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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Adqcst 17, 1905. 



George C Shaffer. 



(Of the Committee on Entertainment and Bowllnp.) 



H. Waldecker sailed for Europe on the 

 La Touraine on August 10. 



S. J. Goddard has taken a trip to 

 Nova Scotia and we hope will be greatly 

 benefited thereby, 



Alex Deevar, of Farquhar & Co. 's seed 

 department, has gone to Maine for his 

 vacation. 



William Nicholson finished housing his 

 carnations this week. He reports Fi- 

 ancee, After Glow and Aristocrat as all 

 looking well. His outdoor blooming 

 plants are a mass of flower at present. 

 The Queen is the leader. Eldorado, 

 Harlowarden, Floriana and "Wm. Scott 

 are also good. 



John Barr reports a big demand for 

 field-grown stock of the Queen carna- 

 tion. He also finds Harry Fenn a phe- 

 nomenal seller. 



Bed spider has been very bad on out- 

 door grown carnations and violets this 

 season. This is not surprising when 

 the heat and droughty conditions are re- 

 membered. 



•Entries are already being received for 

 the big fall show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, which opens on 

 September 14. 



The principal flowers seen in the store 

 windows these hot days are gladioli, 

 sweet peas, Lilium speciosum, asters and 

 aquatics. 



"Mum" will soon be the word. Some 

 of the early sorts are already showing 

 color. In spite of low prevailing prices 



of the last two or three seasons as many 

 as ever are being grown. 



William Spillsbury has bought ma- 

 terial for a new honse 34x100, to be 

 used for early cucumbers and later for 

 violets. 



Frederick C. Moseley, secretary of the 

 A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., was struck 

 and instantly killed by an express train 

 at Neponset station on August 9. The 

 deceased was forty-seven years of age 

 and had been identified with the firm 

 for about twenty years. Mr. Moseley 

 was widely and favorably known among 

 florists, with whom his firm has large 

 dealings, and general regret is felt at his 

 sudden and untimely end. Interment, 

 after cremation, was at Forest Hill 

 Cemetery, on August 12. 



W. N. Ceaig. 



CARNATION NOTES.- WEST. 



Left-over Stock. 



After you have finished planting the 

 carnation beds in your houses you may 

 have many good plants left in the field. 

 They need not be a loss to you as there 

 are several ways in which you can get 

 some money out of them. If they are 

 good varieties that are largely grown 

 there is sure to be a demand for them. 

 Some of your neighbors may be short of 

 just those varieties and glad to get them, 

 or some of the growers in nearby cities 

 may want them. If you can't sell the 



plants it will pay you to give them a 

 little care such as keeping the weeds 

 down and loosen the soil occasionally and 

 they will give you a nice lot of blooms 

 during September and October, when 

 your plants inside are not doing very 

 much. These blooms, while they are not 

 high grade, will help you out of many 

 a tight place when other flowers are 

 scarce, and they always are scarce after 

 the early frosts which do not hurt the 

 carnations. 



If your climate is not too severe you 

 can plant a lot into cold frames and by 

 covering the glass and banking the sides 

 with manure during the coldest weather 

 you can winter them nicely and they will 

 give you a fine lot of blooms late next 

 spring. In the latter case I would advise 

 you not to wait until freezing weather 

 before planting them into the cold 

 frames. They will winter much better 

 and withstand more cold if the plants are 

 re-established in their new quarters. 



If you ship any of your plants even a 

 short distance you will do well to observe 

 a few rules which will be found neces- 

 sary if you want your plants to travel 

 in good condition. As in transplant- 

 ing, moisture is very necessary, but it can 

 easily be overdone. When digging the 

 plants to ship, it is necessary to dip the 

 roots in order to keep the plants fresh. 

 Here conditions differ from when you are 

 planting your own houses. These plants 

 you ship will be out of the soil from one 

 to three or four days and the roots must 

 be kept moist during that time. Most 

 growers ship without any soil clinging to 

 the roots unless ordered otherwise. 



Packing tor Shipment. 



In packing them use medium-size 

 boxes, according to the size of the order, 

 but a good size is about 18x48x12; shoe 

 boxes answer the purpose admirably. Let 

 the bottom five inches be solid, then a 

 crack of two inches and a five-inch strip 

 at the top. This crack along the side will 

 come right along the stems of the plants 

 and will allow fresh air to pass through, 

 which will prevent heating, besides keep- 

 ing the stems comparatively dry. First 

 spread a layer of wet sphagnum over the 

 bottom of the box, then tip up one end 

 of the box so the plants will lay against 

 the lower end. Spread a little wet sphag- 

 num on the lower end to reach up as high 

 as the roots will come. Lay or rather 

 stand a double row of plants against the 

 end of the box and spread another layer 

 of sphagnum against the roots, after 

 which put in another double layer of 

 plants. Don 't pack the wet sphagnum be- 

 tween the stems nor the foliage, but keep 

 it down among the roots. 



About every six rows of plants 

 put in a layer of excelsior; this 

 will help to keep the plants from 

 heating. Proceed thus until your box 

 is full and finish with sphagnum at 

 the end. Pack your plants into the box 

 firmly so they can not shake loose. If 

 the boxes will be handled much put one 

 or two cleats across just above the roots. 

 Don't put on a solid top but rather lay 

 some paper over the plants and nail strips 

 across the top, then you will be sure the 

 box will remain right side up. Nail han- 

 dles on the ends and you will find that 

 your boxes will be carried instead of 

 rolled, as is often done by the express- 

 men. 



Besides tacking on your shipping 

 tag you should have an oil crayon and 

 write the address on the box as some- 

 times the paper tags get torn. Be sure 

 you label each kind plainly and if there 



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