. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. The Florists^ Review. jANUARy 2, 1918. WEAK PLANTS, POOR BLOOMS. I am sending you a sample of my carnations and also some of the soil. Something is wrong with them and I should like to have A, F. J. B. 's opinion of them. The carnations were planted in the benches August 8 and did not grow as strongly as they should. As I thought they had been a little too dry, I gave them more water. There is not much manure in the soil, so about November 1 I put on a light top-dress- ing of bone and wood ashes, but this did not seem to do much good. The plants ar
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. The Florists^ Review. jANUARy 2, 1918. WEAK PLANTS, POOR BLOOMS. I am sending you a sample of my carnations and also some of the soil. Something is wrong with them and I should like to have A, F. J. B. 's opinion of them. The carnations were planted in the benches August 8 and did not grow as strongly as they should. As I thought they had been a little too dry, I gave them more water. There is not much manure in the soil, so about November 1 I put on a light top-dress- ing of bone and wood ashes, but this did not seem to do much good. The plants are weak and the blooms are poor. The white ones show a dirty white color before they open, and the pink ones are sleepy. I have been told lately that the soil had been in the benches for five years, but that the grower had good carnations growing in it last winter. When I water the benches they do not dry out enough to be watered again until about ten days or two weeks have passed. The night temperature is from 48 to 52 degrees; on clear days it is 60 to 68 degrees, with air on. I should be glad to hear what A. F, J. B. has to say about them. G. A. R. The specimens forwarded disclosed two things: First, your carnations are infested with thrips. Nearly every bloom had several of the insects on it. That is what causes those brown edges. If you have watched these columns lately, you will know that the remedy for this pest is nicotine. The second disclosure is that your soil lacks humus and is in what may be termed a flat condition. The fact that this soil grew good carnations last year is no sign that it would repeat the success this year, without anything being added to it. Had you procured some well rotted manure and mixed a wheelbarrow load for each six lineal feet of a 5-foot bench, you would have improved it wonderfully. A hundred pounds of sheep manure added to each 100-foot bench, in addition to the other, would have improved it still more. From the appearance of the soil su
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