Januabt 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



29 



with well rotted manure. "We have 

 been keeping them rather on the dry 

 side. The house is rather cool, some- 

 times as low as 40 degrees. T. & C. 



You will have to change your treat- 

 ment considerably before you will be 

 able to stop your carnations from burst- 

 ing the calyxes. To allow the tempera- 

 ture to run down to 40 degrees occa- 

 sionally will cause almost any variety 

 to burst, especially if it happens after 

 a warm, bright day. Such carelessness 

 is entirely inexcusable. Running them 

 too much on the dry side will aggra- 

 vate the trouble, too. At this time of 

 the year the plants should te in a ro- 

 bust condition, with the soil full of 

 roots, and overwatering is not likely. 

 Your plants will enjoy a liberal supply 

 of water, just so you do not keep the 

 soil soggy. The thing for you to do 

 now is to give close attention to the 

 ventilating and heating, and to handle 

 them otherwise as if you wanted them 

 to grow. Water liberally, though not 

 «xcessively, and keep the temperature 

 between 6 p. m. and 7 a. m. as near 52 

 degrees as you can. During the day run 

 them at 58 degrees on cloudy days and 

 65 to 70 degrees on clear days. Avoid 

 sudden changes, but make the changes 

 gradually, taking a couple of hours each 

 morning and evening to change from 

 one temperature to the other. 



A. F. J. B. 



STURDY STEMS, SMALL BLOOMS. 



What causes large, healthy, fast- 

 growing Lawson carnations, grown in a 

 night temperature of 52 degrees with 

 plenty of air in the daytime, to grow 

 small, soft blooms, with perfectly sturdy 

 stems f M. 



I will need to have more data than 

 you give here to be able to form any 

 intelligent idea as to what ails your 

 Lawson plants. I will say right here, 

 however, that large blooms do not al- 

 ways grow on rank growing plants, nor 

 do rank growing plants always pro- 

 duce large blooms. A well balanced 

 diet will produce both a strong growth 

 and large blooms, but a one-^ided diet 

 will produce the one at the expense of 

 the other. So long as I do not know 

 what you have done, I cannot suggest a 

 remedy. One would need to know some- 

 thing about the texture of the soil and 

 how it has been prepared, and what has 

 been added in the way of mulch and of 

 feeding, before any suggestion can be 

 made. A. F. J. B. 



ZL A FAVORABLE SITE. 



Would it be advisable to build a green- 

 house where one must depend on ship- 

 ping trade exclusively? I would like to 

 utilize land I now have, two acres, near a 

 natural gas main and with good water 

 pressure. Should like to grow carna- 

 tions and violets. I can reach Buffalo, 

 Cleveland and Pittsburg in three or four 

 hours. J. M. 



So far as mentioned, the conditions 

 are favorable for growing for the whole- 

 sale market, but many other factors 

 would have to be considered, not least of 

 which is the character of the soil. A 

 large number of growers make more than 

 a living growing exclusively for the 

 wholesale markets. I have in mind a 

 greenhouse foreman who six years ago 

 had saved up the price of a piece of land 

 suited to his purpose. He borrowed the 



money to erect two houses and started to 

 grow roses. He has been steadily add- 

 ing to his place until now he has an in- 

 vestment of $35,000 with only $7,000 

 incumbrance, besides having taken a liv- 

 ing out of the business for six years. 

 His is possibly an exceptional success, 

 but there are plenty of others who have 

 done well. F. R. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Gustave Wittbold. 



Gustave Wittbold died January 24 at 

 his residence, 1681 Buckingham place, 

 Chicago, in the ninth day of an illness 

 with pneumonia. The funeral was held 

 from the residence Monday afternoon, 

 January 27, with public services at the 

 chapel of Graceland cemetery, where in- 

 terment took place. 



Mr. Wittbold was 37 years of age, one 

 of the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. George 

 Wittbold, and since his youth engaged in 

 the business of the George Wittbold Co. 

 He was born at the well known Wittbold 

 establishment at North Halsted street 

 and Buckingham place, Chicago, where 

 Mr. and Mrs. George Wittbold still make 

 their home. Having reached young man- 

 hood, Gustave Wittbold took up the re- 

 tail end of the business and since the 

 firm's interests became so large and so 

 diversified, he has had charge of the re- 

 tail stores. There have been five broth- 

 ers identified with the business and this 

 is the first break in the Wittbold family, 

 for both father and mother, four broth- 

 ers and three sisters survive; also Mr. 

 Wittbold leaves a widow and two sons, 

 the elder a boy of 7 and the younger a 

 baby of 5 months. He was of quiet. 



kindly disposition and liked and esteemed 

 by everyone in the trade. The funeral 

 was largely attended and many floral 

 pieces were sent. 



Hauswirth. 



John Edwin Hauswirth, Jr., son of 

 Edwin and Pearl Hauswirth, and grand- 

 son of the late P. J. Hauswirth, died 

 January 25 at Chicago. The boy was 

 only 5 months of age. Under the cir- 

 cumstances the blow was especially se- 

 vere, and the family has the sympathy 

 of the trade. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Some More Prizes* 



A silver cup, valued at $25, is offered 

 by H. F. Michell Co., seedsmen, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., for fifty blooms of Kate 

 Moulton rose. 



F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 offers a silver cup, valued at $25, for 

 the best new rose not in commerce, nor 

 yet exhibited before the American Rose 

 Society. 



There has been mailed to every florist 

 or grower, located in Chicago, a copy of 

 the schedule for the annual exhibition. 



August Poehlmann, Morton Grove, HI., 

 is duly appointed chief of the executive 

 committee to represent on the spot the 

 Amcricaii Rose Society. 



Any entries, prizes or other matters 

 should be forwarded to the secretary of 

 the society. 



Benjamin Hammond, SecV. 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



They all read the Review. 



Gtistave Wittbold. 



