December 10, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



117 



it for the first year. Buds takeu the 

 first week in August Tvill produce grand 

 flo-R-ers by October 1. The Batons and 

 Appleton are now so firmly fixed tliat it 

 will be years before they are supplanted. 

 Easy to handle, with virtually 100 per 

 cent of good flowers produced, tliey till 

 the bill to perfection for the man who 

 hasn 't much time to bother. 



Dr. Enguehard is being introduced this 

 year as the coming commercial pink. It 

 is by no means a novelty, having been 

 first imported some years ago. I have 

 never grown it, so cannot say much con- 

 cerning it. It has been advertised as 

 Euglehardt, so it would be wise for all 

 dealers to get in line on the proper name. 



Two American varieties that have im- 

 pressed nie very favorably are the two 

 seedlings of H. W. Buckbee's introduc- 

 tion. These two seem specially adapted 

 to our commercial needs, and the colors 

 are good. Eockford is a yellow and Mrs. 

 H. W. Buckbee is a white. As exhibited 

 at the New York show they were very 

 promising and certainly good shippers 

 and keepers to have traveled the distance 

 they had. 



Eobinson, after long years of service, 

 begins to show signs of dissolution. The 

 flowers this year spotted very quieklv 

 and the waste was very great. Tilings 

 are getting down to such a low margin 

 now that one cannot afford to grow varie- 

 ties that are easily affected by the weath- 

 er, and the planting of Robinson will be 

 much reduced. Alice Byron, under the 

 same conditions as Bobinson, did not lose 

 a petal and, whatever the reason that 

 varieties differ so radically, the fact still 

 remains. 



Jlrs. Coombes this year produced n 

 white sport and this, if it holds true, 

 should be a first-class variety, for Coombes 

 is a grand pink, and there is room for a 

 good white coming in at that season. 



Prices this year were vei-y low, due 

 largely to the fact that there was a 

 small demand for any kind of flowers, 

 and also to tlie warm bright spell of 

 weather, which brought stock into the 

 market in a heap and swamped every- 

 thing. The volume of business done in 

 cut flowers this year, in October and 

 November, was away below the averac°. 

 owing to the Wall street slump, which 

 while it is felt most in New York, affects 

 to a greater or less extent the whole coun- 

 try, for many, even of our own profes 

 sion have tried before now to get rich 

 quick in the "street' and found they 

 were playing with a marked deck, an- 1 

 the other fellow stacking the cards. 



Brian Bortj. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Golden Age is a slightly reflexed, in- 

 tense yellow, Japanese; better in color 

 than its parent, E. H. Pearson, with 

 foliage equaling that of the well knovra 

 Georgiana Pitcher. It is of very easy 

 culture and perfects every flower. Height 

 four feet; midseason. Flowers seven 

 inches in diameter. First bud after Sep- 

 tember 1. An ideal commercial yellow. 

 Certificated by the C. S. A. 



Dr. Enguehard (importation, Nonin) 

 is a Japanese incur\ed, one of the best 

 introductions of recent years. It has 

 been awarded highest honors wherever 

 exhibited. Color, a true pink without the 

 least trace of purple. Stem and foliage 

 perfect. Equally valuable for exhibition 

 or commercial purposes. Perfectly 

 double, with no tendency to coming 

 ' ' sprung-centered. ' ' Every flower is per- 

 fect. Take bud after August 20 ; mid- 



Erica Fragrans in Crlluloid Basket with Red Ribbon. 



season variety. Size, six and a half 

 inches; height, four feet. The C. S. A. 

 committee awarded Smith & Son 95 

 points on their exhibit of this importa- 

 tion. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith is a Japanese in- 

 ciu'ved equally suitable for exhibition or 

 commercial purposes. It is a pure, glist- 

 ening white of very chaste appearance. 

 The petals, which have great substance, 

 loosely incurve and intertwine in an ef- 

 fective but entirely informal manner, 

 producing a finished flower that is per- 

 fectly symmetrical without the least trace 

 of formality. In growth it may be 

 classed as a dwarf, not exceeding three 

 and a half feet. It has a robust consti- 

 tution and its stem and foliage leave 

 nothing to be desired. Flowers six and a 

 half inches in diameter can be produced 

 with ordinarily good culture, and with 

 the special attention given to exhibition 

 blooms, can easily be grown much larger. 

 Every flower comes perfect. Best results 

 are obtained by taking the first bud after 

 September 1. It has the certificate of 

 the C. S. A. Winner in class for best 

 seedling at Boston. Winner of Hill & 

 Co. 's special prize for best seedling or 

 importation at New York. Winner as 

 best white at Buffalo. 



Miss Helen Frick is described as the 

 queen of Thanksgiving chrysanthemums, 

 ilnmeasurably superior in every respect 

 to Maud Dean or any other pink in culti- 



vation. It is exclusively a commercial 

 variety, with every point in its favor. 

 A Perrin seedling, its stem and foliage 

 equal that standard variety but there the 

 resemblance ceases. Its color is extreme- 

 ly difficult to describe. In some lights 

 it is a pure, soft pink, in others it 

 glistens and shines with all the interme- 

 diate shades to true lavender. In each 

 of its changes it is seemingly more 

 beautiful than before. It can be classi- 

 fied as a Japanese of perfect contour, 

 without any trace of formality. It is a 

 free grower of dwarf habit, not ex- 

 ceeding three feet in height, the flower 

 fully six and a half inches and very 

 regular in size. Every bud comes per- 

 fect. Certificate C. S. A. 



Sunburst is a Japanese incurved, a 

 most beautifully formed flower of a 

 striking color. The base of the petals is 

 an intense yellow, gradually shading to 

 pale yellow at the tips. A strong, free 

 and healthy grower, equally valuable as 

 an exhibition or a commercial variety. 

 Height, four feet; midseason. Take the 

 bud the last week in August. Certificate 

 C. S. A. 



Uncle John was greatly admired by 

 John Thorpe, the horticulturist of Chi- 

 cago, for whom it is named. While the 

 striking combination of color it displays 

 will be its distinguished feature, it pos- 

 sesses all the good points essential in a 

 first-class exhibition and commercial 



