January 25, 191 <. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



EARLY MUMS BETTER U\.TE? 



Please advise me when is the best 

 time to flower Goldeu Glow and Early 

 Snow mump. That is, at Avhat time do 

 the blooms pay best? When should 

 these two varieties be planted from 

 2%-inch pots and which of the buds 

 should be taken, the crown or terminal 

 bud? J. S.— 111. 



It is difficult to advise when to have 

 Golden Glow and Early Snow mums in 

 bloom to pay best — every man is more 

 familiar with bis own market and bet- 

 ter able to work out his own salvation 

 in that way. I will assume that J. S. de- 

 sires to have plants in bloom by Octo- 

 ber 1. Golden Glow, of course, can be 

 gotten into flower any time during the 

 year, but I have always felt it does not 

 pay to have yellow mums at that Lime 

 in the fall when there are bewildering 

 assortments of yellow outdoor flowers 

 to select from. 



After the plants are propagated in 

 February and March and planted out 

 on the bench when ready in May or the 

 first week in June, it will then be a 

 question of taking the proper bud. The 

 question of crown and terminal buds 

 does not enter into this case, because 

 we are looking for early flowers, and 

 therefore we have to take the crown 

 bud. If the bud is taken as soon as 

 possible after August 1, this will allow 

 the bud eight or nine weeks to de- 

 velop, which usually is the time re- 

 quired, and that will bring the crop in 

 just the time the first frost has wiped 

 out the outdoor flowers. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



LATE PLANTED MUMS. 



Please inform me if it is possible to 

 get good blooms from chrysanthemum 

 plants set in ground beds August 1. 

 When should I buy the plants? Would 

 June 1 be time enough? Which would 

 be the better at that time, rooted cut- 

 tings or 214-inch plants? How large 

 should the plants be to set August 1; 

 that is, from pots of what size should 

 they be taken? 



For a beginner, what varieties are 

 the best and easiest to grow? I want 

 fifty per cent of them yellow and twen- 

 ty-five per cent each of white and pink. 

 I would like to have the plants bloom 

 as early and as late as possible; that 

 IS, a succession of blooms in all varie- 

 ties. What are the proper night and 

 day temperatures? How often should 

 liquid manure be applied, what kind is 

 best for this purpose and what is the 

 "ght proportion? Should the plants be 

 trimmed to one or two buds? What is 

 a fair price for the ones trimmed to 

 two blooms? L. K. M. — Pa. 



You can have fair success with plants 

 set out in August, providing you pro- 

 cure good plants to set out at that time. 

 1 hey should be from 2 1^ -inch pots. T 

 would not suggest buying rooted cut- 

 ijngs in June, as the weather at that 

 iJme IS hot and much loss ensues, par- 



ticularly if the cuttings have to be 

 shipped any distance. It would be a 

 good deal better for you to ordef pot 

 plants when you want them. 



When stock is planted as late as Au- 

 gust 1, the number of varieties suitable 

 will be limited. For the fifty per cent 

 yellow I would suggest Yellow Chad- 

 wick, Dolly Dimple, Mrs. Morgan; 

 twenty-five per cent white. White Chad- 

 wick, William Turner, Thanksgiving 

 Queen, Autocrat, Jeanne Nonin; twenty- 

 five per cent pink, W. T. Brock, Pink 

 Chadwick, Wells' Late Pink, Maud 

 Dean. 



You say you want plants that will 

 bloom as early and as late as possible, 

 to have a succession of blooms. It is 

 impossible to have early flowers when 

 planting is done as late as August 1. 

 •Those I have mentioned will bloom sat- 

 isfactorily on late buds. Plants must 

 have a season of growth of eight or 

 nine weeks before the bud is set. If 

 you are looking for early flowers yon 

 will have to get plants in June, of early 

 sorts. 



A night temperature of 40 to 50 de- 

 grees and a day temperature of 50 to 

 55 degrees, with ample ventilation, are 

 proper. Plants set out as late as Au- 

 gust 1 should be kept to one bloom, or 

 flower, as otherwise they will not give 

 good results. 



Prices for the blooms will be gauged 

 entirely by the market to which they 



are shipped and the quality of the 

 stock. The prices will range from 5 to 

 30 cents per flower. 



Liquid manure may be applied to the 

 plants during the growing season, after 

 the stock is well established in the soil. 

 If applied before the stock is growing, 

 it is liable to do more harm than good. 

 If you have oyer used liquid manure on 

 previous crops, you will know the right 

 proportion. It is always better to err 

 on the side of weakness than strength" 

 when applying liquid fertilizers. siiM?e* 

 too strong applications will destroy the 

 root action by killing the root hairs. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



THE FALL BEAUTY MUM. 



Major Bonnaffon was originated in 

 the Dorner establishment at La Fay- 

 ette, Ind., and it has put more money 

 in growers' pockets than has any other 

 one variety ever introduced. So when 

 the Dorners state that they have devel- 

 oped another variety of exceptional 

 (commercial value the growers will not 

 fail to watch its progress. Fall Beauty 

 is pink, with a shading of cream at the 

 base of the petals and in the center of 

 the flower. -It is of the reflexed type, 

 as shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. But the chief merit of the variety 

 is expected to be found in its lateness 

 and in its keeping qualities. 



Washington, Pa. — Feeling the need 

 of organized cooperation among them- 

 selves, the florists here are forming a 

 club. Albert Marland and others are 

 to prepare the by-laws, etc. 



Macomb, 111. — F. E. Bonham has moved 

 liis store into handsomer and larger 

 (juarters. The formal opening was well 

 attended, the special display including 

 a large variety of orchids. 



Chrysanthemom Fall Beauty, Pink. 



