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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Makcii •_'.">. I'Mi;). 



CARNATION CUT. 



Kil;^;ir lidiiriic, yrowcr tdr S. .1. Kv.-iii, 

 .Mftliiirii, Mass.. I'nrnislics tlirs<' ;iilili 

 tional li^nics nl' r:iriiat inns iiit I'lciiii ( )r 

 lc)t]i_M- .") tci 1 )('cciiiliiT ;;i last: 



Nil, i>( |.l;nils. N". lit' 111 us. 



IJ.C.ss ]:!n-li;ilill'cs> IL'.liHi 



l";ii I'iiiU l..i\\^.pii T.sTii 



!i:;i; Mi-. I'miicu :;.s:;it 



ISO W liiii' l.MWsim I'.TL'.". 



'-",K; Krd LlLWSllM l.I."iO 



5, .'mil piiuits i;t,i;7.") 



ANOTHER RECORD. 



I5cin;i (jiiitc iiit cicsti'il in tlio lijiurcs as 

 tn cuts (if caniatious lliat have a|)|u'air'l 

 ill tlie L'KVii'.w. we were iiidiucil to lotik 

 mi our CMit fdf till' iiioiitlis of Nincinlun'. 

 JJcccmber, .Iniuian- ami Fobniary. This 

 iiieiuilcs only those iccordod in our Ixioks 

 as sold, luit not tlinsc sold for cash from 

 the yrcciihousc. We fstiiiiatc tlio hitter 

 at al)out l.iiiMi. which is a low estimate. 

 Tiie followiiii^. tlieii, is our total cut: 



Recorded in our hooks ll.Mllo 



yold from greenhouse l.ooi) 



Total I:^.:!:.'(i 



These were cut frnm l.-lou plants i>i 

 the \arieties Law son, l^mdiant ress. Lady 

 Jloiiiitiful, Wliite I'erfectioii and some of 

 tho newer kinds. This would show an 

 average cut of eiglil bhioins jier plant in 

 four niontlis. 



We would lil<<' til hear fnim any one 

 tiiat cut a larger a\("iage per plain. 



I'or the t\\(i weeks preceding .March 1 ."i 

 we cut LI, '.HIT liloonis. 



!•;. Fkiki)i:i!I( iisi'.N \- Sdxs. 



I The li'KVii;\v will lie glad to hear from 

 any nlher growers. The ligiires will lie 

 iiicist interi'st ing if the iiumlier nf plants 

 of each \ariety is stated, with the nmn 

 lier lit lilooms cut of that \ariety.| 



IT IS THRIPS. 



1 am sending some Inids uf linse pink 

 I'.iichaiitress and lio[ie you can tell me 

 what the troulile is. We have fourteen 

 varieties on the place, and all are badly 

 affected. e.xce]it Lady liountiful. Win- 

 sor and I'.eacon. 1 am only a section 

 man, bill ha\e had charge of these lioiises 

 the last ten days. The plants are strong 

 and otherwise iiealthy. The stems art- 

 extra long and the foliage all that eoiild 

 be uislieil for. 1 caiinui lind an\- llirips. 



.I.J). 15. 



The siiecimeiis t'l i| \\ a 1 (led slmwed |ilaill- 

 Iv the ia\a^es lit' lliiips. l-\aiiii iiat imi 

 uf the buds did not ie\eal any of the 

 insects, fiul their work cmild be seen 

 readily enough. 



You ^\ill likely liaxe .a large task on 

 your hands to rid the jdaiits nf tliis pest, 

 and tiie sooner you begin the better, liy 

 this time ynii are lia\ing springlike 

 weather and the critters will multiply at 

 an enormous rate. The warmer it gets 

 the faster tli(\v multiply, and the harder 

 it is to eradiciite them. 



Nicotine is the most effective destroyer 

 of this insect. Spraying is the least 



liai'iiifiil 111 the lilooms, and if a fair 

 •Iceiitage of the blooms are good, let 

 the bulk of your operations consist of 

 this method, if, howcxer, nearly .'ill the 

 liloiims com(> sjiecked, you might as well 

 iiii|iloy other methods as well. Dust tiie 

 |il;ints jieaxily with tobacco dust ami 

 liimigate every night for a week. A 

 1ables|iooiifiil of cayenne pepper added 

 to each pan of fiimigatiiig tobacco dust 

 is supposed to make it more etl'ecti\e. 

 Try it. I am surprised that lieacoii and 

 Winsor are not also all'ected. Loth are 

 fa\iirites of this pest. A. F. .1. I!. 



'J'lie iii:viKw is much liked with us. and 

 we are always liioking forward eag<>rly 



for the latest issue. 

 Soileii, (lermanv. 



.\itriirK Mot. I.. 



CARNATIONS IN GERMANY. 



The Neptune carnation, of which 1 

 now liave a good stock, is behasing finely. 

 Its blooms are almost as big as those of 

 l']ii(diaiitress, and liaxc a fine color. 



I wduld advise you to jiut a note in the 

 Kkview' telling the Ainerican carnation 

 rtiiser tliat in dermaiiy, especially, all 

 fancy colors are wanted. h'er instance, 

 .Mrs. L;itten, though a slow bloomer, is 

 grown here in (|iiaiitities and sidls always 

 at a high jirice. 



( )f all new varieties, besides Neptune, 

 we have found only Afterglow and An- 

 drew Carnegie worth growing largely in 

 this \i(dnity. (arnegie is really a good 

 thing. We grow it xcry cool — about Is 

 degrees at night or lower. It bears only 

 first class blooms, which easily bring tii[i 

 iirice alwavs. 



NEW STOCK DISEASED. 



I lia\e been gniwing .loost for over 

 leu ye.ars and they are entirely free from 

 disease and getting better rather than 

 running out, but when I get iii'w varie- 

 ties 1 find them all diseased, liow can 

 i treat them the first vear to check dis- 

 ease.' ■ (L t). K. 



Mrs. biaiices .loost was a splendid 

 \aiiety in its day and would no doubt 

 be grown now, but for its lack of size. 

 It was a great favorite here until Mrs. 

 bawsoii ami other larger varieties forced 

 it out. No grower could grow it today 

 and coiu]iete successfully with tlie top 

 grades of modern \arieties in any first- 

 class (lower center. 



.\s for the newer introductions being 

 diseased, we beg to differ with you. We 

 do not pretend to say that none are dis- 

 eased, liut we do say, and most em- 

 jiliatically, that on an average the varie- 

 ties introduc(>(l in recent years have been 

 healthier by far, and the cuttings sent 

 out stronger, tli.an was the cas(> at the 

 time -Mrs. .Joost was disseminated. Any 

 extensive juindiaser of new varieties will 

 corroborate this statement, I feel sure, 

 "^'oii will also find that carnation grow- 

 <'rs in geiKM'al liasc tliiMr stock freer from 

 disease than wiis the case at that time. 

 One sees little rust these days and little 

 leaf-spot disease where carnations are 

 the principal croji raised. Stigmonose, 

 formerly called bacteriosis, still baffles 

 the growers somewhat, but is no more 

 prevalent than in the days of Silver 

 Siirav, Davbreak, (Irace Wilder, etc. 



Carnation Conquest. 



