January 31, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



787 



l)cautifully at night. Fine, round form 

 :tnd good size. A little short in stem as 

 compared with others. 



Bed Biding Hood did not show up to 

 ny expectations. I have heard it 

 :. raised very highly. 



Marchioness, shown by L. E. Mar- 

 juisee, traveled poorly and failed to re- 

 vive sufficiently to show its merits. 



Helen Gould is a beautiful striped 

 port of Enchantress and, like Imperial, 

 -should prove valuable for some kinds 

 ,)f work. 



Excelsior, shown by the Dale Estate, 

 looks like a rose-pink sport from En- 

 ■ hantress. If it is such, it is the bright- 

 est colored one I have yet seen. 



No. 348, by Dailledouze Bros., is a 

 line, large bloom of Lawson shade. 



There were a few bunches of Lady 

 Bountiful, and for general excellence 

 this variety is hard to beat. But White 

 Perfection was great. 



Bed Lawson stands no show alongside 

 the newer scarlets on account of its dull 

 color. Flamingo was outclassed. Vic- 

 tory holds its lead. It always travels 

 well. Craig was good. 



Toreador won a certificate of merit. 

 It is a decided improvement on Pros- 

 perity. The bloom is fuller, the calyx 

 is better and the stem holds the bloom 

 upright. 



Harvard, by J. D. Cockcroft, is a 

 greatly improved Harlowarden, much 

 larger in size and better color; a fine 

 keeper. 



Margaret, shown by the E. G. Hill 

 Co., is a beautiful dark pink color, fine 

 stem and calyx, but hardly large enough. 



No. 32, by J. Beimels, was one of the 

 three that were certificated. It is a 

 scarlet of brilliant shade, has large size, 

 a fine stem and calyx; a well formed 

 flower that is deeply fringed. 



Bay State is a fine variegated, on a 

 30-inch stem. It was certificated. 



Afterglow, shown by William Nichol- 

 son, showed up fine. This variety has 

 always struck my fancy. 



There were -a dozen other good things, 

 and several exhibits failed to arrive in 

 time because of bad weather. To do full 

 justice to all I would have to mention 

 every vase in the show. 



The E. G. Hill Co. showed a fine 

 bunch of the new rose, Bhea Beid. This 

 is entirely distinct and is making a hit 

 wherever it is shown. 



One novelty that took my eye was the 

 pliers and clips for mending split carna- 

 tion calyxes. There has never been a 

 practical method for preventing split- 

 ting among carnations and something of 

 this kind has been sadly needed. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



EARLY PLANTING. 



I will be glad if you will give me 

 your opinion of the following: I am 

 thinking of planting my greenhouse 33x 

 80, solid beds, with one variety of car- 

 nation, and that the Enchantress. I 

 have to depend on shipping about all 

 I grow, and thought that variety would 

 be the most profitable to plant. I ex- 

 pect to plant right in the house, along 

 in May. Would I make a mistake in 

 this plan? The above would be all I 

 plant. In planting in the house early 

 would you make the soil rich? Now, if 

 I would add any other color, would I 

 plant one .variety of red and one of 

 white? Suggest the best. M. W. W. 



Your plan of planting your carnation 

 plants in the house in May ought to 



work well, and Enchantress will pay you 

 about as well as any variety you could 

 grow, if you plant only one variety. 

 The color is popular at present and that 

 variety will produce high-grade blooms. 

 You will find that inasmuch as your 

 carnation cut will not be large you will 

 have to turn out a superior grade in 

 orcfer to dispose of them to advantage. 



I would suggest that you add a white 

 variety, which could be White Perfec- 

 tion or Lady Bountiful. Either one will 

 prove profitable. In red I would sug- 

 gest Victory. Make the soil just about 

 as rich as you would for fall planting. 

 Later on you can mulch and feed as 

 much as the plants will stand, and the 

 results will be better. Set your plants 

 10x12 inches. This will seem a little 

 far apart to you at first, but they will 

 take up the room later on, when the 

 light is the weakest and when crowding 

 will do the most harm. Plant only good 

 plants so that there will be as little loss 

 as possible during the summer. 



A, F. J. B. 



CARNATIONS BURSTING. 



I have a bench of Flora Hill and 

 Queen Louise carnations that burst bad- 

 ly, not only a few, but every bloom. I 

 have kept them a little dry, giving all 

 ventilation possible and have not fed 

 them in any way. Temperature from 50 

 to 55 degrees. They were planted Octo- 

 ber 1 in rotted pasture land sod, sandy 

 loam with one-quarter well rotted cow 

 manure added. They burst from the 

 start. What can I do to overcome it? 

 Enchantress and Boston Market, in the 

 same house, do not burst. We have had 

 over two months of cloudy weather. 



E. H. 0. 



Flora Hill and Queen Louise natur- 

 ally burst to some extent during the 

 winter, ev«n when handled with great 

 care; and you may be sure that when 

 they are planted as late as you did yours 

 and subjected to such unfavorable weath- 

 er as you have had they will do little else. 

 There is no remedy that will give you 

 immediate relief. You must wait until 

 toward spring, when the days are longer 

 and brighter; then it will disappear. 

 If you had planted them six weeks ear- 

 lier you would not be having so much 

 trouble. But why grow these old, in- 

 ferior varieties when there are such va- 

 rieties as Lady Bountiful, Vesper, White 

 Perfection, White Enchantress and The 

 Queen to be had? Any of these will 

 make you more money with far less 

 worry. Keep your stock up to date; it 

 will pay you. . A. F. J. B. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Approachii)£ Convention. 



The Society of Southern Florists met 

 January 25. Almost the last arrange- 

 ments were made for the first conven- 

 tion, which will take place in New Or- 

 leans February 14 to 16. The program 

 will be as follows: 



FIRST DAY. 10:30 A. M. 



Address by the mayor of the city. 



Keply by Prof. Stubbs, of the experimental 

 station. 



President's address. Discussion on address. 



Question box. 



A pai)er, "Chrysanthemum Growing Under 

 Glass In the South," by F. P. Davis, Mobile, 

 Ala. 



EVENING SESSION, 7:30 P. M. 



Selection of next meeting place. 



Nomination of officers. 



A paper, "Best Orchids for Cut Flowers to 

 Grow in the South," by Jas. Newsham, New 

 Orleans. 



Reception of. president. 



SECOND DAY. 



Uutinlsbed business. 



Discussion on ways and means for the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture In the south. 



A paper, "Packing and Express Rates," by 

 C. W. Elchllng, New Orleans. 



A paper, "Koses Under Glass in the South," 

 by Robert Lockerbie, New Orleans. 



Question box. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Question box. 



Balloting of officers. 



A paper, "What the South Can Grow to Ad- 

 vantage for the Northern Markets," by C. W. 

 Withers, New Orleans. 



A paper, "Insects Injurious to Plants, and 

 Remedies," with Illustrations, by Prof. Newel. 



THIRD DAY. 



Question box. 



A paper, "CarnatJons Under Glass In the 

 South," by F. B. Patterson, Montgomery, Ala. 



A paper, "Needs of the Retail Trade In the 

 South," by Charles Eble, New Orleans. 



A paper, "Elements of Horticulture In Pri- 

 vate Schools," by B. Baker, New Orleans. 



The meeting place will be in a cen- 

 tral location on Canal street. Part of 

 the hall has been taken already by our 

 city florists and from the applications 

 received from outsiders we are assured 

 that in the trades' display the south 

 and the north will be well represented. 

 The New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 wishing to give a hand and a good send- 

 off to the new organization, has voted 

 a handsome sum for the entertainment 

 of the guests and this, added to the 

 subscription among the members of the 

 Society of Southern Florists, will fur- 

 nish ample means to give the visitors a 

 grand reception. 



The society's initiation fee is $1, to 

 be sent to Joseph Steckler, of the Steck- 

 ler Seed Co., New Orleans. Every flo- 

 rist in the south should join this so- 

 ciety, which will become strong in the 

 near future. Application for space must 

 be sent to E. Baker, 2263 Carondelet 

 street. New Orleans. Any information 

 about rooms, hotel, railroad fare, will be 

 cheerfully given by M. M. de Lapouyade, 

 4416 Bienville avenue, chairman of re- 

 ception committee. 



Various Notes. 



Owing to a mild winter, business 

 seems to open sooner than usual. The 

 markets are better every week. Many 

 flowers will be needed for the next two 

 or three weeks, for balls and decora- 

 tions, and no doubt outside stock will 

 help, and whatever deficiency there is we 

 will have to supply from the north. 



Jas. Newsham is expecting his first 

 consignment of orchids from Central 

 America. 



George Thomas has been successful 

 with an early crop of sweet peas. 



M. Cook & Son make a specialty of 

 sweet olives, which they grow in large 

 quantity from layers. 



Bobert Lockerbie, formerly with the 

 Metairie Bidge Nursery Co., has started 

 on his own account at 4161 Herville 

 street. M. M. L. 



Two BiVEBS, Wis. — Louis Hartung, 

 who was burned out a few months ago, 

 has rebuilt his greenhouses with enlarged 

 capacity. 



Muskegon, Mich. — L. Wasserman is 

 adding two more houses to the large area 

 already under glass. He also has built 

 a large barn and stable. 



Jeannette, Pa. — Ernest Zanarini has 

 gone into partnership with Ph. Govaert 

 and the firm name will hereafter be Go- 

 vaert & Co., landscape architects. 



Springfield, III. — Thomas Peaker has 

 completed a greenhouse 11x90 and is 

 using it to start vegetable plants. He 

 plans to put up more glass shortly. 



