. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Establithment of J. W. Law*on, Yorkt Neb. opinion as to what is the trouble. The plants are not looking right and some of them have died. We think that perhaps the soil here will not grow carnations, though a gentleman who was testing soil for the government said we could "grow anything in ; How- ever, potatoes seem to be the only sure crop. We used good rotted cow manure. A. E. N. There does not seem to be anything seriously wrong with your soil. The specimen plant submitted was un- . doubtedly a poor plant at planting time. All the o
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Establithment of J. W. Law*on, Yorkt Neb. opinion as to what is the trouble. The plants are not looking right and some of them have died. We think that perhaps the soil here will not grow carnations, though a gentleman who was testing soil for the government said we could "grow anything in ; How- ever, potatoes seem to be the only sure crop. We used good rotted cow manure. A. E. N. There does not seem to be anything seriously wrong with your soil. The specimen plant submitted was un- . doubtedly a poor plant at planting time. All the original foliage carried by the plant at the time it was benched was dead, which would indicate that the plants did not take hold of the soil readily. This, however, would not nec- essarily be the fault of the soil. The specimen is pretty well covered with red spider, which would help to stunt its growth. I would suggest that you syringe these plants every bright day with all the water pressure at your command, until you get rid of the spider. Then give the beds a liberal mulch of half rotted cow manure or of stable manure which is just old enough to have lost its heating properties. You should still be able to get a good spring crop of blooms. A. F. J. B. SHORT-STEMMED ENCHANTRESS. My carnations are blooming with short stems. The stems are but six to eight inches long, but carry fine blooms. I have Enchantress, Eose-pink Enchant- ress and White Enchantress. They were housed in September and have had one feeding of sheep manure and bone. The plants are healthy, but I am unable to get the stems to lengthen out. My location is northern Ohio. Will you kindly inform me what I can do to lengthen the stems? W. E. P. If you were growing the Lawson tribe instead of the Enchantress, I should not be surprised at the shortness of the stems, but even with your late planting this variety should be making stems at least eighteen inches in length. If the plants look healthy and the blooms deve
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