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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sl I'TK.MUKU 17, ]00S. 



CARNATION NOTES.-WEST. 



Stem-rot. 



I'lcruic _V(iu |iut (in Vdiir ('m i ii;it imi snji 



iMiiis vdii will tiiiW it a y i j^laii \n M'- 



placr whatcvcM' jilants iiiav lia\i' dicil diit 

 (111 arcuiiiit of stfiii I'dl di- fdi' sdiiic dtlicr 

 <-aiisd. If you wcrr wise vdu |idtt('il 

 ii|i a fi'u plants of cadi varii'ty at Ipciii-Ii 

 in;; tinic. \ i>i\ can always cdunt nn a 

 fcu plants (lyinji dul. and plants lifted 

 at the time tlic liciiclics were planted 

 will lie well cstaldisheil now and will 

 ]ilant witlnml a (dicck. while plants fi'diii 

 the field will uilt ipiite liadly and will 

 la;;' liehind these (uieinallx planteil tor 

 a lull;; time. 



It is ;i stran;^!' tllin;^. the expel-iein-es 



■ :ne hears aliont from dilfeicni yrdwci.^, 

 l-'er instance, a few days aye the inti'd 

 iliicer id' one dl last season's no\(dties 

 inijiiireil as to diir e.\|ierience ahin"' that 

 line with his \ariety. ( )ii diir jdace, as 

 well as his own place, the variety has 

 done iinnsually well sd fa i' : nut nidre than 

 tW(i |ier cent ]ia\e tieeii lest t'nim N.ari 

 dus causes since the iddted c-nttin;;< ar 

 ii\ed last l-'eliruary. .Xiidthcr i;rni\ei 

 ha^ replanted more plants df this \a 

 licty than he orij^inally |daiited. This 

 same inl ro(|n<'er. howcxei-. cumplains i,f 



Ille x;niie tnmlile with r.e; he liaviii;; 



leplanted alidiit as many as lie Mist jdaul 

 cd. .\(iW. ,\|iy i|d these tliin;.;s dcriil.' 

 'Ilic ^dil used on lidth lieiirln's is the 

 same. I understand. Tin' mere eiM' 

 ^Indies this disease the mure )ierp|r\ 

 il|e- it Seems td Iiecdine. 1,'ecelit dliser\a 

 tions cdiivince me that this |iin;^ii-- at 

 t.'icks the stem dt' the plant and nui 

 the r<id|s. as is (daiimd li\- siimc. A 

 strdii;^ ami comdiisive |ii(.dt' was t'diiiel 

 in jdants uliicli rdtted idf well alid\e the 

 un-ound and sprduted afterward from eves 

 Kehiw the rotted pl;ice. j'lants like tins, 

 wlii'ii lifted, showed iid iinliealtli\ cen 



ditidll df the rddts. they lieiMM ;,< |dlimp 



anil white inside as any dihei. ()t' 



ciMllse. where there is a cdm|i|ete snsiiei: 



siim df growth, as where .yes hrcak 



iiild ;,'rd\\tli. the rddts will s,„,ii liecnaie 

 clo;i-;^ei| ;iml iiiiliealthy, ;:i\iii^ the im 

 pressidii that they ;iie priilialily the cause 

 df the tniiilde. I limj thai nilier '^H'w 

 >i~ have made the s.-nne el is,.| \ a t idiis. 

 l'>Ht td ;^et Lack td the leplantiii-. 



'I'lc s;if'est way is tn renid\e mest nt' the 



sell immediately arniind where a plant 

 siem tdtteij, and lill up w ii h new sm | 

 I'cidre nplaiiline. I have seen twn and 

 three liatclies ef |i!anls dest inv ,., j where 

 the siiil \\;,s iidt retudved; lint, nil the 

 dthi r h;ind, 1 have seen hiindr<'ds ni' 

 plants set ri;,dit in the s;iiiie sdil where 

 I'lants had died dii; and e,, n^lit ahead 

 as thdll^h it was new sni|. That weiild 

 inili<-ale that a plant miisi !„• in pr..per 

 cdiiditidii td take the disease. I'lants es 

 laldished in puts will lie less li;ilde tii at 

 tack than plants lifted fidui the Held jnsl 

 joiiir td liein;; set in the vacancies. .\ir 

 slaked lime sprinkled aidimd will help 

 sdine. f lie. \ . I' J I ; y I l; 



GRUBS IN CARNATION BEDS. 



.Midul fdiir weeks aeii- Au;;iist, (i - 

 1 planted a sdlid lied df lar;i(\ line 

 I\iicliaii1 ress. They never willed, liul 

 started tinely and are cumiiie du nicely. 

 .Miiint ten days aen | t'dund f^rnlivvorms 

 in the lied. Will ynii please tidl me lidvv 

 td eet rid 111' them .' II. \V. 



1 siip|idse the erulis you complain of 

 arc the conunon white yrult, which is 

 usually found in sml snil. This ;;ruli 

 is eeneially fimnd in limited niindiers, 

 lull they are \ery destriictixe if allowed 

 td wiirk unchecked. We usually di;;' u|) 

 the Sdil under a wilted plant and destrdy 

 the ^iruli. which is easily fotiiid if the 

 ti'diilile is caused liy thai ]iest. W(> liiivr» 

 never had them in any ereat numbers, 

 and have not found it necessai'.v to resort 

 td any nther metlind nt' (|est)dyin<f them. 

 I have lieen Idhl that the puisuned liait 

 I eciinimended fur ciitwurms is (|nite ef- 

 fect ive aeaiiist this yriili. This liait is 

 made dt' liraii. nidlasses ;ini| either arsenic 

 111' I 'ai is ;;reen. 



If lliey have lieciime very iinmr'rdiis 

 and a menace tn vniir i-rnp. I ^vd1dd 

 advise v'lin tn use carlmn liisulphide 

 aeaiiist them. That will siirelv destrnv 



them. I''dr full information on using 

 it, send lo tlie Uiiitt^ii States ])epartnn'iit 

 n\' .\;;rictdture for I'^irmern' Bulletin .No. 

 lid. ''('arlion Tiisnipliide ;is tin Jnsecti^ 

 cide."" l.y \V. I-:. Himls. That will t(dl 

 yon all almut it lietter than 1 cimld do 

 it. 



We have seen slakt^d linn' used with 

 eiiiid elfecl. Hither sprinkle it en the 

 beds and v\ater it in, nr (dse irmke lime 

 water .and saturate the beds with it. 

 I'se ;i peck 1 1 !' iinie in fil'tv gallons of 

 water. A. V. .1. P.. 



SCALE ON OLEANDER. 



I have an uleander tree that has scale 

 du it. What shall 1 do to get rid of 

 them.' ]s there any sulutioii [ I'an usr- 

 td dcst my them .' A. K. 



The only way to entirely remove scale 

 from your jdant is to sponge it over. 

 This is. of course, slow tuid tedious wiuk. 

 To make it presentable it will, iiowever. 

 be better to do this. If you want to kill 

 the scale, put a winoglasH of kerosene 

 to eaidi three gallons of water. Keep 

 it agitated with the syringe and wet 

 every jiart ot the tree with it, or you 

 can use such specia.I insecticides as fir 

 tree oil, or lemmi nil, Avliich are soluble 

 in vvjiter diluted in thirty to fifty times 

 their own bulk, nnceyou get your jilant 

 (dean, use a gnod foice of water on it 

 f reijiu'id ly, .■iinl to nuike sure that lui' 

 scale, bug iir utiier pests harbor in it. 

 give it a syringing every three months 

 with line lit' the sidiible oils mentioned. 



<•. AV. 



■^^^9t £ 



SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



B 



Mignonette. 



Seeds ill' mii^lliillette siivvii in beds lU" 



benches early in .\ngiist will now be mak- 

 ing ra|iid Inadv.ay. Any necessary ihiii- 

 iiing .lilt dt' the seedlings shdiild have 

 been dune while the |i|;illts Were small. 

 If lleelei-tcd. it is better even lldW to 



alteiid td it. \'H\ caniidt get line sjiikes 



where the plants ;i|e let't t dl i (ddSe td- 

 i;etlier. 



Siinie df the shddts v\ i 1 1 imw be run 



lling lip Id tldWer. Il |s better td let 

 these shnVV the lliiwer buds liet'dle pinch 



iiig them b;ick i|iiile hard. It' ddiie 

 v\hile the sliddts ;iie shiiit and tender, the 



new breaks will be sciniewhat weak. The 



larvie lit' the white blitterlly are tl'dllble 



sdiiie at present and .a careful search 



shdllld be made fur these green pests at 



least diice a day. m they will sdim ruin 

 a Idt of jil.ants. 



Keep the surface siiil scl'.alclied over 



and, ;is migiinnette resents .anything in 



the nature nf Idling, leave im t'lill 



veiitilatiiiii ;it all times until t'nisi threat 

 ens .and even then, it' a minimum nf lo 



degrees is til a i 1 1 1 ;i i Mi i i , it will be slllli 

 cieiitly high. 



Calceolarias. 



The cdiil Se|itember nights .are needed 

 III galvani/e lite illtn the lierbacenns 

 c.a Iceiila lias. Thev sjniplv let'llse tn "lnw 



s.at ist'actdi ily in Imi weather, such as we 

 have ex|ieiienced a large jiart of the 

 summer. .\ frame where the little jihints 

 can be shaded frimi direct sunshine, with 

 ;imple veiitilatinn all tin- time, is Avli.af 

 calceiilarias lei juiie. 



I'd nut dii any cunsiderat inn let them 

 becdllie potbdund bel'iile gi\iiig them a 

 sJiil't. The riimpdsi in the early sttiges 

 m.ay be l.argely leaf-mold and loam, but 

 for the later puttings sunie well piilvei" 

 i/.ed cdW ill- sheep inaiiuie should be 

 added, finely brnkeii i li.aicdal and sh.'ii'|f 

 sand are .alsii helpful ingredients, and put 

 ting shdllld iidt be ddiie toil (irmlv. It 



p.acked in tresti tub: i stems, the arch 



enemy nt' this dsit'nl s|,|jne lliiwetine 



|ihllll will mil 111' able In gel a fddt- 



hiild. 



Freesias. 



The present IS a giiiid time tn get in 

 a tiirther batch nf freesia bulbs, \otli- 

 iiig is to lie gained by delaying the Latest 

 pl.antings after (>ctdber I. These latr- 

 b.atches never -.em In priidiice the vig- 

 diiins spikes d| ihe earlier ones, the 

 iiiilbs, no diiiilit. Idsing much nt' their 

 vitality fnini beniM ,,ni ,,|' the s(,i| so 

 Idiig. 



Where ('liiisimas (lnwers are wanted, 

 the earliest li.alch shiiuld now be pl.aced 

 dii a shelf in a. light, sunny hmise kept 



••it 'i- Id ."."i i|ei;lees ;it niehl. K'emenibeV 



