Apbil 7, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Special Prizes For Annual Show. 



The following are the special prizes 

 offered for the annual exhibition of the 

 National Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, to be held at Morristown, N. 

 J., in conjunction with the Morris Coun- 

 ty Gardeners' and Florists' Society, No- 

 vember 2, 3 and 4, 1910: 



Class A: Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America special silver cup, for the best 

 ten blooms of any chrysanthemum, one 

 variety. 



Class B-a: Wells & Co. special; first, 

 gold medal; second, silver medal; third, 

 silver gilt medal; for the best six blooms 

 of Chrysanthemum Howard Gould. 



Glass B-b: Wells & Co. special; first, 

 gold medal; second, silver medal; third, 

 silver gilt medal; for the best three 

 vases of single chrysanthemums in three 

 varieties, six sprays of each variety. 

 Prizes offered by Wm. Wells & Co., 

 Merstham, England. 



Class C: Lord & Burnham Co. spe- 

 cial; gold medal, for the best thirty 

 blooms of chrysanthemums in six vari- 

 eties, introductions of 1909 and 1910, 

 open to private gardeners only. Prize 

 offered by Lord & Burnham Co., Irving- 

 ton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Class t>: Hitchings & Co. annual spe- 

 cial; silver cup; value, $25; for the best 

 six vases, six varieties, five blooms in 

 each vase, open to all. Prize offered by 

 Hitchings & Co., New York. 



Class E: J. C. Vaughan special; sil- 

 ver cup ; for the best specimen plant 

 chrysanthemum, any variety; open to 

 private gardeners only. Prize offered by 

 Vaughan 's Seed Store, Ci^icago and New 

 York. 



Class F: Peter Henderson & Co. spe- 

 cial; first, $10; second, $5; for the best 

 six vases of Ostrich Plume chrysanthe- 

 mums, six varieties, three blooms to a 

 vase. Prize offered by Peter Henderson 

 & Co., New York. 



Class G: Chas. H. Totty special; sil- 

 ver cup; value, $50; for the best twelve 

 blooms of chrysanthemum K, F. Felton. 

 Prize offered by C. H. Totty, Madison, 

 N. J. 



Class H: Elmer D. Smith & Co. spe- 

 cial; $25, for the best six blooms of 

 Chrysanthemum Bandee. Prize offered 

 by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 



Class I: William Duckham special; 

 first, $10; second, $5; for the best six 

 blooms of Chrysanthemum Ohunda. 

 Prize offered by William Duckham, Mad- 

 ison, N. J. 



Class J: Anton C. Zvolanek special; 

 $10, for the best three varieties, three 

 blooms to a stem, any chrysanthemum. 

 Prize offered by Anton C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J. 



The secretary will be pleased to add 

 to this list any other specials from firms 

 or individuals willing to contribute a 

 prize. 



President Elmer D. Smith has appoint- 

 ed E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind., chairman 

 of the executive committee of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America. 

 C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



Morgan Park, 111. 



West Stoughton, Mass.— The busi- 

 ness formerly conducted in the name of 

 Walter B. Southworth now bears the 

 firm name of Southworth & Greene. 



Springfield, III. — A store has been 

 opened at 408 East Adams street by the 

 .Tanssen Seed & Floral Co. Mr. Janssen 

 has had eighteen years' experience in 

 the flower and seed business. 



These Are the Little Liners That Do the Bnsioess 



PROFITS FROM PLUMOSUS. 



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Is Asparagus plumosus a profitable 

 crop to grow for the wholesale trade! 

 What should be the length of strings and 

 in what temperature and soil should it 

 be grown? What should be the returns 

 from a bed 20x100 feet, in a house 

 which measures eighteen feet to the 

 ridge? What could be grown in the side 

 benches in the same house. There are 5- 

 foot posts and two feet of glass below 

 the plate on each side. 



We are planning to plant the plumosus 

 eighteen inches apart, in a solid bed of 

 the foregoing dimensions. When should 

 we plant and how long does it take to 

 mature a crop? Any suggestions about 

 the culture and marketing will be thank- 

 fully received. I am located in north- 

 eastern Ohio. H. F. H. 



Asparagus plumosus is a fairly profit- 

 able crop when well grown, and is pro- 

 duced in strings from six to fifteen feet 

 long. For growing these long strings a 

 period of two years is required from the 

 time of planting, but during the first 

 season a crop of short sprays may be 

 had that will give some profit. 



The bed should be well drained, and 

 filled to a depth of at least one foot with 



a soil consisting of rotted sod and stable 

 manure, one part of the latter to four 

 of the former. The plants should be 

 strong young stock from 4-inch or 5-inch 

 pots, and a good time to plant them 

 would be in May. 



A bed twenty feet wide is too wide 

 for convenient working, either in weed- 

 ing, training or syringing, and would be 

 much better if divided into three beds, 

 with walks between. A night tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees is most sattsfactory, 

 and regular syringing in bright weather 

 is required. During the summer months 

 a light shading on the glass is beneficial, 

 but this should be removed before winter. 



The side benches of the house could be 

 occupied with a crop of Asparagus 

 Sprengeri grown for sprays, or A. plumo- 

 sus could also be grown there, without 

 supports, for the same purpose. 



As to the returns from such a house, 

 so much depends on the market for such 

 a phjduct and on the quality produced 

 that it is hard to estimate, for asparagus 

 needs quite a lot of attention and plenty 

 of good feeding if one aims for a high 

 grade crop. W. H. T. 



Montgomery on Grafted Boses, sent 

 by the Review for 25 cents. 



