MAic. 11 Jl, liU'J. 



TheWeekly Florists' Review< 



21 



MMI'.int OI- CAltNATION lI.OWKItS. 



l!»Oi>-l!»l(> - - --llllO-imi — 



Totiil. Av. i)U. Tol:!!. Av. pit. 



Hciipoi) hm:>.; is.:; i;;,<!(is n." 



\v. i'( TicciiiPii. . ii.cTi; i.'i.i; s.ino ii<' 



Kiuliaiilicss ...11/JSil 11, r. 1l.l.'l-.' 11. C. 



AVCIMKO fill' r.lOII-l"! is ful- NdVCMllllT lO Mm.V I. 



AviTii;;o ful- liiKi-ll is l(ir Ocldlicr Id May 1. 



It is iiitcrcstiiid' to note tli:it, in {\u\ 

 J']ncli;int rcss iiist is more abuiidaiit in 

 till' sections ((intaiiiiiid; four units of 

 iiitroji;iMi. This is in iicfonlaiicc with 

 the obscr\;it ions of otlicr ('X|)(Miinental 

 ists. 



As far as can lie ilftcrniiiuMl at ]n-os- 

 ont, tlic results vciify the statement 

 made last year, tliat just as jfood flowers 

 can be j^' row II with t'oinmercial for 

 tili/.ers. It yel remains to ii(> deter- 

 miiUMl wliether iictter llowers can lie 

 obtained. 



Commercial Fertilizers Are Strong. 



JlowH'xcr, ill the cas(; of I'oinmi'rcial 

 fertilizers, it must be borne iii mind 

 that thev are <'xtreni(dy concent rato<l 

 and so must be used witli emit ion. An 

 injudicious use of these fertilizers will 

 be followed 1>\ iiieater ilisaster than 

 in the case of natural manures. 



Aceordiiid' to the results secured from 

 the work at the eNperimeiit station, 

 wc eoiisider that it would Ix^ advisable 

 to use (diemical fertilizers in the grow- 

 in<;j of carnations. We recommend, 

 however, that only a small area be de- 

 voted to tlieii- trial ilurincf the first 

 year. This is (>ssential, as there must, 

 first, be a decision as to what amount 

 may be applied to the particular soil 

 used. .\ chemical analysis will not show 

 how much fertilizer n(>ed be apidied, as 

 an analysis shows the entire amount of 

 an (dement in tli(> soil and not tlu; 

 amount that will be available <iuring 

 the year. The amount required must, j 

 tlien. be determined by experimenta- | 

 tion. 



What Florists Should Try. 



We suffgest that the florists of the 

 state devote a small amount of space to 

 the use (d' commercial fertilizers, and 

 we rerommend that the followinfj; api>li- 

 cations be the basis of tlie work, as 

 thry may b(> considered safe in the aver- 

 aye soil: 



liricil hlodd. i; to 1 lb-, pel- |ii(i si| I'l. I.ciicii, 

 ."i ill. (lci'|i. 



.\iiiiiidiiiiiiii ~iil|ili:in'. P. Id ■'■ ll's per inO 



."(.I. ft. 



.\ci(| plidspJKilc. :.. Id 1 111 per pill -.|. n. 



rdlllSsi.lTll SIllplKllC. I . Id I IP. |l.'l' lOii s,p ft. 



M.'iiiiirc Id lic iipplicl :il iiiir df .iPdiji :; id l hii. 

 pdi- HIO s.j. II. 



I'rom the work curried on, it has 

 been I'oiind that ammonium sulphate 

 di\,.i the same results as dried blood 

 ami so the two may be used inter- 

 chanyeabl\-. IJoth are usimI to supply 

 nitrofTen. The only iioticeal)le difi'er 

 ciict' ill the use of the two substances 

 is that the soil dries out sooner where 

 Mimiionium sulphate is iiseil. 



Ill a|iplyiiid- these fertilizers we 

 rccomnieiid that the entire amounts of 

 a<id phosphate. i)otassiiim sulphate and 

 about Olio fourth of the dried blood or 

 ammonium suljihale bo incorporated 

 with the soil before plantinj,^. If the 

 fertilizer be ajiidied after the soil is in 

 the bench, it should be allowed to stand 

 for a day or two liet'ore iilantinfj, to 

 a\oiil aiiv i)ossibl(' coirosi\i^ action on 

 the roots by the fertilizer. The re- 

 mainder of 'the dried blood may be 

 added in two or three applications, as 

 desin^d. 



If it is found, as the season advances, 

 that the amount of fertilizer applied 

 is insutTiciont, more may bo added as a 

 top dressinjr and worked into the soil. 

 Tn tins ( aso. as in the first applica- 

 tion, care must be eNercis(>d not to ap- 



I In cli;iit;c ol llic wmk loi- Flnniullii i c ill 



Herman B. Dorner. 



Ilic llliiidiji SPilc Pxpiiiiiiciil spili'iii. 



ply it in too larj^c' a quantity, or dam 

 a<;(> will result. 



Effects of Excess of Fertilizer. 



In rearrangin>^ the experiments in 

 house No. -, it was ffunid ad\isable to 

 d(>vot(i some space to a test of the 

 effects of an ovcrapplic.at ion oi' iCr 

 tilizer. iM^hty feet of bench was set 

 aside for this purpose. This was di 

 sided into eijfht sections, four of which 

 were planted with White Perfect ion and 

 four with White l\ntdiant ress. I'ei 

 tilizers were ajijilied as fidlous. 



Maiiill-d nl i-al. I -J,". IPs. |icr Ic" -'i I i . 



Iiricd hi 1, I III-, pel- Idd -I II. 



.\ci(l pl|d.s|,li;ild. I III I" T Id, I -,| 11. 

 rdtassiiiin sullilialc. I lli l 'i' Um -p ' ' 



This comiiinat ion was applied in ali 

 the' sections with the execpiiuii ot niie 

 control in ea<di xarielv. wliieli euii 

 taineil onl\ the amount of naliiial man 

 lire applied to all. .\fter the phiiit< 

 were established, two sid-rious weie 

 yi\'eii we<d<ly ••ipplicat ions i>i' dried 

 blood, two were yiscii acid piiii>|.h;it e 

 and two |iotassiiim sulphate. I'p lo 

 date, fourteen applications, aiiioiinl ii|d 

 to lifteen pounds per fort>- sipiare 



f(^et of liencli sjiace, ha\e 1 n ajiplied. 



This is at the rate of thirt\ seven and 

 fine half pounds [ler I'l'! square feet. 

 j Records of Blooms. 



Tlie followinjT talile shows the imm 

 ber of flowers cut to Mandi 1; 



WIlMi: I:M II ANTKKSS 



('al^ \, 

 Halt 

 TdPal. II K s|,lii. Spin 



I Iliiih III I Id-. 11 -'PP J.vj j i:; 



1 iiich piidspii.iiii,- .:;i;i --'s.-, , :;■-■ 



i Hinli ii..ia--iiiiii . ::ip -Si :.' ::: 



j Control I'TP J-Jl I -I I 



' Siciii SliTii^'lli lldwcr, 

 i Imi-i 



1 •_' :; Siift. i".t. 



; nicli niirotrcn. . . .UlT is -i :;ti 



Ili!:li iihosplidiais.L'Ps I'l; l :; 



I Ilii-'h piitassiiiiM. ,-_'Pl Jl 1 1 



Cdiiirdl -'<■ 1- 1 ' 



Willi i; i'i:i:ri:t I min 



Calv.v 

 Half 

 •Idlal. O.K. split. SpUt, 



I I lull iiiiidL:cii. . . .:;'-'i; :;ii. - i • 

 lli'.-li j.iid-phdiii-. ..;.-,p :;ie. i "< 

 I li:;li p.ila-siillli . . .:'.l i -s ( ; ; 

 (-iiinil :;-T L's.; II 



Si. 'Ill Slnn-l i' rid« .i'- 



I iiip'-r- 

 I •_• :; s,,ii i,.,t, 



I \i-', pl..i-ph.ii ii.s ..■:;J si I'l '■' 1" 



lii:;l, hill-..:;.-!,. .. i;7 t s| I M '< 



lli-li p..ia--iiiiii --I'l ^1 I'i 

 1 .,iiir..l . . . --i; s:; s 17 is 



II;, il .|,l,i, :ir.. II, .-d uii.Td llid .■■■il.'. \ I- partl.v 

 I, i.. kill 1.111 11. il i-ii..ii:;li 1.1 liiP ili'-iii .Mil.. 11-' the 



-plii- 



I ii.l.r ■■Snii; SU-.ai::!!..' I i ii'lml..- all -'cms 

 ,P:,l l,,.p| III,. i!,.\\.T- iipri^l.i. ■_' II.. -■ -li-iii- thar 

 .,li,,„ i;,.. i|.,u.T-. I.. P.ai.l ..%.■!■ all. I :; '!i.- vcr.y 

 v..-,\ -'.'111- "S.iii i..|.i- I.. i!.i\i.-i- ..I J.oor 

 fMiiiv. ■linp.Mi.il ■' :.'l.a.- L. .ill ..Ili.a- iiiiper- 

 l.'.l 1..I1-. 



M|i-,.r\ ;i I ioll- 1;ikeli ill llle limine show 

 IMI :i|i|i|eciali|c. .|lllelT.l|C,.S ;i- \r1 111 ths 

 v,.,tinl|s with Ipi^e iplP 111 it les ill' JihoS- 



pliuiiis ;iii'l pntassiinii. 



Ill ihd li,;i\y iiitriid,.n -...tiiuis the 



|idlM-e .-IpliePls t<i I e :i little lilUeP. The 

 -telll-, ImWeVel. ale Ihlpdl VNeaUel', aS 



1-, -how n l.\ the table, aiei iinUe llnwers 



;ir,. s,,t't and i ii: iieife.t . Th.' p. tills do 



n,,t lia\e the liiii-li nl llio~e "1 the i-on- 



tied s,.,-tions. 



r 

 Commercial vs. Natural Manures. 



Til,, iiliject ul' tills fXperillielil is tO 



■,-,,iiip;i le i';irii;it ions uMowii with cuminer- 



.ial teltlll/el^ Willi thus,. ■_rrOWII with 



iiptiiiiil iii:iiiure-. In this expenment, 

 ;,< 111 i!p. f.iniiei-. WliiT.i Torfection 

 ;iii,i Wliite llnchaiiTiess were ased Kach 

 \ariet'. ha.l two sc'tinps. containing 

 •jr, I pl.-iiits. ( iiie s,.ction in each x-ariety 

 was ,|,.\iited to commercial fertilizers 

 .■111,1 the other to natural manures. 



III tlie i-oiiiii.ercial fertili.'^or section 



the t'nlliiW il|d' ipiailtitieS Were lised; 

 IContliuied on page I.t.' 



