. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AMERICAN CAENATION SOCIETY. Next week, January 26 and 27, we will hold our twenty-fifth annual con- vention in St. Louis, Mo. Everything points to a successful convention and exhibition. If you have not planned to attend, you will miss a pleasant and profitable meeting. Delegations are coming from as far as New England and several thousands of blooms are entered from that section. There will be a discussion on fer- tilizers for carnations which it would pay you to travel many miles to hear. Come and contribute your mite. That is not all there will
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AMERICAN CAENATION SOCIETY. Next week, January 26 and 27, we will hold our twenty-fifth annual con- vention in St. Louis, Mo. Everything points to a successful convention and exhibition. If you have not planned to attend, you will miss a pleasant and profitable meeting. Delegations are coming from as far as New England and several thousands of blooms are entered from that section. There will be a discussion on fer- tilizers for carnations which it would pay you to travel many miles to hear. Come and contribute your mite. That is not all there will be, either. The banquet will be held Thursday evening. The exhibition and business sessions will be held at the Planters' hotel. Make your hotel reservations early. The secretary will leave home Mon- day night. All mail that will not reach Indianapolis by Monday morning should be addressed in care of Planters' hotel, St. Louis, Mo. A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y. SPLIT CALYXES. WUl you kindly tell me what is the most common cause of the splitting of carnations? I had no trouble with splits until the fireman was changed, a little over a month ago. I was run- ning the carnation houses at a night temperature of 48 to 52 degrees, with excellent results, but since the owner put the new man on the job I have found three or four dozen splits every morning. The required temperatures are marked on labels and placed beside the thermometers, but the fireman dis-. regards these altogether and runs the houses at 54 to 57 degrees; once or twice the temperature rose to 62 de- grees. I have made several complaints to the owner, but he refuses to inter- fere. Two of the houses run north and south and two of them east and west, but the trouble seems to be as great in one place as another. The owner says the difference in the light has something to do with the splitting, but I fail to see any proof of the cor- rectness of his idea. T. E.—Mo. Of course, every proprietor considers that he has the right to
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