Maihii 11, llKlO. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



EARLY MUMS. 



Is it lictti'i' to |il;iiil cMrly iiiiiiiis mi 

 raised wooden Ix'ih-lics with a ('(miiiIo of 

 hot •water pipes iiadei' theai and witli 

 three to five feet liead room, m- wouhl 

 you advise renio\in<^ the h(Miclics ami 

 niakiug a solid Ited on the ground.' It' so, 

 !iow deep should the soil be? This way 

 the plants would have troui live to eight 

 feet of head room. After tlie mums arc 

 out I intend to plant the bed witii callas 

 started in pots. {■]. A. M. 



I Would lecDninicnd planting the 

 mums on the raised bcucli. and it wnuld 

 also be better f(U' the winter crup of 

 (•alias. Three to live feel of head room 

 is ample for Polly L'ose, I'acilie. Monro- 

 via, (ioldcn Glow, Comoleta and Bea- 

 trice May. October Frost and Crocus 

 will get up taller, but they could be 

 lplante(l on the side where they would get 

 the five feet of head room. 



.\ deplh id' live imrhes of soil is ample 

 to grow the mum crop, and as good a 

 crop of callas as [ ever saw had no nmre 

 to grow in. Mums planted in solid beils 

 can not be controlled as they can on 

 biiiches ami, while I am aware that many 

 are grown that way, I would prefer the 

 benches, particadarly when, as in this 

 case, the bench is already erected. Plants 

 propagated this month will lie ready for 

 planting at the end of May :ind 1 would 

 lecommend that they be ])lanted at that 

 time if E. .\. :\F. wants to ijret really 

 good flowers. C. H. T. 



TIME TO PROPAGATE. 



When should I start my cuttings of the 

 chrysanthemum so 1 can have them bv 



Thanksgiving? 



C. M. II. 



tlirysanthemum cuttings foi- Tlianks- 

 uising blooms can be [uit in any lime 

 from now until the end of June. .\s .a 

 rule, cominercial growers jiropagate 

 mostly in .May. J''or Thanksgiving tr.ade 

 you nuisl grow late varieties, such ;is 

 .Joanne Xoniii, (Jhadwick. Boniiall'on. 

 Iviton, Yellow .Jerome .lones and others. 



EARLY FLOWERING POT PLANTS 



Good Commercial Stock. 



I'rom the third week in September 

 until the middle of October is a period 

 when cut flowers arc not too abundant, 

 jiarticularly in the case of chrysanthe- 

 mums grown under glass. Early frosts 

 frequently cut off asters, dahlias and 

 other outdoor subjects, ^hile roses and 

 carnations arc siill short stemmed and 

 jioor in (piality. Tliere is a sigh of re- 

 lief wlien the early single stems, such as 

 Pacific, Polly Rose ami the newer Ciolden 

 (Jlow and Pacific Supreme nuikc their 

 initial bow. It is somewh.at surprising 

 that more attention has not hitherto been 

 paid to the English carly-bloonung varie- 



ties of chrysantheuuims, as when ]iot 

 grown lliey are at their best from the 

 middle of S'^'ptcmber to the middle of 

 October. 



Simple Culture. 



There would seojn to be an impression 

 that these varieties arc not adapted to 

 our American climate and will not do 

 here. What they will do ])lanted in the 

 border T do not know, but I have an 

 idea that some of them may prove use- 



ital bn-<h jdanls in 7 inch or >)-incli pols 

 From the end of May until tlio liuds b(> 

 come |>rominent, they are better kept 

 outdoors, '.vhen they can Ij( removed to a 

 light, airy house to open. Successive 

 shifts from 3-inch to 5 inch and lastly 

 to 7-inch pots will keep the jdants mov 

 ing ni(>ely, 



J''or cutting, bench or Ijon culture is t(~. 

 be |u-ef erred. If planted in June, they 

 will make strong shoots, which are better 

 not disbudded, the sprays of flowers 



Chrysanthemum Mme. Marie Masse. 



fid, but as pot ]>lants they are a de- 

 cided success and till in a gap winch to 

 b(jth florists and jirivate gardeners is 

 much in evidence each year. They 7nake 

 bushy plants if ke[it pinched uiitil the 

 niiddle of July and anyone trying tliem 

 once will waiit more of theni. 



Cuttings rooted from March 1 to as 

 late as the middle of April will make cap- 



being decidedly preferable to single (low 

 els for tloral work. 



.\t i)resent no comnifrciai grower in 

 .America, so far as I am awar<', lists 

 these early mums. Mr. Totty seemcil to 

 be impressed by the masses of them 

 seen while at Merstham, England, last 

 year, where the veteran, W. Wells, grows 

 over iOJiiKi of tlnnn outdoors. In Eng- 



