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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



we disbud bv broakiiifr ofT about four or 

 five incl.r, .If tl„. t,.|.. ri.-n 1 ^ . I,, -i^ 



side sboMi, »,n 111,.,, ,,:n, : :, : ..,,|,. ,, , 



the thnv ..i -:,p ,- ^, ,■ ,:,.| llh' 



flowers cxlnl.iir.l l.nv.ii i 'm W mi • i ,ol,l- 

 en Gate arc all from >iile ^Imois, or, as 

 you say in chrysanthemum lore, the 

 terminal buds. Of course when I de- 

 scribe Golden Gate I describe White 

 Golden Gate, for they are identical ia 

 every way except color. For our com- 

 mercial piirposes these buds are of am- 

 ple size. 



The result of disbudding you will 

 readily perceive is a very large ;rop cf 

 good standard sized flowers. The plants 



in<-lics (it ^i.il. top ill r,-, it v\lili a mulch 

 half niaiiuir. l,alt .ml, tuiir .luring the 

 season, ami f.^il alter the 1st of .Tanuary 

 with ordinary manure water. They are 

 grown on their own roots, althoiigU Mr. 

 Renter, of Westerly, R. I., and Mr. Vier- 

 son, of Cromwell, Conn., used grafts in 

 preference ; but I see no need for grafted 

 stock when their own roots are so very 

 vigorous. The Golden Gate has had a 

 hard struggle but to-day it stands the 

 peer of anj' tea rose in commercial use. 

 With this fact established, however, 

 there must always be a limited demand 

 in this country of high colors for the 

 dainty porcelain coloring of Golden 

 Gate; but the demand for White Golden 

 Gate must necessarily be enormous, as it 

 will very quickly displace all other com- 

 mercial whites. 



he bottom before they will make 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



Propagating. 



TTie cutting benches just now are kept 

 in full swing propagating bedding stock 

 and such like and oftentimes the earlier 

 batches of mum cuttings are cowded 

 in consequence. 



It is a grsat mistake, and would be 

 better by far to defer the propagation 

 of the mums till later when iruich of 

 the other stock will be out of tlic way. 

 Overcrowding in the cuttin ■ ocncl, "is 



the rea-iin uliy - mli of il,.. -ti-ek 



seen ariiuiiil m i.iil\ -|iiiii_' : -.i -;iMhlly 

 and wii\ l.Mikin^, •-urli -i,,, i, ' nr^eV 

 comes a\\a_) trirl_\ with .K.iu lliiiil, fol- 

 iage and stocky short jointed growth, 

 which is the only kind of growth you 

 want to get for best results. 



If you have lln- -|iaii- In -|iaie in the 

 cutting bench anl ili. .nitinuM them- 

 selves are in l' 1 i i,.|iii.i.i it is well 



to get in all tlir -i i k ym can this 

 month of tlie slow growing dwarf kinds: 

 Bonnaifon. .Jerome Jones, Glory of the 

 Pacific and such kinds. 



A new variety to America named Xcllic 

 Pockett that is being sent out th's sea- 

 son is notably dwarf. We have plants 

 of it that have been growing for weeks 

 past and are not m I t wn im lir- in luii'lit 

 It is a lovely HiinL'. ami i,,i -,,1,. lienriie, 

 its dwarf habit i- jn-i ih. tlmi-, \li-. 

 Barkley, an imineiiMj uim pink tlinver, is 

 another very dwarf habited variety. Mrs. 

 Barkley is "English, J-ou know," and the 

 largest flowers exhibited there the past 

 season were of this variety. 



In taking cuttings always be careful to 

 select only the suckers that come up 

 around the base of the old stem. These 

 will always give satisfaction, while cut- 

 tings that form on the old stem will, nine 

 times out of ten, begin to throw buds as 

 soon as they begin to grow, and you will 

 have to wait until thev produce a sucker 



\ \l. Ill is a variety that produces a 

 liuil aii\ way, no matter whether you take 

 a suikei or stem cutting, and the onl}' 

 way to handle this superb o'.d variety 

 seems to be to pot it up after rooting, and 

 when a strong growth appears coming 

 from the bottom let it go on growing 

 and cut away the original plant. Every 

 variety that grows has its own little pe- 

 culiarities and these must be noted and 

 understood by tlie grower, who is looking 

 for the largest measure of success. 



Keeping the Stock Clean. 



Always see that the cuttings are clean 

 and free from any disease before putting 

 in the bench. You may think, "Oh, it 

 isn't so necessary as all that, the mum 

 will grow out of a little leaf spot all 

 right," and so on but it's just as easy to 

 begin right as any other way. 



Clean the cuttings of all aphis, black, 

 green or any other color, and if you have 

 any rust on your plants this is the time 

 to get rid of it. A few spores left un- 

 noticed on the young plants now will by 

 next summer furnish enough to go all 

 through your stock. The scientists tell 

 us that the winter spores (or teleuto- 

 spores) of this disease will remain dor- 

 mant all winter and will not germinate 

 until till' fiillouiiiu' spring. It may be so, 

 hut \M I ,iM III li.iil this disease on some 

 vaiii't I - I \. 1 y iiiiiiith in the year. 



Will I III 1 yiiii liave any rust on your 

 plants or not, it is always wise as a pre- 

 caution to spray your stock at intervals 

 throughout the early part of the year 

 with a solution of p-itas«iiim 'u'phide, 

 half an ounce to a gallon nt u.iii i. This 

 solution, while not e\,Mil\ .. iiM\ing to 

 the senses the perfinnr- nt \ialiv the 

 blest, we lia\e alua^. |n,ini| In iie ef- 

 fective in llr-ll.>llrj lie -| -. pliiMil- 



ing'it iscaretiill\ -\iinu.il nn ilm iiinlei- 

 side of the lea\e-. Jt tlu' plant.-, a:e in 

 pots the most ellcetual way is to dip them 

 in the so'.ution. If the plants are very 

 soft in their growth it may injui-e the 

 extreme tips of the yniimj l.a\r~ l.ut they 

 will soon grow out nt ii ill u^lii. This 

 disease has never b. m -n lia.l in this 

 country as it hastiii Itrilaii), . ur hot, 

 diy summers not being so favorable to 

 its development as the humid atmosphere 

 of the "other side." 



Exhibition Blooms. 



A correspondent wishes to know how to 

 got the largest number of exhibition 

 blooms from a bench thirty feet by seven 

 feet, citing three different methods he 

 has in view: 



1. riittin"' rooted early in March and 

 finallv |Hiiiiil in nine-inch boxes, taking 

 three -In nl- I,. .1 plant. 



•2. I iiiiiiiL'- innted early part of May, 

 paiiiil e tilit inches by ten and kept to 



:: 1 linings rooted early in June, pot- 

 Ic 1.1 intn -i\ inch pots, kept to single stem. 

 Economy to be also a factor in the final 

 results. 



Unquestionably the most economical 

 way and, to my mind, the best results 

 would be accomplished by No. 2 method. 

 The economy lies in the fact that the 

 plants being planted out would not need 

 nearly the water that the pots or boxes 

 would, and, consequently, cost less to 

 grow, not in the cost of the water, but the 

 labor of applying it. We have grown 

 splendid (lowers in boxes, but not the 



finest exhibition flowers from tluee shoots- 

 to a plant. lie' :iil\ anl a;;.- nf ]iotS Of 

 boxes is tliai ilir> I 111 lir iiiineij around 

 into anoliii'i limi-i u .k-iiiil. Iml if the 

 plants can reinaiu tu iIunm i in the same- 

 house I would always plant out on the 

 bench. 



If your correspondent is going in for 

 eNliil.tin:; lie nn.jlit tn Innea -mall batch 

 nl plain- 111 .i\ iiieli put-. While they 

 will llnl iieike -111 h lal-r llinver- as the 

 siiiLjIe -teni- planie.l oui. they will make 

 a nice showing, and most exhibitions have 

 a class reserved for such plants exhibited 

 in pots as grown. The greatest number 

 of flowers would be produced, of sourse, 

 by tak'ng up three shoots to a plant but 

 such quantity is always at the expense of 

 quality. Brian Boku. 



PANDANUS SANDERI. 



I had the pleasure of seeing Pundanus 

 Sanderi in its new home at Drecr's 

 nursery, Riverton, N. J., recently and of 

 hearing Mr. Eisele talk of his trip to 

 Europe and this new Pandanus that he 

 brought home with him. 



It is beautifully variegated in green 

 and gold on every leaf, the coloring 

 being pronounced even on the bottom 

 leaves. The foliage appeared longer and 

 narrower than that of Pandanus Veitchii, 

 and Mr. Eisele thought that in habit the 

 new plant was distinct from the old. his 

 idea being that the center leaves of P. 

 Sanderi were less erect when first thrown 

 up than those of P. Veitchii. 



The coloring and general efTeet of this 

 new Pandanus reminded me strongly 

 of the variegated pineapple (Ananas 

 sativa variegata), only there is a vigor 

 and life about this plant which is lack- 

 ing in the variegated pineapple. Mr. 

 Fiselp explained that the plants we saw 

 Were but a small vanguard, the entire 

 -tnik lieing expected later; in time he 

 Imp,, I to send a big specimen plant to- 

 I he I inu m-e show in Xew York. 



i:ii:ii 111 III is due the H. A. Dreer 

 ( niiipam I a -eeuring this gem of the 

 tinpi,-. wliiih has such a promising 

 future befcne it. PlIIL. 



There has been some discussion of late 

 about the description of this plant, but 

 after the discussion is over the fact re- 

 mains that the plant in question is a 

 splendid thini; and is bound to have a 

 pliennnienal -ale. For brilliancy of col- 

 orim' I'amlaiiiis Veitchii is simply no- 

 wlieie alnmj-iile of it. 



1 saw a large batch of plants in 

 Messrs. Sander's nursery on Dec. 24 last. 

 It was a dreary, foggy day and coming- 

 into the house where P. Sanderi was 

 growing it seemed by contrast a blaze of 

 sunshine. I tlionnhl ai llm lime it was 

 one of the hainl-mm -t plani- I ever saw. 

 They have quite a numlmi ..1 novelties in 

 the plant line but nothing in my opinion 

 like the plant in question. Pandanus 

 Sanderi has certainly come to stay. 



CltAS. H. TOTTY. 



Madison, X. J. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Bv H. N. BBI-X.S. 

 I Read before llie Clllcago Florists' Club. JtarcliJ 



In response to your request I have 

 pleasure in speaking to you about this 

 particular flower. As most of you know 

 I grow some of them all the year around. 

 I have had good success the last few sea- 



