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wholesaler unquestioned assurance of 

 financial responsibility. I sometimes 

 think the growers, as a class, have been 

 remarkably trusting and generous in this 

 latter respect to salesmen of all kinds, 

 but whether it is good business is a dif- 

 ferent question, and, as before intimated, 

 it is hardly in harmony with accepted 

 i'ommercial practice, which demands that 

 the money from the sale of flowers 

 should pass promptly from the consumer, 

 through the medium of retailer and 

 wholesaler, to the grower, and with equal 

 celerity from the latter to those who 

 supply and serve him. In no respect are 

 the various departments of the trade 

 more closely interdependent, and in none 

 is reform more urgently needed, than in 

 this matter of credits and accountability. 



A Caution to the Retailer. 



As to the retailer, he should never for- 

 get that the producer of the stock which 

 he must have, if he is to continue in 

 business, is entitled to a fair return and 

 the means of placing his business in a 

 position of lionor and good repute. It 

 is natural to want to buy as cheaply as 

 possible, but the disposition to beat down 

 wholesale values, regardless of the pos- 

 sibilities of ruin and discouragement 

 that may follow, should be looked upon 

 with disapproval by all well-wishers of 

 the floral industry. 



In conclusion, let none of us be "con- 

 tent with knowledge sufficient for the 

 present need. ' ' The business with which 

 our fortunes are linked is only in course 

 of development, and to keep pace with 

 its growth and its emergencies requires 

 the best combined thought you can give 

 to it. Mutual respect and mutual toler- 

 ation are good qualities to cultivate. 

 Our peace of mind, our business future 

 and, last but not least, our pocket books. 



Carnation Sans^^^o* 



will all share in the prosperity following 

 upon a wise discernment of the close re- 

 lationship between producer, wholesaler 

 and retailer. 



CARNATION SANGAMO. 



Sangamo is one of the pink seedlings 

 certificated at the Indianapolis meeting 

 of the American Carnation Society. It 

 also won for its originator, A. C. Brown, 

 of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, 

 the second premium for best 100 light 

 pink — the Winona class. Sangamo is of 

 good, clear color, pink with .just a sug- 

 gestion of salmon. The flowers are three 

 inches or over and it is a good grower 

 and free bloomer, with strong calyx. 

 Mr. Brown says that in his own trade at 

 Springfield, Sangamo has proved an ex- 

 cellent commercial sort, being a good 

 seller and good keeper. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



General Care of Young Stock. 



During the month of February special 

 pft'orts should be made to propagate all 

 the stock possible, as not only are the 

 mature })lants at their best, but weather 

 conditions are such as favor rooting the 

 largest percentage of any time in the 

 year. 



As the different batches come from the 

 sand and are potted or pricked out in 

 flats, as the case may be, there should 

 be in readiness a suitable place to receive 

 them after having become sufficiently es- 

 tablished to stand strong light. 



The average grower is inclined to 

 argue with himself that, not being pro- 

 ducers, young stock can be crowded into 

 out-of-the-way places, regardless of sur- 

 rounding conditions. I venture the 

 opinion that no grower ever succeeded in 

 convincing himself of the soundness of 

 the argument ; still, every year we see 

 the usual attempts at impossibilities. 

 These small plants, upon which we are to 

 depend next season, can only be relied 

 on to give us returns in proportion to 

 the care bestowed upon them while 

 young. Consequently it is a mistake to 

 look upon them as a necessary evil and 

 able to take care of themselves. 



Choose a location receiving full sun 

 and an abundance of air. Clean out, 

 whitewash and cover the bottom of the 

 bench with cinders or other drainage 

 material and, as pointed out in the Re- 

 view of January 21, arrange for the em- 

 ployment of low temperature. 



Under no circumstances allow insect 

 pests to gain a foothold. They inva- 



riably attack the partially <leveloped 

 leaves, where they are extremely difficult 

 to reach by fumigation or syringing, and, 

 even if destroyed, the punctures made 

 by them form an opening for the en- 

 trance of disease. Light fumigation, 

 religiously kept up. is the best means of 

 prevention. 



Topping. 



According as the young plant is 

 topped, so in a great measure will the 

 shape of the future plant be. Cutting 

 back too low will likely result in a short- 

 necked plant, with the lower branches 

 dangerously near the soil. Long-geared, 

 top-heavy ones owe their awkward shape 

 to their not having been topped low 

 enough. 



We can learn much by studying a well 

 shaped mature plant, keeping in min<l 

 the fact that, as in a tree, the distance 

 between roots and where the first lower 

 branches start will never change. 



To hide defects, one might remove the 

 lower branches from a short-necked 

 plant or set the goose-necked one deeper 

 in the soil when benching, but that will 

 not increase or diminish the established 

 distance alluded to. Besides, such prac- 

 tice cannot in any sense be called plant 

 building; neither is it in keeping with 

 good carnation culture, there being too 

 much risk attached to it. 



Never attempt to top by pulling out 

 the center. The chances are that it will 

 not come away entire, and thus the de- 

 sired object will not be attained, and, 

 in cases where the effort is successful, 

 water lodging in the cavity left is quite 

 certain to cause trouble. 



Wait until the plant reaches the con- 

 dition in which formation of stem can 

 be plainly seen between joints at the 

 point to be cut. This varies in different 

 varieties and sometimes in plants of the 

 same sort, but in general practice the 



