. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 308 The American Florist. Aug. 31,. Fig. 1—Insect Eggs on Chrysanthemum Leaf. M:ignitied Ihrei' times. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Princess Eliz.\beth is a very prom- ising looking early white variety, benig grown by Gunner Teilmann of Marion, Ind. Mr. Teilmann brought this va- riety from Europe and thinks very highly of it. The buds were shownig white at the middle of August. Notes in Season. Chrysanthemums are making _ very rapid growth at present and it is im- portant they be tied often rather than deferring it until the st
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 308 The American Florist. Aug. 31,. Fig. 1—Insect Eggs on Chrysanthemum Leaf. M:ignitied Ihrei' times. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Princess Eliz.\beth is a very prom- ising looking early white variety, benig grown by Gunner Teilmann of Marion, Ind. Mr. Teilmann brought this va- riety from Europe and thinks very highly of it. The buds were shownig white at the middle of August. Notes in Season. Chrysanthemums are making _ very rapid growth at present and it is im- portant they be tied often rather than deferring it until the stems become crooked. This season we have used No. 24 copper wire cut in 2-inch lengths, in- stead of raffia to secure the plants to the string supports. We believe this method has many advantages over those formerly employed. The pieces are wrapped around the string and stem of plant simultaneously in about the time required to cut raffia or tying material. This size of wire is sufficiently stiff to resist the strain when spraying and on the other hand is pliable enough to al- low the stem to expand freely as it de- velops. In cutting the blooms, the stem immediately under the bloom is grasped with one hand and pulled slightly away from the string and the wires stretch until they release their hold and fall to the soil. The plant thus freed is cut the desired length and is ready to store for future use without further attention, be- ing entirely free of string or raffia. When spraying or performing other duties if small patches of eggs as shown in Fig. I are detected they should be de- stroyed at once, otherwise they will hatch into caterpillars in a few days. In the small state they are of little harm but they develop very fast, soon ad- vancing to adults, defacing and in some instances devouring the whole leaf. The illustration shown is three times natural size. As taking buds is of vital import- ance at this time a few more words on this subject may not be amiss. We took al
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