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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



FBBBnARY 25, 1009. 



each bench and four on each wall, or 

 twenty-four pipes in all. Overhead pipes 

 have been omitted altogether. 



' * Each flow and return is fitted with a 

 regulating valve at the corridor end of 

 the house, and each return, before it 

 passes into the main return, is fitted with 

 a check valve. 



"The water is returned to the boiler 

 by means of dou})le Morehead traps, one 

 situated in the cellar and the other over 

 the boiler. 



"The greenhouses, as well as the serv- 

 ice building, are furnished with water 

 and electric light from the University 

 plants. ' ' 



CAfiNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Keeping Qualities. 



The divine flower's popularity being 

 due in a great measure to its good keep- 

 ing qualities, it is directly in the grow- 

 er's interest to carry out in full every 

 detail which will in any way assist in 

 preserving these qualities. 



Every grower should instruct himself 

 in botany suflSciently to be able to dis- 

 sect and define the different parts of a 

 carnation bloom; otherwise he may be 

 unable to locate the cause of sleepiness, 

 should such a complaint be made re- 

 garding his product. 



The difference in time between the 

 stigma's being in a receptive condition 

 and the pollen 's becoming ripe would 

 seem to indicate in the carnation an in- 

 herent tendency averse to close fertiliza- 

 tion, which is a desirable characteristic, 

 but if the blooms are held on the plants 

 too long, as a great many are, pollina- 

 tion may occur by transfer of pollen 

 from one flower to another in the hand- 

 ling incident to cutting and bunching. 

 Even if there were no other reason, the 

 fact that pollen " takes ''' best during 

 bright, warm periods, should be sufficient 

 guide for us to choose the early morn- 

 ing or late afternoon as proper times to 

 cut bloom, but another reason is that 

 there is less liability of flagging in the 

 plants at these times. 



Cutting and Handlirtgu 



Under no circumstances shdaid blQom 

 be taken from plants su^Bering for 

 water, and while good results may be 

 had by breaking or snapping the stems, 

 this is no reason why a better method 

 should not be employed. By making 

 an upward, slanting cut through the 

 stem with a sharp knife, a chisel-pointed 

 stem end is produced, which presents a 

 larger and better surface for passage of 

 water. 



The practice of allowing the stems to 

 remain out of water any length of time 

 after being cut is very injurious. Every 

 effort should be made to place in vases 

 of water at once. 



In handling considerable quantities, the 

 placing of vessels containing water at 

 various points about the house will be 

 effort well spent, for not only can the 

 cut be gotten quickly into water, but 

 with a little foresight the different 

 grades can be gathered separately and 

 kept apart, thus saving much handling 

 in sorting. 



It is not claimed that any method of 

 handling will remedy the defects in 

 bloom taken from overfed, diseased or 



wilted plants, but, on the other hand, 

 well grown stock can easily be lowered in 

 value by careless methods in placing be- 

 fore the public. 



Growers who supply retail dealers or 

 sell through commission houses may rea- 

 son that their interest in lasting qual- 

 ities ceases when the amount realized 

 from the sale is placed' to their credit, 

 but this is not so. 



Many of these gentlemen seem pos- 

 sessed of little knowledge of the fine 

 points and it is the growers' duty to 

 give advice concerning the requirements 

 of the finished product. 



Geo. S. Osbokn. 



which runs a little hot — sometimes 55 de- 

 grees. We have fed with wood ashes and 

 with liquid cow and sheep manure — one 

 application of each. We smoke onco a 

 week with tobacco stems. Could smoking 

 cause this? D. R. 



One of the buds forwarded was af- 

 fected with fairy ring. This disease 

 spreads rapidly, and unless you get busy 

 at once it will spread all over your place 

 and do great damage. Get some Bor- 

 deaux and spray the plants thoroughly, at 

 least once each week. Paint one of the 

 steam pipes with sulphur and lime, mixed 

 with water enough to make a thick paint. 

 Renew this once each week. Avoid all 

 syringing for a time, except when you 

 wash the Bordeaux off before applying a 

 new dose. Apply this on bright days. 

 Keep the atmosphere dry and bracing at 

 all times. Ventilate freely. 



The other bud was badly thrips- 

 specked, and this, too, should command 

 your immediate attention. Nicotine in 

 some form is the thing for them. Use 

 the extracts to spray with, and supple- 

 ment the spraying by fumigating with 

 the nicotine paper. Now, while the 

 weather is cool, is the time to rid your 

 place of them. Later, when the weather 

 is warm, you will have a hard time keep- 

 ing them down. A. F. J. B. 



FAIRY RING AND THRIPS. 



Can you tell me what is the matter 

 with the enclosed Enchantress blooms? 

 The plants seem healthy, but many of 

 the blooms come like these, with the outer 

 petals brown, and some fail to open. 

 They are in a light, even-span house, 



CUTTINGS FAIL TO ROOT. 



Please state what effect fumigation 

 with tobacco stems has on carnation cut- 

 tings. We smoke our carnation houses 

 regularly every week with stems; also 

 the propagating house, with heavy smoke. 

 Is this harmful to cuttings? We find 

 our cuttings do not root properly under 

 these conditions. A Subscriber. 



Whether the tobacco smoke is respon- 



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 (▼alley pips with Ivy leaf dreaaing) 



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Jan. l"*, '09. 



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