FKBBUABY 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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what to do with itt I have only a little 

 of it, but it seems to be general — a plant 

 here and another there. Outside of that, 

 the plants are in a good, healthy condi- 

 tion. H. C. G. 



The disease you complain of is the 

 common carnation rust. Some years ago 

 this disease was feared by all the carna- 

 tion growers, and it did great injury 

 until we learned how to control it. Now- 

 adays, although there are perhaps few 

 places which are entirely free from it, 

 it does little harm, comparatively, and 

 it iias no terrors for the expert grower. 



Pick off the diseased leaves and burn 

 thtm. Dust the plants with Grape Dust, 

 or with sulphur and lime mixed in equal 

 proportions. Then syringe as little as pos- 

 sible for a while. By keeping the spores 

 dr;- you will keep them inactive, and 

 thorein lies the secret. A. F. J. B. 



RUST ON ENCHANTRESS. 



We are troubled to quite an extent 

 with rust on our carnations, especially 

 Enchantress. We have been taking sul- 

 phur and lime in equal quantities and 

 dusting the plants with that, but it 

 scorns to do no good. Is there a prepa- 

 ration that will effectually kill this fun- 

 gus? If there is, how is it used? Kindly 

 give us any information you may have to 

 offer. W. O. S. 



Dusting with lime and sulphur should 

 help to check the carnation rust, provid- 

 ing you do not undo the work by careless 

 watering, etc. Pick off the worst affected 

 leaves and keep the plants dry overhead, 

 and they will soon outgrow it. Water 

 (carefully, but not too sparingly at the 

 roots, and ventilate freely. We know of 

 no other remedies. A. F. J. B. 



CUTWORMS IN BENCHES. 



I find that my benches are alive with 

 cutworms, and I also have traced out 

 where they came from. Last summer I 

 bought a number of loads of rotted cow 

 manure, and I find they came from that. 

 I have lettuce in the benches where they 

 are the worst, and they are also in the 

 soil I wish to use for potting. If you 

 can let me know at once how I may get 

 rid of them, it will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. G. L. E. 



Perhaps the best means of destroying 

 cutworms of all kinds is by poisoned 

 baits, supplemented with hand-picking 

 whenever it is possible to find them. A 

 bait which is strongly recommended for 

 this purpose is prepared as follows: One 

 part arsenic, one part sugar or molasses 

 and six parts bran. Mix with water until 

 you have a mash. Spread this around 

 where they can get it. A. F. J. B. 



POTTING ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Will you be kind enough to advise as 

 to the kind of potting soil, the tempera- 

 ture, watering, fertilizing and amount of 

 t'xposure to the sun that are necessary 

 J or the proper growing of carnations? 



S. F. C. 



If you had any soil left last summer 

 \'hen you filled your carnation beds, it 

 ^'•'11 be the best potting material you 

 '"in find. If you were wise you laid some 

 I'otbed sash over some of it last fall, be- 

 fore hard freezing set in. If you have 

 I'one under cover, you can get it inside 

 jn a frozen condition. Let it thaw out 

 •*nd, if necessary, let it dry out some- 

 ^•aat, before you use it. It should be 



Carnation Niagara. 



just moist enough so you can press it 

 into a ball, but not too moist to crumble 

 readily when broken up. Add no fer- 

 tilizer at this time, but you might add a 

 couple of shovelfuls of sharp sand to 

 each barrow of soil. 



After potting into small pots, water 

 enough to make the water penetrate to 

 the bottom of the pots. After that, water 

 when the soil shows signs of getting dry. 

 Boot action is started best in a mod- 

 erately moist soil. Let no sun-rays strike 

 them for a few days ; the number of days 

 will depend on how well rooted and how 

 well matured the cuttings were at the 

 time of potting. As long as they are in- 

 clined to wilt, they must be shaded, but 

 decrease the shading as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. You will find 50 degrees about an 

 ideal temperature for growing young car- 

 nation plants, with a rise of 6 degrees at 

 noon and 15 degrees on bright, sunny 

 days. A. F. J. B. 



SPIDER AND STIGMONOSE. 



I am sending you a plant of the Bea- 

 con carnation which is affected with some 

 disease or insects which I do not under- 

 stand. Shortly after housing my carna- 

 tions last summer, I noticed one plant 

 on which the tips of the leaves were dry 

 and yellow. I examined it closely and 

 could find no insects. I thought then 

 that it was caused by those little green 

 caterpillars which hatch out sometimes 

 in the young shoots, and which cause the 

 tips, when they grow out, to turn yellow, 

 but later I noticed it had spread to other 

 plants. Then I found red spiders, which 

 disappeared after spraying them a few 

 times, but now I find it spread more and 

 do not see any reason for it. L. A. G. 



The specimen forwarded was badly 

 affected with stigmonose, which no doubt 

 was brought on by the attack of red 



spider. Do not propagate from any 

 plants showing this disease and you will 

 in course of time rid your stock of it. 

 When propagating is done carelessly, this 

 disease is quite destructive, as every cut- 

 ting taken from an affected plant will 

 be a diseased plant the next season. 



There is also some fairy ring, which 

 was perhaps brought on through the ex- 

 cessive syringing made necessary by the 

 presence of the red spider. For this you 

 should spray with Bordeaux mixture 

 about once each week until you get it 

 killed out. Paint a steam pipe with sul- 

 phur and lime and water, and ventilate 

 freely. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION NIAGARA. 



Keproduced herewith is a photograph 

 of Carnation Niagara. This is the white 

 seedling exhibited at Pittsburg before 

 the American Carnation Society by E. 

 G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. The variety 

 resembles White Lawson in its general 

 characteristics. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOQETY 



Geo. E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H., regis- 

 ters carnation Bon Ami, Queen x Lady 

 Bountiful ; pure white ; size, three to 

 three and one-half inches; strong, open 

 growth; stem very stiff, twenty-four to 

 thirty inches long; early and continuous 

 bloomer and seldom splits. Also Granite 

 State, Queen x Lady Bountiful; pure 

 white; size, three to three and one-half 

 inches; strong, upright growth, with no 

 surplus grass; stem, thirty to thirty-six 

 inches; seldom bursts; free bloomer. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, Ind., 

 registers Carnation Niagara, the Belle z 

 unknown ; pure white ; size, three to three 

 and one-half inches ; a free grower, strong 

 and healthy. A. F. J. BauS, See'y. 



