Decbmbeb 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



47 



CABNATION BONFISE. 



When the E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, 

 Ind., put out a red carnation last year, 

 to compete with such widely grown 

 and generally satisfactory sorts as Vic- 

 tory and Beacon, the wise ones knew 

 that in Bonfire the disseminators had 

 a variety in which they had the utmost 

 confidence. Under the circumstances 

 which existed it was no more than what 

 was expected that orders averaged 

 email, but Bonfire has given so good 

 an account of itself thus far that it 

 will be planted in much larger quantity 

 for next season. Those who bought it 

 last winter are busy propagating, but 

 not much stock is likely to be for sale 

 until another year, for the man who 

 tried 500 plants will not have many cut- 

 tings to spare. Incidentally, also, if 

 the variety has any weakness it will 

 not develop until next season, for after 

 its satisfactory performance thus far 

 this year most of the plants will be 

 kept cut back for cuttings until well 

 along toward the end of the winter. 



BLASTZNG BUDS. 



I would be pleased to have you give 

 me a little information in regard to my 

 carnations. I have a house of Enchant- 

 ress and White Perfection. While the 

 plants seem to be in good health, a 

 great many of the buds get blasted and 

 turn brown. This has been going on 

 now for about two weeks; also, the 

 plants do not start new breaks as they 

 should after cutting the bloom. The 

 growth on the Enchantress appears a 

 little soft. Can you suggest a remedy? 

 I have had a little trouble with red 

 spider and used tobacco extract as a 

 spray. Do you suppose this may have 

 started the trouble? There are also 

 quite a number of dead leaves on some 

 of the plants. H. E. H. 



Sometimes it is difficult to determine 

 what is the cause of buds blasting on 

 carnations. There seems to have been 

 an unusual amount of it this season, due 

 perhaps to the unusually dry season 

 and the prevalence of red spider. If 

 the plants were set in the benches late 

 in the fall the trouble would be worse 

 than where normal conditions existed. 

 As the plants become established the 

 trouble would gradually disappear. I 

 am assuming that your buds are blast- 

 ing while quite small, not larger than a 

 pea. If they grow larger, there is 

 something else wrong. Send in a few 

 stems with the blasted buds on them 

 for examination. A. F. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Last week we had regular spring 

 weather. It was just the thing neces- 

 sary to hurry the carnations and get 

 them in right for Christmas. It also 

 helped the roses. The early part of 

 this week there was nothing but a fine, 

 warm, continuous drizzle for three days. 

 Naturally, there came an oversupply of 

 stock of almost all kinds. The buyers 

 were again given the upper hand for a 

 time. The demand was good, but not 

 sufficient to take up the offerings. Some 

 of the stock that arrived, especially 

 that from a distance, was a little soft. 

 Beyond that, however, the same good 

 c[uality that has been apparent in the 

 past has kept up. 



The prospects are good for a supply 



Carnation Bonfire. 



that will easily take care of all requests 

 in the near future. With the super- 

 fluity now, and the natural, normal in- 

 crease in supply, even though adverse 

 weather should cut down the size of 

 the shipments temporarily, there ought 

 to be enough to take care of everyone 

 between now and the holidays. 



The green goods market is enjoying 

 a rushing business. The boxwood, 

 which is extra good this year, the 

 holly, which is also excellent, and laurel 

 are selling well. Quite a call for arti- 

 ficial Christmas novelties is apparent. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its regular 

 monthly meeting with President Gus 

 Adrian in the chair. Geo. S. Bartlett 

 was elected to honorary membership. 

 Ed. Schumann, of Schumann & Wahl- 

 ers, of Newport, Ky., showed a plant of 

 their new begonia. It is a sport of 

 Lorraine. The blooms are about the 

 size of Cincinnati, while the leaf is 

 about the size of the Lorraine leaf, but 

 much stronger. The plant created quite 

 a favorable impression. J. A. Peterson 

 showed two specimen plants of Begonia 

 Glory of Cincinnati that were exceed- 

 ingly fine. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell reports a splendid de- 

 mand for boxwood. It might be added, 

 incidentally, that this green this year 

 is the best ever offered in this market. 



Miss Mae Carroll has severed her 

 connection with the business of D. 

 Eusconi. 



The Bloomhurst Floral Co., at Lock- 

 land, has one of the best looking green- 

 house plants in this vicinity. Every 

 bit of stock on the place is clean and 

 absolutely free from disease. A most 

 gratifying quantity of buds, that be- 

 speak a heavy cut for Christmas, are 



apparent. A house of poinsettias has 

 mostly all choice blooms. The whole 

 plant is a credit to the untiring efforts 

 of Wm. Sunderbruch, the manager. 



J. A. Peterson has sold and delivered 

 all his cyclamens. His begonias also 

 are moving rapidly. 



C. E. Critchell has accepted the ap- 

 pointment as vice-president for Ohio, 

 south, by President-Elect E. Vincent, 

 Jr., of the S. A. F. 



L. H, Kyrk has been getting in some 

 fine Jardine roses and baby primroses. 



Visitors: Lewis P. Lord, of the Lord 

 Plant Box Co., Minneapolis; Frank Far- 

 ney, of M. Eice «& Co.; Paul M. Hal- 

 brooks, of the Columbus Floral Co., 

 Columbus; John A. Keller, Lexington, 

 Ky.; John A. Mulford, Lebanon, 0., 

 and Gustave Eeiniger, of Dayton. 



C. H, H. 



CHICAGO CLUB MEETING. 



There was an unusually large attend- 

 ance at the Chicago club December 7, 

 seventy-five being present. On the 

 exhibition table were two fine vases of 

 carnations, St. Nicholas, from Baur & 

 Steinkamp, Indianapolis, and The Her- 

 ald, from Chicago Carnation Co. A 

 committee consisting of Harry Nichol- 

 son, .John Then and C. W. Johnson 

 scored St. Nicholas eighty-seven points, 

 entitling it to the club's certificate. 

 The Herald had previously been cer- 

 tificated. Visitors included Joe Hill 

 and ,J. A. Evans, Eichmond, Ind.; A. F. 

 .T. Baur, Indianapolis, and several 

 others. Messrs. Baur and Evans each 

 gave short talks. 



On convention matters, George As- 

 mus, president of the S. A. F., stated 

 that he had appointed August Poehl- 

 mann, J. C. Vaughan and W. N. Eudd 

 a committee to see what can be done 



