I'Hmn Ain 17. lit In. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Removing to the House. 



Do not. liave too many jtlnnls dug at a 



iiic, so that ^lic loots (Iry u]> and the 



ants wilt, (ict I hem in jdacc as soon 



{)ossil)U' and |nit a sMppoit around 



;('ni al onco. We plant a small section 



1(1 then jiut a support around them 



■fore \\aterinj>'. This Imlds the plant 



.!■ all time and, when w.itcriiiy or 



, ringinjj throuffh the sunnin'r. Ii(dd3 



cm uprij;ht and in plnce. 



We liiid that Inter in ihc season we 



i\(' jiained considcrnlily liy staking nt 



laiiting lime. The )d;ints nre upright; 



ew g)d\\tii will lie straiglit. ;ind. if the 



.c'ond supjiort is not pul on ns soon aa 



e would Avish, the plants aie not lopping 



11 over the benidi. 



Do not shade the glass unless to keep 

 he sun from taking all the moisture out 

 d" your own and the help's carcass. A 

 ittle mud will do this trick, hut a nnich 

 letter and cleaner shading is whiting and 

 \ater put on ])y a force jiump. This will 

 ■omo oil" by its exposure to the wind or 

 ■ ain and does no liaiin to tlie jiaiiit or 

 jiutty. 



The Endless Round of Details. 



I do not believe in siiading the newly 

 jilanted stock. Keep jilenty of juoisture 

 • iround the jilants and under the benches 

 for the first week, and your plants will 

 take hold better than if you sluoled. 

 Their growth will be liruier and they will 

 not have that wilted appearain-e wiien the 

 light strikes them. 



\ow comes the time when the best of 

 one's knowledge and iutelligem-e must be 

 lirought out. Don't water too much! 

 Don't allow the soil to get too dry! 

 Don't allow the house to get stutfy! 

 Don't allow The strong wind to strike 

 ilie plants! .So many "Doii'ts." but 

 there :ir<' just as many "Do's," jiossibly 

 more, (io over every bench, all arouiul 

 evorv bench; dig in the soil caref idly ; 

 study the eoudition of it and the condi- 

 tion of the })lant.v. Water where needed 

 and no more; do this twice .a day on 

 lirighl days, in hot weather. l.ots of 

 liother. but onf' will Jiave been well repaid 

 for bothering before tin' holid.ays have 

 passed. There is no sueh word as failure, 

 It these little ••Don'ts" and • ' I )o 's " 

 .are i-arrieil out larefully. They are the 

 minutest details 1 started with in my 

 paper, and on tliem is laid the founda- 

 tion for your future profits. 



CARNATIONS,PAST AND PRESENT 



|.\ ri'Hor I'v \V H Taplin. ••f ltr...il<lyi,. 

 .V. v.. ri'.'id :it .-L iiii'il iiiu' "f lin' N<'U \..|K 

 l'loii-i^' rliil. Ii>liiii:ir.v H, liito I 



So nini-h li.-is bien said ami written 



on the .-subject of carnations and carua 



t ion .-ulture during the last few years, 



.ind has also lictMi expressed so well. 



that t -.eeuis s,;ii-,-el\ possible that 1 



may jiresent .inythin;; new on this snb- 



jeei for tin ronsi<lerat ion ot' sneh jni 



iiji to dati <irganization as the Xew 



^'olk florists ■ <'lub. The literature of 



the i;tinat ion has become extensi\e, 



.•Hid there are doubtless many repeti 



lions To be .-ilready found in it. so pos 



sibly a few mole will be pardoned ;it 



this time. 



The Oversupply of Inferior Blooms. 



Thni tl itpiit of cMriintioiis is 



steadil\ inrie.-isjuM will. I think, be 

 readilv .-idmitted by anyone familiar 

 witli the vxholesale tlilde of our city, 

 and that there is no better market for 

 liigh grade lloweis will also be con, 

 ceded by the majority, but it is also 

 unrpiestionnbly true that there are still 



W. H. Taplin. 



many carnations sent into market that 

 are far from ideal, either in size or 

 condition, and the oversiijiply of such' 

 flowers breaks the market to such a de- 

 gree that goo<l stock is freipieiitly sacri 

 liced. It h.Ms been said that New York 

 is the dumjiing ground for the growers 

 of llowers in all the surrounding coun- 

 try at any time when the home markets 

 of these growers become overloaded, 

 and there may be some truth in that 

 assertion, but at the same time one 

 laiinot blame tiie growers for hunting 

 for a market. ;ind the commission men 

 would probald\ not refuse to accept 

 the trilling pericntages that eome their 

 way trom this outside business. 



Still, the New York market is erili- 

 cal in reu;ird to i-arnat ions, as well .-is 

 otFier sto( k, and it is more |Udlit;(lile to 

 the grower to sn|i|i|y the \arielies ami 

 the grade that the m.arket calls for, 

 rather than to prodmu- simply an ocdi 

 navy run ot' sio(d<. 



Thirty-five Years Ago. 



To look bark some thirty li\e \e.iis 

 and recall the varieties of that time, 

 and then to i^lam-e at the carnations of 

 to<lav, oi\i- ro<im for t hoiio'ht t'lil i-oin 

 parison. 



.\stori;i. I'.dw.iidsii. TeiTles^. Degr.iw. 

 L;i I'urite t lies»' were anioug the stock 

 from which in Later ye.ars an improved 

 race . sjirang. In fait, it wnuld seem 

 that .\storia w;is the original jiarent of 

 most of the \ellow \arieties that have 



since been gri'V\ n. Hut tl nwaid 



movement from Degraw and Peerless, 

 down through the multitude of whites 

 that have followed them, until wo reach 

 White Knehantivss and White Perfec- 

 tion, shows many stridt>s of improve- 

 ment, and what the next ten years may 

 bring forth we can only guess. Pos 

 sibly that tra.litional l-incli flower, on 

 a free growing and fre(^ Idoomiiig iil.ini. 

 may be among the good things the 

 hybridizers will snrpri^^e ns with. 



Progress in Pinks and Reds. 



Then there have been the successive 

 steps from r)aybreak .aird (Irace Wilder, 

 through the various sluules of pink, 

 until Peter l"isher brought forth En- 

 chantress, the most popular light pink 

 of today, and in all probability the 

 most widely grown \;iriety in the car 

 nation world. 



.\iid from Portia ouwaid tliidiiuli tlie 



vai'ions shades of red. tlieie have been 



many changes. A red ot the si/e of 



Portia, frc-e blooming tliongh that \ari- 



i ety was, wouldn't st.md nim-li c-liam-e in 



the market ii mpaiison with Victory 



and Heacoii. .\iid. accor,|ii,j^ i„ tli,. l^^,. 

 turns from Pittsburg. e\en these latter 

 line Suits are not in the s.im,. <dass. in 

 regard to si/,., with lloosjei- l,a<l. Dor 

 lier's Latest tliiimpli. 



Victory, Its Strong and Weak Points. 



iiiit the ina.joiiiy ot scarlet \arielies 

 li;i\e an nnfoitunate h.ibit ot' iiefug fa 

 \nrite hosts to the nist tiingus. ;ind 

 \ ictor\- is no e\ci'ption to i he rule; in 



fact. it i> decide(||\ the 'eXci-ptiou to 



liml a lieiich of. this -..irietx th.-it is free 

 from rust, tit conise, we .all know that 

 iiist is not sucli a handicap to tlie grow- 

 er as ~tem lot 1. 1- s|,ot. but .-It the same 

 time It does n,,i helji tlie a 1 1| lea raiii-i' of 

 a i-arnalioii house; neither does it iui 

 prove the' >tainiiia ot' a. \;iriety int'cted 

 by it. In ailditiou to this. \'i,'tor\- does 

 lh>t brjlllch \eiy freely ill th,' (ie|d ;ind 

 as a natural result the plants .-ne likely 

 to be small at the time oi' liftiu;^. \'et. 

 ill spite of all these drawb.'icks. it is .a 

 line flower and .i good ki'eper. ami as 

 sii.-h sells readil_\. 



A Noteworthy Trio. 



I'he later red. and I had .•iliiiost s;ii,| 

 the f.avoiite red o|' the present day, >" 

 Me.acon, also a product of that clexer 

 hybridizer. Peter |-'isher. It is ,i great 

 record for one grower to ha\e picidiiced 



