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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 19, 1905. 



stems are full of water. Then they will 

 carry to their destination without wilt- 

 ing and set up in much better shape. 



Merstham Yellow* 



1 notice in last week's Ehjview that 

 Mr. Teilmann is very much disappointed 

 with the way Merstham Yellow has be- 

 haved with him. I am sorry to hear it, 

 since my experience, and also the ex- 

 perience of several other growers in this 

 vicinity, is very different. My first flow- 

 ers were cut September 30 and these 

 flowers ran $4 per dozen. The last of 

 some 500 blooms were cut October 12 and 

 the average price, particularly in this 

 bad fall, from a mum grower's stand- 

 point, was satisfactory enough. One 

 grower of my acquaintance got $5 a 

 dozen for his best flowers, with a net 

 average of practically $4 a dozen. 



The early buds from which the early 

 flowers would be cut all came green and 

 blind with Mr. Teilmann. This, of course, 

 accounts for his poor opinion of the 

 variety. If the bud is not taken before 

 August 10 it always comes perfect here, 

 and I can only account for his flowers 

 failing to come on the ground of some 

 climatic differences, unless he took a 

 bud before the date indicated. 



It is unquestionably true that locality 

 or soil does make a good deal of differ- 

 ence in the handling of different varie- 

 ties. Mr. Teilmann grows Monrovia 

 finely and it must be a satisfactory kind 

 with him. Very few growers here grow 

 it in any quantity and personally I could 

 never get any satisfaction out of it. 



The variety W. Duckham is one of 

 the very largest mums grown and as set 

 up in the east, at the different shows, 

 is unsurpassed in finish and color. Yet 

 Wm. Duckham told me that in his trip 

 through the west last year he was in- 

 tensely disappointed at the very poor 

 condition of all the flowers of this va- 

 riety he saw on exhibition. So much 

 for difference in climate. 



I have always argued in these notes 

 that when a grower has a variety that 

 does finely with him, that is the kind 

 for him to grow. The only fault with 

 Merstham Yellow, as far as my experi- 

 ence with it this fall goes, is that the 

 flower is soft and damped somewhat. 

 The fact that it is the warmest fall in 

 the history of the weather bureau may 

 account for this; in fact. I know it does, 

 because as soon as I shaded the bench 

 the damping ceased. 



I hope Mr. Teilmann will give the 

 variety one more chance before he dis- 

 cards it, and meanwhile I would like 

 to hear how it has. behaved with other 

 growers in that vicinity. 



Charles II. Totty. 



RUST. 



Enclosed you will find a few leaves 

 of chrysanthemum. I am troubled with 

 some kind of spot on the leaves. From 

 the way it comes, and on any part of 

 the plant, I am sure it is not caused by 

 the sun shining too hot through the 

 glass, and it is not caused by either 

 mulching or using liquid manure, for 

 otherwise the plants seem to be in A 1 

 condition. I have seen the same thing 

 happen once before. It does not seem 

 to affect the bloom much but spoils the 

 leaves. I will be thankful to you if you 

 can help me in any way. C. L. T. 



Although the leaves were very much 

 wilted I have no hesitation in saying | 

 that these chrysanthemums are affected 



with rust. While this disease has never 

 assumed serious proportions here, it has 

 done a good deal of damage in Europe. 

 Rust can be held in check by spraying 

 the plants with sulphide of potassium, 

 using it at the rate of one ounce to 

 two gallons of water and making abso- 

 lutely sure that the spraying is so thor- 

 ough that the leaf is wet on both sides. 

 This fall, after the plants have done 

 flowering, I would advise C. L. T. to 

 take a batch of cuttings from the plants 

 and clear away the- old stools. Then by 

 watching the young plants he can start 

 another year with perfectly clean 

 stock. Badly affected stock has in this 

 manner been cleared completely of 

 rust. C. H. T. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of Committees. 



The Chicago committee of the Chry- 

 santhemum Society of America, judged 

 seedlings, Saturday, October 14, as fol- 

 lows: No. 6, exhibited by H. W. Buck- 

 bee, Rockford, 111., pink, type of Glory 

 of Pacific, scored 85 points commercial 

 scale. Seedling (Opah x Monrovia) 

 creamy white, type of Viviand-Morel, 

 exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 



Adrian, Mich., scored 80 points commer- 

 cial scale. Seedling (Opah x Mrs. 

 Coombes) pink, type of Viviand-Morel, 

 exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., scored 82 points, com- 

 mercial scale. 



Examined by the New York committee 

 October 14, 1905: Seedling No. 12-11-03, 

 exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., lilac pink, Japanese type, 

 scored 85 points commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1905: Seedling 

 No. 11-27-04, exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Spn, Adrian, Mich., white, Jap- 

 panese reflexed, scored 84 points com- 

 mercial scale. Remarks: Had the foli- 

 age been as good as the flower, variety 

 would have scored better. Also at Phila- 

 delphia: Seedling No. 12-11-03, exhibi- 

 ted by Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, 

 Mich., pink, Japanese reflexed, scored 

 85 points commercial scale. 



At Cincinnati, October 14, 1905 : Seed- 

 ling No. 12-11-03, exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., pink (ma- 

 genta), outer petals shaded silver pink, 

 Japanese reflexed, scored 85 points com- 

 mercial scale. Seedling No. 11-27-04, 

 exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., white, Japanese type, 

 scored 86 points commercial scale. 



Feed H. Lemon, Sec'y. 



CARRYING A SECOND YEAR. 



I am growing, in Germany, some 

 benches of American carnations, planted 

 in .September, 1904, and think of carry- 

 ing them another year. Is it wiset The 

 benches were filled last year with good 

 sandy loam on the ground, to which was 

 added one-third cow manure. Will you 

 tell me how they should be handled to 

 get a good crop in the second year? 

 Which varieties will give the best ac- 

 count of themselves and what tempera- 

 ture do they need. Is it advisable to 

 top-dress them with chemical or natural 



material and at what time of the year! 



T. W. 



It seems to have been the experience 

 of growers generally who have tried to 

 run carnations over the second year that 

 it is not practical. . In our experiments 

 along that line we have found that a 

 good, strong young plant will give bet- 

 ter results than a plant that has al- 

 ready worked one season. I have seen 

 a few benches of second-year plants that 

 did remarkably well, but in every case 

 I am sure that strong, young plants 

 would have done just as well. Shortage 

 of stock and the clean and thrifty ap- 

 pearance of a bench of plants will 



Carnation Enchantress at Scott's, Corfu, N. Y. 



(Lifted trom field July 21. photographed September 11, im.1 



