22 



-*Vj" *. i ' ■ •• ■ 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Januahy 28, 1909. 



Hayes, R. B., Shelby, O. ' 



Heacock, Jos. W., Wyncote. Pa. 



Heacock, Joseph, Wyncote, Pa. 



Heller, Herbert, New Castle, Ind. 



Herr, Albert M., Lancaster, Pa. 



Herr, Mrs. A. M., Lancaster, Pa. 



Herr, L. R., Lancaster, Pa. 



Hey, 'A. T., Western Springs, 111. 



HUl, E. G., Ricbmond, Ind. 



Hill, Joe, Richmond, Ind. 



Hill, Sarah, Ricbmond, Ind. 



Howard, H. B., Chicago. 



Howard, W. D., Milford, Mass. 



Humfeld, Simon, Muncie, Ind. 



Jamison, Robert, Wyncote, Pa. 



Johnson, Frank, Chicago. 



Jones, Chas. M., Columbus, O. 



Jones, J., Richmond, Ind. 



Jones, Robt. Ross, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Kastlng, W. F., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kirowski, E. T., Chicago. 



Knopf, Cbas., Richmond, Ind. 



Koenig, O. G., St. Louis, Mo. 



Kohout, Joseph. Hinsdale, 111. 



Kronlnger, E, N., Allentown, Pa. 



Lamborn, Leroy L., Alliance, 0. 



Lautenschlager, F., Chicago. 



Lemon, Fred, Ricbmond, Ind. 



Longren, A. F., Des Plalnes, III. 



Ludwig, W. DeForest, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Manke, William, North Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mann, Earl, Ricbmond, Ind. 



Maynard, C. H.. and wife, Detroit, Mich. 



Meine, Wm., Ricbmond, Ind. 



Meinhardt, F. H., St. Louis, Mo. 



Meinbardt, Matilda, St. Louis, Mo. 



Miller, Theo., St. Louis, Mo. 



Mueller, G., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Munk, Oliver A., Columbus, O. 



Murphy, William, Cincinnati, 0. 



Nicholson. Wm., Framingham, Mass. 



OUnger, P. J., Cincinnati, O. 



Olsem, Peter, Joliet, 111. 



Parker, Harvey, Richmond, Ind. 

 Partridge, W. K., Cincinnati, O. 

 Patten, M. A., Tewksbury, Mass. 

 Peirce, E. A., Waltbam, Mass. 

 Pennock, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Pepper, J. H., Chicago. 

 Peterson, J. A., Cincinnati, O. 

 Plerson, F. R., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Poehlmann, August, Morton Grove, 111. 

 Pruner, Clifford, Chicago. 

 Pyfer, A. T., Joliet, III. 

 Kauter, L. J., Westerly, R. I. 

 Robinson, A. G., Louisville, Ky. 

 Robrer, H. D., Lancaster, Pa. 

 Roper, Albert, Tewksbury, Mass. 

 Rudd. W. N., Morgan Park, 111. 

 Skldelsky, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Snape, H. B., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Stewart, W. J., Boston, Mass. 

 Strout, Cbas., Blddeford, Me. 

 Stuart, J. S., Anderson, Ind. 

 Swayne, Wm., Kennett Square. Pa. 

 Tlplady, W. M., Lexington, Ky. 

 Valentine, J. A., Denver, Colo. 

 Vaugban, J. C, Chicago. 

 Veseyi M. S., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Vesey, Wm. J., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Vesey, Mrs. W. J., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Walker, Elmer, Youngstown, 0. 

 Walker, John, Youngstown, 0. 

 Washburn, C. L., Chicago. 

 Waters, T. E., Chicago. 

 Weber, F. C, St. Louis, Mo. 

 ^eber, Wm., Oakland, Md. 

 Weiland, Peter, New Castle, Ind. 

 Welch, P., Boston, Mass. 

 Winter, Herman F., Charleston, W. Va. 

 Winterson, B. F., Chicago. • 



Witterstaetter, R., Cincinnati, 0. 

 Woody ard, R. S., Chicago. 

 Zwelfel, Nic, North Milwaukee, Wis. 



CARNATION NOTES.- EAST. 



Watering. 



The expression, that ' ' good waterers 

 are born and not made," is to a certain 

 extent true. One can, however, by close 

 ~) observation and the application of com- 

 mon sense, become quite proficient in the 

 art. Since so much depends upon local 

 conditions, it is impossible to give any 

 arbitrary rules. At best, we can only 

 relate such experiences as have, in prac- 

 tice, proven valuable. 



Carnation plants, if growing vigorously 

 and blooming profusely, require consider- 

 able water — much more than would be 

 implied by the advice given in a recently 

 published catalogue, to "water only suf- 

 ficiently to prevent plants from wilt- 

 ing." 



In the morning of a bright day is con- 

 ceded to be the ideal time in which to 

 water, though it is admissible and even 

 important to carefully touch up dry 

 spots at any hour of the day or in any 

 weather. These dry spots may occur 

 through variations in density and depth 

 of soil, or at points in close proximity to 

 heating pipes. 



The old notion, that we are not follow- 

 ing nature's method in watering while 

 the sun shines, is without reason, for, 

 though the sun is obscured during a rain- 

 fall, everything is wet on the sun's re- 

 appearance after passage of the storm, 

 and have you not noticed how "things 

 fairly jump" under these conditions? 



Transpiration. 



The amount of moisture given off by 

 the leaves into the air is much larger 

 than is generally supposed. Scientists 

 have demonstrated that certain plants 



transpire surprising quantities, and esti- 

 mate that over ninety-five per cent of 

 the energy received from sunlight is used 

 to perform the work of transpiration. 

 Naturally this goes on more slowly dur- 

 ing cloudy periods than when the sun 



shines brightly; consequently we must be 

 on our guard against excess of moisture 

 in dull weather. 



Should a sudden change from fair to 

 cloudy weather catch us with the soil 

 heavily watered, and perhaps the foliage 

 wet by syringing as well, we can only 

 remedy matters by keeping on a crack 

 of air and turning on sufficient heat to 

 maintain the regular cloudy day tem- 

 perature. 



The principal evils arising from an 

 oversupply of water are souring of the 

 soil, resulting in destruction of roots, 

 and promotion of soft growth, rendering 

 the plant particularly susceptible to at- 

 tacks of fungoid diseases. 



Watering That Impoverishes. 



With the modernly constructed bench, 

 amply providing for drainage, it would 

 be an exception to find the soil actually 

 water-logged. Care must be taken, how- 

 evier, not to apply the water in such quan- 

 tities as to create a shower under the 

 bench, thereby impoverishing the soil by 

 leaching. 



Relative to . the question of overhead 

 watering, there is little doubt but that 

 the plants are benefited by an occasional 

 application of water to the foliage; not, 

 however, in such manner as would be 

 termed syringing, but merely a gentle 

 swash through the body of the plant. Of 

 all plants, the carnation will most bit- 

 terly resent the removal of that glaucous 

 bloom peculiar to its foliage; therefore 

 syringing should be resorted to only for 

 the purpose of destroying red spider. 



Geo. S. Osboen. 



SLEEPY CARNATIONS. 



Will you tell me the cause of my car- 

 nations going to sleep! The trouble is 

 principally with White Enchantress and 

 White Perfection, though Enchantress 

 and Bose-pink Enchantress are affected 



V. V. Coles. 



(Member Finance Committee for Carnation Convention.) 



1.^.^11 ^^^^ 



