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DECilMBER 16, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



37 



<roocl, some growers preferring one, some 

 another. We use the To-bak-ine^ and^nd 



U a splendid article. 



A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION ADMIRATION. 



The illustration of the single bloom 



\hich appears on this page is a repro- 



, Suction of a photograph of Carnation 



Vdmiration, made at the establishment 



,_,f Charles Knopf Floral Co., Richmond, 



Ind. Several good sorts have originated 



,>t this place, but Mr. Knopf thinks this 



Is the best thing he has yet grown. The 



olor is pink, somewhat lighter than 



v7inona, and it shows up splendidly un- 



j.>r artificial light, where a large part of 



le carnations of this color must neces- 



iirily be used. Mr. Knopf says the 



ariety is an exceedingly easy one to 



.;iow, and those who have visited his 



iilace this season report it certainly is 



joing well with him. 



SIX WEEKS BEHIND. 



I recently purchased a greenhouse 

 ^lock, the carnations of which were 

 linnched in July. The soil is a light, 

 sandy leaf-loam, without manure. The 

 varieties are Enchantress, Rose-pink and 

 White Enchantress, Bassett, Beacon and 

 White Perfection. The plants are six 

 Aveeks behind what they should be. 



I have settled the soil until it is fairly 

 firm, and given a light dressing of bone 

 meal. Now, in order to bring them along 

 faster, which would be the better, liquid 

 manure or a chemical fertilizer? If the 

 latter, what and how often? I am un- 

 able to get anything except fresh cow 

 manure. Would a dressing of sheep 

 manure help, and how long should I wait 

 after having applied the bone meal? 



J. H. W. 



I would not advise you to feed your 

 plants with chemicals now, and not until 

 late in January or February. During the 

 next six or eight weeks you are likely 

 to have a great deal of cloudy weather, 

 when growth will be rather sluggish and 

 the carnation plants will not be in con- 

 dition to take up much concentrated feed. 



If the plants are robust and are only 

 backward with the crop of blooms, I 

 would suggest the following course of 

 treatment: Give a light top-dressing of 

 sheep manure, about one 3-inch potful 

 in each row across a 5-foot bench. This 

 will make them start up, and if you will 

 make some weak liquid cow manure and 

 give them a dose about once in every ten 

 'lays, they should come along in good 

 shape. You can also mix some of that 

 fresh cow manure with an equal bulk 

 of soil. Leave it in that shape for a 

 fow days and then pulverize or grind it 

 before you apply it, about half an inch 

 thick, all over the beds. You might also 

 • •'iise the temperature to about 54 de- 

 Kiees for a time, providing you will 

 f^ive them plenty of ventilation. It is 

 <loubtful whether this would pay, how- 

 *'-er, at this time of the year, when 

 litavy firing is in order to keep the 

 li' uses warm enough. 



One thing you must bear in mind; 

 > 'U cannot force a crop of carnation 

 ' ■')oms along much without injuring the 

 •^1 lality. You will find it pays better to 

 ^yiit for a crop of high grade blooms 

 ' !in to hurry in a crop of inferior 

 ^' 'ff. You may miss Christmas, but 

 .- "Od carnations are good property any 

 ' tue up to warm weather. Especially 

 ' this true in a retail business like 

 .' ^'iirs. Buy what you need until your 



Carnation Admiration. 



crop comes in, but let your crop be good 

 when it does come. A. F. J. B. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Department of Res[istration. 



Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Middlesex, England, register with the 

 American Carnation Society the new car- 

 nation, Black Chief, deep crimson. 



A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y- 



The Premium List, 



The premium list for the exhibition at 

 Pittsburg January 26 and 27 has been 

 mailed to members and will be found 

 worthy of more than a passing glance. 



I would call special attention to section 

 C, which may be called the disseminators' 

 section. It was our intention to get into 

 this section every variety of carnation in- 

 troduced last season, and we succeeded 

 in getting fourteen out of the sixteen va- 

 rieties sent out. It is 6ur aim to make 

 this arrangement a permanent one, and 

 we believe that, once we get it under 

 way, the disseminators will recognize its 

 advantages and will offer to list their 

 varieties in this section voluntarily. We 

 look for a good showing of last spring's 

 novelties at Pittsburg next month. 



On page 19 will be found the instruc- 

 tions to judges of seedling classes. This 

 set of instructions should be of special 



interest to the secretaries of local clubs 

 and societies, whose judges frequently 

 are not expert at the game of judging, 

 and to whom these instructions should 

 be of great assistance. While, of course, 

 every society has a right to make its own 

 rules for awarding recognition to meri- 

 torious varieties, yet it seems that no 

 promiscuous body of men could expect to 

 devise a better set of rules or instruc- 

 tions than those worked out by a large 

 body of experts and specialists. This 

 society would like to see all local clubs 

 follow these instructions when judging 

 new carnations. We have had a number 

 of copies of these instructions run oflE 

 separately, and any secretary who does 

 not get the premium list can get one of 

 these copies by writing to me. 



The unusually fine lot of advertising 

 shows how much the trade is interested 

 in the coming convention. 



A. F. J. Baxjr, Sec'y. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Pittsburg got its share of the cold 

 wave which passed over the country, the 

 thermometer being reported as low as 6 

 degrees above zero, with a strong wind. 

 The weather became milder on Saturday, 

 December 11, and rain followed on Sun- 

 day night and Monday. 



The retail stores complained consider- 



