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The Florists' Review 



Decembek !t, 1920 



STROUT'S NEW VARIETIES. 



Strout's, Inc., of Biddeford, Me., has 

 commenced to disseminate the new 3'cl- 

 low carnation, Maine Sunshine. This is 

 a clear yellow seedling of commercial 

 habits, which originated at Cottage Gar- 

 dens from a cross of Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and Crystal White and was purchased, 

 with all other valuable sports and seed- 

 lings, by Strout's, Inc., in 1918, when 

 the carnation range at Cottage Gardens 

 was closed. 



This yellow has found great favor 

 wherever exhibited during the last three 

 seasons and has proved itself a valu- 

 able variety for the trade, aside from 

 its color. The blooms resemble Match- 

 less in size, substance and form. A. C. 

 S. judges have awarded it ninety points 

 at two annual conventions. The Dorner 

 gold medal for the best new variety and 

 the Kerr special prize for keeping after 

 a long shipment were awarded Maine 

 Sunshine at Chicago in January, 1920. 



Going out with Maine Sunshine is 

 White Delight, a sport at Strout's in 

 1916, which has proved itself so valu- 

 able that it is used in place of Matchless 

 for the shipping trade. It is an im- 

 proved Pink Delight in all but color. 

 Its long stems early in the season and 

 steady run of bloom all winter, with 

 the good qualities of Pink Delight, make 

 it a desirable commercial sort. Like 

 many sports, White Delight has more 

 vigor than the original variety, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Strout. 



and under the benches. There are prepa- 

 rations on the market for destroying 

 weeds in walks, etc., but I have never 

 seen them used in greenhouses. 



A. F. J. B. 



ROTATING CARNATION CROP. 



We should like to know whether or 

 not it would be advisable to plant car- 

 nations in a field where carnations have 

 been planted for three consecutive years. 

 We are also troubled with weeds grow- 

 ing in walks and under our carnation 

 benches. We have to hoe them out sev- 

 eral times a season. Is there any possi- 

 ble way to prevent their growth without 

 doing harm to the carnation plants f 



S. B.— 111. 



It is considered inadvisable to plant 

 any kind of crop on the same ground 

 continuously for many years. The prin- 

 cipal reason for this is that any crop 

 that grows may become affected by some 

 kind of disease, and if the same crop is 

 planted after a disease has obtained a 

 foothold, serious loss is likely to occur. 

 By the practice known as rotating this 

 condition is unlikely to occur, as a 

 disease which attacks one kind of plant 

 will probably not harm another, and by 

 the time the first crop comes around 

 again the disease has probably died out. 

 I have seen carnations planted in the 

 same field a number of years in succes- 

 sion without any apparent harm being 

 done. Care was taken to take off the 

 field anj- plants that died during the 

 summer. That probably is what made it 

 possible. 



The hoe is probably the best means of 

 getting rid of the weeds in your walks 



SLEEPY CARNATIONS. 



We have had considerable trouble this 

 fall with sleepy carnations, especially 

 Nebraska, Ethel Fisher, Enchantress 

 Supreme and Ruth Baur. The plants 

 liave every appearance of being healthy. 

 Do you think this condition might pos- 

 sibly have been caused by a light ap- 

 plication of sheep manure in early Octo- 

 ber? * G. & S.— 111. 



No harm should have resulted from a 

 light application of sheep manure in 

 October, provided the general growing 

 conditions were right. Also, if only one 

 or two varieties were affected, we might 

 blame the varieties. But inasmuch as 

 all your varieties seem similarly af- 

 fected, it must be in the culture. Octo- 

 ber was unusually warm and some va- 

 rieties might be expected to show signs 

 of sleepiness until cool weather set in, 

 but we have had enough cool weather 

 this month to remedy it. 



If your carnations are growing on 

 raised benches, examine the soil at the 

 bottom of the beds and see whether the 



water has penetrated to the bottom. 

 Sometimes trouble is experienced from 

 iliat source after firing has commenced, 

 for the reason that, in watering, no al- 

 lowance was made for drying out from 

 the bottom, due to the heat from the 

 steam pipes. Lacking full details of 

 the conditions under which these plants 

 are growing, we can only suggest that 

 >ou make every effort to keep the grow- 

 ing conditions as near ideal as possible. 

 Give abundant ventilation on all favor- 

 ;ible occasions. Keep both night and 

 day temperatures steady and water ju- 

 diciously. Avoid all feed that is rich 

 ill nitrogen until the trouble has en- 

 tirely disappeared. Then, if your soil 

 is right, you should have no such trouble 

 lis you complain of. A. F. J. B. 



BROOD OF RED SPIDERS. 



I am sending you a carnation plant 

 that has some sort of disease. Do you 

 think that it is a case of rusti If so, 

 what is the cause of it, and what is the 

 best treatment? M. H. L. — Ind. 



The only thing wrong with the speci- 

 men submitted is a healthy brood of 

 red spiders. Get busy with the hose 

 while there is still time before winter 

 weather sets in. This warm fall weather 

 has been favorable to this pest wherever 

 preventive measures were not employed. 

 Use all the force at your command and 

 syringe the plants thoroughly from both 

 sides two or three times weekly if the 

 weather remains bright. Salt water is 

 one of the best remedies for spider, if 

 used as has been frequently recom- 

 mended in these columns. 



A. F. J. B. 



More Wa3rs. 



If you consider her a wise girl, gay It with 

 sage. 



If you think lier cold, aay it with snowdrops 

 and freesias. 



If you desire to marry her, say it with a poppy. 



If you know she has a sweet tooth, suy It with 

 candytuft. 



If she Impresses you as a sad girl, suy it with 

 rue. 



If she Is of a happy, Joyous nature, say it with 

 gladioli. 



Getting Literal? 



"Had a quarrel with my wife this 

 morning." 



"Aw, send her a floral token; 'Say 

 It with Flowers.' " 



"All right. Where can I buy some 

 Spanish bayonet or some cactiis?" 



Can You Do it? 



Sign in front of a florist 's shop in 

 Mount Clemens, Mich.: 



ARTHUR VAN DERBLTIMENSCHEfEU 

 Say It with Flowers. 



This Joke's a Lemon. 



The New York Times reports the 

 birth, at Flower hospital, of a son to 

 Mr. and Mrs. A. Seed. "Wonder," com- 

 ments a joker, "what Poppy Seed 

 said?" Fred H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind., 

 responds, "If A. Seed's first name is 

 Apple, he probably said sonny was A. 

 Baldwin." 



Well, Letters Aren't so Safe. 



"What are all these withered blos- 

 soms?" 



"Evidence in the case, vour honor." 



"Huh?" 



"He wrote no letters during the 

 courtship. Merely 'Said It with Flow- 

 ers.' " — Louisville, Ky., Journal. 



In the Seed Store. 



"Say! Did you hear that England is 

 going to give Ireland to France?" 



"No. What for! " 



"To make Paris green!" 



"Well, if that makes Paris green, 

 won't the returning American soldiers 

 with French wives make Bordeaux mix- 

 ture?" 



Damn! 



"Say It with Flowers," the signboard lowers. 



Jarring on rustic scene. 

 Obedient I murmur, enigmatlcallv, 



Daisy! 



Aster!! 



Mallow!!! 



Nicotine!!!! 



Another Use for Ferns. 



Wicks — "How did you manage to get 

 your wife to give up lier vacation?" 



Wiseman — "I gave her a potted fern 

 for a birthday present, and she won't 

 go away and trust it in the care of any- 

 <me else."— Edinburgh Scotsman. 



