AOGDST 6, 1908. 



The Weekly Horists' Review, 



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Model. 



Thaden's Tendril. 



Heim's. Common Sense. Broxey's Gem. Richmond. 



A Part of the Large FamUy of ** Ready to Wear** Carnation Supports. 



the plants. We do not approve of clean- 

 ing the plants to any great extent when 

 taking them up to plant. It cannot be 

 done at that time without exposing the 

 roots to the air, and more harm is done 

 than good. We find, too, that this year 

 we have far less dead foliage to take oflf 

 than usual. Whether the lack of shade 

 has anything to do with this, I am not 

 certain, but I am inclined to think it 

 has. The plants being well matured nat- 

 urally has much to do with it, too, but I 

 think that, as the two go hand in hand, 

 both deserve credit for the result. I cer- 

 tainly would not care to go back to the 

 old method of heavy shading during 

 planting time. It is a mistake, even 

 when done most skillfully and carefully. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



CAKNATION SUPPORTS. 



The Old-fashioned Kind. 



Once upon a time all carnation growers 

 tied up their plants by the network of 

 wire and twine still seen in many places, 

 but it has been found that this is not as 

 cheap a method as most of those who 

 use it have thought — and cheapness is 

 about all the system has to recommend it. 

 True, two runs of wire between each 

 row of plants, and a few nickel balls o# 

 string, coat little, but they are extrava- 

 gant of time in putting up each season 

 and unhandy to work among. 



• A great many of the best things in 

 this world ate due to man's laziness, and 

 perhaps that is the reason we now have 

 the patent carnation support; at any 

 rate, those who have tried any one of 

 the several excellent devices of this char- 

 acter now on the market have usually 

 abandoned the old-fashioned method for 

 good and all. Of course the man who 

 benches 50,000 carnation plants must 

 make quite an investment if he buys 

 patent supports, but, once bought, they 

 last for years. Besides, the wire sup- 

 ports are so quickly put in position that 

 the economy of time affords a good sav- 

 ing on a large place. 



The Wire Supports. 



Probably the first of the ' ' ready-to- 

 wear" carnation supports was that sold 

 uader the trade name of Model, by Igoe 

 Bros., of Brooklyn; It was patented 

 July 27, 1897, and has had a steadily 

 increasing sale for more than ten years. 

 It is an extension support, a second sec- 

 tion being readily attached at the top 

 when the plants have made sufficient 

 growth to require it. 



Next in point of age among the sup- 

 ports now on the market ,is the so-called 

 tendril of H. Thaden & Co., Atlanta, Ga., 

 Several years ago the S. A. F. gaVe this 

 a- certificate of merit, and although not 

 often seen in the west, hutfdredi^ bf thou- 



sands of these are now in use in all parts 

 Of the country. 



At the Dayton convention of the S. A. 

 F., J. H. Broxey had a neat exhibit of 

 the Gem support, showing it in use on a 

 section of bench planted with year-old 

 plants. It received a certificate of merit. 

 This support consists of one stake and 

 two rings, which can be raised or lowered 

 according to the needs of the plant, or 

 when not in use can be folded flat with- 

 out the rings being removed from the 

 stake. It takes little space when folded. 



The Heim support is made by the Heim 

 Support Co., of Connersville, Ind., in 

 which C. A. Bieman is largely interested. 

 It consists of one double stake with a 

 ring on either side, the rings being ad- 

 justable to suit the needs of the plants. 



It is a pleasure for us, as well as 

 profitable, to advertise in 



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for it does not take lone to clean up 



stock by using the REVIEW to do 



the work. Please discontinue the 



advertisement of carnation plants 



and insert the enclosed. 



A. LAUB & SON. 



Hughsonvillet N. Y., 

 July 30, 1908. 



With the backing of this well-known flo- 

 rist it has sold largely the last two sea- 

 sons. It was patented July 31, 1906. 



Christ Lund, of Wausau, Wis., was the 

 inventor of the Common Sense support, 

 put on the market last season by C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., Milwaukee. It is manu- 

 factured by the O. J. Jawort Co., Wau- 

 sau, who put in a lot of special machin- 

 ery to give the wire the necessary twist 

 and are turning it out in large quantities 

 this season. It consists of a single wire 

 stake and an open ring, encircling the 

 plant and locking and unlocking with a 

 simple twist of the wrist. 



The Richmond is a support manufac- 

 tured by the Eagle Machine Works, Rich- 

 mond, Ind., and used by some of the well- 

 known growers of that town. It consists 

 of a double wire stake to which the -rings. 



in pairs, opposite, attach themselves 

 through the springiness in the wire that 

 clasps the double stake. 



The latest candidate for the favor of 

 the carnation growers hails from Qmaha, 

 where it is manufactured by Wm. H. 

 Woerner, who is well known to western 

 florists as the maker of wire designs. This 

 is entirely diflPerent from any of the other 

 supports, consisting of two tall loops to 

 set over the plants like the center arch of 

 a croquet set. The supports are bent to 

 provide three notches into which wire 

 rings are dropped as the plants rf^ed 

 higher supports. Mr. Woerner has ap- 

 plied for a patent and is preparing to 

 manufacture his support in quantity. 



These are by no means all the ready-to- 

 use wire supports, but they are the oneo 

 illustrated in this issue and the ones in 

 which the manufacturers have confidence 

 enough to push them; hence they are 

 naturally the ones most largely used. If 

 you are still using string, better send for 

 a hundred or so of each and try them 

 out for yourself this season; the chances 

 are it will mean your emancipation from 

 the cordage trust. 



A VISIT TO MT. CLEMENS. 



A, Von Boeselager. 4 

 At this time of the year the green- 

 house man is not very anxious about 

 having any callers, especially callers who 

 are themselves in the business and want 

 to see what they can see. For it is the 

 time of the year when the houses are 

 usually at their worst. Still, something 

 can always be learned, as was clearly 

 demonstrated to the writer and his com- 

 panion, Robert Rahaley, during a recent 

 trip to the Bath City. 



The first stop was made at the model 

 plant of August Von Boeselager, Mr. 

 Boeselager has not had as much experi- 

 ence as a grower as have some others in 

 the trade, but, having been raised on a 

 prosperous farm in the old country, he 

 does know that in order to grow good 

 stock it is absolutely necessary to keep 

 the houses in good repair at all times. 

 Two large boilers were protected against 

 rust and other harmful agents by a good 

 coat of asphaltum on the outside and a 

 free circulation of air on the inside. No 

 dirt was lying around under the benches 

 or in corners, to act as breeding places 

 for various pests. A number of empty 

 paint cans accounted for the well pre- 

 served houses. Mr. Boeselager employs 

 only a small force of help, but, as he 

 puts it, "We keep after the dust all the 

 time, never letting it get so thick that a 

 mop has to be used." Result: Good, 

 clean stock when the demand comes. His 

 carnations are all planted in the houses. 

 Hq will grow an assortment of roses, 



