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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sefteimbeb is, 1900. 



the removal of an exhibit which is in bad 

 condition. " 



Since issuing the preliminary schedule, 

 the following prizes have been filed: 



The Waban Kose Coiiwrvatorlca, of Natlck, 

 Mass., off(>r a silvor cup, valued at .S.'>ii, for 

 the iH'St fifty bUxnus of White Killanii'yh', 

 Wahan variety. 



Alexanilcr Montgoiiicry, of Nnti<'l;, Mnss., of- 

 fpiK a silver I'Up, vahu'd at $2"), for the best 

 new rose of Amerkau oiiglu, of tlie year IDO'J- 

 1S)H>. 



For the prettiest exhibit of roses in the ex- 

 hibition, to be deciiled by the ladies' vote, a 



$10 gold piece, siven by Miss Marian I. Ilam- 

 inoncl, of Kishkill-oiilludson, N. Y. 



'Ihe II. K. Michell Co., of I'biladelphia, I'.i., 

 offei'.s a silver eiip, valued at $25, for fifty 

 blooms of Killarney rosen. 



The liappiest woman in the county 

 of Dutchess and the state of New York 

 was Mrs. Amelia Lcfevere, who received 

 a recognition of a medal from the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society for a dooryard of roses, 

 so well kept that it was the admiration 

 of the neighborhood. This award has ex- 



cited considerable interest and is one of 

 the ways to build up the American Rose 

 Society in popular esteem. Let one per- 

 son in a neighborhood set an example 

 like this and others are sure to follow. 

 The good work grows and the result is 

 in a practical way a benefit to the com- 

 mercial flower growers, aside from the 

 pleasure which a well kept dooryard gives 

 to every passerby. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



CARNATIONS IN POTS. 



Kindly l(>t me know if carnations can 

 be grown with any success in j)()ts, and 

 what kltid of fertilizer to use and how 

 often it*slioiil(i l>e ai>plied. I am located 

 in a flooded district and may have to 

 move them before they bloom. This is 

 the reason I want to jdant in j)ots. My 

 house is 10x40, ninninir north and south, 

 nine feet 'ugh at the 'gable and five feet 

 at the eaves; raised benches, with eighteen 

 inches of glass above the benches on the 

 sides. , I have some planted now in 5-incli 

 pots jilunged up to the rim in soil on the 

 benches and sot so the plants stand 9x12 

 inches aj)art. I am located in West Vir- 

 ginia. G. n. 



Carnations can bo grown successfully 

 in i)ots, but will require mucii closer at- 

 tention and more labor than when grown 

 in the regular way on benches. 



Pot them at once into 5-inch pots and 

 stand them on your benches on sand as 

 you woidd any other pot plant. Stand 

 them far enough apart to allow good cir- 

 culation of air between the plants. Water 

 carefully, as they will dry out more 

 quickly than they would if growing on 

 benches. After they become fairly well 

 potbound shift into 7inch pots and do 

 not fee<l with liqui<l manure until the 

 jdants are potbound in the 7-inch pots. 

 Use a good, fibrous loam for jiotting, such 

 as you would use in your benches. No spe- 

 cial fertilizer is needed other than what 

 you would use on the bench-grown stock. 

 Keep them supported nicely and you will 

 got some goofl blooms. Do not plunge 

 the pots until toward spring. 



A. F. J. B. 



THHIPS NOT TO BLAME. 



Since reading Mr. Haur's carnatiim 

 notes of August I'ti 1 am inclined to 

 think 1 have tlirijs in my carnation house. 

 I housed them the first week in .\ugust 

 and the warm weather led me to believe 

 that was the cause of so many of the 

 buds drying up. I purchased my White 

 Knchan tress from a grower w'ho was 

 troubled with thrips last season. The 

 buds and t«j)8 of the plants seem to die 



iind dry up. I have examined them care- 

 fully, but ctuinot find insects of any kind, 

 but I am not sure I could tell thrips if I 

 slioulil see one. I have been careful 

 about keeping the house watered and can- 

 not account for so many buds dying. 1 

 have frequently duste<l tht; plants with a 

 dry liordeaux powder, but the trotdde is 

 spreading to other varieties than White 

 Knchantress. J. Ij. M. 



The specimens forwarded do not show 

 any signs of thrips. This insect does 



Tlie Editor Is ple«aed 

 when a Reader 

 presents Iili Ideas 

 on aciy. subject treated In 



As experience is the best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchance of ezperienees. 

 Many valuable points 

 are broucht out 

 by discussion. 



Qood penmanship, spellinf; snd 

 Krammar. though deeirable, are not 

 nece*isary. Write as 70U woald talk 

 when doing your beet. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM TOU 



not aflfect the buds in the manner in 

 which these are affected. Instead of the 

 young buds drying u|), as these are, they 

 |)uncture the jictals and cause spots of 

 dead tissue to show when the bloom un- 

 foMs. 



There are quantities of red spider on 



these leaves and they may be partly re- 

 sponsible for your trouble. The blasting 

 of the buds may be attributed partly to 

 them and partly to the root disturbance 

 in trarsplanting, and the accompanying 

 conditions. 



I would advise you to go over the 

 plants and take off every shoot and every 

 leaf which shows the trouble. Then syr- 

 inge them as hard as you can with the 

 hose in the morning of a bright day. 

 After dinner spray the plants thoroughly 

 with Bordeaux mixture and scatter slaked 

 lime in the walks and under the benches. 

 If you run any artificial heat, paint a 

 pipe with sulphur and lime in equal por- 

 tions, made into a thick jtaint with water. 

 Keep picking off the affected leaves if 

 any more apj>ear. Give plenty of air and 

 water carefully but not too sparingly. 



A. F. J. B. 



FOR A CRISTMAS CROP. 



When shall I discontinue topping my 

 carnations in order to have a good crop 

 for Christmas? D. S. 



You will likely do well to discontinue 

 topping your carnations now. Much will 

 depend on how close you top and then, 

 too, varieties differ greatly in the time it 

 fakes them to produce a crop of blooms. 

 If you merely remove the blooming shoots 

 just before the bud shows color you can 

 take them off until a month before you 

 want blooms, but if you take them off 

 when the bud first shows, then you must 

 allow fully two months. Beacon ought 

 not to be topj)ed after this date except as 

 first stated, else you are likely to miss 

 Christmas. A. P. J. B. 



WHITE SPOTS ON LEAVES. 



Will you please tell me what are the 

 white specks on the enclosed Vietorj car- 

 nation leaft This is the first instance 

 of the kind I have ever seen. A. V. 



The specimen leaf you forwarded was 

 badly wilted when it arrived here, and 

 (lid not disclose anything serious. It did 

 revive enough in water, however, to show 

 some malformation in its structore. This 



