Mauch 2, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



becomes dry, tlu'ii is well soaked, con- 

 sider it a good way to start stom-rot; 

 in fact, I have noticed in the field that 

 the contents of certain flats are badly 

 affected and others (|uite immune. Too 

 close planting in the benches may cause 

 stcni-rot and if, when manure is used as 

 mulching, it is piled up around the side 

 branches, there is another probable 

 cause of stem-rot. 



"Spot on the foliage conies from too 

 much dampness on the foliage and in 

 the atmosphere." 



Discussion. 



S. J. Goddard in the discussion said 

 he was always terribly plagued with cut- 

 worms and dare not open his side venti- 

 lators on account of the swarms of 

 moths seeking admission. He said that 

 he has to kill many thousands a year, 

 in spite of taking every possible precau- 

 tion. 



James Wheeler said he found he could 

 keep the cutworms in check by scatter- 

 ing a mulch of Paris green, mol.asses and 

 shorts. Fumigation with cyanide, he 

 said, would not kill cutworms, but de- 

 stroyed all the moths. He depends on it 

 entirely now as a fumigant, but uses it 

 in much weaker doses than is advised 

 at the experimental station. He buys, 

 he said, fifty pounds at a time in 1-ounce 

 egg-shaped lumps. For his largest house, 

 60x300, and twenty-three feet to ridge, 

 he uses thirty-two ounces; for another 

 house, 40x186 and sixteen feet to ridge, 

 ten ounces suffice. He applies this once 

 a fortniglit, He is obliged, he said, to 

 use cyanide where he grows marguerites 

 largely. He finds it the only thing 

 to control the marguerite leaf-worm. 



William Sim spoke of cleaning a Large 

 house of Matchless, which was covered 

 with spider, by the application of a 

 soap spray. S. J. Goddard said any soa]t 

 will answer the same purpose, or even 

 salt without soap. George F. Stewart 

 said he had never had stem-rot on car- 

 nations jtlaht'ed out from pots. He has 

 great faith in cyanide, but it must be 

 used cautiouslv, as some plants will not 

 stand it. W. N. 0. 



CABKATIONS I HAVE KNOWN. 



In Thirty Years of Testing. 



It seems a big task to cover all the va- 

 rieties of carnations grown and tested 

 in over thirty years, but I will do my 

 best. I shall divide the period I have 

 grown them into decades. From 1890 

 to 1900, these were the varieties tried: 

 White — Heinze's White, Mrs? Fisher, 

 Evalina, (Jeiiesee, (il.-icier. Crystal, Ijiz- 

 zie McGavan, Freedom, Edith Foster, 

 Silver Sitrny, Xivea, (iovernor Russell, 

 Morning Star, White (Moud and Flora 

 Hill; ]. ink— Daybreak, Tidal Wave, 

 Thomas C.-ntledge. New York. Grace 

 Wilder. V. .Toost, William Scott, Rose 

 Queen, .I.-imes Dean, Dorothy Mandell, 

 Abundance, Mme. Diaz Albertin, Delia 

 Fox ami Bridesmaid; scarlet — Portia, 

 E. G. Hill, Hector, .luliilee. .John's Scav 

 let. .7. H. Cr.-ine, The Stuart, Blake's 

 Bon Ton and Dazzle; crimson -Anna 

 "W^'bb, Ferdinand Mangold. Knipress. 

 Libra, .TaccjUciniiiot, ^leteor ami fieneral 

 Mac(M); yellow- -(idlden Gate, Golden 

 Trinmiili, Buttercup, Eldorado, Kittv 

 <^'lark an^l (iold Xuggi-t; vavieirated 

 Helen Kell.r, Mrs. George M. Hradt, 

 Mayor I'ingree and Western Pride. 



Diiisst of tlip t.ilk of S. .T. r.iMld.inl. Fr.-miiiic- 

 liiiiii. Muss., Iicfcrc llip (Jiinlciicrs' mid Florists' 

 <'liili of r.iistoti. Foliriiar,v L';V 1!)2l' 



S. J. Goddard. 



From this long list 1 should consider 

 the following the outstanding varieties: 

 Daybreak, a wonderfully popular light 

 pink; Mrs. Fisher, a remarkably florif 

 erous white; Mrs. Bradt, which I have 

 sold Jis high as 2.') cents per flower a1 

 wholesale; Gold Nugget, Anna Webb. 

 Portia, than which no more beautiful 

 scarlet was ever introduced; .1. H. Crane. 

 Tidal Wave. Willijim Scott, a giant in 

 its day; Grace Wilder, of a most beauti 

 fnl color l>ut difticult of i)ropagation ; 

 Flora Hill, still talked about as an ideal 

 white, .'ind Mrs. Frances .loost, a beauti- 

 ful i)ink. 



In the first decade, center flowers 

 were often i)inched out and short 

 stemmed flowers ])acked for marki't in 

 shoe boxes. The longer stems carrie(l 

 two or more fl()W(>rs each and were tieil 

 fifty in a bunch. The one time ]io|inlai- 

 McGavan was called " ;i rag on ;i stick," 

 liccause of its ragged ;i])pearance. .Vew 

 seedlings were more numerous in 1890 

 to 1900 tli.an in the succeedino decades, 

 when introducers used more caution and 

 discrimination. 



Another Period. 



In I'.KIIlto !')|li tlii'S- were tlie varieties 

 tried out: White White l^iicha'it ress. 

 White I-awson, White Perfect ion. White 

 Wonder, Alba. Hoston Market, Fasteni 

 Stjiv, Fred Hurki, (iovernor Saund(Ms. 

 ('■ovenuiv Wolcott, Ijadv Bountiful. IJI 

 ian I'oru] Lloyil, f,orn;i, Norway, IJeu- 

 tenant Perry, My M.aryland, The ."^u^'en, 

 l.i>uise; pink— >i\'inona, Winsor, 

 A t'terj^low, Crossbro/i]\, \Ftli('l ('riK'k^T, 



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vieve, Helen (ioddard, l^ncliantress, Mr.s. 

 T. W. Lawsdu, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 

 .Mrs. C. W. W.ard, N'cdson Fisher, Pink 

 Delight, Rose |iink Fnchantress and The 

 Marquis; crimson -Harlowarden, Har- 

 ry Feiin, The President, Daheim, Gov- 

 ernor Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, 

 and (iovernor Deneeii, iiurjih-; yellow — 

 Dorothy Whitney and Rother Starrett; 

 scarlet — Fieacon, Cardinal, Crusader, Es- 

 telle, Fl.imingo, .J. M. Manlev, .lohn E. 

 Haynes, Mrs. Potter Palmer, 'Red Chief, 

 Adonis, Victory ;ind Crusader; varie- 

 gated— .Jessie. .Nlikado, Mrs. M. A. Pat- 

 ten, Prosperity, Niol.a .Mien and Craw- 

 ford. 



Of outstandino merit in this decade 

 were the celebrateil Lawson and its 

 s|iort. Enchantress and its sports, Boston 

 M;irket; the beautiful Lady Bountiful. 

 White Wonder. The t^ueen.' Winsor, of 

 ;i poi)uIar shade of pink; Fair Maid, 

 .Mrs. C. W. W.anl. -^till iinecjnaled as a 

 rose ))ink; Pink D(dioht, still going 

 strong; The XLir(|uis, Beacon, probably 

 the most ]io|)ular scarlet yet introduced; 

 Victory, Mrs. Patten and the wonderful 

 lirolific H.arry l-'enn, <till orown in some 

 establishments. ,\ My advjince was 

 niade in this ile-.-id- and hybridizer? 



X'.c'l ■ alert. 



Ill tile pei'id.i ilMii t(p Hie present time, 

 we find f( wer novelties were put on the 

 market, ina-njy a-: a result of the great 

 world \v;ii-. dnriiio wliieli tiiTie few novel- 

 Ji". wve ev) ,,,it. Cieiit |)rogres.s, how- 

 ex er. h.'i ; be-n ni.iile. Tn white, we h.ave 

 Matchless, Alma Ward, (iranite State, 

 Biin .\mi and Crvst'il White, I'ink vari- 

 eHes inehiile .\lii-e ('(xinilis, Cott.'Krc 



