SamuBBB 29, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



18 



FAIEy EING. 



Will you pleaso let me know what is 

 the trouble with my carnations? I have 

 never before seen them act in this way. 

 The buds seem to dry up when they 

 are small. Some get a little larger, but 

 get a ring arQund them or turn yellow 

 in the top. The varieties are Enchant- 

 ress and White Enchantress. The plants 

 seem to be in good health, for they are 

 growing fast. They were planted dur- 

 ing the first two weeks in August. TheTe 

 is a good lot of horse manure in the 

 soil. Can that be a reason for the 

 trouble? The soil is medium heavy. 



H. E. Y. 



The nature of the disease which is 

 causing your trouble is easily detected. 

 You have a case of fairy ring on your 

 hands. It was most likely caused by the 

 too liberal use of stable manure, per- 

 haps coupled with too much syringing. 

 This would produce a humid atmosphcfrc 

 which is just to the liking of all these 

 fungous diseases, such as fairy ring, 

 leaf-spot, etc. If the manure was only 

 partly decayed, it would be worse than 

 if. thoroughly .rotted before being 

 added to the soil. 



I do not wish to give the impression 

 that the liberal use of manure is wrong. 

 On the contrary,' it is necessary that 

 you enrich your soil well if you want 

 high grade stoiek. It is essential, how- 

 ever, that the manure be in a proper 

 state of decomposition when you appiy 

 it. It should first pass through that 

 state of termentatioa during which il 

 loses its heat and rankness, after which 

 we term it spent manure. Then it is 

 safe to use. 



If you will get busy at once, you can 

 likely get your plants clean before the 

 winter sets in, and in time to realize 

 good returns for the season. First pick 

 off every leaf or stem that shows a 

 sign of the spot. To leave any of them 

 on the plants would mean the perpetua- 

 tion of your trouble. Burn them as 

 soon as you take them off. Then spray 

 liberally with Bordeaux mixture twice 

 «ach week until you are rid of the 

 <lisease. Do not be content with going 

 over the plants and picking off the 

 leaves once, but look them over every 

 •day or two until it is stamped out. 



Keep the atmosphere as dry as pos- 

 sible by discontinuing syringing idto- 

 ^ether for a time, and by liberal venti- 

 lation at all times. Dust some slaked 

 lime around under the benches and 

 wherever dampness may collect. Make 

 u hard fight now, while the weather is 

 ■still in your favor. A. F. J. B. 



DISTEIBUTION OF THE PIPES. 



We have a room, 12x40 feet, which 

 we plant in carnations. The house is 

 seven feet high at the ridge, and four 

 feet high at the sides. It runs north 

 and south and has raised benches. 

 There 'is one 2-inch pipe around the 

 room, above the bench, and four 1-inch 



pipes under the benches. Now, if- we 

 put about two inches of ashes on the 

 ground and about five inches of earth 

 on top of that, then plant our carna- 

 tions and move the 1-inch pipes under 

 the walk, which is two feet wide, would 

 this have the right effect, or should we 

 liave some more pipes above our carna- 

 tions? M. M. 



I would not advise piping your house 

 in the way you suggest. The 2-inch 

 pipes on the sides of the house may be 

 all right, but the 1-inch pipes should 

 be distributed more over the house. Put 

 one on each side of the house under the 

 bencii, against the wall. Lay the other 

 two on top of the walk, one on each 

 side. This will allow much freer radia- 

 tion than would be possible with the 

 pipes underneath the walk. 



Always bear in mind that the cold al- 

 ways comes in from the outside, and not 

 from the ground upward, as some seem 

 to imagine. So in a narrow house most 

 of the pipes should be along the sides 

 of the house, with only enough scat- 

 tered through the middle of the house 

 to take care of the cold which would 

 drop downward from the roof. 



A. F. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Conditions continue to improve nice- 

 ly. Occasionally there comes an off day, 

 but the market has not been more bare 

 of flowers for a long time. The supply 

 from outdoors is steadily on the wane 

 and the indoor cut is not yet heavy, al- 

 though constantly growing. Boses are 

 not overabundant and are moving well 

 at somewhat improved prices. Killarney 

 and White Killarney are once more the 

 leaders. Some nice, well colored Mary- 

 lands are seen. Bichmonds are as yet 

 small. Bride and Maid move the slow- 

 est of any varieties. Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 is again coming in good shape. Carna- 

 tions are more plentiful and of rather 

 better quality. Enchantress, Beacon, 

 Winsor, Winona, Pink Delight and 

 White Perfection seem to be the leaders 

 so far. Quite a few single violets are 

 now coming in; these make 50 cents per 

 hundred. 



In addition to Golden Glow, some 

 pink and white chrysanthemums are ar- 

 riving, such varieties as Marquis de 

 Montmort, Mme. Bergmann and Fitz- 

 wygram. Polly Bose and Glory of the 

 Pacific are due in a few days. Orchid 

 flowers are becoming more plentiful and 

 sell quite well. Such gardenias as are 

 seen brin^ good prices. Lilies are now 

 mostly longiflorum and are sufficient for 

 all demands. Valley is selling quite well 

 and is abundant. Some good Bouvardia 

 Humboldtii is seen. 



Asters are nearing the end. Prices 

 rule higher, the best making $2 and 

 smaller flowers $1 per hundred. Gladi- 

 oli are fewer and of poorer quality. The 

 demand is not good. Plenty of cosmos 

 is seen and a moderate quantity of dah- 

 lias, tuberoses and other outdoor flow- 



ers. There is a rather better demand for 

 green stock. 



Exhibition. 



The fall flower, fruit aud vegetable' 

 show of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, which opened September 24, 

 proved to be a remarkably fine one, com- 

 pletely filling all available hall space. 

 The arrangement of exhibits was good 

 and the quality all around excellent. 

 For the best collection of hardy herba- 

 ceous flowers E. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co. were the sole exhibitors, filling 500 

 square feet of space with a grand col- 

 lection finely arranged. 



Dahlias were shown in great numbers. 

 In fact, they were more numerous than . 

 at the New England Dahlia Society's 

 show a week previous. For twenty-four 

 show varieties, prizes went to W D 

 Hathaway, A. E. .Johnson and E.' w! 

 Ela. For twelve varieties, to W K 

 Hall E W Ela and Mrs. L. A. Towle.' 

 vv. D. Hathaway had the best twenty- 

 tour varieties peony-flowered ana W. F ' 

 rurner & Co., New Bedford, led for 

 twelve varieties. The heat peony-flow- 

 ered varieties shown were Bertha von 

 Suttner Holstein, Alsace, Andrew Car- 

 negie, H. Hornsveld, La Riante, Allen- 

 dale, Germania and Queesk Wilhelmina. 



Cactus varieties were shown in large 

 numbers. For twenty-four varieties, the 

 winners were W. D. Hathaway, Joseph 

 Thorpe and J. K. Alexander. The win- 

 ning collection included H. Shoesmith, 

 Kuby Gnnsted, Aurora, Royal Scariet, 

 lanthe, Ignea, Malcolm Richardson, 

 Belle, Mercury, Rev. T. W. Jamieson, 

 C repuscule, Advance, Dorothy, Phineas, 

 Directeur Quennec, Elsie, Countess of 

 Kenmarc, Gustave Beers, William Mar- 

 shall, Clincher and Master Carl. For 

 twelve cactus, the winners were W. F. 

 Tumor & Co., Joseph Thorpe and E W 

 Ela. 



Decorative varieties came next to the 

 cactus in popularity. For twenty-four 

 varieties, W. D. Hathaway again led 

 with Le Colosse, Yellow Colosse, Beaute 

 Lyonnaisse, Souvenir de Gustave Doa- 

 zon, Le Grand Manitou, Louis Hariot 

 Jeanne Charmet, Mrs. Roosevelt, Com- 

 mandant Rivoire, Santa Cruz, Gabriel 

 Delain, Ville de Lyon, Lucy Fevrier, 

 Papa Charmet, Helene Charmet, Van 

 den Dael, Morocco, La Geant, La France, 

 Mane Collett, Mme. Mollard and Source 

 de Feu; Competition was keen for 

 twelve varieties of decoratives. W. F. 

 Turner & Co., who were first, had the 

 grandest blooms seen of this class in the 

 entire show. They were as follows: 

 Souvenir de Gustave Doazon, Helene 

 Charmet, Jeanne Charmet, La Geant, 

 Phenomenal, Mrs. Grinsted, Lo Grand 

 Manitou, Marie Collett, Yellow Colosse, 

 Gigantea, Lucy Fevrier and Mammoth. 

 W. K. Hall was second and E. W. Ela 

 third. ' 



For twelve varieties of pompons, J. 

 K. Alexander was well in the lead as 

 usual, E. W. Ela, second. Twelve vases 

 of singles, W. F. Turner & Co. were 

 first, E. W. Ela, second. largest and 

 best collection of named varieties, one 

 flower of each, brought out a big dis- 

 play. George Walker won with a splen- 

 did collection, well staged; J. K. Alex- 

 ander, second; H. L. Winter, third, 



B. Hammond Tracy secured the silver 

 medal for the best display of gladioli. 

 A dinner-table decorated with Dawn 

 looked inviting. Other varieties well 

 shown were Independence, America 

 Sunrise, Tiger, Eosella, Harvard, Mrs' 

 Francis King .and Maidm 's Blush 



