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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April 1. 1909. 



■,'. lui <1<) 11; f sii'Triod koop tliom ton warm. 

 I |il;llit in siiil wliii'li is lliiic years o](J 

 I'll .-ill llic Ik'iIs. ;ni(l pl;ili1 iiiy tluMll th( 

 hitli'i' jiMil (if .lanuaiv. I yet tlieni iii 

 liliiorii I'm 1 )cc()r;>l ion day, wlicii T yjci 

 l.'."i rents ;i spike for tlieni." 



CUTTINGS FAIL TO ROOT. 



• an ymi aihise nie as lo wliy I am iiii 

 ■dile Im lodl eutlini:s u I' I'judiant fess :\'\i\ 

 K'lise ]iink i']ni-li;iiit 1 ( S-. .' I am wsiny a 

 north sidr liriich. nmlef wlucli there are 

 li\e 1 '' J inrh hot water jiipes. The front 

 lit' tile heiieii is lioardeil n|i to within two 

 iiieiies oj' tile liottom and liuih ends are 

 lioaiiled np. I lia\i' no ironlde in rooting; 

 White I 'cil'ei-t ioii in the same hen(di ill 

 ihri'e to t'oiir weeks. I'iiirhanl res'- ami 

 L;i\vsoii do iKit soem to maki' an\' roids 

 at all. .\11 the plants were foiced jirelty 

 liea\ily nidil alioiit ^i\ weeks ai;o, when 

 I reduced the 1 cm pel :i t ii re from about oo 

 to .'.() deor,..'^. I,. ).. W. 



N'oiir h'lter does not di--cdose any rea 

 son why yon slionld lie uiiiiliie to roid 

 l']m-haiit less and K'ose pink I'lnehtuitress 

 riittiiios. if you are rooting White Per- 

 feetion without any considerable loss of 

 I'Utliiifis, you ou^lit to root the otlicr tuo. 

 While I'erfectioii is one of the easiest 

 \arieties to root; in fact, we count on 

 rootiii;i' Just alioul li^tl per rent out of 

 e\ cry bat<di \ve put in. While the V.u 

 (diantiMSs \:n'ieties are not <iiiite as de 

 peiidable. yet they are eounted among 

 the etisy ones, litiwson, too. is rather an 

 ■ ■asy one to root, thotieh it does not. as a 

 rule, come out ot' the ^aiid as nice as the 

 others. That is because the roots ^row 

 \ cry bushy ami l)reak oH' easily. 



The ih.anyc in tem)iel;it ii l e should mn 

 m.ak.' that miicii di lleiiaice. llioii;^h :hi 

 hi;^licr ; c;n|ii'r;it n I c Wnuld likely cai.se 

 the cnttinL;~- to be -i<\'\ ami lc>v c:i>-v in 

 loot. I ucd ^i'owiiiL; plant-~ alway- "i\c 

 the b(-t cnttiiii^-. \. 1'". d. I'.. 



letoie niyhl. I'ick idf .all tlu' rusty 

 ie.ives and keep them dusted with (irape 

 hiist or lime and sul|ihnr. The I'oiiner is 

 pret'eia ble. because it not only I'onlti'.iis 

 ilic laitei two. but also other funiiiisile 

 ^t ro\i im acp'enl s. .\ . 1'^. .1 . I '•. 



RUST ON ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Will you kindly tcdl nic what causes 

 the rn^t oil the c.-irnatioii leaf i-indosed? 

 The stock ^o :itlei-ted consists o|' root(>il 

 cuttings, .about tliice inches apart in a 



bed. .\No tell iiir W hat to do to plc\,ml 

 1 he 1 rouble. < '. 1'.. < . 



Siune \arietie-, whiidi are troubled \eiy 

 little with rust on the tloweriii^ phaiits 

 ale t'rerjliellt ly atta(d\ed by it ill the cut 

 ting bi'iicii, (ir while the ynniit; plaiit>- are 

 bccMiiiin;; est ab!i--iied at'tci they nretaki-ii 

 troin the s.ami. The l■l■.■|-^on t'nr this is 

 that in the ]iro|ia j^at iiiu hniises ihc at 

 inos]diciic ccuidiiions whicdi must be main 

 j.iiined to prevent wiltiiiL; arc also con 



dlKtixe to the de\ elopniclit of IllSt ;illd 



kindred (license-. Then. t.io. the ciittinys 

 ..r \iiiinL; plants- aii' natiiiai'v in a weak 

 ciied (-(illdilion until they becdille \Veli es 



labiished in the soil, .and .are less .able tn 

 icsist disease. M^teUe. ('ardinal and dii 

 bilee wiM'e alway- cliiruailt to tiet out of 

 tile sand eiitiri'iy tree t'lmn rust. Snnie 

 L;ro^VelS have Ilnlible with \ ictol\. Tlii-- 

 \ariety will frei|neii1ly come out of the 

 -.and cle;iii. but will take i n-t badly bi'- 

 Idie the young plant> i;ct under w;iy 

 propi'idy. After it ^cts n ^^ond start, it 

 -null outgrows the trouble. 



Voiiii;; ]ilan1s so diseased should be 

 watered carefullv. only on bright days, 

 and earl\- eiioin,di -o they will dry cdV 



USED OLD SOIL. 



.\ . <irei\cldin^, at .Merrill. Wis., i- one 



cif those nr(i\\|.|s w lie ildcs nut bdiexe It 

 liecess;! ly to IClieW the soil ill his b'llclics 



cxeiy year. Last fall the b'i:\i|-.w printed 

 an i lliist rat i<oi of a iioiise ot' (dny-a a; iie 

 munis \\hi(di were in soil two yenis on 

 the beindies. The crop \\a^ laitirely sali^ 

 tai-tory to M i-. ( i rei veldi no. In the il'us 

 trillion ill the (airieiit issue one o t' Ins 

 housi's of carnations is shown. This sail 

 I'.tis bci'li on the lieindies tliiei' years. ( )f 

 it Mr. ( deixcldiiiL; says; 



■ • ^du see by the picliiic that the car 

 ii.ations lia\e stems oiioiioli lo stUisfv any 

 one; the carnations are tiboiit three 

 imdies higher tluin t he >ardst ick sttmdin^ 

 in one of the plants. I lia\'e me.asured 

 some ol' ihe llowers. which are (dose to 

 tour imdies across. .Most "rowers put 

 in new soil emdi s( asou tmd think they 

 cannot oiow carnations ;iny other way; 

 they Wdiild not plant ;i second year in 

 the same soil, lint I shall not throw out 

 this si,i| this suniiner. ^(1U will note that 

 I lia\e no benches, all soli(| IkmIs :i foot 

 hioh for the ciirii.at ions, ami the sanie 

 for ( hrystint heinums. 



'■| recently iioteil soiuconc .-iskin^ if 

 Liladiolus bulbs could be fmccil ; \\ ,, \,:!i- 

 I ill the greenhouses, .and the aii-wi , •::! 

 t hat it weiibl not pay. I li.ad sum,. 1 In; 

 weie lloweied iii-ide i;i-^t snninii r t'l r 'I c 

 second liaa and were iust ns oniid :;s 

 lor the lirst t inie. .\ ftm- llowe! i le.;. I 

 (Iricd them ot'f a ml plantc'l I he --.[ ne 

 conns ill ao;iiii this year. They iiow are 

 ab(ait tell imdies liiyh .and doin^ iiic'ly. 

 The \.ariel\' is .\iiieiica. 1 think iIkkc 



CARNATIONS IN ENGLAND. 



The rapid pidgres- wlii(di I he ca mat ion 

 lias ni.ad" in 1 he few yea.s since it v\as 

 t.akeii lip in Kiiol.aml is nowhere bettei 

 shown ili.aii in ihe spctdal carii.atioii cai 

 ale.one icciaitly issneil by llu<ih Low i\ 

 ' o.. wild wi'ic amoiiL; the lirst of the lino 

 lisli orowers to import varieties from 

 Aimaic.a. They now ha\(' soinething ovci 

 an acre of ^biss in cainations and ji.np.a 

 yate over .a ndllioii yoiiiio p|;ints ( -o-li 

 year. The ca;,alooiic lists |ir.act ica I ! v all 

 the varieties in general <ailti\'a1 ion iii 

 .\ineiic,i. with some few raised (dse 

 \vlie:e. Low iV ( (1. have also turn(>d theii 

 attiaitioii tov\;iri| hvbridi/.ing and li;ive ,a 

 set of four now varieties raisiMJ I'lic^n 

 coiissi's of the .\inericaii sorts. Chief of 

 iliisi' is l'>l,a(d\ ('liief. a seedling from The 

 l'r(sidiait ia( ssed with I larhjwaiihai. 

 whi(di it is s;dd they are tiiinking of dis 

 -iininatino in .\meiica next season. The 

 color is (|ce|i. V(dvety ciamson. Malai.ai 

 •^oiis .are having an e.xceptional sale iii 

 (i|-e,at I'.iitaiii. bow iV: ( 'o. recomtiieiid 

 ihe .\ineiicaii jierpet n.al liovvering c.ariia 

 lions as summer bedding plants for use 

 in Lngl.aml. Tliey s.ay: ""'We h,a\i 

 found thai i he best ri'snits are obtained 

 fidiii planis ill ." imdi pots, vvhicli have 

 lie(ai wintcaed in a cool t'rame and, at the 

 lime of planling. .are electing to llovvia. 

 I'lants which have llovvered durini; the 

 wint(a' in inediiiin sized pots will also pro 

 duce e.xiadhail results. M.ay is the liesi 

 month to phiiit. .\liiiost any well-worked 

 soil is snit.able. .\IIow six to nine inches 

 between ihe planis ami keep the soil well 

 cadtivatc'l (liirino hot weather.'" 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



I'.aii.a i;. Her; on. <>lean. N. Y.. r<'jiis 

 Na- < ';i mat ion (»leaii; parentage. Winsoi 

 ami an iiiikiiowa s.'eillino ot' Winsoi 

 oiowth; color, pink; size of llower. three 

 ;ind one half imdns; li.abit. long, stitf 

 sleirs. with perfect calyx, liovvers very 

 in'i .and fraoi.ant. 



.Xi.UKKf .M. IIi:i;k, Sec 'v. 



Carnations at Nick Greivclding's, Merrill, Wis. 



