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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 6, 1905. 



is making a specialty of violets and is en- 

 deavoring to dispose of them as already 

 suggested, namely, through the creating 

 of a special demand and trade in connec- 

 tion with some store, not necessarily that 

 of a florist. If sold to a retail florist, 

 of course, the methods of bunching and 

 handling may be entirely different. The 

 usual plan in selling to a florist is for 

 the grower to bunch them before ship- 

 ment. Much of the success, therefore, of 

 his efforts will depend on the neatness 

 with which he does this. 



Packing for Shipment. 



If the grower is doing a shipping busi- 

 ness it is necessary to pack the violets 

 properly in order to keep them fresh, and 

 in cold weather to prevent freezing. 

 Great care should be exercised here in 

 the matter of making the packages at- 

 tractive. One of the most satisfactory 

 methods of shipping violets is by means 



of a common leatherette telescope box. 

 This can be made so as to hold from 500 

 to 1,000 violets. By a proper bunching 

 and use of a wire frame within the leath- 

 erette telescope the violets reach their 

 destination in excellent shape and when 

 opened up are fresh and sweet. 



It too frequently happens that grow- 

 ers are careless in this matter and will 

 send their violets to market in rough 

 board boxes lined with unsightly news- 

 papers, which condition always detracts 

 from their appearance and consequently 

 from their price. The leatherette boxes 

 are returnable and can be used over and 

 over again. They have special advan- 

 tages in that the flowers can be securely 

 wrapped and packed so as to avoid freez- 

 ing and, furthermore, after a while they 

 become saturated with the violet per- 

 fume and act directly in the matter of 

 aiding the violets to hold their very de- 

 sirable odor. 



(To be Continued.) 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Preparations for Housing. 



Now that your plants in the field are 

 well under way and press of work 

 somewhat relieved, the matter of emp- 

 tying the houses, repairing, cleaning, 

 painting, whitewashing and refilling 

 the benches with fresh soil can receive 

 attention. 



The plan of allowing exhausted plants 

 and soil to remain in the benches until 

 everything is as dry as a tinder box, is 

 not to be recommended. Aside from 

 the appearance of desolation and the 

 chance afforded insect pests, etc., to 

 increase and multiply, it is injurious to 

 the woodwork and detrimental to the 

 house in many ways. After deciding 

 to "throw out" a house or bench, the 

 sooner it is put back into shape for 

 replanting the better. 



One cannot be too thorough in the 

 work of cleaning. As soon as the soil 

 is removed from a bench, the bench 

 should be swept and washed to remove 

 all the soil adhering to the sides or 

 bottom, and especially that very likely 

 to lodge in the drainage cracks. A 

 stout hose, good pressure of water, an 

 old broom and a fair amount of elbow 

 grease will do the trick. 



Before the boards are thoroughly dry, 

 apply the whitewash, preferably hot. 



The space under the benches, in 

 walks and any crack, corner or crevice 

 where spider webs and dead foliage are 

 accustomed to associate should all be 

 cleaned of dirt or litter. 



It is well to make provision lor a lib- 

 eral quantity of whitewash. Lime is 

 not only a disinfectant and destroyer 

 of disease germs, but a preserver of 

 wood as well. A coat of wash applied 

 hot to the inside of a bench will add 

 considerable to its life. This is said 

 to be particularly true when used in 

 new lumber. 



Air-slaked lime will be needed in 



bench soil and for other purposes, so 

 when purchasing the supply enough ex- 

 tra should be secured to provide for 

 this. It will be economy, as a barrel 

 of lump or quick lime increases great- 

 ly by air-slaMng. 



If you are to use manure in bottom 

 of benches, do not be induced to buy or 

 use that which is too rotten. So called 

 "well rotted" manure is usually on a 

 par with odorless fertilizers. We have 

 seen fresh dropped manure used for 

 this purpose with good results. 



If not already done, give the soil 

 pile a turning over. Again handled in 

 refilling the benches the whole mass 

 becomes thoroughly mixed and in fine 

 mechanical condition. 



Geo. S, Osborn. , 



"Is existing in the German language 

 a particularly book of the especial car- 

 nation cultivation and what firm is that 

 delivering? Otherwise what book in 

 the English language may be recom- 

 mended excepted those of Mr. C. "W. 

 Ward of Queens, which I do know?" 



If any reader can enlighten our 

 friend the Eeview will be pleased to 

 forward the letter. 



STEAMER SAILINGS. 



Those who wish to post steamer sail- 

 ings in the show window as a means of 

 securing orders for telegraphic transfer 

 to New York will find here the principal 

 sailings for the next two weeks: 



Date. steamer. Destination. 



July 8 — Graf Waldersee ...Hamburg. 



July 8 — Umbria Liverpool. 



July 8 — New York Soultbampton. 



July 8 — Minneapolis London. 



July 8 — Finland ; Antwerp. 



July 8 — Bordeaux Havre. 



July 11— K. Wllbelm II Bremen. 



July 11 — Slavonla Naples. 



July 11 — Georglc Liverpool. 



July 12 — Statendam Rotterdam. 



July 12 — Majestic Liverpool. 



July 12 — Patrla Havre. 



July 13 — La Savoie Havre. 



July IB — Lucanla Liverpool. 



July 15 — St. Louis Southampton. 



July 15 — Vaderland Antwerp. 



July 18 — Fred'k der Grosse. . Bremen. 



July 19 — Ryndam Rotterdam. 



July 19 — Oscar II Copenhagen. 



July 19 — Cedrlc Liverpool. 



July 20 — Deutscliland Hamburg. 



July 20 — La Bretagne Havre. 



July 22 — Etruria Liverpool. 



July 22 — Pennsylvania Hamburg. 



July 22 — Philadelphia Southampton. 



July 22 — Kroonland Antwerp. 



JUNE BUGS. 



CARNATIONS IN GERMAN. 



A subscriber in Germany writes as 

 follows: 



In the Eeview of June 29 H. T. asks 

 if the larvae of the June bug will do any 

 harm to the roses that are planted out in 

 his rose house. They will do a great 

 deal of harm, for they keep working 

 through the soil and cut the young 

 roots and the stronger ones, if 

 they come in their way, and on bright 

 days you will see your plants wilting. 

 When they get larger they will girdle 

 the plants just under the soil. I had the 

 same experience as H. T., having a large 

 number in my rose house. I tried a 

 strong solution of tobacco water in one 

 part of a bed and mixed a half bushel 

 of unslaked lime into forty gallons of 

 water and watered another part of the 

 bed with it, but it did not seem to kill 

 any of the larva>. So I got bisulphide 



Packing Boxes Used by Poughkeepsie Growers. 



