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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



Afbil 18, 1906. 



experience nothing can be done. As soon 

 as the plants have a good hold of the 

 8oil outdoors, syringe them with Paris 

 green, a teaspoonfal in a common pail of 

 water, and do it every two weeks until 

 the plants flower. I do not know the life 

 history of these beetles but possibly it is 

 like that of the potato beetle. A few 



old roosters and their wives have sur- 

 vived the winter and begin business with 

 the warm June sun anu if let alone in 

 their domestic bliss will wax strong and 

 multiply exceedingly, as the Mormons 

 did in the land of Utah. Give them a 

 sleeping powder before they can raise a 

 family. V. S. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Field Preparation. , 

 "We are getting near the time of 

 planting young stock in the field. Some 

 may have begun already but our ex- 

 perience has been that it is best to wait 

 until there is less danger of damage by 

 frost. While the carnation is classed as 

 hardy it would be unreasonable to sup- 

 pose that plants reared under glass 

 would relish exposure to frost. If plant- 

 ed a sufficient time to become pretty 

 well established before a freeze came, 

 they would probably pull through, but 

 it is not a question of bow much a car- 

 nation can stand but what treatment 

 will suit it best. 



In Connecticut the first week in May 

 can be taken as an average time to put 

 stock in the field. Meanwhile the land 

 should be got into condition to receive it. 

 It is a good plan to arrange for at 

 least two pieces of ground in which to 

 plant. By this means a different plot 

 can be used each year. While one is in 

 use the other can be so treated as to 



be in prime concfiiion the following 

 year; but this will be touched on later. 



This may be the first year with 

 some growers and no preparations made 

 last fall. In that case it would be ad- 

 visable to make use of land on which 

 some cultivated crop was raised last 

 year, com or potatoes, for instance, It 

 will depend on how much manure was 

 used last year, what amount is needed at 

 this time, but it is not likely any great 

 quantity will be required. You want 

 enough to keep them growing sturdily 

 but remember they are not to stop long 

 {uvd, in comparison with many crops, 

 remove but little from the soil. Too 

 much manure is believed to bring about 

 conditions, favorable to stem-rot. We 

 use no bone meal in the field, preferring 

 to reserve it for use in the benches. 



Probably no advice is necessary in re- 

 gard to the use of plows, harrows, etc., 

 as you understand them thoroughly, so 

 employ your best skill and make a first- 

 class job. 



Now as to preparations for the fu- 

 ture. Choose a piece of sod that will 

 raise a good farm crop and so handle 

 it. This will necessitate stirring the 

 soil all summer, getting it into good 



mechanical condition; besides the crop 

 will take off the raw edges produced by 

 the combination of decayed sod and the 

 manure you would plow in. 



If you are located where crimson 

 clover will not winter-kill and do not 

 care to bother with a cultivated crop, 

 the land could be harrowed several 

 times during the summer to keep down 

 weeds, then about the middle of August 

 sow the clover. Some land is unsuited 

 to clover or said to be clover-sick. In 

 this case an application of lime will help 

 matters and in any case I would treat 

 the seed with nitro-culture. Crimson 

 clover starts very early in the spring 

 and grows rapidly. Plowed in as early 

 as the ground can be worked it will 

 quickly decay and prove an inexpensive 

 method of adding nitrogen to the soil. 



It will be readily seen by the above 

 how two plots of land can be handled 

 to advantage and as most growers lift 

 their plants before August 15 there is 

 time io follow with clover or some other 

 cover crop. Those obliged to use the 

 same ground two years in succession 

 will see a way to benefit their plants. 

 Geo. S, Osboen. 



caenXtion notes.— west. 



Seasonable Details. 



It will be several weeks, probably, in- 

 cur locality, before we will be able to 

 plant our young carnations in the field. 

 It may not freeze hard enough to hurt 

 them after April 20, but along about that 

 time we usually have a rainy spell which 

 prevents planting for a week or two 

 longer. Whatever you do, don't plow 

 your ground when it is too wet, for you 

 will have trouble all summer. The soil 

 will be stiff and too lumpy to plant 

 right and you will have trouble in cul- 

 tivating later on. Neither will the plants 

 thrive as they should. 



Bed of Cinna E^andale Edfed with Pennisetum Ruppellii. 



