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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 21, looo. 



BLOOMS FAIL TO OPEN. 



Enclosed I am sending you a specimen 

 ciirnatiou bud. Can you tell me what the 

 trouble is? Last year we had the same 

 pest and had to throw our carnations 

 out in January, as only one per cent of 

 the blooms ever opened. The plants at 

 present are large and healthy, showing 

 numerous flower stalks. Can the cause 

 be thrips, or a little white ant in the 

 soil? I have sprayed weekly with Nico- 

 tieide and am now using bisulphide of 

 carbon in the soil, according to direc- 

 tions given in the Eeview. 



We have a small house, 12x30 and nine 

 feet to the ridge, filled with Enchantress. 

 Can you state the quantity of ingredients 

 to use for hydrocyanic acid gas for such 

 a house? I have never used it, but read 

 an article some years ago on it in the 

 Review. J. L. 



The buds forwarded were too young 

 to show the cause of your trouble; in 

 fact, they looked quite normal, except 

 for being wilted. I can say positively, 

 however, that it is not thrips that is 

 bothering you. They do not prevent de- 

 velopment of the blooms, but merely 

 cause white or brown spots to show on 

 the petals, usually along the edges. Your 

 trouble might be caused by the carnation 

 mite, but to be certain I would have to 

 know how far the bud will develop be- 

 fore it withers. As I said before, the 

 specimens forwarded did not disclose any 

 source of trouble. 



For information about hydrocyanic 

 acid gas I would suggest that you send 

 to U. S. Department of Agriculture for 

 Bulletin No. 27, prepared by F. H. Chit- 

 tenden. In this bulletin you will find 

 the subject treated from beginning to 

 end, and much better than I could do it 

 in these columns. A. F. J. B. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Department of Registration. 



The F. Corner & Sons Co., La Fayette, 

 Ind., registers new carnation. Scarlet 

 Glow, from seedling crosses; color, 

 bright scarlet; size, three inches; good, 

 free growing; makes well shaped plants; 

 transplants easily; early and free flow- 

 ering, on long stems; keeping qualities, 

 exceprionallv good. 



A. F. J. Baur. Sec'y. 



PAPER WHITES AND ROMANS. 



I placed my order for Paper Whites 

 and Romans with a Holland agent last 

 spring. They arrived about a month ago. 

 I thought it was too early and did not 

 know what to do with them, so I boxed 

 them up and put them in a coldframe 

 and covered them Mith ashes three or 

 four inches deep. I examined them the 

 other day and found they had sprouted 

 about one and one-half inches through 

 the ashes. I do not know anything about 

 handling bulbs, but am sure this ought 

 not to be. Will you please tell me 



what I should have done to retard their 

 growth? I want them to bring in at in- 

 tervals through the winter. D. W. D. 



The Paper Whites should not have 

 been covered Avith ashes at all, but the 

 Romans, which are slower in starting, are 

 all the better for it. Remove all of them 

 to a cool cellar or pit. This will retard 

 them considerably. Bring in a few boxes 

 as you want them. The earliest if housed 

 aoout November 1 will give you flowers 

 for Thanksgiving. Those for Christmas 

 can be placed in a temperature of 55 

 degrees early in December. As the flow- 

 ers open stand them in a cold house. 

 Another season do not place all your 

 bulbs in the soil at once. Wait a month 

 with part of them. Keep the bulbs in 

 any cool, dry season spread out thinly. 



C. W. 



THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York has embarked this year upon the 

 broadest exhibition project in its career. 

 The show is to be held in the American 

 Museum of National History, at Central 

 Park West and Seventy-seventh street, 

 November 3 to 7. The exhibition will be 

 open on the evening of the first day, 

 Wednesday, especially for the members 

 of the society, the museum and affi- 

 liated organizations. On the three fol- 

 lowing days it will be open to the public 

 from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and from 7 

 p, m. to 10 p. m., and on Sunday from 

 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. No admission fee will 

 be charged, but a long list of liberal pre- 

 miums has been offered and a fine show 

 is anticipated. 



The executive committee in charge of 

 the arrangements consists of: F. R. 

 Pierson, chairman; Geo. V. Nash, secre- 

 tary; J. E. Lager, F. H. Traendly, P. 

 O' Mara, John Young, Peter Duff, Leon- 

 ard Barron and J. A. Manda, the latter 

 to be manager of the show. 



Along with Samuel Thome, Spemp 

 Trask and T. A. Havemeyer, P. O'Mar! 

 and G. T. Powell are vice-presidcutg q^ 

 the society. The treasurer is F. 11. jifj^ 

 bold, formerly president of the Ameri. 

 can Rose Society. The elected niombers 

 of the council are: N. L. Britton, chair- 

 man; F. L. Atkins, Leonard Barron p 

 W. Bruggerhof , J. W. Cromwell, C.' F 

 Dieterich, Henry Hicks, John E. Lager 

 J. A. Manda, E. S. Miller, Clomeni 

 Moore, W. Nilsson, F. R. Pierson, E. H, 

 Roehrs, Julius Roehrs, H. A. Siehrecht 

 E. B. Southwick, J. H. Troy, Samuel 

 Untermyer, C. W. Ward, C. B. Weath- 

 ered and A. L. Willis. 



A NEW ORLEANS PLACE. 



Henry Cook, trading as M. Cook's 

 Son, is now proprietor of the business 

 formerly conducted by M. Cook & Son 

 and later by H. Cook and R. Cook, as 

 M. Cook's Sons, at New Orleans. Mr. 

 Cook has a city store at 143 Baronne 

 street and greenhouses and nursery at 

 Pearl and Lowerline streets, where the 

 photographs were made from which the 

 accompanying illustrations were pre- 

 pared. 



New Orleans is an excelfent tlowcr 

 town, in spite of the fact that during a 

 large part of the year the gardens are 

 full of flowers. Mr. Cook's specialties 

 are roses and palms, but he grows a gen 

 eral line of pot plants in his range of 

 glass, and in the nursery grounds has 

 quite a line of shrubbery and perennials. 

 In the parking along both streets there 

 is a row of camphor trees that inspire 

 many customers to call for such stock 

 to be planted on their home grounds. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



The market has undergone a marked 

 change in conditions since last week. 

 The cold weather and heavy frosts on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday played havoc 

 with dahlias and Cochet roses. Cosmos. 

 which is usually plentiful at this time. 

 has suffered to such an extent that little 

 is arriving. In other lines the weather 

 has had a contrary effect. Roses are 

 much better in quality, and the quantity 

 has increased so much that prices have 

 materially declined and cleaning up is 



Interior of One of M. Cook's Son's Greenhouses. 



