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The Florists^ Review 



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Seedling No. 103 17. 



ous, why not, as suggested, throw out 

 all the stock plants and let the matter 

 rest that way for some time? I do not 

 know whether there are any other 

 plants in the house that the midge will 

 attack, bijt if all the plants that are 

 affected with it are destroyed, there is 

 a good chance of getting rid of it. 

 Cyanide of potasatum is, I believe, a 

 valuable fumigant, though I have never 

 been able to use it without injuring the 

 plants. When tobacco dust is used as a 

 fumigant, make a small heap of two or 

 three handfuls and on top of each heap 

 put a few drops of kerosene where you 

 can ignite it. 



It is, as you say, preferable to grow 

 mums on raised benches instead of solid 

 beds. 



Referring to your question as to 

 whether it is not better to have the 

 mum house partitioned from the other 

 houses, we believe in having a separate 

 house and then if one does have a dis- 



ease or insects in the house, it can be 

 better fumigated. 



I think if you will throw out all your 

 old plants, you will not have to worry 

 much about fumigating at this time. 

 Then in the spring, before buying new 

 stock, I suggest that you clean out the 

 house of all vegetable life and give it 

 a thoroughly good fumigation with sul- 

 phur, burning it in the house for an 

 entire night, so that all life will bo 

 destroyed. In this way there should 

 be no future trouble with a pest of this 

 kind. C. H. T. 



QOOD COMMEBCIAI. VARIETIES. 



Please let us know the names of a few 

 of the best varieties of mums for florists' 

 use, in white and pink, early and late, 

 which are easily grown. 



Also give us the names of a few of 

 the best hybrid tea roses to grow out- 

 side for cut flowers. C. B. — Can. 



Good commercial pink chysanthemums 

 are Unaka, Chieftain, Patty, Dr. Engue- 

 hard, Wells' Late Pink. White varieties 

 are Smith 's Advance, Early Snow, Octo- 

 ber Frost, White Chieftain, Charles Ea- 

 ger, White Bonnaffon and White Chad- 

 wick. 



Hybrid tea roses suitable for outdoor 

 culture are numerous. The following 

 are extra good and reliable: Konigin 

 Carola, Lady Pirrie, Richmond, Radiance, 

 Lady Alice Stanley, Antoine Rivoire, 

 Ophelia, Gruss an Teplitz, J. L. Mock, 

 Mme. Leon Pain, Mrs. Wakefield Christie 

 Miller and Killarney Queen. C. W. 



PBOPAOATINO MUMS. 



When should Golden Glow and Early 

 Frost be propagated and planted to 

 have them in bloom by September 15? 



W. & M.— Ind. 



The time of propagating Golden 

 Glow and Early Frost really does not 

 have so much to do with their blooming 

 period as does the taking of the bud, 

 except, of course, that the plants should 

 be planted early enough to make a cer- 

 tain amount of stem growth. Plants 

 propagated any time from February to 

 April will be all right, but the buds 

 must be taken the latter part of July 

 if flowers are desired September 15. 

 While good flowers of October Frost 

 found a ready sale in the market this 

 year. Golden Glow, in the eastern mar- 

 kets at least, was considerably over- 

 done. If you wish to have something 

 novel, it is entirely possible to propa- 

 gate Golden Glow in December and grow 

 it along for Easter flowering, if desired. 

 I have done this with several other 

 varieties as well as with Golden Glow, 

 but finally came to the conclusion that 

 there is a proper time and place for 

 everything and that the time for mums 

 is not early spring; neither is it early 

 in the fall, since the summer gardens 

 are still in full blaze and there are many 

 other flowers from which to select. 



C. H. Totty. 



Seedling No. t08-17. 



CRACKING OF MUM STEMS. 



What causes the stems of Turner 

 chrysanthemums to crack just below 

 the bud, just as though they had been 

 cut with a knife? Some of them have 

 two or three cracks, which go half way 

 around. The plants have made a fine 

 growth; some of the mums are more than 

 four feet high. I have given three or 



Seedling No. 104- 17. 



four feeds of liquid manure before the 

 buds showed any color. E. B, — Ind. 



A number of exhibition varieties of 

 chrysanthemums have this trouble, es- 

 pecially large, massive blooms on the 

 order of Wm. Turner. There are several 

 causes for it. One is taking the buds 

 too early, particularly during a hot, dry 

 season. If you will notice your plants, 

 you will, I think, find that the trouble is 

 worst on the earliest buds. The reason 

 for this is that the buds were taken 

 when the weather was hot and dry, a 

 time when the growth of the plant is 

 .most active. Removing the side buds 

 and growths throws all the strength into 

 the main stem and bud, which is more 

 than they can stand, causing the stem 

 to give way at its weakest point. 



Heavy feeding with manure and a rich 

 soil will also cause the same trouble. 

 Some growers who feed their plants 



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