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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Ai'itii, J:.'. I'.mm;. 



piililic ;il1:iii-. ;iii'l is (■(uit iyiunis to tlio 

 vMiiks (ii till' NatidiKil C'assh JJegister 

 < II. As siMiii as jilaiitcd, tlie advertisiii}^ 

 la 111! ut' lacli uwiHT will be i)lac'e(l on 

 ilir groups and .saiiic \\ill l>o cared for 

 all tliroujih the suimiicr until the S. A. 

 1'. ((invoiitioTi nioc'ts in Aii>;iist. Many 

 I liiiiisarids 111' inuiisis ruul local visitors 

 will iii.s|icci ilic ))lanliiijis, and tlie op- 

 jiorliinity tlius pjdx idrd dcalns in coni- 

 iVrs, siirulis and oinamcntal ti'ecs, 

 lii'iliari-diis |daiils, siininirr IjiiIIis, I'nots 



and IxmIcIImj^ jdants, lor widespread and 

 cHectixe piibhc advertising has never 

 been 0(inaled. Dayton is well known as 

 one of the most advanced communitios in 

 this conntvy in the matter of adornment 

 of streets and public and private 

 ;^r(uuHls. A goodly number of applica- 

 tions for space for canuas, roses, 

 phloxes, asters and evergreens are al- 

 icady liled with the secretary. For fiir- 

 liiiT iiifdiination address 



W.\i. ,F. Stkwaijt, Sec'y. 



I'lioiigli to iTuinlilc nicely whi-n btMii^; 

 handled, cxni thoiigli it may make it 

 rather late. It will be in nuich bettci 

 shape in the end. 



Some growers mix in the bone vheii 

 turning the soil in the s|)iing, but wc 

 prefer to wait until it is on the benches 

 and ready t(j plant. Much of it is washed 

 away by heavy rains if mixed and Ictt 

 outdoors, but the main reason i.s thai 

 when it is mixed into the soil thret? or 

 four months before it is wanted by the 

 )>lants, it decomposes and is all avail 

 able when the plants are set and will lie 

 come exhausted much sooner than when 

 it is mixed in at planting time. In the 

 latter vase it becomes available as the 

 plants require it and will last alnmst 

 ilirongh the season. A. F. .1. P>\ri;. 



i ROSE SOIL FOR CARNATIONS. 



Kindly advise me in regard to using 

 soil for carnations that has grown roses 

 one year. The soil was made from two- 

 thirds rotted sod and one-third rotted 

 cow manure. 1 thought by making a 

 compost of this soil, mixing in bone 

 meal and iiorse manure, would be better 

 than the soil 1 now use, as it is very 

 heavy, with some clay, an ideal ro.se soil 

 but too hcavv for carnations. 



W. F. Y. 



A few years ago it was a common ]>rac- 

 tice to use old rose soil for carnations, 

 and very good carnations were often 

 grown on it. but wlu-n carimliou spe- 

 cialists began the practice of using new 

 soil it did not take them long to demon- 

 strate that new soil is far superior, for 

 growing carnations, to any old rose S(jil 

 you can find. 



While roses as a rule like a heavier 

 soil than carnatioi]s, yet both take vi'iy 

 mucli the same food from the soil, and 

 after a crop of roses has been grown 

 on the .soil it is no more fit for carnation 

 growing than it would be if the cro|> had 

 been carnations, liecause carnations like 

 an ojien soil and because old lose .soil 

 is usually light and lnose. it does not 

 fnjjuu tli.at it is good carnation suil. 

 The plant fund has been taken from it 

 and what leinains is merely t lie bulk. 



I would ad\ ise you to use tlie same 

 Miil \uu u>e tdf roses and it', as you 

 sa\. il IS toil heavy t'nr eainatidiis. in- 

 ste.id (if mixing in cow inannre in coin- 

 pdsiin^. ii^e lieise niaiiure with eciiisider- 

 alile .straw. It' ynu ran get sand you i-aii 

 mix it in tn help cut u|i the (day. sa,v 

 abiiiit one Iliad of sharp sand tn eight 

 (II ten liiaiis of stiij. 



^'du sliduld ha\c conipii^ted ymir car- 

 natiiin sdij last fall, and ynu would be 

 more certain ol' iiatin^ it in good con 

 ditioii li.\ planting time. When making 

 sucli marked chnngc" in the mechanical 

 ediKJitidU dt' your ^nil it iei|uires more 

 time and thuic tiii|i]eni liandling to ^et 

 tin' ciunpoiieiit |iarls thdiduojilv inciir- 

 poi-ated. Instead III the nne or two 

 turniuL;^ \\e iisnalK ^ive the cumpost 

 heap, it wili icijiiiic three nr tour turn 

 inys td ;^i ; it ihnrdULihly mixed. This 

 e;in h.iiiil\ lie dune a tier it drie> ntf 

 eniiiieji Id handle, w iien ciirnati'in hens- 

 iiiL: i.- practii-cd as early as it is dune 

 iid',\aii;i\ -. Hh the ntlief hand, if you 

 make MHir cdinpd'^t )iile in tlie fall, the 

 Sd(| and inaiinri' ^\ill rot ]y spring Mini 

 the wlicije i- in l.eu.r ctidition to mix. 



1 cannot, understand why growers so 

 often leave such an important part of 

 their preparations until spring, when it 

 should be done in the fall. Not only 

 will the soil be in much better condition 

 for the carnations, but there is more 

 time in the fall for that kind of work. 

 For roses soil that is composted in the 

 spring does very well and in fact is 

 preferred by many growers, but not so 

 with carnations. If there is anything 

 carnations like it is a soil that is well 

 jirepared and in which all sod and such 

 matter is wtdl decomposed. 



It is \ ery important that the soil be 

 in proper condition when you turn it. 

 During early .spring, when rains are fre- 

 (liunt, it is aj)t to be too wet to handle, 

 and in such case you would better put 

 off all such work until it has dried off 



AT THE CREAM CITY. 



Tile illustration opposite is I'idm 

 a photograph of the establishment of 

 ilollon (fc liunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 

 This is one of the progressive concerns 

 df the west. Both F. II. llolton and 

 II. V. liunkel are well known and popu- 

 lar in the trade and their energy and 

 j)romptness to grasp the opportunity af- 

 forded for doing business with Milwau- 

 kee as a base has enabled them to build 

 tip a constituency covering a large part 

 of tlie northwest and spreading constant- 

 ly, ^lilwaukee is not only a wealth,v 

 city but it has several natural advan- 

 tages as a center for wholesaling cut 

 flowers. The business of the Holton \-. 

 liunkel Co. in this department has grown 

 rapidly, perhaps because they have main- 

 tained an equipment capable at all times 

 of handling just a little more business 

 than was beinsr >lone. 



Solanums. 



It i» alidiit lime to sow seeds nt' tiu- 

 dinaiiieiital fruiting peppei. .Jerusalem 

 cherry and that \ery dinainental species 

 gmw n so largely the past li\e or six 

 year- thai liears scarlet, yellow and white 

 triiit at the same time, the correct miine 

 t'di- which 1 must admit 1 dn nut kiidw, 

 linli'SS it i- tlie celestial cherry. It' these 

 sdl;inuins are grnwn tdd large tliey ;ire 

 in poor <leinaiiil. .\ |ilanl nt' inniieraie 



~l/e. Well t'ruited. is i|id-.t tn lie desil'eil. 



Therefdie. it .sdw n new and pl;uited out 



at 1 1 ml dl' .1 line, it will jje early 



eiioueii. A sandy -nil that na- mil had' 

 ;iny iiianure recentl\ i,^ aluiiit lii^lii. 

 After makind a muderate d|-i,\\tli. tin 

 lint mid-umnier wealliei will prmlui-e a 

 |irdt'use lildiimin^. and a- .-ndri as the 

 t'rnil :- -et tiny shduld he lifie.l and 

 pdlted. Tlii> will iii-nre -mall plant- 

 with plent\ d l' I'liiit. .-iiid iliai I.- wliat 

 W e a re ;i I lei . 



The Rambler Roses. 



.Mthdiidli f.aster i- iidt vi't hcMe, wi 

 already can see where we cniild iiniu'dve. 

 We had dcca-idii in say last .ianuaiy 

 tnat We liad ma-tered the ai't of liftiiid 

 the li'amliler I'dSe- in .\d\iiidier and get • 

 tinu' them tn break in .lannary and flower 

 well the I'dlldwiii^ -Mriii:;. The\- did 



lireak finely, but nearly all the lower 

 eyes on the canes were blind and pro 

 diiced IK) flowers, and we are going back 

 Id diir did methdd of growing them in 

 pdts over summer, feeling sure this is 

 the method to get a well flowered plant 

 the t'dllowing spring. This spring we 

 lia\e -eel! plaiits of ('liiiisoii IJambler 

 that came from Philadeljihia. They have 

 a tew nice trusses tif flowers at the tops, 

 liiit are leggy, bare plants and not by 

 any means wliat we .shoiilil cnusider well- 

 lldwered plants. 



Many i>\' you will ha\e plants among 

 \diir <'iinisdn Iii;iml)ler- tliat litive so few 

 lldWds vdii will mil expect td -ell tlieui . 

 Tliev will (iid-t likely have niade two or 

 iliiee .-triiiig Slicker i:rio\ili-, ,ty growths 

 I Klin near the ba-e df i)ie plant, that 

 will tint liower this year, h'xdii entawa^ 

 all last summer's gi-dwtii .am! encourage 

 ilie-e Vdung. strong shudts to Ljrow yoi, 

 will he -urt,' to ii;i\e fine, strnnM tlowering 

 cane- fdf next spring, and \ mi will get 

 mure tidwers from iwn strong well 

 ripened canes than yon will from six un 

 ri[)ened canes lifted next t'all from the 

 fields. Old heads will s.ay, "Yes, Init 

 that wdii't pny. " N'oii lia\e liad them 

 twd winter- and une summer in pots and 

 til' -III! in the jidts will be exhauste<I. 

 The e\|eni^iidn 'an iie i<\ercdnie and tin 



