NOTICE 
Over the past ten years several thousand people 
have written in, asking that I place their name on 
my mailing list. This I have done, and as a result 
have a far-too-long mailing list. I am sure that a 
number of people who requested my mum list are 
for one reason or another no longer interested in 
growing mums. Hence I have concluded to ask 
each customer-friend to write me a postcard if he 
or she wishes to be continued on my mailing list. 
I will conclude that those who do not request their 
names be continued on the list, are no longer in- 
terested and I will drop their names from future 
lists. This is important—if you wish to receive 
future lists of surplus mum plants please send in 
a postcard so stating—OTHERWISE no more lists 
will be mailed to you: 
F. A. Spivey 
Box 574, Montgomery, Ala. 
SPRAY INFORMATION 
Last year I sent out a little leaflet on Thrip and 
Septoria (Leaf-spot) damage to mums, as I felt 
many people were not familiar with the damage 
the tiny Thrip can cause, and did not know what 
caused so many of the lower leaves to turn black 
—sometimes more than half way up the stalk by 
blooming time. I advocated the use of a spray or 
dust composed of some form of DDT and Fermate 
—the DDT to control the Thrip and the Fermate 
for the Septoria or Leaf-spot. However, I soon 
found out in the spring that I could not get 
enough Fermate, but could get plenty of DDT. 
This year I am going to use DDT and some stand- 
ard fungicide that I can get, such as Bordeaux 
Mixture, as it is absolutely necessary if one grows 
mums outside to provide some spray or dust 
schedule to control these two enemies of the mum, 
and am passing this information along to my 
customer-friends who no doubt are faced with a 
similar problem as Thrip and Leaf-spot are widely 
scattered over the country. Take my advice and 
have your spray or dust mixture ready and keep 
all outside mums well protected during the grow- 
ing season or you are likely to be woefully disap- 
pointed in the blooms you will receive this fall. 
Adequate coverage will require frequent spraying 
or dusting during rainy spells, but the results are 
well worth the effort involved. 
F. A. Spivey 
Box 574, Montgomery, Ala. 
