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December 6, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Greenhouses of Jacob Schuiz, Louisvillet Ky. 



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season 99.12 grams of air dry material, 

 containing 1.948 grams of nitrogen, 

 0.734 grams of phosphoric acid and 

 3.510 grams of pVtash. It can easily 

 be seen from a comparison of these re- 

 movals that the carnation must have as 

 a diet nearly twice as much potash as 

 nitrogen and about five times as much 

 potash as phosphoric acid. 



Now, as bone meal, the common fer- 

 tilizer used by florists, contains no pot- 

 ash, and animal manures contain it in 

 far too small proportions, it is as plain 

 as the nose on your face that the carna- 

 tion grower should satisfy the cravings 

 of his carnations by giving them a liberal 

 ration of potash. Thia can be provided 

 through any of the potash salts, such as 

 muriate of potash or sulphate of potash 

 or from the best grades of bone and pot- 

 ash fertilizer. L. S. Hasselman. 



SOFTWOOD ASHES. 



I have a lot of wood ash«s from soft 

 wood, such as old bench lumber and 

 willow trees. Will it do to use on carna- 

 tions if I use a little more of it? Is it 

 a good things to mix lime with wood 

 ashes? J. W. 



I do not know the relative strength 

 of hard and soft wood ashes, but I can 

 see no reason why you should not use 

 the soft wood ashes with good effect. 

 Instead of using them in heavier appli- 

 cations, I would apply the same amount 

 in each application, and, if deemed ad- 

 visable, after seeing the effects of the 

 first application you can apply it 

 oftener. 



I would not advise mixing lime and 

 wood ashes. Not that it would be harm- 

 ful, but because nothing would be gained 

 by it. Both have practically the same 

 effect on the plants and the soil, except 

 that the ashes affect the plants quicker 

 and the lime acts more on the soil. Use 

 them separately and substitute one for 

 the other occasionally if considered ad- 

 visable. A. F. J. B. 



POOR STEM AND CALYX. 



I inclose a sample of my carnations. 

 They burst and have leaf-spot. I have 

 treated them with sulphur and lime as 

 directed in the Review, October 11. They 

 grow finely and bloom freely, but the 

 stems are weak. I gave them lime last 

 week. When should I give them lime 

 again? T. E. 



You do not say what variety the 

 bursted bud was taken from, and so I 

 cannot tell you whether the fault is in 



your culture or whether it is character- 

 istic of the variety and cannot be pre- 

 vented altogether. You might reduce 

 the bursting considerably by holding the 

 temperature as evenly as possible, avoid- 

 ing all sudden changes, and also in the 

 watering. Keep them just a trifle on 

 the dry side and do no feeding until 

 the days get longer and lighter again. 



Since your stems are already weak, 

 I would not advise you to raise the tem- 

 perature above 52 degrees at night, and 

 6 degrees warmer on cloudy days and 

 15 degrees warmer on silnny days. Also, 

 don't raise too quickly in the morning 



Our clearing sale Bulb adv. in 

 the Special Autumn Number of 



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brought us three times as many 

 orders as we could fill; and they 

 arc still coming. 



FRANKEN BROS. 



Lake Forest, IlL 



Nov. 28, 1996. ' 



ANNUAL CHRISTMAS NUMBER. 

 DECEMBER 13. 



nor drop too quickly in the evening, but 

 make a gradual change from night tem- 

 perature to day temperature and back 

 again in the evening. 



Do not apply the lime oftener than 

 once each month. If this does not seem 

 suflBcient, then procure some hard wood 

 ashes; they affect the stems quicker 

 than lime. A. F. J. B. 



Flatbush, N. Y. — Henry and Paul 

 Dailledouze have returned from their 

 western trip. After the Chicago show 

 they went to Denver and Colorado 

 Springs, returning via Lafayette, Rich- 

 mond and Cincinnati. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Carnations Registered. 



James D. Cockroft, Northport, N. Y., 

 registers the following varieties: 



Harvard — A cross between Prosperity 

 and Maceo; color glowing crimson, just 

 the Harvard color; size, three and one- 

 half to four inches; calyx non-bursting; 

 stiff" stems, averaging thirty inches in 

 length from early fall to spring. Has an 

 exceptionally clean habit and is a free 

 bloomer. 



Georgia — A cross between Prosperity 

 and Morning Glory; color, clear white; 

 size> three and one-half to four inches; 

 calyx does not burst; strong stems, 

 twenty-four to thirty inches in length. 

 An exceptional keeper, with a growth 

 where every shoot produces a flower, and 

 is very fragrant. 



Faust — A cross between Maceo and 

 Morning Glory; color, bnght scarlet; 

 size, two and one-half to three inches; 

 strong calyx which will not burst; strong, 

 stiff stem, two to three feet in length. 

 A good, clean grower, producing flowers 

 all the time. 



About a month ago, Stevenson Bros., 

 of Govanstown, Md., registered with this 

 society a carnation under the name of 

 Debutante. This registration was made 

 early in the week, but in order that reg- 

 istrations may appear in all of the trade 

 papers simultaneously, the secretary holds 

 all registrations received during the week 

 until Saturday, and they then appear 

 the following week. On account of this 

 delay of one week, another carnation ap- 

 peared in print under the name of Debu- 

 tante, although it was not registered with 

 any society. This, of course, gave this 

 carnation precedence in print, and as 

 the owner thereof would not consent to 

 change the name, Stevenson Bros, have 

 kindly consented to change the name of 

 theirs in order that there may be no con- 

 fusion in the trade. They now register 

 their carnation under the name of Splen- 

 dor, a very pretty shade of pink, large 

 flower, good calyx, stiff stem, extremely 

 prolific and a grand keeper. 



Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



Hastings, Neb. — C. W. Sidles has 

 recently completed an addition to his 

 greenhouse plant. Also another- steam 

 heating plant has been installed. 



We have received orders from Pennsyl- 

 vania on the east to Washington on the 

 Pacific coast from our advertisement in 

 the Review. — W. C. Hill Floral Co.. 

 Streator, HI., Dec. 3, iaoo. 



