OCTOBSR 31, 1907 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



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probably all will take it when the con- 

 ditions are most favorable and the 

 spores are present." The same fungus 

 was found by Prof. Beach at the Geneva 

 Experiment Station on the foliage of 

 greenhouse chrysanthemums. Prof. Beach 

 writes of the disease as follows. "It 

 first appears in small brown spots, which 

 increase in size and number until the 

 leaf tissue dies and the foliage drops 

 off. In badly-diseased plants nearly all 

 the leaves wither and fall away." 



Experiments with fungicides for this 

 pest have been carried out at the Geneva 

 Station, and it is recommended, after 

 the removal and burning of the spotted 

 leaves, to cover the remaining foliage 

 with Bordeaux mixture. It ia said that 

 five or six applications will iiHually be 

 sufScient to keep the foliage covered, 

 especially if the soap is used. The fol- 

 lowing formula for the Bordeaux mix- 

 ture is given: Dissolve two pounds of 

 "jopper sulphate in water, add whitewash 

 made of one and one-half pounds of 

 fresh-slaked lime, and dilute to twenty- 

 two gallons of water, then add enough 

 «ioap to form a suds. 



The scientists give the name Septoria 

 ihrysanthemi, or perhaps more prop- 

 erly, Septoria chrysanthemella. On the 

 Continent the disease is becoming prev- 

 alent. It was recorded from green- 

 houses in Copenhagen in 1897, and is 

 now known from a number of places 

 in Italy and Germany. In October, 1904, 

 October, 1905, and in August, 1906, it 

 occurred in the form of an epidemic in 

 nurseries in Berlin. Last year it was 

 recoi-ded from Bohemia, in greenhouses, 

 with the following note : ' ' The fungus 

 is a dangerous parasite, especially in 

 glasshouses, where it soon attacks the 

 majority of the leaves and causes them 

 to fall." 



Easton, Pa.— H. p. Kleinhans is a 

 sncfpflfifnl oonl dealer as well as a florist. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Annual Business Meeting. 



The annual business meeting of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America will 

 be held on the first day of the exhibition, 

 November 6, at 4 p. m., in the rooms of 

 the American Institute, New York, and 

 it is hoped that the members and the 

 craft in general will avail themselves of 

 the opportunity to be present at this 

 meeting. A very interesting program 

 has been prepared. William Duckham 

 has kindly consented to read a paper on 

 the cultivation of the chrysanthemum 

 for exhibition purposes and C. H. Totty 

 a paper on single varieties, which should 

 prove interesting. The exhibition prom- 

 ises to be the best in the history of the 

 society, and no doubt the great show to 

 be held in Chicago will form the subject 

 for an interesting talk at this meeting. 



Work of the Conmilttees. 



Chicago, Oct. 26. — ^Virginia Poehl- 

 mann, white, Bonnaffon type, exhibited 

 by Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 

 III., scored 89 points commercial scale. 



Chicago, Oct. 26. — Pacific Supreme, 

 pink. Glory of Pacific type, exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 scored 87 points commercial scale. 



New York, Oct. 26. — No. 90, creamy 

 white, Japanese reflexed, exhibited by 

 John N, May, Summit, N. J., scored 74 

 points commercial scale. 



New York, Oct. 26.— No. 9, white, 

 Japanese incurved, exhibited by John 

 Marshall, Newport, R. I., scored 85^ 

 points commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 26. — No. 66-5-06, 

 white, Japanese, exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, scored 81 points commer- 

 cial scale. 



Philadelphia. Oct. 26. — Miss Frances 



P. D. Fell, orange yellow, Japanese in- 

 curved, exhibited by H. B. Surman, Fort 

 Washington, Pa., scored 87 points com- 

 mercial scale and 85 points exhibition 

 scale. David Fraser, See'y. 



ODONTCX}LOSSUM GRANDE. 



That magnificent autumn-flowering 

 orchid, Odontoglossum grande, is a na- 

 tive of Guatemala. Its large, showy 

 flowers, five to six inches in diameter, 

 are yellow, with bands of rich reddish 

 brown spots, and are produced on half 

 drooping spikes which usually carry from 

 three to eight flowers each. Occasion- 

 ally bulbs will produce two or more 

 spikes each. The illustration shows a 

 plant growing in a 6-inch pan, which 

 this season produced four spikes from a 

 single bulb, with a total of twenty-five 

 perfect flowers. 



The baby orchid, as O. grande is com- 

 monly called, succeeds well in shallow 

 pans in a compost of fern fiber to which 

 is added a little fresh sphagnum. It 

 requires less water than other odonto- 

 glossums, likes a fair amount of winter 

 sunlight and succeeds best in a north 

 house in summer, hung well up to the 

 light and near the ventilators. This is 

 one of the showiest members of the 

 orchid family. It is of comparatively 

 easy culture, and blooming as it does, 

 late in September and the early part of 

 October, when other orchids are scarce, 

 it is specially useful. W. N. Craig. 



The Eeview will send Smith's Mum 

 Manual for 40 cents. 



Wellsvilue, N. Y. — A. E. Boyce 

 that the thermometer stood at 10 degri 

 above zero on the morning of Octo" 

 21. Fall business, he says, has been 

 satisfactory, especially in carnations and 

 iiinms. 



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