May 1'.'. l!»l(i. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



19 



nlMuit oi^rlif inclios by ton. in the case ot 

 Mllr. IVsjoiiis, \Vllo\v Ivory or small 

 |,.:,lV(i varieties of tliat description, one 

 ,.;in sot the jilaiits quite a little eloser 

 \\ith safety. 1 am well aware that some 



■ M. overs i>laiil a great deal eloser than 

 Hii^. with fairly satisfactory results, but 

 ,,iir aim is to liave the linest dlowers ob- 

 iainabl<\ as we have discovered that the 

 market in New Vork will pay the price 

 r,,r the llowers tiiat are away above the 

 market graile. 



It' a nuui is in a small town, wiiere tlie 

 ivtaii price is from $12 to $5 per dozen, 

 lio will naturally plant closer and eu- 

 ,|,.:ivor to make "his income by a larger 

 ,,ii;iiitity of llowers to cut. Anyone who 

 i,iir|ios(>s to grow flowers for exhibition 

 uill lind that it i.s absolutely imperative 

 •(, ^ive the plants suflicient room so that 

 ivrry ilower develops perfectly in its own 

 ~|iace. 



While it woidd not do for every florist 

 1,1 grow only Just the best flowers, still 

 I iiave ofteii thought that, if the grade 

 wcrr twice as good and the number re- 



■ lucod onehalf, there would probably be 

 :i much better |.iic(> prevailing in the fall 

 for mums tiian there has been for the 

 last two years. 



Early Sorts Most Profitable. 



' It is a question with many sonietinu'S 

 whether to concentrate on the early llow- 

 <iing \arieti(>s (U- to have more of the 

 later varieties. It will be found, five sea- 

 sons out of si.\. that the early varieties 

 .lie luorc ])ro(ital)le to grow. 



When we get the early fall frosts, nip- 

 ping fverytliing ontside, during the last 

 of Septend)er. the demand for early flow- 

 • •rs is immediate and profitable. 1 f the 

 weather continues warm, however, early 

 \aiieties do not .'-ell so well, but nnder 

 average conditions the man who has a 

 lirst-class lot of flowers to sell around 

 ihe tirst of October can almost always 

 ]))iiko a profit on them. It is, of course, 

 possibli^ to get some varieties in from 

 the miildle of .\ngust to the lir.st of Sep- 

 tember, but I have always argued that 

 there is a time and jdacc for everything 

 and the time for tlie mums does not 

 seem right until the frosty nights and 

 clear, cold, crispy days remind us that 

 the summer has really ended. 



Late \arieties, in some localities, pay 

 pretty well, but in most of the eastern 

 markets ])eople do not want to see mums 

 after Thanksgiving. 



Midseason vaiieties pay least of any, 

 I'ocause tliey arc in during the glut and 

 tinless of superior quality often get sac- 

 rificed. 



The far seeing grower is he who 

 studies out this question before planting 

 time. It is of little use regretting next 

 October, when a little foresight before 

 ])lanting time will make considerable dif- 

 fer(>nce in the returns per square foot of 

 liench surface. 



CiTA.S. H. TOTTV. 



SOME GOOD VARIETIES. 



Kindly name some good mums in 

 white, pink and yellow. 1 should also 

 like to know whicli is the best size to buy 

 for planting directly into a bed — rooted 

 cuttings or larger sizes, I am located in 

 Indiana, L. E, 



I would suggest the following: White 

 —Byron, Beatrice :\Iay, Desjouis, Taft, 

 Lynnwood Hall. Chadwick. Pink— Pa- 

 eific, Brock, llopetoun, W. Duckham, 

 W'inter Cheer, M. Ilankey. Yellow — Yel- 

 low Miller, (iolden Glow,' Monrovia, S. A, 



Goldin Glow Mums Photographed May 7, 1910. 



Naceur Bev, Appleton, Clielloni, V. S. 

 Vallis. 



While there are many vjiirieties to select 

 from, the foregoing will jgive yoti a good 

 seI(>ction, in early, midseason and late. 

 They are all easy doersfand seem to give 

 good stitisfaction tlnyugji the country 

 generally. 



.\s to A\liich"S«tJii' right size to uuy 

 for planting for the ))est results, tbere is, 

 to my mind, nothing like a good ])lant in 

 a I'Vi'"*^!' pi^'t. If fintinces play an im- 

 portant jiart in the operation, rooted cut- 

 tings may be ])rocnred, but 1 do not call 

 it the best policy to buy rooted cuttings 

 if thev have to be shipped ;inv distance, 



C. H. T. 



MUMS AT ALMOST ALL SEASONS. 



I'erhaps the majority of tlorists are not 

 fully aware of the jiossibilities that exist 

 in the Golden Glow ehrysanthenuim as a 

 tlower for nearly all seasons' of the year, 

 available for about all of the great holi- 

 days and church festivals when tlowers 

 are especially in demand. A correspond- 

 ent of the Kevikw stated, in the issue of 

 May 12, that he had just seen some ship- 

 ments of well flowered pots of Golden 

 Glow mums. The llowers, he said, were 

 fully equal to those usually produced in 

 October, He added that he "had seen 

 this variety in bloom for Labor day, 

 Thanksgiving and Christmas, and, with 

 the addition of Menu)rial day, oidy Kast(M' 

 is lacking to complet(> tin' cy(d<' (»f tloral 

 festivals. ' ' 



K. Leroy Johnson, of Palmer, .Mass., 

 writing at almost the same date as tiie 

 correspondent quoted from, unconsciously 

 verifies the foregoing statements, and 

 even supplements them, for he says it is 

 possible, also, to have Golden Glow mums 

 for Easter. A sample of Mr. Johnson's 

 blooms is shown in the ilhistraticm here 

 reproduced. The mums, he says, were 

 planted last winter and the first blooms 

 were cut April 2.'>. With reference to 



the uietli.ods used in growine- them, lie 

 says: 



"1 took the cuttings October L'L'. l!MJ!», 

 and )(ut them in I'li inch pots Xoveniber 

 '.'. They \\('i<' jdaced in the beindi .about 

 .l;iiniary 1 ;ni<l run in a cool lumse. with 

 mum stock jdaiits mihI 'lie like. In fact. 

 th( tem|>eratiir(' one iii^iit wc'iit ilowu to 

 _'s degrees. They ilid not make uuicli. 

 LTowth. except ;tt the i.oots. until the 

 laller part of February. Thi^n they grew 

 like \\e(^i|s. They were grown one hlooni 

 In a plant ;iu(l wore fed with lii|iiid cow 

 manure from the time the buds showed 

 until they showed color. They were 

 grown as an experiment, so only 100 

 \\(Me planted, 



''By growing them a little warmer, 

 say at a carnation .temperature, they 

 could lie had for Easter in most years. 

 .\ls(i, they could be grown on into .l-inch 

 pots before lienching, thus saving room,'" 



YELLOW PETUNIA FOLIAGE, 



I should like to know what makes the 

 leaves on my double petunias turn yellow 

 and die at the bottom, near the pot, 

 .•"^oiue are all yellow and some not at all. 

 I i-annot see :iii\- insects oi*. them. 



r. p. yi. 



To. I ilrv root conditions, or lack of 

 food, may b(> th(> cause of the leaves 

 turn.iiig yellow. Give an abundance of 

 wattu' and if the pots are well filled with 

 roots. gi\e liijuid manure once in four or 

 five davs. A teaspoonful of nitrate of 

 soda in three gallons of water, given on 

 two occr.sions :i week apart, will tone 

 them up. Petuidas want plenty of water 

 and quickly take on a yellow hue if 

 starved at the roots. ' C. W. 



KiCHMOXD. Ind. — Fred II. Lemon & Co. 

 have shown that they are wideawake ami 

 hot after l)usiness, by running a two-col- 

 umn advertisement of bedding plants in a 

 local daily paper. 



