Jolt 13, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



11 



Page Boberts and Antoine Bivoire. 

 These hybrid teas do much better in 

 light soil, even if quite sandy. 



The hybrid perpetuals like a good wa- 

 ter supply and the way they bloom if 



well treated is almost a revelation. We 

 find that plants worked on the Manetti 

 or seedling briar are much more vig- 

 orous and winter vastly better than 

 such as are on their own roots. 



UNDBIED BLOOD AS FEBTILIZEB. 



There is a slaughter house near here, 

 where we can get the blood free of 

 cost. Would it be a good idea to take 

 care of it and would it pay I How 

 much would you advise to use? We 

 grow carnations, mums and a few pot- 

 ted plants. G. N. G. 



While dried blood is a good plant 

 food, on account of the high percent- 

 age of nitrogen it contains, yet I 

 doubt whether it would pay you to 

 save the fresh material. You could 

 hardly expect to prepare it as well as 

 you can buy it, without going to a 

 good deal of trouble and expense. The 

 money you would have to spend in 

 equipping your place, so as to be able 

 to prepare it right, would buy all the 

 dried blood you would dare to use for 

 a good many years. A. F. J. B. 



BUST ON FIELD CABNATIONS. 



Will you kindly let me know what 

 I can do with rajr carnations in the 

 field? They are becoming affected 

 with rust. H. S. 



There is little you can do to combat 

 rust on carnations in the field. In a 

 normal season, conditions are usually 

 such as to prevent the spreading of 

 this disease, but when they are favor- 

 able to the development of the spores 

 you can do but little, because you have 

 no control over the atmospheric con- 

 ditions. I would advise you to bench 

 your carnations as soon as you can, 

 if you think the rust bad enough to 

 menace the health of the plants, but 

 do not allow a few pustules of rust 

 to stampede you. A. F. J. B. 



BUDS FULL OF THBIPS. 



I am sending you by mail, under 

 separate cover, a sample of my carna- 

 tions. This trouble appeared to a small 

 extent two years ago. Last winter, 

 after Christmas, the carnations all be- 

 came worthless. I pulled most of them 

 up April 1. At that time I sent some 

 samples to Cornell University, but was 

 not informed as to what the disease 

 was. While most of the plants looked 

 healthy, the tip of the leaves would 

 turn brown where the bud should come, 

 and the bud or center of the stem would 

 rot. Many of the buds would form, but 

 would not open; others would open, but 

 be discolored. My young plants in the 

 field appear to be healthy. Will this 

 show on them when I put them in the 

 house? W. C. T. 



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The specimens forwarded show no 

 other trouble than a horrible case of 



thrips. The buds were full of them, and 

 I feel sure, from your description, that 

 they are the source of all your trouble. 

 Next fall, about three weeks after 

 you plant in your carnations, get a 

 compressed air sprayer and a supply of 

 one of the high-grade nicotine extracts. 

 Then start spraying your plants once 

 each week as a preventive, using the 

 nicotine in strength as directed on the 

 label. I think you will find that you 

 will thus get rid of this trouble. 



A. F. J. B. 



A HOOSIEB STATE CBOP. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the spring crop in the carnation house 

 of Bieberich & Weber, Huntington, Ind. 

 The surroundings evidently are con- 

 genial, for an excellent season has been 

 had and material is on the ground for 

 an addition to the space to be devoted 

 to carnations next year. 



the work of thrips, as I am familiar 

 with their working. Do you think it 

 possible that my soil is too rich with 

 nitrogen, and will May Day stand as 

 much in this line as other varieties? 



H. F. C. 



I have been unable to get any light 

 on the subject of your inquiry. Your 

 description of the trouble would sug- 

 gest thrips, but, inasmuch as you are 

 positive that it is not caused by that 

 insect, that theory is eliminated. We 

 grew May Day one season, but had no 

 such trouble as yours. I inquired of 

 several growers who have grown it for 

 some seasons, but none could give a 

 different solution than thrips. One 

 grower has suggested, however, that the 

 trouble might be caused by too much 

 overhead watering. A. F. J. B. 



SPIBiEAS NOT FLOWEBINO. 



Will you please tell me about the 

 culture of spiraeas? I tried to force 

 some for Decoration day, but they 

 turned brown before they were half 

 opened. What should I do with the 

 plants now? A. L. S. 



BLOOMS OPEN IMPEBFECTLY. 



The blooms of my May Day carna- 

 tions have not been opening right for 

 the last three weeks. As the buds show 

 color and are expanding, the petals 

 have a curled or somewhat withered 

 appearance and the blooms open imper- 

 fectly. They are planted in the same 

 house and under the same conditions 

 as Kose-pink Enchantress, Beacon, 

 Fenn, Mrs. Patten, Winsor, etc., which 

 are not affected. My soil is not heavy, 

 but a rich compost, containing both 

 stable and cow manure, and about six 

 weeks ago I used a moderate mulch of 

 pulverized sheep manure. This is not 



Spiraeas are among the easiest of 

 plants to force. For Memorial day, es- 

 pecially, their culture is of the sim- 

 plest, the main requirements being an 

 abundant water supply, liquid manure 

 occasionally and the necessary heat to 

 flower them on time. They will not 

 stand heavy fumigations. Tobacco 

 smoke will spoil both the foliage and 

 flowers. It is difficult to see how you 

 could fail to bloom them, unless it was 

 owing to an insufficient water supply. 

 There are few plants which require as 

 much moisture at the roots as spiraeas 

 when growing. 



You can, if you wish, plant the spi- 

 raeas outside in well enriched ground, 

 but they must be left two years before 

 they can be successfully forced again. 

 You can grow bigger and finer clumps 

 than any you can purchase. C. W. 



Webster City, la. — James FoUett pre- 

 sented to the city a large number of 

 cannas, to be used in beautifying the 

 parkings on Des Moines street east of 

 the courthouse. 



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