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The Florists^ Review 



November 14, 1912. 



MEALY BTTO. 



I am sending you by this mail, under 

 separate cover, a sample of diseased 

 chrysanthemums, and would ask that 

 you inform me as to its cause and how 

 it can be prevented. The florists whom 

 I have consulted do not seem to be able 

 to suggest a remedy, and as it is a seri- 

 ous menace to the culture of mums here 

 in southern Louisiana, I take the liberty 

 of applying to you for information. 



M. B. 



I find on the mums sent quite con- 

 siderable of the old familiar mealy bug. 

 You can do nothing with the flowers 

 now that they are developed. About 

 the best thing I know of to clean this 

 pest out of the young stock would be 

 heavy doses of nicotine liquid, applied 

 persistently all through the season. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



BEES ON CHBYSANTHEMUMS. 



Will you kindly let me know what 

 can be done to get rid of bees f I am 

 bothered with hundreds of bees in my 

 greenhouses when the single chrysan- 

 themums and stevias are in blossom, 

 also when the Easter lilies bloom in the 

 spring, and they spoil the blooms. 



J. li. 



The insects are not bees, although 

 closely resembling them in appearance. 

 They are commonly called chrysanthe- 

 mum bugs, coming as they do in great 

 numbers while mums are in season and 

 doing much damage to single and 

 anemone-flowered varieties, but also to 

 not a few of the doubles which show 

 any open center. These insects can be 

 destroyed in large numbers by picking 

 them off the flowers in the mornings 

 and evenings, or on cold, cloudy days, 

 when they are almost torpid. Hanging 

 sticky fljT)apers here and there will 

 account for many and fumigation in 

 fairly heavy doses will also kill others. 

 Hand-picking in the early morning I 

 find the most effective way to reduce 

 their numbers. Do not be afraid of 

 them, as they cannot sting. C. W. 



A GOOD COMMEBCIAIi MUM. 



Last year in commenting on a picture 

 of Chrysanthemum Eamapo which ap- 

 peared in The Keview, C. H. Totty said: 

 "Eamapo was certificated in New York. 

 It is a seedling of Appleton and to my 

 mind will undoubtedly take the place 

 ,'w of that variety. It is the same color, 

 shows the same easy growth and the 

 ^li^ge is right up to the flower, but it 

 never under any circumstances shows 

 the objectionable' top-knot so common 

 on Col. Appleton. Eamapo will take a 

 place in the list of standard yellows, 

 wheja it is better known." 



In iending the pho^graph from which 

 the accompanying iHustration was pre- 

 pared, October 19, 1912, Mr. Totty said: 

 <<The accompanying picture does but 

 slight justice to the variety, but it will 

 give some idea of the style of. flower. 

 This mum was distributed last year and 



has at one bound forced itself to the 

 front as a first-class commercial variety. 

 Chrysolora is rated as a splendid sec- 

 ond early yellow, but Eamapo grown 

 under exactly the same conditions will 

 easily displace it. The latter produces 

 larger flowers and is several shades 

 deeper in color and has just as good a 

 foliage and stem, as Chrysolora, which 

 is a splendid variety in all respects, but 

 Eamapo is just a little better. The va- 

 riety Eamapo is an Appleton seedling, 

 giving the same color, much better stem 

 and foliage and a flower that is always 

 perfect. Out of a batch of 500 that 

 we planted this year we had fewer culls 

 than we have ever had of any variety 

 on the place. When better known, it 

 will unquestionably take its place as 

 the leading commercial yellow in its 

 season. ' ' 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



The market last week was nothing 

 out of the ordinary, but there was a 

 steady increase of business. The sup- 

 ply of stock is not crowding. The 

 prices are about normal on everything. 

 Chrysanthemums have taken possession 

 of the market, and will remain in pos- 

 session for some time. Excellent mums 

 are grown in and near the city. The 

 higher grades seem to be the most in 

 demand. The prices of mum stock are 

 not declining much in the wholesale 

 market. Pompons this fall are more 



iu demand than in previous years. 

 Betailers are getting good prices for 

 them. Carnations have improved a 

 great deal, both in quantity and qual- 

 ity, and the prices are advancing a lit- 

 tle. Boses are still plentiful and are 

 greatly improved. American Beauties 

 seem to be the leaders. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Kusik & Co. are receiving 

 some heavy consignments from the 

 north. They state that the stock is 

 excellent and is moving fast. 



The W. L. Eock Flower Co. had an 

 exceptionally fine window last week, 

 filled with anemone pompons. At the 

 greenhouses they have a fine collection 

 of them. W. L. Eock is at present in 

 St. Paul, where he was one of the 

 judges at the mum show. 



W. J. Barnes was busy this week 

 with decorations, which disposed of a 

 great many pot mums. 



The Alpha Floral Co. is contemplat- 

 ing buying an electric car for the busi- 

 ness. They report they received a nice 

 shipment of holly trees from Europe 

 last week. 



William Foith has commenced to cut 

 sweet peas, which are good. 



E. H. Frandsen is back from the hos- 

 pital, but will not be able to attend 

 to business before Thanksgiving. The 

 trade is hoping that he will recover 

 soon. 



Samuel Murray recently put up as 

 fine a basket as could be seen in any 

 city. It was original and artistic. The 

 basket stood five feet high and con- 

 tained a grape vine grown in the pot. 

 It had nine bunches of grapes, weigh- 

 ing eighteen pounds. The vines were 

 twined over the handle down to the 

 bottom of the basket. The base was 

 filled with Brutus chrysanthemums, and 

 pompons which matched the Brutus 

 mums. 



A. F. Barbe reports that business is 





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