June 26, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



517 



reflexed. Chinese incurved types have 

 florets which curl toward the centre. 

 The anemone types are the singles 

 and are well worth growing. Very 

 few autliorities agree as to where 

 these lines of types should be drawn. 



Selecting the Bud. 

 There are two kinds of buds known 

 as the "crown" and "terminal." The 

 crown bud appears directly on the 

 end of the stem, and naturally Is the 

 first to appear. In some of the varie- 

 ties, this is the bud to select, especial- 

 ly in the early kinds as well as in 

 most of those grown as single stem. 

 The crown bud has a longer season 

 to develop, and naturally develops Into 

 a larger flower. The terminal bud 

 appears from the axil of the leaves 

 and constitutes the termination of 

 growth. It consists of the end bud. 

 Others ■will appear at the base of the 

 terminal bud. These should be care- 

 fully removed in the Chinese and 

 Japanese varieties. All the buds 

 should be retained on the pompon and 

 anemone types that are grown in bush 

 form. But for general purposes the 

 terminal bud is the one to select. In 

 varieties grown as single stem the 

 second crown bud is generally select- 

 ed, with the exception of a few, such 

 as Turner, both yellow and white, 

 which does exceedingly well on the 

 terminal. It is far better to try out 

 varieties as some of them show quite 

 a different color and shape when dif- 

 ferent buds are used. 



Soil. 



The chrysanthemum Is a gross 

 feeder, so at least one-quarter of the 

 soli should consist of rotted barn- 

 yard manure, with one pint of bone 

 meal added to every bushel of soil. A 

 good turfy loam with a little sand is 

 a good mixture. It is a good plan to 

 mix enough soil for the whole of the 

 plants and leave it in a heap for a 

 few days before using. Two or three 

 weeks after the final potting a top- 

 dressing of the above mixture is of 

 great benefit. 



Feeding 



This is an important detail while 

 the plants are growing. The failure 

 of many blooms is due to over-feed- 

 ing. The root hairs attached to the 

 main roots are tender, hence the cau- 

 tion. The proper time to commence 

 feeding is when the pot is full of 

 roots. Strong growing plants require 

 more food than weaker ones. It 

 would be unwise to recommend any 

 particular fertilizer, as each grower 

 has his particular fancy. It Is ad- 

 vlstable to frequently change the diet, 

 and liquid manure Is one of the best 

 stimulants, as it contains most of the 



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food required. Beginners should pur- 

 chase fertilizers of a dealer and carry 

 out the directions given on the 

 packet. The only way to success Is 

 practice. 



Ventilation. 



Good ventilation is essential when 

 cultivating indoors. The best flowers 

 are usually grown in the green house, 

 as with abundant ventilation and fre- 

 quent syringing, the house is kept in 

 a more favorable condition for their 

 growth. 



Insect Pests. 



There ai'e several species of aphis 

 which attack the young shoots. The 

 green and black flies are the most 

 troublesome. These are easily con- 

 trolled by spraying with nicotine or 

 some other insecticide. Red Spider 

 and Thrip are also enemies of this 

 plant. These appear on the underside 

 of the leaves. Frequent syringing on 

 the underside will keep them in check. 

 The Tarnished Bug, commonly called 

 chrysanthemum bug, is one of our 

 worst enemies. The only means of 

 controlling these at the present time 

 is by catching them early in the morn- 

 ing, when they appear to be quite 

 drowsy. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES 



The Garden Club of America is to 

 hold its annual meeting with the 

 North Shore Garden Club at Manches- 

 ter, Mass., from June 28 to July 1. A 

 long program has been prepared, but 

 it is expected that the delegates will 



have time to visit the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, in Jamaica Plain, and a number 

 of prominent estates, including that 

 of C. R. Crane at Ipswich, W. H. 

 Moore at Pride's Crossing, and the 

 Brandigee, Sargent and Anderson es- 

 tates In Brookline. 



The July meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club will be held at the es- 

 tablishment of J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville. 111. The date will be 

 July 8. 



The business of Fred W. Eude in 

 Kirkwood, Mo., has been turned over 

 to his two sons, Martin and Paul, who 

 will carry it on in the future. Mr. 

 Eude, Sr., expects to spend much of 

 his time In California where he has a 

 large fruit farm. 



The Wholesale Florists' Association 

 of St. Louis, has started closing on 

 Saturday at noon, but decided to keep 

 open for business Sunday morning 

 until noon. 



Michael Leider, of Evanston, 111., 

 has bought the greenhouse establish- 

 ment of Edward Leuret at Park Ridge. 

 The range consists of four houses 

 given over to carnations. 



Femdale greenhouses at Charlotte, 

 Mich., have been purchased by Joseph 

 Gansbiller from Everett Garman. 



The Florists' Club of Rochester, 

 N. Y., • is holding a picnic the first 

 week of August at Grand View Beach. 



Jones-Russell Co., Knoble Bros., J. M. 

 Gasser Co.. Westman & Getz and 

 Bramley & Sons of Cleveland have 

 joined the list of florists to close on 

 Sunday. 



