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ThcWcekly Florists' Review. 



Sbptbubbb 27, 1906. 



If not, let the box go with one single 

 layer, heads- all one way, which would 

 mean only; about thirty to fifty blooms. 

 Chrysantbemums will not stand too much 

 pressure. Do not place too many rowu 

 on top of each other, as it presses the 

 flowers out of place. Not only that, but 

 it bends and breaks the petals and there- 

 fore destroys the bloom for first-class use 

 by causing it to turn brown. It must 

 then be used in cheap work, such as 

 designs or sprays that do not call for 

 first-class stock. Chrysanthemums are 

 bulky and long-stemmed, and therefore 

 call for a long box, but not necessarily 

 deep or wide. This refers to first-class 

 stock, such as will sell at from 10 cents 

 to 20 cents wholesale. 



Smaller stock can be packed about the 

 same as asters. Put them in one at a 

 time and fill the boxes full. By doing 

 this, they will travel in good condition, 

 but not when two or three inches above 

 the box, so that they have to be pressed 

 down to get the lid on. 



Handles on Boxes. 



Our boxes are handled about one-third 

 from the end, and the short end is the 

 end to which the roses are headed. This 

 is to keep the roses always higher than 

 their stems in case the cleat should move 

 or the boxes be thrown. If the express- 

 man should throw the boxes in the car, 

 the back will strike the floor first, and 

 therefore not injure the stock. 



EARLY VARIETIES. 



Already the different large centers 

 are chronicling the arrival of the ad- 

 vance guard of chrysanthemums in. daily 

 increasing numbers. This is *'-several 

 weeks earlier than usual, and, while it is 

 interesting as showing what can be done 

 if occasion requires, I doubt if the 

 huancial returns will be high enough to 

 permit any grower to retire from busi- 

 ness. 



The chrysanthemum is associated in 

 the minds of most flower buyers with 

 nippy, crisp weather, when frost has de- 

 stroyed the outside stock, and while there 

 is a limited demand for anything that 

 is a novelty, there cannot be said to 

 be any real call for chrysanthemums 

 much before the first week in October. 

 The flower market in most cities at the 

 present time is overstocked with asters, 

 dahlias and other good outdoor stock, 

 and to force the mum upon a market 

 that has no snap to it, is only adding 

 to the woes of the much abused whole- 

 saler. One correspondent writes me that 

 he has already sold off his flowers of 

 Grunewald and is now busy getting the 

 space ready for sweet peas. Other vari- 

 eties seen are Marquis de Montmort, 

 Pitzwygram and Monrovia, the last 

 named being probably the best seller, 

 as it is large and of good color. 



Seasonable Work. 



Work in the houses generally is suf- 

 ficient to keep one busy. Side shoots and 

 suckers are being produced in quantities 

 since the buds were taken, and need al- 

 most daily attention. Now is the time 

 to clean out the fly because it is im- 

 possible to smoke the houses when the 

 flowers are nearly developed. Most buds, 

 and particularly the crown buds, have 

 more or less black fly in them, and be- 

 lore the bud shows color, a dusting with 

 tobacco dust will clean them out. In 

 the case of crown buds which have so 

 many overlapping folds, the fly seems 

 to crawl inside and is almost immune 

 to tobacco smoke, but the tobacco dust 

 will smother them, and that without the 

 least injury to the bud. 



As soon as the buds have broken open 

 tlieir husky covering and one can begin 

 to see the tiny petals, overhead spraying 



should be discontinued as the water is 

 apt to run into the center of the buds, 

 and laying there will cause it to rot. 

 I do not hesitate to say that many grow- 

 ers who will tell you that the early bud 

 is no good, and will not develop with 

 them, have unwittingly suffered in this 

 manner. The drip from a ventilator, 

 caused by night dews, has often caused 

 a serious loss in the row of plants im- 

 mediately beneath it, and which has not 

 been noticed until the bud failed to ex- 

 pand, when investigation showed that 

 the center had rotted out of the bud. 

 The night dews perhaps do not affect 

 a large portion of the country, but along 

 the eastern seaboard they cause the mum 

 grower much loss during September and 

 October, often rotting the finest flowers 

 after they are nearly developed. 



Many varieties are showing color, and 

 in a short time the chrysanthemum sea- 

 son will be in full swing. Pacific, Polly 

 Rose, Lady Harriet, October Sunshine, 

 Alice Byron, and Beatrice May are all 

 pushing vigorously and will soon join the 

 procession into the flower stores. 



As the different varieties show color, 

 shut off the feeding or the flower will 

 be soft and easily bruised, and in some 

 extreme cases will damp and rot away. 

 The later varieties that have the buds 



still small and green, will be greatly 

 benefited by a weekly watering with 

 liquid fertilizer made from either animal 

 or chemical manure. 



In using chemicals, I always put it 

 in at the rate ©f a 4-inch pot to fifty 

 gallons of water, and at that proportion 

 I have seen nothing but beneficial results. 

 The chemicals from which I get the best 

 returns are sulphate of ammonia and ni- 

 trate of potash. Either of these alter- 

 nated with sheep or cow manure wrill 

 give excellent results. 



Charles H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Committee on Seedlings. 



President Duckham has announced the 

 committees to examine seedlings and 

 sports on the dates as follows: October 

 6, 13, 20 and 27; November 3, 10, 17 

 and 24, 1906. 



Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must in all cases be prepaid 

 to destination, and the entry fee of $2 

 should be forwarded to the secretary not 

 later than Tuesday of the- week pre- 

 ceding examination, or may accompany 

 the blooms. Special attention is called 

 to the rule requiring that sports to re- 

 ceive a certificate must pass three com- 

 mittees. 



New York. — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman, 55 and 57 West Twenty-sixth 

 street, New York City; Thomas Head, 

 Wm. Turner. Ship flowers to 55 and 57 

 West Twenty-sixth street. New York 



Philadelphia, Pa. — A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; John 

 Westcott, Wm. K. Harris. 



Boston, Mass. — E. A. Wood, chair- 

 man; Wm. Nicholson, James Wheeler. 

 Ship flowers to Boston Flower Market, 

 care of John Walsh. 



Cincinnati, O. — B. Witterstatter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Wm. Jackson. Ship 

 to Jabez Elliott Flower Market, care 

 of janitor. 



Chicago, 111. — J. S. Wilson, chairman; 

 J. B. Deamud, and Geo. Wionhoeber. 

 Ship flowers care of J. B. Deamud, 51 

 Wabash avenue. 



The ofiieial scales of the C. S. A. are 

 as follows: 



Commercial. Exhibition. 



Color 20 Color 10 



Form 15 Stem 6 



Fullness ]Q Foliage B 



Stem 15 Fullness 18 



Foliage 15 Form 16 



Substance 15 Depth 15 



Size 10 Size 36 



Total. 



..100 Total 100 



David Feaser, Sec'y. 



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