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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



71 



New Carnation Empire State. 



You cau't vciy well be overdone with 

 the useful Boston fern and every little 

 runner or small ]ilMnt you possess should 

 be planted out in tive or six inches of 

 good rich soil on a bench. Perhaps a 

 little shade is best for these young jilants 

 during the summer months, but j^et it 

 oft' early in the fall. You will have 

 plants of this fern larger than two inches 

 that vou want to make fine plants by 

 next November. The.se are better kept 

 in pots plunged on a bench and given 

 the full sun or only the slightest shade. 

 It is a mistake to keep this fern under 

 a heavy shade; the plants grown under 

 the full light are much better in every 

 v.Mv. WiLn.vM Scott. 



NEW CARNATION EMPIRE STATE. 



We present liere\>ith ii cut of a vase of 

 Empire State, L. K. Marquisee's new 

 Avhite seedling carnation, ilr. ilanjuisee 

 writes us as follows regarding it : 



"It W'as originated three years ago and 

 will be disseminated next year. It is a 

 pure white of beautiful form, very full 

 and double with serrated edges and pos- 

 sesses an exceptionally strong clove fra- 

 grance. In size it will easily average three 

 and one-half inches in diameter and often 

 four inches. At the present writing. May 

 26th, its' flowers measure three inclies. 

 It has unusual substance and is a re- 

 markably good keeper. Its calyx has the 

 correct form and measures seven-eightlis 

 to one inch in diameter. It has a strong 

 stem which pro]ierIy supports the flower. 

 It is without exception by far the strong- 

 est arid most robust grower we have ever 

 seen. It has tlie ideal habit, produces 

 no grass, but a constant succession of 



.strong flowering shoots. It is therefore 

 a free and continuous bloomer." 



It was awarded certificate by the Car- 

 nation Society and has been certificated 

 wherever shown. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Xow that planting is iu full swing, 

 those houses which were planted early are 

 apt to be neglected during the rush, and 

 beyond the regular watering, syringing 

 and ventilating, in many cases they are 

 left to look out for themselves. 



Cultivating regularly should under no 

 circumstances be omitted, as without this 

 encouragement during hot weather the 

 plants will come almost to a standstill, 

 which is the preliminary to going back. 



Staking and tying should also be at- 

 tended to, every branch and stem should 

 be tied separately and neatly and kept 

 sufficiently apart to admit the free cir- 

 culation of air among the foliage. If 

 allowed to scramble over the bench the 

 wood becomes thin, the eyes break weak 

 and produce a thicket of blind wood, 

 which makes a safe shelter for red spicier, 

 as it will be next to impossible to reach 

 them with the syringe under such condi- 

 tions. 



Beauties which have now made some 

 growth should be gone over, and where 

 necessary have the tops cut out in order 

 to make them bushy, cut off all buds as 

 soon as they show color, and keep a strict 

 lookout for spider and mildew. Spider 

 is likely to attack the leaves at the base 

 of the plant, as it is difficult to dislodge 

 them from there with the syringe. As 



soon as the plants have attained a height 

 of 1.5 or 18 inches these leaves can be 

 stripped oft' as it is tliere that black 

 spot usually starts. Every leaf showing 

 signs of this trouble should be pi<-ked oft' 

 and destroyed. Kibks. 



THE HARDINESS OF THE PAEONY. 



Prof. iS'ansen, of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege of South Dakota, speaks in the high- 

 est terms of this flower. He says it will 

 grow anywhere that pie-plant will. From 

 my own experience it is much hardier 

 than pie-plant. This year I had occasion 

 to move both after tney were well leaved 

 out and buds were set on the pjeonies. 

 We had to strip the leaves from the pie- 

 plant, but with every precaution half of 

 them died, while all of the pa?onies lived. 



One fall I had occasion to cut up quite 

 a lot for planting and, of course, some 

 small roots were left on the ground. To 

 my amazement, in the spring, after freez- 

 ing and thawing all winter, I noticed a 

 lot of tiny buds so small as to escape 

 notice putting out leaves and throwing 

 out little rootlets. Of course I took care 

 of them and they are now doing well. 



One fall I had some in an out-cellar 

 but slightly packed, intending to keep 

 them cool until spring. Someone left the 

 cellar door open and they froze solid and 

 remained so a month. I closed the door 

 and let the frost come out gradually and 

 I never lost a root. Last October in or- 

 der to test them I planted thirty buds 

 of the fragrant rose. There was not a 

 root on them. I jnit them about two 

 inches deep. Xow there are twenty-seven 

 vigorous plants and probably the three 

 others are lying dormant to come up the 

 next year. 



The most remarkable experience was 

 with a lot I got from England. By some 

 mistake they lay a month in the express 

 ofiice. They were a fine lot ; some were 

 $2.50 a root in England. When I found 

 them the box was shrunken from being 

 in a dry, hot office, the moss was dry 

 as powder, the roots were dead and the 

 buds all dried u]i. The roots snapped 

 like sticks and were black and worthless. 

 I made the company pay for damages, 

 but as a forlorn hope I took them home, 

 cut the roots off and planted .just the 

 shrunken buds in moist earth in the cel- 

 lar. In a month I found every one alive. 

 The buds had swollen into life and were 

 throwing out tiny roots. It was in De- 

 cember I planted them out and let them 

 freeze solid all winter, but every one 

 woke up in the spring and one of them 

 bloomed. It took an extra year to form 

 new roots but they were saved. They 

 were like the Mexican resurrection plant. 



Last spring by mistake two valuable 

 La Tulipe paeonies were left two months 

 in the barn, wBere they became very dry, 

 and it did not seem possible for them 

 to live, but I planted them out. watered 

 them well and they are doing nicely. 



These flowers are the hope of the great, 

 bleak Xorthwest. I have the most en- 

 couraging reports from Manitoba, the 

 Dakotas and Jlinnesota. They thrive 

 well and bloom beautifully in all that 

 region. Last fall I visited friends in 

 Jlinnesota and took up and planted some 

 old clumps for them. I found that the 

 terrible winter of a few years ago had 

 killed the buds, but the vigorous roots 

 had sent out another set. It is well in 

 that northern region to put on a mulch 

 of old manure about four inches thick 

 and let the plants grow up through it. 



Last winter most of my roses were 



