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Dechmbeh 4. 1919. 



ing prevents any serious wilting. I 

 would certainly counsel you not to grow 

 in pots through the summer another 

 year. C. W. 



CHRYSANTHEBIUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the C. 

 S. ' A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Chica^Oj^ November 22, Pearl, white, pom- 

 pon, subniitted by H. W. Rleman's Sons, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., scored os follows: Color, 40; fown, 

 19; stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 20; total, 97. 



At New York, November 22, sport of Mrs. E. 

 A. Seldewitz, daybreak pink, Japanese incurved, 

 submitted by R. Plebany & Son, Irvington, N. 

 Y scored as follows on the commercial scale: 

 Color, 16; form, 13; fullness, 9; stem, 14; foliage, 

 12; substance, 14; size, 8; total, 86. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Soc'y. 



MIDGE ON MUMS. 



"We are sending you some mum cut- 

 tings. Please tell us Whdt is the trouble 

 with them and what is "the remedy for 

 . tjhe trouble. Will they do for cuttings 

 for next year? M. & B.— N. C. 



The chrysanthemum cuttings are so 

 badly infested with midge that the best 

 thing that I can suggest is to destroy 

 ' the plants and purchase clean stock 

 from some reliable grower. These are 

 harsh measures to advise, but to propa- 

 gate cuttings from this stock will mean 

 more trouble next season and greater 

 ' toss. M. P. 



AQAIN MIDGE ON MUMS. 



We are sending you the stem of 

 one of our chrysanthemums, which are 

 affected with some disease that we have 

 had no experience with heretofore. We 

 grew them on ground benches this year, 

 contrary to our usual custom. Will you 

 please inform us what the trouble is 

 and whethor it will be advisable to use 

 any of the stock. K. M. J.— Wis. 



The chrysanthemums are badly af- 

 fected by midge, which when once it 

 gets into the stock is difficult to cxt-^r- 

 minatp. I would advise destroying 

 this stock and making a fresh and clean 

 start bv purchasing plants from some re- 

 liable grower and isolating them from 

 the chrysanthemum plants you now 

 have on the place, giving them a clean 

 house and fresh soil. Do not treat them 

 to any forced conditions. M. P. 



PINK MUMS. 



Please tell me the name of the true 

 pink mum that is on the market and 

 that blooms about the same time as 

 Chieftain or Turner. O. R.— la. 



I am unable to say just what variety 

 is referred to. There is a lovely pink 

 mum which is being sold in the stores 

 today and which is simply Wm. Turner, 

 the white variety, dyed pink. This is 

 done by dissolving a package of pink 

 dye, made for flowers only, in water and 

 allowing the bloom to stand in it ten or 

 twelve hours and take up the water 

 through the stem. In this way the pink 

 dye runs up into the flower and a beauti- 

 ful, clear pink bloom is the result. In 



fact, in many places they were selling it 

 as the "new Pink Turner." This may 

 be what you refer to. 



This year there is a fine pink sport of 

 Wm. Turner, which will be distributed 

 in the spring of 1920. This variety 

 would come into bloom at the same time 

 as Wm. Turner and is known as Mrs. J. 

 Leslie Davis. Other good commercial 

 pinks that bloom at the same time are 

 Nerissa and Elberon, both of. which are 

 excellent, and if you have not grown 

 them you should investigatje- them. 



\ C. H. T. 



SOLANUMS DO "NOT FRUIT. 



I grew 1,000 Cleveland cherries from 

 seed sown in February and shifted 

 them to 4-inch pots later. The plants 

 grew nicely, but did not have many ber- 

 ries. They have been in the house for 

 some time and the blooms that have 

 come have dropped off. I have been told 

 that the plants should have been set 

 out in the field first and potted after 

 having the berries. Kindly advise me 

 in this regai^. W. C. H. — Pa. 



All the solanums, or Jerusalem cher- 

 ries, as they are more popularly called, 

 will grow and fruit much better if plant- 

 ed out during the summer and then lift- 

 ed and potted about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. Any flowers which might set 

 on your plants at this late date would 

 be of little value. I have tried pot- 

 grown solanums, but have obtained so 

 much better results when they are grown 

 outdoors from May 15 to September 15 

 that I have entirely restricted myself 

 to field-grown plants for some years. 

 Give the plants a soil not too rich, or 

 they will become of unwieldy size. My 

 outdoor stock always has berried heavily 

 and a little shade and spraying after lift- 



WESTERN UNION USES WINDOW. 



The EUicott Square office of the West- 

 ern Union Telegraph Co., in Buffalo, has 

 been taken for a florist's shop of late, 

 on account of the display staged in its 

 window. Thousands of passers-by, it 

 is said, have stopped to watch the big 

 circular bas-relief map of the United 

 States and Canada slowly revolve, send- 

 ing along wires strung between cities 

 thereon tiny yellow cardboards labeled 

 telegrams. 



This map was the invention of Mark 

 Palmer, of W. J. Palmer & Son, which 

 won the second prize in the window dis- 

 play contest of the F. T. D. at the time 

 of its convention last October. The 

 local manager of the Western Union 

 Telegraph Co., who sought permission 

 from W. T. Palmer & Son for the use 

 of the display, is enthusiastic about its 

 educational value and says, "This is, 

 without a doubt, the most novel idea to 

 show the speed of telegraphy that has 

 come to my notice." 



DAVENPORT, R. ISLAND, MOUNE. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving trade lacked the spirit 

 and snap of a year ago and, though a 

 f ow of the trade reported good business, 

 on the whole it was disappointing, espe- 

 cially with the retailers. The whole- 

 salers fared somewhat better. There 

 were plenty of flowers. Chrysanthe- 

 mums and pompons were in big supply 

 and of good quality, with ei^ough roses 

 for the demand, while carnations, sweet 

 peas and Paper Whites were to be had. 

 Potted plants were slow sellers. The 

 average for the month was satisfactory 

 and showed a good volume of business. 



W. G. 



Lovell, Wyo. — Mrs. John A. Green has 

 postponed the construction of a green- 

 house for a few months in order to 

 patronize a local glass factory, which is 

 being erected. 



Telegraph Company Borrows Florist's F. T. D. Display. 



