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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



359 



H. M. Alticfc, of Dayton, Ohio. Theodore Witth, of Hartford, Conn. 



President Philip Breitmeyer's Appointees as Directors of the Society of American Florists. 



CARNATION NOTES— EAST. 



New Varieties. 



Tlie new iiitiudiictiuDS will soon put 

 in an :ippcaranee and, aside from being 

 prepared to receive them, it must be re- 

 membered that not only are they strang- 

 ers, but having endured a journey un- 

 der more or less trying eirc-nmstanees, a 

 little extra thought should be given to 

 their possible needs. 



If frost has touched them in the least, 

 do luit be in too much of a hurry to 

 unpack them, but let them thaw out 

 gradually without the use of artificial 

 heat. Your .iudgment will tell yon that 

 a bath in cold water is of great assist- 

 ance in the case of frozeu plants. 



When unpacking examine each bun- 

 dle and if dry or likely to become so 

 before being put in soil, dampen such 

 as may suffer. This does not necessi- 

 tate unrolling every package, thereby dis- 

 t\irbing the contents, for in passing them 

 through tlie hands one can judge by the 

 feeling and weight the degree of moist- 

 ure within. 



You will notice a difference in cut- 

 tings coining from a distance and those 

 rooteil on your own place as regards their 

 ability to take hold of the soil. This is 

 not surprising when we consider the va- 

 rious influences which may account for 

 it and while discussing the question let 

 Jt be understood that it is not my pur- 

 pose to criticise the methods of our 

 wortliv originators. 



Cuttings produced on plants grown 

 for that pur|i(ise alciro. are inclined to be 



somewhat soft and three or four weeks' 

 sojourn in the sand does not improve 

 this condition. The handling incident to 

 packing and shipping cannot but injure 

 tlie txtremely delicate roots to some ex- 

 tent. Exposure to extreme changes in 

 temperature and delays in transit must 

 be admitted to be detrimental to young 

 stock. 



Above all, I believe from the fact of 

 tlieir being strangers to the different 

 soil, water and air on which they must 

 subsist, some little time must elapse be- 

 fore tbey get settled down to the real 

 business of growing. Consequently we 

 must have patience with our new 

 charges. Study their general make un, 

 always ministering to their wants with 

 an eye to the production of a sturdy 

 growth. Under no circumstances put 

 them into rich soil and grow in a high 

 temperature with the idea of obtaining 

 a cutting from the top, but use fresh 

 soil and handle with a view of building 

 a strong foundation. 



.-iny attempt at doubling one's stock 

 should be dismissed from the mind as 

 beneath a true grower. A mere novice 

 knows that overpropagation is weaken- 

 ing in its effect, so what excuse can the 

 professional gardener offer as a reason 

 for propagating from young plants that 

 in all probability have nndei-gone a strain 

 due to the limit having been reached ii 

 not exceeded? Geo. S. Osborn. 



Xewtox. Kan. — C. L. Shanks i'^ build- 

 ing a new house 2.'5x.56 feet for his 

 palms and ferns to give him more room 

 for carnations. 



McGOWAN WITHOUT BUDS. 



1 send yuu a sumide plant of our ilc- 

 tiowan carnations, a large proportion of 

 which are like this one. You will note 

 that the growth is strong and apparently 

 healthy, but that the plant proeluees no 

 buds. We have given them cool treat- 

 ment, 40 to 45 degrees at night, but other 

 varieties do not show this absence of 

 buds. What can the trouble be? 



G. W. F. 



I c-annut tell yiiu exactly what is the 

 cause of your JlcOowan carnation plants 

 refusing to produce buds, but I have 

 often seen just the same trouble with 

 other growers and especially among Mc- 

 Gowan. Last fall, while visiting a grow- 

 er in a neighboring city, he showed me 

 a bench of McGowan and among them 

 were-several sn<r'j plants, and he tola me 

 his experience with it. Several years 

 previous they had noticed a few strong 

 growing plants nmong the others about 

 jirojiagating time and, thinking nothing 

 of the fact that there were no buds on 

 them, they took every good cutting they 

 could get from those plants. The next 

 year the same thing happened, but by 

 the third year they noticed that they had 

 more budless iilants than they had of 

 plants that would bloom. That year they 

 selected their cuttings from plants that 

 bloomed well and now they are almost 

 i'reo from it again, but they expect to 

 .ii«card ilcGowan this year, anyway. 

 That is what I--*vonld aelvise G. W. _F. 

 to elo. There are several white varieties 

 on the market now that will make you 



