The Weekly Florists 7 Review* 



549 



Delivery Wagon of J. S. Simmons & Son, Toronto. 



The A. C. S. has done great work in 

 raising the standard in quality of the 

 varieties introduced to the trade and 

 through its influence the chances of a 

 variety producing blooms of inferior 

 quality bring sold in any considerable 

 quantity have been reduced to a mini- 

 mum, but we are asking tin- society to 

 do still more fur us, and we have a right 

 to do so. A tVw years ago our demands 

 of the seedling raisers were mostly for 

 larger blooms, better colors, and better 

 stems and in fact a general improve- 

 ment in the quality of the products of 

 the plants. 



In producing this quality in miry in- 

 stances there was necessarily some sacri- 

 fice of quantity, and now we are de- 

 manding the latter in addition to our 

 former demands. We have as large and 

 fine blooms as any one could wish for, 

 but unfortunately most of these varie- 

 ties are shy or late bloomers. We have 

 enough of thai kind now and while we 

 will welcome any improvement in quality, 

 we are more anxious to have varieties that 

 will produce large quantities of good 



that he will find Irani 

 would be a good thing 



a whole. I for one 

 long ago that it is onl 

 time until it will have 



CARNATION NOTES-EAST. 



Result of Indoor Culture. 



Before giving results obtained by this 

 method it may not be amiss to say that, 

 as described in notes of .May 7. n is a 

 compromise between field culture and 

 culture entirely under idass. 



Our plants were nil from flats late 

 in April and potted into 3-inch; as soon 

 as the roots had begun to encircle the 

 ball, a shift was made to l in, h. The 



first week in .lime they were placed put 

 to pot in frames; no further shift was 

 necessary, the only attention given being 

 to top, water as required, and stand over 

 once, spacing to allow for growth made. 

 By July 15 we had them all planted ami 

 growing nicely, no losses having occurred 

 outside or since housing. 



Law-son was the variety most largely 

 grown on account of its known habit of 



giving shell slems early ill the season. 



Other varieties were also tried, among 

 them being Estelle and Enchantress, but 

 in comparison none equal the plants of 

 Laws which variety seems particular!} 



the needs of the variety grown and 

 would seem to support my belief that 

 proper selection of soil and control of 

 moisture supply will lead to the elimina- 

 tion of trouble from stem-rot, more es- 

 pecially so when it is considered that this 



disease has made no appea ram 



time among the plants grown in this 



manner. 



Altl gh all varieties will aot take 



susceptible to stem rot or impatient of 

 disturbance in lifting and consequently 

 slow in getting established, will under 

 this or a similar system give much bet- 

 ter and earlier paying returns. I would 

 not advocate the handling of one's whole 

 stock or all of any one variety in this 

 way, for there is nothing so rejuvenating 

 to any plant as to giy,- its roots their 

 own sweet way nn,li\,u I from mother 



This should be given thought with an 

 eye to future production of plants for 

 another year. ■ . i . . ■-. , io 



' rEO. S. ' IS 



LATE PLANTING. 



We notice nearly all growers 



be verj good reasons in some es 

 meiits to make it necessary to plai 



September 15 to 25. Ill the opil 



■sing.' 



favor 

 ■ may 



'. A. 



I would have to have very strong 

 reasons to make no- defer planting in 

 my carnations to as late as September 

 15 I,, 25. In fact I would almosl des- 

 pair of raising carnations for profit 



is lie 



uality so much 

 •t.inib go back 



Jay & Son for Toronto Floral Parade. 



