The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEB 30, 1911. 



CHBYSANTHEMUM STOCK. 



After Thanksgiving, most of the 

 mums will be cut. A few are usually 

 carried over until Christmas, but 

 Thanksgiving practically finishes the 

 mum season. It is to be hoped that 

 proper provision has been made for an- 

 other season by reserving an adequate 

 supply of stock plants. Do not tuck 

 these away in any out-of-the-way place, 

 under the benches or in other unsuit- 

 able locations. They require a cool 

 house; anything short of actual freez- 

 ing will suffice and, if planted in 

 benches and properly labeled, they will 

 give an abundance of strong cuttings. 



Discard any varieties which are not 

 good sellers and which are becoming 

 obsolete. If you have attended any of 

 the exhibitions, you have no doubt seen 

 one or two sorts you would like to try 

 another season. Secure stock now if 

 you can, as by getting it now you can 

 work up a good batch before spring. 

 The finest commercial pink of the sea- 

 son has been Wells' Late Pink. No 

 grower can afford to overlook this. 

 Mrs. David Syme has sold well among 

 whites. President Koosevelt has come 

 quite a little to the fore — I refer to the 

 mum, not the man. Patty is a charm- 

 ing late pink. Among the old-timers, 

 Bonnaffon and Ivory still seem as pop- 

 ular and fine as ever. Appleton has 

 largely disappeared. Batons are fewer 

 than in past years and Jeanne Nonin is 

 without a peer as a late white. 



Pompons have sold exceptionally 

 well this season, but only certain col- 

 ors are wanted. Orange and brownish 

 red shades have had the call; next to 

 these are whites and clear yellows. 

 Other shades have been hard to move 

 at any price. The call for good singles 

 has been excellent and nearly all flo- 

 rists are now growing more of them. 

 Garza, the finest of all anemones, has 

 lost none of its popularity. Prices on 

 single-stem flowers have not been as 

 high as usual, but customers now pre- 

 fer smaller sized blooms and there is 

 more money in growing these three to 

 a plant than in producing the specimen 

 blooms which were so much in favor a 

 few years ago. 



BONNAFFON LEAVES SPOTTED. 



We send you herewith some leaves 

 of Bonnaffon chrysanthemums that are 

 in a peculiar condition, different from 

 anything we have heretofore seen. Will 

 you please tell us what you can about 

 itt . P. C. & S. 



The leaves of White Bonnaffon show 

 some traces of leaf spot, although it 

 seems to. me that more than anything 

 else they., have just reached the stage 

 when the' wood gets hard and the leaf 

 naturally ripens, exactly the same as a 

 forest tree or similar -vegetation. If. 



these leaves are taken from the bottom 

 of the stalk they will not affect the 

 plant, but if this trouble shows up 

 nearer the flower, then it must be 

 caused by leaf spot. The leaves are 

 quite badly shriveled and it is impos- 

 sible to tell positively just what the 

 trouble is. It will do no harm, if the 

 crop is not yet in condition to cut, to 

 spray the leaves with a fungicide of 

 some character. We have found Fun- 

 gine an excellent spray for this work, 

 its chief merit laying in the fact that 

 it leaves no objectionable traces on the 

 foliage, as do the copper solutions. 



C. H. Totty. 



MUM MSS. HENSHAW. 



Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J., has 

 named one of this year's set of Wells- 



Chryianthemum Mrs. A. M. Henshaw. 



Pockett chrysanthemums for Mrs. A. 

 M. Henshaw, wife of the senior mem- 

 ber of the firm of Henshaw & Fenrich, 

 wholesale florists at New York. Speak- 

 ing of it, he says: "Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. Henshaw produces a lovely in- 

 curving bloom of the purest snow white. 

 The foliage is exceptionally handsome 

 and the heavy stem carries the flower 

 perfectly erect. Mrs. A. M. Henshaw 

 ranks well among the best of the Wells- 

 Pockett productions." 



THE HELEN NEWBEBBY. 



The increasing popularity of the 

 pompon chrysanthemums and the fre- 

 quent references which have appeared 

 in The Review regarding Fred Pautke 's 

 new white, named Helen Newberry, 

 lend unusual interest to the illustra- 

 tion on page 23. The photograph was 

 made last week at the establishment 

 of Fred Breitmeyer, at Mount Clemens, 

 who is preparing to disseminate the 

 variety in cooperation with the origi- 

 nator. 



This is an extremely late white pom- 

 pon. It was raised at the establishment 

 of Fred Pautke, at Grosse Pointe, Mich., 

 and quickly attracted attention in the 

 Detroit market because it came in after 

 everything else had passed. It is of 

 much the same type as Diana, easily 

 the best of the white pompons, but it 

 can be had much later than that popu- 

 lar variety, the first flowers usually com- 

 ing in for Thanksgiving. Held on the 

 plant, it may easily be had for Christmas. 



EXHIBITION MUMS. 



Summary of Best Varieties. 



In accordance with my custom for 

 the last seven or eight years, I give 

 herewith a summary of the varieties 

 which a review of the exhibitions seems 

 to show are best in their respective 

 colors. The following have made a 

 good record for themselves: 



White — Wm. Turner, Mrs. David 

 Syme, Naomah, Beatrice May and Lady 

 Carmichael. 



Pink — F. E. Nash, Lady Hopetoun, 

 Wells' Late Pink, Loiseau-Eousseau, 

 Miriam Hankey and Wm. Duckham. 



Yellow— F. S. Vallis, Mary Donnel- 

 lan, Mrs. J. C. Neill, Chrysanthemiste 

 Montigny, Hon. Mrs. Lopes and Yellow 

 Miller. 



Crimson — Pockett 's Crimson, W. 

 Woodmason, F. T. Quittenton, Leslie 

 Morrison, Mrs. Partridge and Pockett 's 

 Surprise. ^ 



Bronze or any other color — Harry 

 E. Converse, Eose Pockett, Howard 

 Gould, Glenview, Mrs. 0. H. Kahnland 

 Mary Mason. \ 



The White Sorts. 



Eeviewing the varieties by colors, 

 Timothy Eaton does not appear in the 

 whites at all, partly because nearly all 

 the eastern shows were over by the time 

 Eaton was in good shape, and partly 

 because it does not have the value as 

 an exhibition flower that it has in 

 some sections commercially. 



Merza is finally pushed over the hiU 

 and, apropos of this variety, it has 

 taken longer to take it down from its 

 place of honor than any other variety 



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