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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



November 6, 1902. 



C. W. Ward did woiuleis to lielp out I lie 

 carnation part of the program. His v;i-ie 

 of President Roosevelt was .splendid. 

 Without looking at it very closely it 

 looks like Governor Eoo.sevelt, and let 

 lis hope, as the goxernor was promoted 

 to a loftier station, in fact the pinnacle, 

 that this new carnation possesses such 

 qualities as merit its dignified name. 

 Ii\Lrther Mr. Ward brought in on Satur- 

 day a superb collection of varieties of 

 carnations. They were lieautifully ar- 

 ranged in vases on a circular table some 

 ten or twelve feet across. It was a gem 

 of an exhibit and a bright, particular 

 oasis of color. 



If I vpere to criticize llr. Ward ver- 

 bally about the naming of his carnations 

 he would stick his hands deep in his 

 trousers pockets, jerk back his shoulders, 

 give a short cough and talk me down. 

 and in three minutes I should be glad to 

 say, "I guess that's right." When the 

 keeper of a hotel ( ?) in Montana said to 

 the t.enderfoot, late of Harvard, "Tliem 

 hill.= is all paying dirt," the ex-student 

 replied, "Excuse me, sir, let me correct 

 you; those hills are all paying dirt." 

 The keeper of the hotel placed a large 

 gun on the bar and said, "I'll bet you a 

 hundred dollars it's them hills." Then 

 the tenderfoot rubbed his chin, looked 

 thoughtful and replied, "t'ome to remem- 

 ber, I believe you are riglit." There 



and exhausted before we get down to per- 

 sonal names. 



There were some good vases of mums. 

 )iut nothing in quantity as I expected to 

 sec, and I think those two splendid gar- 

 deners (a gardener is a professional 

 man: a florist is only a tradesman) Jlr. 

 Herrington and Jlr. Ihickham, very 

 largely contributed to the display of 

 these. The old standard varieties that 

 were greatly in evidence and fine in qual- 

 ity, were Eonnaffon, Appleton. Robinson. 

 Viviand-Jforel and Mrs. Weeks. Anumg 

 the newer ones that I thought improve- 

 ments over their existing types weie A. 

 .7. Balfour, a beautiful rose pink; Miss 

 Alice Ryron, better and earlier than 

 Robinson: Carnot, a wonderful white for 

 exhibition. 



I must not forget two splendid vases 

 of Mile. Liger. shown by E. G. Hill Co.. 

 something resembling a well grown, ma- 

 ture Maud Dean, but a heavier flower 

 of line form, and I should say about 

 right by the 20th of November. This 

 will- be a most valuable commercial va- 

 riety. C. J. Salter beats the well known 

 Appleton; Mrs. J. C. Neville is better 

 tlian Mrs. Weeks, a wonderful flower; 

 Mrs. T. W. Pockett is a glorious flower: 

 Mrs. C'oombes is aiiolher variety that 

 we will all grow. It's n far l>etter color 

 than Viviand-Morel, of great size, and 

 follows (Jlovy of the Pacific. Among the 



Statuary and Evergreens at the New York Show. 



would be no gim in our discussion, but 

 considerable hot air, so I protest this 

 way, as man.y others have remarked, that 

 there are many Roosevelts. There are 

 Alice and the Misses and His Excellency 

 in two characters. How easily this could 

 be shown to be unwise, and it will lead 

 to no end of confusion, both verbally and 

 in correspondence. If ever there were a 

 nation that had a weakness for abbreviat- 

 ing names it is ours. General Jacque- 

 minot is simply "Jack" and Souvenir de 

 President Carnot is nothing more than 

 "Carnot" to ninety-nine per cent of rose 

 growers and buyers. And these four 

 carnations will be merely "Roosevelt." 

 There are the planets, the rivers of the 

 country, the women of Dickens, the hero- 

 ines of Shakespeare, all to be preferred 



very newest I noticed tlie Australian va- 

 riety "Durban Pride." a light pink, twen- 

 ty-seven inches in circumference and 

 solid. 



As six hayseeds were crossing the 

 North river Saturday morning on their 

 way to Madison Square Garden, the 

 noble ship Campania passed in front of 

 our ferry boat, a beautiful sight with 

 her upper decks crowded with home com- 

 ers from a distant land, hearts beating 

 high with joy to see again their dear ones 

 and bless the leviathan that had brought 

 them safely across the ocean. Little 

 did we think that on our return to the 

 show at 3 o'clock we should see on a 

 table alxjut two dozen magnificent flow- 

 ers in absolutely perfect order, and they 

 had come over on the Campania from 



Surrey. England. This is wonderful! 

 The varieties were all under number, or 

 nearly all. I can only say that many of 

 them eclipsed in beauty and size any- 

 thing we have in chrysanthemums up to 

 date. 



When you were up in the gallery the 

 whole scene Ijelow was pretty, but how 

 meager the exhibition to what it might 

 and should have been. Mr. Bunyard, 

 the manager, Mr. Sheridan, the presi- 

 dent, a most courteous gentleman, and 

 the bright secretary worked hard, and 

 perhaps all the conunittees did, but 

 where, oh, where, was one of the score 

 of first-class retailer's? Where could be 

 fouiul one exhibit of the many whole- 

 salers? And with the exception of a 

 very few, where was the army of growers 

 that can be found within twenty miles 

 of Greater New York? Tlie weather was 

 glorious, no excuse. Wliat is the mat- 

 ter? It's not for an outsider to say, for 

 all reforms must come from wdthin. 

 WiM.i.vM Scott. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



'Varieties at the New York Flower Show. 



Speaking generally, the standard of 

 the cut flowers seems lower than last 

 year, though there are some notable ex- 

 ceptions. By lower, I mean that the 

 general run of the flowers seems hardly 

 as large as last sea.son. The show as a 

 wliole will doubtless be dealt with by 

 your regular correspondents, and I will 

 merely note the most prominent varieties 

 in the exhibition classes. 



Appleton was shown finer, I venture to 

 say. than it has ever been shown before, 

 and of excellent finish. It was superb. 

 Robinson was not very strongly repre- 

 sented, which is not surprising, consider- 

 ing that many growers had been cutting 

 this variety three weeks before the show. 

 Nellie Pockett was set up in very fine 

 shape, as were also Carrington. Falconer 

 ( or Peter Kay, as some still insist on 

 calling it), Mrs. Weeks, H. J. Jones, 

 JIme. Carnot and Alice Byron. 



In a class arranged for eflfect many 

 of the novelties I recently described in 

 tliesc notes made a conspicuous showing. 

 Tliey included Charles Longley, purple; 

 .Miliicent Richardson, purple; C. J. Salt- 

 er, yellow; Durban's Pride, a light pink. 

 ■2ri\ inches in circumference, but a little 

 weak in the neck for the immense flow- 

 er to hold itself erect; Mabel Morgan, a 

 fine yellow; Edith Pilkington, yellow, 

 and several others. 



Mrs. Coombes, considering that it was 

 fully develojjcd three weeks ago, was set 

 u]) in first-class shape. This variety will 

 l>ecome the standard early pink without 

 question. To its other virtues it adds 

 the excellent one of being one of the best 

 keepers of all the pink varieties. A 

 large exhibit of the new pink inie. ilarie 

 Liger was set up from the E. G. Hill Co. 

 and excited favorable comment from 

 everyone. It will apparently rank as 

 the best second early pink. The way 

 it set up after 48 hours' travel shows 

 it to be a grand shipper. The flower 

 is incurving with a high built center, 

 the shajje the wholesalers like to handle, 

 because such flowers don't get bruised 

 easily. After being on exhibition for 

 three days the flowers are still in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



On Saturday morning flowers were re- 

 ceived by steamer from England, and 

 considering the time necessary for trans- 

 portation (seven days at least), they 

 arrived in a wonderfullv fresh condi- 



