FEBBOABY 15, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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nated a variety under the name of 

 Pocahontas. The sales were limited, 

 an a crimson naturally will not sell in 

 such quantities as other colors, and 

 luost of the lots sent out were com- 

 j)aratively small. We are hearing from 

 all sides this year, among those who 

 bought it last year, and it is being 

 propagated largely for next season's 

 planting. We are sold up for the sea- 

 son and we are unable to advise where 

 you can buy it, as everyone seems to 

 "ho holding onto what he has. Next 

 year you can, no doubt, buy it from a 

 number of places. Hang onto your 

 ITarlowarden another season and then 

 try Pocahontas. A, P. J. B. 



VARIEGATED CARNATIONS. 



It has been a long time since varie- 

 [fated carnations have been offered in 

 the markets in any quantity. It ap- 

 jiears that within the next year or two 

 tlie possibilities of large sale will be 

 put to the test. Years ago Mrs. Bradt 

 was popular with the customers of the 

 retail stores, but the variety had faults 

 which put it out of the race. Of a 

 different type, but probably as well 

 liked as any carnation ever offered in 

 the stores, was Prosperity. Its fault 

 was that it could not be grown to sell 

 at anything like the prices of other 

 tarnations. Within the last year or so 

 a number of varieties have appeared 

 more or less on the order of Bradt or 

 Prosperity. Two of those of the Bradt 

 type of marking are shown in the ac- 

 companying illustrations. One is an 

 eastern variety, raised by Peter Fisher, 

 which has been seen at most of the 

 exhibitions within the last year. The 

 •other is a seedling raised by the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., which is as yet 

 little known outside of the Chicago 

 market. Each is a pure white flower 

 with pencilings of bright red. Mr. 

 Fisher is disseminating his variety, 

 Benora, this season and it is said that 

 in the east, especially in the vicinity 

 •of Boston, it will be planted heavily. 

 The western firm plans to disseminate 

 its seedling next season at the same 

 time it sends out its red variety. The 

 Herald. 



CARNATIONS IN LETTUCE SOIL. 



We now have the second crop of let- 

 tuce on soil taken from fertile sod, 

 never plowed until last summer. The 

 sod was piled up and rotted until No- 

 vember, when we put it into the 

 benches. The lot had been pastured 

 for about five years. To the soil we 

 added every fifth load of well rotted 

 stable manure. It grew an excellent 

 «rop of lettuce, after which we added 

 a liberal quantity of sheep manure, 

 worked it up well and sprinkled the 

 top with good wood ashes, with a little 

 air-slaked lime; then we planted the 

 second crop. Will this soil be all right 

 for carnations, to be planted in Julyf 



C.B. 



I hardly think that the lettuce would 

 have exhausted the soil enough to 

 render it unfit for carnations, and if it 

 seems in a good, sweet condition, I 

 "Would not hesitate to use it. In such 

 «ases it is usually not so much a 

 question of fertility as it is of the con- 

 dition of the soil. If fertility were the 

 •only thing to consider, then we could 

 «asily supply the deficiency, but when 

 « soil is soured and has that honey- 

 •combed look one sees in soil which has 



Peter Fisher's Gurnation Benora. 



been in use a whole season, then it is 

 just about impossible to doctor it up. 

 Your experience as a grower should tell 

 you whether the soil is in good condi- 

 tion to grow plants. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATIONS IN OPEN FRAMES. 



I have eight coldframes, each 4x10 

 feet, and should like to grow carnation 

 plants for blossoms in them this sum- 

 mer, outside. I should like to grow 

 them in the open frames, without the 

 sash on. Can they be grown outside, 

 in the open, and produce long stems 

 and good blossoms? I would set out 

 about 3-inch pot plants in the latter 

 part of May. What varieties would 

 you recommend and what kind of soil 

 should I put them in? How far from 

 the top of the frames should the sur- 

 face of the soil be? When would 3- 

 inch pot plants begin to blossom, set 

 out that way, and how many of these 

 plants would it be safe to set in each 

 frame? I am located in northern Ohio. 

 L.S. 



Your plan of growing carnations out- 

 doors is quite feasible, though it is a 

 question as to whether you can make 

 it pay if you mean to dispose of the 

 blooms in the wholesale markets. Dur- 

 ing the summer months, when asters 

 are so fine and sold so cheaply as they 

 now are, there is not much chance to 

 get enough for your carnations per 

 hundred to make them profitable. You 



certainly could not sell them for the 

 same price as the asters and make as 

 much money. 



However, if you want to grow carna- 

 tions for blooming in the summer (and 

 the foregoing statements may not ap- 

 ply to your case at all), you should 

 lose no time in getting your plants 

 under way. If you have none in pots, 

 I would advise you not to wait until 

 you can propagate them, but buy them 

 at once. All the Enchantress' varieties 

 will do well, grown that way; also 

 White Perfection, White Wonder, Glo- 

 riosa. Fair Maid, Queen, etc. Get the 

 plants into 3-inch pots by early May, 

 and topped at least once, so that they 

 can come right up into bloom without 

 having to be topped any more. Plant 

 about eight inches each way. Your cold- 

 frames are all right, but it is not neces- 

 sary that the side boards come up 

 very high. All you want is that they 

 hold the soil around the edges and 

 keep the water from running off when 

 you water them. After they are 

 planted a few weeks, give them a good 

 mulch of spent stable manure to help 

 hold the moisture. These plants should 

 begin to give you blooms about the 

 last of July and continue until frost 

 cuts them down. A. F. J. B. 



Saco, Me. — George L. Mahoney, the 

 local florist, and Miss Elizabeth 

 Cleaves, of Kennebunk Port, were mar- 

 ried February 1. 



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