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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



227 



CARNATION NOTES -WEST. 



Care of Cuttings. 



ll;niii}4 ill'' ]irii|ia^atiiiji ImmkIi iilk'<l 

 witli Avcli-liiiiu.'ci siiiid, use an nli| tal)le 

 knifi' aini iiiaUi' a <le<'[» cul aiTdss the 

 bench, into which the euttinys are in- 

 serted. After stici\in<; a bateh (what- 

 ever you have made) water the sand 

 thorougldy. so it will settle around the 

 <'uttings. After that, water as needed, 

 keeping tlio sand in a fair state of nu)is- 

 ture. It siioidd never beeume dry; 

 neither should it be watered enough to 

 become soggy. 



In the spraying and shading is where 

 your Judgment is taxed the must. When 

 the weatlier is cold and the sun Udt very 

 strong, there sliould be no troulile. A 

 spraying each morning and tlie curtain 

 dropped in front of them when the sun 

 strikes them, and raised again at sunset 

 or just a little before, will keep them 

 fresh and you ought to root 100 ]ier 

 cent of tliem. But later on, wiien the 

 Bun gets stronger and the house gets 

 warm in spite of you, then is when your 

 fine work is called for. 



Spraying should be done only when it 

 is necessary to keep the cuttings fresh. 

 On many cloudy or rainy days we do not 

 spray them at all. Too nuich spraying, 

 and especially keeping them wet over 

 night, will have the same liad effect on 

 the cuttings as it has on the growing 

 plants. It will start rust and spot dis- 

 eases and fungus. 



In many cases it is sufficient to drop 

 the curtain and keep the strong light ott' 

 of them, and whenever this is enough 

 to prevent wilting, it is preferable. This 

 curtain should be tacked to the sashbars 

 just above the front edge of the bench, 

 so that it will drop just below the edge- 

 iioard. This will keep off the sun, while 

 at the same time it allows the cuttings 

 to get the full daylight, which will keep 

 them plump and healthy. When not 

 needed to keep the sun oil", this curtain 

 should be raised to allow a free circula- 

 tion of fresh air. 



This curtain may sometimes have to 

 be dropped to keep off draughts when 

 *thcre is a high wind blowing and the 

 \entilators must be kept open. A draught 

 blowing over the cuttings will hurt tliem 

 as much or more than to let the sun 

 shine on them. So be careful on such 

 days. Keep the temperature in the 

 house overhead about 50 degrees and 

 about 60 degrees under the benches, and 

 if you will keep the cuttings fresh for 

 four to six weeks you will lie able to 

 take out a good percentage of the cut- 

 tings vou put in the sand. 



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MELODY. 



The ai i-cunpanying illustration shows a 

 iiouse of Carnation Melodv at the estab- 

 lishment of tne W. C. liill Floral Co., 

 Streator, III., where the variety origi- 

 nated. This is a Daybreak-colored sport 

 of Lawson and has Iicen seen at many 

 <if tlie exiiibitions and is well liked. The 

 house was planted from tiic field July 17 

 and salable blooms were cut August 13. 

 The two benches shown in the picture 

 had to December 1 pro<Iuced 4.141 blooms 

 and in addition over n,.'jOO cuttings. AH 

 the Lawson varieties, pink. red. white 

 and variegatc<l, are grown at the Hill 

 place and are all money makers. They 

 make a point of pro])agating before they 

 begin feeding and have inaiiit,-iine<l the 

 vigor of their sto.-k. 



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Otaheite Orange in Brass Receptacle. 



CUT WORM. 



Tiie eni-l(ise(l carnation buds arc suinr 

 we liave cut from ])lants of Queen Lduise 

 and McKiidey. We have been unalde td 

 see the pest. It ajipears it eats the cen 

 ter or the flower out of the calyx. I'ie.-isc 

 give instructions how to prevent them 

 from destroying our crop. They work 

 very little on other varieties, but .•i[)pe;ir 

 to eat a jiart of the voung siioots. 



<'. S. C. 



The pest that is attacking yo\ir carna- 

 tions is no doul)t one of the conunon va- 

 rieties of cut worm. They (dind) up to 

 the buds at night and i'ved until day- 

 break, when tiiey return to the soil and 

 bury themselves about half an inch deep 

 in the loose soil, and remain there until 

 the next night. If you will take a lan- 

 tern aliout midnight you can cat<-h some 

 of them while they are feeding. Yon 

 can find them, too, Viy looking for the 

 buds that \Tere attm-ked the jirevious 

 night; you will usu.ally find them burie<l 

 near the plant they fed on last. Hand 

 picking is the surest and (juickest rem- 

 edy. They are of a dull gray color and 

 you will have to look close to see them 

 on the soil. 



The crimson variety of wliich you send 

 buds is not McKiniey, but (dosely re- 

 sembles Harry I'enn. .M(d\iidey is a deep 

 pink about tlio same color as Lawsiui. 



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SMILAX IN GUERNSEY. 



l"or siiuic rc.-ison or other local con- 

 ditions in the Ulc cit' (Incrnsey, either 

 if v;,,i| ,,r cliinalc. snit smiia.v .adniirably, 

 and, ihongii I lia\c tia\eied, I Inivo 

 nc\cr seen il growing so well elsewhere 

 iiiidcr cult i\:it ion. 'i'hc (udy tear is that 

 too in;niy aic yrowing it, ami it will 

 be n\erdone. At one place I \isited 1 

 ua< able to vciify tin' fact that smilax 

 to I lie value of .•|;i.',(i.")(i was cut and ex- 

 jKirtcd from one house measuring ."iox 

 j-ji) feet. That w.as tlie sum realized, 

 and, of coui'se, the grower was exceed- 

 ingly gratified. if I renu'inber aright, 

 the smilax was reiimved, and replaced by 

 runni'r beans, so that the ;*=:.', o.lu does not 

 represent the total recei[>ts from that 

 house for a year. One of the nmst in- 

 teresting horticultiu'al sights in (aiern- 

 •^ey is a well kept house id' smilax in full 

 LiKiu th. — Hortii'ult ural A<lverliser. 



Austin, Ti-.x.— The Hy<le Park Floral 

 Co. has opened a store at SJJ Congress 

 avenue. 



YouNOSTOWN'. O. — Ceorge Vogel, son 

 of the former local florist of that name, 

 'lied at Pittsburg. Xovember L'l'. 



WITH BOSTON GARDENERS. 



Along the North Shore. 



1 lining a few hours to spare the past 

 wii'k we 'letermined to pass them in 

 this increasingly jiofudar part of Massa- 

 chusetts' seaboar'l. We found many 

 striking changes siu'-c our previous visit 

 eighteen months ago. Many fine new 

 residem-cs are being erected and ranges 

 (d' gl.ass are found on practically all of 

 them, the owners coming from Chicago, 

 Pittsburg, Xew Ymk and other cities, 

 in aihlitioii to the many from Boston. 

 There is now a flourishing horticultural 

 society here, and there is no question 

 but that this delightful locality is des- 

 tined to become in the near future the 

 leadin;^ society resort in the east, not 

 e\en exii-pting r.enox or Newport. 



