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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ii,- proportion of ;i (i-iiich pott'iil of 



to a liuslu'l of soil, allowing tliroc 

 ,,iir iKiiidfuls in the space iiieiilioiieil 

 ,. In eitlier case its ai)piicatioii 

 I, I lie followed ininiediately hy a 



iidiiiij.' and a nH)derato \\aterin<;. 



sri'Mis reasonable to su|)|)0se tliat oii 

 ,.i]t of imjiroper handling a large 

 . iitMjie of the available phosphoric 



,11 high grade bone is lost, also that 

 which is nnavailable in low grade 



I tliL' same reason ni'ver assimilated 

 III' ])lants for which it is intended; 

 ,|iu'ntly. it is not snrprising to hear 

 liniiy advanced that the nse of this 

 l!/i'i- is unnecessary. 



CiKOKdE S. OSHOIIN. 



A BEGINNER'S RESULTS. 



\\ . iiruckart is a beginner in the 



(ss at Lititz, Pa. His start was 



with Ihc greenhouse shown in the 



Mi|i;iiiying illustration, 14x64, in 



n h(; grew more or less miscellaneous 



;,. but one bench was devotetl to car- 



His. containing .")()() plants of the 



iiiiitress varieties. From these he 



II his first season 0,000 blooms, or 

 i\crage of twelve blooms per plant, 



. Ii was not so bad, considering that 

 ii;id his stock in a general-purpose 



r. The (i.oOO blooms brought locally 

 'I. or an average of 2Vi; cents each. 



wiis so encouraged by this result 

 • tiiis season he is adding another 

 -!• ]SxG4 and has benched 1,700 car- 

 101 plant.s. The varieties are En- 



iress in its dili'erent colors, white, 

 !, ;uid rose pink, also Queen Louise, 

 i^(ir. Beacon and O. P. Bassett. He 



hut wat(>r for heating. 



CARNATIONS IN CANADA. 



I he new varieties disseminated last 



icr lire well represented :it Dnnlojt's, 



rnnintii. Their growth and health 



I- closely wat(die<l in the field, with 



'liy summer. 



dny Day nunle a fair growth; 

 iiliy: starti'd off widl in the house; 



■•\ery from shock of lifting, medium. 

 r^ia was rather slow in growth in 

 i .•Hid house; ajipears to lack vigor. 



Carnation House of J. W. Bruckart. 



Ajiple jilossoiii, guild strung gruwtli in 

 field, doing well inside. I'ink Delight, 

 medium growtli in fitdd. but strong: 

 starts off extra well in house, and in 

 stiong. rapid growth exceeds all other 

 varieties, old or new. 



Among the older varieties. Beacon and 

 Victory show nj) well. Crimson Glow and 

 llarlowarden run Jthnost an even race, 

 with the chiinces favoring the former. 

 Afterglow seems to want nH)re vigor tu 

 stand lifting from field tu house. 



All of the l-lnchantress varieties. White 

 Perfection, Windsor and Bountiful do 

 well here. In fiict, in this part of 

 C'lnada all carnations du vvell in the 

 early and late season; what they will du 

 in iniilwint<'i- I canimt now say. 



I'IdcAK Mi< (INM-.I.l . 



RAMBLER ROSES, 



''c pot-giuwn ramblers--we mean 

 '• grown through the sinnnier in pots 

 dl pay for the extra work they have 

 died upon the growers next season. 

 h ll.-ister as early as March 27, there 

 I big advantage with stock which is 

 I rooted in pots and vvliich <-;in ha\e 



the c:ines iipeiiei! u]i in ;^uud sea-^uii pri' 

 joiratory to furcing. As tla^ growth i-- 

 now ]iractii-n]ly coniideled on these, they 

 can now be kejit a little drier al the 

 rout, tu check further gruwth at the ter 

 minals ami assist in maturing the wooil. 

 A large majority of growers dejieud, 

 however, ujion fall potting as soon as the 

 canes are sufliciently rijiened to admit of 

 lifting thein. It will be the middle of 

 October, in ;dl jirobability, before these 

 plants in the ojien ground are fit to dig. 

 but if you are growing your own stock, 

 vou can manaijc the work a little earlier. 



The endeavor sliunid be tu get as iininy 

 roots as ]»ossible around the sides of the 

 pots before they ai'e forced. Roses pot- 

 ted .and forced right away cannot bo 

 expected to give such results as those 

 wi'll established in tiie jtots. 



OWN-ROOT RICHMOND. 



Does the Richmond rose do fairly well 

 on its own roots? P. O. 



l\'i(dimoml do(>s well on its own roots 

 the first year, but mucii better the second 

 year. (Jrafteil sti>ck, however, is more 

 [Odlitable. ElltKS. 



BEAUTIFS FOR SUMMER. 



How many plants of Amiaacan Beauty 

 lose do 1 need in older to cut an average 

 ot' two dozen flowers per day iluring the 

 summer inoiith-^.' Also when siuiuld one 

 propagate tiiem in older to have strong 

 plants ill l!'._.-incli ui- 4 incii pots to 

 bench in the latter part of March.' They 

 are for summer blooming only ami are 

 aol to be carried over vviiiier. P. (). 



American lieaiiiies. when thtn' do extra 

 well, prucjiice I'loiii tifteeii to eighteen 

 bluuiiis per plant (hiring t lie season be- 

 ginning ()ct(d>er 1 to May ol. Many 

 of us, huwever. are 1ur<'ed to be Conti'nt 

 with less iJKiii liiat number, and of course 

 rhe^e are nut all liist -ola.--s blooms. 



Tile best lime tu prujiagate Beauties, 

 ur. ill fact, any uther rose for indoor 

 ciilMiie, i'^ iroiii l>eceniber to Mtuch, as 

 we then have lieiter control ot' cuiiditiuns. 

 liy beginning cirly in tiie inupiignt ing 

 I se;isuli, line pl;illls (Mil lie h.ad by t llO 



middle ol' l''i brii.-iry. wliich will be le.ady 

 tu |iiii iiiiu :!■■_, Ill, 'li (II- I iiicii puts by 

 March and ^huiild. it' c:i rel'iiliy treateil, 

 be ready lu phmi in ilirec week-^ t'rom 

 date i\i rejiult illg. KlliKS. 



Wks ri>(iu r. ( on n. W. 1 1. Durr is 

 IpiiiMing ;iii ;ii|'lit iun;i| ^i ceiiliiinse. 



D.wvKKs. M.vss.- K. \ <. Woodman 

 have been reiiuvMliiig their greeiiiiuusea 

 ;iiiil giving theiii ;i I're^h cu;ii ut' paiiil. 



