. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 292 The American Florist. Mar. 21, Orange, N. J. FLORICULTORAL SOCIETY DISCUSSES THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.—THE TREATMENT OF PLANTS AND CUT BLOOMS.—SELECT LIST OF VARIETIES.—EXHIBITS. At the monthly meeting of the New Jersey Floricultural Society, at Orange, March 5, Chas. Totty read a very practical paper on the chrysanthemum and its treatment, the subject matter being mainly the handling of the cut blooms. On the important matter of packing flowers for shipment Mr. Totty endorsed close, compact packing as against the, u
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 292 The American Florist. Mar. 21, Orange, N. J. FLORICULTORAL SOCIETY DISCUSSES THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.—THE TREATMENT OF PLANTS AND CUT BLOOMS.—SELECT LIST OF VARIETIES.—EXHIBITS. At the monthly meeting of the New Jersey Floricultural Society, at Orange, March 5, Chas. Totty read a very practical paper on the chrysanthemum and its treatment, the subject matter being mainly the handling of the cut blooms. On the important matter of packing flowers for shipment Mr. Totty endorsed close, compact packing as against the, upright, loose method. He dwelt especially upon the necessity of having the stems well filled with moisture before packing and recommended in the case of close, woody-fibred varieties, such as Merza, that the stems be punctured just below the water line when in vases. The discussion of the paper brought out much of interest in the culture of the chrysanthemum. For feeding, nitrate of potash was recommended as better than soda, applied with a Kinney pump, one pound to fifty gallons ot water, some- times combined with the liquid manure, but in the latter case more care is neces- sary. At Florham Farms horse manure is not used. Sometimes a handful of chicken manure is added to the sheep manure. Mr. Totty gave the following as his select list of varieties: White, Nellie Pockett, Mrs. Weeks, Mme. Carnot, Merza, Mrs. Robinson and Timoth3' Eaton. Yellow, Mrs. T. W. Pockett, Mabel Morgan, Col. Appleton, Gold Mine, Mrs. Thirkell, Yellow Carnot, Matthew Smith, Lord Salisbury, the two latter spotted with red but good. Pink, Mrs. Coombes, Marie Liger, A. J. Balfour, V. Morel, Mrs. Barkley, R. G. Richard- son. Other colors, Kate Broomhead, W. R. Church, T. Carrington, MilHcent Richardson, Chas. Longley and Lady Anglesey. The innovation of amonthly exhibition with the incentive of tour cups as premiums at the end of the year seems to be a success. On this occasion the exhibi- tors were
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