October 23, 1913, 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



. T. BACHED OR FADED FOLIAGE. 



I am puzzled by the fact that the 

 • ives of my Silver Wedding mums 

 I lied from a fine, dark, rich green 

 I I a grayish white soon after the buds 

 \.rie taken. The plants, grown in 

 i:; open from top cuttings, in this mild 

 I ;),ifornia climate, are nearly five feet 

 T II. and are well nourished and well 

 .;iM'd for. The discoloration was first 

 (,; I served three years ago, when the 

 I .,mts were in sandy soil. This year 

 il.iv are in heavy soil, and until three 

 urt'ks ago they looked splendid. 

 Though we had some exceedingly hot 

 W'Mtlicr, the blooms never seemed to 

 lie affected. Both in size and quality, 

 till' plants were among the best I have 

 (■\iT seen. Chrysanthemums of other 

 vMiictics, planted in the same beds, do 

 tint show the discolored foliage. 



The trouble starts along the veins of 

 Ihi' loaves and does not seem to be no- 

 tii'cable on the under side of the fo- 

 li.'i^zc, but there is a bleaching of the 

 coicir cells on the upper side. I in- 

 close a leaf, but presume it will be use- 

 li<s. as it will probably wilt. 



B. r. G. 



It is difficult for a person living in 



tlu! cast to suggest remedies for condi- 

 tions prevailing on the other side of 

 the continent, some o.-'JOO miles away, 

 ami B. P. G. 's inquiry opens up some 

 iiitt'ifsting possibilities. While he 

 ;:r(i\vs flowers outdoors, we in Jersey 

 ;;ro\v them indoors, and yet the same 

 liMij tendency is shown in some varie- 

 ties— tlie tendency of the foliage to 

 cli.'iiige and become a dirty, grayish 

 "iiite instead of a rich, dark green, 

 ^iii'h as we are accustomed to associate 

 ^\itli the chrysaiitiiennun when it is 

 'l"ing well. 1 have always believed it 

 1^ I aused by the sun, but it is a prob- 

 li'iii that I have so far been unable to 

 -"l\e positively. 



I'lie variety Lenox, sent out by Elmer 

 !•■ Smith, is a splendid thing in every 

 i"! -jx'ct except this one particular; the 

 '"''■i,i:t' apparently bleaclies in the sun- 

 ' 'i'. An Australian variety, ^Irs. 

 '"". Hcaunie. which we sent out about 

 - s \t'ars ago, lias a similar derect — 

 .'^ .1 am unable to say. after study- 

 ' 'lio (|uestion for some time. 



' 'Oiyone is familiar with tln^ ten- 



■y shown by tli(> liloonis of eer- 

 ' ''riiiison varieties to burn «iuifkly 



'' 'I" the sun's rays. In fact, the 

 '■'s of all varieties burn somewhat 



'I the sun is extremely hot, though 

 '•riginal color of th(> mum. yellow, 



1^ less than any other. But why 

 foliage burns I cannot conceive, 

 leaves inclosed with the inipiiry in- 



'f'' Well nourished plants and it is 

 lack of nourishnuMit tiiat has 



-t'd the plants to act as they have. 



'1 sorry to sav that about all I can 



I'"- B. r. G. is to suggest that the 



~tion be passed up to the experi- 



ii 



ment station, where it would be studied 

 from a scientific standpoint. 



Chas. ir. Totty. 



RETARDING CHRYSANTHEMUMa 



How can I retard chrysanthemums so 

 as to have blooms for Christmas, and 

 what varieties are best suited for this 

 purpose? W'ould rooted cuttings, put 



in the bench now, 



serve the purpose? 

 Y. F. C. 



The only way to secure a late chry- 

 santhemum crop is to plant varieties 

 which are naturally late, such as Bon- 

 natfon, J. Nonin, Maud Dean, Mrs. 

 Chadwick, Gold Mine and others. Keep 

 these as cool as possible and at least 

 a good proi>ortion of them will last till 

 Christmas, unless the weather chances 

 to be abnormally mild. It is of no use 

 to ])ut cuttings in any later than the 

 early part of .Fune, as the plants would 

 be poor and puny. Booted cuttings 

 put in the bench as late as the end 

 of September would give poor returns. 

 C. W. 



A LONG ISLAND MUM GROWER. 



When Arthur Cockcroft started in 

 business at Northport, L. I., about two 

 years ago, the main out[)ut of his plant 

 was of carnations. This line is still the 

 chief iiart of th(» business, but chrys- 

 anthemums are at the same time as- 

 suming greater importance. The new 

 section ailded to accommodate the in- 

 creasing trade in mums is sliown in the 

 illustration. The standard of (|ualify 

 is high, for only the cream of the staml- 

 ard and novel varieties are grown. 



To meet the heavy demand for cut- 

 tings and young stock of carnations, 

 the nundn'r of ])lants has liecn increased 

 from 12S,000 to 4i',00(J. These include 



only the most profitable varieties, which 

 have been selected after a trial of 

 eighteen varieties for two years. The 

 varieties that have survived this trial 

 are Mrs. Ward, Northport, White Won- 

 der, Perfection, Enchantress, Pink De- 

 light, Beacon, Benora and May Day. 



In order to turn out the highest grade 

 of cuttings and young stock for the 

 trade, which is Mr. Cockcroft 's special- 

 ty, he installed this year an equipment 

 which J. George Jurgens, superintend- 

 ent of the plant, believes will make an 

 ideal propagating house. A heating sys- 

 tem both of steam and hot water keeps 

 the temperature under perfect control 

 at all times. All the shading is done by 

 overhead curtains, which makes it pos- 

 sible to gradually harden the cuttings 

 for shipment. The minor details are in 

 keeping with these improvements and 

 show that no pains are spared to keep 

 the standard of Mr. Cockcroft 's special- 

 ties as high as possible. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The committees have examined new 

 varieties as follows: 



At ("liiijiffo. Octdlior 11. sport finm Cloiy of 

 racitio, pinl<ish \vliit<'. oxtiiliitod liy U. Wi-licr & 

 .Sdiis Co.. Oiililiinil, M(l.. scored ;is follows on coiii- 

 niiTcial sonic: Color. 1."; form. 1'-': fnlliipss, (t; 

 stem. It; f(pliaKo. 14; .sul)St:unc, 14; size. S; total, 

 MJ. 



.\t New York. Ootobcr 11. .T .''i. cliostnut hronzp. 

 .Tiipiincsi", i'\lii!>ilcil liy Clias. II. Totty. Madison, 

 N. I., scored as fcillows oil eiMiiiiicrcial ~^cale' 

 Color, 17: form. 12; fullness. S: stem. It: foliaL'c. 

 lU: -iilistaiice. i;{: size-. 0: total. S.". Kxliildtion 

 seale: Color. It; stem. ."; f(diajii'. 4; fullness, 12; 

 form. 1-: dcptli. 12; size, L'C,; total. Sd. 



At ( iiiciiinati. Oi-tolior 11. sport of Clory of Pa- 

 cilic. liliish Willi.-. e\l[ihited liv II. Wel'cr ,V; Sons 

 Co.. Oakland. Md., -cued as iVilliiw^: on commer- 

 cial seal.': Coliir. 12: fuiMi, U; fiillnc-s. 0: stem, 

 1.".; feliaL'e. U: >ulista , 1.".; size, S; total. S2. 



('has. \V. .l(dinson, Sec 'y. 



Portland, Me. - I'he new greenhouse 

 of William E. Dyer is about completed. 



House of Chrysanthemums at Arthur Cockcroft's, Northport, L. I. 



