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The Florists^ Review 



M'vKcu L".t, llHT. 



altliiiiiij:li 1 would nut be positi\ e aliout 

 it. A (scant iucli of maiiuro on the hot- 

 toni of the bench is am}iU\, and even 

 tliat is not essential to success. V<n- next 

 season, mix your carnation soil early 

 tliis sin-in<f, iisinjj^ four parts of nod soil 

 and one imrt of stalde manure. If tiie 

 stems are stronj^, \-our soil has enoui^h 

 limr. ' A. P. J. 11. 



OUR NOVELTIES IN ENGLAND. 



< 111'' el' t hi' 1 li'i! isli t rade papei's. ill 

 ■liseussinL.' caiiiations. recently said: 

 ''A ;^ii(h1 ride ol' life is, if one cannot 

 .-■■AV ;ili \ t liiii;; iii(i' i<\' |i(Mi|ile. to say 

 ;i(dlii'!;', .-i! all, and if one .apjdied this 

 I'lile iri tlii- i;(se, one wenbl not ha\'e 

 inui li til -av id' liiosf of tlie uo\e!;ies 

 111' IMli'i. A |pe\ \- ol' Aiiieiican \aritdi(^s 

 h:\yr nut ninde need, on this siib.' of the 

 wnter. Mi-^ Tlieo, ;; rose pink, is too 

 blue, ^inall aiid sliM'pv' fni- this (diniate 

 The led-. A\iatii!, lielle Washbum. 

 \(dii;isk;i :i|.,| Ifcd Win::, all show the 

 '.\ eah ne--- ni reds in midwinter by ^o 

 in^; >l;ity. b'l'd Wdn^; is wnrtli tryiuL^ 

 ■'Liain, a^ it rne;isuie^ up .Mnd is sim- 

 ilar' to l;c'aiiin. s*iil one ot' the best in 

 this c'llor. A\iator. too, is ot' line i-dor 

 .'it tlr!ie-. Kitially. .Mice ('oombs, a 

 briLilit salninn lu^e piid<, althouLTh ef 



■_;(iod eolol' ;illd ^U list ;i lire, is slow, Jirob 



.•ild\ too '•low to make a fi rst -riass mar- 

 ket \arirt\. and even the l>orner \'a 

 riidy. \-,ni\-. a tine salmoii-]iiiik and 

 ^ood ijiiiwiT, opens too slowlw'" 



EXTERMINATOR OF CUTWORMS. 



I am lia\ in;,' eonsidei-alde trnnble witli 

 jTriibworms or i-ntworm^ in mv -^Meen- 

 liouse. Tie' ]iests dexiuir e\ r i v t li i n;;. 

 .'uid -ii-m to b(> jiart i.iil;ii ly loud nl' 

 eariiatiiuis ;Mid -milax. I)urin;,' tlie da\- 

 they .are invisible, but ;il'ter d.ark tliey 

 erawl up on the ^teins ;ind i.-it the 

 leaves. Tliex' drill Imlrs thioULrh the 

 carnation bmls atid de-^ti'ov tin- tlowers 



(•(■m|ilete|\- : (V.-n the runt- sutfel' lie;i\ 



ily. Wdiat i- ;i ^nod ex tirininat m- ot' 



t lie-e |ir-t- ' 1 h;i\ e us,.|| i;i i boll Id 

 suljillide. but tlli- tle;itmelit lias lircll 



iiiidTii t iial. The -oil wa- t;ikeii from 

 :in old tield and will rotted iminuir w;is 

 added. II. (). \. n. 



^'oul■ i-ainatioii- undoubtedly are bi'- 

 iiiLT attai-ked by one ol' the rommoii rut- 

 worm-, ot' whii-h there ;iie so\|.f:i| \arie- 

 tie-. TheN I'lTil ;it lliirht. ,'llid that is 



why yoii i|o not -oe them duiiii;,' the 

 daw It' voii will take a -ti'on^ bull's- 

 eye lanti'in late at iii^lit, \'oii will be 

 able to -ir many ot' them and dcstrfiy 

 them. Aiiotlu r method 1- to -r.atter poi- 



solie.l b;iil where the ill-ert- ale doilllX 



il;ima^e. .Mix some br.'in with enough 

 mida--e- to make ,a iii:i-h, then incorpor- 

 ate ill it enough I'aris :^recn to m.ake it 

 detidly. The cutworms will eat the 

 sweeteiiid brail ill prel'ereiire to mosi 

 vegetation. ^'oll p'-rhajis will tind this 



I hr -t rt'li.iellt l. llled\ . A. I". .1. 1'.. 



CARNATION BUDS HOLLOW. 



It' Vol! 1 lo-rly ixamine the ellrlosed 



r;i 1 n;i t ion bud .voii will iiotiie that it 

 is hollow. .Mioiit one litilf of my car- 

 latioii buds coiiic ill tli.at condition, ;uid 

 1 \\oiili| liki- to know the cause of the 

 troiiblo tiiid :i nniedx" I'or it. 'I'he com- 

 post i- ;:oi)d, with about t'oiir inches of 

 »vidl lotti'd m.'inure in tho bottom. 



W'heiiexer the plants seem dry 1 water 

 theiii, usimlly ill the morning'. Th(> soil 

 seem- to eoiitaiii little lime, Init whether 

 Ol not carnatinns require lime I do not 

 know. The t em|ier,at me in the house 

 .•i\(U'ages about '>n deLirees, ;ind when it 

 L',iies hiLjher on w.arm dtiv's 1 open the 

 \ ellt ibators. 1 Ii;i\e liiit Used liipiid 

 mtinure on the beds. 



C. K. lb I 'a. 



While the siieciiiaui .-irrived in a t'resli 

 i-oiulition, it ,l;..\ ■ no i due a- to the ]Udb 

 able c;iuse of ymir trouble. ()iie rould 

 see that it Wduld iiexer develop into a 

 H'ood llower: but there was no sIliu ot' 

 insert or I'liiioii-. 'I'ou did, liowa'ver, 

 iiitike a serious mistake in putting t'oiir 

 inches of manure under the soil when 

 lilliliu' your beiii-h. Tli.it in.av possiPly 

 havo -oiiirt h i Ml; I" lio ,\itli the ld;istiiiu. 



THE F. T. D. IS GROWING. 



In line with the provdsioiis for pub 

 iicity made ;it their speci.al meeting at 

 Chicago last year, the members of the 

 Florists' Telegrtqih Delivery Associti- 

 tion are accomplishing a great deal of 

 missionary wurk in educating the juiblic 

 to the uses of the F. T. D. service. With 

 eaidi member awiiling himself of everv 

 opportunity to acipmint the people of 

 his territory with the service, this phase 

 cif the rettiil business is boiiuil to grow 

 r.'ipidly. l'erlia[is an indinad result o!' 

 till' dri\'e t'or more J". T. 1). orders li.-is 

 lie(Mi an tldditiiui of tiboiit lilty new 

 members to the ;isso(d;it ion "s member 

 shi[) list since the lirst of the ye;ir. 

 There now ;ire approximately 12") 

 F. T. J>. stores, iiidie;it iii^' that one 

 braiudi ot' tile business is r:ipi llv boroin 

 i U''' bet t er orij.-i n i '■ed. 



A ROSE OF PRIME QUALITY. 



The title, •' A Ko-e of 1 'ri me <^uali t y , " ' 

 is not intended as an authoritative 

 statement, but onlc ;is ;in ;ittenipteii 

 definition a plausible interpretation ot' 

 the n.anie I'riiiierose, with whii li one ot 

 the new roses has lieeii christened. 

 I'le.'isc do not omit the "e'' at the end 

 ol' the lirst syllable of the !i;ime, for 

 the ro-e is sup)io-ed to be ''|irime'": 

 that is, ' ■ fi ist i 11 rank or exi-elleiu-e, " ' as 

 Webster sa\s. .\iid some ol' the noted 

 riisai i;ins, sm-li as i:. C. Hill, ('has. H. 

 Totty .•ind .\. X. I'ierson, Im-., have 

 watehed the behavior of the ro-e long 

 enough so that they have lontideiice in 

 it and fell sate in reromiueiiditig it as 

 being re.'isoiiabl V worthy ol' its ii.-ime. 

 Ill helping to disseminate it, they do 

 not -eetii to li;ive -oiioii- I'eais that 

 their reputation I'm- honesty ;ind good 

 Judgment will siifler on its ;ii-iount. 



rrinierose is a hybrid to.a and was in 

 trrpdiieed in l!»b;, bv Soiipert \ Xotting, 

 one of (he t'annuis Furopean linns vvdiose 

 names naturall.v occur to us whenever 

 wc think of roses. 



.\]>parently the ;ifiirement ioned trio 

 of authorities, Messrs. I'ierson, lliU ,and 

 Totty, h.'ive md borrowed their opin 

 ions III' the rose fnuii one another, but 



e.'ich s|ieaks from personal cdiserv atioii. 

 Vet tiiev seem to be in substantial ac- 

 cord with reference to the main char- 

 acteristics of the rose. The.v agree that 

 it is at least fairly free iu growth and 

 ot' good habit; that its fidiage is of a 

 bidii/y cast, ''deep bron/y maroon 

 when yoiiiii^r ^xml bronzy green in later 

 sla-es'": tli:it the bud is long and jmiiited 

 and the t'ully develoiied tlovver is shapel.v 

 and of good size. They ev fii agiee ap- 

 proximately in their description ot' tliat 

 almost indesrribable (pi.ality, the color 

 of the tlovver. They sav that the hue is 

 ''satfion ;inil cream with apricot shad- 

 ings,'" '■Inditiii vellow with apricot 

 shadings."' '"a deep shad(> of pinkish 

 yellow,'" or ''melon yellow in wtirm 

 weather, golden yellow wdtli .apiicot 

 sli;idinL;s in .aiitunin and winter."" 



Mr. Totty says that the rose, under 

 his culture, seems to be proof against 

 mildew and spot and lliat he '"fetds 

 sure it has a future as a greenhouse 

 lo-e. " ' lie s.'iys it lesenibles Ophelia. 

 but has moio subst.aiiee and color. 



ROSE FOLIAGE SCORCHED. 



1 am enclosing some rose leaves. (.':''■• 

 \ oil tell me the cause of these leave.- 

 falling olf.' I think there may be a 

 •jas leak. Would this cause the leave- 



