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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 22, 1004. 



I have another house planted with Cal- 

 ifornia violets, which are treated the 

 same as the Marie Louise plants and 

 which are doing finely. Bight along some 

 of the older leaves on the plants would 

 start to get brown around the edges. 

 These brown edges would get wider and 

 wider and dry, until the whole house 

 would look something like the leaves on 

 trees that die when winter comes. I kept 

 these leaves picked off but more would 

 appear and I still keep finding them. 



A. N. 



The treatment seems to have been all 

 right in all the particulars given and the 

 only thing the correspondent omits to tell 

 is the kind of soil that he has and what 

 his drainage facilities are. From the 



looks of the plants which he sent we would 

 come to the conclusion that they were 

 drowned out by cold, wet drip and over- 

 watering. J would advise withholding 

 water supply in a measure and see if I 

 could not dry out the soil and get it into 

 a sweeter working condition. In regard 

 to the seaweed used in the manure, I 

 hardly think that that could have had 

 anything to do with it, although I have 

 never used any as a violet fertilizer, but 

 having laid as long as he says it did, and 

 used in small quantities, I do not think it 

 has cut any figure in the results. Then, 

 too, it would have affected them earlier 

 if it were that. I think he will find over- 

 watering or lack of good drainage, with 

 cold drii) from the flow pipe, or both, the 

 cause of his trouble. R. E. Shuphelt. 



THRIPS? 



I am in trouble with my carnati«(t 

 buds, which rot before they open. They 

 expand as far as when they are ready 

 to turn the petals, but they remain in that 

 condition and in a day or two after, the 

 petals get yellow and rot. 



I heat the house with hot water, the 

 expansion tank being an open box, which 

 is at the end of the house. The tem- 

 perature is kept at 50 to 54 degrees at 

 night, with all the air I can possibly give 

 in the daytime. I have put on a stimu- 

 lant composed of one peck of well rotted 

 manure, one 6-inch pot of bone meal 

 and one 6-inch pot of wood ashes for 

 250 square feet of bench. This compost 

 has been put on twice this season, the 

 plants having been housed on August 15, 

 watering being done very carefully. 



The plants are very healthy, making 

 fine growth and stem. I have Enchant- 

 ress, Marquis, Queen Louise, Lawson and 

 Crane. The last named is the only 

 one that fully develops; all others, es- 

 pecially Marquis, are rotting. This trou- 

 ble is two weeks old now and happened 

 immediately after I had put on the sec- 

 ond dressing and started to fire up 

 harder. J. H. 



certainly think it is caused by some in- 

 sect and thrips would be my first guess. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



CARNATION HELEN GODDARD. 



This seedling is the result of a cross 

 between Lawson and Crane. The raiser 

 is Samuel J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. 

 The habit of the plant is about inter- 

 mediate between the two parents. The 

 flowers are of a beautiful rosy pink color 

 somewhat lighter than Lawson and with- 

 out any of the objectionable coloring pe- 

 culiar to that variety. The stems are 

 long and strong and burst calyxes are 

 unknown. Helen Goddard has won an in- 

 creasing number of admirers each time 

 it has been shown in Boston. It has al- 

 ready received recognition from the plant 

 committee and when next shown will 

 score a higher award. "W. N. C. 



I am not sure that I can tell posi- 

 tively what ails your carnations, but I 

 suspect they are badly infested with 

 thrips. If you had sent a sample bud I 

 could have told you for certain whether 

 or not this is the trouble. Pull the petals 

 apart and look for a tiny insect about 

 one-sixteenth of an inch long. The color 

 varies from almost white to a deep 

 brown. They are very active and you 

 will have to look sharp. To get rid of 

 them you will have to go after them vig- 

 orously, as it must be a bad case to de- 

 stroy all the blooms. Get a pint of 

 some tobacco extract, like To-bak-ine, and 

 spray them according to directions every 

 morning for two weeks, unless you can 

 see that the thrips have disappeared. 



I don't think the feed you gave them 

 is responsible ioi the trouble, although it 

 is a little more than I would recommend. 

 If the plants are in good, vigorous 

 growth and free from disease I should 



GO SLOW WITH CARNATIONS. 



When this reaches you, you will not 

 have much time for cultural details, but 

 I just want to remind you not to drop 

 the temperature in your carnation houses 

 too quickly. Don't think that because 

 you forced them extra strong you can 

 make it up to them by running them 



down to the other extreme for a while. 

 You could do nothing worse. Drop it 

 gradually, a degree each night, until 

 you have it normal again. You will want 

 blooms right along anyway and a sudden 

 drop would not help you tol get them. 

 If the forcing has weakened the stems 

 somewhat you can give them a light 

 sprinkling of wood ashes and water them 

 in well. Give all the air you can. 



Here's hoping that you have a large 

 cut and a good demand at fair prices, 

 therefore a merry Christmas time. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



VARIEGATED LAWSON. 



W. B. Arnold, of the Eockland Green- 

 houses, Rockland, Mass., secured a first- 

 class certificate for this very promising 

 sport when shown in Boston on Janu- 

 ary 30, 1904. He now has a house con- 

 taining 2,000 plants, which are a won- 

 derful sight. The house was planted late, 

 September 15, and picking commenced 

 November 10. Burst flowers are un- 

 known. Stems*-of Variegated Lawson are 

 longer than in the old type and the flower 

 has a fine odor. It opens very quickly 

 and is a great keeper. Having grown a 

 few plants furnished by Mr. Arnold 

 we have failed to notice any faults and 

 it has been a pleasure to grow it. Our 

 experience would be that it produces at 

 least three flowers to one of that popular 

 variety, Mrs. Patten, which it greatly re- 

 sembles in color. W. N. C. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Robert C. Pye, Nyack, N., Y., regis- 

 ters Carnation Senator Crane, light pink 

 bloom, three and one-half inches, high 

 built, of perfect form and of a non-burst- 

 ing calyx; long, stiff stems; free and 

 continuous bloomer; parentage Lawson 

 X Bradt. 



D. C. Noble, Columbia City, Ind., regis- 

 ters Carnation Uncle Peter, light pink, 

 the same shade as Enchantress, a sport 

 from Lawson with the same quality and 

 habit as that variety. 



John C. Moninger Co. and Vaughan's 

 Seed Store of Chicago, are offering 

 special prizes for the meeting in Chicago, 

 January 25 and 26. In order to give 

 everybody an opportunity to offer a prize 

 that desires to, the premium list will not 

 go to press until December 26. 



The Western Passenger Association has 



A Bench of Carnation Variegfated Lawson a W B Arnold's. 



