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JAMDABX 28. 1916. 



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The Florists^ Review 



19 



CARNATIONS IN A LEAN-TO. 



I want to grow carnations in a lean- 

 to house which is part of a range of 

 vegetable houses. One side of the lean- 

 to is five feet high, the other about 

 seven feet high. It is heated at the 

 sides and ends. The watering would 

 be done by the hose. Can I use ground 

 benches with good results? Please 

 state, also, what varieties of carnations 

 would be likely to do well in this lo- 

 cality, seven miles south from the cen- 

 ter of Toledo, O. S.R. 



There is no reason why you should 

 not grow first-class carnations in that 

 lean-to house, provided the light and 

 ventilation are good. It is, of course, 

 needless to tell you that the house 

 should get a fair amount of sunlight, or 

 oijly inferior quality will result. If the 

 sides of the' houses are boarded up to 

 the eaves, then by all means raise your 

 beds, but if there is glass in the sides, 

 80 that the sun will strike the plants, 

 then the ground beds will answer well. 



Any of the standard sorts ought to 

 prove satisfactory, as far as quality 

 and production are concerned. Your 

 own particular market should determine 

 for you what varieties would prove 

 most profitable for you. You can find 

 out more by inquiring among the trade 

 in your city than I could possibly tell 

 you. However, in white I would sug- 

 gest White Wonder, White Enchantress 

 and Matchless. In flesh-pink I would 

 recommend Pink Delight and Enchant- 

 ress Supreme, as being superior to the 

 old Enchantress. Gloriosa, Eose-pink 

 Enchantress and Mrs. Ward are good 

 in darker shades. Beacon, Champion 

 and St. Nicholas in scarlet, Pocahontas 

 in crimson. Yellow Prince in yellow and 

 Benora in variegated. 



William F. Kattlng. 



(Chairman Flaance Committee for the Buffalo Carnation ConTcntion.) 



If you propose to sell your stock in 

 the wholesale market, do not make the 

 mistake of planting those varieties 

 which are the most common. By doing 



R. A. Scott. 



(Chairman Ticket Committee for the Buffalo Carnation Show.) 



that, you would probably only add to 

 an already crowded condition of the 

 market. Try to get something the 

 other fellows haven't got, thereby sup- 

 plying something for which there will 

 be a good demand. A. F. J. B. 



OEBANIUM FOLIAGE DISEASED. 



I am sending some geranium foliage 

 under separate cover. The plants seem 

 to be diseased, and I should like to get 

 some information in regard to the 

 cause. The stock plants are growing 

 well and the roots are healthy, but the 

 cuttings will not do at all. 



w. A. a. 



The leaves were frozen on receipt, 

 but showed ntkmerous small blotches, a 

 common disease on geraniums. Per- 

 haps you might get some information 

 from an article ' on geranium disease 

 which was written by R. A. Vincent, 

 and which appeared in The Review of 

 November 19, 1914, page 16. If the 

 stock plants are healthy, some incorrect 

 treatment is responsible for the cut- 

 tingis taking disease. Too much humid- 

 ity in the atmosphere is bad; so, also, 

 is spraying the cuttings overhead. 

 Geranium cuttings are naturally sappy 

 and root with the least loss in a dry 

 house. It is not easy without knowing 

 more of the cultural conditions to tell 

 why your cuttings have come diseased. 

 C. W. 



aien Cove, N. Y. — The annual ban- 

 quet of the local horticultural society, 

 held January 25, w&s attended by sev- 

 enty-five,' mostly gardeners in the mem- 

 bership or florists and salesmen from 

 New York. J. A. Shaw was toastmas- 

 ter. Some of those who spoke were C. 

 H. Totty, F. H. Traendly, W. H. Duck- 

 ham, W. A. Sperling, E. W. Neubrand, 

 Wm. Turner, Frank Conine, J. B. 

 Deamud and many others. 



