MiBCH 11, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



33 



"The Bee that gets the Honey don't hang around the Hive " 



'"flS 'tSl'oMe''^ Tromey's Green Carnation Dope ^et Ir'bS 



nesB on St. Patrick's Day. We guarantee Tromey's 



PRICES:— Enough dope for 1 pint $0.50 „ ^ ^ , i_.. a • i j « 



'^ " 1 quBrt.... 1.00 Green Dope to color any white flower quicker and more 



„ , ,^ " „ " XT * ^ gallon.. . 8.50 thoroughly than any other proceae; also Enchantress car- 

 Sent prepaid by mall. No eampleB. Satis- ,. ^ n -n j i:.^ ^t^^*. „-«„^ «^i^- 



faction guaranteed or money refunded. nations, and will produce a solid, perfect green color. 



Long Dittaici Pliaae, 

 Canal 4037, 



TROMEY FLOWER SHOP, 923 Vini St., CINCINNATI, 0. 



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CYACEINE FLOWER COLORING 



Is Simply Mixed with Water and Absorbed throug:h the Stems. 



It Colors and Preserves and Is Not Poisonous ^^ems'^^"^ ''*"° ^^^'^'' '■^^'" '^'^ 



80c per quart, of any color, by mail. St. Patrick Green— Pink — Orang^e— 

 Blue— Yellow — American Beauty. 



Remit with order. Cash or stamps. 



^ Put flowers into the solution as soon after 

 ^ picking as possible. Shorten stems for 

 quick results. Keep in a warm, dry room 

 while coloring. Color should begin to 

 show in fifteen or twenty minutes. After 

 coloring, wash the stems, put them into 

 water and treat as other flowers. 



C. R. CRANSTON, tx 



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73 Fifield Avenue, PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



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GREEN CARNATIONS 



DON'T 



Be Tooled Acaln 



Buy from 



Tbe OrlBlnator 



not the 



Imitator 



FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAT. I send you, postpaid to any address, enough pulverized coloring to make one quart of 

 the Btronsest liqnid dye for $1.00; enough for one gallon, $3.50. I guarantee my goods to be the colorlns and does 

 the work satiafactorily. 



ORDER NOW FDFn AF/ID PREE SAMPLES 



Directions wltb eaob box M ■wL^I^ \#Bm>/^m%> (Orlelnator ot Green Flowers) 

 1113 VINE STREET. CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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GREEN CARNATION FLUID 



Buy the genuine stuff from Mrs. Beu, THK ORIGINATOR, who made the first fluid and exhibited the first green carnations at the Ohlcago Chrysanthe- 

 mum show S TEARS AGO. $1.00 per Quart. Cash with order. Can also be had In powder form, enouffh for one quart, $1.00. 



1 ve just gotten up a compound that colors carnations a Beautiful Yellow. It is the latest thing out and is causing a commotion around the Chicago 

 Flower Market. Try a sample quart. Price, same as the green. ^ • 



MRS. F. BEU, 



bright, a papet should be spread over the 

 flats during the day, and removed towards 

 evening. This prevents too rapid evapo- 

 ration. The seeds will usually germinate 

 in from four to ten days, when all shad- 

 ing should be removed and the flats kept 

 in a light, airy position free of draughts. 

 It requires good judgment in watering to 

 prevent damping oflf by excess of moist- 

 ure, or injury by becoming too dry. 



When the seedlings have developed 

 their second leaves, they should be trans-- 

 planted into small pots or flats. I prefer 

 the latter, as there is less danger of a 

 check by becoming too dry. They should 

 be kept in a light, airy position to insure 

 a compact growth, in a night temperature 

 of 45 to 50 degrees. Then they can be 

 planted in the field during May, when 

 danger of check from frosts has. passed. 



Plant in rows similar to general varie- 

 ties. Those making a compact, bushy 

 growth should not be stopped back but 

 allowed to bloom, to determine whether 

 they are worth being transplanted into the 

 greenhouse later for a further test. 

 Those inclined to run up with a single 

 stem and no side growths should have the 

 centers pinched out, so as to induce a 

 bushy growth, so valuable later, should 

 the variety prove an acquisition. The 

 idea of encouraging the seedlings to 

 bloom earlv is to be able to select from 

 the field those worthy of further trial in 



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the greenhouse. This enables one to 

 save much valuable space that might 

 otherwise be taken up by worthless sorts. 



Character of the Seedlinsfs. 



In selecting seedlings from the plants 

 that have bloomed in the field, only* those 

 developing desirable characteristics should 

 be taken into the greenhouse. The usual 

 result from a batch of seedlings raised 

 from the ordinary commercial varieties is 

 fifty per cent singles, thirty-five per cent 

 splits or abnormal blooms, and fifteen 

 per cent non-splitting. These figures 

 sometimes vary to less singles and more 

 split blooms. 



It is often desirable to save single 

 varieties exhibiting profuse blooming 

 qualities and healthy, vigorous constitu- 

 tions. Select those with a strong, well- 

 formed calyx and wide petal; make the 

 single variety the seed bearer, using 

 pollen from extra double and even split 

 varieties. Later I may be able to give 

 more definite data from experiments in 

 this direction. Beacon is the first variety 

 I have disseminated, raised from a single 

 yellow variety crossed with a double scar- 

 let seedling. 



The selection of desirable colors is an 

 important matter. One is apt to get en- 

 thused about some particular shade; 

 prejudiced in favor of his own, so to 



Gresn CARNATIONS 



Send 25c and receive by mail a package of dye 

 that will color 75 to 100 carnations green. Have 

 many letters stating it is best on market. 3 pack- 

 ages 60c. 2c stamps accepted. 



LOUIS ELSASS,Chillicothe, Ohio 



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speak, for you know every fellow ' ' thinks 

 his own crow the blackest." 



The buying public is, after all, the 

 real critic and I have found it a pretty 

 safe rule to abide by the taste and selec- 

 tion of the ladies, as they inspect and 

 comment upon the various shades of color 

 in the seedling house. I can well remem- 

 ber when Enchantress was in its second 

 year, with some thirty-five plants in 

 bloom, the ladies used to stop and ex- 

 claim ' ' Magnificent ! Exquisite ! " Of 

 course a smile of satisfaction on my part 

 was the result, as I thought, "Here is a 

 winner ! ' ' 



In conclusion let > me urge upon you to 

 get all the theory you can. Put it into 

 practice, but don't stick to any man's 

 say so. Work with a definite object in 

 view, keep careful notes, watch results, 

 and keep before you as a watchword and 

 guide to success, first, last and all along, 

 the word Selection. ■< 



