JANUARY 11, IDUO. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



161 



Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton. 



that were put on the bench the sec- 

 ond week in July in five inches of 

 garden soil, without a particle of ani- 

 mal or artificial manure. 



They were grown and exhibited by 

 E. Miller & Sons, Bracondale. Toronto, 

 Ont., who own the stock and who have, 

 I venture to say, the greatest white 

 chrysanthemum ever raised. 



WM. SCOTT. 



AMONG CHICAGO GROWERS. 

 Basse't & Washburn. 



The great range of glass at Hins- 

 dale is always interesting and among 

 the most attractive features are the 

 two immense carnation houses, one 

 54x600 and the other 30x600. They 

 are literally carnation fields under 

 glass, and a view down that 600 feet 

 of bloom and foliage is one to be re- 

 membered. 



Crane and America show up promi- 

 nently among the reds and both are 

 very satisfactory. Mr. Bassett likes 

 the color of Crane a little the best and 

 things he gets a few more flowers 

 than from America, but the difference 

 is slight. Both are more profitable 

 than Jubilee and that variety will be 

 dropped from the list after this year. 

 Mr. Washburn thinks that America 

 takes in the market a trifle better than 

 Crane. But the differences are all de- 

 batable and there is no question but 

 what both are very desirable kinds. 



In color Crane is almost exactly the 

 same shade as Jubilee. America is a 

 trifle lighter. 



White Cloud and Flora Hill are 

 both much in evidence. White Cloud 

 has rather a better flower and stem 

 than Hill, but it is more of a cropper 

 and produces a few le.ss flowers during 

 a season. Last year they had a good 

 deal of trouble with Hill, losing fully 

 10 per cent, of the plants from stem 

 rot after they were housed, not to 

 mention losses in the fleld, but this 

 year the variety is almost entirely free 

 from disease. Both sorts are highly 

 regarded here. 



Mrs. Bradt is still the leader in fan- 

 cy sorts and is a very steady producer, 

 though Mr. Bassett holds that the 

 flowers -must bring 2.5 per cent, more 

 than others in order to be profitable. 



Red Bradt produces as freely as the 

 type, with same size, stem and habit. 

 It is undoubtedly the largest red car- 

 nation we have, and must bring the 

 same price as Bradt to be profltable. 

 In the bench devoted to this sort there 

 were very few reversions to the type, 

 and even if more numerous there 

 would be no waste, as the type is of 

 equal value. 



They still value Mary Wood highly 

 as a white. It is not quite so proflt- 

 able as White Cloud and Flora Hill, 

 but possesses good qualities that make 

 it very desirable. They have a white 

 seedling the flowers of which are enor- 



iiKiii in size. The form is not the 

 ■ IN I. 'St when closely examined, but 

 the general effect is good and the size 

 is such as to at once attract attention, 

 and it produces well ana steadily. 



Gold Nugget is their best yellow, 

 but Mr. Bassett says it should bring 

 double the price of others in order to 

 be profltable. Pingree has been 

 dropped. Mr. Bassett says the flowers 

 should bring 25 cents each to make 

 the variety a paying one. 



Leslie Paul, the pink California va- 

 riety, has made a favorable impres- 

 sion here and it is thought will be 

 useful. It does not bloom freely early 

 in the season, but comes later and is 

 a magnificent flower. 



Painted Lady has been an enormous 

 producer here, but in midwinter the 

 blooms burst badly. From Jan. 1 till 

 along in April hardly one perfect flow- 

 er is secured, though some are as large 

 as paeonies. Nevertheless the variety 

 has paid well. 



Frances Joost produces very freely 

 here, but not so freely as White Cloud 

 or Hill. It is considered a good prof- 

 itable pink sort, though there has been 

 some complaint that the flowers slum- 

 ber early. 



They like the color of Cerise Queen, 

 but have not been successful in get- 

 ting a good stem. 



Triumph has done splendidly this 

 season. When producing during fall 

 and December it was the freest of any 

 they had. It is off crop now, but they 

 expect a big cut again in early spring. 

 It is of no value in summer. 



Armazindy is no good with them. It 

 doesn't produce and buyers don't seem 

 to want the flowers when they get 

 them. 



Psyche produces lots of flowers, but 

 they are small and nobody wants 

 them. By the way, we recall a grow- 

 er who labeled this variety "Physic" 

 and said, "I am going to 'throw Physic 

 to the dogs.' " 



Scott, Daybreak and McBurney will 

 also be dropped from the list here. 



Mr. Bassett believes in early propa- 

 gation of carnations and starts propa- 

 gating the latter part of November, 

 keeping it up steadily thereafter. 

 When rooted the cuttings are planted 

 out about three inches apart in bench- 

 es of soil where they grow on into 

 very fair sized plants by planting out 

 time. More than half of these will 

 have been pinched back once while in 

 the bench. 



He plants out in the fleld as early 

 as possible and likes to bench inside 

 again early in July if possible and not 

 later than August. The idea is to get 

 the full value of two months' good 

 spring growing weather outside and 

 to have inside (where they will be 

 under better control) during the mid- 

 summer months. The fleld culture in 

 spring gives a vigor and substance 

 that cannot be had under glass at the 

 same period, and the glass is valuable 

 for other purposes, too. By planting 

 in as early as July he believes he gets 

 the advantages of both the outdoor 

 and Indoor systems and has the plants 

 even better established by fall. 



