. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BOUGAINV LLEA SANDERIANA AS AN EASTER PLANT. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Clirysanthem urns Indoors In the South. A paper read by F. P. Davis at the Convention of Southern Florists at New Orleans, February 1-1-16, 1907. The chrysanthemum to be a commer- cial flower must have perfectly clean foliage and the delicate texture which can only be had under glass and there- fore the chrysanthemum of commerce must be so grown. Many inquiries have been made by beginners as to how to grow chrysanthemums in the garden in the south. I have
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BOUGAINV LLEA SANDERIANA AS AN EASTER PLANT. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Clirysanthem urns Indoors In the South. A paper read by F. P. Davis at the Convention of Southern Florists at New Orleans, February 1-1-16, 1907. The chrysanthemum to be a commer- cial flower must have perfectly clean foliage and the delicate texture which can only be had under glass and there- fore the chrysanthemum of commerce must be so grown. Many inquiries have been made by beginners as to how to grow chrysanthemums in the garden in the south. I have read some of the an- swers by authorities on the subject of chrysanthemum growing in cold climates and have been as often amused. When such queries Lave been submitted to me my invariable answer has been, "it can- not be ; The plant will grow, and grow luxuriantly, in the open, but the flower is coarse, soiled, weather beaten, thrips eaten, and what not. Some of our retailers grow it outside and use it largely for funeral work, for which class of work it is well known anything can be used, as the dead man never kicks, and his family, however unattractive the flowers sent in by friends may be, would not give expressions to wound the feelings of such friends. I make this apology for having to address the convention of Southern Florists on "Growing Chrysanthemums Under Glass," when there is no other way. Chrysanthemum growing in the south, unlike most of the other commercial flowers, has passed the age of guessing. There is no difference as to the knowl- edge required to produce the flowers in Chicago, or in New Orleans. The dif- ference is in applying the knowledge to the conditions, and in choosing the va- rieties that respond to the conditions. The southern grower must not be mis- led by the achievements of our brother workers of the north with any variety. He must do his own experimenting, without fear of cost and with the cour- age to quickly throw a
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