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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



a a 22, 1903 



CARNATION NOTES-EAST. 



Thrips. 



i (pinions differ as to the besi method 



these pests, bul 



,-iitiug tli.-' . .i.ir-.- I., imrsue there is moi • 



Miisi.lrri'.l than the mere destrue- 



the insect. V certain remedy 



to i i" i: ravages and at 



me ti I"' detrimental either to 



in ts or to partly developed 

 blooms, which M would not be desirable 

 to cut, and for this reason I d 



i|i-|\ V I llllllga I lull Ollil lilli.'l.-i'.i 



stems or da-i I'm- tin' 'I'"-' rii i * in- 



.-, i in. I. Regulat light 

 m nil. . against 

 is the besi use to whii I 



We I 



- 

 to the 

 kepi eo 

 pepper 



-. : 

 there ai 

 pepper i 



is used. 



bl 



d 1 am 

 , owing 

 Mi.-i l" 

 e. Red 



1,,-ili' 



lhat II In l|» ii- i. ■ ■ ■• l.'i.'lll 



wi rk and all pel animals, if anj 



be removed in a, hai Wi1 



oi - .iii.l roof, pure pepp 

 liol plates and livelj work, 



should resull in com- 

 plete success. 



Marketing the Product. 

 The grower who has been established 

 some years, Bnds little difficulty in dis- 

 posing "I Ins OUtpUl at l .-mi. in-i a 1 i\ I 



. specially when 1 1 beaTS the rep 

 ,.f i .]-... In. in- in-i i lass - p 

 handling it with a in-i. I- its renrhiug 



ill- supply 

 (on, either 



is apt tn 



In using ., remedj of this nature tor 

 the destruction >.f an inse.-t -" imimle 



reach them abruptly, in full 



stn ngth \- an . sample, take a house 

 : OxlO0 feet; use foul stove lids or 



breed laxity 

 The agreem. 



goods as flow, 

 tisement of c 

 grower at th( 



the advantages of a flower market am 

 must needs study well the demands am 

 condil ion of trade in I be most promising 

 place in his vicinity, remembering then 

 is aJways plenty of trash, but seldom 



igh reallj top notch stock. Grow 



,]„. | ;lt |,. r aini it will not long be a ques- 

 tion nf selling, but rather who will get 

 it • then your reputation has begun. 



Geo. s. Osbobk. 



Hoo e of Carnation Richmond Gem. Grown by the B. K. & B. Floral Co., 

 Richmond. Ind 



heavy plates of iron, heal red hot, dis- 

 i ibute equally throughout the housi - be 



ginning at I ind farthesl fi 



iloor through which you must retreat, 

 as tin firs! plate i- in po-iti.'i, 



ovei i1 ■ bi apin g tables] aful 



,i' pepper; move lively to the next, 

 Irop the same am. mm of pepper, and 



to i nd. Ii "ill I"' obvious 



NEW CARNATIONS. 



r, who is well known 

 foreman foi Mrs. E. 

 Richmond Gem is 

 scarlet ami much the 

 he has ever known, 

 In, but without the 

 - a characteristic oJ 

 I u noted that they 

 if the variety, for it 

 ., 248 feet from where the camera stood 

 to the far end of the honse, but thej are 

 not ready to send out tin. cuttings this 



, .-, The blooms will I n exhibition 



ii ail the fall shows. 



ii-.- 



STEM-ROT ON CRANE. - 



steni- 



i an anyone tell me what 

 rot in my carnations .' I ha- 

 eties, about 1,000 plants n 

 in the sain.- soil and receh 

 treatment. They are all ,1 

 cept ' ram-. These began t 



t van 

 nd all 

 1'iitieal 

 ell ex- 

 stem- 



lln-i . ai i. .11 is from 



. i, tober 'J, ai the 



■ B. K. & B. Floral 



. an. I shows a house 

 ling ■ ai nation, Ricll- 



ii,,x propose to dis- 

 Charles Knopf, man- 



ibout a week after benching and still 

 , it up. I have withheld water all I 



■ to, but .1 t know if I will save 



of them. T. G. Y. 



Stem i .0 

 alarged a 



spared f 

 bloom va 



tional di 

 deteriorai 



, subject upon which I have 

 unber of times and so 1 

 ctically the same things 



said several times before, 

 lent seems to l"- well aware 

 fungus and that excessive 

 aggravate it. It. is also a 

 • varieties seem to succumb 



more readily than others, 

 ie last eouple of years that 

 n.l-liv. G. H. Crane, seems 

 iiiiuim,- its easiest prey. On 



got so bad that the variety 

 I although it, could ill be 



fine 



man\ places last season and 

 t'l'ii- " \'\',. have no healthier variety on 

 our place today and we have not lost two 



1'ier ee'llt of whul we hnliseil of this vari- 



eti this sun nei Bo I havepnt the stem- 

 ',.,,'! down as resulting from either im- 



'",'.' >ii',,. .it' Tin- -a, in . admitting, how- 

 tli'-iT the variety does take stem-rot 

 nor.- r.-i.lilv than ino-t varieties when 

 ""n'rtn'm- are favorable to that disease. 

 00 Examine the plants and see if you did 



"tented in "the 'field. This w ill often 

 bring on stem-rot. If that is the ease 

 vou should scrape off part of the soil. 

 Sprinkle the sulfa.-. „f the soil with air- 



T°™ % \ ,!ri7i'H, , '!-"i l ,i''iak!- ,'lS'^«i 



out of the middle of the rov. to make a 



trough about two imhes deep and two 

 i,,,-l,,.s wide. Von ran then till this with 



„.,,,., when water is n led, and have 



th e surface dry. We found this very ef- 

 t ,„.,ne a few years ago, with Jubilee 

 Keei, the plants dusted with grape-dust 

 ,,r air-slaked lime. To the latter yon 

 might add about one-sixth its bulk of sul- 

 phur Tobacco dust is also good to 

 change off with. Don't withhold the wa- 

 ,,., too much from the roots, but rather 

 ,.„ rage a strung growth, always keep- 

 ing the water away from the stem and 

 the tell. age. Af.ei- the plants get to 

 growing strongly again they are much 



betterabletOfigMit0ff i.P.J.BATJK. 



Di MiF.E, III.- 



ing an extension 



K. A. Sawyer is build- 



