November g, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
719 
order Carnations. 
New plantations in the open require 
ttle attention at present if they were 
ade up at the proper time early last 
onth. In some seasons and districts the 
arnation maggot gets inside the layers, 
□d if any of these are showing 
gns of distress by the central tuft of 
:aves flagging or becoming discoloured, 
is pretty well certain that one or more 
arnation maggots have got inside the 
:ems eating away the pith and soft 
ssues. Sometimes these crowns of 
;aves come awav in the hand if lightly 
ulled. The maggots may, however, get 
own below this, and the grower should 
;move a piece more of the cential stem 
11 the maggots can be got at with a pin. 
'he trouble will cease if the maggot is 
ius disposed of. The tops which come 
way should not be thrown down, but 
urned or deeply buried to make sure that 
nv maggots still in them are destroyed. 
how Carnations. 
The frames in which these are housed 
hould be freely ventilated night and day, 
nd in dry, open weather the sashes may 
e pulled off during the day. Aqy neces- 
ary watering should be accomplished on 
ae mornings of fine days, being careful 
ot to wet the foliage. Remove decaying 
eaves, and see that green fly is not affect- 
lg a lodgment in the young crowns. The 
phis brush should be employed to 
estroy them, and plants undergoing this 
peration could be held in the hand out- 
ide the frame. Any aphides that are not 
killed would scarcely find their way inside 
he frame. This carefulness is more 
lecessary than would be apparent at first 
ight. Carnations often get punctured 
Inth green fly in winter, and the spores of 
ungi entering these punctures cause such 
dants to become diseased. It is just as 
,iecessary to keep the plants clean in win- 
er as in summer, perhaps more so, be¬ 
muse the plants are then labouring under 
he disadvantage of a low temperature 
md an undue amount of moisture in the 
itmosphere. This would also apply to 
border Carnations in those gardens where 
Lev are kept in a cold frame till spring. 
Tree Carnations. 
Where a temperature of 50 degs. to 
55 degs. is maintained to enable the 
flowers to open freely, watering will more 
;often be necessary than in the case of 
plants in cold frames. The operation, 
however, must be carefully done so as to 
avoid wetting the foliage, the stages, or 
ahe pathway at this dull season of the 
year. Ventilate freely during mild 
weather to keep the atmosphere of the 
house dry. While fog prevails, however, 
ias it has done during the nights and morn¬ 
ings recently, it would be advisable to 
allow the ordinary temperature to drop 
several degrees below that intended for 
flowering plants. Fog is not so mis¬ 
chievous in a low temperature as it is in a 
high one. If any stimulants are used at 
the present time a little soot water would 
be just as safe as any, and the little am¬ 
monia it contains would intensify the 
colour of the flowers. 
Malmaison Carnations. 
The primary object now in the house 
where these are kept is to keep the house 
as dry and cool as possible. Water 
should only be given where absolutely 
necessary, and this will seldom occur 
from now onwards until March, unless 
there happens to be windy or frosty 
weather, which has a tendency to dry the 
soil in houses where an artificial tempera¬ 
ture is maintained. If the watering is 
done in the morning, the spilled water 
should be mopped up so that the house 
may become dry before night. A tem¬ 
perature of 40 degs. will be quite sufficient 
for the next two months or more. 
Marguerite Carnations. 
Late batches for greenhouse and con¬ 
servatory decoration will now be flowering 
freely or approaching that condition. A 
temperature of 50 degs. will be quite suffi¬ 
cient to maintain this class in a gentle 
growing condition, enabling the flowers to 
open freely. A low span-roofed house is 
the best place for them, but where only a 
small number are grown they should be 
kept as close to the glass as possible, as 
plenty of light will stiffen the foliage and 
enable the flowers to open freely and last 
longer. Keep an outlook for green fly on 
the tender young shoots. 
American Carnations. 
A night temperature of 50 degs. will 
also be sufficient where flowering plants 
are now kept. Most of them are of sturdy 
constitution, and really require less heat 
than what is usually given to English tree 
Carnations. The temperature may, how¬ 
ever, rise 10 degs. by day with advantage 
to the plants, especially when the weather 
is open and clear. l ine varieties are now 
numerous, and a note should be made of 
those which open freely under the above 
conditions and propagate them more ex¬ 
tensively than those which are inclined to 
burst the calyx when opening or to open 
irregularlv. Varieties like Enchantress, 
Mrs. T. W. Lawson, Lady Bountiful, Nel¬ 
son Fisher, Mrs. H. Burnett and others 
of that class open freely with little or no 
tendency to burst the calyx. Feed the 
plants lightly or not at all during the dull, 
moist weather which we are likely to get 
during this month and the next. Carna¬ 
tions should really be resting during our 
winter, but the tree Carnations are, so to 
speak, an artificial product of gardens 
flowering at a time when the days are 
short and the light bad, whereas they like 
sunshine with a free play of air about 
them at all times. J- D. F. W. 
Rose Lady Gay. 
-A FINE- 
Wichuraiana Rose. 
(Lady Gay). 
The Rose season has now commenced, 
and those who are fond of climbers should 
not forget Lady Gav, which is suitable for 
making standards, pillars, hedges, screens 
and for growfing upon arches and per¬ 
golas. Anywhere out in the open will 
suit it, as it seems to thrive best wdien the 
wind bldws through the foliage. The 
flow'ers are of a cherry-pink, and produced 
in large bunches terminating every shoot. 
Like Dorothy Perkins, the branches are 
drooping, so that when grown as a stan¬ 
dard it naturally forms a weeping Rose. 
Both of these Roses are described as 
varieties of R. wichuraiana, but they have 
been crossed, as a matter of fact, in order 
to get double flow 7 ers. M. H. de V ilde, 
writing in the Revue de /Horticulture 
Beige , says that Lady Gay was derived 
