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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Ant 1 1, ir., 10(11). 



'I'liiit V liltli ^Mcrt. 'I'lic ]>l;iiits aiitl tlio 

 llowris wore citlicr diit'etlv or iiuliicctly 

 voiiiioi-tcil with tlu' soil, hut the iisscssors 

 ai'ifiiccl ll:at \\\v\ wiic In be sold as jter- 

 soiial itropcrty, ami shmihl lie taxed as 

 peisciiial proiieity. A \alnatiiiii of $ls,;',()U 

 was idact'd oil tile L;reenliouses as real 

 <'statr. 



'Till' tax oil Ihi' plants as jiersoiial jii'oji- 

 ■ny has imt ficiu jiaid and a penalty of 

 len \<i'v I fill ha> ai-cnieil. No olijeelion 



has heeii raist'd to tiie tax on the ] 

 erty as real estate, lint it is ]irolialile 

 llie (HU'stiou ol' wiietlier or not the ji 

 in the greenhoiiM' ran be taxed as 

 sonal ]iro|ierty will lie taken to the 

 Irict eourt. — ;Minii( a^iolis .Journal. 



I'i'he l^EViKW will iie ]deased to 

 from any grower \vlio has sueeess 

 eontested an assessment on the yro 

 stoek in his <;reenhoiises after such a 

 sessment om-f had been nnule. i 



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that 



hints 



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dis 



hear 

 fully 

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SOME MORE FIGURES. 



Wc h:i\i' iiriMi (|uiti' liiloiesleil in your 

 publir.at iiiii lit' the liyiires on crops of 

 eaiiiations tliat ha\e been cut by the ilif 

 feieiit <^io\\ii>. Wo have noted some in- 

 quiry ;is til how I'cacini ^\(luld compare 

 with I'.iiiliantros in (|naiitity of blooms 

 per plant, and we would submit the fol- 

 lowing, if you think it Wfnild lie of in 

 tei'est tn your subscribers. 



We will not attenijit to yixc cuts of 



;ill \;iiielies oi'own. but will t;i\e our cut 



of Winsiir. i^cacnn and J-aiehantrcss 



from September 1 In .Mar(di 1. The 



liyures imlucle nutliiii"; but salable flow- 



v'rs. but including splits, but do not 



take intn cnnsideratinn ;iiiy cuttinjj;s 



taken from plants tidui which we jiroji- 



ayaled (|ui1e lieaxily, es|ie(ially of P.e;i- 



eon. 'I'lii' folldwin^ ai'e our i-uls: 



Varii'tv. N^', nf |il;iiii - Itlimius iiit. 



Wiiisor .Mi.V-' ^0..■;!1S 



iciu iiMiitif-- ;;,-iiH( •i:;.4si 



JiC.'lcnN .... '.IT.-I 1 l.fi.'iri 



l''iiim the ;ibn\c it a|ijii;irs that in less 

 than six months wc aM'raycd b'l.-, blooms 

 per plant I'luiu Winsor, iL''.-, blooms jicr 

 jdant from l-liirliant less, niid practically 

 twelve bl(iiim~- |icr plant t'lum r.cacnn. 

 There wa- \\i\- liirthcr dilfcicncc. that 

 the \\'iii--iir .•iiid l!iic|iant I CSS were jilants 

 j)rnpat:aii'd ill .i;iiiiiary and I'cbruai'y. 

 ,\hiie llir philils itl' I'.e.acdli wcic t'roin 

 ..■i(c sinii-k c-iitiiiiL;^. taken the laltcr pail 

 if Mairh .and .•.■irl\ ]i;irt of .\|iiil. 



.\i (-idinu 111 these lit^ure^. we belie\e 

 I'.e.aiiill i^ well .ilije te Imld lis <iWII a- a 



:ii.i.n;. el. WiiiTi: lliai-. 



CARNATION SHASTA. 



1 lie .11-11 iiiipa ii\ 1 11^ I llii-l lal ii III I - pre 



• la I id I 1 'Mil a pliolo:;ra|ih nl a li u 

 ,iliiMii.> 111' ( a iliat iiiii Shasl.a. whiih nas 

 iieeii ta\iiralily ei iinniciit ed upon a iiuni 



lel iif lillieS in ihe-e ciilllllillS sjnce the 



iniiual exhibit inn nf llie .\iiieiicaii <'ai 

 .i.iliiiii ."S.icielv .-iI I ii'l la iia pi i| i-. ill daiiii 

 i:.\. wlieii it w.'is ^lii.wii III! ilie lirst 



• iijie and .-il t lacleij an ii iiii^ii.a lly lar;^e 

 iiiinuiil III aUiiilioii. 



.*-lia^l;i (iiiL;inalei| with liaar i.y Smith. 



it Indian.apiili--. ;ind is the result of a 



rtiss liciweeii l-.ncjiant ress and a jiink 



-.seedliiiL.''. It is ;:listenin^ white and is 



saivl jic\er In s!iii\\ a tiaci' nl color. The 



"(looms ale nt lIKider.ate size. bein;r |ir 



'ween three and three and niie half inches 

 II iliaineler. but the fiHiii i- ils must 

 aoliceaiile ch;ii;icteri-!ic lit' llnwer. ]| is 

 alniii^l perfectly rouiel. full and liii,di 

 "iiuilt in the center, with :i rei^nharity 

 .■xce|ptiiinal anieiiix later d;iy carnations. 

 The v>)i,\\ |.|s state that it eixcs a stem 



of ^ood lenjith, siroiifi enough tn hold 

 u\i the tlower, and that the calyx never 

 sjilits; that it conies into bloom early 

 and is both free and continuous. 



I'aiir iV" Smith have a sto(d\ of some 

 111. Odd plants of Shast;i and are plannine 

 its distribution in the trade. An ar- 

 ranji;ement has been made with ratten 

 >.*c Co., Tewksbury. Mass.. to ^row part 

 of the stock and look after the distrilm 

 tion in eastern territory. 



TOPPING THE YOUNG PLANTS. 



^ly carnations are well established in 

 '2 inch pots .and stand .about six inches 

 liii'h. Wiieii and where shall I i^ive them 



the first ]iinchiii,ii .' 



1). S. 



A ])retty safe rule to be fjoverned by. 

 ill tojipiiifi youiiLi; carnation jilants, is to 

 wait until tlioy be<jiii to leiifjthen out be 

 tweeii the joints. ^^hell you can seo 

 ]dainly the stem between the leaves, then 

 is the proper time to tup them. To allow 



them to niii u|i until the bud appears 

 would be wasting' just-4iiat nu»cli time, 

 which iiiiylit as v\ell be <fiven the jilant 

 to make new breaks. And besides that, 

 some few varieties, if .allowed to ^o too 

 lonjf. will harden the stem so tli.at the 

 breaks do ' not come freely, ami poor, 

 slrai^ely jilants are the result. 



As to how high to cut, that is another 

 (|nestion, ^\llich will have iniudi to do with 

 lh(> kind of jilants you will have liiially. 

 \'arietii'S \ary sio much in habit of 

 erowtli that one can hardly lay down a 

 hard and fast rule to govern this part of 

 the oper.ation. On any variety whitdi 

 naturally makes a bushy, well fornuMi 

 |dant, siudi as EnchantiLSs, Beacon, -May, 

 liountifiil, Winona, \'i(dory. Winsor. etc.. 

 we top above the highest .joint which will 

 not throw a bud. l'suall,v this will give 

 us from live to seven joints, tu'cording 

 lo the \ari(dy. Tf conditions in the fi(dd 

 are favorable hater, nearly every eye 

 above groun^l will bri'ak, and line, busliy 

 plants will lesult. 



Such varieties as WHiite Perfect imi and 

 .\ristocr.at you must be very careful with. 

 They need to be topped when the wood 

 is in good condition to break; that is, not 

 too bard. As soon as you can see the 

 stem, as I said before, then take off the 

 top, leaving about live joints on the plant. 

 We like to li.ave these two varieties with 

 the tirst break just started at planting- 

 out time, as in that condition the plants 

 are not so apt to harden on account of 

 the (diange from inside to outside. Better 

 breaks will follow subse(pieiit toppings, 

 and liusliy plants will result. 



If the yonng plants have been allowed 

 to ^'come potbonnd and bard, it is better 

 to top them low, say three or four joints 

 above the soil. The rciisou for that is 

 this: When jilants are cnt back it is nat- 

 ural for them to break from the eye or 

 eyes nearest the cut. When .a young car- 

 n.atiou plant is in smdi condition that it 

 will break from only two or possibly 

 three eves, it is better to li.av c these not 



Carnation Shasta. 



