. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 314 The American Florist, Mar. I J, year seedlings tested tliree years ago, we retained 2'<() scarlets for a test iu the greenliouse, and today we have three left of the 250 varieties, with the possibility of disseminating one. Of the remaining we retained fonr, with a possibility of disseminating two or three at most. Think of it. four out of ; then tell me where the luck comes in! Yet a few years ago hun- dreds of those varieties so discarded would have been called wonders. It is owing to the prese
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 314 The American Florist, Mar. I J, year seedlings tested tliree years ago, we retained 2'<() scarlets for a test iu the greenliouse, and today we have three left of the 250 varieties, with the possibility of disseminating one. Of the remaining we retained fonr, with a possibility of disseminating two or three at most. Think of it. four out of ; then tell me where the luck comes in! Yet a few years ago hun- dreds of those varieties so discarded would have been called wonders. It is owing to the present high standard of the carnation that it becomes more dif- ficult each year to produce a decided ac- quisition. Yet, looking backward through the earliest years of my experiments. I can see where I discarded many a fine carnation through this critical sifting down. Still it is much better to be on the safe side. Time to Commence. The best time to commence cross fer- tilization is during late October or early November, that is, just after the dis- appearance of flies and bees that usually come into the greenhouses on the ap- proach of cold weather. Pollen at this season is also more plentiful than dur- ing December, January or February. The best time in the day to cross-fer- tilize is from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m., the earlier the better (providing, of course, that the day is warm and sunny and the pollen perfectly dry). In transfer- ing the pollen, some use a magnifying glass, earners hair brush and pair of tweezers. I have never used either, un- til recently when I found it necessary to use eye glasses. I do not believe in the method practiced by some in removing the petals of the flower when half de- veloped, as I think it injurious to the normal development of the other im- portant parts of the flower, so essential to success. My custom is to split the in three or four places, so that the petals can drop down around the stem, thus leaving the pistil, stamens, anthers and
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