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ter than a light watering each day, as 

 the latter method would be likely to 

 start spot disease or stem-rot. In our 

 climate I would not advise any shading 

 whatever, but in your latitude you will 

 likely need some and the form of shad- 

 ing you suggest would likely prove most 

 satisfactory. 



By this method you can begin cutting 

 by August and continue cutting until 

 frost cuts them down, which in your lo- 

 cality would be quite late, giving you a 

 long period of blooming. 



As to varieties, the selection would not 

 be large. All the Enchantress varieties 

 do well outside. May is fine for that 

 purpose. Crimson Glow is good in its 

 color and so is G. H. Crane for scarlet. 



A. F. J. B. 



CARNATIONS WITH SWEET PEAS 



What would be a good pink and a 

 good white carnation to grow in sweet 

 pea houses which are run at 50 degrees 

 at night f C. S. L. 



Most varieties of carnations will 

 thrive in a temperature of 50 degrees, 

 [n fact, we run all our carnation houses 

 at 50 to 52 degrees and we grow sweet 

 peas in the same houses with splendid 

 success. 



If you have a house which runs be- 

 low 50 degrees rather than above that 

 figure, then I would suggest that you do 

 not plant the following sorts in that 

 house: Beacon, White Perfection, Win- 

 sor, Mrs. Lawson, or any other sort which 

 splits considerably. A. F. J. B. 



STIGMONOSE. 



You will find enclosed a bud and spray 

 from the carnations in both of my houses. 

 I am finding a great many like the en- 

 closed. Will you tell me what the trouble 

 is and what is the best remedy? 



M. M. B. 



The specimens forwarded are badly 

 affected with stigmonose, and for any 

 plants which are as bad as the samples 

 there is no hope. There are no remedies 

 which can be applied for this disease, 

 as you cannot reach it externally. The 

 only remedy lies in elimination through 

 selection of cuttings, coupled with good 

 culture. Propagate only healthy looking 

 plants, and by keeping this selecting up 

 a few years you can bring your stock 

 up to a normal state of health. Too 

 much water and too much feeding will 

 aggravate the trouble, so let your culture 

 be moderate. It should be of a plant- 

 building rather than of a forcing nature. 



If you can find no healthy plants, you 

 would better buy new stock from some- 

 one who has healthy plants. 



A. F. J. B. 



FAIRY RING. 



Under separate cover I am sending 

 you some blasted buds and stems of 

 Perfection carnations. If possible, 

 please tell me what is the trouble and 

 what 1 shall do. I have been running 

 them at 52 degrees at night. They did 

 well up to about a month ago, but since 

 then they have been like the ones en- 

 closed. Other carnations in the same 

 house are all right. R. E. G. 



The specimens forwarded seemed 

 badly affected with fairy ring and you 

 will have to adopt heroic measures to 

 prevent its spreading all over your 



House of Carnation Alma. Ward« Photocfraphed Febrtsary 7, 1910. 



house. Buds such as you forwarded 

 will never develop a good bloom, so 

 you might as well go through the bed 

 and cut out every bud that shows the 

 disease at all. Also cut out all shoots 

 that have those dry tips and burn them. 

 Then dust the plants with Grape Dust, 

 or with lime and sulphur mixed in equal 

 parts. Also spray with Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. Give all the ventilation you can 

 and water only at the roots for a while. 

 Your temperature has been right for this 

 variety. A. F. J. B. 



HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS. 



I note the following account in the 

 Eeview of January 13, as to how A. T. 

 Lorch & Co. fumigate their carnation 

 houses: "In fumigating, for some 

 years we have been using hydrocyanic 

 acid gas exclusively, and find the C. P. 

 grades are the only ones to use. We 

 have used the commercial grade, but got 

 poor results. For a house 22x300 we use 

 one-half gallon earthen glazed crocks, 

 which we space every twenty-five feet in 

 both center walks. In these we place one 

 and one-half inches of water and one and 

 one-half ounces sulphuric acid C. P. The 

 cyanide comes in crystal form, which we 

 first pulverize, then place two ounces in 

 a tissue paper poke, one for each crock, 

 which two men take to the far end of 

 the house. Then they start to return, 

 each in his respective walk containing 

 the crocks, and drop one in each crock 

 as they pass it. In this way they get 

 none of the deadly fumes, and can get 

 out quickly. Of course, it is understood 

 that the house is tightly closed. The 

 best time to do this work is in the even- 

 ing of a calm day. Great care must be 

 taken with the following varieties, which 

 will bum readily if the fumes used are 

 too strong: Beacon, Perfection and 

 Afterglow. ' ' 



I should like to know how often this 



fumigation is used. Please give any 



other details, also, that can be added. 



J. T. 



I wish to state that it is better for 

 a beginner who wants to use hydrocyanic 

 acid gas to go a little slowly and not try 

 it too strong at first. He should find 



out what results are obtained by using 

 it lightly at first and then he can judge 

 for himself if it should be used a little 

 stronger or not. A great deal depends 

 on the condition the greenhouse building 

 is in. If it is a tight house, I advise 

 not to use it any stronger than stated 

 by me in the paragraph which J. T. has 

 quoted from the Eeview of January 13. 

 It is also hard to say how often the 

 gas should be used. My advice is: As 

 soon as you see any sign of insects, go 

 for them the first calm day that comes 

 along. It is also better to use, instead 

 of the tissue paper pokes, small glasses 

 which will hold about two ounces of 

 cyanide. Place these in a flat, one for 

 each crock, and proceed down the walk 

 containing the crocks with the water and 

 acid in them, emptying a glass into each 

 crock as you pass along. 



Do not forget to remove that valu- 

 able member, the greenhouse cat, or any 

 other living creature. Should you over- 

 look this, you can gamble that the cat 

 will pass over to the happy hunting 

 grounds and will not catch any more 

 mice for you. And by all means get 

 out as quickly as possible yourself, and 

 stay out at least half an hour or more. 



A. T. Lorch. 



OUTDOOR CARNATION BLOOMS. 



I am thinking of planting some car- 

 nations outdoors this summer for the 

 cut flowers. Do you think I will get 

 enough flowers to pay for my trouble 

 in taking care of them, and can they be 

 grown successfully outside? What varie- 

 ties in a pure white and a light pink, say 

 Enchantress shade, would give me the 

 most blooms, grown outside? I want to 

 use the flowers mostly for funeral work. 

 I am located in southern Illinois. 



T. E. H. 



There is no reason why you should not 

 be able to cut enough blooms from car- 

 nations in the field to make them pay 

 quite well, providing you handle them 

 properly. 



Pot up early cuttings and push them 

 along in pots until planting time, at 

 which time you can have them in at least 



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