FKBKUAltl 1, 190G. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



705 



The Entries for the S. A. F. Medals at Boston Last Week. 



state how to prepare il. I find it, im- 

 possible to proc-ure upland soil iicavy 

 euoiigh for tiie above plants. J. H. 



I cannot tell you what causes tariia- 

 tiou plants to run to grass insteail of 

 making buds as they should. Oecasion- 

 ally we find such a plant in the midst of 

 plants that are in line condition and 

 blooming freely. This proves that it is 

 not the soil or the treatment. Jt may 

 have been in the cutting. Do not take 

 any cuttings off such plants, by any 

 means, as they will produce Just sucii 

 plants the next season. I'crhaps that is 

 how you came to have so many of them 

 this season. These plants usually look 

 robust and strong and as there are plenty 

 of cuttings on them the novice is apt 

 to take all the cuttings he can get f'roni 

 them. 



1 remember a few years ago seeing a 

 bench of Lizzie .Mctbiwun that was that 

 way from one end to the other, and on 

 ijuestioning the grower 1 found that he 

 had i>ropagated from such plants, be- 

 lieving that he had obtninnl a stiong 

 growit;g MctJowan. It is imt caused by 

 the variety running out, because 1 have 

 «eeu such ]ilants among new varieties the 

 lirst or second year we had them on our 

 place. All you can do is to avoid thes(^ 

 I)laiits when selecting your cuttings. I'.ut 

 why grow White Cloud any more when 

 ynu can get plenty of white varieties that 

 aie so far superior to what White ('loud 

 e\er dai'ed to be in its jialmiesl days' 



There is no reason why M)ur Ijlack 

 loam should not be rnaile to proiluie u,,,iil 

 roses atul caruatiojis. even though il may 

 bo not an ideal soil for either one. 

 Around Chicago the soil is all black, 

 though some of it may bo heavier than 

 voui's and tlere are no better roses grown 

 than are grown in that \icinity. If it is 

 iiKdined to lie too li;;iit. n^e ciuv maiuiie 

 altogether, as it will leiol to make the 

 soil heav_\-. while >table nianiirc' \\ill 

 lighten the >^oil. A. I'. .1. I'.Aii;. 



SOIL LACKS STRENGTH. 



< an \ou ^i\e loe any iilea what 1 

 ought to ]nu. on tlie soil in niy carnation 

 beds to ^ive if llie glowing (|n;ility it 

 seems to lai-k .' I unfortunately look I he 

 Soil for my comport List year troni near 

 Some large oak trees, and I think the 

 trees must have taken the streneth out of 

 if. Havi' given, in the last two months, 

 two light ap]»lic;it ions ot' \\oo,| ashes. 



and in the last month, three a])plica- 

 tions of liijuid cow mamiro. The jilanls 

 look better, but grow \ery slowly and 

 lack strength in stem and size in the 

 bloom. 1 thought ]»erha|is you could 

 suggest some chemical. J. \.. I >. 



If your jilanfs are healthy and the soil 

 is in good cimdition. except that it lacks 

 in ri<-hness, I would ad\ ise you to give 

 your carnations a light uuilching instead 



ot nsin^ li(|uid manure. i'liKcrize some 

 olil cow aiaunre and mix into it a 4-incli 

 |iolfnl ot' ground bone in each bushel of 

 niainire and sju'ead this on the bench a 

 scant half inch thick. Water well after 

 s|ueading it on and then water when the 

 plants neeij il. That is about all you 

 c;in do until the plants m-t to growing 

 strong and aloii;^ toward s|u-ing, when 

 voii c-in gi\f tlietn a good iiuileli of cow 

 ninnnre. or lii|uid. A. \\ J. Baii;. 



liilititiiiiiiMifili^^ 



THE 



CONVENTION AFTERMATH 



111 



A Few Impressions. 



J'or once ideal weather t'a\oied the 

 lioston conxentiiui; no loss in tra\(d ot' 

 flowers and all on time. Horticultural 

 hall W.MS in all respects the nmst liitiii;^ 

 place that we ha\e ever hail for the e\ 

 hibition. It is >o lot'ty and s[i;i(iiius 

 that till' carinuiic .acid gas expelled iiy 

 so many lungs made little ilil1'erenc(> to 

 the \(dume of oxygen ;ind the blooms on 

 the second d;iy were in fully as liiu' con- 

 dition as the hour they weic --t.a^ecl and 

 in sduie notable cases mucji imprnveil. 



Last week's b'KVIKW colltllilM'tl a most 

 complete re|iorl o|' the coli\ lait il 01. ^11 



on!v a little can be added. It is doubt- 

 ful if the exhibitiiui coidiiined moie 

 flowers than some previous shows, noi 

 .ably Detroit and Chicago, but in iiuiilily 

 theri' is no doubt there were never ^o 

 many fine ilowers brought to^l■t||lr. In 

 lad. it was iiew ihleriiig to ditermiiH 

 which v\;is the iiest [liiik-. or wiiite. nr 

 scaiiel. The hiboi-s of' liie thri'' re:^uhii 

 judges were So large that thre.' .■iddi 

 tional Judges weie called in and then 

 WIS a merry tiuu' in awarding i\io Law 

 son gold medal. It took all six Jiiib'c^ 

 to ciiefnlly inspect .and wei^ih all'Tli«' 

 points. At hist t'oiir votes were cast in 

 favor of Mr. Ward's liNa Siru--. frank 

 b'. I'iersiin's Win^oi' s,.,-,iii.| imd tin 

 spleii.jid scarlet. I'oberl < lai::. thii'il. 

 There wei-e eight confesi.i Ills I'lir these 



much coveted lui/es. ;i||i| iinli rilie w;is 

 Wortll\- of' a i;oli| mei|;il .-iinl a \ er\- few 



V'ars since would have wi.n it. .\lm.a 

 Waid is a woiiderf'nl white for size and 

 ioi;n ;ind (Uie oi- two of the judiics wnuhl 

 have given if the gold med.al. 



Aristocrat arrived showine signs of 

 t:iii^ue and Mr. Wit terstaet ter thought 

 ii be-i iidt til sta^e it ao.ainst fhivvers 

 that had tr;ivelrd luit a few miles. Aris- 

 loi rat was p.acked on Sunday afterno(Ui. 

 \o v\oiider the lon^, vvarni journey had 

 made it weary, but it spcuks voluiiu-s for 

 thi> tine variety that these \ cry flowers 



had 'V ollderfnllv |ein\e|ed on the seeoll'l 



ilav and looked ;is iiri^ht aihl fresh as 

 ;ih'. ia the hall. flowers ol Aristocmt 

 uii'wn in the neighborhooii bv Mr. .\ich 

 ol-i'ii e.asijy took t la> first in ils rjass. 



Ill' belt ('rai:: as exhibiteij w.'is grand. 

 ■iii.i N'ictoiv is a splciiijid si;ii|..;. There 



I- '■ • I ; I lier s,-;irlet whii-h will not be 



-1 Ml iiiii iiiilil next spring. It li^^iured 



hl^h V\ l|er,.\ i-r vlinu o. I I |s I 'eler 



I'l-hl I 's |',i;|eii|i. \\'. >;|U It l^ruWIII'J, 



It I- not sc;i||,.|, IhiI :i I'M^h; nlMllge !• l|. 



.iiel li.iv .ill I he larimi I ks .,t \|i. fisher's 

 ^ .' I Hi ie^ lh;il have iiiU'le lii'M iinmolt.-il 

 III ! he e;i iiial inn vwu h I. 



I'hele Were a t'eW V.-iri'tiex I 1 1 ; | t haVe 



111'' had t he .'idvei I i-<i ||M 'n, ii,.|ji ,,t haviii;/ 

 i'liii -^olil ;it talinhni- pi ice~. \ e: a n 



pi "V illLl ^l;i II'L-'I'I. MlnlH \ lll.lk Ml^ \ a 



'i' !|. ~. < )f llli-e Helen ( ,,M|,|;i|,i ^!,..\\e.l 



||p III na^iiiljeeiii fnriii. a ii'^ht pink t li:ii 

 I ii''lie\ .• is a inoliev ni;i Kei ; and I .leiil . 

 I'eai \ . a vplriulid w hite 'Ahi.h has pi,,\ ,.,1 

 ;i iMiii-li L;ie;iter c;i iinil ii.ii than ils rai^ei 



