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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NuvicMiiKii ,11, 1907. 



ti'ct \vli;it it i--. I>. I;. \'. 



CARNATION NOTES.- EAST. ♦ 



Disbudding. 



wt'i't' u;iii"ii till' ()iKiiiiity intlicr tliiiu 



■ (unlity. il was lii'(|iiriii ly ilir |piiii-t ii-c 

 To rcMinNc tlir iriaiii liiiil ami allow tlic 

 siili> lilies 1o i|c\rlo|», llllls dhla illill<J 



I'rnMi ilircc 111 ti\f small, slidit s1('ii\nu'il 



Mooilis 1)11 carll lloWiT slidot. 



As till' |iiirjinsc I'dV wliicli ilii'\ wiTi' 



intcll'li'il dill lliit lii|llirr InU;^ ^Iiill>, 



lliis iiH'tlioil answcrcil vriy well. Imi nii 

 'Icr pi'i'SCUt day ilcMiiaiiiK wi mii'-l imt 

 Hilly pi'odiiL'O ion^ stems Imt xtitV mies 

 and blooms lni;>t' finniiili tu sii ii|i and 

 lio tioticod; so tilt' jilaii lewv is Im en 



• •mirayi' jivowlli ol' the main Imd 



Advantages. 



Uf the Jatter nietliiMl we >hall treat 

 lii.ro as lia\iiiy advaiitayes umt the eus- 

 tmii of not disbnddiiig at all m- doinj^ it 



■ 01 tlie tri-wt'okly (?) jdan- wurkiny at 

 It Mile woi'k and tryiiiu in the lie\t. The 

 term dishiiddiiie, as iiiidei stund amipii)i 

 ;^ro\\eis, imdiiiies the leiiiiixal ul' sur|iliis 

 side shoots as well as Imds. and aside 

 from teiidinji to ineiease si/.e ot' Idooin 

 and the leneth and liyidity of stem, the 

 timely lenioxal of such ;;ro\\ths nni- 

 s(>rves till' jdant "s ener;fifs. \'nii will 

 take particular note ot' the word timely, 

 as used above, t'or the lon;4ei the o[)er;i- 

 tion is (lel.ayed after the ;^rowths can 

 be easily cannlit hold ot', the inoie jdant 

 tissue must be disjxised id', with ]iio- 

 |iortionati' waste of energy. 



Althoiieh this vv.aste may not be ine 

 ticeable. you will be ^ure to i)bser\e a 

 more iiii|ioitant i-ondition un iiierease 

 in si/e of bloom it' this delay is i-arried 

 to the |)oint where the main bud is about 

 to show eolor, and, in fact, the whole 

 object ot' the o|ier:it ion in defeated 



It ma \ lie that similar circiimst.i nn > 



exist with those ylowers who are l.atllel' 



liikew.-irm on the aieril- ot' disbihldini:. 

 Rash or Severe Disbudding. 



1 ll ^111 III Is. Ill ihell' detel mi liat loll to 



lea\e no stone nnturiied in their elVoits 

 to se'cure laree blooiiis, >ometiiiies be;jiu 

 operations lun vimmi. r:i ii~-i ij;_; injurv to 



|e;|\i-. *)V ]ielh;i |i-- the\ lillhi\i the lllld 



• dose under th" main .iih . In-t'oie it i> 

 sutli'i' lit ly ai|\ .a iii-eil li. e.iiie' a\\;i\ wilh- 



• ilil w iinndil.^i the >tem. levulljuM ill llie 



lilo.'in liirninL; at an aiiLili . 



Mak'- it a point fo ^.i o\ir tin- liei|> 

 \\.ekly. thi'libv keipili'.^ up \\iih lie 

 >\ork. 



l.'l no ■On lUllinilce \oll tn diseiUl 



linii' the operation, takin;^ iet'ii;,'e under 

 th' • \i-iise that people will Hot pay Inoie 

 than ;i nrtaiii jirice anyway; thev eer 

 lainlv will not if oiveii iiu opportunity 

 and if ymi |(ersist in ^rowiiio- Id meet 

 M'.at prii-e. <!k<». S. Oshokx. 



WORMS ON CARNATION BUDS. 



IllPM'-ed Volt will liml MMlie e;iriKltion 



'aads. <'an voii fidl nu' what is .atinp 



•>'■ '!• ' h» \-i'irk s.-.eo'^ T,, li,, .!.,I1, iriostlv 



If \iui will hiok elosely you will iilld 

 that a worm is eatiii;^ your ctirnalimi 

 buiis. There :iie se\eral varieties of these 

 and all of them do most of their feediiie 

 at iiii:lit. Some of them are of a lijrht 

 ;;ieeii eolor ;iiid ale Hot easil-y distiii 

 eiiished fioiii the carnation folia<ie, while 

 others live ot' \arioiis shades of \i<^\\\ 

 blown. liiiok o\er your |"lants at every 

 o|(poituiiity and destroy all yon can by 

 liand. Mix lip some of tiie br;ni, molasses 

 ;iiii| I'.iiis M|-eeii piepa r.at ioii, as was rec 

 liinnieiided ill the Kl'.Vl KW some weeks 

 a:^o. ^'llll \\ill tiiid it as elVectixe ;is aiiv 

 t hi iii; \ on ra n do. .V. F. .1. B. 



STIGMONOSE ON CARNATIONS. 



I'lease tell me what is the nuitter with 

 the eiii-losed earii.ation slijis and what lo 

 do fill theiii. Thev have had plenty of 

 air. ■ ('. A. .\I. 



Till s|,nts on the carnation f>rowth you 

 sent are caused by the disease called 

 stiynionos,.. We treated this subject at 

 eonsiderable len^tli ill an article in the 

 K'Kvii:w of i>(dobor '.\. pa^e S), and in it 

 you will tiiid till the iiiforinatioii I can 

 ^i\e you. Careful selection ot" cuttings, 

 careful watering, teediiig and ventilating 

 will do all yon can do to rid your stock 

 of it. It will re(|nire se\t'ral years of 

 time and you will liii\e to determine for 

 yourself whether it will ]iay yon to nurse 

 that \aiietc out of it. A. !•'. .1. P.. 



trouble with plants of this sort until 

 lately, when a, lady told us her [line was 

 dyiiiy. \N e brought it to the green 

 houses, repotted it :iiid |iut it with ours, 

 and i-\fv\ leaf that toiielied ours started 

 them to turn yellow and die. I >. I,. \'. 



Tile cause of the trouble with the 

 aiaiicaria is a, se\cre attack of red 

 spider, the spi'cimen forwarded having 

 been severely punished by these ]»ests. 

 Strong sjtraying with eitlu'r i)nrc. water, 

 III- a solution of l\ory soaji or of whale 

 I ml soap, should sixm dispose of tliesi' 

 i insects. 



This iiest is (Micouraged on araucarias 



' liy lack of syringing and too high ttMii- 



} perature, thes(> jiliiiits enjoying a moist 



'■ atniospher(^ and a temperatun* of 50 de 



^lees at night W. 11. Tatt.IN. 



RHODODENDRONS FOR XMAS. 



1 1 have a few rhododendrons recently 

 I imported from J>elgiuni. (Jould they be 

 ' gotten into bloom for Christmas? 



J. ]*'. 



While such \iirieties as (unuinghain s 

 White are sometimes I'orceii for Christ- 

 ina'^, I hardly think it will pay you to 

 I tiy to force the newly .arrived Belgian 

 : jilants for that holiday. Better hold 

 them for Ktister, when they will sell bet- 

 ter. In forcing them, tretit similarly to 

 : a/.al.'as. C. W, 



RED SPIDER ON ARAUCARIAS. 



l-lncloseil \iiu will Iilld a piece of Xor 

 folk |sl:iiid i>ine. We ne\er had ;uiy 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Pansies in a Cold House. 



The advice given by < . W. to 11. I-;. 1; 

 ill the Rkvikw of October ill, page 7, is 

 good only if the winter is warm enough 

 to thaw the beds out two or three times 

 and thus permit copious watering. It 

 the beds tire t'rozeu s,did for even a 

 month, they will become so thoroughly 

 dry that the pansies must die. TTiey 

 must litive moistuie, ;iiid frost Avill make 

 th(> beds diist-dry if severe. As I lost 

 :i line lot of pansies that way four years 

 .ago. I ]iaid for my knowledge. ,\r. P. 



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ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS. 



The Debutante Bunch. 



Till- n ■ i-k 's I lliist la t imi. "I i In series 

 iiiiw a (ipe.a I lie..; slh,\\iii;_; i he wmk of 

 Cii:ii|,.^ Ibiiry I'ox. .-ippeais ii|iiin i he 



I cii\el. It |s ;i delillt.allte lillUill s,.||I i,n| 

 1 ;il this s,-;i-i,|] |;|s| Ve.-ll. tlolll tin SiM|| 



' of the b'l.se. I'hiladelphia. It is .a com 

 j biii.ation 111 r.onn.alfon di rv s;i nt hemiinis 



with aiitiimii l'oli.aL;e. and ilie ali;Mi;^e 

 ' liiellt displays tlie highest cl;iss (,f ^^l,||< 



bv the tlor.il .artist. 



THE ELKS' WREATH. 



Die accompanying illiL-: r:ii inn. and the 

 purpose for which lie dision i-, used, 

 suggests an idea which can be employed 

 with profit by a meat inanv retail 

 tlorists. and especiallv bv tli,,>, win, .-n-, 



\ci:ii ale technically kunvvn a- ■"ioin 



■Is.'' 



This illiistrali(Ui is iioin a [diotograph 

 111 the design used bv l.ndni \umber 474 



■ if the lielievolilit .■ilid Patriotic ( trdei 



■ it r.lks. located at .\ubuin. .\ . 'V'. When 

 ever an VAk is biiriiil the hidee sends 

 this .lesion :ilid it has cnua' lo lie recog 

 ni/,i^| in the town .is the luni-ral em 

 bleiii 111' the order. This w;is made b\ 

 i;. If. Dobbs, of Dobbs vV Son. who i- 

 a patriotic member ot' the order. 



It is the practice in many lodge's in 

 SI lid llowers to the t'llliel.als of deceased 

 members, but in the majority of ctise* 

 the ])ieces vaiv :is do the whims of the 

 iiiiiiiient. in some cases th.- observance 

 being iiverlooked .altooet he)-. The florist 

 niiinbi r usually can secnii the adoption 

 lit' siiiiie standard piece, with instruc 



tiniis that it be sent in every ivis, \\hi'f 

 tlii-r. is ■, .|,.:nii in tlie lodii, 



