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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Max 6, 1009. 



MUMS FOR POT CULTURE. 



Please publish a list of chrysanthe- 

 mums best suited for pot culture, single 

 flower to the stem. Mention three or 

 four each of white, pink and yellow. 

 Also please give a few cultural direc- 

 tions. I am located in Ohio. 



W. Z. 



I presume W. Z. is after the best kinds 

 to grow in 6-inch pots, one flower to a 

 plant, ^uch as are popular in some east- 

 ern shows. The following kinds are aJl 

 excellent for this purpose, being dwarf, 

 having \ nice foliage and large flowers : 

 White— j-Merza, Beatrice May, May Sed- 

 don and Nellie Pockett. Pink — Morton 

 F. Plant, Lady Hopetoun, Grace Whit- 

 ney and W. Duckham. Yellow — Cheltoni, 

 Mrs. W. Duckham, Souv. Scalarandis and 

 Mrs. J. C. Neill. 



The cuttings for this class should be 

 rooted in May or the first week in June, 

 potted just as soon as rooted and never 

 permitted to wilt or suffer any neglect. 

 Give them room so they will not get 

 drawn up, and move them from 2% -inch 

 to 6-inch as soon as the plants are ready 

 for it. Pot firmly, as one of the merits 

 of 6-inch pot plants is to have the plant 

 dwarf, say a foot high, and supporting 

 a flower of exhibition size and finish. 

 About the middle of August onward, 

 catch the buds as they show, as one 

 must use crowns for the big flowers. 



I recommend inside culture for these 

 plants all the time. It is almost impos- 

 sible, at least in our section, to grow 

 pot plants outside and keep the foliage 

 in good shape. The thunder storms of 

 July and August get the plants water- 

 logged, and rust and fungoid diseases 

 find a fertile field among them. 



No plant, to my mind, is prettier than 

 a well grown plant in a 6-inch pot, but 

 it represents much labor, and the grower 

 who attempts to grow these for market 

 should get a good return for his time 

 and trouble. Charles H. Totty. 



MUMS IN LETTUCE SOIL. 



I have a solid, middle bed in my green- 

 house now in lettuce, and am planning 

 to plant it in chrysanthemums as soon 

 as the lettuce is off. My mum plants 

 are now in flats. I have on hand in the 

 barn a nice lot of rotten cow manure. 

 Do you think it will be all right to spade 

 the manure in and plant the chrysanthe- 

 mums as early as May 15, where they 

 are to remain and bloom? 



M. E. H. 



Plant the mums by May 15 by all 

 means, if you have the head room for 

 them. Early planted stock, other things 

 being equal, will give better flowers than 

 later stock, particularly with the earlier 

 varieties. Such kinds as Pacific, Polly 

 Bose, Golden Glow, Monrovia and all 

 that section should be planted by May 

 15, or, even if you do catch an early 



bud, the stem is so short that the flower 

 is of little use, 



M. E. H. should look over his varie- 

 ties and plant the dwarf kinds where the 

 head room is lowest. Beatrice May, 

 Merza, Ivory and the kinds previously 

 mentioned will finish easily enough with 

 four feet from the soil, but Eaton, Chad- 

 wick, Gen. Button, Duckham, Mrs. Swin- 

 burne and such like will go up from 

 six to eight feet if planted so early. 



There is nothing much better to use 

 than the rotted cow manure spoken of, 

 and a little bone meal spaded in at the 

 same time will furnish all the necessary 

 elements for the plants for some time to 

 come. Firm the soil well after planting, 

 and if any of the plants are very long, 

 it might be well to pinch them back so 

 that they will not run up so quickly. 

 Charles H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Regarding increasing the membership 

 of the C. S. A., the notes of President 

 Smith in the Review of April 29 are 

 timely and to the point, and it is a fact 



that though many florists watch the re- 

 ports of the different committees in the 

 fall, still they are indifferent about join- 

 ing the society and becoming actively 

 interested in it. Some there are, I know, 

 who believe that all the work now being 

 done by the different societies, such as 

 the Rose Society, the Carnation Society 

 and the Chrysanthemum Society, should 

 be done by sub-committees of the S. A. 

 F., and I am not prepared to say but 

 what that would be the ideal way. In 

 the meantime, however, what should be 

 done about itf Surely the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society is worth the annual dues 

 of $2 (which is all the applicant is 

 asked to contribute) to every florist in 

 the country, not to mention the hundreds 

 of private gardeners and amateur grow- 

 ers who can all find valuable informa- 

 tion in its yearly reports. 



President Smith and his committees 

 are willing to work and make this the 

 banner year for this society, so, brother 

 growers, show your interest in the mat- 

 ter. In the current slang of the day, 

 "It's up to you." C. H. Totty. 



ROSE TAUSENDSCHON. 



This beautiful new German rose has 

 attracted great attention since its intro- 

 duction, and it is undoubtedly one of th*e 

 best varieties sent out during the last 

 decade. As to its complete hardiness in 

 our cold northern states, we cannot yet 

 speak with absolute certainty, but it is 

 claimed for it that 10 to 15 degrees be- 

 low zero has left it unscathed. This 

 being so, it can fairly be placed in the 

 same class as the various ramblers. No 

 more lovely climbing rose for pillars, 

 arches and pergolas has ever been sent 

 out. The flowers are larger than those 

 of Clothilde Soupert, and similar in color, 

 being pink when opening and a beautiful 

 rosy carmine when fully expanded. The 

 clusters are large, and the small number 

 of thorns, as compared with other ram- 

 blers, is another point in its favor. 



Both in 1908 and 1909 Tausendschon 

 proved a great seller in pots at Easter, 

 and the likelihood is that an enormous 

 number will be sold for 1910. A prom- 

 inent nursery firm, who had a big stock 

 of this rose, stated a few days ago that 

 they were entirely cleaned out, and could 

 have easily sold double or treble the 

 number they had. 



Now is a good time to start plants for 

 Easter of 1910. The holiday comes un- 

 usually early, and those who will go to 

 the trouble of growing their plants in 

 pots the season through will be well re- 

 paid for any extra labor entailed. Plants 

 grown from cuttings of this and, in fact, 

 any of the ramblers, are preferable to 

 budded stock. They should be potted at 

 once, stood in a light, sunny house and 

 cut back to within a few inches of the 

 pot. A number of shoots will soon start 

 from the bottom. Select the strongest of 

 these and keep them tied up as they 

 grow. Rub off the weaker bottom shoots. 

 By the end of July the shoots will be 

 fairly well matured, and the plants can 

 be plunged outdoors in a sunny spot to 



