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The Florists^ Review 



NOVKMBBR 7, 1918. 



!flMINa THE BUDS. 



Please tell us how to get the buds on 

 Buch varieties of chrysanthemums as 

 Unaka and Marigold at the right date. 

 Could they not be stopped at a certain 

 time to bring the bud right! 



D. & H.— Mich. 



The question of stopping mums at a 

 certain time has been frequently dis- 

 cussed, and sometimes the idea has been 

 carried into effect by growers in Europe 

 who needed varieties at special times. 

 Years ago we tried this stopping or tim- 

 ing process, but did not have much suc- 

 cess with it, due, we felt, to the fact 

 that climatic conditions here are so dif- 

 ferent from those in Europe. The two 

 varieties mentioned, Marigold and 

 Unaka, are useless unless they happen 

 to be caught on a crown bud. We have 

 had excellent success with both kinds, 

 propagating in April and retaining the 

 first bud that showed, provided it did 

 not show before August 1. A large per- 

 centage of the buds will come at the 

 right time when so treated, and with 

 fully as much satisfaction, I think, as 

 if the timing process had been carried 

 out. C. H. T. 



MUMS UNDER CLOTH. 



I am growing a good many chrysan- 

 themums under cloth and should like to 

 have a good formula for the treatment 

 of the cloth, so as to make it warmer 

 and also make it waterproof. Of course, 

 I wish to use some solution that will not 

 rot the canvas. W, T. B.— N. C. 



I never have heard of any formula for 

 treating cloth used for covering chrysan- 

 themums. Growers use the best white 

 cotton cloth, stretching it tightly over a 

 light framework. The sides and ends 

 are treated in the same way. When the 

 season is over, the cloth is carefully re- 

 moved and laundered. Handled in this 

 way, it will last at least three seasons. 

 This covering is only meant to improve 

 the texture of the flowers and protect 

 them from the effects of dew, hot sun- 

 shine and light frosts. Any cloth treat- 

 ed with oil, or heavy enough to protect 

 from a heavy frost, would make the 

 space entirely too dark and shady for 

 the chrysanthemums. L. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



There are two chrysanthemum shows 

 in New York this week. The annual 

 exhibition of the Chrysanthemum Soci- 

 ety of America is being held in conjunc- 

 tion with the fall show of the American 

 Institute, at the Engineering building, 25 

 West Thirty-ninth street, while the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York is having 

 its annual exhibition at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. The for- 

 mer exhibition opened November 6 and 

 extends through November 8, while the 

 latter opens November 7 and continues 

 through November 10. 



At the American Institute exhibition 

 the special prizes of the Chrysanthemum 



Society of America will be awarded, 

 besides the prizes offered by the Insti- 

 tute. The Horticultural Society of New 

 York has its usual large premium list, 

 offering cash prizes ranging from $50 

 down to $2.50 in the various classes. 



The annual business meeting of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society was held at the 

 Engineering building November 6 at 

 8 p. m. The present officers of the 

 society are: President, William W. Vert, 

 Greenwich, Conn.; vice-president, Ernest 

 Guter, Pittsburgh, Pa.; secretary, Chas. 

 W. Johnson, Chicago, 111.; treasurer, 

 John N. May, Summit, N. J. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



At Chicago, October 26, Duray, a maroon pom- 

 pon, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich., scored as follows: Color, 36; form, 10; 

 stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 18; total, 91. 



At Chicago, October 26, Seedling No. 28, bronze, 

 Japanese, submitted by Mount Greenwood Cem- 

 etery Association, Morgan Park, 111., scored as 

 foHowB on the commercial scale: Color, 18; 

 form, 14; fullness, 10; stem, 11; foliage, 12; 

 substance, 13; size, 10; total, 88. 



At Chicago, October 26, Seedling No. 20, white. 

 Japanese, submitted by Mount Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association, Morgan Park, 111., scored as 

 follows on the commercial scale: Color, 19; 

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

 substance, 14; size, 9; total, 92. 



At New York, October 26, Seedling No. 4, 

 . bronze with rose tints, Japanese, submitted by 

 Rodman & Sons, Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., scored as follows on the commercial 

 scale: Color, 16; form, 11; fullness, 8; stem, 14; 

 foliage, 14; substance, 12; size, 7; total, 82. 



At New York, October 26, Greenwich, magenta, 

 large-flowered single, submitted by William Whit- 

 ton, of the Flagler estate, Greenwich, Conn., 

 scored as follows: Color, 31; form, 18; substance, 

 18; Btem and foliage, 18; total, 85. 



At New York, October 26, Alex. Clarke, dark 

 magenta, large-flowered single, submitted by 

 William Whitton, of the Flagler estate, Green- 

 wich, Conn., scored as follows: Color, 33; form, 

 18; substance, 17; stem and foliage, 17: total, 86. 



At New York, October 30, Mrs. Edwin H. 

 Bennett, pink with white center, single, sub- 

 mitted by Alex. Robertson, gardener for B. H. 

 Wells, Mountain avenue, Montclair, N. J., scored 

 as follows: Color, 35; form, 18; substance, 17; 

 stem and foliage, 15; total, 86. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y- 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the C. 

 S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Cincinnati, October 19, Walda, a white pom- 

 pon, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich., scored as follows: Color, 38; form, 18; 

 stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 16; total, 90. 



At Cincinnati, October 19, Lulah, a pink pom- 

 pon, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich., scored as follows: Color, 35; form, 16; 

 stem and foliage, 17; fullness, 18; total, 86. 



At New York, October 26, Delight, pink, Jap- 

 anese reflexed, submitted by E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., scored as follows on the exhibition 

 scale: Color, 13-; stem, 5; foliage, 5; fullness, 

 14; form, 13; depth, 13; size, 29; total, 92. 



At Chicago, October 26, Vasco, a yellow pom- 

 pon, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian. 

 Mich., scored as follows: Color, 37; form, 18; 

 stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 18; total, 91. 



Framingham, Mass. — J. T, Butter- 

 worth has fine success with Boston ferns 

 grown in refuse peat roots up to 3-inch 

 pot size, when the plants are shifted 

 into 6-inch pots, with a mixture of peat 

 and loan. Primula malacoides is al- 

 lowed to bloom and drop seed upon a 

 bed of soft coal ashes. In this manner 

 enough seedlings are obtained to furnish 

 several hundred plants. Flowering be- 

 gonias are produced in a similar way. 

 George Butterworth opines that the em- 

 bargo placed upon orchids will stimu- 

 late the growing of seedlings and propa- 

 gation of hybrids. Some beautiful va- 

 rieties already are to be found here. 



RUST ON CARNATIONS. 



I have two benches of fine carnations 

 that are attacked with rust and, as I 

 am inexperienced in the business, I do 

 not know what to do. There are 

 just a few plants affected. They are 

 of a strong growth, rather dense, and 

 are beginning to crop. The soil is rich. 

 They also have some red spider on them. 

 What is best for them? Will you give 

 me the latest on cyanide, or hydrocy- 

 anic gas? We grow carnations, mums, 

 primroses, cyclamens, ferns, plumosus, 

 Sprengeri, calla lilies, geraniums, vincas, 

 ageratums, sweet peas, snapdragons, etc. 

 Will the gas be injurious to any of 

 them? C. A. E.— 0. 



During the extreme heat of last July 

 and August many carnations were at- 

 tacked by rust. To combat this disease, 

 you should produce just the opposite 

 conditions and this is a good time to 

 do it. Keep the water off the foliage 

 as much as possible, syringing infre- 

 quently and only in the morning of 

 bright days. Paint a steam pipe in 

 each house with a mixture of lime, sul- 



phur and water, using equal portions 

 of the lime and the sulphur. Keep a 

 crack of air on as long as you are able 

 to maintain the proper temperature with 

 one steam pipe in each house. Unless 

 your plants are seriously affected with 

 the rust, they should grow out of it 

 under these conditions. We have used 

 Bordeaux mixture for rust with good 

 success. 



To exterminate the red spider, use salt 

 water. Order one of John Evans' salt 

 sprayers and use it regularly once eacTi 

 week. This method of fighting red 

 spider is especially adapted to cases 

 like your own, where frequent syring- 

 ing is inadvisable. 



The only pest we use hydrocyanic 

 acid gas on is white fly. This gas, in 

 the hands of the inexperienced, is ex- 

 tremely dangerous to both the operator 

 and the stock in the houses. Unless 

 you have some pest which cannot be 

 controlled with the ordinary methods, 

 I would suggest that you leave the gas 

 alone. The Agricultural Department at 

 Washington, D, C, will send you a bul- 

 letin, giving accurate instructions for 

 producing this gas, for the asking. 



A. F. J. B. 



