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The Rorists^ Review 



DECBAfBER 4, 1919. 





BUD-ROT or OABNATIONS. 



Some of my carnation buds, when 

 beginning to show color, rot in the cen- 

 ter. Can you tell me what is the cause 

 of this! The trouble has appeared 

 ^"If'iC*^® Matchless, Enchantress 

 and White Enchantress and is confined 

 to stock that was shipped in. There has 

 been a great deal of cloudy weather 

 during the last six weeks and the plants 

 are not growing as they should. I am 

 syringing them on bright days about 

 twice a week. Is that often enough! 



H. L. U.— Kan. 



Your carnations are troubled with 

 what 18 known as bud-rot. This is due 

 to a tiny insect, which causes the petals 

 to stick and rot during periods of slow 

 development. Toward spring, when the 

 buds develop faster, this pest will not 

 give much trouble. Cut oflf and burn all 

 buds which are in this condition. Then 

 spray or fumigate regularly with one of 

 the nicotine preparations. Make semi- 

 weekly applications until the trouble 

 disappears, after which one application 

 each week will suffice. Frequent syrine- 

 ing would aggravate the trouble: there- 

 fore. If there are no signs of red spider, 

 1 would dispense with syringing for a 

 time or at least reduce it to once a week 

 and be sure to select a bright day. A 



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 will help to dry up the moisture in the 

 evening. A. F. J. B. 



BUDS INJUEED BY PEOST. 



Under separate cover we are mailing 

 you a sample of our carnations, which 

 are badly affected with some disease. 

 We should like to know whether there 

 18 any remedy for it. We rebuilt two 

 houses in the fall, but failed to get the 

 glass m before a hard frost came Both 

 the houses were open and the plants ex- 

 posed, with the temperature down to 

 10 or 12 degrees below freezing point 

 for two nights, so that the plants on 

 the entire seven benches were iniured 

 more or less. Our cut for October and 

 r^lovember was not more than ten to 



ySr' On'tif '''* °^- '^^K "^ P^«^i«"« 

 years. On the mornings after the frost 



we sprayed the plants thoroughly with 



cold water before sunrise, to take the 



frost out We had fire in the boiler 



during the night, but this did little 



good, owing to the absence of the elass 



B. F. & S. C.-Ore. 



There is nothing you can do to re- 

 suscitate these blooms, which have been 

 severely frosted in the bud. Their con- 

 dition seems to be entirely due to the 

 freezing I would suggest that you cut 

 away all the stems on which the buds 

 had reached any size at the time of the 

 frost. Those which were quite small 

 might develop into good blooms. If the 

 iJants were in vigorous condition at 

 that time, it will not require a great 

 while for them to come into crop again 



Do not go to extremes in applying fer- 

 tilizers or heat for the purpose of hurry- 

 ing them along. Rather the reverse 

 treatment would be preferable. A 

 thorough application of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture might prevent an attack of leaf- 

 spot, which might result from the ordeal 

 the plants have passed through. The 

 Bordeaux would do no harm in any 

 event. A. F. J. B. 



ly proves that there is nothing seriously 

 wrong with your soil and that probably 

 the trouble is due to the shipping. Per- 

 haps the plants were dug during an ex- 

 tremely dry spell, or they may have 

 heated in the boxes. Possibly they did 

 not get the extra care required by plants 

 that are shipped. I would hesitate to 

 condemn the shipper, unless you noticed 

 that they were not right when you re- 

 ceived them. His control over them 

 and his responsibility cease when he 

 delivers them in good condition to the 

 transportation company. There is little 

 you can do with plants in this condi- 

 tion. They will give you practically no 

 returns during the winter months and 

 you could probably get much more out 

 of the space by replanting with some 

 other crop. Snapdragons, benched now, 

 will give you a fine crop in early spring 

 and until midsummer. A. F. J. B. 



PLANTS MADE POOR START. TEMPERATURE FOR CARNATIONS. 



I am enclosing some foliage from 

 carnations which I purchased from a 

 well known firm. They have been plant- 

 ed about two months, but I am unable 

 to do much with them. It seems that a 

 person should have some redress or 

 grounds for damage against firms that 

 send out this kind of stock. In the 

 same bench I have plants that were 

 grown by myself and some that I bought 

 from other firms, and all of these are 

 doing well; the disease does not seem to 

 spread to them. Can you tell me what 

 the trouble is and how to remedy itt 

 C. A. R. & S.— O. 



Your carnation plants do not seem to 

 be suffering particularly from any dis- 

 ease. The plants seem to have failed 

 to take hold for some reason, after being 

 benched. It is not at all strange that 

 plants of your own growing should have 

 started off well, whereas these shipped 

 plants failed to take hold. That mere- 



How warm should one keep his green- 

 house in order to grow good carnations f 

 What is the usual temperature! What 

 is the reason that the shoots on my car- 

 nation plants do not break, or only with 

 difficulty! C. T.— Ont. 



Carnation houses are usually kept at 

 a temperature of 50 to 52 degrees at 

 night, with a rise of 6 degrees on cloudy 

 days and 15 to 20 degrees on bright, 

 sunny days. You are not quite explicit 

 in the other part of your inquiry. If 

 the young leaves curl and unfold with 

 difficulty, this condition is probably due 

 to excessive nitrogen in the soil. Until 

 the plants get to growing freely, the 

 trouble will probably continue. It is 

 not serious and will disappear in time 

 if you will follow a moderate course in 

 your culture. Give abundant ventila- 

 tion when weather conditions permit. 

 Water carefully and apply no fertilizers 

 for a time. A. F. J. B. 



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Old Boreas swept down the Mohawk 

 valley Thanksgiving eve, playing havoc 

 with transportation and consequently 

 causing loss and disappointment to both 

 shipper and receiver. The trolley sys- 

 tem was practically put out of business 

 and flowers transferred to automobile 

 trucks suffered. It remains to be seen 

 who will pay the bill. There is evidence 

 that the retailer delays to the last 

 moment in placing definite orders with 

 the wholesaler, who in his turn does his 

 level best to accommodate and there- 

 fore feels that the risk really does not 

 rest with him. In no other line of busi- 

 ness is the necessity for cooperation and 



reciprocity so evident. 



• • • • 



Excellent Thanksgiving trade is re- 

 ported by the trade of Schenectady, 

 N. Y. ' 



• • • • 



The Rosendale Flower Shop, Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., had the finest stock and re- 

 ceived prices in proportion; there was 

 little left over and that will soon be 

 used up. Henry Eberhardt, the pro- 

 prietor, is sick and his wife and Walter 

 Dunning, the manager, were rushed to 

 the limit. 



Julius Eger, Schenectady, N. Y., is 

 already, anticipating the Christmas sea- 

 son by a show of immortelles, following 

 what was almost a clean-up at Thanks- 

 giving. 



• • • • 



The Mohawk Greenhouse Co., Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., which furnishes plants and 

 flowers for the Barney department store, 

 made a special run and is now getting 

 in shape for the Christmas business, 

 which is expected to exceed previous 

 experience. 



• • • • 



Manager Grupe, of the floral depart- 

 ment of the Carl Co., Schenectady, N. 

 Y., says that he is having better busi- 

 ness as the result of larger publicity; 

 the only trouble is the scarcity of good 

 stock, as prices have seemed to cut less 

 figure than formerly. 



• • • • 



The Albany trade were equally satis- 

 fied with the returns from Thanksgiv- 

 ing. One of them, W. C. Gloeckner, ob- 

 served that he had never had finer stock 

 at his greenhouses and only wished that 

 the production was trebled. 



• • • • 



H. G. Eyres, Albany, N. Y., in a com- 

 placent mood predicts a banner season. 



