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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOVEMBEB 20. 1902. 



and Miller are loud in their prai.ses of 

 wliat they saw at the large establish- 

 ments around Chicago and Joliet. The 

 bowlers were well entertained on Wednes- 

 day night by Me.ssrs. Hauswirth, Kreit- 

 ling, Asnius, BaUuff and little Pliili]) 

 Foley, and we leave it to them to tell 

 the story of how we came near winning 

 the last game with the assistance of the 

 cx-St. Louis boy, J. S. Wilson. 



On Thursday night we were more than 

 repaid for our visit by attending the 

 annual banquet of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club at the Auditorium. We were sorry 

 to have to leave the hall so early in 

 order to catch the train and leave all 

 our old and new friends without saying 

 good-by. We missed the good-natured 

 Emil Buettner at the banquet, but of 

 course the twins come first. 



The St. Louis delegation wishes me to 

 express, through the Review, their 

 thanks to the Chicago brothers for their 

 kind and generous treatment shown 

 them during their stay in the city. 



Expressions Heard on the Trip. 



Fred Meinhardt, wife and sister, had 

 a great time and stayed longer than any 

 of the rest of us. 



Otto Koenig was talking World's Fair 

 to all visitors, and they "think Otto is 

 just the man to take charge of the flori- 

 cultural end of it. 



A. Jablonsky, who was mucli taken 

 with roast quail with chestnut dressing, 

 says he never before ate so much or so 

 many good things. 



Fred Weber and Theo. Jliller are 

 much pleased with their visit and the 

 good times they had. 



Fred Ammann, John Steidle and 

 Windt, Jr., say they never before saw 

 so much glass and so man.y ro.ses and 

 carnations, and were well paid for their 

 visit. 



Carew Sanders put in most of the 

 time with his cousin, Edgar Sanders, 

 who was greatly missed by all his 

 friends. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berning had a 

 good time among their friends the short 

 time they were there. 



C. Kuehn and Frank M. Ellis made 

 the rounds of the wholesalers and 

 growers, which had a good effect on 

 them in a business way. 



As for myself, I must say that the 

 trip was well worth the time' spent, and 

 the opportunity to meet so many good 

 friends and the good, kind words for 

 the success of the Eeview make recol- 

 lections of the trip a pleasure. 



Notes. 



We had vpith us the past v^eek the 

 big and mighty Arnold Ringier, selling 

 for Barnard & Co., Chicago. 



Mr. Creighton, representing Henry A. 

 Dreer, of Philadelphia, was a visitor 

 and reports a very successful trip. 



Mr. S.' S. Skidelsky, the man who 

 sells everything a florist needs, is here 

 this week. 



B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, is with us this week booking 

 holiday novelties. 



The finest chrysanthemum seen at the 

 Chicago show was the large pink ex- 

 hibited by The E. G. Hill Company and 

 named R. E. Richardson. This is a St. 

 Louis production by Wni. Schray & 

 Sons. The St. Louis delegation was 

 proud of it, as would the Schray boys 

 have been, had they seen it as we' did. 



Official List of Club Essays. 



The trustees have prepared the fol- 



lowing list of essays' to be read during 

 the year: For December, "Greenhouse 

 Construction," by J. W. Dunford; "E.\- 

 perience with Carnations on Benches 

 and Solid Beds — Best l\esults," by A. 

 Jablonsky. For January, "New Roses," 

 by R! F. Tesson; "SI cam Heating," by 

 F. B. Call. For February, "Growing 

 Carnations — Advantages of Early Plant- 

 ing," by \Villiam Winter, of Kirkwood, 

 Mo. For March, "Construction of Solid 

 Beds," by Max Herzog; "Greenhouse 

 Help — How to Obtain Best Results," by 

 Otto Koenig. For April, "Experience 

 with Short-Span Greenliouses," by J. F. 

 Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111. ; "Forc- 

 ing Hydrangeas for Easter," by Emil 

 Schray. For May, "Hard and Soft Coal 

 for Heating," by F. J. Fillmore. -For 

 June, "Poenies and Irises for Cut 

 Flowers — How to Increase Stock and 

 Care for Them," by Geo. B. 'Windier. 

 For July, "Benefits Derived by Attend- 

 ing Conventions," by Fred C. Weber. 

 For August, "How to Keep Down Green- 

 fly," by H. Emmundt, of Belleville, 

 111. For September, "Trade in Cut 

 Flowers the Past Season," by Frank M. 

 Ellis. - J. J. B. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CUT BLOOMS. 



BY CHAS. W. .JOHNSON. 



[Preaentea at the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America lo the Chicago convention.] 



In presenting this subject to you my 

 first duty will be to review the cut 

 bloom chrysanthemums that have gone 

 before, or in other word.s, the founda- 

 tions of our popular kinds of today. In 

 looking over the varieties that we con- 

 sider standards now we can hardly real- 

 ize how very few of the veterans we 

 still have with us. One of the oldest 

 favorites is Ivory, a grand old variety 

 but now being grown less each year; it 

 is being discarded on account of not be- 

 ing large enough for piesent day re- 

 quirements. 



Geo. W. Childs, a variety which has 

 long been the stand-by in reds, is still 

 on deck and possessing, as it does, so 

 many good points it is likely to remain 

 with us for awhile yet. I suppose this 

 variety at the time of introduction was 

 the most distinct American seedling. 



Mrs. Jerome Jones, that beautiful in- 

 curved with such handsome foliage and 

 whose blossoms keep so well, did not get 

 a very good start owing to its require- 

 ments not being properly understood. 

 I remember the first plant of this vari- 

 ety that came under my notice. It was 

 grown in a 6-inch pot with stunted foli- 

 age and dirty white flower with wide open 

 center. But what a transformation we 

 did behold the next season or two when 

 this selfsame variety had jumped to first 

 place as the leading commercial and 

 prize winning kind of its season. It is 

 still well up among tlie first rank with 

 its graceful blooms and well clothed 

 footstalks, which size alone has beaten. 



Major Bonnatfon is another of the old 

 wonders that lack of size is proving its 

 undoing. Without a doubt this variety 

 was at one time grown more than all 

 others combined. This is also a very 

 distinct sort, possessing chai'acteristics 

 entirely its own and which our hybrid- 

 izers have not been able to infuse into 

 the later day seedlings. 



Niveus. Philadelphia. Mrs. W. C. 

 Egan, Yellow Queen and H. L. Sunder- 

 bruch are still grown to meet some spe- 

 cial purpose but are no longer consid- 

 ered the wonders as of old. Mrs. Henry 

 Robinson, Modesto, Pennsylvania, May- 



flower, Jeannie Falconer and Mrs. Per- 

 rin are very much alive yet and well 

 able to hold their heads among the lead- 

 ers. But what has become of the Queen, 

 Harry May, Mr. Hicks Arnold, Harry E. 

 Widener, Frank Thompson, Mrs. E. G. 

 Hill, Gold, Mermaid, Robert Bottomley, 

 AUnnie Wanamaker, J. C. Vaughan, Ex- 

 quisite, Ada Spaulding, Mrs. Alpheus 

 Hardy, Eda Prass, Lilian B. Bird, varie- 

 ties without which a few years ago an 

 exhibition collection would not have been 

 complete? Mutual Friend is still hold- 

 ing its own and is found in most collec- 

 tions, and as seen this year I believe it 

 is doing better than it ever was. 



Foreign Varieties in America. 



Of the vast number of foreign varie- 

 ties that have been introduced into this 

 country we have to award first honors 

 to that sterling French variety, Viviand- 

 Morel, which we still see in various 

 grades of quality, some seasons extra 

 fine, others not so good, though it would 

 seem as though most of us are still 

 loath to let it go. Golden wedding, from 

 the other side of the globe, cannot yet 

 be beaten in its season. This variety 

 was very disappointing the first year or 

 two after being introduced. Several 

 growers were so disgusted with it be- 

 cause of its being so infested with disease 

 that they pulled out the plants without 

 letting them come into bloom ; but time 

 has proven that our golden friend was 

 made of better stuff than we even then 

 dared suppose and today it is simply 

 grand. W. H. Lincoln, in its day a fine 

 yellow for cut blooms, is now being 

 pushed aside by many much betJter, 

 though for growing into specimen bush 

 plants it is still a top notch yellow. 



After these three varieties we have to 

 skip a few years before anything very 

 useful from an American standpoint 

 came to hand. Several English varieties 

 put in their appearance, but after due 

 examination how very few of them could 

 pass muster. One that looked at first 

 to be a winner was Mrs. Henry Weeks, 

 but she was too fussy and could not 

 bear so much sunshine: we had, there- 

 fore, with regrets, to let her go. Not 

 any of the other English varieties ever 

 .got far enough into the front ranks to 

 be classed as standards. We have sev- 

 eral English varieties now on trial 

 which seem a great deal more piomis- 

 ing. Tlie two leaders are Kate Broom- 

 head, a magnificent bronze, fine grower, 

 good even color, likes plenty of sun- 

 shine and one that will give the best of 

 them a close race. 



Mrs. Coombes, a massive reflexed pink. 

 is another wonderful variety with the 

 same easy growth, stout stems clothed 

 with heavy foliage. We are much im- 

 pressed with this one and the more we 

 see of it the better we like it. 



A. J. Balfour, another pink from Eng- 

 land, pleases us very much on account of 

 its beautiful clear color. We did not 

 get this one till late, consequently it did 

 not have a fair show and is a little un- 

 der size. Mrs. Barclay is another pink 

 monster with vei-y heavy foliage, and 

 thou.gh it may seem a little coarse it 

 is still a striking variet.v. We are also 

 tiying some of Mr. Godfrey's finest set 

 of novelties with results that are hardly 

 up to our expectations. Godfrey's King 

 and Queen Alexander has made the best 

 showing of the lot, but can only be used 

 in collections and they will have to in- 

 crease in size to hold a place there. Bes- 

 sie Godfrey, u^ion which we have been 

 building great hopes, have not been rea- 



