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The Florists' Review 



June 29, 1916. 



;iftor tliJit ii;ito it easily outclasses all 

 otlieis. Tliis variety is more ami more 

 acfeptable in tlie Boston market ami 

 any of the newer iiitroiliictions must lie 

 toi»-iiotoliers to repl.ace it, as it is away 

 HJ) in yield and has few defects. ]''or 

 iieai'-liy sal(>s it is jirefem^d e\-en now to 

 I'ink Delijiht. as it has the re(]nisite 

 siz(^ and a color which does not fa<i(> 

 in the l>ii<j;htest sun or with aL;t'. As a 

 lony-distanco slniii»or. liowever. Enchant- 

 ress iSujn-eme is not so Liood a>^ I'ink 

 I~>eliyht and the wholesale llorists jire- 

 fer the latter for this reason. 



Two Good Whites. 



Tti wliitp 1 have White i;mhnnt icss 

 and I\ratchless, lioth ijood varieties. 

 "White Enchantress leads in yield ]u^r 

 plant and ]inrity cd' ccdor, Imt Match- 

 less, thonjjli not so jniie in coloi'. is in 

 fireat d(Mnand on ricconnt of its j:ood 

 shijijiinur (jualities and I am iiio'easinij: 

 ni,\' jdantini: of it tlire('f(dd fur another 

 year. 



As to I'liilndcdphia. whili^ it is jileas- 

 ini;' in color and satisfactory in yiidd 

 ]ier I'lant. its keejiiTijj (jimlities nvo so 

 inferior that T could oidy <j;i't one-half 

 price for it ami had dilliculty in s(dl- 

 in<I it at all. 



There is room for a yood scarlet. 

 Beacon lias seen its best days. ^frs. 

 C. AV. Ward is in ^leat demand; hence 

 T am iilantin^r about 2.o0(i of it and 

 discardino; Eosette and Corneous. Bc- 

 nora is one of the best carnations ever 

 introduced, both in jtlant and flower. 

 At my place it has improvec], and is 

 better now than ever. 



For a bejjinner, it is advisable to 

 stick to the old and well tried varieties 

 and let the other fellow try the new 

 ones, except in eases Avhere the new 

 variety can lie seen jjrowinjj. A new 

 one can be judged a jjood deal more 

 correctly while <rrowin<r in the bench 

 than on the exhibition table. 



Official Trial Grounds. 



Here let me suirgrest that it micht 

 lie a fjood idea if the .\merican Car- 

 nation Society would appoint a grower 

 in eacli carnation-growinor district and 

 ha\e him test th<> now varietii^s, keep- 

 ing n reconi of the yi(dd ]ier plant, the 

 keeping qualities and everything idse 

 wliicli is of \\\:i] ini]iortani-e in a car- 

 nation. Tie coubl .i'ldge the \aiieties 

 by points. ac<-ording t(j the scale 

 adopted by the Carnation Society. A 

 new carnatioTi, so judged and apjH'oxed, 

 wonld then be tried by the ordinary 

 grower with moie confidence than if 

 he had merely seen it on the exhibition 

 t.'ible. Such a method of carnation 

 testing wonld not harm the introducers 

 of really worth-while kinds and T think 

 they wonhl gladly furnish, sny. fifty 

 plants to eacli district grower for trial 

 and juilging. If any introducer were nn- 

 "willing to subject liis new sorts to such 

 a trial, he woiild certainly have no 

 reason to expect other growers to try 

 them. The introducer ought to liave 

 enough confidence in his own novelties 

 to place them willingly in the care of a 

 disinteresteil expert, who wonld grow 

 them in comparison with other new 

 ones and with the standar<l varieties, 

 and judge them accordingly. P. J. 



Racine, Wis. — .Toseph TJehl has sold a 

 half interest in his store at filT Main 

 street to Henry Benz. of ^Milwaukee. 

 ]Mr. Benz formerly was associated witli 

 .T. M. Fox & Son, of Milwaukee. 



PLANTING SWEET PEAS INDOORS. 



W'e ha\'e our sweet peas in beds five 

 feet Nvide. i-unning north and south, 

 thre(> rows to a bol. The rows run 

 lengthwise of the bed. Would the 

 sweet ])eas obtain more light and sun- 

 shine if ])lanted crosswise? Would a 

 good mulch of stable manure Ije benc- 

 li'ial.' G. F. C— Tenn. 



^'ou would get a little more sun by 

 lunning the jdants the narrow way of 

 the house. It would also make the sup- 

 porting and care of the plants much 

 easier. It \\()uld be still better, how- 

 ever, if the three rows were reduced 

 to two. The best sweet peas under 

 glass are produced in rows running 

 lengthwise of the houses and li\(> or 

 six feet :i)iart. Lettuces, violets, or 



Bouquets by the Art Floral Co. 



some low-growing crop is usually 

 pulled out before the peas become too 

 tall. A mulch of stable manure would 

 be beneficial. C. W. 



legume. It is a known fact that all 

 leguminous plants are, to a certain ex- 

 tent, infested with bacteria tubercles on 

 their roots. It has been proved by prac- 

 tical experiments that the growth of 

 such plants can be greatly improved by 

 inoculation of the seed with this bac- 

 teria previous to planting. Then would 

 it not be reasonable to suppose that 

 sweet peas could be improved upon by 

 this same ])rocess of inoculation of the 

 seed before planting? If any reader 

 of The Review has made any experi- 

 ments with sweet peas along this line 

 I would be glad to hear from him. 



C. H.— S. D. 



I have tried inoculation on both sweet 

 peas and garden peas, but have failed 

 to notice any improvement as compared 

 with those not treated. The views of 

 other readers would be welcomed on 

 this subject. C. W. 



TO COMBAT GREEN APHIS. 



We have a fine patch of sweet peas, 

 to which small green bugs are doing se- 

 rious damage. I think they must be 

 green aj)his. What shall we do to get 

 rid of them ? At present we are using 

 plenty of water on the foliage, applied 

 with a garden hose. E. L. — Ark. 



Oreen aphis are sometimes extremely 

 destructive to sweet peas and they 

 nnist be controlled at once, or they will 

 soon ruin your plants. Spray with a 

 kerosene emulsion, a tobacco soap or 

 any of the various reliable remedies 

 for aphis. A nicotine spray is as ef- 

 fective as anything. You will find 

 p)roportion directions on all cans pur- 

 chased. Ivory soap, at the rate of one 

 ]>o\ind dissolved in boiling water, and 

 cold water added to make five gallons of 

 liquid, is good and inexpensive. Spray 

 with cold water only, and when the 

 f(diage is perfectly dry. C. W. 



PRIZE BOUQUETS. 



At the recent sweet pea show in San 

 Francisco the prizes for the best bride's 

 bouquet and corsage bouquet were 

 .awarded to the Art Floral Co., on the 

 exhibits shown in the accomnanving 

 illustration. 



SWEET PEA INOCULATION. 



Witliout a doui)t the sweet pea is a 



TO REST SMILAX. 



Ts now the proper time to rest smilax 

 that has been growing in the green- 

 liouse during the entire winter? 



W. A.— Wis. 



Yes, the smilax wonld be benefited by 

 a few weeks of rest now, if you intend 

 to grow it for a second season. Give 

 the plants plenty of ventilation and 

 keep them mo<lerately dry, but do not 

 allow the soil to become dust-dry. 



