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The Florists' Review 



Dbcbmbbb 14, 1916. 



A PURE WHITE DEAN. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a house of a new chrysanthemum at the 

 establishment of C. T. Guenther, Ham- 

 burg, N. y., said to be a pure white 

 Maud Dean. Dean has held its place 

 for many years, because it is easy to 

 handle and gives an unusually high 

 percentage of perfect flowers. The so- 

 called White Maud Dean also is popu- 

 lar, but it has one fault: it is not pure 

 white but has more or less of a laven- 

 der tinge. Four years ago Mr. Guen- 

 ther found a plant which produced a 

 pure white flower. Cuttings were taken 

 and the flowers from the sport kept the 

 same pure white color. Mr. Guenther 

 now has ^several thousand plants in 

 bloom. 



The variety will be called Hamburg 

 Late White. It has been grown for 

 three years and almost every bud has 

 produced a good commercial flower. 

 When taken on a late bud it is in flower 

 during December and the early part of 

 January. The keeping qualities are said 

 to be excellent. 



Mr. Guenther has made an arrange- 

 ment whereby the variety will be dis- 

 seminated by the Wm. F. Kasting Co. 

 and the E. G. Hill Co. 



LATE PINKS AND YELLOWS. 



I want a late pink and a late yellow 

 chrysanthemum that will come in with 

 J. Nonin. Will you kindly name some 

 good late sorts that are also easy doers? 



C. C. M.— Ky. 



The best late pink mum coming into 

 flower about Thanksgiving, with Jeanne 

 Nonin, is W. T. Brock. One of the best 

 late yellows is Dolly Dimple. When 

 planted late, Nagoya is also an excellent 

 late yellow. Yellow Chadwick is quite 

 late as a rule, though most people grow 

 it for Thanksgiving. We can recom- 

 mend any of these as likely to give 

 satisfaction. Chas. H. Totty. 



SPOT DISEASE ON MUMS. 



I should like to know what is the mat- 

 ter with the foliage on the enclosed 

 mums. The disease started early in the 

 summer, attacking some varieties so 

 badly as to make them worthless, while 

 other varieties were not affected at all. 

 When the disease was first noticed I 

 tried to stop it by keeping the plants 

 dry and this dryness was the cause of 

 the thrips which you will find on the 

 mums sent you. The disease, however, 

 was not due to the thrips, but began 

 l)efore the thrips appeared. If you can 

 tell me anything about this disease I 

 shall be grateful, as some of the mums 

 are unsalable owing to the spotted con- 

 dition of the foliage. W. H. — Can. 



The disease on the foliage of the 

 mums submitted is caused by the fungus 

 known as septoria, which has often been 

 spoken of in this column. Septoria 

 starts in the summer, when the growth 

 l)egin9 to get heavy and the plants be- 



come crowded to a greater or less ex- 

 tent. When the trouble is first noticed, 

 a solution of sulphide of potassium, di- 

 luted in the proportion of one ounce to 

 a gallon of water and faithfully sprayed 

 on the leaves which are covered with 

 these spores, will usually keep this dis- 

 ease in check. The bottom leaves can 

 be removed from the plant without in- 

 juring it, as long as it is growing well. 

 If this is done in the early stages and 

 the potassium spray is used, no harm 

 will be done to the plants by this dis- 

 ease. Chas. H. Totty. 



TBOUBLE WITH LATE MXTMS. 



We grew Wells' Late Pink and Mis- 

 tletoe mums this year. We were unable 

 to grow Wells' Late Pink to a single 

 stem, no matter which bud we took. 

 Mistletoe produced good flowers, but 

 they were weak in the neck. Which is 

 the proper bud to take and when is the 

 right time to plant these two varieties? 



N. F. C— la. 



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I do not grasp the inquirer 's meaning 

 where he says he was unable to grow 

 Wells' Late Pink to a single stem, no 

 matter which bud he took. It is not 

 more difficult to get Wells' Late Pink 

 on a single stem than any other variety. 

 This is done by pinching off the super- 

 fluous shoots and continuing to do so, 

 from the main stalk, until the flowering 

 period. The proper time to take the 

 bud on Wells' Late Pink is September 

 10 and onwards. Buds showing before 

 that time, while they will come, are a 

 dirty pink and are not satisfactory. 



As regards the planting period, mums 

 planted about June 1 will be better 

 than those planted later. They will 

 have a longer growing period and yield 

 more satisfactory flowers. Mistletoe I 

 have seen doing well when planted late 

 in July. As to this variety coming 



weak in the neck, I think this is largely 

 a question of soil and climatic condi- 

 tions. I assume that N. F, C. lacks lime 

 in his soil, since there do not seem to 

 be any complaints from other sections 

 that Mistletoe has a weak neck. 



Do not set the plants too closely in 

 the benches when planting, and once or 

 twice during the season give them a 

 good dressing of lime. This should aid 

 materially in strengthening the growth 

 and neck of Mistletoe and other varie- 

 ties. Chas. H. Totty. 



CHBYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of tbe Committees, 



The examining committees of the 

 C, S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Cincinnati, December 2, December Queen, 

 yellow shaded bronze, Japanese Incurved, sub- 

 mitted by Elmer D. Smith A Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 scored as follows on the commercial scale: Color, 

 19; form, 13; fullness, 9; stem, 14' foliage, 12: 

 substance, 13; size, 9; total, 89. 



At Cincinnati, December 2, The Crest, white, 

 anemone, submitted by Klmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., scored as follows: Color, 35; 

 form, 16; substance, 16; stem and foliage, 18; 

 total, 85. 



Department of Begistration. 



The following varieties have been 

 registered with the raiser's description: 



Mrs. Francis G. Lloyd — Pure white anemone 

 on the order of Garza, larger flower, wider petals 

 and considerably taller in growth. 



Mrs. Owen Winston — Clear yellow Vith bripht 

 orange center, outer petals perfectly straight, 

 plant a strong grower, tall and healthy habit. 



Mrs. Chas. S. Whitman — Lavender pinlc with 

 a center of light cream yellow, an exceptionally 

 fine variety. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



Macy, Ind, — Mrs. J, Elmer Landis, 

 starting as an amateur, has become a 

 professional florist, growing peonies and 

 asters for the Chicago wholesale mar- 

 ket. Such an excellent measure of suc- 

 cess was achieved in 1916 that the pro 

 duction will be considerably increase<l 

 for 1917, 



Bismarck, N. D. — The florists' busi- 

 ne'ss is conducted in combination with 

 almost every other occupation of man, 

 but probably the Hoskins Floral Co. is 

 the only Keview subscriber which han- 

 dles flowers, plants, victrolas, Victor 

 records, Eastman kodaks and does pho- 

 tographic finishing. 



C. T. Giicnther's Hotise of Chrysanthemum Hamburg Late White. 



