May 1. 190-'. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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The Scales cf Jusiic< in Fl.weri. 



much longei' than the soil, they are not 

 aware of the real condition of the soil. 



The result is the dryer the soil gets the 

 smaller the blooms come, especially dur- 

 ^ing ivarm weather. 



This house running north and south 

 should not neeil any shading for several 

 weeks, as such houses always get more 

 shade from rafters, etc., than those run- 

 ning east and west. But according to 

 newsjiaper reports the weather in Kan- 

 sas has been real midsummer-like and 

 perhaps it would be advisable to put on 

 a little shade. Uo not make it as ad- 

 hesive, however, as you do in midsum- 

 mer, as 30U are likely to have a cloudy 

 spell yet, and then you may wish it were 

 off the glass. It should come off with 

 a good shower. 



Mix cold water with air-slacked lime, 

 the ]iroper proportion, and use the hand 

 syringe to put it on the house. With a 

 little practice you can make innumerable 

 little spots all over the glass, which will 



be just enough to break the force of 

 the sun, and I like it better than the 

 strip of whitewash down the center of 

 the glass. It takes about 5 per cent as 

 much time to put it on, too. Give plen- 

 ty of air right along now day and night, 

 and keep the temperature down as near 

 the winter temperature as possible. 



A. F. J. B.M-R. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Carnations Registered. 



By Peter Fisher, of Ellis, .Ma.ss, ' ' En- 

 chantress, ' ' color a beautiful shade of 

 light pink, deepening towanl the center, 

 similar too, but far ahead, of Daybreak 

 at its very best. In size and substance 

 as far ahead of that grand old variety 

 as Lawson was at the time of its intro- 

 duction (in its class). The plant is a 

 splendid grower of vigorous constitution, 

 ideal habit and a very early free and 

 continuous bloomer. Blooms are of fine 

 form, the guard petals being wide and 

 well arranged, the center full and well 

 raised up, the calyx does not burst and 

 the blooms run three and one-half inches 



to as high as four in diameter. Stem is 

 two to three feet, strong ami stiff and 

 su])[)orts the immense flower perfectly 

 erect. Easily the greatest advance in 

 its color to (late. It is in the same class 

 as Law.son its pollen parent, but ahead 

 of that variety in form, size of bloom, 

 length of stem, productiveness and early 

 blooming. It is of easy cultivation, a 

 splentlid projiagat(>r, shipper and keeper. 



Notice. 



Reports of the meeting of the society 

 will be ready for distribution early in 

 May. These will be sent to all paid up 

 members and to any one who may join 

 the society during the coming year. 

 Membership costs $2 per annum and this 

 amount is to be sent the secretary if 

 you wish to join. 



Albert M. Herb, Secy., 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CARNATION ENCHANTRESS. 



[The follow iiif.' (■(imiumik'jitiou n';ii'lic<i us a 

 ila.v late for last week's issue.] 



I have this day (April ll!) sold the 

 entire stock of my new carnation, "En- 

 chantress," to the J. I). Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. of .loliet. 111. 



I consi<ler the Enchantress by far the 

 best seedling carnation 1 have raised to 

 date. As compared with the Lawson, it 

 makes a better jilant in the field, of ideal 

 habit and a splendid constitution. It 

 blooms earlier than the Lawson, giving 

 a stem nuich longer, and as stiff as that 

 variety. The blooms average SVi inches 

 in diameter, of splendid form and great 

 substance. Fully expanded blooms 

 measure 4 inches and over. 



The color is far deeper than Day- 

 break at its best, a beautiful shade of 

 plfasing light pink deepening towards 

 the center. "Magnificent" is the ex- 

 clamation of many who see it. It is very 

 free, blooming continually, and equal to 

 the Lawson in this respect. It does not 

 burst the calyx during the short, dark 

 days of winter, or at any other season, 

 like the former, as it is of much easier 

 culture and grows best in a temperature 

 of .50 to 52 degrees, producing its enor- 



mous blooms on stiff stems (2 to 3 feet 

 in length), which hold the flower per- 

 fectlj' erect. 



It is the leading carnation to-day, and 

 as far ahead of and superior to any oth- 

 er variety (including the Lawson) as 

 the Lawson was at the time of its intro- 

 duction, and decidedly in the same class 

 as the Lawson (its pollen parent). In 

 my opinion it is just the shade of color 

 the trade has been looking for and the 

 buying public admire. It is a splendid 

 keeper and shipper. Seven blooms sent 

 to Buffalo and back (1,001) miles) were 

 keiit five days, then re-packed and sent 

 to Indianapolis, 1,000 miles more, kept 

 until the second day of the exhibition. 

 Blooms sent to Chicago Thiirsday, March 

 20th, arrived there Saturday, March 22d, 

 kept until April .5th, fourteen days. 



It has scored 98 points in competition 

 and been pronounced by expert carna- 

 tion growers by far the best commercial 

 variety to date. It sells quicker and for 

 higher prices than any other variety. 



[ have reserved 3,000 ]ilants for my 

 own use and for exhibition purposes, and 

 all interested are invited to call and see 

 tliem next season. Peter Fisher. 



Ellis, Mass., April 12, 1902. 



KEEPING CARNATIONS. 



1 rea<l with interest the article in 

 your \aluable paper in regard to keep- 

 ing carnations in or out of water and I 

 wish to state an expcriefice I had. 



In the fore part of the winter the Chi- 

 cago florists were complaining abouli the 

 Mr.s. .loost carnation going to sleep and 

 being a poor keeper. We considered 

 the carnation all right in other respects, 

 and tried to find a remedy for this.' We 

 cut four dozen carnations, put one dozen 

 in water immediately, the second dx)zen 

 we put in water at the end of 30 min- 

 utes, the third dozen one hour after cut- 

 ting and the fourth dozen were out of 

 water one hour and a half. We placed 

 them all in a cool, dark room and gave 

 them the same general conditions. ' Of 

 the dozen that we put in water P. T}. Q. 

 the first one went to sleep in fourteen 

 days, and the last one in twenty-one 

 days, while the other three dozen were 

 all asleep inside of four days. On ex- 

 amination of the ' stems we found that 

 those which had been allowed to stand 

 out of water had dried np at the ends 

 and could not take up water, while the 

 ones which were placed in water immedi- 

 ately were as good as the minute they 

 were cut. 



Since then we have hail no sleepy 

 Joost and it has been proven beyond all 

 doubt and it certainly stands to reason 

 that if cut flowers are placed in water 

 upon being cut you will have no sleepy 

 flowers. This also applies to chrysan- 

 themums. We find that cut flowers 

 treated this way arrive at the wholesale 

 house in better condition and are 

 watched for because the retailers have 

 found that they keep so much better. 

 VJe keep the flowers in water for at least 

 four hours. W. C. Van Bergen. 



"THE SCALES OF JUSTICE." 



We, present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a design arranged 

 by Thos. M. Fitzgerald, of Beaver, Pa., 

 for the funeral of the late ex-Chief Jus- 

 tice Daniel Agnew, of that city. 



The design was four feet in height 

 and was made of carnations, violets, 

 Roman hyacinths, lilies. Beauties, tulips 

 and adiantum. 



