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APBIL 15, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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8eated-H. F. Mason, G. W. Walshaw, S. Mortimer, J. S. Bninton. W. U. PaKe. H. Matbias. W. A. Sherwood. 

 Second Row-H. Burnett, E. F. Hawes. A. F. Button, C. H. Curtis, R. P. Felton, W. Splnks. J. Robson. P. Smith, R. Pinches, W. E. Wallace. 



Upper Row-J. Reader, A. Smith, L. J. Cook, C. Engelmann, S. J. Brooks. 



Some of the Men Who Are Popularizing the American Varieties of Carnations in England. 



00 high. Some growers advocate top- 

 ping high at all times, with a view to 

 getting a long stem between the roots 

 and the breaks. In some cases this may 

 be right, but only when the young plants 

 are in perfect condition. It is not a cure, 

 however, for what it was supposed to 

 cure — stem-rot. When the stem of the 

 plant is quite long you will have trouble 

 in getting well shaped plants. You may 

 plant them upright in the field, but soon 

 there may come a heavy rain which will 

 beat the top-heavy plants over, and un- 

 less you go over them after every such 

 experience, the plants will break along 

 the stem on the upper side and one-sided 

 plants are taken up later. 



We always prefer a plant which sets 

 close to the ground, because it is much 

 less troublesome at all times in keeping 

 the growth upright. As to there being u 

 clear stem between the soil and the first 

 break, there is nothing in it. We have 

 had many plants break from eyes below 

 the soil surface, and have experienceil 

 no more trouble with stem-rot on such 

 plants than on any other. When an eye 

 l)reaks below the soil, the stem of that 

 branch becomes the same as the original 

 stem up to the surface and will rot no 

 more than 'the other. When a low-set 

 plant is benched, it is apt to be planted 

 Hbout the same as it was in the field, 

 while a long-stemmed, top-heavy plant 

 IS likely to be set a little deeper into the 

 soil, to make it stand upright. Which do 

 you think will cause the greater amount 

 •>f stem-rot? So the question of when 

 and where to top young carnation plants 

 IS a far-reaching one, and needs careful 

 «tuJy. A. F. J. B. 



GORHAM, Me.— N. W. Hannaford re 

 t'ently made a business trip to Dover, 



ENGLISH CARNATION GROWERS 



American carnation raisers will be in- 

 terested in the accompanying illustra- 

 tions, for the reason that in the group 

 there are some leading growers of Ameri- 



of the gentlemen appear beneath the 

 picture, reading from left to right. 



The smaller illustration shows the 

 challenge cup presented to the English 

 Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society 

 by the American Carnation Society. This 

 cup is oifered for three vases of Amer- 

 ican varieties introduced within the last 

 three years, and the winner each year 

 is to return it for competition at the 

 next annual spring exhibition. Each 

 year's winner is to have his name en- 

 graved upon the cup. The first award, 

 in the exhibition described in the Ke- 

 viEW of April 8, was to Bell & Sheldon; 

 of Guernsey, who showed Afterglow, 

 Aristocrat and Winsor. 



The America Cup. 



can carnations in England, who have 

 been good customers of the American 

 (iisseniinators of novelties. The names 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOQETY. 



Nic Zweifel, North Milwaukee, Wis., 

 registers Carnation Badger State; par- 

 entage, Nelson Fisher x Enchantress; 

 color, dark pink, like Lawson; size, three 

 to three and one-half inches; very rapid 

 grower and extremely free; flowers do 

 not fade in hot weather; stems long and 

 graceful; calyx never bursts; a money- 

 maker. 



The same grower registers Carnation 

 Bright Spot; parentage, Lawson x En- 

 chantress; color, pure bright cerise of 

 even shade; size, tl\ree and one-half 

 inches; early and very prolific; healthy 

 and strong grower; flowers well shaped 

 and are good keepers; stems long and 

 wiry; calyx does not burst. 



A. F. J. Baur, Sec 'y- 



Upper Sandusky, O. — Fred Sammet 

 has purchased the brick building, on 

 North Sandusky avenue, known as the 

 Inman block, for $3,850. 



