•H l.v -JTk 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



225 



Funeral Design Arranged by W. E. King, E. Santa Crtiz, Cal. 



that you wanted to grow. If so there is 

 no better month than August tn plant 

 them out and they should In' imu l^ikhI, 

 liig' plants in a frame, and will ( iaii-|i^iiit 

 next month and be well cniiuuli r-hih- 

 lished to stand the winter with lit lie 

 or no protection. There is another way 

 of raising them, and that is by sowing 

 in August and when sufficiently large 

 jilant out in a cold frame or keep in 

 Hats in a very cool house and plant out 

 in the borders in the spring. You will 

 •;et good results either way, but if you 

 have not sown in the spring you can 

 sow next month with equally aood re- 

 sults. 



Waterin ?— Hoeing. 



I must give you just a little more 

 cultural directions. Many of you are 

 without the facilities for Watering. I 

 am largely, myself, and have often said 

 and will repeat, that there are a good 

 many thinas that are not benefited. 

 There is quite as nnieli hiuni .l..ni- l.y 

 the use of the li.i,-,- ;i.. ilicir i- l.nirlit 

 l.v it in unskillful li;.n,U .ir uni ni .1 1 ivrnt 

 use. Where watcriu- ran be ,l..nr Ihur- 

 ougbily, then a hoeing, there is no doubt 

 a good many things tha-t we would be 

 foolish not to water, but a great major- 

 ity nf our gronors do not have the hose 

 fi.V ilie 'jiial.T iKirl Ml' their crops. The 

 iiiAt lir-l tliini: is 1,1 li.ie: that is, keep 

 Ihc -uita.-.> nt 111., soil loose. Now, why 

 it is a benefit to keep the soil loose is 

 not always understood. Not that dew 

 descends on the soil heavily enough to 

 ,,enetrnte any depth,, but 'keeiiin,.' the 

 -nila,',' ,,r 111,' -,,ll I," -,' ;,l!,,,^■- < > M"iia- 



lots of the plants. 



Now if you were to water and no*-. 

 lie, or after a good hea\-y shower not 

 oe, it would be the same tiling. The 



surface of the soil would be baked. It 

 would not be porous ; it would be almost 

 caked over like cement. There would be 

 no evaporation from it, consequently no 

 moisture arising from the depths of the 

 soil, and therefore the roots would get 

 no moisture. That is the philosophy of 

 keeping the surface of the soil loose, 

 and it is wonderful how plants will sus- 

 tain life and even grow in the dryest 

 of weather if well cultivated — that is, 

 continually hoed. 



William Scott. 



CARNATION NOTES. 



Housing. 



By exercising a little care and judg- 

 ment in housing your carnations, you can 

 save yourself a good deal of worry and 

 increase your receipts considerably next 

 winter. Study the wants of the differ- 

 ent varieties and the temperature that 

 suits them best and then plant those 

 that want a high temperature together in 

 the same house or houses and those that 

 want a low temperature together in an- 

 other house, and so on. Those who plant 

 whole houses full of each variety have an 

 easy time giving each variety just the 

 tempenilme ii wants, but those who 

 plant (iiilv a i,u li,,ii-es and have a doz- 

 en or 111,11 !■ xaiiciirs to plant in them 

 need to exeici.se a little more care. Even 

 if you only plant one house you can al- 

 ways manage it very well, as nearly 

 every linuse is warmer at one end than 

 il i^ al 111,' ,,ther end and you can plant 

 I, , ,1 ,li ii-l \ Some growers plant all 

 il,,,-, \j:i,'ii<'s of the same color to- 

 grtlicr lo 111, ike picking easier, but it is 

 not good policy, except when they want 

 the same temperature. 



Then another thing to bear in mind, 

 you know that some varieties get poor as 



soon as the weather gets warm in spring 

 and it pays better to throw them out 

 siidii after" Easter and use the room for 

 spring stock or anything you may want 

 the iiioin for. I never saw a grower yet 

 wlio did not have to work all kinds of 

 seheincs to get room in spring for young 

 stutf. Plant those varieties on benches 

 that are most suitable for young stuff 

 and plant those varieties which stand 

 the summer heat best on the benches 

 that are coolest in summer. We find 

 solid beds excellent for summer blooms, 

 as the roots are always much cooler than 

 on rai.sed benches. It will pay you well 

 to arrange to have good carnations at 

 least until asters come in. 



Plants Inside. 



Those yoiing plants you benched some 

 tiiiii' ai;i) will need constant attention 

 lii^hi ah,ii'j ill regard to watering and 

 «i','.iiii'j i li,'> will take lots of water 

 diniiiL', this hi. I weather and you should 

 keep the walks damp during the day. 

 (iive all the air you can, both day and 

 night. Keep them clear of weeds, but if 

 they stand up well it would not be wise 

 to put the supports in place yet for a 

 while. They are in the way when weed- 

 ing is done, and also in working up 

 the soil, which should be kept loosened 

 up about a half inch deep right along. 

 As soon as the nights become cool they 

 will begin to grow more rapidly and the 

 su])iiorts will be needed, and if you keep 

 them clean until then you will have lit- 

 tle trouble with weeds until towards 

 spring. Keep the flower shoots picked 

 off until about September 1, as the 

 blooms will not amount to much and 

 they only take the strength from the 

 plant, which should be making as many 

 shoots as possible. 



Plants in the Field. 

 The plants in the field have not made 

 as much gro\vth as they did by this time 

 last year, as we have had a good deal of 

 dry weather lately around here. Those 

 that were put out in good time have 

 made fair sized plants, and they are 

 really better for planting than we had 

 last year. They are better matured and 

 will not suffer so much in transplanting. 

 Don't put off planting because your 

 plants may not be as large as you would 

 like to have them. They will take hold 

 quickly and grow all the more rapidly 

 in the moist soil and the fresh atmos- 

 phere in the greenhouse. We planted all 

 ours from 3-inch pots and they are 

 plenty large enough to house now, and 

 as soon as it rains again digging will 

 commence. 



I want to say again, "Don't dig car- 

 nations while the ground is dry." Bet- 

 ter wait until it rains, even if it throws 

 you a couple of weeks later than you ex- 

 pected to begin planting. Unless there 

 is a good deal of dry foliage on the 

 plants I do not like to pick it off while 

 transplanting, as it keeps them out of 

 the soil too long and they suffer by it. 

 When you do pick it off be very careful 

 that you don't skin the stems; it would 

 be far better to leave the dead foliage 

 on the plants. 



We have this j'ear a couple thousand 

 plaiils of second year seedlings grow- 

 ing in 4-inch pots and ready to plant in 

 now, and we are so well pleased with 

 their appearance that we will likely 

 grow a good many this way next sea- 

 son. They can be plunged outdoors 

 within reach of the hose and you have 



