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The Florists^ Review 



17 



CARNATION CUT FIGURES. 



Th(>t«' is ail (till sayiii"; to tlic ctVcit 



that confossiou is j^ood t'oi' tlio soul - 



and The lieviow has tliis wock to con 



fess that an old friend has "put one 



over" on this ](ajicr, his pii>\"ious ri" 



liability pennittiuf;- a rt'i)()it of i-uts 



to f;ot into print without tlu' scrutiny 



it should have had. Hocauso the 



liguros published last wock as the cut 



of the Iowa Seed <.'o., Des .Moines, weif 



jireposterous on tludr face, M. Ivurtz- 



woil, i)resident of that company, kimlly 



permits the publication of the follow- 



iiiff iccord (d" the actuiil number of 



plants on the bencdies and the cut fi'oni 



them from Septendier 1 to .lann;ny 1: 



I iiriKitiiiii |il;nils mi lioiiilics 0. "•".>. 



Cut for tlio 4 iiKintli-; oniliiiK \><>-. '-U . IHU. .40.71s 

 Kosc iilaiits other lliaii Ann riciii liciiitics. . 2,0(m; 



Cut for tlio 4 iiiniitlis 'J7,SS(i 



Aincririiii Itoanly pl.iiits .">0o 



Cut for flio 4 tiionths 1.S70 



RUST AND RED SPIDER. 



We :ire in Ticed of st)Mie a<l\ ice. 'riierc 

 is a lot nf rust on our cni'iiatiou ]>l;iuts. 

 It onl\- blithers one kind. iMU-hantress. 

 Wliat can we do to stop it, or at least 

 clieck it .' We ha\'e been cai'eful not 

 to water oxerhi'ad duriiif^ the wiutei 

 and only nn bright days early in tlu^ 

 falh In f;ict, we neeil to water or 

 spray tor ird spider, but cannot do so 

 on acciiunt of rust. What can we spra 

 with to cjet rid of red spider, or can « ■ 

 get rid of it without sprayino;.' Tiir 

 other \arieties iu tlie same houM-v .-ni' 

 free frnm rust, but we are afraid the 

 trouble will sjiread. Do angleworms in 

 the beiiclics do any harm.' We lia\c 

 noticed in the morning the little li(dt'> 

 where tlii'\ had come up at niglit. 



S. ]',. 



While spraying is sometimes liie 

 ■ •;iiise of the apjiearance n\' rust, and 

 e\ces-i\e s[ir.'iying is no doubt in 

 iurions (n eariuitions during the winter 

 iriontli<. yet it is not .always t h(> caii>e 

 <>\' tlii^' trinible, nor will abstiueure I'mm 

 >prayirig iii^nrc immunity from tlii- 

 di<ease. I"\cessi\e wateiiiig at the 

 routs or a liea\y mulch, idtlier of which 

 will cause' excessive moisture in the 

 atmes|dieie ;ind e\en foulm>ss. will start 

 the troubl(>. It has also been stated 

 that excessive humus in the soil will 

 aggravate the tmuble, nml tliis sound- 

 reasonable. 



Most growers make ;i )ir;ictice ni 

 syringing tludr cainations with a sharp 

 spray from the hose once each week, if 

 tlio weather is at all (it. That is usu 

 ally enough to keep away red spider. 

 S|u:iying with Hordeatix mixtuie htdps 

 Tri keep s|iider in che(d<. -One of the 



best remedies I liavi' e\t'r run across 

 is the following: Take one half ponud 

 of aisenic and live jionnds of white 

 sugar. Mix them dry. Then add 

 enough water to make a thi(d\ syrup. 

 Mix oiH' diaig ounce to one gallon of 

 water and s|iray thioiigh your com 

 presst'd aii- sjirayer. i'.y adding nicotine 

 at the same rate as yon use for aphis, 

 this remedy will also be found elVectivi' 

 against tlii'ips. 



While angleworms are not especially 

 injurious to jdants unless they are 

 present in large inunbers, \'et they are 

 of no benefit eithei'. You can clear 

 them out with a top-dressing of air 

 -lakecl lime, watereil in. A. I". .1.1!. 



IT IS DRY ROT. 



We are enilusing some carnation 

 plants whii-li aic badly diseased. Wli.at 

 i-- file disea-e and how can it be 



cherkecl.' The jdants were giown out- 

 side, with the usual treatment, and two 

 of the beiudies were planted between 

 August 1 and Id. It is only in these 

 two bcindu's that the plants are af- 

 fected. We used fo|- thc^e twii benches 

 some soil in whiidi we h;id grown orui 

 crop (d' fairly gooil carnations, losing 

 .about twenty or twentv live plants 

 during the winter id' IHbl 1 1, appaicntly 

 from stem-rot <>v something of that 

 -ort ; otherwise the jd.ants were all 

 rigid. 



With the old soil we mixed ;i liberal 

 i|uautity ot' cow niauuic ;ini| the plants 

 staiied nictdy. We Inst a few plants 

 at that time, about one per cent, but 

 did not see any sign of disease until 

 ab(uit the midille id' ()ct(d>er, when th(> 

 iSeacons began to wilt slightly. We 

 used air-slaked lime, dusting all the 

 plants with it. and kept the plants on 

 the dr\' side. ! lit thi- did not do niucli 



Emil C. Brucker. 



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