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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Januauy 2, 1908. 



CARNATION NOTES.- EAST. 



Winter Airing or Ventilating. 



Did you ever notice the peculiar state 

 of the atmosphere in a house early in the 

 morning, after a n^ht of hard firing? 

 While this cannot bd^id to be the result 

 of wrong treatment;- it is nevertheless a 

 condition which needs correcting by a 

 change of air. 



Do not make it one of the night fire- 

 man 's duties to- do this. Get around 

 yourself by sunrise" and, as soon as the 

 inside temperature begins to rise, put on 

 a very small crack of air at the ridge, 

 if only for three or four minutes, but 

 long enough to make a noticeable change 

 in the character of the atmosphere. 

 "Weather conditions-, may require this 

 crack of air to be left on, gradually 

 increasing the amount of ventilation as 

 occasion demands. ^ . 



Never allow the temperature to run 

 several degrees above the desired point 

 before raising the ventilators. Begin 

 early, proceed moderately and do not in- 

 dulge in ventilation of the explosive sort. 

 It may as well be admitted that my 

 object in the foregoing remarks is to 

 call particular attention to the fact that 

 the ventilators are not solely for the pur- 

 pose of controlling temperature, at the 

 same time endeavoring to make apparent 

 the importance of personal attention 

 early in the day. Anyone having suffi- 

 cient strength can manipulate a venti- 

 lator and can be taught to rely on a 

 thermometer for guidance, but that is 

 not all there is to ventilation. W^e must 

 avoid extreme temperature in either 

 direction, or sudden fluctuations. In 

 the early morning instance referred to 

 above, when we understand where airing 

 leaves off and control of temperature 

 begins, then we shall have begun to grasp 

 the subject. Geo S. Osborn. 



RUST ON CARDINALS. 



Please tell me what disease has af- 

 fected the enclosed carnation leaves. The 

 plants were affected when I got them. 

 The leaves are from .the Cardinal. Will 

 you tell me how best to destroy the dis- 

 ease? E. S. R. 



Your Cardinal plants are troubled with 

 a bad case of the common carnation rust. 

 This is one of the most common and yet 

 one of the least feared diseases of the 

 many which attack the carnations. There 

 are few varieties which are entirely free 

 from its attacks unless handled carefully, 

 but yet there are few varieties which 

 suffer serious harm unkss the culture is 

 decidedly bad. Cardinal is one which 

 seems to be subject to this disease more 

 than the average and is seldom seen with- 

 out it, especially if the plants suffer much 

 of a check at any time. To get rid of it, 

 pick off all the rusty leaves and burn 

 them. Then dust the plants with sulphur 

 and lime in equal portions, or dust them 

 with grape dust. Keep the water off the 



foliage as much as possible and reduce 

 the syringing down to a minimum as long 

 as no signs of red spider are visible. 

 Keep the atmosphere dry and crisp and 

 slightly charged with sulphur fumes. 

 Keep the plants growing as vigorously as 

 possible and they will soon fight off the 

 disease. A. F. J. B. 



TOADSTOOLS IN BENCH SOILS. 



I am having trouble with the soil on 

 my raised benches, carnation soil espe- 

 cially, as numbers of toadstools, some as 

 large as the palm of my hand, are con- 

 tinually springing up. I keep pulling 

 them out, but in a night they pop out 

 again somewhere else. What is the cause 

 of this and what shall I do to prevent it ? 

 The houses run east and west and the 

 sun has full play upon the benches. My 

 soil is one-third clay and two-thirds rich 

 black soil. When filling the benches we 

 put in first a thin layer of rotted cow 

 manure, as we always have done. The 

 only feed we have given them is lime and 

 manure water and we have only been 

 giving that about a month, while we have 

 been fighting the toadstools for three 

 months. My plants are not doing well 

 for some reason, and I think these toad- 

 stools are the reason. I have been par- 

 ticular as to temperature and ventilation. 

 My plants were housed about September 

 1 to 8. M. E. H. 



If the toadstools, as you call them, are 



the same as we often have come up in 

 our benches between the carnations, the 

 best and most profitable way of getting 

 rid of them is to eat them. Ours are a 

 variety of mushrooms and most likely 

 yours are the same. Be sure to ascertain 

 to a certainty, however, from some ex- 

 pert, before you use them, else you might 

 suffer severe ill effects. We never thought 

 they did any serious damage to the grow- 

 ing crop and your troubles most likely 

 spring from some other source. These 

 mushrooms, or toadstools, whichever they 

 are, grow from spawn which was in your 

 soil before it was put into the benches, 

 and do not form from any improper con- 

 dition of the soil, as you imagined. I 

 cannot tell you how to kill this spawn, 

 but if they are mushrooms, as they likely 

 are, I would consider them as an extra 

 crop and would make good use of them. 

 To the initiated there are few things 

 more toothsome than a mess of mush- 

 rooms, etc. A. F. J. B. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The rate of a fare and one-third has 

 been again secured for the annual meet- 

 ing of this society, to be held in Wash- 

 ington, January 28 to 30. 



This is on the certificate plan. All 

 you have to do is to be on hand about 

 fifteen or twenty minutes before your 

 train is due, ask the agent for a certifi- 

 cate for the meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society, pay full fare going 

 and you can then return for one-third of 

 a full fare. 



As the 2-cent rate is in effect in quite 

 a number of states, this will make a 

 very cheap rate for this meeting and no 

 carnation grower who consults his own 

 interests can afford to miss it. 



Premium lists have been mailed to alJ 

 of the members. Any one who wishes 

 a copy can obtain one by applying. 



Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



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FUNERAL WORK. 



Wreaths of Galax Leaves. 



The wreaths described in my notes, 

 page 5 of the Eeview for December 26, 

 by no means completes the variety of 

 wreaths that can be made up of all flow- 

 ers, but we will drop these for a time 

 and learn something about some of the 

 other styles of the more common 

 wreaths. 



First we will consider those common- 

 ly known as galax wreaths. These have 

 several redeeming features. In the first 

 place, there is no funeral design that 

 will net the florist a better profit or 

 give more universal satisfaction. When 

 stock is scarce you can often fall back 

 on galax leaves and with a few dozen 

 flowers make up a pretty wreath. An- 

 other good feature is the short notice 

 upon which such a wreath can be made up. 



The most simple form is a wreath of 

 all leaves. Every florist has his own 

 style for a galax wreath, or any other 



wreath, for that matter, and naturally 

 each thinks his the best and most artistic. 

 Some are the best only as far as the 

 money made on one is concerned, but 

 if you care to hold your trade, then do 

 not be too stingy with the leaves. To 

 make a nice wreath of galax leaves, but 

 of a small size, say a 14-inch to 16-incb 

 frame, first pick out some of the largest 

 leaves and fasten them to the moss vnth 

 fern pins; then stem about 100 to 150 

 leaves, each one to a toothpick, leaving the 

 stem of the leaf about two inches and a 

 half long. Begin by running around the 

 outer and inner edges of the wreath, and 

 then fill in between these, giving your 

 design a nice round shape, and be care- 

 ful to leave an opening in the center of 

 the wreath. A bow of ribbon of white, 

 dark red or lavender color will add much 

 to the appearance of the whole. 



The wreath just described is suitable 

 to use in place of or with door-crape, 

 or to lay upon a grave, and often it may 

 even be sent to a funeral house. 



When it is desired to make a large 



