Diseases of the Carnation. 171 



page 587 of the American Florist. Another illustrated 

 paper from the pen of Prof. Atkinson, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, may also be found in Vol. 8, No. 247, of the 

 same publication. The main thing is to avoid rust by 

 being careful not to import upon the place any diseased 

 plants, as well as to use preventive measures, and not 

 wait for the disease to develop and have to burn the 

 crop. 



Mr. Ward, a large grower in the state of New York, 

 recommends the following treatment: 



Curative Agbnciks Used — Bordeaux Mixture Dry, Bor- 

 deaux Mixture Liquid, Ammonia Solution and Fostite. 



Formula — Dry Bordeaux. — Dissolve 4 lbs. sulpliate of cop- 

 per in two gallons boiling water. Dry slack two bushels of 

 quick lime with the copper solution. The lime must be dry 

 powder after slacking. 



Bordeaux Mixture — Liquid. — Dissolve 6 lbs. sulphate of 

 copper in two gallons boiling water and let cool. Mix one peck 

 quick lime in six gallons water and let cool and mix the two 

 solutions. Pour same into a kerosene barrel containing 40 gal- 

 lons water and stir while using. 



Ammonia Solution. — Two quarts ammonia in which dis- 

 solve one pound sulphate of copper, and pour this solution in 

 20 or 30 gallons of water. 



treatment. 



Dipping. — All young plants are immersed in the liquid Bor- 

 deaux mixture when set in the open ground. All mature plants 

 are immersed (tops only, not the roots) in the same mixture 

 when benching in. 



Spraying. — All young plants are sprayed with either the 

 liquid Bordeaux or ammonia solution once in two^eeks while 

 under glass, and all field plants are sprayed the same in field. 



