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NOVEMBEB 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Revic^y. 



fcale-^Color, 17; form, 13; fullness, 9; 

 stem, 13; foliage, 13; substance, 13; size, 

 8; total, 86. On the exhibition scale — 

 Color, 8; stem, 4; foliage, 4; fullness, 

 14; form, 13; depth, 12; size, 30; total, 

 85. C. W. Johnson, See 'y. 



Annual Meeting. 



The eighth annual meeting of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America was 

 held Wednesday evening, November 10, 

 at 20 West Forty-fourth street, New- 

 York, with President Elmer D. Smith 

 in the chair. All the old officers were 

 elected, except vice-president, Eugene 

 Dailledouze receiving that honor, Harry 

 Turner retiring. W. Wells, of Mers- 

 tham, England, was unanimously elected 

 a member of the society. Arthur Her- 

 rington filled the secretary's chair in the 

 absence of C. W. Johnson. Eobert But- 

 ter, president of the American Institute, 

 gave the address of welcome. He de- 

 clared the desire of the Institute to co- 

 operate with the Chrysanthemum Society 

 in the holding of an exhibition in the fu- 

 ture in Madison Square Garden, that 

 should eclipse anything ever seen in New 

 York. The present rooms of the Insti- 

 tute are entirely inadequate for exhibi- 

 tions of any kind. ""President Smith's 

 address and the paper by I. L. Powell 

 were both interesting and able efforts, 

 and have already appeared in the col- 

 umns of the Eeview. 



The horticultural societies of St.- Louis, 

 and New York and the Morris -Cduoty 

 Gardeners ' and Florists ' Society, of 

 Morristown, N. J., tendered invitations 

 for the meeting of 1910, the latter so- 

 ciety announcing through William Duck- 

 ham a guaranteed premium list of $3,000 

 from a gentleman of that city. C. H. 

 Totty also presented an invitation by 

 request from the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, Boston. The decision 

 was left in the hands of the executive 

 committee. 



Chrysanthemum Wells' Late Pink, 



W. Wells gave an interesting address. 

 Thomas Proctor 's paper on the ' ' Pot 

 Culture of the Mum for the Production 

 of Exhibition Bloom?, ' ' was, in his ab- 

 sence, ordered printed in T;he record of 

 the proceedings. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



SUGGESTIONS 



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Cyclamen. 



A few flowers will now be opening on 

 the earliest cyclamen plants, and if these 

 are kept in a night temperature of 50 

 degrees they may make nice, salable stock 

 for Thanksgiving. The plant demand at 

 that time is lighter than at Christmas, 

 but even if any plants in bloom do not 

 sell at the earlier holiday they will be 

 in even better shape for the later one. 

 Do not try any forcing tactics in an en- 

 deavor to get plants into bloom which 

 seem Backward. You may get the flow- 

 ers, but they will be lanky and spindling 

 and will not stand up stiffly above the 

 foliage as when grown under cooler con- 

 ditions. We have now removed all shad- 

 ing from our plants and for the next 

 three months none should be necessary. 

 Of course, in the case of plants with the 

 flowers well expanded, they will hold bet- 

 ter if the glass is clouded. Cheesecloth 

 as a shade is preferable to whitewash on 

 the glass. 



Be sure not to crowd the plants. Each 

 plant should be so spaced that it does 

 not touch its neighbor. Continue to af- 

 ford weak doses of manure water to all 

 plants which have the pots Avell filled 

 with roots. Cow manure and Clay's fer- 

 tilizer are reliable fertilizers. Bon Arbor 

 is also splendid for promoting leaf 

 growth. If thrlps makes an appearance, 

 spray with a nicotine solution every 

 day for a week. One application or even 

 two will not clean it out. If leaves and 

 flower buds show by their twisted, mal- 

 formed, spotted and generally sick ap- 

 pearance unmistakable evidence of the 

 mite, it is better to throw away every 

 plant having traces of it. Many a fine 

 batch is ruined each year by this disease 

 and we are still without a real remedy for 

 it. Certainly it is disheartening to grow 

 along a few hundreds and thousands of 

 cyclamen and then have to sacrifice the 

 whole lot. 



The little seedlings to fiower a year 



hence will now be making rather more 

 rapid headway. They should be either 

 transplanted to shallow flats or potted 

 off singly. We like the flat method a 

 little the better, as the soil is less liable 

 to dry out. Be sure the compost is light, 

 with plenty of rather flaky leaf-mold and 

 sand, and let the soil be pressed lightly. 

 A temperature of 45 to 50 degrees at 

 night, a position well up to the light and 

 free ventilation is what these little 

 plants want now. 



Cioeratias. 



Christmas is a trifle early to have 

 cinerarias in bloom. We have this sea- 

 son a batch in 6-inch pots, which prom- 

 i.«e to be well flowered at that time. These 

 are now being well fed, shaded from di- 

 rect \Sunlight and in a house averaging 

 45 degrees at night. Later plants will 

 need some attention in regard to pot- 

 ting. They speedily fill pots with roots 

 and it is unwise to allow any shifting 

 to larger receptacles to be delayed. Pot 

 firmly at the last shift, and for compost 

 use two-thirds loam and one-third old, 

 dried cow manure. A little fine bone 

 may be added also, a 4-inch potful to two 

 bushels being .suflicient. Grow cinerarias 

 cool and airy all the time. They prefer 

 an atmosphere rather damp than dry. 

 Growing, as they do, rapidly at this sea- 

 son, they will require a fresh stand every 

 week. Of course, spraying with nicotine 

 or fumigation is a necessity to keep aphis 

 in check. 



Where plants are not wanted in flower 

 before February or March, they will 

 grow capitally in frames until December, 

 provided they are well protected at the 

 sides and over the glass. Anything just 

 clear of freezing will suit cinerarias and 

 they will stand even two or three degrees 

 of frost if allowed to thaw oift in the 

 dark. 



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