. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WEAK-STEMMED ENCHANTBESS. Is there any way to strengthen the stems of Enchantress carnations, be- sides adding lime to the soilf Our blooms are magnificent, but the heads droop. Would a few degrees above 52 degrees, night temperature, cause spin- dling stems? V. A. A. You are growing your Enchantress too warm. Drop the night temperature to 48 degrees. Lime is valuable for strengthening the stems, but growing them cooler will help the stems more than any top-dressings. C. W. WASHINGTON. Washington, the bright pink sport of Enchantress, A. T. Pyfer t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WEAK-STEMMED ENCHANTBESS. Is there any way to strengthen the stems of Enchantress carnations, be- sides adding lime to the soilf Our blooms are magnificent, but the heads droop. Would a few degrees above 52 degrees, night temperature, cause spin- dling stems? V. A. A. You are growing your Enchantress too warm. Drop the night temperature to 48 degrees. Lime is valuable for strengthening the stems, but growing them cooler will help the stems more than any top-dressings. C. W. WASHINGTON. Washington, the bright pink sport of Enchantress, A. T. Pyfer thinks will be- come one of the standard sorts; indeed, Mr. Pyfer says, there will be numerous growers who within the next few years will have nothing in their benches ex- cept the Enchantress varieties: En- chantress, White Enchantress and Washington. The accompanying illustration is re- produced from a photograph made in one of the greenhouses of the Chicago Carnation Co., at Joliet, 111. Washing- ton occupies the bench in the center of the house. The variety at the left is Princess Charming. THEIPS AND WEAK STEMS. I am sending under separate cover some carnations, and if you can tell / me what causes them to act in this way, I shall be greatly obliged to you. I have given them, or some of them, two applications of ashes, and have also given them well-rotted cow ma- nure. The stems, as you can see, are weak, and the flowers do not open right. They act as though they had been kept too warm. The soil is a compost of two-thirds prairie sod and one-third well-rotted manure. I am at a loss to know what to do. The soil seems to dry from the bottom of the bench up. Would that cause the trouble! K. C. H. The specimens forwarded were badly frozen, as might be expected in this severe cold spell. There were, how- ever, unmistakable signs of thrips, and they are no doubt responsible for your blooms not opening properly. Direc- tions for combating this pest have been given in these columns
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