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The Florists' Review 



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family did not go to the country and 

 therefore had no muck land for the 

 plants. The consequence was that the 

 flowers had their normal color, rose or 

 pink. 



These mill people migrate back and 

 forth, going to the country in the sum- 

 mer and returning to the cotton mills 

 in the winter. Their plants are all 

 grown in lard tubs or tin cans, on which 

 the names of Armour and Swift are 

 everywhere conspicuous. The plants 

 are taken with them whenever they 

 move, though many of them do so every 

 few weeks. Their plants seem to be 

 as inseparable from them as if they 

 formed a part of the -family, and some 

 of '^hem have plants that would put the 

 professional norist to shame. I am 

 thinking of obtaining some of the soil 

 in which the blue-flowered hydrangea 

 was grown, and getting it analyzed. 

 Judging from the general surroundings, 

 I should think there was but little, if 

 any, iron in the soil, but the color of 

 the flowers was certainly the most beau- 

 tiful blue I have ever seen in hydratt- 

 geas and I have seen a good many. 



H. J. Corfield. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees have sub- 

 mitted reports on new varieties as fol- 

 lows: 



At Cincinnati, October 16, Early Rose, rose 



gink, Japanese Incurred, submitted by Elmer D. 

 mitb & Co., Adrian, Micb., scored as follows on 

 tbe commercial scale : Color, 18 ; form, 12 ; full- 

 ness, 8;. stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 13; 

 size, 8; total, 87. 



At New York, October 16, Alice Day, wblte, 

 Japanese incurred, submitted by Chas. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., scored as follows on tbe commer- 

 cial scale : Color, 18; form, 14; fullness, 10; stem, 

 12; foliage, 10: substance, 14; size, 9; total, 87. 



At Philadelphia, 0<'tober 16. No. 1-191.S. yel- 

 low (Halllday x Appleton), Japanese incurred, 

 submitted by O. A. Lotze, Glen Bumie, Ind., 

 scored as follows on the commercial scale : Color, 

 18 ; form, 12 ; fullness, 9 ; stem, 14 ; foliage, 14 ; 

 substance, 14; size, 9; total, 90. Exhibition 

 scale: Color, 14; stem and foliage, 9; fullness, 

 14 ; form, 13 ; depth, 12 ; size, 27 ; total, 89. 



The Committees and Dates. 



The following are the C. S. A. com- 

 mittees to examine seedlings and sports 

 in the season of 1915: 



Boston : William Nicholson, chairman ; James 

 Wheeler, Alex. Montgomery. Ship flowers to 

 chairman, care W. J. Thurston, manager, Boston 

 Flower Exchange, Wintbrop Square and Otis 

 street, Boston, Mass. 



New York : Eugene Dailledonze, chairman ; 

 Wm. H. Dnckham, A. Herrlngton. Ship flowers 

 to New York Cut Flower Co., 65 Twenty-second 

 street, care chairman. 



Philadelphia: A. B. Cartledge, chairman; John 

 Westcott. S. S. Pennock. Ship flowers to A. B. 

 Cartledge, 1514 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 



Cincinnati : R. Witterataetter, chairman ; James 

 Allen, Henry Scbwarz. Ship flowers to chairman, 

 Jabez Elliott Flower Market, care Janitor. 



Chicago : N. J. Wietor. chairman ; George 

 Asmus, Wm. E. Tricker. Ship flowers to chair- 

 man, 162 North Wabash sTenue, Chicago. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine such exhibits as may be sub- 

 mitted on each Saturday during Octo- 

 ber and November, the dates of which 

 will be October 23, 30 and November 6, 

 13, 20, 27. 



POTTED rOBOET-ME-NOTS. 



How many seedling forget-me-nots 

 should be planted in a pot to sell? 

 Should they be pinched back or will 

 they naturally branch sufficiently! 



P. G.— la. 



You need not pinch back the myoso- 

 tis plants at all; they naturally branch 

 well. In a 6-inch pot three plants will 

 suffice. For pot culture it is essential 

 that the plants be well potbound; then 



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ABTHUB HEBBINGTON. 



IT may bo possible, some day, to put on a flower show in New York, or at Madi- 

 son, N. J., without the active assistance of Arthur Harrington — may be, we say, 

 but it hasn't yet been done; not in a good many years. While following the pro- 

 fession of landscape architect, with offices in the metropolis, Mr. Herrington still 

 makes his home at Madison, where for many years he was superintendent of one of 

 the largest estates in the district. There are few men in this country who have so 

 broad a knowledge of needs and uses of plants or the production and arrangement 

 of flowers. Mr. Herrington is known personally to large numbers of florists, but 

 his writings are known to thousands more. The book in which he records his ex- 

 perience as a grower of the chrysanthemum has run through several editions. 



feed occasionally with liquid manure. 

 Be careful not to grow them too warm; 

 a temperature of 50 to 52 degrees at 

 night is all right; higher temperatures 

 are injurious. C. W. 



WINTER - FLOWEBINO BEGOINIAS. 



All the varieties of winter-flowering 

 begonias should now have a sunny 

 house. No further shading should be 

 necessary, unless we chance to get a 

 belated heat wave. If the drainage 

 provided has been ample and the soil 

 fairly porous, the plants will need con- 

 siderable water and some weak liquid 

 manure should be added at least once 

 a week. Where the pots are matted 

 with roots, give it twice a week. 



The plants should have had necessary 

 staking done before now, but, if not 

 yet done, lose no time in giving some 

 supports. These should be light, pref- 



erably painted green, and as incon- 

 spicuous as possible. Staking, if left 

 until the plants are blooming, means 

 that they will be badly mauled over 

 during the process. 



The Lorraines are already flowering 

 freely and many can be sold between 

 now and Thanksgfiving. In the case of 

 Cincinnati, Florence Davenport and 

 Melior, where the foliage is heavier and 

 the natural blooming time a little later, 

 all efforts should be made to have them 

 in as good a condition as possible be- 

 fore the Christmas holidays, which is 

 the season when the bulk of these 

 plants will be sold. The scarcity of 

 azaleas should create 9, greater demand 

 for begonias, poinsettias and cyclamens, 

 and growers well stocked with these are 

 to be congratulated. Give the be- 

 gonias 60 degrees at night and run them 

 a little cooler nearer Christmas. 



