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the variations are severe. The same is 

 true if cloudy and sunny weather are 

 intermingled too much, and if, as you 

 say, the temperature is allowed to run 

 up excessively before the ventilators are 

 opened. The man in charge should keep 

 as close watch on the ventilation as he 

 does on the watering and on the steam 

 heat at night. A. F. J. B. 



DISBUDDING. 



In disbudding carnations, is it proper 

 to leave the last bud up to the crown 

 bud on the stalk and not take it off at 

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In disbudding, take off every bud you 

 can, without injuring the main bud, or 

 the flower stem and foliage. If the 

 bud is too small to handle properly, then 

 leave it to be taken off later. It should 

 come off, however, as soon as large 

 enough to be handled properly. 



A. F. J. B. 



Carnation May Day. 



consumed the higher will be the per- 

 centage of potash. That is why hard- 

 wood ashes are more valuable than those 

 from softer wood, etc. 



Tobacco, being a rapid and tender 

 growing plant, like all annuals, would not 

 likely contain a great deal of potash. 

 The little you get from your fumigating 

 would amount to little, inaeed, in improv- 

 ing your crop. On the other hand, there 

 is no need of wasting even the least 

 valuable material unnecessarily. Some 

 growers gather up in their hands the 

 ashes from each pile or pan, after each 

 fumigation, and scatter it thinly between 

 the plants close by. Others have a barrel 

 to dump them in, to be used when a 

 sufficient amount has accumulated. The 

 latter is, perhaps, the more commendable 

 plan, as it promotes cleanliness as well 

 as economy, and is certainly a heap better 

 than to scatter them over the walk with 

 a kick of the foSt, as some are known 

 to do. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION BRITANNIA. 



We have pleasure in giving you a few 

 particulars in regard to the Britannia 

 carnation. We have grown this variety 

 since it was distributed and cannot speak 

 too highly of it. It has only one fault ; 

 it is not so long in the stem as some 

 other sorts. 



American growers need have no fear 

 in growing this sort, which is said to be 

 a seedling from Lawson and Winter 

 Cheer, and is quite as free as Mrs. Law- 

 son. The bright red flowers possess a 

 very sound calyx, which never splits and 

 is of large size, and the foliage of the 

 plant gives the prettiest effect of any 

 variety in commerce. It is very free and 

 the only sorts that can compare with it, 

 in our estimation, are Beacon and Vic- 

 tory, 



We have not yet tested Defiance suf- 

 ficiently to say whether it is first rate or 

 Dot. Hugh Low & Co. 



SPLIT CALYXES. 



We have been troubled a good deal 

 lately with carnations splitting. Will 

 letting the houses get a little on the 



cold side, or on the hot side, split them? 

 We try to keep the houses about 58 to 

 60 degrees in cloudy weather, but some- 

 times the sun will come out on a cloudy 

 day and run the houses up suddenly. 

 Will that cause them to split? 



Beginner. 



There is perhaps nothing which will 

 cause carnations to split their calyx more 

 than uneven temperature, especially if 



THE BEST THREE REDS. 



Please tell us what three red carna- 

 tions are giving the best general satis- 



faction. 



C. S. M. 



The red carnations generally grown at 

 present are Beacon and Victory. In 

 some localities Estelle is still a good pay- 

 ing red and O. P. Bassett is a new one 

 coming out this year. Ribes. 



Worcester, Mass. — W. L. Lewis made 

 an assignment January 19 to W. E. 

 Clapp. The liabilities are $2,500 to 

 $3,000. 



Carnation Mn. Charles Knopf on a Kroeschell Measure. 



