January 25. 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



631 



is Tio difference. We liave also heard 

 the assei'tion that the blooms will keep 

 better if the stem is cut with a knife 

 than where they are picked or snappeii 

 off. This, too, we find is a mistaken 

 idea. When the stem snaps off clean 

 there is no better way to gather the 

 blooms, but there are a few varieties that 

 do not snap oft" readily and these should 

 be cut with a knife. If your carnations 

 do not keep well I would advise you to 

 look for the cause elsewhere. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



FOR LONG SHIPMENT. 



How should carnation cuttings be 

 packed for safe shipment to European 

 customers ? P. 0. 



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merous varieties I feel justified in ad- 

 vancing the opinion (call it theory if 

 you wish) that a variety adapts itself 

 to the different soil, climate, water, etc., 

 or in other words becomes acclimated 

 sooner if cuttings of the same be ob- 

 tained in the unrooted state, the whole 

 operation of propagation being under- 

 taken by the grower at his establish- 

 ment. 



It must be admitted that at first 

 requests to have orders for stock filled 

 with unrooted cuttings were looked.upon 

 with disfavor by some introducers who 

 evidently saw in this an attempt to 

 insert the point of a wedge which in its 

 onward course would split prices in 

 twain or perhaps what in some instances 

 was doubtful at the start but would 

 count as one in a lot of rooted cut- 

 tings, might not be considered worth 

 counting in the unrooted state. 



The subject of prices is one not in 

 my province to discuss, but will say in 

 justice to all that the owner of a new 

 variety is entitled to the established 

 price of his cuttings whether furnished 

 rooted or unrooted, the buyer being 

 equally entitled to have them supplied 

 either way he may choose. 



Geo. S. Osborn. 



and the stem holds the bloom up per- 

 fectly. It does not split and is a good 

 keeper. The originators have a good 

 stock of it and hope to disseminate it 

 in 1907. 



CARNATION POCAHONTAS. 



Carnation Pocahontas is a cross be- 

 tween a light red seedling and Gov. 

 Eoosevelt, and is in its third year. The 

 color is a shade brighter than its parent, 

 Roosevelt. Instead of the dark cast, it 

 has a scarlet cast, which adds a bril- 

 liancy to the color seldom seen in a, 

 crimson, especially under artificial light. 

 The form of the bloom is round and it 

 has very little fringe on the petal. In 

 size it is larger than Harlowarden and 

 in productiveness the originators, Baur & 

 Smith, of Indianapolis, claim that it 

 beats Harry Fenn. The growth is strong 



PICKING THE BLOOMS. 



in i)icking blooms of carnations, is it 

 bept to break at a joint or between 

 joints? R. B. 



It will make very little, if any, dif- 

 ference in the keeping of your carna- 

 tions whether you break the stems at 

 the joints or between the joints. We have 

 heard growers argue in favor of each 

 way, but from experience we find there 



Carnations that are shipped to Europe 

 should not be sent as rooted cuttings, 

 but should be established in pots first. 

 They should be strong, young plants 

 with considerable wood on them. Pot 

 them into 2i.>-inch pots and grow them 

 cool. Do not top them at the stage you 

 would top your own stock, but let them 

 run up pretty well, no matter if they 

 do begin to show the bud by the time 

 you ship them. Before shipping them 

 harden them just a little by withholding 

 tho water somewhat and keeping them 

 quite cool. Even with careful prepara- 

 tion you will find the carnation not the 

 easiest plant to ship across the water. 



When packing, instead of wrapping 

 them in paper you should cover the ball 

 of soil with damp sphagnum and wrap 

 with raftia or twine to hold it on. Do 

 not let the sphagnum come up around the 

 stem any more than you can help; in 

 fact, few of the lower leaves might be 

 removed to help keep the foliage away 

 from the damp moss. 



When packing in the box use the same 

 method as is used in packing azaleas and 

 in fact all plants that are shipped across 

 the water. Put in a single row of plants 

 with the root end against the end or the 

 side of the box and press them together 

 tightly, so there will be no working loose. 

 Then nail a cleat across and tight against 

 the upper side of the balls. Put in an- 

 other layer of plants and another cleat, 

 and so on until your box is full. You 

 can put another lot of plants on the op- 

 posite side of the box, using the same 



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