jfcLV 22. 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



63 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



\a » last resource, I come to you for 

 the uaines of two plants. Five years ago 

 r ^aw a bed of violets in bloom and, 

 sei'iug they were something new, bought 

 iou plants for $1. They were owned by 

 ., p.rson who knew nothing of flowers or 

 whore the- original stock came from. 

 T],i< violet begins to bloom October 1, 

 und is a dark royal purple in color, with 

 ji lieaTy perfume. Until about the mid- 

 iiu' of November the stems are •not more 

 ',li t! six inches long, but from then until 

 VI J V they are simply wonderful, from ten 

 t( fourteen inches long, with blooms the 

 ■siv- of 5-cent pieces, and they are the 

 lic;iviest bloomers I ever saw, with a 

 ii.iss of foliage, the' leaves being three 

 ]•; lies across. I have an ideal soil for 

 tVfm— light, rich, sandy loam. 



i'rom those ten plants I now have a 

 i)r> foot row, eighteen inches wide, with 

 jii.'iny thousands of plants. Can you 

 Tiiiiiie this violet for me from this descrip- 

 tiin? The winter foliage is dying off 

 now and new foliage is starting. 



The other plant I want named I send 

 a sample of. It is a hardy, dark red 

 carnation, very fragrant, with foliage 

 broader and darker green than the 

 foliage of florists' carnations. It grows 

 from eighteen inches to thirty inches tall, 

 according to the soil, and came through 

 unharmed last winter in the open ground, 

 unprotected, though we had a drop in 

 February to 3 degrees. It begins to 

 bloom in April, and is never without 

 bloom until December. Each stem has 

 from four to a dozen buds, a cluster of 

 three to five on the end of the stem, then 

 aide shoots down the stem, with clusters 

 of two to four on each side stem. When 

 all are allowed to stay on they are about 

 the size of 50-cent pieces. When one 

 bloom only is left to center and side 

 shoots, they are one-third larger. When 

 I cut I take all the stem, and this causes 

 it to stool out and send up many fine 

 shoots, each with its clusters of buds 

 and side shoots, and a single stem will 

 make a clump of eighteen to twenty 

 stems in a season. I plant the bloom 

 stems in a trench after the blooms have 

 faded, and almost every one roots. 



I have sent samples to many florists, 

 but none has been able to tell me what 

 it is. The stock was brought here from 

 Texas. I would give a fancy price for 

 stock like this in pink or white, as it is 

 tlif most persistent blooming and 

 hardiest, finest stemmed carnation I ever 

 ^iw. I think I could make a good in- 

 ^'ome from the violet and carnation 

 Jilone, were I where I could dispose of 

 tti'- cut blooms. This is a small town, 

 \v!iere flowers are mostly given away. 

 '"''' enclosed bloom came from a clunip 

 "I thirty-four stems, two years old, with 

 " I'l' a hundred buds and blooms, not 

 "budded. R. D. M. 



^ ou do not state whether the violet is 

 iiigle or double variety. I will assume 

 '' t it is a single form, and probably the 

 " 1 known variety. Princess of Wales, 

 y :ch would be perfectly hardy in your 

 ' • rgia climate. While you get excellent 

 ^ -18, ten to fourteen inches long, the 

 '; era, if no larger than a 5-cent piece, 

 "'■ not compare with those grown farther 

 'i. i/^' which will often cover a silver 

 'I'lar. Probably you oould improve the 

 ^' of your flowers by growing some in 

 " l|."'<i greenhouse. 



'he specimen carnation flower was 



P'^tty well shriveled when received. It 



"^ probably some variety of the hardy 



^rden pink, DianthuB plrunarius, which 



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