Septbmbeb 16, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Erecting Truss House for Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, Ohio. 



may have bei-n caused Viy the stinfj or bite 

 of some iiiKoct when tiie leaf was young 

 ■ind tender. As it grew to niJiturity there 

 icniaincd a kind of core, whicli sliows as 

 ;i light spot in the leaf. Otherwise the 

 leaf seems (iiiite healthy and of good 

 . olor. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATIONS IN THE FIELD. 



Please state wliat kind of soil is the 

 lit'st to use in {)lanting carnations in the 

 lield, in order to secure good, strong 

 [ilants for grecidionse purposes. Would 

 sandy soil le the l)est for the purpose, or 

 mhI well mixed with cow manure? Also 

 >tatc whctlicr daily watering is helpful in 

 ^''curing good, licalthy jdants. 



O. A. C. 



Tlie bcKt soil for growing carnations in 

 I he lield is a Mindy loam of moderate fer- 

 !ilily. Vou will lind that a sandy Soil 

 will always lift well. While you may not 

 ilways be able to save a large ball of soil 

 ■<u the roots, you can always get all the 

 >inall, fibrous roots intact. They are 

 iiiurc essential than a ball of soil, and we 

 K'ver mind nuicli if all the soil comes off 

 I lie roots, |)roviding it irrumbles without 

 tearing the roots. A stiff, clayey soil 

 ■vill perhaps lift well enough after a rain, 

 ■ IS long as it is moist, but as soon as it 

 ^ets somewhat tiry it comes up in lumj)s, 

 Hid, to reduce the ball, one is obliged to 

 '■ar th(> loots in spite of the utmos't 

 •arc. (Jonsecpiently, recovery from the 

 iransplaiHing is slow and many plants 

 are lost altogether. 



It is best to have the soil in the field 

 only moderately rich. It shoui<l not be 

 :is rich as liial put into the benches. It 

 is not at all ilesirablc to produce a large, 

 rank growth in the (itld, but, on the con- 

 Tary, you v\aiit just a good, moderate 

 :,'r(iwth. Vou want the growth to be 

 ^\liat we call hard at planting time, so 

 liiit it will not wilt during the peiiod of 

 :'C(stablishmei,f . .\ plant which has 

 -■rown on a soil of moderate fertility and 

 -;indy texture, in n season of moderate 

 '"•■lin, will come up with practically all its 

 roots, and whcu it is set into soil a little 

 richer than that in the (ield, the fibrous 

 roots will lake hold quickly. Before the 

 well matured plant has had a chance to 

 wilt, the roots are supplying it again 

 with moisture and nourisliment. Size of 

 pliint is not at iill essential to success, 

 although good, reasonable size is desir- 



able, providing it is not secured at the 

 expense of the above-mentioned qualities. 

 Better secure size by starting your cut- 

 tings fairly early, and planting out good, 

 strong plants early in the field. 



The reasons given above also hold good 

 against watering carnation plants in the 

 field. If you merely wanted size of 

 plant, then watering would be advisable. 

 In the absence of rain during the outside 

 growing season, the cultivator will do 

 more good than all the watering you can 

 do. The drier it gets, the oftener should 

 the cultivator be run over the patch, to 

 keep the soil from crusting. 



A. F. J. B. 



A QUARTER MILLION BLOOMS. 



Two hundred twenty-eight thousand 

 six hundred fifty-two carnation blooms 

 from one house in one season is a pretty 

 fair cut, and the growers in charge of 

 the greenhouses of the Living-^ton Seed 

 (-"o., Columbus, O., are proud of this 

 record, made Last season. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 the house in process of construction and 

 again just after being planted. It is a 



trussed-roof house, built with a solid con- 

 crete north wall and a glass partition 

 separating it from the adjoining house. 

 The structure is 50x200, twenty feet to 

 the ridge and seven feet to the gutter. 

 It contains seven benches 5x195 feet. 

 The construction was begun with grading 

 April 13, 1908. The tru>8 roof was up 

 June 15 and the house was glazed July 

 10. It was planted between July 27 and 

 July 30 and contained 9,480 plants. 

 These had been set in the field April 20 

 from 2i4inch and 3-inch pots. About 

 half the plants, to be exact 4,G80, were 

 Enchantress, with sixteen other varieties 

 in small numbers, as follows: 



I'iiik liiipfilal loo 



-Mis. I.MU.SOU ". !.!!'.' 100 



Aristocrat !!! i ].!!!!!! i !' ' lOO 



ViirieMUlfU IniptTiul ....!!!!!.'!!**" lOo 



Dorolljy Wliituey joo 



Mrs. I'a t ten ]\] '[ 2 JO 



Huston .Market 100 



Siirali mil !.'.!'.'.;■.'. '.■.■.■.'. 100 



White KiicliantrfBs .'. 400 



Wliile I'erfi'ctiou 500 



i;";;">- '.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.i,H(>o 



1 '.'"'""•« 100 



^"•""•>' , 50O 



.•'.rr.v tfini ^qq 



W Jiisor 20c) 



Kiicliiinlrfs.s '■'■'.'.'.'.'..'.'.. '.'.'.'.4 880 



Itiis'-'-piiik Kucliautress .....'.'.'.'..... 250 



^^'^" ^ ■» ' 9A80 



The house was run at a temperature of 

 50 degrees to 52 degrees at night. No 

 record was kept of the number of blooms 

 cut from each variety, but count was 

 kept of the total number cut in the 

 house. The first flowers were sent to the 

 city retail store September 14, and the 

 last July 19. During the intervening 

 period the blooms cut were as follows: 



„ l'<'rio(l. niootns Cut. 



Sopleriilier 11 to .';0 8.741 



Oitolior '' 17.(521 



.\<iv<'iiil)er .!..!!!]! 24,072 



Dcci'iiilier ...!.!! 2 I'.'SIU 



•'•oii"i"i-.v ; . 12!.J75 



liliriiury |;{ 17^ 



•^li"(li '.'.'.'.'.'.'. Is;.-,45 



-^P il 17.T<;2 



M :i v 2r> "124 



•'""<■ .\ ...'.'.'.'.'.'. TsiVsO 



.Inly 1 ti) 1!) 21,715 



■|'iit;ll rllt fur SCMSnn 22S,({ri2 



This makis an average of a fraction 

 over twenty four blooms per plant. 



Onakga, Ii.i,.— B. Miller, who until re- 

 cently was foreman for the .Mosbaffk 

 (Irceidiousc Co., has now decided to re- 

 iiKivo to l'oiilia<', where he will go into 

 the florists' trade with liis father. They 

 \\ill build a large greenhouse and handle 

 a yeiier.'il lii.e of stock. 



Carnations of Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, Ohio. 



