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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



427 



llis cstjililisliiiifiit .L;i\t's t.'MTV pniiiiisc 

 if\' st(':ii|y cNipriisiiiii. II<.' sciiiU liis <'ul 

 t<i !•;. < '. Aiiiliii'T. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Holiday Varieties, 



.\u\v tlKit tl'C strain of Clirislnias is 



.■r nu(l more definite kiio\v]o(l<;(' has 



, II obtaiiiod rei>ai'(liiijif tlio lieliaviur ol' 



Main vaiictios, more particularly those 



^()(id (leniand at the iiolidays, atten- 



M ;-iiould at oneo be given t(j tiie in- 



.,;is<' of sueii as are tiie most (U'sirable 



i -iiited to your trade. Tiie Idooms of 



\ariety may be most desirable in ap- 



( iiaiiCi', ready sellers, et<'., but in point 



• i i.roductivoness tlu; varit'ly may be 



I utr a little behind anotiier \\v\ so 



iii;( h sdught for. The ((uestidii, then, 



- wiiicii to grow in increased cpianti- 



i;.s. Jf tlie returns per l>loom frdui the 



:.i!iner are enough larger tiian tiie lat- 



br to offset the difference in yield, it 



winild seem advisable to increase the 



-luck of the most desirable and higher 



[■liccd. Looking ahead a whole year, as 



J rowers must needs do, the ])robabili- 



; us are that ■while the less })roductive 



■-<iy\ will bring about the same figures, 



ilic variety less in favor now will be 



lirld ill still lower estimation next season. 



As before stated, the foregoing re- 



iniirks are made more in reference to 



varieties suited to holiday ti'ade than 



-taple, fill-year ones, still with most sorts 



\\'icn the (juantity increases quality and 



price take a correspomling dc(dine. Some 



growers will nuder no circumstaMces 



liaiidle scarlet carnations, ciaiming the 



--eason of demand at good juices is too 



sliert to warrant their being grown. 



ntiiers plan to tluow out the greater 



I'ait about February 1, using tlie space 



lo hold young stock. 



Trade eonditicuis must govern all such 

 nintters, but if scarlet is to be grown, 

 • arly ])ropagation must be jiracticod, not 

 "illy beginning operations in good sea- 

 -"11, but put into the san<l in eithi>r one 

 "r two large batches not far apart. 



If the stock from which cuttings are 

 '" be taken is snmll. it would be better 

 lo pundiase a quantity of unrooted cut- 

 tings from a reliable source than to 

 :illow' pr(>pagation to drag almig m di- 

 'i'inii1i\<> |(,t-~. '\'h\< ni.illrr ,,t' ii-iiii; .■nf 



tings in tlu! unrooted state is im ex 

 perimoiit, Imt has with others, as well as 

 tlu! writer, proved very successful. 



Tli'jugii peihaps my treatment of the 

 sulijcM t iiiay not lie new to snme read- 

 ei's, continued use ot' uiiroolcd cuttings 

 shows additional reasons in fa\(ir of the 

 metiicd alioiil which I will iia\e S(Miie 

 thing )(j say next time. 



(iixi. S. Osii(n;.\'. 



MY MARYLAND. 



11. Weber ic Sons Co., Oakland, Md.. 

 make the announcement that the K. (i. 

 Hill Co., U'ichniond, ind., has w it lidr.iw n 

 1 lom the joint <lisseminat ion of tin' 

 \\'(bt'is' white i-arnation, Aly .\laiy hand, 

 which was to ha\e begun this iiiontli. It 

 is stated that My .Maryland lias failed 

 utterly at liiehnioiid and at another 

 place wheie it is lieiiig grown tliis year, 

 but that gdiid size lots oii trial at To- 

 ronto and at I'hiladelphia bear out tlie 

 (u iginatoi- "s claims for it, while at t he 

 home place at Oakland the stock is in 

 as good >liape as last ,vear, when it made 

 a Very fa\oialde showing. 



The \\\d)( r iV Sons (d. says that in 

 its opinion the \ariety will in at least a 

 part of the country bear out its claims 

 fur it and will proceeil with the dis- 

 triiiuti(Ui, orders for many tlnmsands 

 having been booked, but they take the 

 very fair course of offering every buyer 

 the ojiportunity of cancelling his oidei' 

 in ^vh()le or in pa it. 



Tlie ]•:. (i. Hill Co. was to have :iNo 

 di>tribute(l Lady Margai'et beginnin;; 

 this month, but this \ariety was with 

 drawn seveial weeks ago. 



A YOUNG GROWER. 



Win. W'icliteiidalil is a ih-w ^^rowei- I'nr 

 the Chicago market, starting at May 

 wooil, 111., in the tall of T.io). when lie 

 built two houx's whirji he is devoting 

 to carnati(U!S, growing the (dder sorts, 

 su'h as Sport, Morning (lloiy, etc. .Mr. 

 \Viclitend;ihl was witli iJ.assett i^ Wash- 

 bum before starting for hiinsell', and is 

 a first-tdass grower, his \arielies not . be 

 ing done better by any other grower in 

 tlie nei'^hborhood. He is a voiing man, 

 only 1' I years of age, and uiiiiia i ried. 



THE MARKET FOR STOCK. 



I M a h a ri irie in t he issue lor I )ecelll- 

 \"V II entitled ' ' < ariiat ions for Clirist- 

 inas'" A. I'. .1. Ilaiir says: ''I think 

 that, I ;iiii sal'e in saying that but for 

 till' he;i\y deinands on the ^^rowei's at 

 I lirist mas, many a thousand t'eet of 

 ylass put up in tin- jjust few years Avould 

 lia\e been left unbnill.-' I wouhl be 

 Lihnl to liear I'roni Mr. Ilaur as to 

 wiietlirr ill- simply means llmt this de- 

 niaml was the incentive for building or 

 that those w lio did build had reoretteii 

 it and that had they waited iinlil an 

 otlii'i- year, or a few nnuiths, until the 

 ( liristinas rush was o\er and t.ie keen 

 eij^r and eiit liiisia- 111 had Woiii idT, that 

 t lic\- w iiiild not, lia\ e liiii It .' 



w. II. i;. 



,\ly slatemeiit was not made on the 

 --1 reiii_i I li III' any coin|daints I'roiii grow- 

 ers ot i-iil llowels, lull is tin' lesillt of a 

 i-h -f study <d' the wei'kly ;e|Mirts in 

 the l;i,\ii:w rioiii the lai^:- wlndesale 

 iiiaiket.s o\er the <-oniitry. lleloH' an 

 .-•weiin^ your iiiijiiiiy I took down my 

 eopie-. ol' the b'i-Aii;w 110111 NM\i-niber ;;, 

 l'.u;|. Ill ihc did ol' tlir seasia ami since 

 loukini; them o\el 1 t'eel e\ei: saler than 

 III toll' ill re|ieatin^ that siateiiieiit. I 

 liiid that with \ery I'ew e\i-e|it ions there 

 wa'- always p|eiit\ ol' good slock to till 

 all orders and when the wiather was 

 hair way decent I heir was a surplus all 

 aloii" the liii". ('heap sales would ol'tiai 

 help mattels some, lint at other times 

 e\en these w e le ot no a\ail ill moving 



the surplus. ()|' coiiiM' ('hri'-tmas and 

 Kasler always dean up e\eiytliiiir ;it 

 ;^oi;i| li^^iires alid there i-. nut eiioiii^h to 

 t^ii aioiind. In looking over these notes, 



I can liiid I iiciiiiia^eiiieid to build 



lor ihii-e who ale dependent mi these 

 niaiKeiv \'ii[- dis|M,viii^; of their .stock, un 

 les< il Were the scarcity at these holiday 

 linn s. 



I al-ii notice thai whene\ei' there v\as 



a scaii'iiy ii was a I \'. a v s in ihe t(i|. 

 Uiade-. whi-h, ol course, IS kill iiatinal. 



Tlli- s||,i\\s ill-It the wise eloWer will 



i; IV ■■ nore al I eiii inii I o the |ii odiid ion 

 ol' hiLili '.iiade lijooiiis thai] to mere i|iiaii 

 lily. I i-aiiiiol say that any grower has 



leerelled bliildillg a cerla'll lot ol' 



hoiisis. I iki niea n just w hat I sa i(|. 

 liiiW'M-r. ihal the s||,,|-tae, -t ( hiisiaia,-. 

 a nd iiv your pel inissinn I will add 



l-.aslei. has lieeii the illcenllVe I'.ir the 



creel I. n o|' ina ny a I hoiisa nd t'cc^t nl' 

 ul."--. The fact that Ihe s.- shwila-i 



Establishment of Wm. Wichtendahl, Maywood, 111. 



