July 31, 1902. 



The Weekly Horists' Review, 



277 



north side of a house or in the house 

 that has the best ventilation, in fact, 

 as I said before, the most favorable place 

 you have for earnation growing during 

 hot weather. 



The others will do well on any bench 

 that has enough head room, and those 

 Tou can spare first should be i>lanted on 

 the benches that are best suited for 

 whatever you wish to put in their place 



Pinkand- White Jewell Aster in an 

 Awaji Jar. 



next spring. You should know by this 

 time just about what you are going to 

 grow in your houses next season and 

 you can arrange for it in time if you 

 give it youi- attention early enough. If 

 you intend growing a lot of plants just 

 for cuttings, plant them on a south side 

 bench where they will be near the glass 

 and get plenty of light, and next spring 

 when you want room for your young 

 stock that will be the best place you 

 can find. 



We still sometimes hear growers advo- 

 cating the plan of planting a few plants 

 of each variety just to propagate from 

 instead of taking the cuttings from the 

 blooming stock. We could never see 

 where any benefit could be derived but 

 we do think a great deal of harm could 

 be derived from it. The idea is to keep 

 them cool and growing along slowly and 

 thereby securing a well matured sturdy 

 cutting. That is all right, but how many 

 of you will keep them cool and growing 

 slowly when by giving them a few more 

 degrees of heat you can get double as 

 many cuttings which will apparently be 

 just as good and I don't know but what 

 "they are if they are not kept warmer 

 than Ihe blooming stock. 



r could never understand where you 



can get a better plant to propagate from 

 than a plant that is in good growing 

 condition and producing a high quality 

 of blooms. In using the cuttings from 

 your blooming stock you are likely to 

 have plenty to select from, while in the 

 other case you will feel that you must 

 take every cutting that is of fair quality 

 because the number is necessarily lim- 

 ited. In taking them from the bloom- 

 ing plants you also take your cuttings 

 from the plants that show the best health 

 and blooming qualities. 



If you wish to follow the above men- 

 tioned method of planting some plants 

 just for propagating it would be advis- 

 able to go over your carnation patch 

 and mark a number of plants that show 

 extra good vitality and health so you 

 wiU not plant what is left after the 

 blooming benches are filled. 



If you have not yet begun to plant let 

 me remind you again that all your carna- 

 tions should be housed by Aug. 20 at the 

 latest. A. F. ,T. Bauk. 



CARNATION TEMPERATURES, 



Replying to L. A. G. the best temper- 

 atures for the varieties he names are as 

 follows : 



White Cloud 50 degrees 



Flora Hill 55 degrees 



Jubilee 52 degrees 



G. H. Crane 52 degrees 



Mrs. Joost 52 degrees 



Mrs. Bradt 52 degrees 



Wm. Scott 54 degrees 



Mrs. Lawson 56 degrees 



Daybreak 50 degrees 



America 52 degrees 



Prosperity 52 degrees 



Marquis 50 degrees 



E. Crocker 56 degrees 



White Cloud, Scott and Crocker, on ac- 

 count of their length, should have center 

 benches, while Mrs. Lawson and Day- 

 break should have a north bench where 

 the sun does not strike them with full 

 force in the spring. The other varieties 

 will do equally well on center or side 

 benches provided they have plenty of 

 head room. There should be at least two 

 feet of space between the soil and the 

 glass where they are the closest, and 

 three feet is not too much when the 

 plants make a vigorous growth toward 

 spring. You must always bear in mind 

 that the bloom is at the top of the 

 stem and is the first to be injured when 

 there is not sufficient head room, so 

 give them room at the top. 



A. F. J. Batjr. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Those houses which were planted early 

 (March or April) should now be giving 

 a good cut. To improve the quality 

 and keep them up to size during this 

 exhaustive weather, a light mulch three- 

 quarters of an inch thick should be ap- 

 plied. A sprinkling of bone meal added 

 will give firmer stem and better quality 

 of foliage and bloom. This should be 

 renewed every three or four weeks as by 

 reason of the heavy waterings needed 

 at this season it soon becomes exhausted. 

 After the mulch has been on for a couple 

 of weeks an application of weak manure 

 water once a week will strengthen them 

 wonderfully. This will also apply to 

 Meteors which are being carried over for 

 a second season. 



It is now time to look to those benches 

 of Brides, Bridesmaids, etc., which are 



intended to do work a second season. 

 If a cut from them is not particularly 

 needed at present, they should be allowed 

 to dry off gradually, taking care not 

 to allow them to approach wilting, and 

 using the syringe often enough to keep 

 down spider. After giving them a par- 

 tial rest for three weeks, all the small 

 blind wood should be carefully cut out 

 and the longer stems trimmed back. By 

 bending them down and tying them in 

 that position they will break readily from 

 the base and give a good crop of wood 

 for fall blooming. Resume watering 

 gradually, increasing the quantity as the 

 plants develop more foliage. Keep the 

 house rather close and moist for the 

 first week till the eyes show signs of 

 breaking, when more air can be given 

 gradually as the fresh leaves begin to 

 expand. Rises. 



DISEASED ROSES. 



We send samples of diseased rose 

 leaves. Please tell us what it is and 

 prescribe a cure. Have no mildew and 

 we think we have given the plants the 

 best of care. Not all the leaves are 

 affected. J. A. S. 



This is one of those innumerable and 



Jewell Aster in a Japanese Jar. 



minute fungi which live and thrive in a 

 moist and stagnant atmosphere, partic- 

 ularly where the drainage is deficient. 

 While clogging the pores, it does not at- 

 tack the leaf tissue. J. A. S. need ap- 

 prehend no real trouble from this. 



Run the benches dry for some time, 

 give plenty of ventilation and syringe 

 early enough in the afternoon to give the 

 foliage time to thoroughly dry before 

 sundown. A dusting of flowers of sul- 



