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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBIt 4, 1017. 



SMALL, DISEASED PLANTS. 



I am seiidiiif; you under soparalo 

 cover some diseased carnation plants. 

 I Jiave a liousc of these that are more 

 or less affected. Would you advise try- 

 inj; to nurse this stock through, or would 

 it be better 1o replant with new stock? 

 What is the \>c^\ method of fi<i;htin<j: this 

 troul)le.' I), il. S. C. 



]n my ojdnion, it would not pay you 

 to nurse aloni,' these cantatjou plants. 

 Kven if tlicy were not diseased, they 

 are so small tliat you could iu>t expect 

 tlieiri to yield even half a ci'op of blooms, 

 iiy this time, jihuits tliat were lienched 

 from ])01s should sliow .-it least tt'U or 

 twelve vouni^ brealss, \\liile those frotn 

 the field must sliow that many or more, 

 if tliey are to u;i\e a sat isl'actory yield 

 during the early ]i;trt of tiie season. I 

 woiilci advise you to pull uj) these jilants, 

 refill your litiichcs with ,uoo<l, J'resh 

 soil uTid re]>l:uit with ^ood, Tudd ;;rown 

 plants. They will ;;ive you st'V(Mal 

 times their cost, over and ahovt' wliat 

 \'ou could f;et fidui those >(>u ha\e now. 

 Do not mak(> the mistake of ictaiiiini^ 

 the soil that is in the benches now. The 

 idiances are that this soil is not in i;-ood 

 condition, or _\()ur ])l:iiits would lie mak- 

 ing; a better showinj;. A. i\ .1. !'.. 



REMEDY FOR THRirS. 



My carnations are de\eio|iiii;x s|drii- 

 didly, but there are a number of tlirips 

 .ind buj;s on them that I would like to 

 ;;et rid of at once. 1 am eiMlosinu a 

 'lipidni; from Tlie lu'vicw i^In iiiji di- 

 it'ctions on how to ext ernriiiate thrips, 

 but as the text <loes not seem <oiii|i!ete 

 1 would like to ha\e you jtrint iiislru'-- 

 tions in ^rcatri' didail. 



W. K. r. Okla. 



Arsenic, when piti|ierly applied, is 

 one of tlie most idlicacious insect reme- 

 dies we know of, but if not handli-d 

 rarefully it is capable of doins •'i'^ nun h 

 danuijie as any one tliinsj you c:in tj^et 

 hold of. The article in (piestion, whirh 

 .apjieared in The Review a couple of 

 \ ears ago, was written to warn j^rowcr'- 

 .igainst carelessness in using a foininhi 

 we had recommendeil for the extrrmi 

 nation of red spider. The formula liiid 

 been given to us by a friend. \Vc tried 

 it out carcfidly and found it mo--t >;itis 

 factorv, but daiij^cioiis if not inixcd 

 according to din^ct ion-;. Aiiothci fiinid 

 rei)v)rte(l to us tli;it an en)ido>i"c h;id 

 mixed a batcli and ap]ilied it to a I'liii- 

 foot house of carnations with di<as 

 trous residts. On in(piiry he found 

 that the em])loyee lia<l followed direc- 

 tions to the letter, except that after 

 lia\ing the mixture ready to use he 

 boiled it and ther(d»y heightene(l the 

 l)urning property of the arsenic. 



The formula is as follows: Mix one 

 pound of arsenic with five pounds of 

 white sugar. Then add enough water 

 to make a thick syrup. T'^e one dni^ 



ounce ol' tliis to one gallon of water 

 and spray it on the plants with a fine 

 spi'ay. 



Eemedies of this nature are all right 

 in aggravated cases where ordinary 

 remedies fail, but ordinarily Ave ])rcfer 

 to use preventive measures. For sev 

 eral years we have used salt to keej) off 

 red spider, with the best of success. 

 We sj)ray the ]dants at least once each 

 week and find this sufficient to keep 

 them away. For thrips we spray the 

 plants regularly with one of the nicotine 

 extracts and find it most satisfactory. 

 We find, .almost invariably, that when 

 a grower complains of thrips, the si)ray 

 ing or fumig.'it ion is done in a hnpiia/.ard 

 sort of way. 



There ;ire a number of nudhods of 

 .■iliplyiiig these rein(>(lies, cMch one good 

 only wlien appli(>d properly and regu 

 l.-irly. We sprny tlie ]dants once each 

 week for thrips, as regularly as the 

 s|U'aying day comes around. The man 

 \vho does the spraying has nothing else 

 to do that day until thi> spraying is 

 <lone. We have found tli;it is tlie only 

 w;iy to keep thrips away from the car- 

 nations. Ped spider is not so persistent 

 as thrips, but it ]iays to keep the place 

 unhealthy for them, rather than to adopt 

 heroic measures to get rid of them after 



tliev get .-1 h(>l.|. 



A. F. J. F. 



SUPPORTING THE PLANTS. 



Information will be appreciated re- 

 garding how to use wire lengthwise and 

 <-ord crosswise to support carnations. 

 What gauge of wire is used? Is it best 



to use a heavier wire for the outer rows? 

 Jlow far from the ground is the first 

 support placed? Is this method of sup- 

 port considered generally the best for 

 carnations.' j.. M. II.- O. 



Perhaps more carnations are sup- 

 ported by the wire aiul string method 

 than any other, or jiossibly all others 

 l>ut together. The most modern method 

 is a combination of the wire and string 

 methoil and the wire ring su]iport. One 

 of the numerous styles of wire rings is 

 used for the lower support. These are 

 put into place as soon as the pl.anting 

 is finished, if the ]dants need sup{)ort- 

 ing, or as soon after as the main weed- 

 ing and scratching have been finished. 

 We ])refer to leave them off as long as 

 the plants will stand u|i properly, as 

 it is easier to work the soil without 

 the (d)struction of the supports. When 

 tlie shoots begin to lengtlieu and addi- 

 tional supjiorts are needed, we stretch 

 the wires lengthwise of the bench, one 

 between each row and one on the outside 

 on e.ach side of the bench. 



We use the same gauge of wire 

 tiiroughout, jireferably 1.") or IG-gauge. 

 We i)refer the soft steel, galvanized 

 wire. Then we cut strings of a proper 

 Uuigth to reach across the beindi, al- 

 hiwing enough length to jtrovide for 

 winding once around eaidi wire and ty- 

 ing on each side of the bench. l-'.ach 

 one of the two men working at the 

 ,j(d) will take half of these strings, 

 l-lach will start a string from liis side 

 of the ben<di, wia|)|nng Tlie string 

 around each wire until he has reached 

 the middle, ■when they will ex(diange 

 strings and ludceed .across to the edge 

 wire, where it is tie<l. Two handy 

 men or lioys will tie the strings on one 

 tier of a 20n-i'oot bench in one hour. 

 Two tiers, in adiliti(ui to the lower wire 

 ring, arc usu.'illy .all that is needed, but 

 sometimes we find it necessar_\' to apply 

 a thirtl tier of the \\\v>- and string. If 

 you have not the wire rings, you can 

 use the wire and string method alto- 

 gether from the bott(un u|i. He sure 

 \()U stretch the wire tightlv. 



a". F. J. B. 



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4 ' DAHLIAISHOWMWARDS 



DISPLAYS OF HIGH QUALITY. 



Attendance Large. 



The third annua! ineeting and ex- 

 liibition of the Aiiurican I'ahlia So- 

 ciety, held in conjunction with the 

 eighty-sixth annual fair of the Ameri- 

 i;in Institute, an account of which ap- 

 peared in last week's issue of The Re- 

 \iew, came to a close at the Engineer- 

 ing building, Xew York city, Septem- 

 l:er 27. The two exhibitions were con- 

 sidered the tiiiest in the history of 

 either society, both in the quantity and 

 i]U.'dity of the ihihli.'is shown, .•iiid tic 

 .•itteudance during the three d;iys of 

 the exhibition was fully uj) to that of 

 former years. Richard Vincent, Jr.. of 

 White Slarsh, ]Md., estimated that more 

 than lO.fiOO flowers were shown. 



The exhibitions were under the num- 

 .agement of W. B. Rickards and Secre- 

 tary Fggleson, of the American In 



stitute. During the exhibition music 

 was furnished by an ondiestra, which 

 .added much to the sliow. The com- 

 bined exhibitions were so successful 

 this year that it already seems certain 

 tliat tlH> same .■iri;iiitjenient will be 

 made next year. 



The iudgcs of the exhibits were 

 Peter Duff, William Turner, J. G. Mc- 

 Xicoll, Prof. F. Hall, .1. V. Clarke and 

 (ieorge H. Hall, who made the following 

 awards in classes wli(>rein comuHMcial 

 lii'owcis weie alloweij to compete: 



Disiilay covcrine 100 sqiinrc fcot — W. Atlee 

 I'lirpce & ("o., rhil.TdflitliiH, I'a.. lirst. 



Display covering fifty .'i(]iiari' foct — N'. Harold 

 Cotton & Son, WjippiiiKcrs F.iUs, N. Y., socond. 



.Six v.Tsos colItTcttc (iaiilias, distinct varieties 

 -N. Harold Cotton & Son, first; C. I.oiijs AUinK. 

 second. 



Howl or vaso decoration I". W. I'opp, Mani.T- 

 roneck, N. Y., first; W. C. Nootian. Locust Val- 

 ley. X. Y., second. 



nasket cactus dahlias — I". W. I'opp, flrst. 



Vaso ball-sli.aped double (Lihlinf ~I'. W. I'opp, 

 seeoiid. 



Dccorativp oxhibit— .Tolm F. Anderson I'.er- 

 nardsville, N". ,1., first. 



