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are caused by the disease known as 

 stigmonose. It is the same disease 

 which is prevalent throughout the coun- 

 try and which usually is most notice- 

 able during the winter and early spring. 

 The wet weather ia undoubtedly re- 

 sponsible for its appearance at this 

 time, but if you will bench the plants 

 and handle them carefully, they will 

 probably give good results this winter. 

 After the plants are established on the 

 benches, follow a moderate course of 

 culture. Refrain from undue feeding 

 and do everything possible to promote 

 a sturdy, well matured growth. 



A. F. J. B. 



OOOD CRIMSON CABNATIONS. 



We wish to know of a new red car- 

 nation that is darker than Victory and 

 about the color of old Harlowarden, 

 one that is suitable for this district, 

 southeastern South Dakota. We have 

 tried Pocahontas, but it is not what we 

 want. We want one that is a free 

 bloomer, with a good stem and a double 

 fringed edge, if there is such a one. 



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The only crimson carnations on the 

 market considered worth growing are 

 Pocahontas and Princess Dagmar. The 

 latter has fringed petals, b"ut is not up 

 to Pocahontas in freedom of bloom. We 

 grow only Pocahontas in this color and 

 consider it fully equal to the Enchant- 

 ress tribe for freedom. A. F. J. B. 



BADLY INFESTED WITH THEIPS. 



Will you please tell me what is the 

 matter with a few of my carnations 

 and suggest a remedy? I enclose some 

 samples. Only a few of the plants 

 show the trouble, but last winter a 

 whole house was badly affected. 



W. B.— Ohio. 



Your carnations are badly infested 

 with thrips, which are most probably 

 responsible for the curling up of the 

 leaves. Those light spots, also, are 

 probably caused by the same pest. You 

 do not state whether the plants are in 

 the house or outdoors, but in either 

 case the remedy will have to be prac- 

 tically the same, except that the trou- 

 ble will be more difficult to handle out- 

 doors than inside. First of all, dispose 

 of all the vegetation, such as grass or 

 weeds, from around the plants. If the 

 plants are inside, clean up not only in- 

 side the house, but around the outside 

 as well, because with the ventilators 

 open day and night the pests will come 

 inside as fast as you can kill them 

 off. If the plants are in the field, the 

 same procedure will be in order. 



Having cleaned up the premises, the 

 next thing in order will be to spray 

 the plants thoroughly and often with 

 one of the nicotine solutions. Apply it 

 at least twice weekly; three times will 

 do no harm. Keep the soil stirred or 

 cultivated frequently. Dusting the 

 plants heavily with tobacco dust should 

 also prove beneficial. You will likely 

 be obliged to keep up this warfare un- 

 til cool weather sets in, to hold the 

 pests in check. Then, if you will keep 

 after them next winter, you will be 

 able to get rid of them altogether. 



A. F. J. B. 



EOOT-KNOTS ON CARNATIONS. 



We are sending you, by mail, a 

 sample of our carnation plants from the 

 field. On examining the plants this 



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DAVID WELCH. 



FEW florists have not heard of Welch Bros. Co., Boston, the oldest wholesale 

 florists' house in the country. Many have met in person Patrick Welch, 

 president of the S. A. F. But Edward and David Welch, though well ' known 

 in New England, are less in the limelight than their brother. David had to forego 

 his annual trip to Ireland this summer on account of the submarine activity; so 

 he spent last month at Rockland, Me., where the photographer caught him as he 

 was taking one of his morning jaunts on his white charger, like a commander of 

 the Allies out of uniform. So strenuously did Mr. Welch exercise at Rockland that 

 he left behind seventeen pounds of his avoirdupois when he returned from the 

 Pine Tree state, but still carries sufficient for identification. W. N. C. 



morning, we find a number of little 

 knots on the roots and we are anxious 

 to know what you think about these 

 and what we should do to our soil to 

 get rid of the trouble. The ground 

 these plants are in is a sandy loam and 

 was planted last year in corn. What 

 crop can we put in that this disease 

 will not thrive in, and what can we do 

 when planting these carnations in the 

 greenhouse? G. F. C. — Tex. 



I would suggest that you send speci- 

 mens to a number of the leading experi- 

 ment stations, such as the Department 

 of Agriculture at Washington; the De- 

 partment of Floriculture of the Univer- 

 sity of Dlinois, Urbana, 111.; the Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural College, Am- 

 herst, Mass., and the Department of 

 Agriculture of Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Some one of these ought to give you the 

 information you need. A. F. J. B. 



I am not able to give you any definite 

 information about these root-knots on 

 your carnations. We have had no per- 

 sonal experience with them and I have 

 seen only one or two similar cases. In 

 one case the plants seemed to make fair 

 growth in the field, but during the win- 

 ter they became stunted and ceased 

 growing altogether. I certainly would 

 not risk benching any plants that 

 showed the least sign of these knots; 

 neither would I use the soil they have 

 been growing in. 



Carthage, Mo. — Thomas E. Johnson 

 and Dolly Johnson, proprietors of the 

 Carthage Greenhouses, have sued Oscar 

 D. Graff, of Joplin, the former owner, 

 for $3,000 damages. The proprietors 

 allege that O. D, Graff represented the 

 business to be yielding certain profits 

 at regular intervals, and that they 

 bought the property on his representa- 

 tion alone. Since then they have found 

 that the business was and is a losing 

 one, instead of a paying one. Hence 

 the damages asked. 



