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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



38 J 



Carnation Goodenough. 



lour times as large as his carnations 

 would occupy. 



I am unable to give him any infor- 

 mation in regard to how it shouhi be 

 arranged, etc.. as I have' had no experi- 

 ence in that line. There are no doubt 

 other subseril>ers to the Keview wlio can 

 and are willing to give the ilesired in- 

 formation. .\. 1". J. Bavk. 



THE GOODENOUGH CARNATION. 



The llowers are pure white, from 2j 

 to 3 inches in diameter, borne on 

 straight, strong, wiiy stems. 20 to 24 

 inches long. The calyx is perfect. It 

 begins to bloom early and never lets 

 up until thrown out in the fall. 



Parentage: Goodenoiigh is a seed- 

 ling of 1897 from a white seedling with 

 McGowan. the white seedling from Por- 

 tia and Jlcfiowan. It is by far the 

 most prolific carnation I have ever 

 grown, giving from 20 to 50 per cent 

 more No. 1 blixims (singles not count- 

 ed) to the square foot than anything 

 I have ever grown. CrOO<lenough is very 

 healthy, not being subject to rust, and 

 when well grown the grass has that 

 Iduish cast which is so desirable. It 

 does best when grown in a night tem- 

 perature of from n2 to .54 degrees and 

 kept a little on the dry side. 



Its faults: The first crop of bloom 

 will have some single flowers, but if 

 well grown only a small per cent, and 

 they are all light from before Thanks- 

 giving till the next .July. 



Other varieties: I have watched with 

 some interest the discussion going on 

 in the paper regarding the commercial 

 value of .Joost as compared with Ethel 

 Crocker. I triink that with us Joost is 

 by all odds tlic mo^t protitab'.e. Crock- 



er with me lias lots of crooked stems, 

 l)ur>ts some flowers, and does not bloom 

 in mid-winter. .Too^t blooms all the 

 time, has a strong, .straight stem and. 

 though, not so large as Crocker, is a 

 good sized flower. With me Joost is 

 the best of its color. I shall discard 

 Scott, Crocker and 'rriuiiiph next sea- 

 son. 



White Clottd with me blooms well in 

 midwinter, but is late in beginning and 

 >toiis early. I do not consider it profit- 

 able unless one can get $5 or .$0 per 

 hunilred for the blooms. I have grown 

 Daybreak for light pink with profit, 

 but think 1 shall try something else as 

 it gives too many imperfect flowers 

 now. I am growing Gen. JIaceo for a 

 dark one and find it a great bloomer 

 and jirotitable, although the flower is 

 rather small. 



In scarlet I have only a few plants 

 of Crane and. while it is a good color. 

 1 do not think I get as large blooms 

 from it as I used to from Jubilee. I 

 want to .-ee one that will give more 

 bloom and at least as large a flower as 

 Jubilee. I put ilrs. T. W. Lawson in 

 a class by itself. With me it is very 

 free and fine in flower, caly.x and stem. 

 Mrs. Geo. M. ]?radt is the best I have 

 seen in variegated. It has a fine large 

 llower and is a continuous bloomer but 

 with me it grows but slowly out of 

 door-i. so that the ])lants are small 

 when they come to the house. 



Sidney L:ttlefield. 



LILY TROUBLES. 



li. 1". K. ask> "W ill Lilium Harrisii 

 now about 10 to 12 inches high be in 

 bloom for Kaster with a night tempera- 

 ture of 70 degrees ami a dav tempera- 

 ture nf !10 degvcesV 



From this date (Feb. 11) there is 

 about 47 days. They should be more 

 forward to feel comfortable about them. 

 The weather will be a factor. If March 

 .should be a clear, sunny month I would 

 say that at the temperature quoted they 

 can be got in by Easter, ^^^lile giving 

 this high temperature give them the 

 very lightest position you have. 



I do not like the height mentioned. 

 If they are only 10 inches high because 

 they were started late there is every 

 hope for them, but if started in good 

 time and stunted they are not in a prom- 

 ising condition. 



From J. R. E. comes a more compli- 

 cated question. He writes: "What can 

 be the trouble with my longiflorum and 

 Harrisii? Both are affected alike. The 

 roots are abundant, but are rotting off' 

 at the ends. They first turn brown and 

 when examined under the microscope 

 small soft looking insects can be seen on 

 the verj- ends of the roots. The roots 

 turn browni and rot at that point. Can 

 it be that the soil is too rich? What 

 should the soil contain when bulbs are 

 first planted? And give the order of 

 mulching afterward. Temperature has 

 been from 50 to fiO degrees. The plants 

 are showing bud and are only 8 to 12 

 inches high. I have grown lilies for 10 

 years but never before saw them act like 

 this." 



T do not believe that the insects dis- 

 coveredare the cause of the failure or the 

 disease. They are more likely some mi- 

 nute creatures that have come from the 

 manure. The roots of lilies often decay 

 and although it may partially affect the 

 health of the plant it does not necessa- 

 rily ruin it. 



The temperature quoted is the most 

 suitable for health and vigor providing 

 it is enough to bring them in on time. 



The fact is there is a deplorable lot of 

 disease among both Bermudas and the 

 Japans and I believe it is worse with 

 the latter, and there is little doubt that 

 the trouble is not with the ctiltivation 

 of .J. R. E.. but he has got hold of a bad 

 lot of bulbs. 



The soil for lilies should never con- 

 tain much animal manure and that 

 should never be very fresh. A gocd 

 fresh heavy yellow loam is the best. 

 WiLLi.^jL Scott. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS SEED. 



I have had some experience with As- 

 paragus plumosus seeds that may be 

 of interest to some of my brother flor 

 ists. I am satisfied that for the want 

 of knowledge on the subject a great deal 

 of this seed has been thrown awaj' as 

 wortliless, and the party who sold the 

 seed was blamed for selling inert seed. 

 when really the seed was fresh and fer- 

 tile, only for some vmknown reason 

 slow in germinating. During the last 

 three or four years I have grown and 

 sold many thousand Asparagus plumo- 

 sus seeds and have raised many thou- 

 sands of plants from seeds grown by 

 me. 



What urges me to write this article 

 is the varied experiences I have had 

 as to the germination of the seeds. In 

 Jantiary. 1899. I soaked in hot water 

 and sowed about 12.000 seeds, from 

 which I got in due time about 10,000 

 plants, and then threw out the seed 

 boxes, thinking that the other 2,000 

 .seeds were no good. I am satisfied if I 

 had retained the seed boxes, the other 



