The Weekly Florists' Review, 



November 2C, 1003. 



sent limitless possibilities as to size. Its 

 general effect i3 bronze though on the 

 early bud it is almost a yellow. Jt 

 seems to be very slow in producing stock 

 and the demand this year will probably 

 be greater than the supply. 



To sum up, I would say that no year 

 since I have been watching the exhi- 

 bitions and the new varieties has there 

 been so much interest displayed by the 

 general public or so many good new va- 

 rieties set up. The croaker will croak his 

 usual lay about the interest waning, per- 

 haps, but I think more exhibitions will 

 show a balance on the right side of th'^ 

 ledger than for 3'ears past, and certainly 

 it has been years since we had twelve or 

 fifteen new varieties come out at once 

 and show such wonderful progress and 

 development in size and finish. It seems 

 as if, the world over, the chrysanthemum 

 was again on the flood tide. In France 

 the opening of the national show was 

 considered worthy of a special cable to 

 the great New York dailies, and one 

 gentleman gave an estate worth half a 

 million francs to encourage the cultiva- 

 tion of the queen of autumn. What will 

 happen if one of our billionaires lays him- 

 self out to beat that Frenchman, I shud- 

 der to contemplate. Elmer D. Smith will 

 be getting a million dollars in return f'^i- 

 naming some new seedling Mrs. Astor- 

 bUt, and the rest of us may be able to 

 settle with the coal dealer for last win- 

 ter's coal by growing it for the market. 

 Brian Boru. 



NEW MUMS. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 the two novelties "exhibited early this sea- 

 son by H. W. Buckbee, Kockford, III., 

 and favorably commented on in these 

 columns. The photographs, in our opin- 

 ion, hardly do the varieties justice. The 

 following are the originator's descrip- 

 tions: 



Mrs. H. W. Buckbee. — Niveus X Mrs. 

 Henry Eobinson. Pure white, slightly in- 

 curved, lower petals reflexing; growth 



form with lots of substance; grand stem 

 and foliage; at its best October 20. This 

 ^vill nuike a fine commercial variety, 

 every flower coming good. It is an easy 

 grower and grows to about three and 

 one-half feet from June planting. Scored 

 SS points before Chicago committee of 

 the C. S. A. 



TROUBLE WITH MUMS. 



This is my first year with chrysanthe- 

 mums. I grew about 200, flowering them 

 in 6 and 7-inch pots. I pinched them 

 back twice during the summer and al- 

 lowed from four to six flowering stems 

 to tho plant. The plants were twice fed 

 with bone meal and liquid manure was 

 given seven times, at intervals of a week. 

 I am very much disappointed at the re- 

 sult and do not know just what the 

 fault is. The entire stock was rooted in 

 April and shifted gradually at thirty- 

 day intervals \intil it reached the 6 and 

 7-inch pots. The dwarf varieties grew 

 from twenty-five to thirty-five inches 

 high, making ungainly and unsalable 

 plants. The late varieties bloomed too 

 early and on many of the varieties the 

 bloom was very imperfect. I would like 

 to know the cause of my failure, also 

 when chrysanthemums should be rooted 

 to produce the best results, single- 

 stemmed plants in pots and benches. 

 ^Vhen should liquid manure be used and 

 how often? Where should stock plants 

 bo stored? W. H. F. 



It would be rather a large order to an- 

 swer this letter in detail, or to teU him 

 without seeing his plants the cause of his 

 poor success. He does not say whether 

 he kept his plants inside all summer or 

 had them out in the garden. It has been 

 almost an impossibility of late years to 

 get any kind of plants by growing them 

 outside, and if that has been his treat- 

 ment I would certainly try them inside 

 another year. By running four to six 

 shoots on a 6-inch pot one cannot look 

 for anything but small flowers. A 6-inch 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. H. W. Buckbee. 



somewhat like Nivens but not so tall; 

 height attained from June planting four 

 feet. Flower of good size, with fine 

 stem and foliage, at its best the last of 

 October; a fine commercial variety; 

 scored 91 points before the Chicago com- 

 mittee of the C. S. A., October 24. 



Kockford. — Mrs. Henry Eobinson X 

 Col. T>. Appleton. Yellow incurved; fine 



pot is a proper size for a single-stemmed 

 plant ; that is to say, a plant grown to 

 produce only one flower. Quality is only 

 produced at the expense of quantity. 

 Where dwarf plants only are needed 

 pinching must be kept up till June, or 

 else propagate the stock later. For sin- 

 gle stems cuttings rooted end of May or 

 early June give best results for 6-inch 



pots. They keep dwarf, hold their foli- 

 age and if well supplied with food make 

 very good flowers. For ' ' very best re- 

 sults, ' ' by which I assume W. H. F. means 

 the exhibition grade of flowers, the cut- 

 tings should be rooted in March or April 

 and planted on the benches in May. This 

 can only be done where one has six or 

 seven feet of head room for his plants. 

 Feeding with liquid manure may be 

 practiced in the case of pot plants as 

 soon as the plants are well rooted in their 

 final shift. For bench plants ten to 

 twelve weeks after planting is soon 

 enough. There is no definite rule one 

 can follow. The condition of the plants 

 themselves is the only true index and how 

 to judge the condition of the plants is 

 simply a matter of long years of experi- 

 ence. 



The flowers that W. H. F. sees at the 

 large exhibitions were grown by men who 

 have devoted years of their life to the 

 study of that one particular flower, and 

 he cannot expect to come near that stand- 

 ard the first year, or the second either. 

 The buds being imperfect may be ac- 

 counted for in several ways. Insects, un- 

 less closely watched, particularly grass- 

 hoppers, will raise havoc with tho buds. 

 If the plants were allowed to get dry 

 a few times the check thus given the 

 plant will sometimes cause the bud ' to 

 dry up and never develop. Again, if buds 

 are taken too early in the season, say 

 early in August, they will not develop 

 properly. The last week in August is 

 early enough to take buds as a general 

 rule. 



The place to keop stock plants is any- 

 where in a light, airy house, with the 

 night temperature just a little above 

 freezing. A cool, dry place is all the 

 chrysanthemum asks for the winter. I 

 would advise W. H. F. to look up his old 

 papers and read the cultural notes there 

 found from week to week. This, with his 

 own experience and observation, will help 

 guide him along better next year. 



Brian Boru. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of Committees. 



Chicago, November 7. — Madonna, 

 shown by H. W. Eieman, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. ; pink, type of Major Bonnaffon; 

 scored 85 points commercial scale. 



New York, November 11. — Seedling 

 29-4-03, shown by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich. ; creamy white, Japanese 

 incurved; scored 80 points commercial 

 scale. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith, by the same firm; 

 pure white, scored 89 points commercial 

 scale. 



No. 1-2-01, by the same firm; yellow, 

 Japanese incurved ; scored 85 points com- 

 mercial scale. 



Golden Age, by the same firm ; bright 

 orange yellow; reflexed Japanese; scored 

 81 points commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, November 14. — Adelia, 

 shown by H. W. Eieihan, Indianapolis, 

 Ind.; white, incurved Japanese; scored 8'7 

 points commercial scale. 



Sunburst ; uame of exhibitor not given 

 on committee report; deep yellow, Jap- 

 anese incurved; scored 84 points com- 

 mercial scale. 



Dr. Enguehard; shown by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich.; bright 

 pink, Japanese; scored 95 points com- 

 mercial scale. 



Chicago, November 14. — Adelia, white, 

 ball shaped; shown by H. W. Eieman, 



