September IS, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



537 



Establishment of Mr. J. M. Connelley, Charleston, S. C. 



supply of it on bright days. Those that 

 luive been mulched will nee<l careful 

 watering, else you may get tliem too wet. 

 They will not show it while the weather 

 is nice, but as soon as it gets cloudy and 

 cold the}' will get soft and watery, and 

 the damage is done beyond repair. Dur- 

 ing the summer almost any one can 

 water, just so he gives them enough, but 

 from now until April it takes the best 

 man on your place to look after the 

 watering. A. F. J. Baur. 



CARNATION NOTES-EAST. 



Introductory. 



It is not without some hesitation that 

 I enter upon the task of giving the 

 readers of the Review weekly notes on 

 carnations, feeling as I do that those 

 who have gone this way before have 

 shown such proticiency in the work 

 there remains but little to add. How- 

 ever, my personal experience may give 

 some readers food for thought, but if 

 any of my methods seem radically new 

 I would advise trying them on a small 

 scale at first. 



No doubt ere this your plants are es- 

 tablished in their winter quarters, and 

 you are looking forward to the much- 

 heard-of qualities such as "eariV. contin- 

 uous, free, long-stemmed, beautiful form 

 and color, absolutely non-lnirstable calj'x, 

 etc." All the qualities are latent in the 

 plants, but perhaps not in all the plants; 

 it depends upon you to bring out all there 

 is in them and in justice to the origin- 

 ators as well as yourself, it is your dutij 

 to do so. 



Supports. 



Much has l)een written on this sub- 

 ject and I can only say that the time 

 has come when good supports are as es- 

 sential as good plants. After trying sev- 

 eral methods Ave now use the Jlodel ex- 

 tension entirely and have for three years. 

 Its first cost may seem large, but consid- 

 ering the time they last and the rapidity 

 with which they can be applied, it is 

 the most inexpensive in the long run. 



Cutting Back. 



Here is where the "continuous"' quality 



can be controlled to a great extent. It 



is getting late toi do much cutting back 

 but with those varieties which throw 

 only short stems, at this time, such as 

 Lawson, Estelle, Bradt, Marquis and 

 Floriana, much can be done and will 

 serve as a trial at least. 



Now as to the method: Go over your 

 beds twice a week, cutting not over two 

 buds from a plant at one time, these hav- 

 ing been allowed to attain a diameter of 

 three-eights of an inch. Tliis trimming a 

 bunch of carnations as you would a hedge 

 is not to be thovight of. It is apt to give 

 them a severe check and also tends to 

 make tligm come in crops. 



You may ask why I let the bud attain 

 three-eights of an inch in diameter. In 

 cutting back a shoot before the bud is 

 well set, you are very apt to get a clump 

 of weak shoots on account of the stem 

 being soft and .short jointed. Later on, 

 under propagation, I hope io give you a 

 tale regarding these weak shoots. 



Each grower must of necessity be gov- 

 erned by his trade as to letting some 

 varieties bloom. Crane will give good 

 flowers during October, but unless there 

 is a demand for red at good prices 

 (which I doubt) would it not be better 

 to manage your Crane to have a good 

 crop for Thanksgiving and Xmas when 

 there is sure to be a heaxy call for red 

 at top figures? 



Tlie demand for some time yet vnW 

 be confined to pink and white and with 

 such varieties as Joo.st. Avondale and 

 Nelson for pink. Flora Hill and Queen 

 Louise for white you are prepared. Re- 

 meinl>er that "mums" will be in soon 

 and too many carnations in the market 

 means a loss to the grower. 



Geo. S. Osborn. 



A CHARLESTON FLORIST. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the establishment of Mr. J. M. Connel- 

 ley. Charleston. S. C. In the building at 

 the left he conducts a large business as 

 an imdertaker. the greenhouses and 

 floral department are seen in the center 

 and his residence appears at the right. 



It is remarkable how large a business 

 he lias developed in the florist line, and 



the establishment is a model one. The 

 grounds in front of the greenhouses are 

 so attractively planted that the place la 

 one of the sights of Charleston. In adi- 

 dition to the usual bedding plants there 

 are orange and lemon trees, pine apples 

 and bananas. Along the veranda of the 

 residence which faces the garden are nu- 

 merous specimen palms in vases on ped- 

 estals. Everywhere fine decorative and 

 blooming plants are in evidence, and a 

 large business is conducted with perfect 

 ■system and undoubtedly with profit. 



Of course bvit a fraction of the stock 

 used' is produced on the place, and Mr. 

 Connelley is a heaAy buyer from north- 

 ern shippers. His calls are for the best 

 and the size of his regular shipments is 

 sufficient proof of the magnitude of his 

 business. The establishment is a good 

 illustration of what can be accomplished 

 by the application of up-to-date busi- 

 ness methods. 



Mr. F. W. Kunimer is Mr. Connelley's 

 right hand man in the floral department 

 of his business and is a bright, ener- 

 getic and very capable man. 



WINTER CARE OF BEDDING 

 PLANTS. 



I furnished the plants for the bedding 

 at a cemetery this spring and now they 

 wish me to Ifou.se these plants for them 

 this winter. The plants include eannas, 

 coleus. common and Mrae. Salleroi gera- 

 niums. Can you tell me -what to do with 

 tlie.se plants in order to bring them down 

 to a .size that will enable me to make 

 room for them and what care to give 

 them so they will be all right for next 

 spring? " M, W. B. 



The above is a large question. We 

 will suppose that M. W. B. knows all 

 about the proper care of such familiar 

 plants as eannas. coleus and geraniums. 

 It appears to me that these cemetery 

 people expect the plants to be lifted and 

 the same returned to them in the spring 

 and be charged for their care during 

 winter. If this is the case it is a very 

 loor arrangement for them and M. W. 

 B. to make, and about impossible to car- 



