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Mat 81, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



79 



CARNATION NOTES.-W5ST. 



Growing Gtnutions Indoors. 



If you grow any of your carnations in- 

 doors through the summer, you should 

 look after them closely right along. 

 There are several good ways of handling 

 them, and the method to follow will de- 

 pend on the nature of your business. If 

 you grow only a few benches this way, 

 and you do not need the room for other 

 plants, when you have planted your 

 young stock in the field you can use the 

 vacant benches to plant on. "We prefer 

 to plant the latter part of May, if pos- 

 sible. The weather is not so hot at that 

 time, and the young plants take hold 

 readily. It saves a shifting and the 

 plants are more easily cared for on the 

 benches than in pots. 



If, however, you need all your bench 

 room until June or July, then the young 

 plants must be shifted into 4-inch pots 

 and should be plunged outdoors if possi- 

 ble and kept watered sufficiently to keep 

 them growing. Care should be taken to 

 plant them before they become too pot- 

 bound. They should be just right for a 

 shift when you plant them. Some of 

 the best Lawson we have ever seen were 

 handled this way. 



The soil should be the same as ia 

 stacked up for planting later on, and 

 the bench should be prepared the same 

 way. We put a layer of cow manure at 

 the bottom, about an inch thick, and on 

 this fill in about three inches of soil. We 

 do not mix bone with this soil, preferring 

 to put on a dressing later, when the 

 plants have begun active growth. 



When setting the plants have a small 

 depression around each one, so you can 

 water each plant separately for a few 

 days. Give a good watering around each 

 plant to settle the soil, and after that 

 water sparingly until the plants get un- 

 der way, but do not let them suffer at 

 any time. A light spraying to dampen 

 the surface of the soil, two or three 

 times daily on warm days, will help them 

 considerably, but do not spray late in 

 the afternoon. They should be dry at 

 night. 



Keep up this treatment until the weeds 

 "^ |«rge enough to pull, when the poil 

 should be broken up and leveled off. By 

 that time the plants will have a good 

 start and will be in shape to have the 

 Whole bed watered and a mulch of loose 

 material applied to prevent drving out. 

 Spray.ng should be reduced to once each 

 aay in the forenoon, and water may be 

 ^PPiieu liberally at the roots to promote 

 a strong growth. 



r\3^'^ xu" ^}^ "'■■ possible at all times 

 ruling the day and leave the ventilators 



Z.r« \'^^.^, y^" ^^'•e at night. No 

 undlr S-"'^ \' ^P^^«^ at aV time, 

 "oft J^^.u'"'*^^'^' ^« it will cause a 

 soft growth, and of all things that is 



Thonl/l" \^"* *^ *^oid- The growth 

 neaMik^ti,'^.^''*-^^'^*'^ *°^ sturdy, as 

 possih p T^''* PJ-oiluced in the field as is 

 Ss stri; " ';°"'' P'«"t8 by August 1 are 

 as strong and have as many shoots as 



those in the field, then you can feel that 

 you are having excellent success. 



When selecting your plants, of course 

 you choose the best ones for indoor 

 planting and put the others out in the 

 field to bench later on if desired. There 

 are several reasons for this. An inferior 

 plant will recover better with a favorable 

 season outdoors than it will inside, and 

 in the end will prove more satisfactory. 

 Then, again, you want to plant all good 

 plants inside because you want them all 

 to thrive and you don't want to replant 

 a lot of them and have an uneven lot of 

 stock. A. F. J. Baur. 



HARVEYS* RETURNS. 



The new trussed houses now in course 

 of construction by the Lord & Burnham 

 Co., for Alban Harvey & Sons, of 

 Brandywine Summit, Pa., are the first 

 of this kind to be Ibuilt in the Chester 

 county carnation belt. Harvey & Sons 

 started in business four years ago, as 

 growers of carnations and mushrooms. 

 The quality of their stock has attracted 

 favorable attention and they are under 

 the necessity of adding new glass. The 

 new houses will be planted with 6,000 

 plants each of Mrs. Lawson, Enchantress 

 and Lady Bountiful. They also will 

 grow 6,000 Queen. The Belle, Flamingo, 

 Mrs. Patten, Cardinal, Craig and White 

 Perfection will be planted in smaller 

 quantities. 



The illustration is from a photograph 



sort, and will be of. much interest to 

 the trade. 



Average number of blooms per square 

 foot of bench space for each variety: 



Variety. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 7 mo. 



Marian 2.8 1.2 3.2 3.2 2.6 3 2 3 17.8 



Queen 1.8 2.8 2.» 3.7 3.8 3.5 8.7 22.2 



Helle 2.8 1.6 .6 1.4 2.4 3.2 1.0 13.5 



L.Bountifull.l 2 1.6 3 3.6 3.6 4 16.9 



Mrs. Patten .9 .8 1.3 3.2 2 2.3 2 U.» 



Enchantress 1.6 .7 .8 3 4.2 3.3 1.2 14.8 



Flamingo. ..2 1.6 .7 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.6 10.6 



Lawson 4 .6 1.9 4 3.5 3.2 1.8 15.4 



Average returns pier square foot of 



bench space for each variety, stated in 



decimal parts of a dollar: 



Variety. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 7 mo. 



Marian 08 .086 .181 .066 .076 .07 .08 .437 



Sueen 02 .048 .09 .07 .10 .082 .10 .61 



elle 042 .08 .08 .044 .10 .11 .064 .42 



L. Bountiful .014 .044 .06 .064 .11 .14 .18 .602 



Mrs. Patten .018 .01 .106 .106 .067 .077 .066 .438 



Enchantress.023 .017 .066 .112 .16 .188 .04 .506 



Flamingo.. .021 .082 .063 .064 .08 .07 .071 .381 



Lawson 004 .019 .18 .133 .116 .077 .065 .634 



Phil. 



NOTES FROM ENGLAND. 



There is a regular glut of roses in 

 the English markets; probably never 

 before have so many been on sale in 

 such fine condition. It may be of inter- 

 est to note that all these magnificent 

 blooms are grown in pots under glass. 

 The largest rose growing center in the 

 iJnited Kingdom probably is Hampton- 

 on-Thames, where it is no uncommon 

 thing for a grower to have dozens of 

 houses of rose stock in full swing at one 

 time. They are also extensively grown 

 at Enfield, Cheshunt and Wsdtham 

 Cross. Beckwith & Sons, of the Ches- 

 hunt district, are perhaps the largest 

 market rose growers in J^ngland. A 

 selection of varieties grown may be of 

 interest to compare with those grown in 

 the States, the following being principal 

 varieties: Liberty, Gen. Jacqueminot, 

 Catherine Mermet, Safrano, Kaiserin, 

 Mrs. Laing, etc. Very high feeding is 

 generally practiced, animal liquid ma- 



Carnation House of Alban Harvey & Sons, Brandywine Summit, Pa. 



taken at their place last October. The 

 house shown was planted August 23, 



The following figures kindly furnished 

 by the Messrs. Harvey, were compiled 

 for their guidance next season. They 

 show the number of blooms cut per 

 square foot for each variety, also the 

 money returns per square foot for each 



nure being more suitable than artificials 

 in any shape; m fact, the whole crop 

 appears to depend upon feeding, the 

 soil in which they are potted being com- 

 paratively poor. The object is to make 

 a foundation of good hard plant before 

 bringing under the influence of heat, 

 then rapidly forcing the bloom, and the 

 more feeding the plant can take while 



