STATE P'OMOIvOGICAL SOCIETY. I29 



"OSTRICH plume" varieties. 



W'm. Falcoiner, Louis Boelinur, Mrs. Hardy. 



Variegated — Leopard, Striata Perfecta, Moseman. 



This list is the cream of 1,000 varieties, covering ah species, 

 all varieties and all colors. 



The beautiful chrysanthemum is ever welcomed in the homes 

 of all flower loving people; it supplies a long felt want; it 

 comes at a time when there is a dearth of flowers, for the sum- 

 mer varieties are past and the winter plants are not in bloom. 

 For house decorations, either in plants or cut blooms, it has 

 few equals, for with proper care they may be kept from three 

 to four weeks in good condition if placed in vases of water, 

 changed every morning and kept in a cool room during the 

 night. With the prestige already attained we shall expect the 

 beautiful chrysanthemum to hold its rank as the favorite 

 autumn flower. Most truly thou art the "Queen of the 

 Autumn." 



Prof. MuNSON : There is one question which may require a 

 little explanation on the part of Mr. Stevens as there might be 

 a little misunderstanding in regard to using sulphur when the 

 plants are affected with mildew. \\'ill yovi please explain just 

 how you use the sulphur in the greenhouse? 



Mr. Stevens: We take an iron kettle and take the flowers 

 of sulphur and just light it in the avenues or the walks of our 

 greenhouses and just about the foliage. I have found nothing 

 whatever in all the fungicides that we have that will destroy the 

 creeping mildew upon the foliage so rapidly and so efficaciously 

 as that of the flowers of sulphur. Only be careful that it does 

 not flame into a blaze so there would be injury from the heat, 

 and keep it where the fumes can rise — close the ventilators and 

 doors for a short time. Occasionally we take a little water, 

 dissolve the sulphur in the water and put it around the foliage. 

 One thing, the varieties I show you. of the sixty-five varieties, 

 there is not one of those that is subject to mildew. In all our 

 growing of seedlings and in hybridizing and the formation of 

 new varieties, that is one object we have kept in view, that is, 

 to produce a handsome strong foliage. As the Good Book 

 teaches without the blade no corn, so no matter how charming 

 the flower may be and the blending of the shades and the colors, 

 unless it has a good vigorous constitution it is not worth propa- 

 gation in the seedling. 



