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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



RED SPIDER ON CARNATIONS. 



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T'sually tlio duly tliiiiy iiccilcil to korp 

 down rod spidi'r is a ^ood stroiiy spray 

 of ideal' water, aj)iilied willi all tiie 

 ipressiiic at hand. Jii case they y<>t the 

 iipjier hand, more draslie measures must 

 1)0 resorted 1o. Of tliese. jierliaps the 

 hest is a weak scdutioii of iuiiie, s;)ray(>d 

 on tlie jtlants with a line iio/./.le. Use 

 about a L'-iiicdi ])otful of i-ommon talilo 

 salt lo three gallons of water. This 

 will not injure the most tender growth 

 and Avill at the same time destroy the 

 sjiider witli a f(>w applications. I'lit 

 it on ill tlH> early moiiiing-. and later 

 wasli it oil' hy syriniiing' the jdants 

 with (dear water. shootin<r it against 

 the jdants as hard as you can. K'ejieat 

 this every other day. as oftcMi as may 

 seem necessary to clean off the jdants. 



In the fiehl the pest is ii(d so easy 

 to handle. You can apply tin' brine 

 early in the morninfj, but it is not so 

 easy to wash it off, if you have a large 

 patch to go over. In the absence of 

 rain you must resort to the hose, re- 

 gardless of the work it may entail. 



Some growers use a soap solution, liut 

 I j)refer the brine. We have found it 

 more effective, and less liable to injure 

 the growth when tender. 



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SOME ENGLISH MALMAISONS. 



<'arnations with stems ti\e find long 

 and llooms sexcn iindies across, with 

 the jilants selling at .+L'..")ii eacdi, are re 

 ported by Montagu < '. Allwood — but 

 thev are Malmaison cainalioiis. wlii(di 

 thrive exceedingly well iti lliiglaud, but 

 will not I'o so here. Mr. .Mlwood is 

 wi l(dy known as a carnation specialist. 

 He is in the em|doy id' Stuart Low & 

 '<>., a (•orn(>r of whose block of Mai 

 niaison lious{>s is shown in the ac 

 lonijiaining illustr.ation. 



"In sending tli(> photogra|>li. ' ' says 

 Mr. Allwood, ''I do not do so because 

 this section of the large family of 

 dianthus has any particular interest to 

 our American friends, seeing it has 

 been jiroved beyond doiil t that your 

 < liinafe in summer is far loo hot for the 

 plant and thus they have no cominer- 

 <ial value in America, but bec.ause I 

 think that we, who are so deejily in- 

 terested in the perpetual or .\merican 

 carnation and its future devidopments, 

 can at least obtain some food for reflec- 

 tion from the Malmaisoii. I'or instance. 



in this section there are several shades 

 of color with a commercial value, which 

 we have not at [iresent in the perpetual 

 carnation. This, in itself, should be iiii 

 ins|>iiatioii to the raisers. 



"In the foreground of the jdioto- 

 graph is one of our new seedling Mal- 

 maisons, Irene. The flowers of this 

 avei'age six and one half iiodies across, 

 and (juite fifty jier cent have sound 

 calyxes. Of course, Malmaisons only 

 bloom in th(^ spring and summer of the 

 year and are loid^ed upon by all as a 

 dying plant; yet I \enture to think 

 that to obtain this size in one section 

 of the family jiroves, to a certain de- 

 gree, the jiossibilities which lie within 

 the other. Not that I think it would 

 enhance the beauty or value of the per 

 petual carnation to be so abnormally 

 develojied, yet perhajis it is a glimpse 

 into the future, for good or for ill. 



"Jn the background of the jihoto- 

 graph can be seen some ^Malmaisons 

 with very long stems. These average 

 five feet in ItMigth and are jierfectly 

 rigid. We have cut flowers me.'isuring 

 over seven inches across, with per- 

 fectly sound calyxes. In fact, this 

 variety never splits, and when we first 

 sent it out we sold [ho young plants at 

 10 shillings ($2.00) each. This looks 

 like knocking the Beauty growers for 

 length of stem, and the orchid growers 

 for price. " 



PINCHING WARD CARNATIONS. 



I should be glail if the editor or any 

 reader of The Riniew woiibl gi\e us ;i 

 little ad\ ice ret;;ird iiiy lynching j)l;ints 

 of Alma Ward and .Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 carnal ions. ^\■e have a line latidi of 

 some that never have been stoppe(l al 

 all as \(d. What results may we e.\ 

 pe(d .' Is this Latter a goed nietlicid of 

 growing these \ariet ies .' S. .1. 



Itcdh Alma Ward and .Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward caiiifit ions will stand considera- 

 ble jiinching. We always ]dan, how- 

 ever, to have luii' jdants in sliajie so 

 that they will not have to be tojiped 

 after .\ugiist 15. S. J. would have got 

 better results had he lojijied his jilants 

 in ihe eai'lier stag(>s of their growth. 

 <'ottage fiardeiis Co., Inc. 



Helena, Mont. — The newly formed 

 Ibdeea Flower Show .\ssoci;it ion ^vill 

 h(dd its first exhibition August '_'•") and 

 -li. There is a gr(\'if deal of interest 

 disjdayed in all the branches of horti 

 culture in .Montana, jiart iciilarl.v on the 

 jiart of the ladies, and the show jirom 

 ises to be a great success. There has 

 been no lack of contributors to the 

 juizo fund and the State Nursery Co. 

 lias furnishe<l cash jui/.es fof three of 

 the contests. 



Malmaison Carnations in England. 



