September 30, 1905). 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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u the proportion of a 6-inch potful of 

 biiiif to a bushel of soil, allowing three 

 ^)l■ four handfuls in the space mentioned 

 ■ibove. In either case its application 

 ^lu.uUl be followed immediately by a 

 liulit raking and a moderate watering. 



!t seems reasonable to suppose that on 

 luount of improper handling a large 

 neioentage of the available phosphoric 

 acid in high grade bone is lost, also that 

 n;i:ch which is unavailable in low grade 

 is lor the same reason never assimilated 

 b, the plants for which it is intended; 

 (iViisequently, it is not surprising to hear 

 til • theory advanced that the use of this 

 1, rtilizer is unnecessary, 



George S. Osborn. 



A BEGINNER'S RESULTS. 



!. W. Bruckart is a beginner in the 

 Inisiucss at Lititz, Pa. His start was 

 iii:i.le with the greenhouse shown in the 

 a('?onipanying illustration, 14x64, in 

 wliich he grew more or less miscellaneous 

 st( ck, but one bench was devoted to car- 

 nations, containing 500 plants of the 

 Enchantress varieties. From these he 

 ciil in his first season 6,000 blooms, or 

 an average of twelve blooms per plant, 

 wliich was not so bad, considering that 

 ho had his stock in a general-purpose 

 house. The 6,000 blooms brought locally 

 $150, or an average of 2^^ cents each. 

 He was so encouraged by this result 

 that this season he is adding another 

 house 18x64 and has benched 1,700 car- 

 nation plants. The varieties are En- 

 chantress in its different colors, white, 

 pink and rose-pink, also Queen Louise, 

 Winsor, Beacon and O. P. Bassett. He 

 USPS hot water for heating. 



CARNATIONS IN CANADA. 



The new varieties disseminated last 

 winter are well represented at Dunlop's, 

 of Toronto. Their growth and health 

 were closely watched in the field, with 

 a dry summer. 



May Day made a fair growth; 

 healthy; started ofif well in the house; 

 rcLovery from shock of lifting, medium, 

 (ieorgia was rather slow in growth in 

 hold and house; appears to lack vigor. 



Carnation House of J. "W. Bruckart. 



Apple Blossom, good strong growth in 

 field, doing well inside. Pink Delight, 

 medium growth in field, but strong; 

 starts off extra well in house, and in 

 strong, rapid growth exceeds all other 

 varieties, old or new. 



Among the older varieties. Beacon and 

 Victory show up well. Crimson Glow and 

 Harlowarden run almost an even race, 

 with the chances favoring the former. 

 Afterglow seems to want more vigor to 

 stand lifting from field to house. 



All of the Enchantress varieties, White 

 Perfection, Windsor and Bountiful do 

 well here. In fact, in this part of 

 Canada all carnations do well in the 

 early and late season; what they will do 

 in midwinter I cannot now say. 



Edgar McConnell. 



The endeavor should be to get as many 

 roots as possible around the sides of the 

 pots before they are forced. Boses pot- 

 ted and forced right away cannot b6 

 expected to give such results as those 

 well established in the pots. 



OWN-ROOT RICHMOND. 



Does the Richmond rose do fairly weD 

 on its own roots? P. O. 



Richmond does well on its own roots 

 the first year, but much better the second 

 year. Grafted stock, however, is more 

 profitable. Ribes, 



RAMBLER ROSES. 



I'lie pot-grown ramblers — we mean 

 iiiuse grown through the summer in pots 

 ■~ will pay for the extra work they have 

 entailed upon the growers next season. 

 }^ith Easter as early as March 27, there 

 IS a big advantage with stock which is 

 ^^ell rooted in pots and which can have 



the canes ripened up in good season pre- 

 paratory to forcing. As the growth is 

 now practically completed on these, they 

 can now be kept a little drier at the 

 root, to check further growth at the ter- 

 minals and assist in maturing the wood. 

 A large majority of growers depend, 

 however, upon fall potting as soon as the 

 canes are suflBciently ripened to admit of 

 lifting them. It will be the middle of 

 October, in all probability, before these 

 plants in the open ground are fit to dig, 

 but if you are growing your own stock, 

 you can manage the work a little earlier. 



BEAUTIFS FOR SUMMER. 

 How many plants of American Beauty 

 rose do I need in order to cut an average 

 of two dozen flowers per day during the 

 summer months? Also when should one 

 propagate them in order to have strong 

 plants in 3 1/^ -inch or 4-inch pots to 

 bench in the latter part of March? They 

 are for summer blooming only and are 

 aot to be carried over winter. P. O. 



American Beauties, when they do extra 

 well, produce from fifteen to eighteen 

 blooms per plant during the season be- 

 ginning October 1 to May 31. Many 

 of us, however, are forced to be content 

 with less than that number, and «f course 

 these are not all first-class blooms. 



The best time to propagate Beauties, 

 or, in fact, any other rose for indoor 

 culture, is from December to March, as 

 we then have better control of conditions. 

 By beginning early in the propagating 

 season, fine plants can be had by the 

 middle of February, which will be ready 

 to put into 3iX..-iuch or 4-inch pots by 

 March and should, if carefully treated, 

 be ready to plant in three weeks from 

 date of repotting. Bibes. 



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Westport, Conx. — W. H. Burr 

 building an additional greenhouse. 



Danvers, Mass. — E. & C. Woodman 

 have been renovating their greenhouses 

 and giving them a fresh coat of paint. 



