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The Florists^ Review 



25 



spray thoroughly with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, after having picked off all the dis- 

 eased leaves. Dust along the walks and 

 under the benches with slaked lime. If 

 jou are running heat, paint a steam pipe 

 in each house with lime and sulphur in 

 equal parts, mixed with water. Keep 

 the ventilators open on all favorable oc- 

 casions and keep a dry, bracing atmos- 

 phere at all times. Do not be afraid to 

 water sufficiently at the roots to promote 

 a strong growth, but do not water over- 

 head. Go over the plants from time to 

 time and pick off all diseased leaves and 

 bum them. 



It would be inadvisable to propagate 

 from these plants. Even if you succeed 

 in freeing the plants of the disease, they 

 will probably be considerably weakened. 

 Order young stock from some reliable 

 source for next season. When it arrives, 

 place it as far away from your present 

 stock as possible and keep it sprayed 

 with Bordeaux mixture to make sure 

 that it remains clean. Locate it in your 

 field as far away as possible from the 

 plot that held this year's stock. Em- 

 ploy no overhead artificial watering in 

 the field, but depend on cultivating to 

 hold the moisture near the surface, as 

 overhead watering is likely to bring on 

 these leaf diseases. A. F. J. B. 



BENCHINO OAKNATIONS. 



We are starting in carnation growing 

 and have obtained from a prominent 

 grower an equal number of Ward, Alice, 

 Matchless and Beacon. These were 2^- 

 Inch plants and were planted toward the 

 end of last May; we have kept them 

 cultivated and disbudded. 



What is the time to bench them and 

 kow far apart are they usually planted! 

 We have no solid beds. How deep should 

 the benches be and what kind of soil is 

 best to grow them inf 



We shall be glad to have any addi- 

 tional advice you may care to give. 

 P. S. & C— Mich. 



If your carnation plants are nice, 

 bushy plants, benching will be in order 

 any time you have the beds ready to 

 receive them. Eight by ten inches is 

 about the right spacing for average- 

 sized plants, giving the wider space 

 lengthwise of the bed. It is not neces- 

 sary to have solid beds; in fact, there 

 are probably more carnations grown on 

 raised benches than on solid beds. We 

 prefer the solid beds under our condi- 

 tions. Four inches of soil is the stand- 

 ard depth and a rich, sandy loam will 

 grow a high grade of blooms. Your 

 ICichigan soil runs a little more to the 

 sandy sort, but with proper fertilizing 

 it will do well. 



Put a light shade on your houses be- 

 fore you bring in the plants, water care- 

 fully and keep them sprayed overhead 

 antil they begin to take hold. Then 

 you can let the rains take the shade off 

 gradually. Discontinue the overhead 

 spraying as soon as the plants will stand 

 op without it and water more liberally 

 as the roots work through the soil. 



A. F. J. B. 



USING LIME ON CAENATIONS. 



We have a consignor or two who are 

 anxious to know the results of using 

 lime on carnations. Please give us 

 some information along these lines. 



P. C— Pa. 



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OEOBGE E. SCHULZ. 



BENDING a king to his will — a King of the Autumn — George E. Schulz appears 

 in this picture in his dahlia fields, near Louisville, Ky. Mr. Schulz, according 

 to his employees, who think there is nobody like him, is a dahlia king himself, so 

 why notf Mr. Schulz will celebrate his rortieth birthday December 4. At the 

 age of 17 Mr. Schulz secured employment with the Ahrens & Ott Mfg. Co., and was 

 advanced to the position of private secretary to Theo. Ahrens, Jr. He held this 

 position until A. R. Baumer, in charge at that time of his father's retail store, 

 went into business for himself, when Mr. Schulz became associated with his 

 father in the retail end of the business. In 1915 George Schulz took over the whole 

 business on his own account and incorporated it under the name of the Jacob 

 Schulz Co. Mr. Schulz says, "In order to get the best out of one's employees, 

 they must have an interest in the business. When I incorporated our business 

 I took in with me my oldest employees. I have never regretted the step." 



Your letter is hardly explicit enough 

 ia regard to what line of information 



is wanted. Lime can be used to good 

 advantage outside to help loosen a 

 soil that is inclined to be heavy and 

 hard. It will not take the place of 

 manure, however. 



Inside, on the benches, while the 

 plants are growing, it is needed some- 

 times to sweeten the soil. It will also 

 help to stiffen the stems if the soil 

 is lacking in that particular. Care 

 should be taken to use it only when 

 needed; for instance, repeated applica- 

 tions will sometimes cause the stems 

 to become extremely brittle. This is 

 about the only harmful result we have 

 ever seen. Ground limestone is con- 

 sidered superior to hydrated lime, in 

 that it is less caustic and can be ap- 

 plied in larger quantities and more 

 frequently without harm being done. 



Lime is frequently applied mistaken- 

 ly, to correct conditions which are not 



due to a lack of lime. For instance, if 

 the stems are weak on account of high 

 temperature, applications of lime will 

 release additional plant food and, if 

 the plants are growing fast and are soft, 

 will cause the stems to become brittle 

 at the joints. It would be far better 

 to reduce the temperature and stiffen 

 the stems by that means. Frequently, 

 too, when plants are slow in taking 

 hold on account of having suffered in 

 transplanting, lime is applied and 

 watered in heavily. In such a case, it 

 would be better merely to keep the 

 soil loose on the surface and water 

 carefully until the roots become active 

 and then increase the water as they 

 work through the soil. Always keep 

 in mind that lime is not a plant food, 

 but a corrector of physical conditions 

 in the soil and a plant food liberator. 



A. F. J. B. 



