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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



CARNATION NOTES. 



New Varieties. 

 Mo»l ol' llie new ones luivc luadi' a 

 very fair growth, considering tliat most 

 of them were planted from small pots 

 ;ind this has been a remarkably dry sea- 

 son. Tlii,-. li.iw.A.r. we attribute to 

 faithful rulti\,iiiii-. ,tl least onee eaeh 

 week siiir.- 1lh^ >■ !.■ nlaiiled. All have 



may come out all right. Perhaps the 

 disseminators would kindly give us a few 

 points on its parti<ailar wants through 

 t he Keview. 



Mrs. La\y>on was krpt inside all ^um 

 mer and we believe that wc have over- 

 come that short stem faivlt in that vari- 

 ety. A good plan we find is to pot up a 

 few plants of each variety, after housing 

 what we want, to plant in where one 

 may have died out here and there. They 

 take hold easily in the pots and they 

 need no shade or special care ^^hen 

 ])lanted in the bench fn)ni the pots. 

 About 5 per cent of what >ou benched 

 should be all you need to l)ot l"oi tlu^. 



Cultural Notes. 

 Those plants you bcnchetl in the -pnng 

 will be making a good giowtli nou.and 

 the supports will be needed at once be- 

 fore they begin to lay ovei and grow 

 crooked. Loosen up the surface tif the 

 soil before putting on the support-. Imt 

 do not be in a hui 



d(jwn led spidci Pick off the ru.sty 

 leaves and bum Ihcni Give them all the 

 sunshine there is ^<> that in spite of the 

 \th it will be firm and well 



lli( VM I 1 ilmi' vcui can do 

 . I in p' 111 iiilo a soft. 



.ipid 



about mull lung 



Hnl> oil that shade .mil open the venti- 

 l.itois as Hide as yon can both day and 

 night 



Will have moie to sa\ about support- 

 iMi; (, iin.it ions next week 



\ F.J, l!.\ui!. 



i CARNATION QUESTIONS. 



I In aiiswi 1 to I, II a , there is no rea- 

 i -son wh\ the v.iiKtiis he names should 

 not do well to^i tliei in the same house, if 

 e.ich vaiiet\ is iilantcd where it will 



Exhibit of M. Rice and Co., Philadelphia, at the Buffalo Convention. Photographed in Two Sections. 



If the blooms of Norway are in j)ro- 

 portion with its growth they will be im- 

 mense. The variety Elma has made the 

 best plants of any \ariety we have and 

 out of 1,000 plants not one has been 

 lost; in fact, the same is true of the 

 4,000 planted along with them. 



We are also jjleased so far with the 

 Marquis. Last season we were very much 

 disaiipoiiitccl in its behavior, but as it 

 produces .^uch grand blooms, we decided 

 to try it again this season, and last week 

 we housed about 100 plants, which are 

 looking fine now. We sincerely hope 

 that we misjudged it last year. Crocker 

 has made such fine plants and it trans- 

 plants so easily that it is a pleasure to 

 house it. 



them with manure. if you mi.\ed a 

 proj^er amount of manure in the soil I 

 there is no need of a mulch until the | 

 first crop of Uower .shoots is allowed to 

 come up and bloom. Put it on just when 

 they begin to shoot up. This should not 

 be allowed, though, for a few weeks yet, 

 especially with the reds, as the blooms 

 are not of good quality nor in good de- 

 mand until cooler weather sets in. Keep- 

 ing the shoot off now will enable the 

 plants to grow larger and to produce a 

 larger and better crop of blooms later on. 

 See that they have plenty of water at 

 the roots and syringe them well every 

 day, unless you see rust start, in which 

 case no more syringing should be done 

 than is absolutely necessary to keep 



have about the temperature it wants, i t 

 I knew how many benches he has in his 

 house and the general arrangement of 

 the house, 1 could tell him just how to 

 plant, hut I will give him the tempera- 



Flora Hill. Mrs. Lawson and r<cu\\ like 

 50 degrees; Jubilee, Mrs. Bradl and (!old 

 Nugget, about .52 to 54 degrees, and 

 White Cloud, 50 to 52 degrees. These 

 temperatures are for soil of average 

 weight, but wc find that Jubilee and 

 Wliite Cloud burst less and bloom more 

 in a very heavy clay soil and kept at 

 about 56 degrees. They will not stand 

 such a high temperature, though, unless 



