NOVBMBEB 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florist^ Review* 



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HISTORY OF DOROTHY GORDON. 



At the meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Florists' Club November 2, Joseph Hea- 

 cock gave the story of the new carna- 

 tion, Dorothy Gordon, in the following 

 words : 



' ' Dorothy Gordon owes its existence to 

 the enterprising efforts at hybridization 

 of one of the members of this club, Ed- 

 . win Towill, who six years ago used the 

 pollen from a Lawson flower on an En- 

 chantress and the next spring sowed the 

 seed. Two years ago we were short of 

 plants for our houses. My son, who had 

 recently been at Mr. Towill 's and had 

 seen his seedling, told me that he wanted 

 someone to grow it and give him cuttings 

 from it in the spring. We called on Mr, 

 Towill and found that he had 1,200 good 

 plants, was short of room, and would be 

 glad if we would take them and give him 

 5,000 rooted cuttings the first of March 

 following, and then gave us an option 

 on buying at that time if we so desired. 

 ■ It did 80 well for us that winter that we 

 closed the option in January, buying 

 Mr. Towill's interest in it for $650. If 

 we ever disseminated it he was to get 

 $50 more, or $700 for 5,000 rooted cut- 

 tings. 



"Before buying it we sized up its 

 good qualities and decided that it would 

 be profitable to pay $650 for it to grow 

 as a cut flower, even if we never dissem- 

 inated it, and that it would pay for the 

 room it took better than American 

 Beauty roses were paying us. To show 

 you what faith we had in it, the next sea- 

 son we grew 6,000 plants, devoting all 

 the space we could possibly spare and 

 throwing out the American Beauties en- 

 tirely, the growing of which rose had 

 been quite a feature at our place. ' ' 



SPIDER AND FAIRY RING. 



Kindly inform me what is the trouble 

 with the enclosed carnation plants. All 

 their bottom leaves are turning yellow, 

 and nearly all the blooms on the White 

 Perfection split. The house is kept at a 

 night temperature of 52 degrees and the 

 plants are syringed once a week. A. O. 



The White Perfection stems and buds 

 appear to have been taken from plants 

 which lack vigor. We have noticed this 

 trouble where plants were not getting 

 proper culture, but never saw it where 

 the variety was growing normally. You 

 may have plants which were propagated 

 from weak stock, or your soil may be de- 

 ficient in plant food. Irregular watering 

 will also affect this variety more quickly 

 than most others. 



You have a serious condition confront- 

 ing you, if your carnations generally look 

 like the ones you forward. You have a 

 twofold trouble. Your plants are in- 

 fested with red spider, for which you 

 ought to syringe, and they are also badly 

 affected with fairy ring, for which you 

 want to keep moisture away from the 

 plants. You will have to use good judg- 

 ment for the next few months, if you 



want to pull your carnadons through, I 

 would advise you to ^rv^your plants a 

 hard syringing, with all th^ force at your 

 command. Then spray tnem with Bor- 

 deaux mixture. Paint a steam pipe with 

 a mixture of lime, sulphur and water, 

 and strew some slaked lime around in the 

 walk and under the benches. In the early 

 morning of a prospectively bright day, 

 spray the plants with salt water. Use a 

 2-inch potful of common salt to four gal- 

 lons of water. Do this twice the first 

 week and not more than once a week 

 thereafter. Discontinue the salt spray as_ 

 soon as possible, as it will ipake the 

 stems brittle, if continued too long. Pick 

 off all the bad leaves and burn them. 

 Give all the ventilation possible and run 

 steam in at least one pipe every night, 

 even if it is warm and you have to open 

 the ventilators. Water carefully, though 

 not too sparingly. Do not apply any 

 heavy mulch until the trouble has disap- 

 peared. There will be enough food in 

 the soil until the plants get to growing 

 strongly again. The cause of fairy ring 

 is a close, humid atmosphere, and just 

 the opposite conditions will bring on red 

 spider trouble, 



I would advise you not to propagate 

 from these plants. They are weakened 

 and can not give good, strong cuttings, 

 even should you succeed in eradicating 

 the two evils. Buy clean, fresh stock 

 from some grower whose stock is vigor- 

 ous, and next season guard against these 

 troubles. A. P, J. B. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The Miami Floral Co., Dayton, O., reg- 

 isters Carnation Miami Queen ; parentage, 

 Mrs. Lawson x G. H. Crane; color, cerise 

 pink; size, three to four inches; habit, 

 compact, no surplus grass ; strong, healthy 

 grower; blooms early and continues 

 through the season; calyx, yfetrong and 

 does not burst. A, F. J. Bjojr, Sec 'y. 



OBnTUARV. 



John H. Menard. 



John H. Menard, one of the oldest, 

 longest established and most widely 

 known florists in New Orleans, died No- 

 vember 13, at his home. Rampart and 

 Valmont streets, at the age of 63 years. 

 His death came suddenly, being struck 

 by apoplexy. He was born of French 

 parents, coming from Brittany, but he 

 passed all his life in New Orleans, His 

 father being engaged in the seed busi- 

 ness, he followed the florists' trade all 

 his life, being of the old school of gar- 

 deners, making good plants and selling 

 them at good paying prices. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow, several children and 

 stepchildren, one being the wife of Paul 

 Abele, of Abele Bros, Of the two others, 

 Eichard and Claude Orry, the latter has 

 been a valuable assistant in his estab- 

 lishment. He was a good hearted man 

 and belonged to several organizations, 

 the Knights of Honor, the Elks and the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society, of 

 which he was one of the founders, serv- 

 ing a term as president. M. M. L. 



G. ▼. FHck. 



George W, Flick, 60 years of age and 

 long identified with the florists' business 

 in Fort Wayne, Ind,, died at 10 o'clock 

 Monday morning, November 8, at St, 

 Joseph hospital. His death was due to 

 cancer of the bowels. He had been in 

 failing health for several years. About 

 three months ago he submitted to a sur- 

 gical operation and improved so mar- 

 kedly that he was able to leave the house 

 and give some attention to business af- 

 fairs. Later, however, there was a re- 

 currence of the malady and a second 

 operation was performed Saturday, No- 

 vember 6, but the effort to prolong his 

 life was futile. 



Mr. Flick was born in Ohio and re- 

 moved to Fort Wayne thirty years ago. 

 He is survived by his wife and six chil- 

 dren. There are also three sisters. He 

 was an excellent citizen, quiet and un- 

 assuming, and throughout his extended 

 illness he bore his suffering with mar- 

 velous patience. He was widely known 

 and universally esteemed. 



S. J. Thompson. 



Samuel J. Thompson, of IjouisviUe, 

 Ky,, died suddenly on Monday after- 

 noon, November 8, and was buried in 

 Cave Hill cemetery. His death came as 

 a shock to his relatives and friends. He 

 was found unconscious at 10 a. m. in his 

 apartments over the store at 532 South 

 Fourth avenue. Three physicians were 

 called in and worked with him, but he 

 gradually sank to the end. It is be- 

 lieved that while in a coughing spell he 

 suffered a rupture of a blood vessel. He 

 was weak from the loss of blood when 

 found, and his death resulted from ex- 

 haustion, 



Mr, Thompson was 54 years of age 

 and a native of Salem, Va, He was a 

 son of George Thompson, who thirty- five 

 years ago originated the firm in Louis- 

 ville, When a young man he engaged in 

 business with his father. He was a 

 member of the Louisville Lodge of Elks 

 and Cherokee Tribe of Eed Men. 



He is survived by his widow, Mrs, 

 Cora B, Rammers Thompson; one son, 

 Edwin L, Thompson, associated in busi- 

 ness with his father; a sister, Mrs. 

 Charles Schleeter, and two brothers, 

 George Thompson, of Louisville, and 

 John W. Thompson, of Seattle, Wash. 

 The family residence is at 806 East 

 Broadway. 



Sieginund J. Bach. 



Siegmund .1. Bach, founder of the firm 

 of Semon Bach & Co., of 50 Hubert 

 street, New York, died November 13, 

 aged 75 years. He was born in Bavaria 

 in 1835 and came to this country in 

 1855, soon after forming with his 

 brother-in-law, the late S. B. Ulman, the 

 mercantile concern of which he was presi- 

 dent for the greater part of his life, 

 and through which many greenhouse own- 

 ers have at various times imported con- 

 siderable quantities of \»indow glass. 



Mrs. B. Ackley. 



Mrs. B. Ackley, who for the last twen- 

 ty-six years had been in the florists' busi- 

 ness in Oneonta, N, Y,, died October 26. 

 She was about 60 years of age. _ 



William Rupp. 



William Rupp, who for many years has 

 sold flower pots to the trade as the Har- 

 rison Pottery, died October 20 at Har- 

 rison, O., where he also had other business 

 interests. Mrs. Rupp is left, with three 

 small children, and will continue the pot- 

 tery. 



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