OcxoBEE 28, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Chryianthemum Mn. Wou Wtncott. 



and gets the even crop shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration, made at the es- 

 tablishment of Komitsch & Junge, Secau- 

 eus, N. J. 



The parent variety, Mme. Sahut, was 

 a Calvat sort, imported and distributed 

 in 1904 by Smith & Son and the E. G. 

 Hill Co. It is white, edged with pink. 

 It is not a tall-growing sort, usually 

 about three feet when the crown bud is 

 taken. 



THRIPS ON MUMS. 



Inclosed you will find a mum leaf with 

 spots on it. There are little insects on 

 the leaves and, on putting one's finger 

 near them, they jump and are gone. The 

 insect is about one-sixteenth of an inch 

 long and very narrow. What remedy 



would you suggest? 



M.G. 



The insect is easily identified as thrips. 

 If the buds are not yet showing color, 

 one or two good sprayings on the under 

 side of the leaves, with a sprayer that 



vorks in such a manner as to direct the 

 rtow of water upward, will clean them 



lut. If M. G. had read these notes 



arlier, he would have noted this instruc- 



ion before. 



A solution of nicotine or Aphine, ap- 

 plied as directed, will kill these thrips, 

 'lut M. G. must use it carefully or it may 

 ■liseolor the flowers. C. H. Totty. 



THE MRS. KELLEY MUM. 



Ivir, Totty and Mr. Schiller have both 

 spoken in glowing terms of Gloria and 

 President Taft, and none too highly, but 

 nothing has been said of the late yellow, 

 Mrs. Kelley, sent out at the same time 

 by Mr. Smith. 



When it comes to Mrs. Kelley, we say 

 "Hats oflfl " It is grand in shape, color, 

 stem, size of bloom and everything that 

 goes with it. Gloria and President Taft 

 cannot hold a candle to it/ With us, 



Gloria, President Taft and Mrs. Kelley 

 all showed color at the same time. Gloria 

 and President Taft are gone, but Mrs. 

 Kelley will not be fully open for two 

 weeks yet. They were all taken from 

 terminal buds. We are growing Bonnaf- 

 fon, Golden Eagle and Colonel Appleton. 

 but they are not in it with Mrs. Kelley. 



E. L. Johnson. 



DiGHTON, Mass. — Ellery B-riggs is in- 

 stalling a steam pump in one of his 

 greenhouses. He has picked several 

 thousand violets and has made a good 

 beginning in cutting his mum crop. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOOETY. 



Work of G>mmitteei. 



At Cincinnati October 16^ the E. G. 

 Hill Co., Kichmond, Ind., exhibited Ed- 

 mond Albe, satin pink, incurved. On the 

 commercial scale it scored as follows: 

 Color, 18; form, 13; fullness, 7; stem, 

 15; foliage, 13; substance, 12; size, 9: 

 total, 87. 



At New York October 16, C. H. Totty, 

 IMadison, N. J., exhibited No. 1 (Mrs. A. 

 R. Peacock), white, Japanese incurved, 

 tiiat scored as follows: 



COMMERCIAL SCALE EXHIBITION SCALE 



Color 18 Color 9 



Korm 13 Stem 5 



Fullness 9 I'ollage 6 



Stem 14 Fullness 14 



Koliane 14 Form 14 



Sulihtance 12 Depth 12 



Size 9 size 30 



Total 89 Total i» 



At New York October 16, C. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., exhibited No. 2 (Mrs. 

 William Wineott), light pink, Japanese 

 incurved. On the exhibition scale it 

 stood: Color, 19; form, 12; fullness, 7; 

 stem, 14; foliage, 14; substance, 12; 

 size, 7; total, 85. 



C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



COST OF METERED WATER. 



Would you please ask some of your 

 subscribers who are using metered water 

 for growing roses how much they use 

 per 100,000 square feet of glass per an- 

 num, and what it costs them per 1,000 

 gallons. I am up against that query a 

 little in selecting a town in Utah for 

 my greenhouses, and I shall appreciate 

 any repUes you will get for me. 



B. M. 



[The Review will be pleased to hear 

 from any reader who is so situated as to 

 be able to supply the desired informa- 

 tion.] 



Minneapolis, Minn. — It is reported 

 Will Bros, have enough material on hand 

 to put up another 75,000 feet of glass 

 next spring. 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. A. R. Peacock. 



