 could grow only a trifle better grade 

 with it, it would be quite a feature in 

 enabling me to hold my own with the 

 growers who have a large amount of 

 glass. I was informed a day or two ago 

 that Dorner is using it very successfully 



great lutuie and a longer standing than 

 any other now in conuncrce. Marquis, 

 too, is a most beautiful color, large, well 

 formed flowers, and is a money maker, I 

 believe, as we grow it. It is perhaps too 

 early for anyone to pick the positive 

 winner of the others, though 1 must say 

 Genevieve Ixird is the best warm weather 

 carnation I ever grew. 



Is early lifting in summer preferable? 

 There is no doubt of it. Most every one 

 is jilantinj: eailier than formerly. Even 

 grown - , ii. i:c ( 1 ])lantcd before Sep- 

 temliri , , [iiiting in July or first 



pan <; \ -J - Why? Because they 

 saw ilirii ,, mil. I It. .IS too far ahead of 

 them. Since they have adopted the new 

 method they are right in it for high 

 jjrices. There are certain hard wooded 

 varieties, Lawson for instance, and any 

 variety that is slow to establish roots in 

 the greenhouse, must be planted early to 

 insure success. It has been generally 

 understood and I think conceded by in- 

 door growers that a larger amount of 

 blooms can be produced from late planted 

 stock, but I'm inclined to think that 

 even that point will not be conceded 



Display by Peter Reinberg at the Carnation Meeting of the Chicago Florists' Club. 



and is well pleased with his experiment 

 so far. 



What new varieties of the season give 

 the most promise? The question as I 

 understand it refers to introductions of 

 1900. I am not in as good a position to 

 answer this as one would be who had 

 speculated in all the novelties in equal 

 proportion. I settled the question in 

 my own mind last spring, as every 

 grower should aim to do. I place Law- 

 son at the head of the list. Marquis 

 next, and a toss up between the others. 

 We are growing those two by the thou- 

 sands, while we have the others by the 

 hundreds only, in quantity perhaps hard- 

 ly large enough for ua to say much in 

 regard to them. I believe Morning Glory 

 to be a very good commercial sort in its 

 color, a very pale pink. As I have seen 

 it, it is a very free bloomer and those 

 are the ones that make the money when 

 grown by the average florist. 



The Lawson I always thought, and am 

 now thoroughly convinced, is the best 

 carnation ever offered to the trade, and 

 when other growers have mastered its 

 peculiarities as we have, there is not 

 the least doubt in my mind but that they 

 will agree with me. I predict for it a 



when we become more accustomed to in- 

 door growing or early planting. We 

 have a large quantity of stock that was 

 planted late last fall that will not give 

 anywhere near the number of blooms as 

 stock nf the =nino vnrietio« planted in 

 July; even slnuM it ^1- - (he first crop 

 was short stiiiniM^l :iiij -m!,1 for just a 

 verse of a raL'iiine -nui:. 1 lie second was 

 cut in time tor the holidays, and if we 

 get the third it will be so late in the 

 season that we can not expect fancy 

 prices, whereas we can always demand a 

 fair price for blooms of stock planted 

 early, and can depend upon a more even 

 supply throughout the year. 



I don't think it is absolutely neces- 

 sary to plant in before August first, but 

 as soon after as possible, and if they are 

 all housed by that date so much the bet- 

 ter. If we have unfavorable carnation 

 weather outdoors, to better advantage 

 will the indoor stock show up; if favor- 

 able, then the difference will not be so 

 marked. 



Mr. Hartshorne then read some verses 

 he had written for the occasion as fol- 

 lows: 



Carnations n 



Tlioxigh none 



Other growers nave done the same. 



But they'll have to trj- again. 



We hear it said we want a red; 

 The other fellow shakes his head. 

 We've reds enough; no more bluff— 

 ve enough. 



We need a white. It 

 The number that hav 

 Only to stay a year, 

 We've dropped them 



come to light 

 r, say— 

 ;ause they wouldn't i 



White Cloud is good; so is Hill, 



But many swear by McGowan still. 



If you're all the same as me 



You'll try Norway. Lorna or Eon Homme 



At a casual glance we've pinks galore. 

 But nothing wonderful; and what's mor( 

 If we had, they wouldn't suit 

 Every blithering big galoot. 



Should I call Marquis "all right" 

 Some one sure would want to tight. 

 A year ago we all had 

 One to beat the Lawson bad. 



But it's ne'er materialized. 

 Though you may laud It to the skies. 

 Should you think so any more. 

 Ship it down to Baltimore. 



he trouble 



hat credit'! 

 all Is thai 



o it goes. From year to 

 one sends out another pee 

 ne supposed to beat them 

 illy takes the heaviest fa! 



In the discussion that followed, Thos. 

 Pale, Brampton, Ont., said that While 

 Canada was ready to admit that it 

 eouldn't produce carnations equal to 

 I hose on exhibition it held firmly to a 

 front position in rose growing. He told 

 of growing roses in beds made of clay 

 brick and tile with 4* inches of soil on 

 top, and said that plants bedded as late 

 as the middle of August were now five 

 to six feet tall and with foliage to the 

 ground. He described the construction 

 of the 800-foot rose houses erected re- 

 ecntly on the Dale estate. They grow 

 some violets and Farquhar does well 

 with them. They think a good deal of 

 Princess of Wales and find they can get 

 .")0 cents a hundred more for the singles 

 than for the doubles. 



W. L. Kring, Fairbury, HI., said he 

 liked Lawson best among the novelties. 

 He uses much more water than is usually 

 recommended for carnations and has suc- 

 cess. His soil is a very black loam and 

 he maintains a temperature of from 48 

 to 52. 



Chas. Knopf, grower for E. T. Grave, 

 Richmond, Ind., noted that fancy carna- 

 tions have not averaged as nigh in price 

 as last year and wondered whether the 

 fancy carnation was being overdone. The 

 soil he uses is a yellow clay with a little 

 sand. He mulches but never feeds liquid. 

 He runs the plants very cool, often down 

 to 40, and 40 is considered high. He 

 gives but little water and an abundance 

 of air. 



He follows what has been called the 

 "Groove" system. After the plants are 

 benched no shade is given and the 

 amount of water given is small. A 

 groove is drawn in the soil between the 

 rows and water is given in this groove 

 only, the idea being to keep water away 

 from the soil arotiud the plant that it 

 may keep loose and not be packed down. 

 The dry loose soil acts as a mulch and 

 it is better for the plant. The latter 

 part of September a mulch is applied 

 and the plants are then watered once 

 in one or two weeks. This mulch is 

 now full of young feeders. In response 

 to a question he said he had seen the 



