November 4, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



15 



Dorothy Gordon Carnation at Joseph Heacock'i, Wyncote* Pa. 



AN AFTERNOON CALL. 



The front door opened of itself, 

 quite mysteriously, the surprised visitor 

 thought, not seeing the sturdy little legs 

 that disappeared behind it. A sweet- 

 faced lady was saying farewell to some 

 friends in the entry. ' ' Yes, ' ' she said, 

 turning to the newcomer after they had 

 ji;one, ' ' Miss Dorothy Gordon is at home. ' ' 

 Up a short flight of steps to a high, well- 

 lighted room on the right, with glass roof 

 like a studio or a greenhouse, the visitor 

 stood in the presence of Miss Dorothy 

 (iordon. 



Miss Gordon was attired in Quaker 

 gray, blue tinted, as is the custom of the 

 debutantes of the dianthus family. She 

 looked the picture of health, her rose- 

 pink complexion contrasting brilliantly 

 with her sober garb; her appearance of 

 robust health spoke eloquently of awaken- 

 ing with the birds, retiring at sunset, 

 plenty of fresh air and wholesome food, 

 with, possibly to the imaginative mind, 

 Hie suggestion of boating and tennis. 



Miss Gordon was not one whit less 



<ourteous when she discovered that her 



•iiller was not a society beau but was 



dimply a newspaper correspondent. She 



|ioke in glowing terms of the kindness of 



her adopted father, Mr. Heacock, and 



i lie sensible manner in which he brought 



iier up, of the debut at the Philadelphia 



I'lorists' Club, November 2, and of the 



iiany other swell floral parties to which 



lie had been invited. Tiie visitor left 



uth a glow of honest admiration for Miss 



'ordon and the fervent hope that her 



oming-out parties would be a series of 



liumphant sueccs-:es. Phil. 



A.MERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The Premium List. 



The following varieties have thus far 

 lieen entered in our new Section C of 

 • he premium list: Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, 

 Pink Delight, Mrs. Chas. Knopf, Euby, 

 Mayday, O. P, Bassett, Wanoka, Apple 

 lilossom, Georgia, Bay State, W. H. 

 Taft, Gov. Deneen, Alvina. Each variety 

 will constitute a separate class by itself. 



for which the disseminator offers a first 

 premium of $6 and a second premium 

 of $4. In each class fifty blooms are to 

 be shown, except in the class for Alvina. 

 In this class six plants are to be shown, 

 grown in not over 8-inch pots. Anyone 

 wishing to offer other special premiums 

 should forward full particulars at once, 

 in order to reach me before the premium 

 list goes to press. 



A. F. J. Baue, Sec'y. 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Beatrice, Neb. — Work has been re- 

 sumed on the second story of the Dole 

 Floral Co. 's new building, on Ella street. 



ASTER PLANTS TURNING YELLOV 



1 have seen it intimated that the seed 

 used may have something to do with 

 causing aster plants to turn yellow, but 

 1 doubt the correctness of that idea. 

 1 have examined hundreds of diseased 

 plants this year and have invariably 

 found that some insect had been at work 

 in the stump of the plant. By shaving 

 off the roots until the bark of the stump 

 is reached, I find traces of insect work 

 similar to the paths made by wood bor- 

 ers. I think some insect had deposited 

 its eggs in the plant when it was young 

 and tender; these eggs developed and 

 the young feeding ou the plant caused 

 it to turn yellow. 



1 found instances where two plants 

 had been set together by mistake and 

 one developed fine blooms while the other 

 turned yellow. Thia could not have befen 

 caused by soil or weather conditions, as 

 the plants stood so the roots were one 

 clump. 1 found little difference in the 

 percentage of plants turned yellow on 

 heavily enriched soil or on soil that had 

 not been fertilized at all; nor was there 

 any perceptible difference in the per- 

 centage on plants started in the hotbed 

 and those sown in the open ground and 

 allowed to grow* without transplanting. 

 In every decayed and yellow specimen 

 that was examined, from either position, 

 the tracks of the burrowing worm were 

 found in the stump, just under the bark, 

 after shaving off the roots. 



I think the remedy is to be found in 

 discovering and destroying the insect 

 that lays the eggs in the root of the 

 young plants. J. V. Wickler. 



Brockton, Mass. — A. E. Johnson has 

 a new dahlia, described as royal purple, 

 and has asked permission to name it Mrs. 

 Taft. 



Benton Harbor, Mich. — Miss Betty 

 Carlson, the well-known florist of this 

 city, will reopen a store at 119 East 

 Main street. 



House of Dorothy Gordon Carnation of Joseph Heacock Co. 



