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The Florists^ Review 



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WEAK STEMMED ENCHANTRESS. 



1 ^liMiil.l like V< uii'I oniric -lih ii-r mi 

 ■•.•I ili.-il iiiiis, M\ I'lnnt^ li;i\i' liii-c, l;ir:;i' 

 i>looni>. luit tlh' -tfinx ail' weak. 1 u-r.l 

 iii'W soil l;isl lull, witli ciiw inanuro an. I 

 ■^oiiir lime. 1 li;i\r iidt ,L;i\oii any I'l-nl 

 yet. Jlow ^vuul^l chickLMi manure 'in.' 

 i run the bouse at a iiijiht temporal uie 

 of 50 to 52 (lej:ree'-. The varieties are 

 Knehaiitress and White l-hiehautress. 

 ^Vduld liine or \vood aslio'-- lielii them .' 



M. < . 



The leiiiiierat lire at which you are 

 cariyinj; your ear?iations is about right, 

 but eiiulii be redueed to IS or 50 de- 

 grees with good results: 5l! degrees is 

 not too high if a fairly heavy soil is 

 used, but if the soil is rather light the 

 stems are apt to laek in strength. The 

 gro^vth will be a trifle slower in the 

 lower temperature, but the higher qual- 

 ity of the cut will easily make up for 

 that. One or two applications of hy- 

 drated lime or of wood ashes, applied 

 a month apart, will strengthen the 

 stems materially. I'se a LlVo-Juch pot 

 fid of lime to eaih row of jilants half 

 wav across a 5-fout bed. 



A. F. J. B. 



TO DRIVE OUT ANGLEWORMS. 



How many j'ounds of slaked lime 

 shouM be u^ed ill eaih lOn gallons ot 

 wat.'r. for watoing rose bcdsf Would 

 it <iri\(' uuT aoLilrworms? Please state 



fill' pro|Hii t ion. al-o 



tdr carnations. 



W. W. R. 



Instead ot' wati'iin,^ \ our carnation 

 beds with linie wat'-r. 1 would suggest 

 that you si>rinkle the slaked or hy 

 drateil lime over the beds and water 

 it in. Not that thi-^ method would be 

 particularly superior to the other, as 

 far as results are concerned, but there 

 would be greater ease of apjjlication. 

 Apjdy about a 2M>-inch potful of lime 

 to each row of {dants halfway across 

 a 5-foot bed. This will drive out an 

 gleworms. and will benefit your carna 

 tioii^ in other wavs as well. 



A. F. .1. B. 



NITRATE OF SODA. 



Will you kindly tell me what propor- 

 tion of nitrate of soda t(» use in watiT- 

 ing geraniums and carnations.' 



H. G. N. 



The standard strength, in using ni 

 trate of soda for watering plants, is 

 one pound of the chemical to fifty gal 

 ,lous of water. The intervals between 



.•ippl icat ion-- will lie dererniiiied by the 

 roiiditioii and till' i'iM|uirements of the 

 -tocd'i. 'I'lie weather will also be one of 

 tile )iriiiripal lai-tois in determining the 

 aiiiomit nei'.lt'il. It the weather is 

 liiiuht and the pl.iiit^ are in full growth. 

 one a]ii>licat ion eatli week will not hv 

 too miK li. lint it' the weatlu^r is cloudy, 

 be <-areful not to o\ erdo it. At the 

 least sign ol' softness, weaken the solu- 

 tion and make tln^ .-ipplicatious less fre- 

 quent. 



Nitrate of soija i> om. cif the most 

 valuable of uhemiial fertilizers for 

 feeding pot plants, in order to put size 

 and finish on the blooms, but does not 

 find much fax or with carnation grow- 

 ers, on account of its tendency to pro- 

 duce softness in the bloom and couse- 

 ipieiit poor keepiuL; <|iialitv. 



.\. F. .1, B. 



THE LONDON CARNATION SHOW. 



A New Record Made. 



The annual winter show of the Per- 

 petual Flowering Carnation Society was 

 held in the Roy.il Horticultural hall, 

 London, December ;'> and 4. In point of 

 size, quality of blooms and attendance 

 of the public, it eclipsed all previous 

 carnation shows held in England. Alto- 

 gether it was a marked success and 

 nu'mbers of the soci(>ty were congratu- 

 lating one another upon the remarkable 

 advance in interest which each succes- 

 sive year brings forth. 



In the leading class for group of cut 

 llowers the gold medal went to C. En- 

 L'elmann. Hatfron Walden, who staged 

 quite a number of varieties of his own 

 raising. Sunstar. among his novelties, 

 w.as partictilarly radiant. Second prize 

 and silver <j\U medal went to W. Wells 



\ Co.. Ltd.. Mersthaiii. Scarlet Glow, 

 White House ;iiid lienora were striking 

 in their exhibit. The third judze was 

 won by the • liii\ Nurseries. The 

 Bnintoii ( hallen.iie cup for l^ritish nov 

 (dties was awarde(| to < '. Kngelmann for 

 Sunst.ar. <'arola and Lady Northcliflfe. 



The American Cup. 



The .\merican cup for uo\elties was 

 won by 11. F. Alason, Hamilton Hill, 

 with Dorothv Gordon, Gloriosa and 

 White Wonder. W. E. Wallace followed 

 with (doriosa, Henora and |i(/rotli\ 

 Gordon; third, C. Engelmann, with 

 Benora, Pocahontas and Rosette. 



The silver gilt medal for the best 

 vase in the show went to a splendid 

 vase of Lady Meyer shown by W. E. 

 Guile, of the Newport Carnation 

 Nursery. 



In the color classes the leading 

 awards went to W. E. Guile, Stuart 

 Low & Co., W. E. Wallace. C. Engel- 

 mann and H. F. Mason. Enchantress, 

 Baroness de Brienen, Pink Delight, 

 Una Wallace, Mrs. C. W. W^ard, Scarlet 

 Glow, White Perfection and White En 

 chant ress were the leaders. 



In fancies, W. E. Wallace was first, 

 with Benora; Stuart Low & Co., second, 

 with the same variety. 



For novelty not in commerce. All- 

 wood Bros, scored with Mary Alhvood; 

 W. E. Wallace, second, with Una Wal 

 lace; W. Wells & Co., Ltd.. third, with 

 Salmon Enchantress. 



The principal non-competitive exhib 

 its were as follows: C. Engelmann. 

 gold medal, a comprehensive collection 

 of American and British varieties; 

 Stuart Low & Co.. gold medal, with 

 fine Baroness de Brienen in the col- 

 lection; Young & *'()._ Clieltenham. sil- 

 \e?- L'ilt ineclal: II. liurnett. --iher ^iilt 



Visitors at J. E. Hostettcr's, Manheim, Pa., November 30. 



