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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 11, 1904. 



duces another bud. After a plant has 

 made a break it is not wise to be in too 

 big a hurry to remove all the shoots not 

 needed to run on. Let the shoots make 

 a growth of several inches; then it can 

 be determined with safety just which 

 would be the bost one to leave. ' 



Brian Boru. 



ROSES« 



Work- About the Buildings. 



If there are any defects in the glass, 

 such as blisters, which cause burning 

 spots, they should be gone over and 

 touched with either oil or a solution of 

 alum. Apart from the unsightly ap- 

 pearance these burned spots give a house, 

 their effect op the plants is debilitating, 

 destroying the usefulness of the foliage, 

 causing weakness and checking root ac- 

 tion. The time and trouble devoted to 

 obliterating these spots will be amply 

 repaid in the robustness and vigor of 

 growth obtained. 



While the weather is yet warm and the 

 wood-work dry, is the proper time to look 

 over the roofs, gutters, etc., and have the 

 necessary repairs attended to. If the 

 roofs are old and the sash bars decayed 

 and ordinary puttying would entail too 

 much labor. Old English putty applied 

 with the putty bulb along the edges will 

 render them tight for at least one sea- 

 son. Particular care and pains should 

 be taken to close all cracks along the 

 gutters, as this is where the cold air 

 pours in, causing just the conditions fa- 

 vorable to the germination of mildew 

 spores. As long as these cracks are left 

 open it is impossible to keep the houses 

 clear of this pest, however intelligently 

 we may apply all the other preventives 

 and remedies; in fact, to obtain the best 

 results in a rose house we must elimin- 

 ate as far as possible all drip and 

 draughts. 



Any painting that may be necessary 



should also be done while the wood is 

 in a fit condition. A clean and neat 

 exterior, besides being attractive, is an 

 almost certain index of the condition of 

 the interior and stock and often gives 

 us a correct line on the quality of the 

 management. 



Boilers should be cleaned and over- 

 hauled and put into condition for the 

 winter's work, fire boxes and grates re- 

 paired and pipes lined up and tested. 

 Ventilators also should be readjusted 

 and everything put into shape for the 

 winter. 



These matters are often allowed to 

 drift along till after the best part of 

 the season is over and the danger from 

 frost becomes imminent. Then the work 

 has to be hurried through and the near- 

 er the danger point approaches and time 

 becomes precious, the work is done in 

 such a hurried and imperfect manner 

 that our troubles are sure to be multi- 

 plied during the winter. A little fore- 

 sight and energy now will place us be- 

 yond these worries and risks. Bjbes. 



DISBUDDING TEAS. 



Please tell me how 

 should be before I cut 

 half the stem, as you 

 good to let the plants 

 size? Do you pay any 

 color of the buds? 



large the teas 

 off the bud and 



advised. Is it 

 reach a certain 

 attention to the 

 C. A, P. 



It is better to allow the buds to show 

 a little color before oisbudding, as this 

 is an evidence that the eyes on the flow- 

 er stem have approached the woody 

 stage at which the eyes are fully de- 

 veloped. If the plants are very small and 

 where cutting off half the flower stem 

 would denude the plant of too large a 

 percentage of fohage, it is better to sim- 

 ply nip off the buds. This is the treat- 

 ment usually accorded to plants while in 

 two and one-half-inch and three-inch 

 pots. Kibes. 



CARNATION NOTES. -WEST. 



Seasonable Care. 



After you have your carnations planted 

 a week or ten days, if you have not al- 

 lowed them to suffer, you will be able 

 to see that the roots have taken hold. 

 As soon as the plants will hold up fresh 

 without any syringing during the day 

 you should begin to remove the shade 

 by degrees. This removing the shade 

 and getting the plants inured to tlie 

 strong rays of the sun is almost as 

 severe on the plants as the transplanting 

 was. If it is done too suddenly and 

 the plants are exposed to the fierce sun- 

 shine we are apt to have at this time 

 of the year, they will wilt badly and suf- 

 fer proportionately. A severe check is 

 sure to follow and some of the plants 

 may never recover. The less syringing 

 you did and, of course, kept your plants 

 fresh, the less would your plants suffer, 

 cs the growth would have had less 

 chance to become soft. 



Great care must be given to watering, 

 too, during the first month after plant- 

 ing. After you can see that the roots 

 have taken hold nicely let the soil get 

 tolerably dry on the surface. Not pow- 

 der dry, but just dry enough to let the 

 sun sweeten it. While it is tolerably 

 dry go over the beds and stir the soil 

 about a half inch deep and level it off. 

 After the plants have the full sun I like 

 to water the whole bed instead of just 

 around the plants. There is little dan- 

 ger of the soil souring if you allow it to 

 gefc into the proper condition before each 

 Xvatering and I think the plants do bet- 

 iw/as the soil does not get so hot. Keep 

 the soil stirred to keep it sweet and to 

 kill the weeds. If there are any spots 

 that appear to have soured a little, 

 sprinkle on a little air-slaked lime and 

 stir it into the soil, and water carefully 

 thereafter. 



Soon after the plants get to going 

 nicely you should begin with your insect 

 preventives. I do not like to smoke 

 during this hot weather, as the ventila- 

 tors have to be closed while smoking. 

 Far better for the plants is a good spray- 



ing with a nicotine extract like To-bak- 

 ine liquid, which will kill the insects just 

 as well as the tobacco smoke and with 

 less harm to the plants. Spray at least 

 once in two weeks for a preyentive, 

 but spray oftener if necessary to eradi- 

 cate a pest that may have gotten a foot- 

 hold. Always keep in mind the old 

 adage about the ounce of , prevention 

 being worth a ^ound of ciire. If you 

 are troubled with sow-bugs on your place, 

 don't wait until they begin to chew up 

 your plants. Mix some sugar and Paris 

 green and drop a little here and there 

 on the edge-board and you will soon be 

 rid of them. A. F. J. Baur. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. ' 



Diseased or Withered Foliage. 



Very few varieties pass through the 

 ordeal of transplanting without losing 

 more or less foliage and still less can be 

 said to be free from objectionable if not 

 diseased leaves. Althongh it is claimed by 

 some that the removal of such foliage is 

 unnecessary and a waste of time, there 

 remains the possibility that the work may 

 not have been properly done. 



I will admit it is tedious work at best 

 but aside from the benefit to plants, the 

 improved appearance of a bench so 

 treated, gives the grower a sense of 

 pride. The best help on the place should 

 be set at this work, as carelessness, im- 

 patience or rough handling will tend to 

 do more harm than good. 



Plants should be established and grow- 

 ing vigorously before beginning the op- 

 eration and, as it is advisable always to 

 remove all rubbish from the house, choose 

 a time previous to the bench soil being 

 broken up, as this allows those dropped 

 to be more easily gathered. 



If the foliage to be removed is com- 

 pletely shriveled there is less liability of 

 damage being done than if partially 

 green and on this account it is not ad- 

 visable to clean up the plants too soon. 

 Leaning the plants too far sideways 

 when going over them and trying to 

 rush the job by picking the leaves off in 

 handfuls is responsible for injury to ten- 

 der roots or the breaking down of 

 branches and young shoots; also tearing 

 off bark, and in my opinion the reason 

 for some growers reaching the conclusion 

 that the practice does not pay; but any 

 operation aiding in the admission of air 

 around the stem and lower branches will 

 pay if intelligently done, the more so 

 when it also reduces the chances of dis- 

 ease germs finding a lodging place. 



Supports. 



The carnation being naturally of 

 sprawly growth, the question of supports 

 can be considered next in importance to 

 good plants, not only that we may ob- 

 tain straight stems but by actual test it 

 has been found that a plant will give an 

 increased number of blooms if properly 

 supported. Varieties differ somewhat in 

 habit, but in any ease the plants should 

 not be crowded into a small compass or 

 tied in a way to bunch the foliage to- 

 gether, for, as before stated, being nat- 

 urally of sprawly growth, too much re- 

 striction wiU be quickly resented. The 

 air must have free access to every part 

 of the plant. 



There are various supports on the mar- 

 ket, each having its special advantages. 

 Many growers stretch wire lengthwise of 

 the bench and runs strings across, some 

 adding wire netting bent in shape of an 



