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FEBHUABy 18, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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House of Enchantress from which Wm. P. Pfeifer, Utica, N. Y., Harvested a Remarkable Crop Last Spring. 



gating, we find that no such rule can be 

 followed safely. We find that during the 

 first week, if the weather be cloudy, car- 

 nation cuttings may need a very light 

 spraying once each day or second day. 

 After that, little spraying is needed. It 

 is far better to lay newspapers over them, 

 to keep them fresh during the day. This 

 is more efiPective in keeping them fresh, 

 and there is not the danger of causing 

 rotting, etc. 



In writing of the care of cuttings while 

 in the sand, I have always made it a 

 point to warn my readers against two 

 dangers. The first and primary one is 

 wilting, and in guarding against it one 

 is apt to run up against the second one, 

 which is too much water on the cuttings 

 in the form of spraying, etc. Water is, 

 as a general things such an effective me- 

 dium for freshening up any drooping, 

 living object that 'it is usually the first 

 thing thought of and the most commonly 

 applied, in preventing or dispeUing wilt- 

 ing of vegetation. There are cases, how- 

 ever, where the shutting out of the cause 

 of the wilting is possible, and far prefer- 

 able to any other means of reviving, and 

 this is one of them. In rooting carnation 

 cuttings the main thing to bear in mind 

 is to keep them in a fresh condition. And 

 the next thing to bear in mind is to keep 

 them fresh with as little overhead spray- 

 ing as pos«ible. It may not be possible 

 to get along without some spraying, but 

 the less the better, as long as other means 

 will answer the same purpose. And in 

 no case should the cuttings stand wet 

 overnight. 



You will possibly find your remedy in 

 the foregoing facts. A. F. J. B. 



VARIETIES IN SAME HOUSE. 



Would you kindly inform us which of 

 the following carnations will do best 

 planted in the same house? We have 

 three houses which we use for carnations, 

 and would like to know how to distribute 

 among them the different varieties we 

 have in stock, which are Winsor, White 



Enchantress, Rose-pink Enchantress, Pink 

 Lawson, White Perfection, Bountiful, 

 Victory, Bassett, Beacon, Harlowarden 

 and Afterglow. W. F. C. 



The following temperatures suit the 

 varieties you mention best in this local- 

 ity: Winsor, 52 to 54 degrees; Enchant- 

 ress and its sports, 50 degrees; Mrs. T. 

 W. Lawson, 52 to 54 degrees; White Per- 

 fection, 52 degrees; Lady Bountiful, 52 

 to 54 degrees; Victory, 52 degrees; Bea- 

 con, 52 degrees; Harlowarden, 52 de- 

 grees; Afterglow, 52 to 54 degrees. I 

 cannot advise you about O. P. Bassett, as 

 we have it for trial the first time next 

 season. These temperatures are for the 

 Indiana climate and soil. Your condi- 

 tions in Oregon may demand some varia- 

 tion from the above. 



I would classify your varieties as fol- 

 lows: Plant Lawson, Winsor, Lady Boun- 

 tiful and Afterglow in one house, giving 

 the latter two the cooler end, and run it 

 at 52 to 54 degrees. Plant all the En- 

 chantress varieties together and run the 

 house at 50 degrees. ^All the others will 

 go nicely together in one house, running 

 it at 52 degrees. Bassett will likely do 

 well in this lot, too. A. F. J. B. 



RUST AND LEAF-SPOT. 



Please tell me what is the trouble 

 with my carnations. They seem to have 

 been drying up from the bottom for the 

 last four or five weeks. Is there any- 

 thing I can do to save them? I am en- 

 closing a few specimens for you to ex- 

 amine. I have a small house, 15x20. 

 C. B. 



The specimens forwarded were badly 

 dried up, but showed at least partly what 

 ails your plants. They had the appear- 

 ance of plants which have never taken 

 hold of the soil properly. There was a 

 good deal of rust on the leaves and some 

 leaf-spot. 



If all the plants look like the speci- 

 mens forwarded, there will be little use 

 of doing anything to try to save them, as 



they will never amount to a great deal. 

 However, if you consider them worth an 

 effort to save them, I would advise you 

 to pick off all the leaves showing the rust 

 pustules and also those with leaf -spot on 

 them. Then spray the plants with Bor- 

 deaux mixture, and dust around some air- 

 slaked lime mixed with sulphur in equal 

 parts. Also dust it on the plants. Give 

 plenty of ventilation and stop syringing 

 until you have them under control. 



A. F. J. B. 



LET ANYBODY ANSWER. 



Can the growers of carnations tell the 

 cause of carnations going to sleep in 

 transit? I am told that they are packed 

 in first-class shape for shipping to des- 

 tination, they are in the box thirty-six 

 to forty hours, and when they arrive 

 are all asleep. Is it because the houses 

 are too hot at night, or what is the 

 cause? I would like to hear through 

 your paper the reasons. H. E. P. 



The Review will be glad to have any 

 reader suggest a way in which carnations 

 may be shipped in order to avoid the loss 

 which sometimes results from flowers 

 going to sleep. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The cut flower market was quite active 

 last week and prices stiffened up con- 

 siderably, especially on Saturday, Feb- 

 ruary 13. There was a great scramble 

 for stock of all kinds for St. Valentine's 

 day. The chief call was for California 

 violets and red roses. From reports of 

 most of the retailers, St. Valentine's day 

 business was much better than last year 

 and this day bids fair to become one 

 of the big days for the florists. 



Stock at the wholesale houses is not 

 nearly as plentiful as last reported, and 

 is at present cleaning up on almost 

 everything except bulbous stock, which 



