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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcember 30, 1920 



IiADDIE WINS IN ENGIJ^ND. 



December 1 the British Carnation So- 

 ciety held its annual winter show in 

 London, and Laddie made its first ap- 

 pearance in quantity. This carnation 

 was first in the salmon-pink class. It 

 was one of the winning twelve vases in 

 the champion class and one of the vases 

 of winners in the class for three Amer- 

 ican-raised novelties. A vase of this 

 variety received a special medal award- 

 ed to the best vase in the show, and it 

 also had an award of merit from the 

 British Carnation Society, as well as a 

 similar award from the Eoyal Horticul- 

 tural Society the previous day. Not a 

 bad record for a debutante. 



RUINED BY BUD-EOT. 



We are sending under separate cover 

 a few carnations, some in bud and 

 bloom, for your inspection. These flow- 

 ers came from what seemed to be healthy 

 plants. Any information you can give 

 us as to what the trouble is, etc., will be 

 appreciated. K. F. C. — la. 



Your carnation buds are being ruined 

 by a mite which causes what is com- 

 monly termed bud-rot. This tiny insect 

 gets into the heart of the young buds 

 and punctures the tissue of the petals. 

 If the plant growth is rapid the dam- 

 age is less severe than it is apt to be 

 during the dull days of winter, when 

 the growth is slow. Any check the 

 plants are subjected to will aggravate 

 it also. Pick oflf the affected buds and 

 burn them. Si)ray regularly twice each 

 week with nicotine, but keep the plants 

 dry overhead otherwise. Matchless 

 seems more susceptible than most other 

 varieties. A. F. J. B. 



TOO MUCH FUMIGATION. 



What is the matter with our carnation 

 plants? I am sending under separate 

 cover a cutting of our Beacon. The 

 whole bench from which it is taken has 

 brown tips on the foHiii^ej Wo have 

 eight benches in this house. A bench of 

 Beacon on the opposite side of the house 

 has no such trouble. We have had little 

 sunshine for three months. We have 

 grown carnations successfully for seven 

 years and have never had anything like 

 this before. They are growing well and 

 are in good crop. We have fumi- 

 gated on the steam pipes and sprayed 

 overhead and are inclined to think we 

 have overdone one or the other and 

 have burnt the leaves. We are troubled 

 by neither thrips nor aphis. 



C— Ore. 



You are probably right in surmising 

 that you have overdone the fumigating 

 or spraying on your Beacon carnation 

 plants. The dark weather has most 

 likely caused the growth to be rather 

 soft and if the plants happened to be 

 dry at the roots at the time the spraying 

 was done, the damage mentioned would 



likely result. There is nothing to do 

 now, except to let the plants grow out 

 of it. The shoot submitted showed no 

 indication of disease, outsjde of the 

 burning of the tips. A. F. J. B, 



the branches and see whether they are 

 healthy. If the wood is dead and the 

 rest of the plant seems healthy, the 

 trouble is probably branch rot. Ther( 

 is really no remedy for it. If the rot- 

 ting is close to the main stem, you 

 might as well pull up the plant and 

 burn it. If the decay is some distance 

 from the main stem, you Can some- 

 times cut away the diseased branch 

 and save the rest of the plant. The 

 gas in your ofi&ce can do your plants no 

 good and a little leak in the pipes might 

 do much damage. Better arrange to dis- 

 continue the use of gas altogether. 



A. F. J. B. 



BRANCH ROT OF CARNATIONS. 



Our carnations do not seem to grow. 

 In the case of many, half of the plant 

 dries up or becomes wilted and the stems 

 are so brittle they snap in two at a 

 touch. They are growing in a rather 

 shady place, on account of the office 

 being built close to the house. The office 

 is lighted with gas. Do you suppose 

 that would have anything to do with 

 the carnations? Another peculiar trou- 

 ble is that the roots do not seem to take 

 good hold of the soil. This trouble we 

 had last year as well. L. & G. — 111. 



Without a specimen, it is impossible 

 to give a definite opinion as to the na- 

 ture of your trouble. The wilting of 

 portions of your plants might be caused 

 by branch rot. Examine the stems of 



THANE YOU, MR. ARMAOOST! 



The Review has many good- friends, 

 to whose kind words much of the pa- 

 per 's new business is due. But not often 

 does an advertiser buy space in The Re- 

 view to tell its readers of The Review 's 

 merits as an advertising medium, the 

 way Walter Armacost did last week. 

 Refer to page 59, issue of December 23, 

 where Armacost & Co. begin their page 

 as follows: 



These Review ads certainly have an awful 



wallop; It keeps us busy running blue pencil 



through price lists and printing "Sold Out" 

 signs. 



Thank you, Mr. Armacost! Your way 

 of putting it should cause some other 

 good grower who wants more orders to 

 try your way of getting them. And Re- 

 view readers will do the rest. 



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CHISTMAS BI.AZE IN ATLANTA. 



C. A. Dahl Co. Losses $30,000. 



Atlanta, Ga., witnessed a spectacular 

 fire Christmas morning, when the store 

 of tlie C. A. Dahl Co., one of the largest 

 retail flower shops in the south, was 

 completely destroyed and the Nunnally 

 Co., a flower and confectionery company 

 in the same building, suffered heavy 

 losses. The damage to the Dahl Co. is 

 estimated at $30,000 and that to the 

 Nunnally Co. at $20,000. The losses of 

 both firms were covered by insurance. 



Fortunately, the two companies had 

 nearly all their holiday orders delivered 

 and, up to the morning of the fire, had 

 done an exceptionally good trade. All 

 unfilled orders of both firms were taken 

 care of through the courtesy of brother 

 florists,' who came promptly to the res- 

 cue. Tlie Nunnally Co. resumed busi- 

 ness a few days later at the same loca- 

 tion and the Dahl Floral Co. opened a 

 new store Monday, December 27, at 72 

 North Broad street. 



Three-Hour Blaze. 



The fire originated in the basement of 

 the building, 101 to 103 Peachtree street, 

 shortly before 10 o'clock Christmas 

 morning. Defective wiring was blamed 

 for the blaze. Water and smoke caused 

 a considerable portion of the damage to 

 the Nunnally Co. The fire, besides gut- 

 ting the above-named establishments, 

 spread to the rear of 105 Peachtree 

 street and did considerable damage to 

 an optical firm 's stock there. The total 

 damage, including the value of build- 

 ings, was estimated at over $100,000. 



The fire was discovered by R. I. 

 Gresham, manager of the Dahl Co., but 

 before the firemen could begin opera- 

 tions the building was wrapped in flames 

 and it was almost three hours before 

 the blaze could be brought under con- 

 trol. 



Great volumes of smoke rolled out 

 from the front of the burning struc- 

 ture and the firemen were faced by 

 many difficulties. Tons of water were 

 poured into the building and, running 

 through into the basement of the Nun- 

 nally establishment, ruined thousands of 

 dollars' worth of candy and confections 

 of various kinds. 



Dahl Co. Moves. 



Eight pumping engines were in opera- 

 tion and more than a dozen streams of 

 water played on the burning structures 

 for three hours. All traffic was held up 

 during the entire morning. It was 

 with difficulty that the flames were 

 prevented from spreading to adjacent 

 buildings. 



When it became apparent that the 

 establishment of the C. A. Dahl Co. had 

 been wiped out, Mr. Gresham announced 

 that business would be carried on as 

 usual and that the company would oc- 

 cupy a part of the Goodhart-Tompkins 

 store, at 72 North Broad street. 



Still Another Fire. 

 Ralph Dean had a small blaze Christ- 

 mas week in his workroom. North 

 Broad street. He managed, however, 

 to extinguish it unaided, although at the 

 expense of his person. His hands in 

 particular were badly burned, but at the 

 time of writing were much improved. 



