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The Florists* Review 



NOTSICBBB .2, 1916. 



cially good. We also use Paris green 

 and sugar. Drop a pinch of either o£ 

 the two remedies here and there, where 

 the bugs are likely to get it, and in a 

 few days they will disappear; if not, 

 repeat the application. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION BUST. 



I am sending some carnation leaves 

 which have spots on them. There seems 

 to be a brown powder coming out of 

 the infected places. Would a nicotine 

 spray or Aphis Punk fumigation do 

 any goodf Please inform me as to the 

 cause and the best remedy. 



J. M. D.— N. M. 



The disease you complain of is the 

 common carnation rust. The nicotine 

 or Aphis Punk would have absolutely 

 no effect on it. Bordeaux mixture is 

 the best remedy yet discovered. Pick 

 off as many of the affected leaves as 

 practical and then spray once in ten 

 days with the Bordeaux. Also paint 

 one of your steam pipes with a thick 

 paint made of equal parts of sulphur 

 and lime, using water to make the 

 liquid. A. P. J. B. 



PI.ANTS DIED AFTEB BENCHINa. 



I am enclosing a carnation plant and 

 should like to know what is the trouble 

 with it. I have 500 of these plants. 

 The variety is Enchantress. When I 

 planted them they were clean and 

 healthy, but after a few days they 

 wilted and started to become dry, like 

 the one sent you. M. W. — N. J. 



The specimen submitted does not dis- 

 close any reason for its dying. There 

 is no stem-rot or branch-rot visible and 

 there are only a few specks of leaf- 

 spot, which may have appeared during 

 the last stages of the plant's existence. 

 Neither does your letter give any defi- 

 nite clue. The fact that the plants 

 wilted badly after benching might indi- 

 cate that they wilted so severely as to 

 ruin them. Certainly there has been 

 no growth of either root or top. Bet- 

 ter throw them out and use the room 

 for some other crop. A. P. J. B. 



LEAF-SPOT ON CARNATIONS. 



The enclosed foliage was picked from 

 a number of carnation plants that seem 

 to be withering and drying up — evi- 

 dently the ravages of a disease or pest. 

 I have examined the roots of the plants 

 and find them in perfect condition. The 

 temperature of the house is 48 to 50 

 degrees, and the house is fumigated 

 once a week. I keep the plants neither 

 too wet nor too dry. Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Rose-pink Enchantress and White En- 

 chantress are the varieties. Any in- 

 formation you can give me will be ap- 

 preciated. J. A. D, — Pa. 



Your carnations are affected by the 

 disease leaf-spot, which may have been 

 brought on by the excessive heat dur- 

 ing the late summer, after the plants 

 were benched. Pick off the spotted 

 leaves and then spray the plants once 

 every ten days with Bordeaux mixture. 

 Water the plants carefully, and do not 

 syringe them overhead, unless you see 



red spider getting a start. The dead 

 ends on some of the leaves are caused 

 by the large spots reaching across the 

 leaf and shutting off the nourishment at 

 that point. A. F. J. B. 



LEAF-SPOT AND BED SPIDEB. 



Please let me know what is the 

 trouble with the enclosed carnation foli- 

 age, and the remedy. M. B. — O. 



Those specks on the foliage sub- 

 mitted are the common leaf-spot. Re- 

 move as many of these leaves as you 

 can and then spray with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture once every ten days. Do not 

 syringe for a while, except with salt 

 water about once each week, to get 

 rid of the red spider which one of the 

 leaves disclosed. Get one of John 

 Evans' salt sprayers and use rock salt 

 in it once each week. A. F. J. B. 



NITBATE OF SODA. 



Please print in The Review instruc- 

 tions relative to the proper use of 

 nitrate of soda in composts for carna- 

 tions and roses. J. K. — Mo, 



CARNATIONS SOW BUG'S FOOD, 



I am enclosing a specimen of some 

 of my carnation stock, which has been 

 attacked by an insect of some sort. Can 

 you give me the name of the enemy 

 and suggest a remedy for its control? 

 I have noticed a small, brown spider 

 near or on the infested plants. 



G. A. D.— Mich. 



Nitrate of soda generally is used in 

 liquid form. One pound of nitrate of 

 soda to fifty gallons of water is the 

 strength recommended. Nitrate of soda, 

 as the name implies, is used for its 

 nitrogenous content, which is one of the 

 chief elements required by all plants. 

 Nitrogen produces size of foliage and 

 flower, and is one of the chief con- 

 stituents of all fertilizers. The soda 

 should be used sparingly, unless it is 

 used in conjunction with other elements 

 that make up a complete fertilizer, such 

 as potash and phosphoric acid, or unless 

 the soil is rich in the latter two and 

 poor in nitrogen. Excessive nitrogen 

 will produce a soft growth in both 

 foliage and flower, reducing the keeping 

 quality of the flower. Carnations re- 

 ceiving too much nitrogen will go to 

 sleep quickly, and bruise more easily 

 than those grown under normal con- 

 ditions. A. F. J. B. 



BUST OF CABNATIONS. 



The carnations in one of our benches 

 have succumbed to rust. Can you sup- 

 ply us with a remedy that will stamp 

 out this disease? H. G. C. — S. D. 



Your plants are being eaten by an 

 insect commonly known as the sow bug, 

 or wood louse. These insects usually 

 are found where there is old, decaying 

 wood, and in the absence of this they 

 will eat almost anything in vegetation. 

 They seem especially fond of carna- 

 tions and have been known to strip the 

 plants of all leaves. Hammond's Slug 

 Shot is recommended as being espe- 



I know of no remedy that is com- 

 pletely effective as an exterminator of 

 rust, but I have used Bordeaux mixture 

 successfully as a deterrent. If the 

 plants are not too badly affected, I 

 would suggest that you pick off th© 

 rusty leaves you find and then spray 

 the plants with Bordeaux mixture, as 

 recommended for leaf-spot. 



A. F. J. B. 



THE FIRST AUTUMN SHOW 



HELD AT MADISON, N. J. 



Superlative in Quality. 



The twenty-first annual flower show 

 of the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists ' Society was< held in James 

 hall, Madison, N. J., during beautiful 

 weather, October 26 and 27. The show, 

 in some respects, was not quite so large 

 as last year, as there was a slight fall- 

 ing away in quantity in the rose, car- 

 nation and hardy chrysanthemum sec- 

 tions, but the quality of the exhibits, 

 particularly in the chrysanthemums, 

 was superlative. The awards were dis- 

 tributed as follows: 



Chrysanthemums. 



Thlrty-slx flowers In six yarietlea, »lx of each 

 — Wm. H. Duckbam, Buperintendent for M. H. 

 Dodse, Madison, N. J., first, with October King, 

 Bob Pulling, Mrs. J. Gibson, Mrs. R. 0. Pulling, 

 Mrs. G. G. Mason and Mrs. Gilbert Drabble. 



Klghteen flowers in six varieties, three of each 

 — James Fraser, superintendent for O. H. Kahn, 



Morrlstown, N. J., first; Peter Dtiff, superintend- 

 ent for Mrs. J. Crosby Brown, Orange, N. J., 

 second; Ernest Wild, suiterlntendent of Hark- 

 ness estate, Madison, N. J., third. This waa 

 a close competition. The finest flowers in these 

 exhibits were Earl Kitchener, A. S. Baldwin, 

 Pockett's Crimson, Mrs. R. C. Pulling and Lady 

 Hopetoun. 



The winner In the class for twelve flowers, 

 twelve varieties, one vase, ^was James Fraser, 

 with varieties practically a replica of the pre- 

 vious class. 



Ten flowers, any yellow variety — Otto Koch, 

 superintendent of New Jersey State Hospital, 

 Morris Plains, N. J., first, with a fine vase of 

 Chrysolora. 



Ten flowers, any white variety — David Fran- 

 cis, superintendent for Mrs. Charles Bradley, 

 Convent, N. J., first, with Beatrice May. 



Ten flowers, any pinl: variety — Charles H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J., first, with Pink Chieftain. 

 Mr. Totty also secured first for ten flowers, any 

 other color, with Mrs. O. G. Mason. 



Twenty-four flowers in twenty-four varieties — 

 Wm. Duckham, first, his finest varieties being 

 Morris Kinney, James Fraser, Earl Kitchener, 

 October King and Wm. Rigby. 



The finest flowers in the whole exhibition were 

 shown In the cUiss for twelve flowers in three 

 varieties, four of each. In three vases, stems 

 twenty-four inches. This brought out some ten 

 exhibitors, Geo. Fisher, superintendent for Mor- 

 ils Kinney, Butler, N. J., was first; Wm. Huck- 



