OCTOBSB 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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Easter Vi<w in the Second Floor Conservatory of The Sign of the Rom. 



been troublesome for some years, I am 

 unaware of any scientific investigation 

 having been made in regard to it and 

 so far I have not heard of any grower 

 who has been able to successfully com- 

 bat it when it has once secured a foot- 

 hold. 



I know many growers who have had 

 fine batches of plants ruined yearly by 

 this pest. It usually shows itself the 

 most just before the blooming season 

 arrives. Malformed flowers and de- 

 formed leaves are certain indications of 



its presence. About every imaginable 

 remedy has been tried, but never, so far 

 as we know, with anything approaching 

 success. The only thing I can recom- 

 mend, and it is certainly a radical rem- 

 edy, is to destroy your entire batch of 

 plants and start anew. Probably you 

 would not be troubled again, although 

 I know of instances where even this 

 method has failed. I think that pos- 

 sibly, if you make a clean start with 

 seed, you may be spared any further af- 

 fliction of this kind. C. W. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



The Grower-Retailer. 



Although not wishing to trespass, in 

 the least, on the Retail Florist Depart- 

 ment of the Review, I venture a few 

 remarks on the selling end of the car- 

 nation business as likely to interest 

 those growers of the divine flower who 



retail a portion or all of their product. 

 The Old Buttercup. 



Growers who confine themselves strict- 

 ly to the wholesale trade are not obliged 

 to study the tastes of the actual con- 

 sumer as closely as the retailer, who 

 must not only keep informed on the 

 prevailing customs and ever-changing 

 fashions of the general public, but must 

 carefully note and carry in mind the 



particular preferences of each one of his 

 customers. To satisfy the varied de- 

 mands coming from a large number of 

 persons widely different in their inclina- 

 tions, there must needs be grown some 

 varieties now but seldom seen; for in- 

 stance, the old Buttercup, than which 

 there has never been a better yellow in 

 point of beauty. 'Ihis variety's shyness 

 and late blooming qualities have long 

 since put it into the class of "also 

 rans." Besides, yellow carnations can- 

 not be termed staple, like white, pink 

 and red. But, with all that may be 

 urged against this old gem, I am not 

 prepared to admit that it could not be 

 grown at a profit under present modes 

 of culture and at a time when high 

 prices obtain — solely, bowever, by a 

 grower-retailer. 



The Question of Green. 



The question of green to be included 

 with an order for carnations is at times 

 a perplexing one, inasmuch as many 

 buyers assume, either through ignorance 

 or arrogance, that, as the green has no 

 value, it is only necessary to ask for it. 



That something in the line of green 

 is needed in arranging a vase of car- 

 nations for the best effect, no one will 

 deny; at the same time, its use entails 

 expense, prejudiced opinions to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding. But to make a 

 practice of omitting green in case of 

 its not being specially requested and 



