Sbptembeb 15, 1904. 



ThcWeckly Florists* Review. 



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New Range of P. R. Quinlan & G)., at Onondaga Vallevt N. Ym for Carnation Growing. 



fairs of our trade societies, the S. A. 

 F., the Chrysanthemum Society and the 

 Carnation Society. He was also for 

 some time a widely read contributor to 

 the horticultural press. He had never 

 married. 



QUINLAN^S NEW PLANT. 



The accompanying illustrations are re- 

 productions of photographs taken at P. 

 E. Quinlan & Co. 's carnation houses at 

 Onondaga Valley. August 26. The houses 

 contain 15,000 plants. For many years 

 past Mr. Quinlan leaned mostly to roses, 

 the best houses on the old place in the 

 city being devoted to them. Upon the 

 carnation becoming such a popular rival 

 of the rose, he perceived its importance 

 and accordingly laid his plans to give it 

 the best possible environments. The site 

 at Onondaga Valley, comprising nineteen 

 acres, was selected because of its natural 

 resources, variety of good soils, water 

 and beautiful perspective. The construc- 

 tion is that of the King Construction Co., 

 the same as is employed by the famous 

 Dale estate at Brampton, Ont. 



Indoor culture all the while and plant- 

 ing early from the field has been prac- 

 ticed, with results today in favor of the 

 field crop, although it is rather soon to 

 make a positive statement as to the merits 

 of either system, the present season being 

 the most congenial in years for outdoor 

 carnations. Where thrifty stock was 

 planted out they developed into planting 

 shape very early and were all housed on 

 this place before August 1. 



July planting, to say the least, has 

 many advantages with the grower whose 

 business demands ilowers on good stems 

 early in the season. In such roomy, airy 

 houses no shading was required, wilting 

 after planting oeing hardly perceptible, 

 perhaps owing to selecting the cuttings 



from the sand bed after rooting and 

 again before planting out discarding all 

 with any sign of bacteria or fungus. 

 Stem-rot has given no trouble. Thirty- 

 five varieties are ^rown, practically all 

 the new kinds being represented. . In 

 these Lady Bountiful is very promising. 

 For bulk in white, Queen, Boston Market 

 and Wolcott are grown; pink, Lawson, 

 Joost, Cressbrook and Marquis; for sal- 

 mon, Enchantress, Fair Maid; for red, 

 Estelle, Crane and Manley are grown. 



B.tB. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



POLLINATING TOJ{>lATOES, 



I read with interest the note in the 

 Eeview of August 25 regarding the sav- 

 ing of pollen from outdoor tomatoes as 

 spoken of by Mr. O'Mara in the discus- 

 sion on pollination at the St. Louis con- 

 vention of the S. Aj F. I think the plan 

 is a good one, and where carried out 

 should be of great assistance in over- 

 coming the difficulty which is often met 

 with in setting the first indoor crop. It 

 does not take long to gather a few 

 bunches of flowers and put them away 

 in paper bags so that if needed the pol- 

 len will be at hand. I know from expe- 

 rience that the pollen will keep in good 

 condition for six or eight weeks if kept 

 perfectly dry and not subjected to ex- 

 treme temperatures. It is not always 

 necessary to use the pollen thus gath- 

 ered, as under favorable conditions 

 enough can often be procured from the 

 plants themselves. I find that it is not 

 so much from the lack of pollen in the 

 flowers that the trouble arises, but that 



the pollen is often left bound up in the 

 anthers of the flowers for lack of sun- 

 shine which is necessary to burst the 

 cellular tissues and set the pollen free. 

 Hence, during the prevalence of dull 

 weather, of which we are very liable to 

 have spells during the shortening early 

 winter days, when pollination of the first 

 indoor crop is necessary, it is often a 

 hard matter to procure enough pollen to 

 accomplish the fertilization of the flow- 

 ers, and the having of a reserve in hand 

 insures against disappointment and 

 leaves one independent of the vicissi- 

 tudes of the weather. 



As far as the fruit itself is concerned, 

 it is of little matter from what variety 

 the pollen is procured, but these fruits 

 should not be selected for seed purposes 

 unless for the puriM)se of experiment, 

 and then it would be necessary to make 

 sure of the variety from which the pol- 

 len was procured. But where it is de- 

 sired to save any variety, to keep the 

 strain straight, it is necessary to use 

 only the pollen produced by that variety. 

 It is hardly necessary, however, to save 

 seeds from the indoor fruit. I make a 

 custom of growing a few plants of the 

 varieties used for forcing outdoors, and 

 save my seeds from them. I consider 

 that, being grown under more natural 

 conditions, the seeds mature better and 

 germinate stronger than the indoor arti- 

 cle. Besides, most of the varieties used 

 for forcing are profitable to grow out- 

 doors. Sterling Castle is a first-class 

 tomato for early outdoor work, and Lo- 

 rillard and Best of All are both good 

 croppers. Of course to keep the strain 

 true it is necessary to keep the varieties 

 apart so that they wont be mixed up 

 by insects carrying the pollen from one 

 to another. W. S. Croydon. 



