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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



FEBRUARY 15, 1900. 



Carnation Genevieve Lord. 



plants, thus enabling him to plant 

 closer and to cut as many or more 

 blooms from a given space than from 

 field plants, and as I claim one can 

 get a higher price for the lilooms dur- 

 ing at least a consideraljle portion of 

 the four months already indicated, 

 the additional receipts from the indoor 

 method will l)e so much more than 

 the extra cost of production as to still 

 leave a very considerable balance- in 

 their favor. 



tween the two. It is an exceptionally 

 healthy and vigorous grower, and with 

 us the most profitable pink carnation 

 we have ever grown." 



CARNATION GENEVIEVE LORD. 



We present herewith illustrations 

 of blooms of this new pink carnation, 

 which has been received with much 

 favor wherever shown. It originated 

 with H. Weber & Sons, Oaliland, Md.. 

 who have favored us with the follow- 

 ing regarding its parentage: 



"Genevieve Lord. A seedling of 

 1896. Edna Craig x Scott. Some 

 seed was raised during the winter of 

 189.5-9(1 on a few exceptionally healthy, 

 vigorous plants of Edna Craig, which 

 had been propagated from one par- 

 ticular plant, which seemed to be en- 

 tirely free from the bacterial troubles 

 peculiar to that variety. These few 

 plants gave extra fine flowers on stems 

 2Vi to 3 feet in length, strong and stiff. 

 Among the crosses made on these 

 were several by Wra. Scott. Gene- 

 vieve Lord was the l)est of these 

 seedlings. It has retained the good 

 characteristics of both parents. The 

 long stems, large flower, and beauti- 

 ful color are taken from the seed par- 

 ent, while the continuou.s and free- 

 blooming habit is derived from Scott. 

 In growth and habit it is midway be- 



MOLES IN ROSE BEDS. 



What means other than traps can 

 I employ to get rid of moles in my 

 solid rose beds? I do not seem to be 

 able to catch the pests by means of a 

 trap. SUBSCjIIBER. 



In reply to Subscriber's inquiry will 

 say that arsenic on a piece of meat in- 

 serted into the main runs may tempt 

 them to nibble, and if they do it will 

 surely kill them. In my own experi- 

 ence I have always used traps and 

 have been able to keep the beds clear 

 of them. 



It is a great pity they do not confine 

 their work to the space between the 

 rows of plants, as they would then do 

 small damage, but as it is they fre- 

 quently lift many plants. The mole is 

 a great insect destroyer and would be 

 a benefit if it was not for the damage 

 done in lifting plants. 



In Holders "Elements of Zoology ' 

 it is stated that a single mole is esti- 

 mated to eat 20.000 insects in a year. 

 One has been known to devour 432 

 maggots and 250 grubs in four days. 

 Another 872 maggots and 540 grubs in 

 twelve days. At another time two 

 moles in nine days destro.vcd 341 

 grubs. 193 earth worms. 25 caterpil- 

 lars and a mouse, its bones and skin. 

 Subscriber might poison a mouse and 

 put its remains in the mole run ami 

 thus get rid of two so-called enemies 

 of the hard working florist. 



A. 0. T. 



BUILDING— VARIETIES TO GROW^ 

 ETC. 



A polite inquiry comes from a rural 

 district which reads something like 

 this: "I got $200. How big a green- 

 house can I have built for it? Has to 

 run from south to north. And. which 

 is the best paying carnation for the 

 New York market?" 



1 am not a pessimist — rather I like 

 to look on the rosy side of all things — 

 but to give any encouragement to this 

 enterprise woiild be wicked. From the 

 phraseology I judge that the corre- 

 spondent means that he has $200 — no 

 more nor less. If he is wealthy and 

 meant that he had that amount to 

 squander on the greenhouse venture, 

 then I would say that the sum named 

 would almost dig and brick up a mod- 

 erate sized stoke hole, which is a little 

 more of a start than the man who pro- 

 posed to make a large barrel, and all 

 the capital or material he had to com- 

 mence operations with was the bung 

 hole. 



If you have $200 and don't owe any- 

 thing, you are a happy man; but don't 

 go into horticulture just yet. If you 

 have the ability to grow high-class 

 flowers for the New York market, you 

 should get a job (several people want 

 you) and add some to your capital. 

 Most of our successful men have be- 

 gun in a small way. but not quite so 

 small as that. The actual profits with 

 those that have started on a large cap- 

 ital and small experience have been 

 very little, if any, and there are any 

 number of cases where the undertak- 

 ing has been a complete financial fail- 

 ure. Yet if you have an uncle or 

 mother-in-law who will loan you ten 

 thousand dollars on "slow notes, pay- 

 able at convenience." you might try. 

 The distrilnition of wealth benefits the 

 community at large. 



Glass has dropped some, but iron and 

 wood are still very high, and the most 

 you could expect to build with $200 

 would be a house 10x20. It would be 

 unwise to hazard giving any particular 

 variety to grow for the New York mar- 

 ket. Before the product of this estab- 

 'lishment began to affect the nuiiket to 

 any extent there will doubtless be new- 

 er and better varieties than we even 

 have today. About aspect, a house of 

 that size should be portable; then you 

 could give it broadside to the east in 

 the morning and move it every seven- 

 teen minutes so that you got all the 

 solar ravs that were going that day. 



W. S. 



MUSCATINE, lA.— August Smith 

 has purchased eight acres of land near 

 North Mulberry street, upon which he 

 intends to build greenhouses and es- 

 tablish a commercial business next 

 sun :mer. 



SEDALIA. MO.— Gelven & Son. who 

 luive 5.1 >00 feet of glass, built last fall, 

 will add another house, 18x80 feet, in 

 May. They report the business out- 

 look as excellent. 



