SEPTEMBER 29. 1SS«. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



461 



Looking South-east from top of ^ater Tank. 



Looking North-east from top of Water Tank. 

 GREENHOUSES OF MESSRS. BASSETT & WASHBURN, HINSDALE, ILL. 



pends just as mucli on the arrange- 

 ment of the petals in the bud as on the 

 strength of the calyx to prevent burst- 

 ing. We all know that cLrcumstances 

 and wrong treatment often cause flow- 

 ers to burst, but I speak here of the 

 natural tendency and disposition to 

 burst the calyx as found in a batch of 

 seedlings. 



We can notice other deviations from 

 the present flowers, as well as imper- 

 fections. We may find a plant whose 

 flowers are totally destitute of stamen 

 and pollen, while others may be im- 

 perfect in the female organs, or hare 

 in place of the customary two pistils 

 three and four, or the pistUs may have 



side prongs resembling an elk's horn. 

 In the form of the flower we find a 

 great diversity from the present flow- 

 ers, and the most remarkable feature 

 of the whole is that all these devia- 

 tions from the parent flowers men- 

 tioned here may he found in the plants 

 from seed of one and the same flower, 

 the one and same seed pod. 



I have here entunerated the great 

 majority of features we have to ex- 

 pect, and what is considered mostly 

 worthless. In my next notes I will 

 mention the selection of the plants 

 which we consider worthy of a trial in 

 the houses, a verv small minoritv. 



FRED. DORNER. 



A CHRYSANTHEMUM MAGGOT. 



Is there any remedy for the little 

 white maggot that gets in the foliage 

 of chrysanthemums? I have grown 

 chrysanthemums several years and 

 never had any trouble from this 

 source before. When the pest first 

 appeared I went over the house and 

 picked off all affected leaves, but it 

 is now as bad as ever. This little 

 worm breeds and lives between the 

 two stirfaces of the leaves and eats 

 their snbstance. causing large brown 

 blotches. Is this a new chrysanthe- 

 mum trouble? J. P. G- 



J. P. G. is troubled with something 



