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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



XoVF.MBF.K 19, 1903. 



may thus put it) being in no wise thrust 



upon the public. We well know that an 



affair of this sort required constant eare 



and vigilance; we realized thai unless the 



3 managed ablj . ' ' Brst, lasl a ad 



time," no such results .-is were 



achieved here, were possible, and 



i Budd '• apl remai k, ' ' 



isilile. 

 ag seemed to ■ ■ ■ 

 jularity, such things as oversight 

 and com ipicuous by their 



The dceoration of I In' hall and the bril- 

 liant varicolored electric illuminations 

 many. Here the 

 propensities of Ed. Bertermann 

 had full sway and to his 

 lid thai nothing short of 

 le mi'.-ii i.iii I'm :m affair of this 

 sort was attempted. Nor can I overlook 

 the fart of flu- good work done by the 

 I n. liana florists in general, of both In- 

 dianapolis ami other towns. It seemed to 

 me that enthusiasm and a determination 

 to contribute to the success of the show 

 for its own sake, rather than for pe- 

 cuniary interests, actuated them in their 

 work. 



And what a magniti' 'lit display of 

 chrysanthemums, rose* ami carnal mm ' 

 Verily. Madam Flo i dormant 



nor stag] p i ssing in a 



lerful. 



\\ liai b id seemed i hi u i t pet 



fection a year or two ago musl j ield to 

 the aspirants of this season and what is 

 perfed today will in all likelihood be 



relegated to a back seal ton 'on . Thus 



the world moveth along and the florists, 



l„ i,l ,iu SUCCeSS, do liken ise. 



The splendid rose - Uings shown 



there not only look promising, bul some 

 of them have more than fulfilled their 

 promise. The Breitmeyer rose, which we 



hope will 



\i.rth\ 



given a name well 

 of it. is decidedly a great aquisi- 

 tion. rin E. G. Hill Co. has several 

 surprises in store, son e of whi. b seem 

 desiin -.1 to make their mark. 



1 1 i . sanl bi mums a e magni- 



specimi ns, whii h ill soon be heard 



from. 



Ami how royally we were entertai I 



at the banquet. Taken all in all, theln- 

 dianai'i.lis chrysanthemum di.m proved 

 an all an. mid success, being one oi the 

 finesl iM'i given Ln an. city. S. S. S. 



CARNATION NOTES-EAST. 



Xo 



General Behavior. 



vithstan.ling unsuitable 



ither 



conditions of the past summer which in 

 many instances caused more or less loss 

 of plants to the grower, the supply of 

 bloom is unusually large for this time 

 of year. The warm weather of this fall 

 has worked wonders among plants which 

 at housing time were considered doubtful, 

 and if you have practiced judicious top- 

 ping and given general good treatment, 

 Thanksgiving will see the carnation in 

 better demand and giving its accustomed 

 returns. 



From the fact that trouble through 

 stem-rot in the field was so wid. 

 it would seem that indications point to 

 weather conditions as contributing largelv 

 to the development of this disease, rather 

 than system of planting and cultivating, 

 that is whether planted moderately close 

 or widely apart on a level or on ridges 

 and cultivated either by hand or horse. 

 I have always advocated and practiced 

 planting moderately close (sis to eight 

 inches in the row and rows twelve to 

 eighteen inches apart) cultivating with 

 wheel and hand hoes. Close investigation 

 and repeated inquiries in this section dur- 

 ing the past two months fail to show 

 stem-rot to have been any more prevalent 

 with growers planting closely than in 

 lither before or since 

 jnsequence I am more 



ii' apart, 

 housing, and in i 

 strongly convince, 

 planting with its 

 tivation is prefei 

 vantages gained o 

 in widely separat 



when as a matter of fact the cutting I" ■ 

 fore it is rooted may 1"' at fault. 



It is an easy matter to correct a faiili- 

 bench or refrain from using one designed 



leril 



around it; while on the cutting bench, did 

 it ever occur to you that possibly the low- 

 price at which rooted cuttings of so 



varieties are offered had something to do 

 with the cause of disease.' There can cer- 

 tainly be no eare exercis. d in 

 and from what I have seen, of some ship- 

 ments of cuttings, I am led to the fol- 

 lowing definition which may shed some 

 lighl on the subject of disease and per- 

 point out the danger in buying 

 too cheaply. 



Whosot vi r shall indisciminati 

 move in any manner from any part of a 

 plant, healthy or othorv, i-, . certain por- 

 tion of -aid plant i In- ■ ^ ,.. condition 

 of said portion making 

 ference and when rem i i same be- 

 ing inserted in sand and I in such 



a manner that, in the shortest possible 

 space of time a root or roots shall begin 

 to form, then shall the result be known 

 as a rooted cutting. 



IEL ,-j^Indianapolis. 

 Las1 spring Mc ssrs. - oith sent 



me a I ■ plan! s of theii 



CndianapoliSj with tl ba1 1 give 



them a fa i r 1 ria I, and re] 



havior. Weather condition- compelled 



US to hOUSe Wll.'ll eollipa la i ' -aci I), 



but we planted them in heavy soil and 

 , i o ni their gi.o. I Ii, i nev seem to 

 like our treatment. It is early to judge 

 the merits of any variety. 1, in ... ,i this 

 date, I can say the stem and calyx are 

 the acme of perfection. Tin 

 g I and will probably improve with 



colder weather, when I hope to say some- 

 thing about its blooming and keeping 

 qualities, size, form, etc., pro]. erties which 

 at the present time cannot be discussed 

 with justice to what promises to be an 

 advance in its color. 



Richmond Gem. 



I have also six plants of Bichmond 

 Gem (the B. K. and B. Floral Co.'s new 

 scarlet). Since benching the plants have 

 made rapid growth and bloomed early. 

 live, tone is taken with the color, which is 

 of the richest shade imaginable. The size 

 of bloom will not place it in the exhibi- 

 tion .lass, but thus far flowers have av- 

 eraged two ami one-half inches. Its ear- 

 liness will commend it to those who have 

 bi i, obliged to discard Crane. 



Geo. S. Osborn. 



CAUSE OF SHORT STEMS. 



Please tell me what to do to make 

 my carnation stems long. The plants 

 have lots of buds, but the stems are very 

 short. I syringe about twice a month, 

 when the w"eather is bright, and I don't 

 let them get. very dry before watering. I 

 trv to give all the air I can. J. J. 



Your question sounds like a very sim- 

 ple one, but you do not give enough data 

 to work out a very satisfactory answer, 1 

 fear. There are many reasons why your 

 carnations might make a lot of short 

 stems at this time, and possibly I may 

 mention in this letter the one that really 

 was the cause in your case. I do not 

 know what varieties you are growing; 

 you are growing such varieties 

 as v li- l.awson, Mrs. Bradt and Glacier, 

 and it would only be natural for the 

 stems to be rather short as yet. How 

 early did you plant them in the houses? 

 If you did not plant until as late as 

 September you cannot reasonably expect 

 i , 1 1 1 - from most varieties. Did 

 your plants take hold when you planted 

 them? If they suffered very much they 

 would not make as long stems on the 

 first crop of blooms as they would in 

 case they suffered but little. 1'erhaps 

 your soil is not rich enough to produce a 

 strong, luxuriant growth, and of course 

 that would tell on your stems, too. 



To get long stems as well as fine 

 blooms at this time of the year it is es- 

 sential that you plant early, in good soil 

 and see that your plants do not suffer 

 much from the transplanting. The first 

 of September should see your planting all 

 done. Of course varieties differ in the 

 length of stem they produce, and you will 

 also find that a very large, bushy plant 

 will usually throw shorter stems the first 

 crop than a medium sized plant will. The 

 reason is obvious. The large number of 

 shoots drawing upon a crippled root sys- 

 tem fail to get enough nourishment for 

 so many shoots to grow to their full size, 

 in the larger plants usually suffer 

 more from transplanting and take longer 

 to fully recover, while all this time the 

 shoots are making a feeble effort to grow. 

 If you have ever tried the indoor culture 

 you will know that the plants that were 

 grown inside all summer will make longer 

 stems than those from the field up to 

 about January 1. In my notes earlier 

 in the season you will find my reason for 

 advocating early planting, and I will not 

 enlarge upon the advantages of it now, 

 although I have an idea that that is where 

 you made your mistake. 



A. F. J. Bait,. 



