The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NuVK.MBKit 21.', I'.MJO. 



ingl.V, ospocially to young ])laiits, and 

 ('i)uld not lijivc bocii necessary when ap- 

 jilying a liili miuIcIi of lialf an ini-li in 

 tliicknoss. h't'cd ratlicr more sparingly 

 until after the short days are over. 

 Ijight and fre(inent feeding is inueh safer 

 than hig doses at long intervals. 



l?iBi:.s. 



in tiie stoek; the edges of the cut are 

 raised with the thin end of the knife 

 handle, the bud inserted (7) and tied 

 in with ratiia (8). The process is sim- 

 |de enough, says tlie (Jardcners' Maga- 

 zine, nut, like many other simple opera- 



tions, must be performed with care. Re- 

 member that practice makes perfect. 

 Allow the base of the leaf stalk to re- 

 nuun, as it serves as a handle for the 

 bud and materially facilitates the work 

 in hand. 



HOW TO BUD ROSES. 



Assuming tlie haik is in good condi- 

 tion, it is l^:-^llti.■l t( i( iio\e :K tlioiii.s 

 from the sto<-k around th'- point \vhere 

 the new bud is to be inserted. SJjmjLird 

 or half standartl briars must bAlju(bI?tK> 

 as close to the l»ase of the shoot as pos- 

 sible (H) and dwarfs about an incli be- 

 low the ground line (in). Having pre- 

 pared the stocks, select and trim a 

 luanch of the 'rose yon wi.sli to propa- 

 gate (!'), und with a sharp Inidding 

 knife (111) cut out a Imd as shown at 

 1, L', :>, 4, ."). Tiu' bit of wood attached 

 to the inside of the shield, ov l)ark of 

 the cut-out liud \nust be ienni\ed. Jn 

 practice it is found best to liold the base 

 of the shoot away froiu you when remov- 

 ing the bud, and c\it tow.ards you. but 

 to rennive tlie wood from tiie bud a 

 sharp p\dl is necessary in the opposite 

 directitui to tin' cut, holding the shield 

 in the left haml and removing the wood 

 with the right. If in lu'iuging away 



MUMS OUTDOORS. 



Why do my chrysanthemums wilt the 

 second day after cutting? 1 cut late in 

 the afteiin)on, and plunge them in water 

 lor twtdve hours. The next day they 

 wilt. These are outdoor grown single 

 stems. 



When is the best time to take the bud 

 on nuims growing for exhibition? They 

 must be ready by the last of October. 



Please give me the best of directions 

 for growing single-stemmed munffi in 

 pots for exliibition ]iurposes, also to be 



How to Bud Roses, 



this ])it of wood a hole is left in the 

 shield, then the bud ha.s been jmlled out 

 and is useless. Ilaviijg successfully re- 

 moved the Avood, ti'ini the n|)per part 

 of the sliiehl. as shown at ( '. Then ]dace 

 the liml in the in(uith to keep it nu)ist 

 A''hilc a T shaped incision ( ti i is iiuide 



ready by last of October. When should 

 1 take the <-uttings. ami in what size pot 

 woidd tliev show ntf best in the exhi- 

 bition.' " F. S. 



I would say that the cause of the 

 llower wdting is its inability to take up 



water through the stem. The reason for 

 this i could not say unless I saw the 

 stems, but in all probability it is because 

 the stem has become too hard. This may 

 be helped by .splitting u]) the stem anil 

 then if the liowers are placed in water 

 in such a position that the stems are 

 standing straight up I see no reason why^ 

 the Avater should not be taken up. It 

 does happen sometimes that if flowers 

 are cut in a half developed state that 

 they wilt down, but I assume that F. iS. 

 knows when his tlow«'rs are ready to 

 cut. 



The best time with lus in the east for 

 taking buds is from August 15 onwanls 

 in order to get the largest tlowers. Later 

 buds produce smaller tlowers. 



Single-stemmed jtlants grown for ex- 

 hibition and flowered in (5-inch pots 

 should be rooted at the end of May or 

 early in .June, grown right along in pots 

 aivl never allowed to suffer for want of 

 water or nourishment. 1 believe O-incii 

 pots nearly always are used for flower- 

 ing this type of plant. V. S. will find 

 explicit directions on how to grow pot 

 plants in ilerrington 's chrvsanthemum 

 l)O0k. ' 0. H. T, 



THRIPS. 



I enc lose some chry.santhenium foliage 

 with insects on the back. Please tell me 

 what it is and how to get rid of it. 



M. K. A. 



The insects l)el(Uig to the numerous 

 family of thrips ami with the tlowers 

 developed there is nothing much that can 

 bo done to clean them out at this time. 

 Another year i would suggest that 

 jNI. E. a. syringe his fcdiage underneath 

 irequently ami this will prevent the 

 thrips from getting such a foothold. 



C. II. T. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



At the nu'eting of the Pittsburg and 

 Allegheny Florists' and (iardeiu-rs' Club, 

 evening of -\\>\('mber (5, there was a Ix-au- 

 tiful display of chrysanthenuuns. both 

 from JKuiu' ami distant growers, j'rom- 

 inent among them stooil a group of new 

 vai'ietie.s from the K. (i. Hill Co.. Hich- 

 moinl, Iml. So fine vvcre these that a 

 special coininiitee was apjioiuted to r<'- 

 ])<»rt on them, John W. .lones, tiie jiresi- 

 ilent of the club, being (hairman. The 

 other members Avere P. S. Randolph, Rob- 

 ert Chive and William lalconer. 



(irandest of all the blooms was Des- 

 troyat. a large jiale pink, whicli lights 

 up beautifidly at inght. .Mr. Randolph 

 de(dared it is the best ))ink dirysanthe- 

 mum he ever saw. Others were: Mine. 

 Ij. Roussel. incurveil golden bronze, large 

 and full. i>ne of the finest of its ccilor; 



