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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 22, 1908. 



CURRENT NOTES. 



The unseasonably hot weather we are 

 getting in the east is having a bad effect 

 on the flowers, and the Chicago show will 

 unquestionably suffer by the paucity of 

 exhibitors from this section, for that rea- 

 son. Temperatures of 85 degrees*in the 

 shade mean damped flowers and heavy 

 loss to exhflltion growers. And flowers 

 that do not damp blow open before they 

 are nearly the size that they otherwise 

 would be. 



Any variety that ;jcon3|»s through such 

 a season as this u^i|ka^fed may well be 

 called a good one.i Wvery day brings 

 wails and lamentations tlirough the mails 

 and inquiries as to the best means to 

 prevent flowers damping. I know of 

 nothing more to do than shade the glass 

 well with lime wash and keep on all 

 the air possible night and day, using only 

 enough water to prevent the leaves from 

 wilting. After taking these precautions 

 it's a case of grin and bear it, and the 

 only ray of comfort is that one's neigh- 

 bor is just as badly off as oneself. 



It is usual to get warm, clear days in 

 October, with cool nights, and in such 

 conditions flowers develop rapidly, but 

 when midsummer returns at this date it 

 makes the flowers so soft and flabby that 

 they wilt right down and damp terribly. 

 Growers who do not feed their mums are 

 not bothered to any great extent, as 

 plants that have not been fed with 

 nitrogenous manures produce harder 

 flowers; but if one is looking for large 

 flowers feeding is imperative and one 

 must take chances on overdoing it. 



While my own flowers have not damped 

 80 badly, the forcing temperature has 

 brought out all the midseason kinds with 

 a rush and it becomes a question of hold- 

 ing back the flowers for the shows. 



Commercially the situation is bad, be- 

 cause before Polly Eose and Pacific are 

 out of the way Beatrice May and Apple- 

 ton are crowding them in the market, 

 and the end is not yet. The pleasant 

 weather is also keeping the flower buyer 

 out in the country, enjoying himself, 

 when by precedent he should be estab- 

 lished in winter quarters in the city and 

 looking for greenhouse products. 



The early bird, the grower who mar- 

 keted his product during the last days 

 of September or first days of October, 

 made more money than will the man who 

 is shipping now. C. H. Totty. 



THE POEHLMANN MUM. 



A couple of years ago Chrysanthemum 

 Mme. Sahut sported at the establishment 

 of Poehlmann Bros. Co., at Morton 

 Grove, 111., giving a white flower that 

 August Poehlmann liked so well he 

 worked up stock of it and named it Vir- 

 ginia Poehlmann, for his daughter. Last 

 spring stock was distributed to the trade 

 and it is turning out so well for every- 



one so far reporting that the variety 

 promises to become a leader. In form 

 and substance the flower is like White 

 Bonnaffon, only it is much earlier. It is 

 a fine, solid flower and a splendid ship- 

 per. The photograph reproduced was 

 taken October 14 and shows a bench of 

 flowers grown without special care and 

 purely for commercial purposes. The 

 blooms were ready to cut a few days 

 ahead of Touset. It is not a tall-grow- 

 ing sort, usually a little over three feet 

 when the crown bud is taken. C. L. 

 Washburn says it is a winner commer- 

 cially and E. T. Wanzer says the same. 

 It will no doubt be planted largely next 

 year. 



SCARCE VARIETIES. 



Having made a batch of cuttings of 

 the pompon mums this fall, as I am 

 short of a certain variety, I am puzzled 

 4^ t(rthe best way to keep them over. I 

 have never made cuttings at this time of 

 the year before. My intentions were to 

 take them inside, but I see I have not 

 the room. How would it be to place 

 them in a coldframe about two feet deep 

 and cover them with leaves, and then 

 cover with sashf They are in 2-inch 

 pots and not well rooted as yet. 



H. K. 



The best way by far, if the plants are 

 of kinds that you wish to be sure of 

 keeping, would be to make room for 

 them inside, even if something else has 



to be thrown out. The plants not being 

 well rooted yet puts them in pretty poor 

 shape to go through the winter in a cold- 

 frame. If you want to take the chance, 

 of course it can be done, covering the 

 plants with leaves after the weather gets 

 cold, but you must remember that a 

 2-inch pot plant, if it lives through the 

 winter, will be in pretty poor shape to 

 make many cuttings next spring. I would 

 say put the stock in a cold house and 

 give it a chance to do something. 



C. H. T. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



"Work of the Committees. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 17. — Gloria, day- 

 break pink, exhibited by" Elmer D. 

 Smith, Adrian, Michi, scored ^5 points 

 commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 17.— No. 58-2-06, 

 white, Japanese incurved, exhibited by 

 Elmer D. Smith, scored 86 points com- 

 mercial and 86 points exhibition scale. 



New York, Oct. 13. — Dark sport of 

 Glory of Pacific, dark mauve, exhibited 

 by Samuel Cockburn & Sons, Woodlawn, 

 N. Y., scored 79 points commercial scale. 

 The same variety in Philadelphia scored 

 72 points commercial scale and in Cin- 

 cinnati it scored 77 points commercial 

 scale. David Eraser, Sec'y. 



The Eeview will send Scott's Manual 

 post paid for $5.00. 



Bench of Chrysanthemum Virginia Poehlmann. 



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