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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



October 29, 1903. 



be here again soon to see such another. 

 He was followed by Fred. Dorner. Jr., of 

 Lafayette; Fred. Lemon, of Richmond; 

 Geo. F. Crabb, of Grand Rapids; J. F. 

 Sullivan, of Detroit, and G. W. Johnson, 

 of Rockford. The last speaker was W. 

 N. Rudd, who outlined the plans for mak 



ing Chicago's the best florists' club in 

 the country. Winterson and Balluff sang 

 and the crowd broke up with a vote of 

 thanks to C. M. Dickinson and E. F. 

 Winterson, to whose efforts the succ.es 

 of the afternoon and evening was due. 



GOOD COMMERCIAL VARIETIES. 



The reproductions from photographs, 

 pages 920-21, give a good idea of the 

 flowers of three reliable early 'mums 

 which are worthy of extended culture. 

 Miss Alice Byron can be hail in good 

 shape from October 1 onward to the 

 end of the month, according as the bud 

 is taken, early or otherwise. It is a 

 very pure white, a clean dwarf grower 

 and very large size, and best of all, is 

 a fine keeper, not getting spotted or 

 stained in bad weather. 



The two varieties in one picture are 

 Mrs. Coombes and Lady Harriet, Mrs. 

 Coombes being the Japanese on the left. 

 These two sorts can be cut earlv in Oc- 

 tober; in fact, at the present writing, 

 October 17. are all cut away. They are 

 two excellent pinks and will give satis- 

 faction to any grower. Thev will not 

 damp and will give 100 per cent of 

 good flowers. 



Neither of these three varieties can 

 be called new, as they were recom- 

 mended in tlv-se notes a vear ago and 

 this year hove fully maintained their 

 reputations. The photographs were 

 taken by Mr. Herrington, president of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri- 

 ca, who grows these varieties exten- 

 sively and is almost as enthusiastic on 

 taking pictures as he is on taking 

 prizes. 



Other Varieties. 



Other good sorts that are now ready 

 for cutting are Mrs. Robinson, the "old 

 standby;" Henry Hurrell, Nellie Pock- 

 ett, always a beauty and this year finer 

 than ever; H. J. Jones, Robert Halli- 

 day and Viviand-Morel. In the nov- 

 elties, Mrs. Alexander McKinlev is de- 

 veloped and is a very pretty flower, 

 reddish salmon in color and dwarf in 

 habit. Donald McLeod is an ideal grow- 

 er and while its color, yellow spotted 

 with crimson, may not appeal so much 

 to the commercial men who want only 

 self-colored varieties, it will find a 

 place with the exhibition grower. Tts 

 petals are long and drooping and the 

 foliage and general appearance particu- 

 larly pleasing. 



Harrison Dick is another very 

 strong grower, easy to handle and will 

 make a place for itself. The color is 

 classed as a reddish terra cotta and 

 probably that describes it as well as 

 anything. Harrison Dick will un 

 doubtedly be heard from later. 



Of the last year's novelties Mrs. T. 

 W. Pockett is finished and cut. It is 

 a beautiful and satisfactory variety, 

 and if it were not for the 'new Chel- 

 toni I would say it was the most beau- 

 tiful yellow Japanese in cultivation. 



< '■ J. Slater is open fully and on the 

 crown bud, taken the middle of August, 



very 



Smaller, flatter flowers and an extended 

 trial proves that it will not displace 

 Appleton, as I thought last year. It 

 is lighter in color than Appleton and 

 will not give so large a percentage of 

 first-class flowers. 



Mrs. Thirkell, Millicent Richardson 

 and Lord Salisbury are showing up 

 splendidly. The first named, in par- 

 ticular, will produce a sensation where 

 it was not exhibited last year. 



Why is it, I wonder, that so many 

 growers are content to drift along with 

 such varieties as Ivory, Lincoln and 

 such old-timers, when a choice can be 

 had of such splendid sorts as are today 

 exhibited? As well might they try to 

 keep in the front rank with carnations 

 by growing Scott, McGowan and Por- 

 tia! 



fount Van der Stegen is now ready 

 to cut and is a very handsome variety. 

 Crimson and gold in color, it 

 striking in appearance. 



F. S. Vallis is a Calvat seedling and 

 one of the very largest in size. The 

 days of Madame Carnot and its sport, 

 G. J. Warren, are numbered when we 

 can get magnificent varieties like this 

 that are easily grown. Vallis may 

 easily be taken for a yellow Carnot. al- 

 most the only difference being that it 

 is a much stronger grower. 



From now on the 'mum lover i= in his 

 glory. One after another the novelties 

 are coming out, showing wonderful 

 progress, and this year is going to be 

 one of the most notable in the history 

 of the chrysanthemum. I believe the 

 New York exhibition of the National 

 Society will be a revelation to the aver- 

 age grower who is not posted as to the 

 very newest varieties and the large 

 number of classes, covering everv con- 

 ceivable type, insures an exhibition 

 that, for magnitude will probably not 

 again be approached for manv years, 

 unless got up under similar auspices. 

 To every grower, large or small, I say, 

 see that New York show if you have 

 to walk home afterward. 



Brian Bom. 



WM. DUCKHAM AND CHELTONI. 



We have waited long and expectantly 

 for a pink chrysanthemum that should be 

 on an equality with the good white and 

 yellow ones. The Outcry has been : "Too 

 much white and yellow ; give us pink. ' ' 

 And in the endeavor to supply the cut 

 flower market with pink tin- fickle and 

 uncertain Viviand-Morel has been the 

 grower's mainstay, but with more vexa- 

 tion than profit. 



We need no longer deplore the paucity 

 of pinks, for as an early pink variety- 

 Mrs. Coombes improves with age and is 



here to stay. Succeeding it, Mile. Marie 

 Liger has strengthened the good impres- 

 sion it created last year. In Wm. Duck- 

 ham, however, we have the advent of a 

 peerless beauty, of surpassing merit, vig- 

 orous in growth, stout in stem, well 

 clothed with heavy foliage, and crowned 

 with a flower that may be termed perfec- 

 tion alike in form, finish and color. 



Our English friends gave Wm. Duck- 

 ham great praise when it won the silver 

 medal at Edinburgh last year, but some 

 of their greatest acquisitions have re- 

 fused to adapt themselves to American 

 conditions. Here we have one that as- 

 serts itself at once, attains the zenith of 

 chrysanthemum beauty in its first sea- 

 son and apparently deserves the highest 

 meed of unqualified praise. 



Chrysanthemum Wm. Duckham was 

 raised in England from Australian seed, 

 and herein probably lies the secret of 

 its ready adaptability, since the Austral- 

 ian varieties have already shown a facil- 

 ity of response more marked than those 

 entirely of European origin. The flower 

 on page 919 is from a bud taken early 

 in August. Those from later buds differ 

 from this only in showing a greater 

 breadth of petal. The short neck is no 

 detriment; in fact, it rather enhances the 

 beauty of the flower by giving it a 

 slight elevation above its mantle of lux- 

 urious foliage, so that the eye can better 

 appreciate its bold, yet graceful contour. 

 The color is a clear, uniform light pink. 



Cheltoni is a sport from Nellie Pockett. 

 It is in every respect a counterpart of 

 its parent in a really good shade of yel- 

 low, although brighter than is usually 

 seen in a yellow sport from a white var- 

 iety. There appears to be a slight varia- 

 tion in form, the petals more closely in- 

 folding, giving more solidity to the 

 flower. Should this prove a constant char- 

 acteristic it will make Cheltoni much more 

 amenable to commercial needs, while the 

 private grower for home use will find it 

 a gem. A. H. 



NOTES ON NOVELTIES. 



That this is a boom year for the chrys- 

 anthemum is evident, and nowhere is it 

 more evident than in the list of new vari- 

 itiis that are being tested and are show- 

 ing slich wonderful advances. Of these, 

 perhaps the pinks will be the most sought 

 after. William Duckham is unquestion- 

 ably the sensation of the year. Every 

 bud, early and late, is producing an ex- 

 quisite flower, which shows its ease of 

 culture, and its immense size and lovely 

 soft color stamp it as the standard pink 

 of the future for either commercial use 

 or exhibition. 



Another pink that would, in the ab- 

 sence of William Duckham, fill a large 

 place is F. A. Cobbold. It is. however, 

 deeper in color, and instead of incurv- 

 ing, as Duckham does, is reflexing as it 

 finishes and will make a noble flower. It 

 is one of the strongest varieties I have 

 ever seen, dwarf and with immense 

 foliage, and as it is of different forma- 

 tion is a worthy companion to Duckham. 



Leila Filkins'is another beautiful pink, 

 clean and healthy in growth, and at 

 present resembles a very much improved 

 Morel, but as it finishes the petals droop 

 closer to the stem. The florets are not so 

 broad and massive as the two preceding 

 varieties, but it is a variety that will at- 

 tract any chrysanthemum lover by its 

 own individuality, and will take the 

 place of Morel because it is of bo much 

 better habit. 



In dark varieties a wonderful ad- 



