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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AUOiUST 11, 1910. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Florists' Picnic. 



The florists of the city enjoyed an 

 outing at Berterniann 's farm, seven 

 miles east of the city, on Thursday, 

 August 4. Two hundred florists, em- 

 ployees and their families went in the 

 afternoon in two special interurban 

 cars for a picnic — the happiest event, 

 the florists say, among all the picnics 

 they have ever held. The committee 

 on arrangements, consisting of Charles 

 Pahud, Will Boepke, Homer Wiegand, 

 Irwin Bertermann, Harry Rieman, A. 

 F. J. Baur and Fred Hukreide, is to be 

 thanked for the good time. A string 

 band furnished music until late in the 

 evening and the picnickers did the 

 rest. The grove was beautifully deco- 

 rated with American flags and Jap- 

 anese lanterns. Ernest Rieman was 

 master of ceremonies and the mayor of 

 Cumberland, Herman Junge, presented 

 the prizes, t 



The married women's race was won 

 by Mrs. De^an; Mrs. A. Reinken, sec- 

 ond. Helen Rieman was first in the 

 girls' race; Frieda Rieman, second, and 

 Clara Rhodenbeck, third. In the young 

 ladies' race Louise Rieman was first, 

 and Esther Strickland, second. In the 

 free for all race for men, John Boylan 

 was first, and Robert Fohl, second. 

 Norman Hukreide won first, and Carl 

 Eisner, second, in the boys' race. 



There were also bowling contests and 

 a game of baseball, in which the South 

 Sides beat the North Sides 11 to 1. 

 John Hartje was umpire. 



A picnic dinner, at 5 p. m., was 

 served on tables profusely decorated 

 with flowers, and at 7 p. m. all returned 

 to their homes. 



Various Notes. 



Will Roepke and wife are spending 

 a few days at Lake Manitou. 



C. R. Greene, of A. Wiegand & Sons, 

 is back to work, after a two weeks' 

 stay in a camp on Eagle creek. Mr. 

 Greene says he spent most of the time 

 trying to catch bait to fish with. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rieman have 

 left for an extended trip through Yel- 

 lowstone Park and the northwest. They 

 expect to be gone about three weeks. 



George Wiegand leaves this week on 

 an auto trip, to occupy about ten days. 

 He expects to go from here to Colum- 

 bus, O., then to Cleveland, then across 

 the lake to Canada, up to Toronto and 

 back through Detroit. 



A number of the florists leave here 

 next Monday night for the convention, 

 among them being Adolph Baur, Fred 

 Dorner, Irwin Bertermann and John 

 Grande. H. L. W. 



UP-TO DATE CULTURE. 



[A p.iper by 11. L. Janzen, Berlin, Ont.. read 

 this weeli before the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association.] 



At this season of the year carnation 

 growers are making preparations to house 

 the field-grown plants. We will take for 

 granted that the new soil to fill the 

 benches is already on the premises and in 

 good condition, ready to wheel in. After 

 the old soil has been removed from the 

 benches, see that the houses have a thor- 

 ough cleaning, especially under raised 

 benches, for if these are used rubbish will 

 accumulate despite all efforts to the con- 

 trary. Use the hose to wash out all the 

 loose soil from between the cracks of the 

 wood benches and from between the tiles, 

 where brick and tile benches are used. 

 Give the wood benches a good coat of hot 

 whitewash on the sides and bottom, well 

 rubbed in. On the brick and tile benches, 

 and also on the solid brick beds, give the 

 face brick a good coat of whitewash on 

 the inner side and sprinkle a light coat of 

 air-slaked lime over the bottom of the 

 beds before refilling. Fill the benches 

 level full and firm down well along the 

 edges. Before beginning to plant, m^rk 

 the beds both ways. For shading we use 

 a light mud wash sprayed on the outside 

 of the glass. This stays on long enough 

 and is easily removed, if necessary, be- 

 fore rain comes to wash it off. 



Benching Toung Stock. 



When ready to lift the plants from the 

 field, choose a dull, quiet day, if at all 

 possible, as the plants then suffer least 

 from exposure. Select only the best and 

 most shapely plants for benching, as a 

 poor plant takes too long to round into 

 shape for the winter season. In digging 

 we use a four-tined fork and find this tool 

 to be the best for that porpose, as the 

 plants lift with a nice ball of earth at- 

 tached if the ground is not too dry. Have 

 plenty of flats handy to place the plants in 

 as fast as dug and when a load of plants 

 is ready send it along to the planters. Do 

 not rub off too much of the soil that 

 clings to the roots, as the plant with all, 

 or nearly all. of the soil removed takes a 

 great deal longer to become established 

 in its new quarters than one lifted with a 

 nice baU of earth attached. 



When planting, do not plant too deeply^ 

 and leave a small depression around each 

 plant. Give each plant a good watering 

 as soon as planted and keep plenty of 

 moisture in the house by spraying until 

 the plants have taken hold, when the 

 spraying can be reduced. 



After the plants have started to grow 

 nicely the surface of the beds should be 

 leveled down and all diseased and dry 

 foliage removed. Keep up the stirring of 

 the soil as often as needed, as it kills the 

 small weeds and helps to keep the soil 

 sweet. Give all the ventilation possible 

 day and night, but avoid draughts, and 

 watch the watering of the soil. Rather 

 give a good, heavy watering when neces- 

 sary than constant light sprayings. 



Supports and Ventilation. 



Whatever style of support you use, get 

 it in place as soon as the plants are well 

 established, as the new growth must be 

 kept upright if you want straight stems 

 later on. From this on it is a matter of 

 daily attention to watering, ventilating 

 and the innumerable little details that 

 make for success in carnation culture. 

 When the nights become cool enough to 

 require fire heat, do not shut down the 

 ventilators tight and try to make the heat 

 in the house carry through until morning, 

 but rather put on a line of pipe or two 

 and leave a good, generous crack of air 

 on, as you cannot get too much fresh air 

 in the carnation house. 



Propagating. 



About the first part of December we 

 take our first batch of cuttings. Give the 

 propagating bench a good coat of hot 

 whitewash and fill it level full of clean, 

 sharp sand, which should be well watered 

 and pounded down before putting in the 

 cuttings. In pulling the cuttings select 

 only the strongest from flowering stems. 

 When putting the cuttings in the sand do 

 not put them down more than three-quar- 

 ters of an inch, with rows about an inch 

 and a half apart, and the cuttings not 

 too close in the rows. Water them in 

 well and keep well shaded and sprayed 

 for about two weeks, after which time 

 they will not require so much water. 



As soon as the cuttings are rooted we 

 plant them out on benches, the same a» 

 the parent stock, but a great deal clcser, 



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A Portion of the Indianapolis Florists on Their Outing, August 4, 1910. 



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