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Febbuaby 14, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



93J 



Bassett & Washburo's Red Seedling Carnation, No. 20. 



topped in th^ near future. Do not put 

 oflf topping the most forward ones until 

 all the plants are ready to top, but look 

 them over once each week and top what 

 need it and leave what do not need it. 

 These last few words are as important 

 as the first. 



Occasionally you will see a man top- 

 ping carnations and when he comes to a 

 small one he will pull out only the very 

 tip, thinking that he is taking out just 

 about what he would take off later if he 

 left the plant untouched. If "he did 

 what he thought, it would be bad enough, 

 but in most cases what really happens 

 is worse. A few weeks after he has 

 taken the tops out in this manner, he 

 finds that what he really did was merely 

 to pull off four or six young leaves close 

 to the stem and the tip proceeds to grow 

 upward and has to be topped properly 

 when the stem begins to lengthen. This 

 sort of thing merely injures the plant 

 and does not serve the purpose intended. 

 The time to top a young plant is when 

 it begins to run up toward the formation 

 of a bud. When you can see the stem 

 between the joints, then count as many 

 joints as you may want to leave and take 

 off all above that point. Top all the 

 plants of the same variety as nearly 

 alike as you can, as that will help greatly 

 in making uniform plants. 



When topping the young plants keep 

 a sharp lookout for spot diseases, rust, 

 etc. Pick off all diseased leaves and burn 

 them. A. F. J. Baur. 



FOR SIMILAR TREATMENT. 



Kindly let me know what varieties of 

 carnations would be best suited to plant 

 in the same house. I want some each of 

 white, pink, red and a few variegated, 

 also a few of the Daybreak color. What 

 would be the best temperature for a 

 house containing the above mentioned 

 kinds. S. H. S. 



Any of the following varieties will do 

 well in a house that is run at 50 to 52 



degrees at night, 6 degrees warmer on 

 cloudy days and 15 degrees warmer on 

 bright, sunny days:. Enchantress, Rose- 

 pink Enchantress, Beatrice, Lady Boun- 

 tiful, Vesper, The Queen, Indiana' Mar- 

 ket, White Perfection, Moonlight, Can- 

 dace, Helen Goddard, Indianapolis, Vic- 

 tory, Rpbt. Craig, Flambeau, G. H. 

 Crane, Harlowarden, H. Tenn, Crimson 

 Glow, Cardinal, Mrs. Patten, Glendale, 

 Dorothy Whitney. If your soil is -rather 

 light and you have good success with 

 Mrs. Lawson, you can cover the list of 

 colors pretty well with its sports. There 

 are Mrs. T. W. Lawson, White Lawson, 

 Variegated Lawson, Red Lawson and 

 Melody, which is about the same shade 

 as Enchantress. All these will, of course, 

 do well in the same temperature, which 

 should be 54 to 56 degrees. 



A. F. J. B. 



CARNATIONS ON SOLID BENCH. 



Can carnations be grown as success- 

 fully on a solid bench, with six inches 

 of cinders under the soil, as in a raised 

 bench with bottom heat? W. E. D. 



Most growers prefer to plant their 

 carnations on shallow benches with gentle 

 bottom heat. The solid benches do not 

 admit of forcing the crop to the same 

 extent as do the elevated benches. This 

 is sometimes a great advantage when 

 flowers are in demand at a good price. 

 The crop is more tardy on the solid bed 

 and late crops are seldom as profitable 

 as early ones. L. C. C. 



CARNATION WHITE PERFECTION 



Please tell us who raised Carnation 

 White Perfection and what is its parent- 

 age? It seems almost identical with a 

 seedling I have flowered for the first time 

 this year and which to me seems an ex- 

 cellent thing. My seedling is the result 

 of a cross between White Lawson and 

 Lady Bountiful, the latter the seed par- 

 ent. The flower of my seedling may 



be slightly );u.fjcr and higher built than 

 White Perfection. Why do they recom- 

 mend such a high temperature for this 

 variety? Does it split? S. K. 



White Perfection was raised by F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., and 

 is a progression along the general line 

 of white seedlings raised and dissemi- 

 nated by this firm, of which Lady Bounti- 

 ful is one, so that it is not unlikely that 

 other seedlings of Bountiful might pos- 

 sess some of the same " characteristics. 

 A temperature of from 54 to 56 degrees 

 is reconjmeiided for White Perfection. 

 It does not split its calyx more than 

 other sorts. It is what nearly all growers, 

 consider the best white carnation on t^ie 

 market today. 



LEAF-SPOT AGAIN. 



Can you tell us what is the matter with 

 our carnations? We have several vari- 

 eties affected, as inclosed sample, but 

 the Boston Market is the worst. They 

 are affected in batches of fifty to 100 

 plants, while the adjoining plants are 

 perfectly healthy. We have tried them 

 on the dry side and with plenty of water, 

 but they do not seem to outgrow it. 

 Would too much wood ashes in the soil 

 have that effect? A. E. L. 



The specimen you forwarded is badly 

 affected with the common leaf-spot, or 

 Septoria Dianthi. This is not caused 

 by too much wood ashes, at least not 

 directly. Too much food in the soil might 

 cause the plants to grow soft and more 

 liable to contract the disease. 



This disease is usually brought on by 

 a lack of ventilation, or fire heat. Dur- 

 ing the last six weeks the complaint 

 against continual cloudy weafher has 

 been general throughout the country and 

 it has caused all kinds of disease and 

 weakness among greenhouse stock. In- 

 stead of having sunshine every few days 

 and steady firing at night, it has been 

 warm and murky, just the conditions re- 



