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NOVBMBEB 2, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



17 



Looking Three Ways at Once in the Carnation Range of P. J. Oltnger, New Castle, Ind. 



five gallons. Then pour the two to- 

 gether and you have Bordeaux mixture. 

 Vou can use less of each ingredient to 

 make a smaller quantity, or you can 

 buy Bordeaux mixture, already pre- 

 jmred, from the leading supply houses. 

 One good application of this is usually 

 enough, but it can be repeated in a 

 couple of weeks if deemed necessary. 



A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION RUST. 



We have a bad case of rust on White 

 Enchantress, aue, I believe, to late 

 benching, for they seemed to have it 

 on when we brought them in. We took 

 all precautions and did no top water- 

 ing and applied Bordeaux immediately, 

 but it doesn't seem to check and now 

 that good flowers are coming, the cure 

 seems worse than the disease, for the 

 Bordeaux spoils the blossoms. We 

 thought you might suggest another 

 remedy and would be glad to hear from 

 anyone who could help us out. 



N. & J. 



Sometimes we find that, in spite of 

 everything we can do to check this 

 common disease of the carnation, it will 

 continue to spread. 



The treatment you gave was all 

 right and should have checked it. 



Instead of spraying with the Bor- 

 deaux mixture, dust the plants with 

 Grape Dust, or with air-slaked lime and 

 flowers of sulphur, mixing them half 

 and half. 



Water carefully at the roots, but do 

 not spray overhead unless driven to it 

 by red spider. A. F. J. B. 



HIGH NIGHT TEMPERATURE. 



I have a splendid house of carnations, 

 in a flourishing condition, but have 

 chrysanthemums in the same house, so 

 I find it necessary to keep a low fire 

 in order to prevent dampness. I leave 

 the ventilators open at night, but in 

 spite of that the heat sometimes runs 

 up to 65 or 70 degrees. Please tell me 

 whether that will hurt my carnations. 

 They are looking well and I should not 

 like to spoil them. We are having lots 

 of warm, rainy weather, so I think it 

 would be dangerous to stop firing, on 

 Account of the mums. I am located in 

 northwestern Massachusetts. F. C. 



Just how harmful it may be to your 

 carnations to have the temperature run 

 up to 65 or 70 degrees at night would 

 depend altogether on how often it runs 

 up to that mark and how long it stays 

 there at each time. I have never had 

 any experience so far east as you are 

 located, and therefore am not com- 

 petent to speak of the advisability of 

 keeping up so high a temperature on 

 account of dampness on the mums, but 

 in our locality we would not consider 

 that we needed much firing as long as 



the temperature remained as high as 

 60 degrees, even though it might be 

 quite damp. Eunning the steam around 

 three or four times in the twenty-four 

 hours, to keep the air moving, would 

 be considered sufficient to prevent 

 damping of the mums. This would not 

 run the temperature up much, and at 

 the same time i,t would keep the at- 

 mosphere dry by keeping it moving. 



It should be remembered that any 

 plant will stand a higher temperature 

 with the ventilators raised than it will 

 with no ventilation on. Hence, if the 

 ventilators are raised, it will not injure 

 your carnations if the temperature runs 

 up to 65 degrees occasionally, provid- 

 ing you do not maintain it too long. 

 Do everything you can, however, to 

 keep it down somewhere near 52 de- 

 grees. As soon as it becomes cold 

 enough to require steady firing, you 

 will be able to do this. A. F. J. B. 



MULCH AND LIQUID FERTILIZER. 



Please tell me what makes the best 

 mulch for carnations and what is the 

 best liquid manure with which to feed 

 them. J. J. C. & S. 



There is no doubt that rotted cow 

 manure makes by far the best mulch- 

 ing material for carnations or any other 

 crop. If the plants are pretty well 

 established and in condition to stand 

 a little feeding, then you "want it not 

 too well rotted. If it is just rotted 

 enough to be free from danger of sour- 

 ing, it will give your plants a good 

 deal of nourishment as well as the pro- 



tection for the surface of the soil from 

 baking and drying out. If, however, 

 you want merely to prevent drying out 

 in spots, then you want the manure 

 pretty well rotted. Rotted stable ma- 

 nure will also answer well in that case. 



To make liquid manure, you can use 

 the cattle manure with good success, 

 varying it occasionally with sheep ma- 

 nure and wood ashes. Of the cattle 

 manure put a bushel in a bag and hang 

 it in a 50-gallon barrel of water. Of 

 sheep manure use about one-fourth that 

 amount. How often you apply the feed 

 must depend entirely on the condition 

 of your plants. No hard and fast rule 

 can be laid down for this. If the plants 

 are strong and well established and the 

 weather is normal, with a good deal of 

 sunshine, then an application of the 

 feed once each week will not be too 

 much. But in case of dark weather, 

 keep your eye on the texture of the 

 stock and at the first sign of softness 

 reduce the feeding. 



A light sprinkling of wood ashes 

 about once in six weeks will help to , 

 stiffen the stems. Air-slaked lime also 

 will have this effect, but we like the 

 ashes better, as they do not seem so 

 caustic. There are a number of other 

 materials which are good for the pur- 

 pose of varying the diet, such as dried 

 blood, tankage and a number of the 

 complete fertilizers offered by the 

 trade. A. F. J. B. 



A NOVEL PICTURE. 



The revolving camera plays some 

 strange pranks, and it makes some in- 



An American Beauty House of P. J. Olinger, New Castle, Ind. 



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