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or sheep manure, increasing the strength 

 as the plants become accustomed to it 

 and changing occasionally to chemical 

 manures, such as sulphate of ammonia, 

 nitrate of soda. Horticultural manure, 

 one pound to fifty gallons of water, and 

 Clay's manure, used as a top dressing 

 au4 watered in, are also good. Care 

 should be taken not to use any of these 

 manures too strong, and never when the 

 plants are dry or wilted from want of 

 water. 



With regard to the bud to take for ex- 

 hibition blooms, the first or second crown 

 is undoubtedly the best, provided it ap- 

 pears at the proper time. In this locality 

 it is safe to take the crown bud, on the 

 great majority of varieties, from Au- 

 gust 20 onward. 



Ventilation and Syrineios. 



During the warm weather keep all the 

 air possible on the house night and day. 

 Syringe freely to create a good growing 

 atmosphere and keep down red spider. 

 This pest will surely ruin the flowers if 

 allowed to gain a good foothold. Keep 

 a sharp lookout for green and black fly, 

 caterpillars, grasshoppers, etc. 



The foregoing, while it applies prin- 

 cipally to pot culture, will also suit plants 

 grown in boxes or planted on the bench. 

 But the opinion of most growers is that 

 bench-grown blooms lack the perfect 

 finish of those grown right along in 

 pots. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committeet. 



Cincinnati, O., Sept. 7. — Golden Glow, 

 yellow, Japanese incurved, exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 scored ninety points, commercial scale. 



Committees on Seedlings. 



President Loveless has announced the 

 committees to examine seedlings and 

 sjiorts on dates as follows: September 

 L'l and 28, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 

 November 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 1907. 



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 preced- 

 ing examination, or may accompany the 

 blooms. Special attention is called to 

 the rule requiring that sports, to receive 

 a certificate, must pass three commit- 

 tees. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze, chair- 

 man ; William Duckham, A. Herrington. 

 Ship flowers to New York Cut Flower 

 Co., care of chairman, 55 West Twenty- 

 sixth street. 



Boston — Elijah A. Wood, chairman; 

 William Nicholson, James Wheeler. Ship 

 flowers to Boston Flower Market, lA 

 Park street, care of chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott, William K. Harris. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, 1514 Chestnut 

 street. 



Cincinnati — E. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, William Jackson. 

 Ship flowers to Jabcz Elliot Flower 

 Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud, chairman; 

 Andrew McAdams, George Asmus. Ship 

 to chairman, 51 Wabash avenue. 



All flowers are to be on hand by 2 

 p. m. the day of examination. 



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

 as follows: 



A Chicago Supply Salesman Looking For Orders. 



Wm. Abrahatnson, of S. H. Hunt's, on bis latest call upon the trade in Colorado.) 



COMMERCIAL. 



Color 2« 



Form 15 



EXHIBITION. 



Color 10 



Stem 5 



Fullness 10 Foliage 5 



Stem 15 



Foliage 15 



Substance .' 15 



Size 



Fullness 15 



Form 15 



Depth 15 



10 Size 35 



Total 100 Total 100 



The following gentlemen have been se- 

 cured to pass on the exhibits at the 

 New York show, to be held November 6 

 to 8: Eugene J. G. Dailledouze, Flat- 

 bush, N. Y. ; James Wheeler, of Brook- 

 line, Mass.; William N. Craig, of North 

 Easton, Mass. The show promises to be 

 the best the society has ever held. Make 

 your arrangements so that you will not 

 be obliged to miss it. Send to the sec- 

 retary for a list of premiums and try 

 to recall if your dues are paid for 

 1907. David Eraser, Sec'y. 



Detroit, Minn. — G. C. Moore has just 

 completed a greenhouse built with ce- 

 ment blocks for walls. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — James Souden, 

 for many years with Donaldson, is now 

 in business for himself. 



Lenox, Mass. — The Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society has issued a supplementary 

 list of special premiums for the fall 

 show, October 23 and 24, which may be 

 had, with the general list issued last 

 spring, by addressing G. Instonc, secre- 

 tary. 



TREATMENT OF PAPER WHITES. 



How can one manage to have Paper 

 Whites in bloom when wanted on Christ- 

 mas, Easter and other occasions? I have 

 a cold, dark cellar to start them in, but 

 it is usually too cold in winter. Could 

 one start them by potting them in flats 

 out in the open and covering them with 

 soil or litter, or would they start under 

 a bench on the north side! R. E. 



To have Paper Whites in bloom for 

 Christmas, allow three weeks in a tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees after housing 

 them. In a house 10 degrees cooler give 

 them a month. We prefer to give them 

 a moderately cool house, thus making 

 the spikes stouter and giving the flowers 

 more substance. At Easter you would 

 find little use for this bulbous flower, 

 even if you could hold them back as late' 

 which you can not do. 



If your cellar is just clear of freezing 

 it will do for the flats. I can not ad- 

 vise putting them in the open and cov- 

 ering with soil. These French bulbs arc 

 more tender than the Dutch ones and 

 quickly suffer from cold and soddenness 

 at the roots. Under the bench on the 

 north side of a house would answer well. 

 You could board the front of the bench 

 to keep it darker for them in the early 

 ^tages, or hang some cloth in front of 

 it for the same purpose. 



From bulbs now in flats, flowers can 



