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The Florists' Review 



DECGMBUit 8, 1921 



following solution :(t tho lime tlicy are 



takoii: 



Nicoliiie ^iil|iIinfV-, forty por cent imrt 1 



Wutor ..J. i. purls 8(K> 



Ijaiindry Aoayi . . N, ounce per KiiHo" %-l 



Another satismuitpry inotliod of si>- 

 cijrins chrysantheinuni cuttings free 

 /from midge when tlie ])revious reason's 

 ( stoc^k Jias been infested is to ])lant the 

 Vatofeli ill benches or cohlframes directly 

 after fhc season's crop has been re- 

 moved. This should then be followed by 

 thorough treatment witli a mixture con- 

 sisting of equal j)arts of dry or 'air- 

 slaked lime and tobacco dust. It is 

 advisable to keep all new growth cov- 

 ered with the mixture until further op- 

 erations in the sj)ring. 



PINCHING POMPONS. 



How late is it safe to pinch pompon 

 chrysanthemums and vet have them 

 bloom? ' J. M.— Pa. 



Pompon chrysanthemums can be 

 rooted as late as July for Thanksgiv- 

 ing and Christmas trade and still give 

 fairly satisfactory results. One may 

 pinch the plants any time up to July 

 15, ))ut it would be advisabh; to stop 

 pinching before that date. C. 11. T. 



MUMS EARLY AND LATE. 



Will you give me the names of good 

 early and late ])om])()n mums in ])ink, 

 white, yellow and bronze? I refer to 

 those that are large and double-flowered, 

 like Diana. We now grow Diana, l^illian 

 Doty and Western Beautv. 



J. M.— Pa. 



The early varieties of ]ionij)on 

 chrysanthemums in tlie colors desired 

 would be as follows: White — White 

 Doty, IJvalsa and Queen of Whites; 

 pink — Niza, Mrs. II. Harrison and C.-ip- 

 tain Cook; yellow — Zenobia, Yellow 

 Gem and ('onnie Dick; bronze — Skibo 

 and Anna L. Moran. The late varieties 

 would be the following: White — Baby 

 Margaret and Helen Newberry; jiink 

 • — Nellie Kleris, Mrs. Chester Rol)ins()n 

 and Western Beauty; yellow — Baliy, 

 Eugene Langaulet and Christmas Gold; 

 bronze — Julia Lagravere, Leila and 

 Mrs. Frank Wilcox. C. H. T. 



NEW MUMS AT CAPITAL SHOW. 



A number of promising and unusual 

 chrysanthemum seedlings were exliibit- 

 cd for the first time at the twentieth an- 

 nual chrysanthemum show held by the 

 United States Departnu'ut of Agricul- 

 ture last month in the dejiartment green- 

 houses at Washington, D. C. Several 

 large-flowering varieties were named by 

 Mrs. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, during the show. Mrs. 

 Harding was a deep lavender bloom, 

 while Secretary Wallace was bronze, red 

 ind yellow. Mrs. Henry C. Wallace was 

 named by tlic secretary from this year's 

 seedlings, a conspicuous dark lavender 

 with purple-backed i)etals. Titian Tints 

 was an exquisite pomjion variety named 

 by Mrs. Wallace, and Jose|>hine Wal- 

 lace was a bronze yellow pompon of 

 delicate formation. 



Outstanding among the fiffy or more 

 varieties of Japanese chrysanthemums, 

 which were grown from small ]>lants 

 imported last February, was Skikishima, 

 a large flatfish liead of i)ale lavelider on 

 a well developed bush. Although flic 

 Japanese prefer to grow their chrysan- 

 themums to get the cffoct of the entire 



bush, this plant especially seems to of- 

 fer possibilities for development on a 

 single stem. 



Many of the Japanese flowers, witli 

 their characteristic quill-like petals, 

 sprawly lieads and loose arrangement on 

 the bush, are yellow in tone, though two 

 colors are usual. Kaka-no-sui has ma- 

 genta petals with a pinkish white re- 

 verse side. Kabatama is reddish yellow. 

 Matsu-no-tsuru shades from p.alc pink to 

 yellow white. Hatsuhinodo has large, 

 loose yellow petals. 



The Chinese seedlings, shown in con- 

 siderable number, were white, white and 

 lavender, white and pale yellow, yellow, 

 and delicate pink. Most of them Lad 

 flat petals curling toward a distinctly 

 defined center; some were of the daisy 

 type, both white and lavender pink, 

 with yellow centers. They were easily 

 distinguishable from the Japanese 



When Cohen Came Home. 



])lants. These Chinese seedlings were all 

 grown from seeds bought in January, 

 1921. Of interest in connection with the 

 exliibit of C'liinesc seedlings is a request 

 from the I'niversity of Nanking for the 

 exchange of some domestic chrysanthe- 

 mum jdants with China. After the de- 

 ])artnu'nt has selected the stock it de- 

 sires to use for another year, including 

 certain ]ilants wliich will be tested out- 

 doors at the Arlington exjierinK'ntal 

 farm, near Washington, suitable and 

 representative stock will be sent to 

 China. 



MUM SHOW AT LE MANS. 



The international flower show at Le 

 Mans, I'rauce, last nu)nth was a thor- 

 oughly successful exhibition. It attract- 

 ed wid(>spread interest in France, and 

 several leading British growers took 

 some fine exhibits across the channel. 



H. J. Jones, of Lewishani, gained the 

 liighest award, the "grand prix d'hon- 

 neur, " for his exhibit of chrj'santhe- 

 niums, featuring some wonderful speci- 

 men blooms, which proved quite an eye- 

 opener to the French. It was composed 



entirely of largo specimen blooms, 

 staged in Mr. Jones' usual effective 

 style, the background being composed 

 of steep banks of such sorts as W. Rig- 

 by, R. C. Pulling, George Monro, Jr., 

 and Edith Cavell. The award took the 

 form of a'wonderful bronze work of art, 

 featuring "A Sower," and was beauti- 

 fully executed. Standing over thirty 

 inches high, it weighed nearly fifty-six 

 pounds, and Mr. Jones must have found 

 it a big task to take this trophy home. 

 Mr. Jones also secured a gold medal for 

 the finest chrysanthemum bloom in the 

 show, exhibiting Mrs. Chichester. 



Occupying three immense marquees 

 combined in one, all the 200 odd exhibits 

 were arranged on the ground in bedding 

 stylo and, viewed as a whole, made a 

 wonderful show of dazzling color. Each 

 exhibit had a turf edging all around, the 

 space being filled to its utmost capac- 

 ity. Chrysanthemums in pots were the 

 principal feature; some had anything 

 frt)m twenty to sixty blooms per pot, 

 and were trained in many different 

 ways, pyramids, cupolas, etc. 



One especially outstanding exhibit 

 was that of the firm of Vilmorin-An- 

 drieux, of Paris, which had a most ex- 

 tensive collection of cut and pot-grown 

 flowers, arranged upon the ground. For 

 an edging they must have used quite 

 1,500 pot-grown plants of a nice dwarf 

 yellow pompon. The specimen plants 

 were skillfully grown, some having over 

 250 disbudded blooms on each plant. 

 These plants were shown in practically 

 endless varieties. 



A CHICACK) NIMROD. 



Gunning for orders is the usual occu- 

 ])ation of Max Cohen, who is proprietor 

 of the Jackson Floral Shop, Chicago. 

 Mr. Cohen is known as a good marksman 

 at the business game and has distributed 

 telegraph delivery orders all over Amer- 

 ica, his business experience dating back 

 to .'i start in 1912. Occasionally he takes 

 a day off and with his gun goes ducking. 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 why he enjoys it. 



Spencer, Ind. — E. T. Barnes, of the 

 National Show Gardens, has been con- 

 fined to liis bed by a severe illness for 

 more than three weeks, but is now able 

 to be about again. 



Helena, Mont. — Business has been ex- 

 tremely good, reports the State Nursery 

 & Seed Co. The mum crop is all sold. 

 William Duncan has been away on a trip 

 through neighboring states. 



Riclimond, Ind. — In order to provide 

 for its rajjidly increasing business, the 

 John A. Evans Co. has moved its busi- 

 ness to its new home at tlie corner of 

 North I'ifteenth street and the Penn- 

 sylvania railroad tracks. This new es- 

 tablishment consists of a thoroughly uiv 

 fo-date brick factory with approximately 

 twice as much manufacturing space 

 available as the firm liad in the old 

 place. 



Sedalia, Mo. — L. H. Archias, president 

 of the Archias Floral Co., and Mrs. 

 Arcliias spent Thanksgiving as tlie 

 guests of Frank Lennartz, at Montrose, 

 Mo., when Mr. Archias indulged in a 

 successful liunting trip. As a result 

 the employees of the Archias Floral 

 Co. were entertained at the home of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Archias November 27 at 

 an opossum dinner. Twenty-nine guests 

 were i)resent. 



