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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 25, 1909. 



CARNATION CUT. 



Edgar Bourne, grower for S. J. Eyan, 

 Methuen, Mass., furnishes these addi- 

 tional figures of carnations cut from Oc- 

 tober 5 to December 31 last: 



No. of plants. No. of blooms. 



2,688 Enchantress 12,100 



960 Pink Lawson 7,S7() 



936 Mrs. Patten 3,830 



480 White Lawson 2,725 



296 Ked Lawson 1,150 



5,360 plants 27,675 



ANOTHER RECORD. 



Being quite interedted in the figures as 

 to cuts of carnations that have appeared 

 in the Review, we were induced to look 

 up our cut for the months of November, 

 December, January and February. This 

 includes only those recorded in our books 

 as sold, but not those sold for cash from 

 the greenhouse. We estimate the latter 

 at about 1,000, which is a low estimate. 

 The following, then, is our total cut: 



Recorded in our books 11,320 



Sold from greenhouse 1,000 



Total 12,320 



These were cut from 1,500 plants of 

 the varieties Lawson, Enchantress, Lady 

 Bountiful, "White Perfection and some of 

 the newer kinds. This would show an 

 average cut of eight blooms per plant in 

 four months. 



We would like to hear from any one 

 that cut a larger average per plant. 



For the two weeks preceding March 15 

 we cut 2,967 blooms. 



E. Friederichsen & Sons. 



[The Review will be glad to hear from 

 any other growers. The figures will be 

 most interesting if the number of plants 

 of each variety is stated, with the num- 

 ber of blooms cut of that variety.] 



IT IS THRIPS. 



I am sending some buds of Rose-pink 

 Enchantress and hope you can tell me 

 what the trouble is. We have fourteen 

 varieties on the place, and all are badly 

 affected, except Lady Bountiful, Win- 

 Bor and Beacon. I am only a section 

 man, but have had charge of these houses 

 the last ten days. The plants are strong 

 and otherwise healthy. The stems are 

 extra long and the foUage all that could 

 be wished for. I cannot find any thrips. 



J. D. B. 



The specimens forwarded showed plain- 

 ly the ravages of thrips. Examination 

 of the buds did not reveal any of the 

 insects, but their work could be seen 

 readily enough. 



You will Ukely have a large task on 

 your hands to rid the plants of this pest, 

 and the sooner you begin the better. By 

 this time you are having springlike 

 weather and the critters will multiply at 

 an enormous rate. The warmer it gets 

 the faster they multiply, and the harder 

 it is to eradicate them. 



Nicotine is the most effective destroyer 

 of this insect. Spraying is the least 



harmful to the blooms, and if a fair 

 percentage of the blooms are good, let 

 the bulk of your operations consist of 

 this method. If, however, nearly all the 

 blooms come specked, you might as well 

 employ other methods as well. Dust the 

 plants heavily with tobacco dust and 

 fumigate every night for a week. A 

 tablespoonful of cayenne pepper added 

 to each pan of fumigating tobacco dust 

 is supposed to make it more effective. 

 Try it. I am surprised that Beacon and 

 Winsor are not also affected. Both are 

 favorites of this pest. A. F. J. B. 



( CARNATIONS IN GERMANY^ 



The Neptune carnation, oikwbich I 

 now have a good stock, is behaving finely. 

 Its blooms are almost as big as those of 

 Enchantress, and have a fine color. 



I would advise you to put a note in the 

 Review telling the American carnation 

 raiser that in Germany, especially, all 

 fancy colors are wanted. For instance, 

 Mrs. Patten, though a slow bloomer, is 

 grown here in quantities and sells always 

 at a high price. 



Of all new varieties, besides Neptune, 

 we have found only Afterglow and An- 

 drew Carnegie worth growing largely in 

 this vicinity. Carnegie is really a good 

 thing. We grow it very cool — about 48 

 degrees at night or lower. It bears only 

 first-class blooms, which easily bring top 

 price always. 



The Review is much liked with us, and 

 we are always looking forward eagerly 

 for the latest issue. Arthur Moll. 



Soden, Germany. 



NEW STOCK DISEASED. 



I have been growing Joost for over 

 ten years and they are entirely free from 

 disease and getting better rather than 

 running out, but when I get new varie- 

 ties I find them all diseased. How can 

 I treat them the first year to check dis- 

 ease? G. O. K. 



Mrs. Frances Joost was a splendid 

 variety in its day and would no doubt 

 be grown now, but for its lack of size. 

 It was a great favorite here until Mrs. 

 Lawson and other larger varieties forced 

 it out. No grower could grow it today 

 and compete successfully with the ' top 

 grades of modern varieties in any first- 

 class flower center. 



As for the newer introductions being 

 diseased, we beg to differ with you. We 

 do not pretend to say that none are dis- 

 eased, but we do say, and most em- 

 phatically, that on an average the varie- 

 ties introduced in recent years have been 

 healthier by far, and the cuttings sent 

 out stronger, than was the case at the 

 time Mrs. Joost was disseminated. Any 

 extensive purchaser of new varieties will 

 corroborate this statement, I feel sure. 

 You will also find that carnation grow- 

 ers in general have their stock freer from 

 disease than was the case at that time. 

 One sees little rust these days and little 

 leaf-spot disease where carnations are 

 the principal crop raised. Stigmonose, 

 formerly called bacteriosis, still baffles 

 the growers soTnewhat, but is no more 

 prevalent than in the days of Silver 

 Spray, Daybreak, Grace Wilder, etc. 



Carnation Conquest. 



