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The Weekly Florists^ Re vie w* 



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BLOOMS FAIL TO OPEN. 



l\!ii-lii~.i'(| I :iiii si'iiiliii;^ Villi ;i s|irciini'li 

 ■■:i iiKi; mil litul. t';in vnii idl iiic wlilit lln' 

 iii'iil/K' I-.' I,;isl year w t.' li.'hl 1lic same 

 jicsl aihl liail 111 tliiMw (uir raniations 

 iiul ill Jamiai'v, as niily (Hic per criit <it' 

 lilt' liloonis ('\'i'r iipriK'd. The plauls al 

 iii-('S('u1 arc lai'L;!' aiiil licaltliy, slinwiiii;- 

 iimiii'icius lldwir stalk^. *'aii llic c-aiisc 

 In' llirijis. (ir a little wliitc aiit in tlir 

 -nil.' J l:;i\c sprayfil -wrckly wiili Xico- 

 liculi' aiiil :iiii iiuw iisiiie- liisiil|iliiilr (if 

 i-arlmii in 1 iic soil. accurdiiiL;' tn iI'I'im-- 

 liiiiis ;^i\('ii in the li'K\ ii;w. 



W'l' iiavi' a small lunisc. liixilu ami nine 

 Ici't t(i till- ri(l;;c, (illcil with Mncliaiit ft^sy. 

 • 'all you state t!ie (jiiaiitity of iiijireilieiits 

 III iisi' ior liydi'oi-yaiiic acid yas for sucli 

 a lioiise? I have never used it. Init read 

 all article some vears au'i mi it in tlu' 

 Ki;vii:\v. ' ,1. ].. 



Tlu: buds I'orwardcd were inn yiuniii 

 to show the cause of ymir tioulile: in 

 fact, they looked ijuite nninial. e\i-e|it 

 for bcin^- wilted. J can say jiositixely. 

 however, that it. is not thri])s that is 

 botiierin^i yon. They do not ]ireveiiL de- 

 Nelopmeiit nt' the bluoins. but merely 

 cause white or brown sjiots to show on 

 the ]ie1als, usually along the ed<fes. Vour 

 trouble iiiiyht be caused by the carnation 

 mite, but to bo certain I would liavo to 

 Know how far the bud will develop be- 

 fore it \'.ithers. As I said before, the 

 specimens forwarded did nut disclose any 

 source of trouble. 



i''oi- infoiniation about hydrocy.'juic 

 •■"iciil ^i.'is i would su^it^est that you send 

 to r. S. nepartnu'iit of Aoi-imlture for 

 Bulletin ]\o. 1'7, prepared by I". IF. Chit- 

 leiiden. ill this biilleliii yon will liiid 

 the subject treated from lieiiiiiniii;^ to 

 end, and much better than I could do it 

 in tlirse columns. _\. |.'. ,|. j;. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Department of Registration. 



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

 Ind., registers new carnation, ^Scarh't 

 'diiw, J rum seedling crusses; color, 

 biiulit srailit ; si/.i', threi> inches; good, 

 I'l'ee ;^rii\\ ing ; niaki'S Well shaped plants; 

 1 r;in^;l.inl s ca>ily; early and free flow- 

 ering, on long stems; keeping rjualities, 



'Xcepi inii.alh- l: i. 



A. r. .i. i;\i i;. S.-.y. 



PAPER WHITES AND ROMANS. 



I [il.-iced my i.nli r f^r I'api-r Whiter 

 ami b'iim.-iiis wiMi a llnlland .agnit he-t 

 -•pniiL;. Tliiy airi\ed ;ili<int a iiiuiilh ago. 

 I lli>Mi;.;lil :I \.a~ \<><< e;irly and did imt 

 klli'c, wjial I" d'l Willi ihiiii. ^11 I bo.xed 

 I 111 ai hp a m I pat t hem i n a inldl'rame 

 and ciNeici iiiem >'.itl' ash' s tlii(.>e or 

 fniii' iiirlii- deep. I eNaiiiiiied them the 

 ..ther day .and fniind they had sjirouted 

 about, one and mielialf incliis through 

 ilie a>he>. I dii not kiinw anylhing about 

 l.andliiiL: biillis, liul am siiie this ought 



Uol III be. Will ymi |ili;i-e Irll me 



what I should have done to retard their 

 growth.' 1 want them to bring in at in- 

 tervals through the winter. I). ^\'. 1 >. 



The J'aper AVhites should not have 

 been co\ered v\ i t h ashes at all, but the 

 b'omans, whicii are slower in starting, are 

 all the belter for it. b'emove .all of them 

 to a i-ool cellar or ]iit. This will retard 

 them consitlerably. ilriiig in a few boxes 

 as you want them. The earliest if housed 

 ;iDout No\emlier 1 will give yon llowers 

 for Thanksgiving. Those for Christmas 

 can be placed in a temperature of 55 

 degiees early in lleceniber. As the llow- 

 ers o])en stand them in a, cold house. 

 .Another season do not jdace all your 

 bulbs in the soil at ome. Wait a month 

 with liMlt of tlleai. Keep tile bulbs in 

 auv cool, drv season spread out thinly. 



C. W. ' 



THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



The Horticultural feociety ot' New 

 York has embarked this year upon the 

 broadest (>xhibifiou project in its career. 

 The sliow IS to be held in the American 

 Museum of .National History, ;it Central 

 I'.ark West and Seventy-seventh street, 

 November ;'• to 7. TTic exhibit i»ui will be 

 open on the evening of the lirst day, 

 Wednesday, especially for the meailieis 

 iif the society, the museum .and ufli- 

 liated organizations. On the three fol- 

 lowing days it will be op(>ii to the ])uidic 

 from !» a. in. to 5 p. iii., and from 7 

 p. m. to 10 p. 111., and on Sunday from 

 1 p. m. to 5 p. 111. Xo admission fee will 

 be charged, but a long list of liberal jirc- 

 miuins has been offered and a fine show 

 is anticipateil. 



The executive coiumiltee in charge of 

 the arrangements consists of: F. R. 

 I'ierson, chairnnm; Geo. V. Nash, secre- 

 tary; ,). K. Lager. F. XL Traendly, P. 

 O' Mara, .bihu Young, Peter Diitf, l>eon- 

 ard Barron and ,L A. Manda, the latter 

 to lie manager of tlie show. 



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Along with Samuid Thome, - ; 

 Trask and T. A. Havemeyer, P. ( i 

 and G. T. Powell are yicc-presiii 

 the society. The treasurer is F. I, 

 bold, formerly president of the ■ 

 can Rose Society. The elected n 

 of the council are: N. L. Brit ton 

 man; F. L. Atkins, Leonard Bai 

 W. Bruggerhof, .T. W. Cromwell, 

 Dioterich, Henry llicks, John 10. 

 J. A. Manda.' E. S. Miller. ( 

 Moore, W. Nilsson, F. R. Pieison. 

 lioehrs, Julius Roehrs, II. A. Sii 

 F. B. Southwick, J. 11. Troy, ,- 

 Ihitermycr, C. W. Ward, C. B. ' 

 ered and A. L. AVillis. 



A NEW ORLEANS PLACI 



Henry Cook, trading as Ai. * ,iik\ 

 Son, is now projuaetor of the 1m. .nesj 

 formerly conducted by M. Cook i\ S,,i 

 and later by 11. Cook and 1\. <',, I,, ;i- 

 .M. Cook's Sons, at Xew Orleans. Ah 

 Cook has a city store at 143 Itniuini, 

 street and grecnhousos and iniiserv a: 

 Pearl and Lowcrline streets, wliei,. th, 

 ]iliotograplis were made from wliiiii ih, 

 accompanying illustrations wme luv 

 pared. 



New Orleans is an excellent il,,u,r 

 town, in spite of the fact that dining :; 

 large part of the year the garden- :ir, 

 full of flowers. Mr. Cook's .sjiei ialiir- 

 are roses and ]ialms, but he grows a ^.n 

 era! line of pot ])lants in his ram:,' ni 

 glass, and in the nursery ground-- li;i- 

 (|uite a line of shrubbery and jieremaiij- 

 In the parking along both streets ilur 

 is a row of camphor trees that in-|,ii. 

 many cu.stomers to call for such -Nnh 

 to be planted on their home groiuil- 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



The market has undergone a m.i 

 change in conditions since last v 

 TTie cold weather and heavy f rost - 

 Tuesday and Wednesday played h 

 with dahlias and Cochet roses. Co 

 which is usually plentiful at this i 

 has suifen'd to suidi an extent tli.'it 

 is arriving. In other lines the wc ; 

 li.as had ;i contr.ary effect. Rose- 

 milch b(Mter in (|iiality, and the qua' 

 has iia-rcased so much that prices 

 mafeiiallv declined and ch»aning i 



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



