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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 25, 1906. 



method of fastening tlioni. In this case, 

 ho\A'ever, the box should be large enough 

 so the plants will not switch each other 

 too much when being handled, else there 

 will be bruising and decay before the 

 end of the journey is reached. Make the 

 box air tight Avhere the soil comes in con- 

 tact Avith it to prevent drying out, but 

 do not wrap with paper on the outside. 

 Do all the lining inside, as the paper if 

 on the outside is likely to be torn off on 

 such long and rough journeys. Leave a 

 few air holes in the box where the empty 

 space between the plants is, to admit 

 fresh air, else there will surely be decay- 

 ing. Be sure you nail everything securely, 

 ;as the journey is sure to be a rough 

 one a)id if any part of the box becomes 

 loose it will ruin the whole shipment. 



Besides tacking on the usual shipping 

 tag, mark the name and address on the 

 box with crayon, both your own name 

 ^nd of the one who is to receive them. 

 Also mark conspicuously ' ' Live Plants, 

 Perishable, ' ' etc. 



By the time you get your plants into 

 condition it will be April and there will 

 be little danger of fieezing. The iine 

 point will be to prevent damping nnd 



we have manure hauled wo do not pay 

 for it by the ton, but by the load (usually 

 about a cord), so 1 can tell you better 

 how much to put on your ground in cords 

 than I could in tons. To an acre 1 

 would advise you to use about twenty- 

 live cords. That will make a good, heavy 

 coat and need not be repeated oftener 

 than every second or third year, accord- 

 ing to how your ground is to start with. 

 Much depends, too, on how nmch of it is 

 bedding, as to how much fertilizing 

 power there is in it. If you could have 

 spread half of it on the ground in the 

 fall and plowed it under, and then spread 

 on the other half during the winter to be 

 plowed under at planting time, it would 

 ilo your ground twice as much good. 



Be careful that you do not overdo this 

 manuring. It is not good policy to plant 

 in too rich ground in the field. The 

 growth becomes soft if rain is plenty and 

 you \yill have trouble in getting the 

 stock started Mhen planted on the 

 benches. If you want good plants by 

 housing time I would advise you to plant 

 in the field from 3-inch pots and well 

 established. Then if they take hold well 

 in a fairly rich soil and get a moderate 



amount of rain you ought to lift good, 

 strong plants by the middle of July, and 

 they need not be soft, either. You will 

 find, too, that frequent plowing will make 

 the soil more productive. We always 

 plow one field in the fall, whether we 

 manure it or not. It gives the weather 

 a better chance to work on it and helps 

 to keep down weeds. 



The sha,vings and sawdust will do no 

 special harm in the cow manure, but they 

 will not do any good, either. We always 

 prefer straw bedding. 



I know of no one who uses the Skinner 

 system for watering carnations in the 

 house. Ask Mr. Skinner. 



A. F. J. Bauer. 



Carnation Enchantress at Jensen & Dekema's, Qiicaso. 



TWO FINE HOUSES. 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 from photographs taken December 19 at 

 the establishment of Jensen & Dekema, 

 Chicago. One shows a bench of En- 

 chantress and the other a bench of Bos- 

 ton Market. Mr. Jensen was a graduate 

 of Peter Fisher's school for capable 

 young growers and he has had a longer 

 experience with Enchantress than almost 

 any other grower, for he was foreman 

 for J. D. Thompson at the time he was 

 sending out this now widely grown and 

 universally liked variety. Mr. Jensen, 

 when he went into business for himself 

 last year planted more heavily of En- 

 chantress than of any other sort. He 

 knows, too, the special needs of Boston 

 Market and does exceptionally well with 

 it, getting good size and strong stems. 

 It is a popular shipping variety in the 

 Chicago market because of its keeping 

 qualities. 



CARNATION CANDACE. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of Carnation Candace, 

 which has been shown for the past year 

 or ifiore and is now being distributed by 

 John Hartje and the Indianapolis Flower 

 & Plant Co. It is a very pleasing shade 

 of light pink, a descendant of Mrs. 

 Frances Joost, which seven or eight years 

 ago ^as taking the first premiums in 

 the open classes for light pink for the 

 same grower with whom Candace orig- 

 inated. This is said to be similar to 

 Joost in habit, but a more steady bloom. 

 The flower is larger than Joost, averag- 



still have them damp enough to keep 

 them alive. A. F. J. Baur. 



MANURING THE HELD. 



I would like to ask your correspondent 

 how many tons of stable manure to put 

 on an acre of ground to plant carna- 

 tions in. You always see to put on a 

 liberal coat. I put on twelve to fifteen 

 tons, but I find some say thirty to forty 

 tons. I want expert advice, for I want 

 big plants when I am ready to house my 

 stock. Will shavings, chips and sawdust 

 in cow manure taken from stock cars 

 from the railroad be in any way detri- 

 inental to the growing of carnations? I 

 have about fifteen to twenty tons, which 

 is well rotted. There may be one ton of 

 sawdust in the pile. It makes a strong 

 liquid after being in the tank a week 

 and I cannot see where it sours the 

 ground, but it makes Lawson grow. Do 

 all the florists have the Skinner system 

 of watering for carnations? If so what 

 results do they have? B. J. P. 



I do not know how much stable manure 

 weighs in proportion to its bulk. When 



Boston Market at Jensen & Dekema's, Chicago. 



