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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Deckmbek 5, 1907. 



ing season, from September 1 to show 

 time, was the best season I ever remem- 

 ber. No fogs to cause one heart failure, 

 and no very warm spells, but just the 

 clear, crisp, cool weather that the mum 

 delights in. This, no doubt, helped the 

 growers to finish their flowers in better 

 shape than usual. Many of the shows 

 were rendered more attractive by exhib- 

 its of pompons and singles and a larger 

 variety of short-stem classes. 



Anything that furnishes a change from 

 the monotonous routine of the average 

 flower show should be encouraged, if we 

 are to retain and increase the interest in 

 flower showing and flower growing. 



C'HARLKS H. TOTTY. 



TWO SAMPLES OF GARZA. 



I send what are supposed to be two 

 flowers of the Garza chrysanthemum. 

 Which one is the true Garza, the single 

 one or the one with the full center f Are 

 they distinct varieties in the trade! The 

 culture of both has been the same. 



O. S. 



The flowers sent were both Garza, to 

 the best of my knowledge and belief, 

 though they were both flattened out 

 when they reached me so that I could 

 not tell very much about them. The 

 type varies somewhat, of course, but the 

 cushion, which is the distinguishing mark 

 of that class of chrysanthenuims, is 

 plainly visible. 



If O. S. wishes to keep his stock good 

 he should propagate only from the best 

 plants, showing true character, and by 

 that means eliminate the poorer variety. 

 Selection of stock has just as much to do 

 with success in chrysanthemum culture 

 as anything else. Charles H. Tctty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Coininittees. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 23.— No. 74-5-06, 

 pink Japanese, incurved, exhibited by 



Nathan Smith & Son, scored 83 points 

 commercial and 86 points exhibition 

 scale. 



The variety exhibited by C. H. Totty 

 before the New York committee October 



12, as No. 20, has been named A. Mc- 

 Kendry, and the variety shown before 

 the Philadelphia committee by Gordon 

 Smirl November 4 has been named Mrs. 

 Girard Foster. David Fraser, See'y. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Propagating. 



As the season for propagating ap- 

 proaches we should begin to get every- 

 thing in readiness for that important 

 branch of the work, so that there will 

 be no drawbacks to prevent the work 

 being done in season. 



The propagating house should claim 

 our first attention. The benches should 

 be looked over and put into good shape; 

 the pipes should be tested and the ven- 

 tilators adjusted. The benches should 

 be thoroughly washed and given a coat 

 of hot lime wash to help destroy insect 

 eggs and fungus spores. The house 

 should also get a thorough fumigation. 



The Supply of Sand. 

 The propagating medium should be 



secured while the weather is open, and 

 in sufficient quantity to supply the sea- 

 son. Where clean, sharp sand can be 

 procured it is suitable for almost any of 

 the ordinary kinds' of stock, as it pos- 

 sesses no nutritive properties, thus pre- 

 venting decomposition, and as a medium 

 for retaining moisture in sufficient quan- 

 tity for this purpose, without souring, it 

 is nearly perfect. 



This sand should be laid on the bench 

 to the depth of five inches and then 

 watered. When partly dry it should be 

 pounded quite firm and made of even 

 depth all over. 



Handling the Cuttings. 



The cuttings of teas and hybrid teas 

 should be put in straight lines across the 

 bench, with a distance of about two 

 inches between the lines and with the 

 cuttings an inch and a half apart in the 

 rows. Beauties require more room, as 

 they are very impatient of crowding. 



The heel of the cuttings should be at 

 a uniform depth in the sand, and as the 

 center of the sand will be of a more uni- 



House of Mrs. Marshall Field Rose at Peter Reinberg*s, Chicago. 



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