Copyright, 1898, by 

 rL.ORISTS' PUBLIStlllNG CO., 520-53S Gaxton Building, GtllCAGO. 



Vol. n. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 13, J898. 



No. 46. 



A FREE FLOWERING CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM. 



A short article was published last 

 year in the American Florist, with an 

 illustration engraved from a photo- 

 graph, describing a chrysanthemum 

 that had originated with us, which 

 promised to De a valuable plant for 

 the ilorist. 



although It had been re-potted and all 

 growth suitable for cuttings had been 

 removed. In June many of the youug 

 plants showed flower buds, and on 

 July 20 the first flower opened, on a 

 plant in a 4-inch pot, and they have 

 been blooming ever since, there being 

 hundreds of flowers open during Sep- 

 tember and October. 

 The engraving shows a section of a 



The plant flowered first on Septem- 

 ber 26. 1896, being then in a 3-inch 

 pot. On the following Easter, several 

 flowers were cut from the same plant, 

 and from August 28, 1897, until Jjt- 

 cember 2, it was in bloom almosl con- 

 tinuously. At that date we had but 

 one plant, from which propagation 

 was begun, there being buds on it at 

 the time. On January 1, 1898. ther," 

 were still flower buds on tho plani. 



bench of 3-inch and 4-lnch |<lants on 

 September 25. A few 2-iflch plants 

 set in a bench with other shrysanthe- 

 mums in June were in flower Septem- 

 ber 15, being then IS inches high. The 

 flowers on those that had been dis- 

 budded became 2% to 3 inches in di- 

 ameter, without any additional feed- 

 ing, but showed a larger center than 

 those grown in pots. 

 To show the freedom with which it 



may be propagated, we may say that 

 starting with one plant on December 

 2 last we had on July 7, 756 plants 

 without undue forcing, and if we had 

 wished to do so could have doub- 

 led that number in three weeks. The 

 variety is a dwarf grower, with small, 

 healthy foliage, and produces a pro- 

 fusion of white flowers from 1% to 2 

 inches in diameter, with slender, 

 strong stems. Our plants have had no 

 feeding, and having had an unusual 

 amount of extra work to do, they are 

 now (October 7) still in the 2, 3 and 

 4-inch pots in which they were placed 

 early in the season. We think the 

 plant will be useful to cut flowers 

 from, either in sprays to sell, or short 

 stemmed to use in designs: and will 

 certainly make a desirable pot plant 

 if kept repotted and given room to 

 spread. We are satisfied that if prop- 

 erly managed it may be had in bloom 

 all the year, and crops may be brought 

 in at seasons when such flowers are 

 scarce and salable; say in the late 

 summer, at Christmas, Easter and 

 Decoration Day. W. T. BELL. 



OCTOBER CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



When this month rolls around and 

 we begin the cutting of the early 

 'mums, we realize that we are con- 

 fined almost exclusively to white. 

 Marquis Morteraarte being the only 

 fair sized early pink, and with us it 

 is always a poor color. Lady Fitz- 

 wygram is by all odds the earliest 

 as well as the best early white. To 

 get this variety in by September 21 re- 

 quires early cuttings and the crown 

 bud; it is a beautiful variety, feathery 

 but substantial, and of good size, color 

 pure with cream center. Mme. Gas- 

 tellier comes in at about the same 

 time, is a beautiful shade of white 

 with cream center, and though not 30 

 feathery and graceful in form as Fitz- 

 wygrani, is a most decided improve- 

 ment on our good but stiff old friend. 

 Mme. Bergmann. 



