NoMMBKIt 2, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



17 



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



ii\c j;:ill(ii]>. 'riuMi |iour t lie twit to- 

 gether ;iii(| vciii li;i\(' Jionlcaiix iiiixtuie. 

 loll enii Use less (if eiirli in^reilicut t(i 

 'ii.ilse a sMiallcr ijuantity, or \(iu can 

 !.iiy Jiordcaux niix'tiiif, already ]ii'e 

 .■ai'e(l, from tlu^ leailiiii^' sii|i|il\- liouses. 

 line nooil a|i]ilicati()n of tliis is iis\ially 

 eiKiu^li, lull it '-an lie 7'e|ieate<l in a 

 ■ ■(iMpie 111' week^ if deetnecl lieeessa r\ . 



A. I'. .1 i;. 



CARNATION RUST. 



We lia\'e a I ad case nf iiist nn W liiie 

 I jieliaiitross, (inc. 1 l)olicvo. to late' 

 ipeiu'liiii;:-, for th(\\- seeiiK^d to liavo it 

 Mil wlioii we liroUL'ht tliein in. We took 

 all jireeautions and did iiu iu|i water- 

 ing and applit'd Bordeaux iminediately. 

 'lilt it doesn't seem to clieck and now 

 iliat <^ood tlowers are coiiiiii;^. the enrc 

 -eeiiis worse than the disease, f(ir the 

 Bordeaux sjioils tlie hlossoins. We 

 ihoufiht you nii<iht sujig'est another 

 remedy and would be ^I'l^l to hear from 

 ;in\oiie A\lio e(uild help us out. 



X. >.».: .1. 



Sometimes we find tliat, in s|iite of 

 everything we can do to cheek this 

 eommoii disease of the carnation, ir will 

 continue to spread. 



'I'he treatment yon j^ave was all 

 right and should have cheeked it. 



Instead of spraying with the Bor- 

 deaux mixture, i1nst the plants with 

 <!rape Dust, or with air-slaked lime and 

 (lowers of suljihur. mixing them half 

 and half. 



Water carefully at the roots, but do 

 not spray overhead unless driven to it 

 liv red sjiider. A. F. .T. B. 



HIGH NIGHT TEMPERATURE. 



1 have a splendid house of carnations, 

 in a flourishing condition, but have 

 chrysanthemums in the same house, so 

 1 find it necessary to keep a low fire 

 in order to prevent dampness. I leave 

 the ventilators open at night, but in 

 s]iite of that the heat sometimes runs 

 u|i to O.J or 7(» degrees. I'lease tell ine 

 whether that will hurt my carnations. 

 They are looking well and I should not 

 lilM to sjioil them. We arc having lots 

 of warm, rainy weather, so I think it 

 would be dangerous to stop tiring, on 

 ai count of the nmms. 1 .•ini located in 

 northwestern Massachusetts. !'.<'. 



• Ills! how luumful it may be to your 

 earnations fo hrnc the temperature run 

 up to <;.*, or 70 degr(>es at night would 

 depiMid 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 cast as you ar(> 

 located, and therefore am not com 

 peteiit to speak of the advisability of 

 keeping u]i so high a temperature on 

 ai'count of dam|mess on the mums, but 

 in our locality we would not consider 

 that we needed tnu( h tiring as long as 



n a- 



1 he teni| crat lire rema ilied a- 

 I'lii (|eo||,|.v, ex'en though it might be 

 <|iiite damp, b'linniag t lie >te:iin arouml 

 Three or fcuir times in the twent\-foiir 

 Inuirs, to kee|i the air moviiii;, would 

 be consider(>d sullicient to pceviMit 

 dani|iing of the mums. This would not 

 Mill the teni|)era( lire up much, and at 

 tile same time it would keei» the at 

 mosphere dry by ktH'ping it moving. 



it shouM be remembered that aii> 

 plant will si;ind a higher tem|i<Mature 

 with the ventilators raised than it will 

 with no \entilatiou on. Hence, if the 

 ventilators are raised, it \vill not in.juri' 

 ,\(»ur carnations it' the teinjierature runs 

 up to 05 degrees occasionally, provid- 

 ing you do not maintain it too long. 

 Do exeiything you can, liowe\er, to 

 kei'p it down somewhere ne:ir -IS de- 

 grees. As soon as it becomes cold 

 enough to require steady tiring, vou 

 will be able to do this. ' A. P. .1.11 



MULCH AND LIQUID FERTILIZER. 



I'ieas(> tell me what makes the best 

 mulch for carnations and what is the 

 best liquid manun^ with which to feed 

 them. .r. .T. 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 m|,' rhe soil I'roiii 

 lialxing and drying out. It'. Iiowewr. 

 \oii w.Miit mendy to proveiit diving out 

 ill spots, then yoii want tlu; manure 

 pretty well rotted. K'otted stable ma 

 niire will also answei well in that case. 



To mak'e li(juiil manure, \'oii can use 

 the cattli* manure with good sikm^oss. 

 varying it occasionally vvith sliv^qj ma 

 aiire ;ind wooil ashes. Of the cattle 

 manure jmt a bushel in a bag and hang 

 it ill a ."0-gallon bai-rtl of water. Of 

 sheep manure use about one-fourth that 

 amount. How often yon ap[dy the feed 

 must depend entirely on the condition 

 of your ])lants. No liai'd and fast rule 

 cut be laid down for this. If the jilants 

 are strong and well established and the 

 weather is normal, Avith a gootl deal of 

 sunshine, then an application of the 

 ftMvl once each week will not be too 

 much. lUit in case of dark Aveather, 

 keep your eye on the texture of thi- 

 stock and at the first sign of softness 

 r(>duce the feeding. 



A light sprinkling of wood ashes 

 alioiit once in six weeks will help to 

 stilTen the stems. .Vir-slakeil linu' also 

 will have this effect, but we like the 

 .ishes better, as they do not seem so 

 caustic. There are a nuniber of other 

 materials which are good for the pur- 

 pose of varying the diet, such as dried 

 i)lood, tankage and a number of the 

 complete fertilizers olTered bv the 

 trade. A. 1'. .'l. B. 



A NOVEL PICTURE. 



The rmohini 

 -tranue tiranks. 



camera [days some 

 :ind it m.-ikes solium in- 



f-i.-'Tja* ' ^.' .''i^^jL'i ■ JI..4-6J .■?•?-. -^i>K I ^- ■ 2-5 . 



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



