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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 7, 1909. 



growers who make the cutting business a 

 side line for disposing of the cuttings 

 which they do not need themselves. 



Then, finally, you must consider your 

 ability to sell what you have to offer. 

 Many a good grower does not get rid 

 of his products to the best advantage. 

 Especially ia this true in this part of the 

 l)usiness. A reputation must be worked 

 up first. Unless you have, by chance, 

 some variety which is in great demand 

 and scarce, you will have to match your 

 reputation against that of your competi- 

 tors. If your products are first-class you 

 will, of course, acquire a good reputa- 

 tion, but it will take time. Printers' ink, 

 properly applied, will, of course, sell 

 much stock, but where it can be coupled 

 with a good reputation the results are 

 much better. Perhaps the best advice I 

 can give you is to go into the rooted cut- 

 ting business gradually. Work up a rep- 

 utation and trade in that line, ilnd let 

 your stock keep pace with it. 



A. F. J. B. 



STIGMONOSE. 



Can you tell me what the disease is on 

 the carnations you find enclosed, and the 

 cause? It seems to be spreading over 

 the whole house. Could heavy mulching 

 be the cause, or overfeeding with such 

 fertilizers as bone dust and wood ashes? 



C. S. 



The specimens forwarded were full of 

 light spots, which are caused by the 

 disease known as stigmonose. As I have 

 said repeatedly in answer to inquiries, 

 this disease is brought on through the 

 punctures of insect pests, such as aphis, 

 thrips, red spider, etc. 



The condition of the plants and the 

 treatment after the punctures are made 

 certainly do have a great deal of effect 

 on the seriousness of the trouble. If the 

 plants are grown rather hard and the 

 growth matures slowly, the punctures 

 will often leave no spots at all. But, on 

 the other hand, if the growth is soft and 

 succulent and matures quickly, the spots 

 will be numerous and large. Excessive 

 watering and feeding will always aggra- 

 vate this trouble, if it is present to start 

 with. Avoid heavy mulching or feeding 

 until toward spring, at which time the 

 trouble naturally disappears. 



You will often find that varieties which 

 become quite yellow with these spots will 

 take on a healthy appearance during the 

 summer months, only to become covered 

 with them again the next winter. 



A. F. J. B. 



A COMPARISON OF CUTS. 



Victory Leads Enchantress. 



It is frequently asserted that it doesn't 

 pay as well to grow red carnations as it 

 does those of other colors; that they are 

 shy bloomers and never will produce as 

 many flowers as other varieties. E. T. 

 Wanzer, of Wheaton, 111., says his records 

 disprove all such tbeories and that Vic- 

 tory, the only red he grows, outblooms 

 Enchantress, which is without question 

 grown in larger numbers than any other 

 variety the country over. 



Mr. Wanzer has fourteen benches of 

 each variety, 690 plants to the bepch, so 

 that the figures which follow represent 

 the cut from 9,660 plants of Enchantress 

 and 9,660 plants of Victory. Four 

 benches of the Enchantress were grown 

 indoors all summer, but all the rest of 

 the plants were ben -heil early in August. 



Cutting began October 1, and up to De- 

 cember 26 Enchantress had given 22,275 

 good flowers and 1,475 splits. In the 

 same time Victory gave 29,225 perfect 

 flowers and only 175 splits. Enchantress 

 gave, then, up to Christmas slightly more 

 than two flowers per plant, while Victory 

 gave almost three flowers per plant. At 

 the same time it is worth noting that 

 Enchantress began splitting October 12, 

 but that Victory showed no splits till 

 December 18. The record of the daily 

 cut is as follows: 



— ' — victory 



Perfect. Split. 

 160 - . . . 



Oct. total... 7.000 



Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Not. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 



NOT^. 



Nov, 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 



1., 

 2., 

 3., 

 4., 

 5., 

 C, 

 7. , 

 8., 

 9. 



10. 



11.. 



12. 



13.. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



18. 



19. 



20. 



21. 



22. 



23. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



It 

 30. 



200 

 200 

 550 

 275 

 300 

 725 

 275 

 250 

 150 

 575 

 225 

 275 

 400 

 325 

 375 

 350 

 350 

 675 

 200 

 160 

 275 

 350 

 450 

 300 

 350 

 275 

 200 

 200 

 300 

 76 



Nov. total.. 9,600 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Dec. 10. 



Dec. 11. 



Dec. 12. 



7. 

 8. 

 9. 



.. 300 



.. 350 



.. 275 



.. 400 



.. 300 



.. 76 



.. 100 



.. 160 

 50 



.. 75 



Dec. 14 175 



Dec. 15 150 



Dec. 10 500 



Dec. 17 75 



Dec. 18 175 



Dec. 19 50 



Dec. 21 360 



Dec. 22 1,000 



Dec. 23 1,060 



Dec. 26 75 



775 

 23 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 



'25 

 50 



■75 



166 



Dec. total. 



.5,675 475 



SUMMARY. 



— Encbantress — 

 Perfect. Split. 



Period. 



October 7,000 225 



November .. 9,600 775 



December ... 5,675 475 



200 

 876 

 176 

 276 

 260 

 276 

 825 

 176 

 200 

 460 

 260 

 200 

 260 

 326 

 200 

 176 

 326 

 226 

 200 

 826 

 626 

 100 

 860 

 200 

 175 

 225 

 275 

 276 

 800 

 500 



11,975 

 250 

 375 

 676 

 626 



266 

 176 



166 



76 



626 



125 



250 



350 



275 



376 



575 



1,900 



1,850 



500 



9,000 



26 



50 

 75 

 23 



175 



-Victory- 



Perfect. Split. 

 8,260 

 11,975 

 9,000 



175 



Total. 22,275 1,475 29,225 175 



The Eeview would be glad to have 

 other growers supply the records of cuts 

 from a specified number of plants of 

 these and other varieties, for purposes of 

 comparison with Mr. Wanzer 's record. 

 Can anyone beat Enchantress with 

 Beacon, or any other red I 



THE HILL FLORAL CO. 



The illustrations on page 11 give 

 an idea of the establishment of the 

 W. C. Hill Floral Co., at Streator, 111. 

 The outdoor view is from a photograph 

 taken in July, but the carnation house 

 interior was photographed in December. 



This business was established in 1884 

 and at that time consisted of only one 

 house 12x40. At the present time there 

 are four houses 20x100 devoted to car- 

 nations, one house of the same size for 

 roses and another for bedding plants fol- 

 lowing the chrysanthemums. There also 

 is one house 10x30 for propagating. Fol- 

 lowing the death of the proprietor, W. C. 

 Hill, the business was incorporated. F. 

 R. Thornton is president and Clara Sher- 

 man secretary and treasurer. 



Carnations, it will be noted, occupy 

 a greater part of the space and have al- 

 ways been successfully handled here. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Annual Premium List. 



The premium list for the eighteenth 

 annual exhibition, to be held at the Ger- 

 man House, Indianapolis, Ind., January 

 27 and 28, shows little change from pre- 

 vious lists. Provision is made for the 

 usual exhibits of 100 blooms in each 

 color. The classes for named varieties 

 are cut down by dropping from the list 

 the names of a number of sorts no longer 

 generally grown, but all varieties dissem- 

 inated prior to July 1, 1908, are eligible 

 as "any other" if not provided for by 

 name. The society's medals, and those 

 of the S. A. F., are offered under the 

 usual conditions. Six special prizes are 

 offered, by Baur & Smith, A. Wiegand 

 & Son, Bertermann Bros. Co., H, W. 

 Field, the State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana, and by the Indiana Floral Fes- 

 tival Asipciation. 



The program for the meeting has not 

 yet been announced, but arrangements 

 are being made to entertain a large at- 

 tendance. 



STOCK FOR CLOUDY CLIMATE. 



Will you kindly tell me what are the 

 best kinds of roses and carnations to 

 bloom under glass in northwestern Mon- 

 tana, where there is a large proportion 

 of cloudy weather? A. S. 



The most profitable varieties of roses 

 to grow under these conditions would be: 

 Pink, Bridesmaid and Chatenay; white. 

 Bride and Ivory; red, Bichmond. 



In carnations there is quite a long 

 list to select from. The following va- 

 rieties will do fairly well: White, Queen 

 Louise, Boston Market and White Per- 

 fection ; pink, Lawson, Dorothy and Eose- 

 pink Enchantress; light pink. Enchan- 

 tress; crimson, Harlowarden; red. Vic- 

 tory and Beacon. Ribes. 



TO MAKE MOLES DECAMP. 



In the Review of December 24, E. S. 

 M. asked how to get rid of moles in his 

 lettuce house and was advised to destroy 

 them with spring traps. William Mor- 

 row, of Stamford, Conn., says: 



"If E. S. M. win open a creek one 

 inch wide and ten inches deep across his 

 lettuce bed, about every six or eight feet, 

 and pour in a mixture of Scalecide and 

 water, about six parts water to one of 

 Scalecide, the moles will not show up 

 in that bed again. Tar water will also 

 keep them away. The creeks should be 

 closed as soon as the liquid soaks down." 



