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The Weekly Florists^ Re vie w* 



AuGCST 24, 1905. 



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Beadqaarters for CUT FLOWERS 



We are receiving an extra fine lot of MSMIAN COCHET ROSES, in both pink 

 and white. These roses ship far better and have much finer buds than either Brides 

 or Bridesmaids at this season of the year. Prices rangingf from $2.00 to $6.00 per tOO. 



M C^TPDC ^^ ^^^ descriptions: Ordinary^ 60c to $1.00 per 100; 

 >^*3 ■ L'iV*^ Fancy, $J.50 to $3.00 per JOO. 



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BRIDES and MAIDS, $2.00 to $5.00 per (00. 

 METEOR and tlOJEBTY, $2.00 to $6.00 per fOO. 

 AMERICAN BEAOTT, 75c to $3.00 per dozen. 



ALL OTHER CUT 

 FLOWERS IN SEASON 



HEADQUARTERS FOR FANCY FERNS, $1.25 per 1000. 



VSUGHAN & SPERRY, 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



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CHRYSANTHEMUM QUERIES. 



I uni much pleased with the chrysan- 

 themum articles published in the Re- 

 vieW. I have eighty-two varieties grow- 

 ing for the wholesale market in Los An- 

 geles, and am not certain about the time 

 to take the buds on some of them and 

 on some I do not even know what bud to 

 take. I am growing them out in the 

 field )E double rows alternating, with 

 three feet between double rows and al- 

 lowing fifteen to t'.renty inches between 

 plants, and am growing three shoots to 

 each plant. Occasionally I find a tip 

 with a little mark down the side. It 

 looks as if it had been cut lengthwise 

 with :i knife and causes the shoot to 

 grow crooked at that part and I am 

 anziou3 to know how to prevent it. I 

 began planting in April and planted 

 1,000 each of Wm. Ihickham and Engue- 

 hard daring the first week in July. The 

 ants (little ones) have killed some ten 

 or twenty of the April plants, which are 

 now five feet high, by working on the 

 roots. What can I do? 



Would I be expecting too much to ask 

 y9u to give me information as to what 

 buds to take and when to take them in 

 this i^art of the country? If you are not 

 acquainted with them all or have not got 

 the time, why please do the best you 

 can for me. This is my first experience 

 raising blossoms for the market and I 

 want to sell good, big, fine ones or none 

 at aJl. How much ahead of the eastern 

 season is that of southern California? 

 An Infant in Mum Culture. 



I havo to thank "An Infant in Mum 

 Culture" for an interesting letter on his 

 experiences in growing chrysanthemums 

 in California and in taking up his queries 

 in an endeavor to assist him, if possible, 

 I would say that I have no experience 

 whatovei- with a California climate and 

 cannot tell how it compares with the 

 east. Possibly some grower from that 

 state Avill enlighten us. 



The bud question we discussed in these 

 notes last week quite a good deal, and 

 our "Infant" may perhaps find some in- 

 formation therein. I have given an ap- 

 proximate date for the list of varieties 

 sent by him after which time it is safe 

 to takt: tlie buds here and I do not see 



that conditions should be so very differ- 

 ent ill his case. 



Time to Bud 



■Variety. take bud. to take. 



Silver ■Shield Sept. 1 , 



Silver Wedding Sept. 1 



John K. Shaw Aug. 20 



Willow Brook Aug. 2<t 



Monrovia .^ug. 10 



Kate Broomhead Sept. 1 



Omega Aug. 15 



•Col. de Appleton Aug. 10 



Ivory Sept. 1 



Polly Rose Aug. 20 



Marie Llger Aug. 20 



Philadelphia Aug. 20 



Marquis de Montmort. . . . Aug. 10 



Maud Dean Sept. 10 Terminal 



tLa vender Queen Terminal 



Timothy Eaton Aug. 25 



C. Hoist • Sept. 1 



Wm. Simpson Aug. lo 



Mme. F. Bergmanii Aug. 10 



W. Bonnaffon Sept. 1 



Mrs. Thlrkell Aug. 10 



Pink Ivory .' .Sept. 1 



Geo. W. Chllds Sept. 1 



Lady Fltzwygram Aug. 10 



Major Bounaffon Aug. 25 



Modesto Sept. 1 



Opah Aug. 20 



V'lvland-Morel Sept. 1 Late crown 



Gold Mine Sept. 1 



Mrs. H. Robinson Aug. 2<i 



W. Dean Sept. lo Terminal 



Ben Wells Aug. 20 



Golden Wedding Aug. 20 



Helen Bloodgood Sept. lo l.ate crown 



Good Gracious Aug. 2."i 



NIveus Aug. 2T> 



The Bride Sept. 1 



Thornden Sept. 1 



Bertha Welch Sept. 1 



Autumn Glory Aug. 20 



Miss Minnie Wanniimaker. Sept. 1 



Mrs. Perrin Sept. 1 



Lillian Bird .Sept. 1 



Harry Wilder Sept. 1 



The Queep .Sept. 1 



Convention Hall .Sept. 1 



Mrs. WInthrop Sargent . . Aug. 20 



Black Hawk Sept. 1 



Fisher's Torch Sept. 1 to 10 



Edgar Sanders Sept. 1 to lo 



President Wm. R. Smith. Sept. 1 to 10 

 Robt. M. Grey Sept. 1 to 10 



•Bud to take. — Late crown <ir terminal. 



tTIme to take bud.— As late as possible for 

 late flowers. 



All kinds may be taken on crown buds 

 if crown.H appear after date mentioned. 



The question of which bud to take is 

 not of so much importance as the time 

 it is taken. The early dates given are 

 all for early varieties and late dates for 

 late varieties. Infant will probably re- 

 vise his list somewhat as a wholesale 

 grower for another year, the demand for 

 kinds like Robert M. Grey being limit- 

 ed, but I think he is wise in not cutting 

 down the list to one or two varieties be- 

 cause this narrows the market down to 

 an immense quantity of a few kinds, 

 whereas when the market is broader in 



range cf color and shape, a glut is more 

 easily handled. 



The mark on the stem spoken of is 

 made by a thrip which operates in the 

 extreme tip of the shoot and is so small 

 as to be hardly noticed. Spraying with 

 To-bak-ine liquid or some other of the 

 tobacco extracts will make things un- 

 pleasant for him. 



Regarding the ants a good mulching 

 with tobacco stems should, I would im- 

 agine, make things so warm that the 

 ants would move out. If the nests are 

 not too numerous boiling water should 

 easily destroy them. 



I understand that many of the chrys- 

 anthemums are raised in the open ground 

 in California. Here in New Jersey out- 

 door culture even during the summer is 

 virtually impossible owing to the number 

 and variety of insects that infest the 

 plants not to mention the rust that ap- 

 pears in wet seasons. 



Charles H. Totty. 



A LATE START. 



We are putting up two small rose 

 houses and will have them finished in a 

 week or so. Is there any way that we 

 could stock them with roses now so we 

 could have them for winter! We have 

 never grown roses, but know of course 

 that the general stock was in long ago, 

 but thought maybe there was some way 

 we could manage to get them in. 



W. T. 



Very frequently it is impossible to 

 plant new houses as early as is required 

 for best results, but by planting strong 

 young plants from 3 ^^ -inch or 4-inch 

 pots early in August and giving good 

 culture it is usually possible to get a 

 fair return before the end of the sea- 

 son, but if planting cannot be done at 

 once it would probably be better to give 

 the space to some other crop for which 

 you have a market, say lilies followed by 

 bedding plants, which will permit a more 

 timely start next season. H. O. 



Nashville, Tenn. — Joy & Sons Co. 

 has secured a permit and will immedi- 

 ately begin the erection of a handsome 

 two-story brick store at 209 Sixth ave- 

 nue, North. 



