October 23, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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A BOUQUET OF CARNATIONS. 



The accompanying engraving is from a 

 photograph of a bouquet of light pink 

 carnitions, arranged so it may be used 

 either as a vase or a hand bouquet. It 

 contains fifty carnations, some wired, the 

 rest tied loosely, with Asparagus plu- 

 mosus and a few common ferns used as 

 a foundation. This bouquet is made 

 round and is alike on eich side, but it 

 can be made one sided if to be used 

 against a wall or an altar in a church, 

 where that form would appear to better 

 advantage and there would also be a sav- 

 ing in flowers. A one-sided boui|uet can 

 be arranged with a little more than one- 

 half as many flowers as arc required for 

 a round bouquet and will give the same 

 efTect where only one side is to be seen. 



These vase bouquets are used a good 

 doil in decorating rooms for weddings. 

 receptions, etc., and it is as simple and 

 efi'ective a way to display the flowers as 

 any we know of. L. P. Walz. 



A BANQUET DECORATION. 



We present in this issue a full page 

 engraving from an excellent photograph 

 of the very elaborate decoration ar- 

 ranged by Mr. Geo. M. Stumpp. New 

 York, for the banquet of the Million- 

 aires' Club of that city. 



It is very rarely thit such an excel- 

 lent photograph of an elaborate decora- 

 tion can be obtained and we feel it a 

 great privilege to give our readers such 

 a good view of a decoration that can 

 be classed among the best work done by 

 a leader among the artists of the great 

 metropolis. 



The picture has such excellent detail 

 that a description seems unnecessary. 

 Over 10,000 American Beauties were 

 used. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Notes on Varieties. 



Cutting has commenced in earnest and 

 there are several varieties now in ex- 

 cellent shape. Chief of these is Mrs. 

 Eobinson. cutting of which commenced 

 on the 16th. We cannot yet find a 

 white to come near this variety in its 

 particular season, which is with us from 

 the 18th to the end of the month. Alice 

 Byron is as good as Robinson in every 

 way, but it can be got in ahead of Rob- 

 inson and will not conflict with it in 

 any particular. 



A white that was sent out as a good 

 variety to immediately precede Robin- 

 son is with us a complete failure. This 

 variety is C. Hoist. Why it has done 

 so poorly I cannot say, but the plants 

 became hard and never grew right. 

 Hoist may be all right in certain sec- 

 tions of the countr}', and with other 

 growers, but we have no use for it 

 whatever. 



Two other varieties that have made a 

 very indifferent showing are two French 

 kinds, Nouvelle Vie and M. X. Rey 

 Jouvin. Many of the buds of Nouvelle 



Vie rotted, and the ones that have pro- 

 duced flowers are decidedly poor. Rey 

 Jouvin is producing a fair sized flower 

 but it is showing a center and the color 

 is away ofl'. It could not be classed with 

 either the whites or pinks. Another 

 variety that is a wretched failure is 

 the imported Vicar of Leatherhead. It 

 is said to be a seedling from Madame 

 Carnot, and such an aristocratic mother 

 would lead one to look for a good son. 

 Unfortunately the flower only shows a 

 double row of petals surrounding an 

 immense disk, or center, and is the 

 poorest variety that I have seen for a 



.strongest and easiest of growers. 

 Coombes must undoubtedly rank first 

 as a second early pink. To get the 

 finest flowers get the crown bud about 

 August 18 to 20 and the result will 

 gratify you. It will stand feeding with- 

 out damping its petals and will perfect 

 every flower. On the late bud the color 

 is a little better, but the flower is lack- 

 ing in size and finish. I would always 

 recommend the early bud. 



Nellie Pockett is coming on very well 

 and will produce some very fine flowers 

 from crown buds. Its chief value is of 

 course as an exhibition variety. 



Princess Bassarabu de Brancona has 

 made good wood but the flower shows a 

 large eye and it will be discarded. If a 

 mum could only speak what would it 

 say to being burdened with such a name ' 

 as this. One can imagine it saying with 

 poor Wolsey: "Too much honor. Oh, 

 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden, 

 too heavy for a mum like me to bear." 

 No wonder it shows an eye, and if that 

 eye had a tear in it one could hardly 

 be surprised. 



A Round Bouquet of Carnations. 



long time. I understand it is a mag- 

 nificent variety in England; it must be 

 in fact to be spoken of so highly, but 

 it only bears out previous experience 

 that varieties which are excellent in one 

 country may be worthless in another. 



Importing varieties is a good deal of 

 a lottery, though one can generally find 

 an odd prize in the batch. Just such a 

 prize is Mrs. Coombes. No words of 

 praise are too warm for this variety. 

 It is a wonderful pink. Its only fault 

 from an exhibition standpoint is that 

 it is a little too early. This year it was 

 in good shape by the 11th and at pres- 

 ent writing (Oct. 18) is a glorious flow- 

 er over twenty inches in circumference. 

 It is a duplicate of Morel in shape, a 

 shade lighter in color and one of the 



Robert Halliday was ready for cut- 

 ting by the 16th. It is a neat flower, 

 very clean looking in color and may 

 safely be classed as a very useful va- 

 riety. 



Henry Hurrell is earlier this year and 

 cutting commenced by the I6th. Tliis 

 variety is by no means a novelty but it 

 might be grown more with advantage 

 by many growers. It is a very vigorous 

 grower and a splendid keeper, a fine 

 color but a trifle too small for an exhi- 

 bition flower. 



Australian Novelties 

 are becoming very prominent in our 

 lists nowadays, with the probability that 

 they will be largely increased in the 

 near future. Possibly the climate of 



