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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Januaby 21. 1904. 



ou a little extra heat to get them rooted 

 as quickly as possible, and so it goes. 

 We lose our temper if he asks vis to 

 wait a couple of weeks because the cut- 

 tings are not quite ready and, after 

 being urged to ship as soon as possible 

 by a dozen parties, unless he wants to 

 cancel the orders, he takes them out a 

 week earlier than they should be, and 

 then is when his trouble really com- 

 mences, and all because he tried to sat- 

 isfy his customers. And now and 

 again he runs across a man who will 

 unpack the cuttings, pick out the very 

 best ones and, if there are any among 

 them that are not as heavily rooted as 

 might be, send back the few poor ones. 

 Every grower or propagator knows that 

 when he takes a batch of cuttings out 

 of the sand he finds some heavily rooted, 

 others only medium and a few not rooted 

 at all. He knows that those with less 

 roots will grow as well as those with 

 heavy roots and make as good plants, 

 and so he pots all that are rooted at 

 all. You should remember that a nov- 

 elty roots the same way and unless the 

 disseminator leaves the cuttings in the 

 sand longer than they should be, at 

 the risk of having them draw up and 

 become soft, he is sure to have many 

 with medium roots. If he sends out 

 only heavily rooted cuttings he will soon 

 find himself in poor shape to till his 

 orders. 



Of course you have a right to ex- 

 pect good, clean stock that will grow 

 if given reasonable care, but if a lot 

 comes in poor condition don't ruin thfm 

 altogether by repacking them and ship- 

 ping them back, keeping them on the 

 road a week instead of three days. Pot 

 them up and take good care of them. 

 Notify the shipper at once and he is 

 a poor business man who will not be 

 fair enough to replace whatever you lose 

 after taking the best of care of them. 

 Be as considerate toward the dissemi- 



ings before, you should always state 

 what express company you prefer. He 

 cannot know which one gives you the 

 best service. Don't be offended if he 

 sends you a box C. O. D. if you have 

 never bought of him before. If he 

 knew you better he would not do it. If 

 this were done more there would be less 

 financial embarrassments. 



These are all small things in them- 

 selves, but I have seen many gray heads 

 that were brought on a few years too 

 early by just such conditions and actions 

 as named above. A. F. J. Baur. 



ANOTHER WORD FOR ADONIS. 



James Hartshorne, of the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., writes that "noting the 

 words for Adonis in your last issue, l^y 

 H. Weber & Sons, I wish to state that 

 our experience with the variety is very 

 similar. We are so favorably impressed 

 with it that we shall grow more of it 

 next year. While our plants are rather 

 weak and not all healthy, we actually 

 believe the blooms that they are produc. 

 ing are superior to anything the intro- 

 ducer ever saw. ' ' 



BEST PINK CARNATIONS. 



Will Mr. Baur tell us what pink car- 

 nation is as good and as easy to grow 

 as White Cloud or Flora Hill? Have 

 Mrs. Joost but for some reason it does 

 not do very well with us. White Cloud 

 and Hill do nicely. Z. 



When you ask for an easy growing, 

 first-class pink carnation you ask a 

 question that is not so easy to answer. 

 There are several pink carnations on the 

 market that are first-class and there are 

 several that are easy growers, but to 

 find one variety that possesses both of 

 these qualities is another matter. Mrs. 

 Lawsou is good, but not easy to grow. 



Establishment of S. S. Brenneman, Webb City, Mo. 



nator as you can. Eemember that he is 

 usually a hard worked man, and that 

 he will do the very best he can to fill 

 all orders satisfactorily. I have as- 

 sisted in the dissemination of a good 

 many new varieties and I know that on 

 the "disseminators' places usually there 

 is nothing that causes as much anxiety 

 as the novelty that is being sent out; 

 anxietv to fill the orders and to fill them 

 satisfactorily; in fact, to satisfy the 

 whole trade. 



Unless you buy from some dealer or 

 grower with whom you have had deal- 



Mrs. Nelson is good and grows easUy, 

 but it is hard to propagate. We con- 

 sider Floriana right good and easy to 

 manage. These we consider the best 

 among the standard varieties, but we 

 place our own variety, Indianapolis^ 

 ahead of all other bright pink varieties, 

 for easy management, freedom of bloom, 

 and general excellence in quality. It is 

 our main pink for cut blooms. 



As I have said in another answer to- 

 day, you will just have to try the dif- 

 ferent varieties yourself until you find 

 one that suits you, and when you find 



one that does well with you make it 

 your main stand-by and try the new 

 ones as they come ou*", always in search 

 for one that will do better for you than 

 what you already have. You will never 

 find yourself witnout a good variety 

 then to take the place of some old fa- 

 vorite that has run its race and is de- 

 teriorating in health and quality. 



A. F. J. Bauk. 



FAIRY RING. 



I send herewith a bud of Cerise Queen 

 carnation. Can you inform me as to 

 the cause of the spots on the calvx and 

 foliage? O. A. S. 



I think the disease on the specimen 

 sent is what is called fairy-ring. It is 

 caused by a fungus and must be handled 

 accordingly, and as such it spreads 

 readily if not held in check. First, go 

 over your plants and remove all leaves 

 and buds showing signs of it and burn 

 them. Then spray about once each week 

 with the copper and ammonia solution. 

 Give all the ventilation you can, and in 

 fact do all you can to keep the atmos- 

 phere dry and sweet. This is a bad dis- 

 ease and should not be allowed to get 

 any headway as it will do a great amount 

 of damage in a very short time and then 

 it is hard to get rid of. Burn every 

 sign of it. A. F. J. Batjr. 



BEST WHITE CARNATIONS, 



We have not yet found a satisfactory 

 white carnation. Want a medium-sized 

 flower and a healthy productive plant. 

 Have tried Flora Hill, Queen Louise, 

 McGowan, Glacier and Lillian Pond. Is 

 there anything in white with size, shape 

 and productiveness of Frances Joostf 



I. V. K. 



About all I can advise you to do is to 

 keep on trying new varieties until you 

 find one that seems to like your soil and 

 treatment. You may find some variety 

 that is not generally considered very 

 fine that will do extra well with you. 

 Flora Hill and Queen Louise are two 

 very good varieties and Lillian Pond is 

 considered by some a very fine white. 

 With us it has done fairly well this 

 year. Innocence is troubled some with 

 bacteria this year but otherwise we th ink 

 well of it. Her Majesty is a very fine 

 variety we think. The bloom is of good 

 average size and it is extremely free. 

 The color is not pure white, but a little 

 creamy, with a few light pink stripes. 

 I have seen Boston Market growing on 

 several places, and it seems to be a good 

 mate for Mrs. Joost in size, habit and 

 freedom. I have seen most of this year's 

 novelties in white growing and all are 

 promising, but you will have to test them 

 for yourself to find out which is best 

 for vou to grow. Try a few of each. 

 A. F. J. Baur. 



FOR SUMMER BLOOMS. 



Last season I set out, for summer 

 bloom, several hundred carnations. They 

 were propagated in October and planted 

 out early. They grew into fine, large, 

 healthy plants, but produced very few 

 blooms. The varieties were Flora Hill, 

 Joost, Crocker and White Cloud. The 

 soil was a heavy alluvial loam. I am 

 very anxious indeed to grow carnations 

 in the field and believe it is a question 



