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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 21, 1907. 



SPACE FOR MUMS. 



Will 9x9 inches besuflBcient room to 

 produce a good grade of commercial 

 mums, two flowers to a plant, of such 

 varieties as Eaton and Chadwick, planted 

 about June 1? How much headroom 

 should Monrovia have if buds are taken 

 about August 1? G. J. B. 



I would say that a distance of 9x9 

 inches, planting chrysanthemums to 

 grow two stems to a plant, will produce 

 a fair grade of flowers, but not the 

 best. Personally, I grow most of my 

 kinds that distance and take up only 

 one shoot. That flower I expect to 

 wholesale in the neighborhood of 50 

 cents. Whether or not G. J. B. 's mar- 

 ket runs that way, is for him to say. 

 My own idea is to grow the very finest 

 grade of flowers, but I realize that, in 

 many cities, such a grade cannot be 

 marketed at a profit. I sold the White 

 Duckham (Miss Clay Frick) at $1 each, 

 wholesale, in New York last fall, but I 

 question if any other city in the coun- 

 try would pay the price, or even New 

 York for a great quantity. Varieties 

 like Ivory, that have very small foliage, 

 can be grown much closer than the 

 average kinds and, if G. J. B. is 

 familiar with his sorts, he can save much 

 space and still produce a fine grade of 

 flowers. 



Monrovia, planted June 1 and the 

 early bud taken, should have ample 

 room in three feet six inches of head- 

 room. If plants were very small it 

 might not need even that, while, if 

 plants were in good shape at planting 

 time, it probably would need fully that 

 space. Monrovia brought a phenomenal 

 price last year and almost every florist 

 has his calculations made for a batch 

 of it this year. Whether they will all 

 succeed in getting it early is another 

 question, and whether the market will 

 be so bare of other flowers as it was 

 last fall is still another. 



Charles H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES.- WEST 



Propagating. 



The chrysanthemum is our grand fall 

 flower and it is now* getting time to 

 make preparations for another season. 

 We must see that we will be well sup- 

 plied with good stock to plant on the 

 benches when the proper time is at hand. 



If you have retained stock plants from 

 last fall they should be in a good posi- 

 tion and should by this time have made 

 good, strong growth. Most varieties 

 should have a second batch' of cuttings 

 ready if properly taken care of. They 

 grow very rapidly as spring approaches 

 and from now on will go ahead fast. 



Every grower is interested in knowing 

 how to get the best cuttings. They are 



generally produced by potting the earli- 

 est batch of cuttings in 2-inch or 2%- 

 inch pots and when well started planting 

 the young stock out on a good, light, 

 airy bench. Set them about four inches 

 each way in four or five inches of almost 

 any kind of good, rich soil. 



If you have bought cuttings of new 

 and expensive varieties and have them 

 in 2-inch or 2i/4-inch pots, when well 

 rooted around they can be shifted into 

 4-inch pots and if desired can be later 

 used to plant in the bench for blooming, 

 in case you are short of stock. But I 

 prefer 2-inch to 2M!-inch stock for plant- 

 ing on the benches. 



If you have your young plants in a 

 good place on the bench they should be 

 producing fine cuttings by this time. As 



soon as the cuttings reach the usual 

 length, cut them with a sharp knife. 

 Trim up your cuttings by removing one 

 or two of the bottom leaves. This de- 

 pends much on the variety or character 

 of the cuttings, as on some it is not 

 necessary to take off any of the leaves, 

 only to tip them up a bit so as not to 

 use up too much space in the bench. 



Now they are ready for the sand and 

 ought to get in at once. Never let the 

 cuttings lie around after having been 

 taken from the plants. We have known 

 growers who left them for hours, but 

 they should be out of the sand only the 

 shortest possible time, as they wilt very 

 fast and it is a great drawback in root- 

 ing. 



The sand that you have been using for 



Azalea Mollis in Basket Arrangement. 



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