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The Florists' Review 



JCLT 81, 1018. 



REKEWINO CARNATION SOIL. 



Is it necessary to remove the soil 

 from my carnation benches each year, 

 or will it suffice if I simply renew the 

 old soil, the surface of which is two 

 inches below the top of the bench? 



S. A. W. 



If the soil is in good condition and 

 free from insects and other pests, it will 

 answer if the surface is removed and 

 replaced with fresh soil. T. 



CARNATIONS ON SOLID BEDS. 



Please let me know whether carna- 

 tions will do as well on solid beds as 

 on raised benches. If they will do as 

 well on solid beds, I can save a consid- 

 erable sum of money by growing them 

 in that way. In the part of Washington 

 state where I am building, there is rock 

 at a depth of two feet and I think it 

 would afford ample drainage. W. H. 



Whether your carnations will do as 

 well on solid beds as on raised benches 

 will depend altogether on the drainage 

 afforded. If the drainage is good the 

 results will be just as good on solid 

 beds. I would hesitate to put solid beds 

 over either rock or hardpan, where they 

 are so close to the surface, but if all 

 surface water drains away readily there 

 should be no danger from that source. 



A. F. J. B. 



HARDT VIENNA CARNATIONS. 



The Review of July 24, page 34, con- 

 tained an inquiry from M. J. H., under 

 the title of "Hardy Vienna Carna- 

 tions," with a request that some reader 

 of The Review supply the desired in- 

 formation. The inquiry was as follows: 

 "We have planted, in the open ground, 

 about 1,000 hardy Vienna carnations 

 and are anxious to know what results 

 they will give in this country. We 

 also wish to know what protection 

 would be required in winter, in this 

 Nebraska climate. We have planted a 

 few hundreds of these plants in 4-inch 

 pots, and intend to winter them over 

 either in a coldframe or in a cool green- 

 house.\By taking them up and bring- 

 ing themvinto the greenhouse, could we 

 get a crop] for Memorial day?" 



In reply/to this inquiry, I am pleased 

 to offer such information as I possess. 

 The hardy Vienna carnation belongs to 

 that splendid class of Dianthus Caryo- 

 phyllus flore pleno known as the border 

 carnation, under which heading we also 

 find the Dwarf Prague and that prolific 

 sort, Grenadine, so largely ygrown in 

 Europe. 



Any of these carnations are supposed 

 to be grown from seed sown in early 

 spring, either indoors or in frames, then 

 transplanted to the field and carried 

 over winter outdoors, where the plants 

 will be a mass of bloom in the following 

 summer. M».jy growers make use of 

 sashes, which, when placed over them, 



cause the plants to bloom a few weeks 

 earlier. 



For Nebraska, where the inquirer is 

 located, I would suggest wintering the 

 stock in coldframes and planting out 

 in early spring. The plants can be had 

 in flower by Memorial day if grown on 

 for about two months in a carnation 

 house temperature, but I doubt whether 

 this would pay unless there is a demand 

 for blooming pot plants, as the flowers 

 of the Viennas do not come up to the 

 sorts we make use of nowadays for cut 

 flower purposes, Fritz Bahr. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Members of the American Carnation 

 Society will please make the following 

 corrections in the annual report recently 

 mailed out: 



Add Chas. E. Critchell to the list of contrib- 

 utors toward the Fred Dorner memorial fund. 



In the list of registrations of new Tarieties 

 H. W. Field's address should be Northampton, 

 Mass. 



The name of the variety Pacific, registered by 

 R. Dlener & Co., has been changed to Debu- 

 tante. 



The address of J. A. E. Haugh should be An- 

 derson, Ind., Instead of Indianapolis, Ind. 



The address of M. L. Graves should be North- 

 ampton, Mass.. instead of Hol.voke, Mass. 



The name of the variety Magnificence, regis- 

 tered in last year's report, has been changed 

 to Philadelphia Pink. 



Kindly make the foregoing correc- 

 tions, in order that you may have an 

 accurate record when referring to the 

 report in the future. 



The following two registrations were 

 received since the publication of the 

 report: 



By A. Koper. Tewksbury. Mass. ^ .\licp 

 Coombs; parentage, two uukiiowu seedlings; 

 color, pink, shade between Winona and Glo- 

 rlosa; size, three and one-half to four Inches; 

 long, stiff stem, with upright growth; u free 

 bloomer. 



By L. C. Mldgley, Westboro. Mass. — Eureka : 

 parentage. Beacon x scarlet seedling from Robert 

 Craig; color, scarlet; slie two and one-half 

 to three Inches; growth like Beacon, but very 

 free, and does not split more than two per cent ; 

 the freest bloomer In commerce. 



A. F. J. Baur, Sec 'y. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Extreme heat, no overabundant sup- 

 ply, most of the roses and carnations 

 arriving of mediocre quality and little 

 demand from retailers sums up the sit- 

 uation for the last week. There is no 

 good reason nor any necessity for open- 

 ing Sundays. The majority hope to win 

 over the few who still delay, at least 

 for the month of August. Almost all 

 of the wholesalers close their stores at 

 4 p. m. daily. 



Now as to roses, a few selected 

 American Beauties bring 20 cents and 

 the hundred or so daily of Mrs. Shawyer 

 sell at 12 to 15 cents each. A few of 

 the novelties bring 5 or 6 cents, but of 

 the bulk of the arrivals there is no 

 reasonable quotation possible. There 

 are few carnations that sell at $1 to 

 $1.50 per hundred. Most of them are 

 small and sleepy and sell as low as 25 

 cents per hundred. 



Valley holds fairly well. Lilies, in 

 small lots, sold at 4 cents, and in hun- 



dred lots and over, at 3 cents. There is 

 still an oversupply and many of the ice- 

 boxes are full of them. Orchids devel- 

 oped a better appreciation as the week 

 closed. The supply is likely to be short- 

 ened from now on. A year ago at this 

 date they were nearly double present 

 quotations. 



Gladioli and asters are now in every 

 window. Only the best of each bring 

 any price worth mentioning. Few of 

 the asters are of any size or value. The 

 flood of gladioli cannot be much longer 

 delayed; in fact, it is a rushing river 

 already. Some fine auratum lilies are 

 seen. Sweet peas are enjoying a rest- 

 ing spell. Nothing is likely to add 

 much life to the market before Sep- 

 tember. 



Various Notes. 



The Greater New York Fair and Ex- 

 position at Empire City park near Yon- 

 kers, opens August 2 and continues 

 thirty days and nights. Over $12,000 

 is listed as premiums. The cottage gar- 

 den exhibits take place August 16 to IS 

 and commercial florists and private gar- 

 deners will compete for the premiums 

 offered. Cut flowers will be exhibited 

 August 2 to 5, orchids and ferns August 

 6 to 8, stove and greenhouse plants Au- 

 gust 9 to 15, fruits and vegetables Au- 

 gust 21 to 27, and again cut flowers 

 August 28 to 30. 



Walter Mott, with Benj. Hammond, 

 of Fishkill, N. Y., was in New York 

 July 26 on his way home from a suc- 

 cessful trip through New England. , 



The outings of the gardeners' soci- 

 eties have begun. The first to celebrate 

 will be the Tarry town society; the date, 

 Tuesday, August 5, and the place. Rye 

 Beach, N. Y., as usual. Many valuable 

 prizes for the athletic contests have 

 been donated. 



J. K. Allen visited his growers and 

 friends last week at Providence and 

 other Rhode Island horticultural cen- 

 ters. 



Foreman Bradshaw, of Wm. Kessler's 

 force, is enjoying a week 's vacation at 

 Ossining. 



Frank Hicks, of the Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., is spending his holidays on Long 

 Island. 



Patrick Denning, with M. C. Ford, 

 will spend his two weeks' vacation at 

 Lftke George and in the Adirondacks. 



Robert Monroe, with Walter Sheri- 

 dan, will have two weeks' recuperation 

 at Lakewood, O. 



Mr. Russin, of Russin & Hanfling, will 

 be at Sharon Springs with his family 

 during August. 



J. C. Silbert, of the H. M. Robinson 

 Co., has returned from his vacation in 

 New England. The company expects to 

 be well established in its new store by 

 August 15. 



The new store of the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., at 129 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, will be elegantly fitted up. It 

 will have a cold storage floor and an 

 ice-plant, 10x12x30, an office, 12x25, and 

 a floor space, 25x100, on the ground 

 level, with a room of equal size above. 

 The company has secured a long lease 

 of the premises. Manager Coan is much 

 delighted with the change of location. 



.Tames Coyle and wife are at Kean? 

 burg, N. J., near Sandy Hook, for thr 

 summer. 



Samuel Berkowitz, with Max Schling 

 will be married September 7 at New' 

 Henington hall, 214 East Second street, 

 to Miss Lena Mallonsky. 



W. M. Bishop, bookkeeper for Badg- 



