The Rorists' Review 



WINTEEING MUMS IN FBAMES. 



In The Review last fall I read some- 

 thing about carrying chrysanthemum 

 stock plants over winter in a coldframe. 

 I am short of room and thought it 

 would be well to find out a little more 

 about this. Let us suppose that mum 

 stock plants are put out in a frame 

 after Thanksgiving; about two weeks 

 later they are covered with plenty of 

 leaves and straw to keep them from 

 freezing. They would have to be cov- 

 ered till March 1; then some of the 

 leaves could be taken from them, but 

 all this time they would not get any 

 light. Would they produce good cut- 

 tings in Aprin 



I have been led to believe that mum 

 stock plants might, perhaps, be carried 

 over winter in frames in just tiie same 

 way as bulbs for Easter. Would it be 

 advisable to cover them as I have de- 

 scribed, and keep light from them until 

 early spring? E. H. M.— la. 



I would not like to guarantee that 

 E, H. M. 's plants will be in good shape 

 in the spring if they do not have any 

 light at all. They will carry along a 

 little while without light, but if kept 

 dark without getting actually frozen, 

 they will send out little white shoots 

 like celery or rhubarb, which would bo 

 useless. 



I would suggest that E. H. M. use 

 sashes, if possible, and put straw around 

 the sides and top sash. Then, when the 

 weather is mild, the straw can be taken 

 from the top and a little air admitted, 

 particularly when the days are getting 

 longer and there is increasing sunlight 

 and warmer weattier. Chrysanthemums 

 can be handled during the winter in 

 roldframcs without much trouble, but 

 some little degree of light must be al- 

 lowed them. Chas. H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM LEAF-MINERS. 



I am enclosing three leaves from 

 pompon mums. The plants are infested 

 with small white insects, which bore 

 between the tissues of the leaves. The 

 insects are from one-sixteenth to one- 

 eighth of an inch long and are pure 

 white. Kindly tell nic their name and 

 origin and the best way to destroy 

 them. II. V. T.— Pa. 



These evidently are small leaf-miners 

 similar to those which attack margue- 

 rites. They can be successfully con- 

 trolled by spraying with Black Leaf 40 

 or any good nicotine solution. Spray 

 in the late afternoon and try to avoid 

 wetting the flowers, if possible. 



C. W. 



SOME NEW MUMS. 



Richmond is one of the varieties ex- 

 hibited before .the Chicago committee 

 of the C. S. A. October 28, when it 

 scored 91 poinits. It is a yellow in- 

 curved of muph commercial interest, 

 raised by th^^. G. Hill Co., Richmond, 



Tnd. 

 Mrs. C. C. Pollworth is a yellow that 



will be offered to the trade in the 

 course of time as an early Bonnaffon. 

 It was raised by the C. C, Pollworth 

 Co., Milwaukee, and has been scored by 

 three C. S. A. committees this season: 

 Chicago, ?9; Philadelphia, 89; Cincin- 

 nati, 86. 



Niphetos is another of the novelties 

 of the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. 

 It is a large, early incurved white and 

 was scored 90 points by the C. S. A. 

 committee at Chicago October 28, 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



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Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the 

 C, S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Gorgeous, Daphne 

 red, small-flowered single, submitted by Henry F. 

 Mlchell Co., Philadelphia, Pa., scored as follows: 

 Color, 30; form, 16; stem and foliage, 15; sub- 

 stance, 18; total, 79. 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Dellcata, cameo 

 pink, large-flowered single, submitted by Henry 

 F. Mlchell Co., Philadelphia, Pa., scored as fol- 

 lows: ■ Color, 34; form, 17; stem and foliage, 17; 

 substance, 18; total, 86. 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Rosamund!, Per- 

 sian lilac shading to pink, large-flowered single, 

 submitted by Honry'^\ Michell Co., Philadelphia, 



. ''■ November 9, 1916. 



Pa., scored as follows: Color, 36; form, 18; 

 stem and foliage, 16; substance, 18; total, 88. 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Mias Anola 

 Wright, pink, Japanese Incurved, submitted by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as 

 follows on the commercial scale: Color, 18; 

 form, 14; fullness, 9; stem, 12; foliage, 12; 

 substance, 11; size, 9; total, 85. , . , 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Smith's Imperial, 

 white, Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows 

 on the commercial scale: Color, 17; form, 14; 

 fullness, 9; stem, 14; foliage, 13; substance, 13; 

 size Q ' total 89 



At Philadelphia, October 28, Mrs. O. C. Poll- 

 worth, yellow, Japanese Incurved; submitted by 

 O. 0. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis., scored as 

 follows on the commercial scale: Color, 18; 

 form, 14; fullness, 8; stem, 14; foliage, 13; 

 substance, 14; size, 8; total, 89. 



At Chicago, October 28, Smith's Imperial, 

 white, Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich^ scored as follows 

 on the commercial scale: Color, 19; form, 14; 

 fullness, 10; stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 14; 

 size d * tot&l d4 



At Chicago', October 28, Yondota, pink, Japa- 

 nese incurved, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & 

 Go., Adrian, Ikllch., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color, 18; form, 14; fullness, 

 7; stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 12; size, 0; 

 total, 88. 



At Chicago, October 28, October Herald, bronze 

 yellow, Japanese incurved, submitted by Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., scored as follows on the com- 

 mercial scale: Color, 19; form, 14; fullness, 9; 

 stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 14; size, 9; 

 total, 93. 



At Chicago, October 28, Mrs. C. C. Pollworth, 

 yellow, incurved, submitted by C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., Milwaukee, Wis., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color, 17; form, 13; fullness, 

 9; stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 13; size, 9; 

 total, 89. 



At Chicago, October 28, Niphetos, white. 

 Japanese incurved, submitted by the E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color, 18; form, 13; fullness 

 9; stem, 13; foliage, 13; substance, 14; size, 10; 

 total, 90. 



At Chicago, October 28, Richmond, yellow, in- 

 curved, submitted by the E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., scored as follows on the commercial 

 scale: Color, 18: form, 15; fullness, 10; stem, 

 l.'J; foliage, 13; substance, 14; size, 8; total, 91. 



G. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



the best of their colors, with Kaiserin 

 the second choice in white. L. 



OUTDOOR ROSES IN SOUTH. 



I intend to plant outdoors about 1,000 

 rose plants, for next season's blooming. 

 Please advise me if it would be better 

 to use dormant field-grown plants this 

 fall than plants from pots in the spring. 

 I want a good cut during the entire 

 season. Also please name the best pink 

 and white varieties for this climate. 



J. W. B.— Miss. 



I would advise J. W. B. to plant 

 dormant field-grown rose plants. These 

 will give immediate returns in the 

 spring and more than pay for the dif- 

 ference in price from young stock. If 

 you intend to use young stock, I would 

 advise you to plant it at once. In your 

 prairie soil roses will grow luxuriantly. 

 It would be well, however, to set the 

 plants in beds, so that you can reach 

 them with the hose in dry weather. 

 The Cochets, pink and white, are easily 



HARDWOOD ROSE CUTTINGS. 



Can hybrid teas and perpetual roses 

 be successfully grown from hardwood 

 cuttings taken from outdoor plants dur- 

 ing October and November, which are 

 kept in a cellar until calloused, and 

 then put on a greenhouse bench with 

 bottom heat? If so, how should they 

 be handled in order to have them well 

 rooted by March 10? Of what size 

 should " a house be for rooting about 

 40,000 or 50,000 cuttings at one time, 

 and how much piping would it require? 

 Any information you can give me will 

 be appreciated, C. F. B. — Wash. 



A good proportion of the hardwood 

 cuttings will root if treated as you sug- 

 gest. Tie the cuttings in small bundles 

 and pack them in moist sand or sandy 

 soil in the cellar. A narrow propa- 

 gating house with two side benches 

 would be the most economical and 

 practical. Such a house need not be 



