Januaky 21. 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



405 



of soil. Is that the reason my plants 

 did not bloom? K. C. 



I am at loss to know just what could 

 have caused your carnation plants to re- 

 fuse to bloom last summer. The varie- 

 ties were all right except White Cloud, 

 which is not a good summer bloomer. If 

 you set out good young plants and they 

 grew into tine large plants there was 

 nothing wrong with the soil, I am sure. 

 Perhaps you make the mistake of top- 

 ping them after planting them out. Or 

 perhaps they did not get enougli rain 

 to keep them growing through the hot 

 weather. Blooming carnations need to 

 be handled differently from plants that 

 are to be housed for winter blooming. 

 You should be prepared to supply them 

 abundantly with water through tlie sum- 

 mer and keep them growing whdi the 

 others are taking their summer nap. I 

 am inclined to think that either one or 

 both of above mentioned reasons were 

 at the bottom of your trouble. You 

 must bear in mind, too, that you must 

 not expect them to produce a crop in 

 midsummer like they do in the houses. 

 d ■ A. F. J. Baur. 



A SWING AROUND THE CIRCLE. 



It is the custom for one of the Daille- 

 douze brothers, of Flatbush, N. Y., to 

 take a trip each year to the principal 

 carnation growing points, as far west as 

 Chicago, and usually it is Paul Daillc- 

 douze who makes the swing around the 

 circle. His visits are always welcome, 

 for he usually leaves more new informa- 

 tion than he takes away. He told the 

 Chicago Florists' Club what he had seen 

 in his travels and here are some of the 

 things he said: 



Leaving Brooklyn, his first stop was 

 at Cincinnati, where E. Witterstaetter 

 has large batches of seedlings under 

 test. Mr. Dailledouze considers several 

 of them very promising, particularly No. 

 820, a red which he thinks an all-round 

 better thing than Adonis. 



At E. G. Hill's, Richmond, he found 

 a house of Adonis which was a splendid 

 sight, in as good shape as anyone could 

 ask, and he concluded that it would not 

 do to pass this variety up without an- 

 other trial. He was confirmed in this 

 opinion 'ly what he saw at the Chicago 

 Carnation Company's place. 



He visited the Mrs. Grave place at 

 Eichmond, to see if he could learn how 

 to do McKinley, which has proved a dis- 

 appointment at Flatbush. He also called 

 on Chas. Knopf, formerly foreman at 

 the Grave place, now a member of the 

 firm known as the B. K. & B. Floral Co. 

 Their ,Block looks good. 



Reverting to the Hill place he said 

 that they have a red seedling rose that 

 looks to him to be an all-round better 

 thing than Liberty. It has the color, 

 more petals, better growth, and it is said 

 to keep going all winter. 



At Indianapolis Mr. Dailleclouze was 

 favorably impressed with Baur & Smith 's 

 new pink and aelviseel that it be tried. 



Going to Dorner's he was well pleased 

 with both Lady Bountiful and The Belle. 

 He thinks each worth a trial, but prefers 

 the former for his own use. 



At W. N. Eudd's he liked the white 

 he is growing, also Phyllis, the light 

 pink, and said the latter ought to have 

 a good place beside Enchantress wherever 

 a shipping trade is done, for he heard 



Rose Uncle John, a Pink Sport of Golden Gate. 



many complaints that Enchantress will 

 not ship satisfactorily. 



He liked the looks of the stock in the 

 big cut iiower plants around Chicago, 

 several of which he visited. 



Going out to JoUet he was well pleased 

 with Crusader, but he was all eyes for 

 Fiancee, a few plants of which he had 

 seen at Dorner's. He says that there is 

 nothing in sight to equal it. 



THE BRENNEMAN PLANT. 



The accompanying half-tone was pre- 

 pared from a photograph recently taken 

 of the greenhouses of S. S. Brenueman, 

 corner Roan avenue and Joplin street, 

 Webb City, Mo. Mr. Brenneman 's prin- 

 cipal crop is carnations, but he also 

 grows roses, ferns, green goods, etc. He 

 reports a fijie holiday trade both at the 

 greenhouses and his retail store at .Top- 

 iin, Mo. 



A WINNING COMBINATION. 



Kindly discontinue our Carlson's aster 

 seed advertisement. Although we have 

 had this in your paper only one week, 

 our stock is exhausted owing to the ex- 

 ceedingly heavy orders received since 

 our advertisement appeared. We do not 

 know whether this is due to the fact 

 that your paper goes in the hands of so 

 many live florists or because the florists 

 in general recognize the superior quality 

 of this seed. ' E. H. Hunt. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



During the busy season of propagating 

 and caring for the young stock it fre- 

 quently happens that the old stock, so 

 long as they appear in good health, are 

 somewhat neglecteel anel left to take 

 care of themselves in a great measure. 



Proper attention to training so that 

 every flower stem may be kept in an 

 upright position and have the buds 

 as fully exposed to light and as free cir- 

 culation of air as possible, will result in 

 a larger cut of high grade blooms. Neg- 

 lect in this respect particularly at this 

 season is conducive to the growth of 

 weak, sprawly wood, which, if it does 

 not come blind, will only produce weak 

 necks and these are year by year, as 

 cultural methods improve, becoming less 

 marketable. 



To secure a nice straight stem with 

 peifcct foliage and well developed bud 

 the lateral shoots should be removed 

 while they are yet young and soft. If 

 they are alloweel to remain long enougli 

 on the stem to become hard and woody 

 they have by that time used a great 

 deal of the nourishment which should 

 properly have gone to develop the bud. 

 The stem also will be more or less kneed, 

 which spoils its gracefulness and detracts 

 from its value. 



Could we thoroughly realize the im- 



