Jamuaby 7, 1015. 



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■way. Victory cuttings taken from 

 those plants, grown in the field and 

 benched in the adjoining house, did not 

 show any signs of the disease, if it is 

 a disease. They are all planted in 

 raised beds. 



A 2-inch natural gas main runs di- 

 agonally across this house and there is 

 about four feet at the east wall that 

 is uncovered, but if this is the cause 

 of it, it would affect the whole house, 

 I think. There are no signs of any 

 leaks and there is no smell of gas at 

 any time. F, P. M. 



The shoots submitted seem to be 

 badly affected with bacteria. Those 

 light spots you see in the leaves are 

 the affected parts. The dry tips are 

 caused by the bacteria, spots reaching 

 clear across the leaf, shutting off the 

 nourishment and causing the end of the 

 leaf to dry up. 



I cannot say why that particular 

 bed should be affected more than the 

 rest of the house, year after year, un- 

 less it is located disadvantageously in 

 the house. If the plants do not receive 



.the proper amount of sunlight, they 

 would be more affected than they 

 would under more favorable condi- 

 tions. TliB gas main you speak of is 

 not likely to be connected with the 



'case in any way. Not only would the 

 gas affect the whole house, but it af - 

 feets the plants differently. The buds 

 had been frozen, obliterating any signs 

 of other diseases they might have 

 shown when fresh. 



I would suggest that you do not pro- 

 pagate from these plants. Take cut- 

 tings only from your healthy stock and 

 your chances for having good stock 

 next season will be better. 



A. F. J. B. 



UNSUITABLE SOIL. 



We have been in business in this part 

 of Long Island for the last three years 

 and our land was formerly cultivated 

 by a farmer, who grew pretty good 

 vegetables, but we are unable to make 

 our plants grow satisfactorily. We let 

 the ground rest for a year; then we 

 put horse manure on it and plowed the 

 manure in. We also sowed a green 

 crop and plowed it under; yet nothing 

 will grow. We are trying to grow 

 carnations and all kinds of summer 

 flowers. After a rain storm the ground 

 becomes absolutely red on top. What 

 can we do to remedy this, so that we 

 shall be able to grow good plants and 

 flowers? There seems to be too much 

 iron in the soil. 



I have two concrete tanks, over 

 which I have built a propagating house. 

 The mosquitoes are breeding terribly in 

 these tanks, although we have a cypress 

 floor. The help can scarcely stand in 

 the house on account . of these pests. 

 Can you advise us what to do to get 

 rid of them? Would kerosene or crude 

 oil, spread on the top of the \5[ater, 

 injure the plants? We use the water 

 from these tanks to water the carna- 

 tions in the houses. C. T. 



I would advise you to submit a sam- 

 ple of your soil to one of the several 

 agricultural experiment stations in your 

 section of the country. They will 

 analyze it and advise you how to im- 

 prove it. I am not positive that cover- 

 ing the water in your concrete tanks 

 with oil would seriously affect your 

 carnation plants, but I would hesitate 

 to do it, if I were situated as you are. 



Part^of^Chriftmas Caraation Crop of Fifth Avenue Floral Co.> G>Iumbuf, O. 



I would prefer to use cyanide to de- 

 stroy the mosquitoes. This, of course, 

 would relieve the situation only tem- 

 porarily, but if it became necessary to 

 repeat the dose too often, I would 

 abandon the tanks altogether and use 

 well wa^er. A. F. J. B. 



A CHRISTMAS CAANATION CROP. 



Here is a question for the big carna- 

 tion growers: How manj^ blooms con- 

 stitutes a good Christmas Crop from 25,- 

 000 plants? It is asked by the Fifth 

 Avenue Floral Co., of Columbus, O. 

 This concern sends a photograph, repro- 

 duced herewith, which shows the condi- 

 tion of the plants in one of its carna- 



tion houses December 16. The week 

 before Christmas 8,400 blooms were 

 cut, and Christmas week 14,300 more, 

 making a total for the two weeks of 

 22,700 blooms from the 25,000 plants. 

 This, the company says, is the high- 

 water mark at its range. Does it, asks 

 the writer, compare favorably with the 

 cuts of the big growers? 



CARNATION REGISTERED 



The following carnation has be^ 



registered by Littlefield & Wyman, 



North Abington, Mass. 



Mils Theo. — Wlnsor x Winona; rose pink; three 

 Inches; well built up; calyx nearly perfect, sel- 

 dom splitting; stem strong, holding nower at all 

 times; robust grower. 



Flymouth, Mass. — Chas. E. Stevens 

 lias completed another greenhouse at his 

 range on Stoddard street. The addi- 

 tional space is much needed to take 

 care of his increasing business. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. — The green- 

 houses on the estate of Quincy A. Shaw, 

 on Perkins street, were destroyed by 

 fire on the night of December 26, at a 

 loss of $3,500. Firemen from Boston 

 and Brookline were summoned, but 

 could not get at the fire easily enough 

 to extinguish it. 



Hanover, Mass. — Since the addition 

 of a house 61x117 feet last summer, the 

 range of J. W. Beal comprises 25,000 

 feet of glass. The stores at Rockland 

 and Bridgewater, in charge of Mrs. 

 Warren Johnson and Charles Cooper, 

 respectively, and the agency at Brock- 

 ton, in charge of Mr. Dwyer, only take 

 about "one-half the stock grown. The 

 rest goes to the Boston market. 



East Bridgewater, Mass. — J. K. 



Alexander during the autumn harvested 

 twenty-five acres of dahlia roots. 



Marblehead,- Mass. — William H. Sy- 

 monds has completed a small green- 

 house on the land adjoining his house, 

 on Mount Vernon street. If this proves 

 a profitable venture, Mr. Symonds has 

 plenty of land to allow enlargement. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — Andrew Swatt, 

 driving the delivery automobile of Jas. 

 Horan & Sons, collided with the chem- 

 ical engine of the local fire department 

 Christmas morning when the latter was 

 on its way to a fire. The fire depart- 

 ment places the blame on the driver 

 of the florists' car and will demand 

 $700 to pay for the repairs. Sjtephen 

 D. Horan asserts that the driver' fff the 

 engine is responsible, because he did 

 not sound the siren upon approaching 

 the street crossing, and will protest 

 the fire commissioner's decision. 



