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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Decbmbeh 13, 1906. 



CARNATIONS— Rooted Cuttings 



RED CHIEF— The scarlet for every grower. Has a bright 

 even color, a fine habit, perfectly clean and healthy and leads 

 in productiveness. A Christmas scarlet in every respect. 



BONNIE MAID— Edged white and shaded to a pick center. 

 A pleasing and attractive flower. Early and very free. 



ARISTOCRAT— Bright cerise pink. 



WINSOR— Qe^ silvery pink. 

 POCAHONTAS— Bright crimson. 



The above 5 varieties, $12.00 per 100 > $100.00 per 1000. 



WHITE PERFECTION— Always white, $6.00 per 100; 

 $50.00 per 1000. 



ROSE-PINK ENCHANTRESS— The true clear rose pink, 

 $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



VICTORY and ROBT. CRAIG— Scarlet, $6.00 per 100 ; 

 $50.00 per 1000. 



PINK PATTEN, pink; CANDACE, pink; GLENDALE, 

 variegated ; $5.00 per 100 ; $40.00 per 1000. 



LADY BOUNTIFUL, white; ENCHANTRESS, light 

 pink, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



Selected, well rooted cuttings ia irhat we offer. Send for complete price list. 



F. DORNER & SONS CO,, LAFAYETTE, IND. 



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FAILURE WITH SWEET PEAS. 



For the last three winters I have been 

 growing sweet peas in Florida. The 

 first winter I had fairly good success, 

 but last winter and this season so far I 

 have not been able to do a thing with 

 them. After they get up out of the 

 ground nicely they wither and die and 

 upon exainination I find the stem under 

 the ground rots off. H. S. P. 



To have the best success with sweet 

 peas they must be sown while the 

 weather is cool and before the ground 

 has dried up much. In the northern 

 states this is done as soon after the frost 

 has left the ground as possible. It is 

 necessary for the plants to make good 

 roots Viefore top growth commences. 

 With later sowings, but indifferent suc- 

 cess is, as a rule, the result. Quite rich 

 ground is the best, that of a retentive 

 4)r clayey nature being preferable, al- 

 though we have seen splendid sweet peas 

 in sandy loam. The seed should be well 

 firmed by tamping and we prefer to hol- 

 low out the rows, saucer-like, to the 

 depth of three or four inches to catch 

 and retain moisture. Covering the seed 

 three inches deep is about right. The 

 practice followed still of covering the 

 seed lightly at first and earthing up 

 stems as they grow is liable to cause 

 rot, especially if heavy rains occur just 

 after the earthing up. 



We liave never had any success with 

 sweet peas planted in the same land two 

 or more successive years. Fresh ground 

 each year should be used. Possibly the 

 land contains too much potash. Do not 

 use chemical fertilizers. Good, well-rot- 

 ted barnyard manure is preferable. Run 

 the rows north and south, sow thinly 

 while the land is cool, mulch when dry 

 weather sets in and we see no reason 

 why the}' should not do well, even in 

 southern Florida." W. N. C. 



Lebanon, Ind. — Oak Hill cemetery 

 now has six complete and well equipped 

 greenhouses. Five of the buildings are 

 20x64 and the sixth is 20x100 feet. 

 There is also a boiler-house equipped 

 with a fifty horse-power boiler. The 

 houses built last year have been torn 

 ilown. 



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