Decembeb 30, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Single Chrysanthemums at the Establishment of Alois Freyt Crown Point, Ind. 



and continuous bloomer, as noted above — 

 three months' continual cutting, and dur- 

 ing this time it commands the highest 

 prices on the market, because it is out 

 of the ordinary midseason varieties and 

 is unusually attractive, being such a 

 large, bright yellow; a good feature also 

 is its long stems and bloom of magnifi- 

 cent form. In fact, it is all that could 

 be desired for the money-making of 

 1910." 



CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN GLOW 



If Golden Glow mums are ready to pot 

 at this date, what date will they bloom? 

 I want them for pot plants. F. C. A. • 



Chrysanthemum Golden Glow can be 

 cut from early in August until October. 

 A batch of plants in the same bench will 

 not, as a rule, come in at one time, as do 

 the majority of mums. This uncertainty 

 is malapg some growers go slowly on 

 growing this useful early variety. We 

 have not had much success with Golden 

 Glow as a pot plant. If you grow it in 

 bush form, it will probably be in good 

 bloom about the middle of September. A 

 lew we tried this year flowered about 

 September 20, but were not exactly a suc- 

 ■ess. There are other early mums, such 

 i3 Carrie, Louis Lemaire and Horace Mar- 

 ' in, which make fine pot plants for use in 

 ■ate September and early October. 



C.W. 



TO FOLLOW MUMS. 



Thousands of mums are grown at the 

 5akerstown establishment of the Pitts- 

 urg Cut Flower Co. Among the favored 

 arieties are Ivory, Maud Dean, Eobert 

 lalliday, Mayor Weaver, Bonnaffon, 

 •'aton, Helen Frick and Golden Wedding. 



elen Frick from late propagation and 



anting was in its perfection December 

 ^th stems short and stifif, foliage full 



"om ground to neck, and blossoms finely 



finished. Nonin would be a splendid late 

 were it not for its unhealthy foliage. 

 Some anemones and singles also find 

 favor. ' ' Retail florists doing a select trade 

 do not want the enormous exhibition 

 flowers we often aim to give, ' ' said Mr. 

 Burki; "they prefer superfine medium- 

 sized ones." 



Plants for stock are lifted from the 

 benches and put thickly into flats and 

 these set wherever room can be spared 

 for them. Some of the benches vacated 

 by chrysanthemums are now filled with 

 Grand Eapids lettuces, and others are 

 being prepared for propagating carna- 

 tions, and to hold potted Manetti stocks. 



PREY'S SINGLE MUMS. 



At Crown Point, Ind., Alois Frey, for- 

 merly head gardener at Lincoln park, 

 Chicago, is now conducting a commercial 

 greenhouse establishment, featuring the 

 specialties for which he gained a reputa- 

 tion while in charge of the Chicago park 

 greenhouses. Primulas and cinerarias al- 

 ways have come in for a large share of 

 Mr. Frey's attention, and for years he 

 has given more or less time to the pom- 

 pon and single chrysanthemums, being 

 one of the first in this country to take up 

 the small mums in a large way. Since 

 locating at Crown Point, Mr. Frey has 

 raised a large number of seedling single 

 mums. With these he has been exception- 

 ally successful, and last season he put on 

 the market, through Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co., and other chrysanthemum specialists, 

 a set of twenty-two single varieties raised 

 at Crown Point. These had previously 

 been exhibited at the National Flower 

 Show, where they won a silver cup. Mr. 

 Frey has raised and tested hundreds of 

 varieties. The accompanying illustration 

 shows one end of his house of singles this 

 season. Most of these really are singles, 

 having but one or two rows of petals. 

 The coloring runs through the entire 



range in the flower. Light shades pre- 

 dominate, white, Enchantress pink and 

 cream, and Mr. Frey also has raised some 

 excellent bronzes, while some of his reds 

 are among the brightest known to the 

 trade. 



Mr. Frey has selected a number of 

 sorts in addition to the twenty-two put 

 on the market last year, which will be 

 sent out next season. 



SWEET PEAS AND SNAPDRAGONS 



What is a good temperature for sweet 

 peas and snapdragons at night, also dur- 

 ing the day? My soil was mixed well 

 with cow manure and old sod before fill- 

 ing in September. Do you think they 

 should have feed later? What is best, 

 cow manure top-dressing or bone meal, or 

 something else? C. S. L. 



For sweet peas when flowering, a night 

 temperature of from 48 to 50 degrees is 

 about right. Snapdragons will do well in 

 a similar temperature, but can be grown 

 5 degrees cooler with excellent results, if 

 so desired. The soil you have used could 

 not be better. Neither of the plants 

 named should require feeding in any 

 form yet. If the sweet peas are in raised 

 benches, they will require feeding earlier 

 than if in solid beds. Cow manure, well 

 decayed, makes a good article for top- 

 dressing; loosen the soil before applying 

 it. We would wait a month before using 

 any. Fine bone and sheep manure also 

 are good fertilizers. When used, fork 

 over the soil lightly after applying it, 

 before watering. Go slowly on feeding 

 during midwinter. C. W. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Charles Henry 

 Fox sent all his customers, and those 

 from whom he purchases, an engraved, 

 copperplate card bearing an embossed 

 spray of holly, wishing a Merry Christ- 

 mas and Happy New Year. '' 



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