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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuaby 14, 1907. 



will come light and spotted. Again, you 

 are keeping them a little too warm, as 

 Marie Louise likes a night temperature 

 of 40 to 45 degrees and a day tempera- 

 ture of, say, 55 or 60 degrees. And it 

 is not well to have it go above 60 degrees 

 if it is possible to keep it down by 

 ventilation and shutting off the heat in 

 the pipes. I think you will have better 

 luck by running cooler. E. E. S. 



GCX)D PLACE FOR VIOLETS. 



"We would like to ask you for sug- 

 gestions as to keeping a succession of 

 stock in greenhouses throughout the year, 

 if practicable. We are in the nursery 

 business and have two propagating 

 houses, 10x100, and six other houses, on 

 hot water boilers, that can be run 50 

 degrees to 55 degrees. We are near Buf- 

 falo and have two other cities of 50,000 

 and 200,000 for markets. We propagate 

 roses, plants sufficient for our nursery 

 business, say 40,000 by summer propaga- 

 tion, also ampelopsis and clematis. What 

 would you suggest as practicable to fill 

 in the summer months and autumn? We 

 have considered carnations, chrysanthe- 

 mums, violets and lilies of the valley. 

 Is there anything better? ■ D. M. 



Lily of the valley cannot be success- 

 fully forced unless a brisk bottom heat 



and minimum winter atmospheric tem- 

 perature of 70 or 75 degrees is at com- 

 mand. Not knowing the dimensions of 

 the six other houses named, it is difficult 

 to advise what to grow. If they are of 

 about similar width to the two whose 

 length and breadth are given, violets 

 would be more suitable than either car- 

 nations or chrysanthemums. We think 

 it would be better to grow one particu- 

 lar flower than a variety. Violets do not 

 need over 45 degrees at night in winter. 

 If it is decided to grow doubles they 

 could be lifted from the field about the 

 end of August. In the case of singles, 

 of which Princess of Wales is the best 

 sort, the plants should be left out until 

 they have had a few degrees of frost. 

 If lifted before they are frozen they will 

 make leaf growth at the expense of 

 flowers. 



We do not know the requirements of 

 the several city markets named, but 

 would suggest violets as the likeliest 

 crop. The singles will have finished 

 flowering at the end of March and the 

 doubles a month later, when the regular 

 propagation of roses, etc., could be done. 



C.W. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — A new $2,000 

 greyihouse is to be built in Wheeler 

 park, and henceforth the city will grow 

 its own plants. 



SOME CHICAGO SEEDLINGS. 



Illustrated in this issue are several 

 Chicago seedling carnations, at least two 

 of which are confidently expected to be- 

 come widely disseminated in the trade. 



It appears that red is the favorite color 

 of the experimenters whose principal oc- 

 cupation is growing cut flowers for the 

 Chicago market. Bassett & Washburn, 

 at Hinsdale, have raised a considerable 

 number of seedlings, nearly all of them 

 red. The one illustrated is that known 

 as No. 20, which was awarded the Amer- 



ican Carnation Society's bronze medal 

 over more than a dozen competitors at 

 the Toronto convention. No. 20 is a 

 cross of Prosperity and Crane. It has 

 Prosperity size and the flower has full 

 petalage, giving an excellent form of 

 bloom. The edges are serrated. Practi- 

 cally every grower at Toronto commented 

 on the commercial possibilities of this 

 variety, it being accorded a reception 

 equal to Mr, Washburn's fondest antici- 

 pations, which is saying quite a little. 

 Stock is being worked up on this variety 

 and it is expected to bench 25,000 plants 

 for next season. It will be the flrst 

 time Bassett & Washburn have under- 

 taken the exploitation of a new carna- 

 tion. They intend to exhibit it largely 

 next year and will in the meantime select 

 one of those catchy and appropriate 

 names which are a large assistance in 

 the distribution of any new plant. 



At Mt. Greenwod W. N. Rudd is grow- 

 ing practically nothing but seedlings 

 originating on the place. The pet of the 

 family is No. 28103A. We do not vouch 

 for the continuity of the numerals ap- 

 plied to the seedlings originating here, 

 but it is apparent that it was some time 

 since series A was entered upon. This is 

 a deep flesh pink, a cross between two 

 unnamed seedlings. It has the blood of 

 Daybreak, Scott, Mrs. McBurney and 

 Mayor Pingree. It first flowered in 

 1903. He must indeed be of sanguine 

 temperament who thinks he has a suc- 

 cessor to Enchantress. But Mr, Rudd is 

 of opinion, and it is worth while noting 

 that he was one of the first to comment 

 on the decadence of Lawson, that En- 

 chantress has seen its best days. He has 

 great expectations for No, 28103A and 

 is working up stock of it to plant in 

 quantity next season. The flowers have 

 been on the Chicago market through 

 E. F, Winterson Co, this season and have 

 sold at a better price than Enchantress. 

 The flower is large, the form excellent, 

 the stem strong and of good length. 



Wietor Bros, have been growing seed- 

 lings, for pure interest in the work. 

 They do not contemplate introducing 

 anything now on the place, but have a 



W. N. Rudd's Red Seedling Carnation, No. 16802A. 



