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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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tain a rather liigh temperature, about o5 

 degrees at night and (1.5 to 70 in tlie 

 daytime for Scott. 



I certainly would not think of stirring 

 the soil when the surface is filled with 

 small rootlets as that would considerably 

 check the plants and the greatest danger 

 W. B.'s plants are in right now is getting 

 a severe check in some way and as a re- 

 sult a sour stomach. 



Woidd advise W. B. to screen a lot of 

 good potting soil through a half-inch 

 mesh and cover the bench about one- 

 quarter of an inch thick, whicli will be 

 sullicient covering for the small rootlets, 

 and during the winter sprinkle a little 

 air slaked lime between the plants every 

 couple of weeks to help keep the soil 

 .sweet and the growth solid. Tlie blooms 

 will have more substance, ton. 



If the proportion of manure liad been 

 one part manure to four parts of soil, 

 as it should have been, then a light 

 mulch would be the proper tiling, but 

 to add extra food to a soil which is 

 already too rich wnuM most certainly 

 cause failure. A. F. J. Baur. 



[Was not the mixing of wood aslies 

 ■with the bone meal an error, though 

 it was probably fortunate that it was 

 done in this case, seeing the bone meal 

 was used at all? As we understand it. 

 the wood ashes, when in direct contact 

 with the bone, tend to liberate the am- 

 monia in the latter, whicli escapes into 

 the air instead of being utilized bv the 

 plants.— Ed.] 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Following are the reports of the coiu- 

 ndttees judging seedlings and sports: 



New York. Nov. 23d.— A. C. Schroeter 

 & Son. Bayonne, N. .J., exhibited Golden 

 Nugget, a lisiht bronze variety whicli 

 scored commercial scale titi points. 



The chrysanthemum exhibited by Rob- 

 ert (i. Carey, t'hestnut Hill, before the 

 Philadelphia committee. on November 

 fllh. should be Bcntlcy. instead of Ben- 

 tlicy as piddished. 



The announcement has already been 

 made that November .30th would be the 

 last day that the various conimittee.s 

 at the different centers would be on 



hand to examine seedlings and sports. 

 To judge late seedlings it has been the 

 custom for the committees to meet on fol- 

 lowing Saturdays when requested. Ar- 

 rangements can be made for those having 

 late blooms to show if a letter to that 

 efTect be addressed to any.of the chairmen 

 of the ditlerent committees in good time 

 to give them an opportunit}' to get their 

 committees together. 



I'Mward .Tones, gardener to Mrs. J. W. 

 M. Cardeza, Oermantown, Pa., registers 

 a • .Japanese seedling chrysanthemum, 

 named T. D. if. t'ardeza ; color, yellow; 

 shape and habit of flower, the same as 

 Golden Wedding. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Secretary. 



POT CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Fail priilit was macb' tliis year on pot 

 mums and to be witliout them would be 

 unfortunate. Varieties needing little or 

 no staking and of easy culture were: Yel- 

 low — (Joblcn Trophy and October Snn- 

 shinc. Wliite — Jlidge, May Fester and 



Ivory. Pink — Pink Ivory and Mispah. 

 Red — John Schrimpton. These can be 

 grown and well done without artificial 

 support. I understand that N. Smith & 

 Son are now working up a set in all 

 colors, early and late varieties, strong 

 enough to carry their flowers well and be 

 >ymmetrical and profitably grown un- 

 s'taked. 



The soil should be a good porous loam, 

 enriched a j-ear previous to using. And 

 by leaving room at the top of the pot for 

 a dressing of fine bone (lour and soil 

 after or just before buds are set, the 

 labor of feeding is avoided. A mixture 

 composed of well rotted manure, bone 

 Hour and a little lime, and turned for a 

 week, I have found excellent. 



Strong, sturdy April or May struck 

 luttings. three around a 4-inch pot, and 

 frequently pinched uji to .July 4 or a lit- 

 tle later, potting only when the plants 

 are well rooted, growing the plants in a 

 frame, or plunged out of doors in a 

 well drained situation, give good results. 

 .\ frame with sash ready to put on at a 

 moment's notice in case of heavy rains 

 is best. Art. 



BULBS FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING. 



By Henry F. MiCHEi-t,. 

 [Read before Ihe Germaiitown Hort. Society.] 



"Bulbs For Outdoor Planting" is the 

 subject your honorable committee has 

 asked me to say a few words about to 

 the members and friends of the (Jerman- 

 town Horticultural vSociety. 



Now (about Nov. 10) is a most .excel- 

 lent time to start planting bulbs out- 

 doors, and if severe weather does not 

 come upon us until Dec. 10. bulb plant- 

 ing can be done for this whole month. 

 It is not advisable to plant bu'.ljs out of 

 doors much before this, as too nuich 

 growth may be produced during open 

 and warm autumn weather, which will 

 injure the bloom next spring. 



The Philadelphia City Forester. Mr. 

 Ivewis, has for tlie past five years plant- 

 ed the beds in Independence Square and 

 other parks after November 15, and all 

 who have seen the gorgeous displays at 

 the above mentioned places concede that 

 the sixty thousand bulbs which the city 

 jiurchascs and plants every year cannot 

 be improved upon. 



Most bulljs do best if planted about 5 



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