NOVEMBER 2. 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



559 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



Nov. 1-3 — BROCKTON, M ASS. — Brockton har- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, Walter E. Baker, 

 Secretary. 



Nov. 7-8— Mai im in. N, J. — Morri- County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. C. II. Atkins, 

 Secretary. 



Nov. 7-10 — Boston. — Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, Robt. Manning Secretary, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



Nov. 7 11— Chu AGO.— Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, W. N. Rudd, Assistant Secretary, 

 Room 1002, 185 Dearborn Street. 



Nov. 7 11— Philadelphia. — Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society, David Rust, Secretary, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



Nov. 8 9 Montreal, Que. —Montreal Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. Fred Bennett, 

 Secretary, 13d Peel Street. 



Nov. 8 9 — Worcester. Mass. — Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society, A. A. Hixon, 

 Secretary, 18 Front Street. 



Nov. 8-10 — Poughkeepsie, N. V.— Dutchess 

 County Horticultural Society, W. G. Gomer- 

 sall. Secretary, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. V. 



Nov. 9-10— Providence, R. I. —Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society, C. W. Smith, Secre- 

 tary, til Westminster Street. 



Nov. 10 11 — Tarry town, N. V. — Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society, Jas. T. Scott, Secre- 

 tary. 



Nov. lO-ll— Andover, Mass. — Andover Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. 



Nov. 13-16— Hartford, Conn. — Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society, C. H. Boykett, Sec- 

 retary. 



Nov. 13 18 —Baltimore. Mn —Baltimore Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club Geo. Talbot, 

 Secretary, Clifton Park. 



Nov. 14-15— Elmir \. N Y. — Elmira Horticul- 

 tural Society. R. R. Stockdale, Secretary. 



Nov. 14 16— Newport, R. I. — Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society, Alex. McLellan, Secretary, 

 Ruggles Avenue. 



Nov. 14-16— Mn lbri 'ok, N. V.— Millbrook Hor- 

 ticultural Society. J. O. Pingrey, Secretary. 



Nov. 14 18 — St. Lons. — St. Louis Florists' 

 Club. J. J. Beneke, Mgr., 1&S2 Olive Street. 



Nov. 15— ORANGE, N.J.- New Jersey Floricul- 

 tural Society, J. B. Davis, Secretary. 



Nov. 15 17— Waco, Tex— Texas State Floral 

 Society, Miss Bella Beer, Cor. Secretary. 



Nov. 15-18— Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Association, D. Robertson, 

 Secretary, Reservoir Park. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The committees judging seedling 

 chrysanthemums will now be in ses- 

 sion every Saturday to and including 

 Nov. 25th. Exhibitors should make 

 their entries (for which a fee of two 

 dollars is charged for each variety en- 

 tered) to the secretary not later than 

 Tuesday of the week they are to be 

 shown. 



All exhibits forwarded to the fol- 

 lowing addresses (express charges pre- 



w.C' 



paid) will receive careful considera- 

 tion: 



Boston, Mass. — A. H. Fewkes, Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Tremont street. 



New York, N. Y. — E. Dailledouze, 

 care New York Cut Flower Co., 119 

 West Twenty-third street. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— A. B. Cartledge. 

 1514 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati, O. — R. Witterstaetter, 

 care Cincinnati Cut Flower Co., cor- 

 nel Fourth and Walnut streets. 



Chicago, 111. — C. W. Johnson, care 

 Illinois Cut Flower Co., 51 Wabash 

 avenue. 



ELMER D. SMITH, Sec'y. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY'S 

 SILVER CUP. 



The officers of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America have decided to 

 award a silver cup (valued at $20.00) to 

 the seedling which averages the high- 

 est number of points. To be eligible 

 in this contest, the seedling must be 

 shown to at least three committees, 

 and from their scoring an average will 

 be made. ELMER D. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



ROSE NOTES. 



It may be well to consider the cut- 

 ting, storing and packing of the roses, 

 as they are now coming in in consider- 

 able numbers, and if properly grown 

 should be of good quality. 



There is nothing connected with 

 rose growing that is of more im- 

 portance than a thorough knowledge 

 and experience in cutting the crop 

 (yet in many instances it is very care- 

 lessly done i, for not only does the 

 value of the present crop depend on 

 this important operation but the vigor 

 of the plants, the quality and quantity 

 of future bloom depends largely on 

 previous cutting. 



It is very easy for the practical 

 grower to know just when and where 

 a bloom should be severed from the 

 plant, but it is difficult to describe on 

 paper. A rule that is often given and 

 generally good is. when the bud has 

 opened to the extent that a lead 

 pencil might be stuck into it, but one 

 must be governed by conditions of 

 weather and the market to b? supplied. 



If the stock is for home trade they 

 may be allowed to become more ma- 

 ture than if they are to be shipped 

 direct to consumer. If sent to a com- 



mission house where they will be un- 

 packed and probably reshipped to 

 some distant point the buds must be 

 cut quite close, just as the first petals 

 begin to unfold. 



As to the length to cut the stem, it 

 must depend on the size and condi- 

 tion of the plant. If it has good 

 strong ripe wood and plenty of it three 

 eyes from where it breaks from main 

 stock will be plenty to leave, but if it 

 is a plant of wiry, weak growth a 

 shorter stem must be cut. In many 

 cases where the blooms are inferior 

 or off color they had better be cut off 

 short and_ the foliage left to increase 

 the strength of the plant. In some 

 cases where the plant has considerable 

 strong wood and a bloom forms on the 

 weak wood it is well to cut it down 

 severely, taking foliage with the bud. 

 Many times this will encourage 

 stronger breaks on the remainder of 

 the plant. 



The blooms should in no case be 

 left lying for any length of time in 

 the greenhouses while cutting pro- 

 gresses, but the stems should be 

 sprinkled and then placed in a cool 

 place. As soon as cutting is finished, 

 or if someone were sorting while cut- 

 ting progressed, the roses should be 

 graded with regard to the length of 

 stem and also as to quality of bloom. 

 As soon as graded plunge into jars of 

 fresh water of suitable height so the 

 stems and foliage will be two-thirds 

 their length in water. Never use the 

 same water for two cuttings. 



At all times the greatest care must 

 be taken not to bruise or tear th? 

 petals or tear the foliage, always hold- 

 ing stems straight while carrying. 

 Lay them straight on table, and never 

 lay cut-blooms in great heaps as it is 

 next to impossible to disengage them 

 without injury, nor is it so well to use 

 large vessels and put great bunches 

 in them: above all don't crowd a 

 bunch tightly into a jar. 



I should have said at the outset 

 that cutting should be done early in 

 the morning before the sun has much 

 power and again in the evening. If 

 the day is bright and warm it may be 

 necessary to look over them about 

 noon. A. O. T. 



OUR Thanksgiving Number, to be 

 issued Nov. 16, will contain full re- 

 ports of the chrysanthemum shows. 



