. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ^34 The American Florist. Jan. A MUSHROOM CAVE, Growing New Varieties of Carnations— Sewall Fisher, Fraraingham, Mass. Types and Tendencies of Carnations- Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Carnation Diseases Other than Rust— Prof. Byron D. Halsted, Rutgers Col- lege, New Brunswick, N. J. A Mushroom Cave. One of the interesting things now to be seen in Mr. Thorpe's department at the World's Fair is the mushroom cave under the great dome. It is situated inside the artificial mound, at one end
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ^34 The American Florist. Jan. A MUSHROOM CAVE, Growing New Varieties of Carnations— Sewall Fisher, Fraraingham, Mass. Types and Tendencies of Carnations- Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Carnation Diseases Other than Rust— Prof. Byron D. Halsted, Rutgers Col- lege, New Brunswick, N. J. A Mushroom Cave. One of the interesting things now to be seen in Mr. Thorpe's department at the World's Fair is the mushroom cave under the great dome. It is situated inside the artificial mound, at one end of the space that will form the electric grotto. The bed was spawned Oct. 4. and has now been bearing prodigiously for several weeks. The crop is very abundant, and of the finest quality. No extraordinary efforts have been made with the crop; it has 1)een grown very simply inevery way. Our picture was from a photograph taken by flash light. Two Holiday Plants. Retail dealers recognize the fact that during the midwinter holidays any plant possessing showy red berries finds satis- factory sale, if well grown and shapely. Add to these qualities sufficient vigor to stand moving about in varying temper- atures, and we have an ideal plant lor that season. An old fashioned plant which fulfills these requirements and which we arc likely to see revived for trade use is Solanum Pseudo-capsicum, the Jerusalem Cherry. It makes a neatly shaped plant, and is really handsome when covered with its bright scarlet fruit. It is raised from seed, succeeding in any good loam, in ordinary greenhouse tem- perature. Well berried specimens in + or 6-inch pots are best for retailing, but larger specimens will be found useful in decorating halls or other draughty places where plant groups are required. A second ornamental fruiting plant— Ardisia crenulata—has been so often men- tioned in the Florist that extended notice is unnecessary. But the fact re- mains that it is one of the best plants we
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