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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



A I ..I SI 11, I'JlU. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Florists' Picnic. 



TIk llnri>tS (if till' iil\ iMIJiiX cl .-111 



outing at BcrttMiiianii '- larm, m'Vcm 

 miles oaNt of the city. (Hi 'riiuisilay, 

 August 1. Tuii Inuiilrt'd lloiists, fiii- 

 ploycts and ilieir familit's \v('iit in tin' 

 afteriUKJii in twn spt>cial iiilciuiliaii 

 cars for a ]iifui('--t he liapiiicst oNoiit. 

 the llorisis say, aiii(>ii<;' all the picaics 

 they lia\e owv hold. Tlie coiiiiiiittee 

 on arraiij^oinc'Mts, cousistiiiff of Charles 

 Pahiid. Will h'oepke. lloiuor \Vie>,raiid, 

 Irwiti l!('i-1 1'liiiaiin, Harry Ixiemaii. A. 

 F. ,T. I-iaur and I'lod 1 Iiilirciilc. is to lie 

 thanked for the good time. A string 

 ban<l furnished music until late in the 

 evening and the i)ii-ni(d\ers did the 

 rest. The grove was beautifully d(M'o- 

 rated with Anierican ilags aud .Ia]v 

 anese lanterns. Ernest Kienian was 

 master of ceremonies and the mayor of 

 Cumberland, ib'rnian Junge, presented 

 the prizes. 



The married women's raee was won 

 by Mrs. Degran; Mrs. A. Keinken, sec- 

 ond, lleleu IJieman was first in the 

 girls' race; Frieda liieman. second, and 

 Clara Rhodenbock, third. In the young- 

 ladies' lace Louise Rieman was first, 

 and Esther iStritdvland, sdond. In the 

 free lor all race for men, John Boylan 

 was lirst, and Robert Fold, second. 

 Xorman Hukreide won first, and Carl 

 Eisner, second, in the boys" race. 



There weie also bowling contests and 

 a game of baseball, iu whi(di the South 

 Sides beat the North Sbles 11 to 1. 

 John llartje was unijdre. 



A |iienic dinner, at o p. m.. was 

 servc'l on taldes j>rofusely decorated 

 with dowers, 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 & Pons, 

 is back to work, after a two weeks' 

 stay in a camp on Eagle creek. Mr. 

 Greene says he s]icnt most of the time 

 trying to catidi bait to fish with. 



Mr. and Mis. Henry b'ieman havt- 

 left for an extended trip through Yel- 

 lowstone I'ark .and the iiovthwest. They 

 expect to I e gone about iliico weeks. 



George Wii'gand leaves tlii^ week on 

 an auto trip, to occupy abnut ten days. 

 He expects to go from here tn Colum- 

 bus, O., then to Clevehuiil. then across 

 the lake to ''anada. up 1o Toronto ;ind 

 back through Detroit. 



A number of the florists leave here 

 next Monday night fur the cnnvention. 

 among them being Adoljdi Baur. I'red 

 Dorner, Irwin I'ertermann and .lolin 

 Grande. 11. L. W. 



UP-TO DATE CULTURE. 



! A |ia|)(i- liv II. I,. Janzoii, r.ciliii. Out., icaii 

 iliis week hcfdii' ilic Caiiiiiliuii 1 1(Hti(ultui-al 

 A-iscciatidii. 1 



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 ridjbish will 

 accumulate despite all efl'orts to the con- 

 trary. Vso the hose to wash out all the 

 loose soil from between the cracks of the 

 wood benches and from between the tiles, 

 where l)rick and tile benches are u.'-ed. 

 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 liefore refilling. Fill the benches 

 level full and firm down well along the 

 edges. Before beginning to plant, mark 

 the beds both way.s. For shading we use 

 a light mud wash sprayed on the outside 

 (if the glass. This stays du long enough 

 and is easily removed, if necessaiy. Ix?- 

 fore rain comes to wasli it olf. 



Benching Young Stock. 



When ready to lift the jdants from the 

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

 ]iossible, as the pl.ants then sufl'er least 

 from expdsuie. Select only the best and 

 most sliajiely plants for benching, ns a 

 poor jilatit takis too long to round into 

 sii.ipe fii)- the winter season. In digging 

 we usi^ a fiiur-tined foik and find this tool 

 to lie 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 

 pl'iityof fl.ats handy to place the jilants in 

 as last a^^ dug and when a load of plants 

 i< ready send it along to the planters. Do 

 not rub off too much of the soil that 

 (dings to t!ie roots, as tlie jilant with all, 

 or nearly all. of the soil removed takes a 

 great deal longer to become established 

 in its new quarters tlian one lifted with a 

 nice ball of earth attached. 



When planting, do not plant too dcc;,iv 

 and leave a small depression around hq^ 

 plant. Give e.ach plant a good wat( ng 

 as soon as planted and keep ]dent\ of 

 moisture in the house by spraying riti] 

 tlie plants have taken hold, when ihe 

 spraying can be reduced. 



After the plants have started to jjrow 

 nicely the surface of the beds should be 

 leveled down and all diseased and .Irv 

 foliage removed. Keep up the sfirriiiir 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, ,ind 

 watch the watering of the soil. Rather 

 give a good, heavy watering when nri't>s 

 sary than constant light sprayings. 



Supports and Ventib^lion. 



Whatever style of support you use, i,'et 

 it in place a.s soon as the plants are woll 

 ("sf.ablished. as the new growth must be 

 kejit upright if you want straight stems 

 later on. From this on it is a matter of 

 daily attention to watering, ventilating 

 and the innumeralile little details th.it 

 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 :iir 

 in the carnation house. 



Propagating. 



.Vbout 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 watt red 

 and pounded down before putting in the 

 cuttings. In pulling the cuttings select 

 only the strongest from flowering st( ais. 

 When putting the cuttings in the sand do 

 not put them down more than three-qiar- 

 fers of an inch, with rows about an i (-'h 

 and a half apart, and the cuttings iot 

 too close in the rows. Water them in 

 well and keep well shaded and spra ed 

 for about two weeks, after which t ne 

 they will not re(piire so much water. 



As soon as the cuttings are rooted >^'C 

 plant them out on benches, the sam^ as 

 the parent stock, but a great deal cl< •'''' 



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



