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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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every plant at some time between jirop- 

 agation and planting in the field. 



As the cuttings come from the sand 

 it is obvious that they cannot stand 

 strong draughts or sun; neither can 

 the tender roots bear being put into 

 cold, wet soil, nor should the stock be 

 at once placed in the temperature 

 which I will touch upon later. 



A week or so out of draughts in a 

 shaded house is iireferablo to covering 

 with papers, which not only mats down 

 the foliage but increases the tendency 

 to softness. When sufficiently estab- 

 lished to stand fnll sun without wilt- 

 ing, we come to the point where the 

 real period of rest can begin. 



I have told you how comfortable 

 quarters and rest go hand in hand, 

 pointed out why plain soil is to be 

 desired, and now bring your attention 

 to temperature, which, if under con- 

 trol, can be made to serve the means 

 of restoring vitality to the plants. 



Temperature. 



The carnation is capable of cndiu- 

 ing a very low temperature, and is, iu 

 fact, almost hardy and from this it is 

 evident that nature intended it should 

 spend a portion of the year at rest, 

 and we can provide for this when the 

 plants are small better than at any 

 other time. 



A temperature from 10 to 15 degrees 

 lower than required for blooming plants 

 will be found to suit tbera admirably, 

 as will be seen by the appearance of 

 the stock after a' few weeks of this 

 treatment. It will take on that sturdy 

 look so dear to the eye of a grower, 

 and when planted in the field will take 

 hold more readily, grow more rajiidly 

 and maintain a more shapely habit 

 than if grown in a higher temjieraturc. 

 From the above it will be seen that 

 the abundant ventilation before al- 

 luded to will play an important part in 

 keeping the temperature at the desired 

 point, and if you cannot plant out un- 

 til May 1 a side bench having a venti- 

 lator opening out from it will be a good 

 berth for them. 



Perhaps you may have some well pro- 

 tected frames in' which the mercurv 

 does not fall lielow 3.5 degrees, but let 

 there be no guess work about it, as 

 too low a temperature vi'ould be over- 

 doing the matter. 



First, last and all tlie time, koeji 

 clear of insect pests. 



Geo. S. Osbokx. 



are doing. I believe you will find it 

 worse in a very light soil and also if 

 thev are kept very dry at times. Also 

 if they lack for want of food. I would 

 begin "with a sprinkling of wood ashes 

 and in ten davs follow it up with a hb- 

 .•i-al dose of "soot. Mix the soot with 

 fine sifted soil, about half and half. 

 Cover the soil about one-fourth of an 

 inch deep with this and water after it. 

 T would remove all the dead leaves and 

 liurn them. Yon might also spray the 

 idants with the copper and ammonia so- 

 lution once each week. Cut all the 

 blooms close before spraying it on. _ 1 

 would not propagate from this stock tor 

 next season's plantiug unless they grow 

 entirelv out of it at once. We have dis- 

 carded' Armazindy and all its sports, 

 principally on account of this fault, but 

 I know ,-i few growers who claim that 

 \rmazindv is still tlieir best money get- 

 ter ' A. F. J. B.WR. 



THE LATE E. G. ASMUS. 



DRYING OF FOLIAGE. 



I have a Ijciuli of liuardian Angel car- 

 nations that have gone wrong. The 

 foliage begins to dry up at the point of 

 the leaves and continues until the entire 

 leaf is dead. They have been doing this 

 for about eight weeks. I was told that 

 I had not been giving them water enougli 

 and for the past three weeks I have been 

 keeping them a little in the wet. But 

 it does not seem to help them. They are 

 producing good flowers on good stems, 

 but the foliage is a fright. What is the 

 trouble and what shall I do? J. B. 



I have often seen the disease you are 

 troubled with and although I am unable 

 to tell you exactlv what it is, I know 

 it well 'by sight. In fact, I have had 

 it on Armazindv, from which varietv 

 Guardian Angel sported. I have grown 

 Armazindy without losing a leaf and 

 perhaps the very next season it would act 

 just as you say your Guardian Angels 



BACTERIOSIS AND FLY. 



I enclose some branches of carnations 

 infested with some' kind of disease un- 

 known to me. Some of my carnations 

 come out all this way. Please let me 

 know the nature of the trouble and the 

 remedy. I keep the house between 5(1 

 and e'S degrees at night with hot water 

 and have sulphur on the pipes all the 

 time. P- J- ^■ 



The sample sent shows plainly that the 

 plants are badly afflicted with bacteriosis. 

 Some varieties are more susceptible to 

 this disease than others, while on some 

 you never see it. The worst ones I 

 know of are McGowan, Flora Hill and 

 Queen Louise. It is usually brought on 

 by what we might term a sour stomach. 

 Too much manure, too heavy soil or too 

 nnich water. Any or all of these will 

 bring it on and each should be carefully 

 avoided. It always shows most during 

 midwinter, when the weather is dark, 

 but as spring comes on it gradually dis- 

 appears and during the summer you will 

 not find a trace of it. I would give them 

 a sprinkling of wood ashes and soot al- 

 ternatelv, one each week. 



I also notice quite a number of green- 

 fly on the specimens sent. Sometimes 

 when these are allowed to get too nu- 

 merous they will cause the growth to 

 come with those yellow spots. Get rid 

 of them at once by fumigating witli to 

 bacco in some form. 



From .50 to 6.5 degrees is too much 

 latitude for a night temperature; 50 to 

 .5.5 degrees is about right and the closer 

 you can keep it to one figure the better 

 "your plants will be. The temperature 

 should never exceed 55 degrees at night. 

 A. F. J. Baur. 



At a special meeting of the board of 

 directors of the New York Cut Flower 

 Co., held at its office on Tuesday, De- 

 cember -29, 1903, the following jjreamble 

 and resolutions were adopted: 



^\■HBR1•;■\S. Knist G. Asmus, our friend. 

 eouiisi'Uor auU tli<> llrst president of uur urgan- 

 liatlou li"S Iwen called from us by death. lea\ 

 ing a void which to us. seems one that eannol 



be filled, and , ^ ■ . i ,,..,i 



WHKltB.\S, We. who have been ass... l.iteu 

 with him iu this organization, feel tliat u l>. 

 but i.ri.iier that w.- place on record ...ir estlmnli 

 of his eharncter and worth, and the slneere 

 sorrow which each feels at pnrtius with suj-h 

 a dear friend, able associate, and worthj- <-o- 

 laliorer. therefore t)e It ., ., , ,, 



RESOLVED, That the members of the boaul 

 of directors of the New Yorlc Cut Fb.wer to. 

 do hereb.v extend to the tamil.v their suict-re 

 svmpathv at this bereavement, assuring them 

 tiiat bv "his death not only are we made mutiT- 

 ally mmirners for one beloved ami respe.'ted. 



"^""in the death of Ernst G. .Vsinns not only 

 have we been deprived of the udviee and asslst- 

 anee of one of our most useful members, but 

 that rose growers of the whole country have 

 lost one whose ambition, energy and abilltj 

 made him clearly among the first In his pro 

 f,.ssl.,n in tills country; one ever alert t.. 

 iniiir..v.- and advance the interest of the rose; 

 and largelv through whose ettorts the sueee.ss 

 of that n.>wer has been advanced to th.' hlgn 

 standard it now holds. , , , „„,„ 



KEvSdIA'ED That this preamble anil resolu- 

 tions be placed in full on tlie minutes ..f tills 

 eompanv, a eopv of the sime be published in 

 the trade papers, and an engrossed copy be 

 sent to the family, _ .^^ 



Et'GENE DAILLEOOLIZE. President, 

 i^EORGE W, HILI.MAN. Secretary, 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



■Work of Committ.-es. 



.lohn Burton, exliil.ite.l by Xathaii 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., at Chicago. 

 December 16, 1903. color Daybreak piiik, 

 Japanese incurved, scored commercial 

 scale, S7 points. 



The chairman of the Chicago commit- 

 tee reported that ''in ,iudging this chry- 

 santhemum the committee did not take 

 into consideration the lateness of the 

 varietv, merely judging it on its merits. 

 If we had considered the lateness and 

 importance to the trade, it woidd nn- 

 doiddedlv have scored at least 90." 

 Fred H. Lemon, Sec 'y. 



HOLIDAY IMPRESSIONS. 



[ThefollowlDK Isa paper by Wm. J. Stewart, 

 secretary of th,^ Society of American Flor.als 

 read at the meeting' of the Clncago Florists Clut) 

 January 0,] 



Gentlemen: In complying with your 

 request for a few notes relative to the 

 holiday trade of New York and Boston, 

 I am Jileased to be able to start with the 

 premise that, notwithstanding the wide- 

 spread financial depression and consequent 

 leaning to economy in matters of luxury, 

 the expenditures for the products of flori- 

 culture in this section during the recent 

 holidav season are believed by competent 

 judges to have fully equaled any past rec- 

 ord. 



Among the most significant features ot 

 the trade I would mention the evidences 

 of steady advancement in the popularity 

 of growing plants as holiday gifts and 

 the higher and more uniform quality dis- 

 played iu the stock offered. To what ex- 

 tent the cut flower industry is, by its mis- 

 takes, directly responsible for a move- 

 ment which means dispossession from its 

 most cherished holdings is not readily 

 demonstrated, but there has been no lack 

 of warning from year to year and it must 

 now be evident to all that the absolute 

 loss of confidence on the part of buyers 

 in the integrity of the cut stock sold to 

 them must have contributed not a little 

 to the )iresent conditions. However, we 

 cannot look upon this drift of ]io]iular 

 favor in the direction of living and gro\y- 

 ing objects, as other than natural and it is 

 gratifying to note in the cultural im- 

 proveiiient seen in the holiday plants a 

 hopeful augury, for it tells us that the 

 long-wished-for incentive to expert com- 

 meivial plant-growing in this country is 

 now to be given and thereby glorious pos- 

 sibilities are opened up for the future of 

 our art in its higher phases. 



The head-strong tenacitv of cut flower 

 growers in adhering to discredited long- 

 standing practices in the storing-up and 

 valuing of their prodiu^t and the utter col- 

 lapse of the flower market, in conse- 

 anence. was another feature of the holi- 

 dav experience in New York city. "For- 

 ture makes him fool whom she makes 

 her darling," and it needs no super- 

 natural vision to see that the pickle-pot 



