I»i;ci:mbei: liO, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



modal; Allwood I'.nis.. -^ilx cr uilt medal: 

 (i. J^aiiiii', sihci iiicdal; A. !■'. l)ult(Jii, 

 silvoi' nic'diil: Wtii. l,:i\\ i-i'iismi. silvi'i- 

 1,'ilt nic'dal. 



British Varieties. 



K. F. Fi'ltHni it Sons weir awarded 

 a silver jzilt iiuMlal for a eolloctioii oi 

 twentyl'iuir liritisli \aiioties. Tlie 

 most iiotewoithy sorts were 1{. F. Fel 

 ton, Lady Meyer, Snowstorm, Lady 

 N'ortbclilVe, llnipirc Da}', Marmion, 

 Tna Wallace, ('arola, Sunstar, Lady 

 Alinixton, I'.aronoss de Brieiieii, J^ritish 

 <^ueen, rninn Jack, Queen Mary. Brit 

 isli Triiiiii|di. etc. 



To gain ;iii awaul id' merit, a variety 

 must score at least 7"i points out of .1 

 l>ossiblo liHi. The I'njiowinu were sur 

 eessful: Mary Allwnod. >| points, from 

 .Allwood P.ros.. a hriiliaiit cherry red 

 <if j)erfect Ifuiii, with smooth petals; 

 Snowstorm, Sij points, from W. Law 

 rensou, a giant among wliites, with fine 

 <lepth of tlower ami snhstance; AFrs. 

 A. F. Dutton, 7;t point'^. from A. V. 

 Outton, pale i)ink. charming flowers, 

 a sport from Whi.te Perfection; Baroii 

 ess de Brienen, 70 points, from Stuart 

 Low & Co., clear salmon jiink. Benora 

 also received an award of merit. 



Annual Meeting and Banquet. 



The annual meeting and banquet 

 were presided over by J. S. Brunton 

 and all passed over with gre.at eclat. 

 At the banquet the leading speakers 

 were: M. Todd, Edinburgh; W. Law 

 renson, A'arm; W. H. Page. Hampton, 

 and S. Mortimer, Farnham. 



At the business meeting the commit- 

 tee reported on the work of the past 

 year and referred to the donation of 

 £11 from American visitors to the in- 

 ternational banquet in May. The treas- 

 urer presented an encouraging report 

 on the funds of the society. .1. S. 

 Brunton was reelected chairman; W. E. 

 Wallace, vice-chairman; L. J. Cook, 

 treasurer; T. A. Weston, secretary. 



In connection with the show, a con 

 ference on carnation culture was at- 

 tended by over 200 persons. .1. Gard 

 uer read a paper and the discussion 

 should have been opened by the cham 

 pion grower, W. E. Wallace, but. un 

 fortunately, he met with an accident 

 at home about two days before and 

 was unable to attend. He is progressing 

 satisfactorily. Messrs. Sherwood. En 

 gelmann. Page. Mason. Wells. Weston. 

 Dutton, Hawes. etc.. rook jKirt in the 

 proceedings. 



Carnations had a lioimI inning during 

 the week and the pmspects are dec!- 

 dedlv good fnr tlii' -orietv's future. 



Bee. 



CARNATION CULTURE IN BRIEF. 



I A papor l.\ Auliir\ A !■■ mil ..kr .il r.i'\iii>. 

 M:is<.. [.■iul bcfoif till' \..i!l, Sh.'ii- lliii ti.'ijlnu mI 

 s.iriety. I 



rhe carnation is one of the best 



'lowers we have in commerce, as it is 



'omparatively easy to grow and is so 



|l^eful in almost all decorative schemes. 



I I is also indispensable for bouquet 

 work and designs of all kinds. It is, 



III my opinion, second only to the queen 

 'd' flowers, the rose. 



As regards the cultivation of the 

 carnation, all that is necessary is al- 

 !nost any fairly good soil, enriched with 

 good fertilizer, and a whole lot of care 

 •ifter planting. I think the care and 

 attention bestowed on the plants after 

 'hey are in the house has more bearing 

 on the success of the crop than has 

 hnracter of the soil used. Such things 



Wliile W()[i(h'i'. (1 liiilouii. I II II iifliy ( H>t(lori. 



H. F. Mason's Exhibit, Winning the American Cup at London. England. 



as too much heat, too much water and 

 too many draughts are the most fre 

 (pient causes of failure. The best soil, 

 to my mind, possible to get is the top 

 sod from an old pasture, plowed about 

 four inches deep and stacked either in 

 the fall or early spring, it matters little 

 which, as the results will be about 

 tlie same. In stacking, use about one- 

 fourth good cow manure, putting one 

 layer of sod and one layer of manure 

 alternately, sprinkling in about one 

 bushel of lime to four cartloads of 

 loam; also, a few pounds of salt can 

 be added and will jirove beneficial. The 

 compost heap should be cut down a few 

 iv(>eks before ]danting and should be 

 turned over as fre(|uently as labor fa 

 rilities will allow, mi.xing in a small 

 proportion of bone flour, which I think 

 is more .advisable than toji dressing 

 \\ ith bone. 



Benching the Stock. 



The time for planting to get the l)est 

 results is from July 10 to August 1, but 

 Liood results will be obtained if the 

 planting is finished bv September in. 

 Later planting than that is not advi^ 

 able, as after that time the plants will 

 not be established and in flower by 

 winter, ami when they do flower they 

 will be ;ipt to be soft-stemmed, with 

 smaller blossoms than the early planted 

 ones. Large plants will sufTer much 

 more from late plantinL' th.in smaller 

 ones. 



.\bout five to six inihes of soil in 

 the benches or lieiK will be ample. 

 Tliere is a difference of opinion con- 

 lorning benches and solid beds, some 

 fdaiming the solid lieds require more 

 careful watering and are slower in 

 flowering in the middle of winter. T. 

 myself, think they more than make 

 up for any lack of production in win- 

 ter by being of much better quality 

 in the spring and early summer months, 

 which, after all. is the time the houses 

 produce the greatest quantity of flowers 

 and also of money, which is the thing 

 that counts most to the commercial 

 Uiau. 



The plants should be lifted with a 

 nice ball and with all the rnot« po^si 



l)le. In planting, firm nicely around 

 I he plants and leave the soil axouud 

 I hem fairly level. The habit of leav- 

 ing a basin around the })lant is objec- 

 tionable, as in filling in there are sure 

 to be lots of plants that will have too 

 much soil piled around them, which 

 is a great inducement to -jtem-rot. It 

 is advisable not to dig more plants 

 at a time than can be planted before 

 their roots dry and the plants wilt, as 

 plants that suffer in that w.ay will not 

 recover and start to grow half so 

 quickly as their more fortun.ate com- 

 I)aiiions. 



When a bench is planted, give the 

 id.tnts a fairly ^ood watering, enough 

 to wet the ball nicely and the soil 

 around them, but do not soak the bed 

 down as though there would never be 

 any more water to give them. Avoid 

 draughts, and shade the house a little 

 if the weather is hot. but do not put 

 i>ii too heavy a shade or far more harm 

 will be done than by the sun. 



After the planting is finished, the 

 best advice I can offer is to watch them 

 carefully and find out for yourself the 

 ex.ict condition of the plants, and be 

 governed accordingly. 



Heavy watering before the roots are 

 established is detrimental to the [ilants, 

 as is being too dry, but to a much 

 lesser degree, as the li.arm done hv their 

 being too dry is much easier remedied 

 than that done by overwateriiiL' 



Fumigation and Feeding 



Fumigation should be done once 

 ei.,'ry w-eek to keep down green-fly 

 and thrips, and syringing should be 

 st.irtfd on the first appearance of red 

 spider and kept up on every bright 

 day until there is not one to be seen. 

 Kvi:-n th-n there will be plenty left to 

 come foith on the first warni day or 

 two in the spring. 



It is well to support the plants as 

 soon as po\;sible after planting, either 

 with one of the carnation sujiports of- 

 fered in the trade .ionrnals or with 

 wires lengthwise of the benches and 

 strings across to prevent them falling 

 about and becoming misshapen. It is 

 I'ctter to keep ahead in this particu- 



