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Septembbb 1, 1004. 



ing pulled out and their places taken by 

 carnations. A new 300-foot house was 

 being planted with 7,000 Enchantress — 

 big, handsome plants. Walls of concrete 

 support all the benches, and tilQS in- 

 stead of board planks are used for the 

 bottoms. Some 50,000 carnations are 

 grown in all. Lawson still leads in its 

 color, but Mr. Peirce thinks Nelson 

 Fisher is a good thing, although he con- 

 siders the two very much alike. For 

 white, Boston Market is the favorite; 

 Wolcott split too badly. A batch of 

 2,000 Lady Bountiful is being tried and 

 a similar number of Mrs. M. A. Patten. 

 Mr. Peirce has strong hopes of Judge 

 Hinsdale, although the stock looks less 

 promising than other sorts. "The boys" 

 are dablsling in seedling raising, and 

 one bright scarlet with stem and flower 

 like Crane and Lawson habit was very 

 promising. 



Chrysanthemums are largely grown 

 here, a number of 300-foot houses being 

 devoted to them. The annual cut is 

 about 75,000. Only a few sorts arc 

 grown. These include Mme. Bergmann, 

 Ivory, Polly Uose, Glory of Pacific, Bon- 



naflfon, A. G. Balfour, Eaton, Mrs. Mur- 

 dock, Mrs. Coombes, Shrimpton and 

 Western King. A batch of 50,000 Lilium 

 Harrisii were potted for Christmas 

 trade. For Easter another 50,000 are 

 grown. A similar number of spiraeas 

 are grown for Decoration day trade. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri is pronounced a 

 good money maker. Several houses are 

 planted with it. Lily of the valley was 

 grown the past season, but will be 

 dropped. 



A track system for moving pot plants, 

 compost, etc., is in service in all houses. 

 The establishment includes a complete 

 carpenter and blacksmith shop. All pip- 

 ing and greenhouse building is done by 

 employes, superintended by ' ' the boys, ' ' 

 one of whom is a thorough mechanic. 

 After trying houses with both long and 

 short spans to the house, Mr. Peirce 

 thinks an even span suits him about the 

 best, although he cannot quite have such 

 on his side hill. The establishment of 

 E. N. Peirce & Co. is a good example of 

 indoor "farming" and a credit to its 

 founder. W. N. Craig. 



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TAKING THE BUDS. 



Please let me know which buds to 

 take, and when, on the following varie- 

 ties: Chadwick, Merry Christmas, 

 Grolden Beauty, October Sunshine, Eaton, 

 Appleton, Mrs. Jerome Jones, Ivory, 

 White Bonnaffon and Eobinson? 



J. A. K. 



The first bud that J. A. K. can see 

 on his plants is now perfectly safe to 

 take and will develop all right. When 

 we get into September there is no longer 

 any fear of taking buds too early, any 

 buds, whether crown or terminal, coming 

 perfect. If J. A. K. wishes to keep 

 Merry Christmas and Chadwick for late 

 flowers he can do so by waiting for the 

 terminal buds. The bud question was 

 discussed at length in a very recent 

 issue. Brian Boru. 



SOME NOVELTIES. 



"Coming events cast their shadows 

 before, ' ' and the shadows that are al- 

 ready being cast by the growth of some 

 of the novelties are sufficient to indicate 

 that there will be some fun by and by. 

 The chief charm of the chrysanthemum is 

 its infinite variety and, as the years roll 

 around, each with its quota of new kinds 

 added to the list, we have a variety, 

 both in form and colors, that is unap- 

 proached by any other species of flower- 

 ing plant. The Wells-Pockett varieties 

 will naturally occupy first place in the 

 list, as the adaptibility of their prede- 

 cessors leads us to conclude that the 

 present list will be equally useful. There 

 are eight varieties in the Wells list, seven 

 of which we are testing, as follows: 

 I>ora Stevens, J. H. Doyle, Merstham 

 Eed, Merstham Yellow, Mrs. H. A. Al 

 len, Mrs. J. A. Miller and Mrs. W. 

 Duckham. 



Dora Stevens is a magnificent grower, 

 as heavy as Cobbold in foliage, and in 

 its color, a rosy cerise, will undoubtedly 

 rank high. 



J. H. Doyle is also a very strong 

 grower, classed as a ten a cotta in color. 

 It is making a very fine growth in pots, 

 boxes and on the bench and probably 

 will be the king of the set, as it won 

 the gold medal in Melbourne from thir- 

 teen competitors. 



Merstham Red and Merstham Yellow 

 are almost identical in growth, with a 



dwarf, very neat habit and showing not 

 the slightest trace of disease. Merstham 

 Yellow is similar to Mrs. T. W. Pockett, 

 but moie massive. It will possibly be 

 too early for an exhibition flower, but 

 one can hardly tell the first year, as it 

 takes many kinds two years to settle 

 down and adapt themselves to the 

 changed conditions of a new climate. 



Mrs. H. A. Allen is also of dwarf, 

 strong habit and as a reflexed pink will 

 find a prominent place. Pinks are 

 Wells' strong point. Last year we re- 

 ceived three from this source, Duckham, 

 Filkins and Cobbold, all of them very 



"^fine, as the shows will later on bear wit- 

 ness, and as private advices report Mrs. 

 H. A. Allen as being an immense flower 

 I look for a record breaker in this va- 

 riety. 



Mrs. W. Duckham reminds me much 

 of Alice Byron, with its dwarf, sturdy 

 foliage and neat, clean growth. Its 

 raiser states that it is a great improve- 

 ment on Cheltoni, that it is identical in 

 form, but much deeper in color. It may 

 be a better color, though it seems hard 

 to believe that any variety could improve 

 much on Cheltoni in its form, habit or 

 general excellence. 



There are many varieties on hand 

 from other sources, one of which, Mrs. 

 S. Shaw, is a bronze sport from Mrs. 



- E. Thirkell. It shows the same small, 

 insignificant foliage as Thirkell, but let 

 not the gentle reader who may happen 

 to be growing Thirkell for the first time 

 imagine from its appearance that it is 

 not worth much. Thirkell can be grown 

 large enough to beat any yellow in cul- 

 tivation today, and its bronze sport will 

 be assured of a large sale on that ac- 

 count alone. Brian Boru. 



Fayetteville, N. C. — Jas. M. Lamb 

 reports a steady increase in the demand 

 for native bog-plants for export. 



Chevy Chase, Md. — W. C. Brooke & 

 Co. report carnations doing finely. Ber- 

 nard Winkler is the grower at this es- 

 tablishment. F. B. Foot, the junior part- 

 ner, recently returned from a three weeks * 

 trip to New York and Boston, during 

 which he visited many growers. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Disbudding. 



The term disbudding is used in ref- 

 erence to the removal of all surplus 

 growth from the flower stem, whether it 

 be young shoots or buds. It might be 

 generally supposed the only advantage to 

 be gained by the operation would be the 

 increase in size of bloom, but, though 

 this gain alone is sufficient to warrant 

 its being done, there are other benefits 

 to be derived from the practice. It is 

 well to consider these that we may fully 

 realize the importance of carrying this 

 work on at all times. 



In no case is it possible for the main 

 bud to take on all the growth that would 

 have been made in the surplus growth 



had it not been removed. Some will go 

 to strengthen the stem or increase its 

 length; a portion will be used by the 

 lower shoots, which are to furnish later 

 blooms. The remainder, not used by the 

 main bud, is either stored up as a reserve 

 or increases the vigor of the whole plant. 



Of course the increase in stiffness or 

 length of stem would hardly be noticed 

 in some varieties and to me is not of 

 such importance as the saving of energy 

 or increase of vigor. It is desirable to 

 make a comparison between disbudded 

 plants and those from which no growth 

 is removed by allowing a few plants to 

 grow at will. By daily observation the 

 advantages referred to can be readily 

 seen. 



If disbudding is delayed too long there 

 will be no increase in size of flower, but 

 it does not follow that the earlier it is 

 done the larger will be the bloom; in 

 fact, if buds are removed before they 



