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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



77 



Cattleya Gigas. 



lips velvety crimson, veined with golden 

 yellow. It flowers here mostly during 

 the .summer months, beginning with 

 June. 



C. gigas, although not so striking in 

 colors as the preceding one. is neverthe- 

 less one of our best and finest cattleyas 

 for summer flowering purposes that we 

 have. The flowers are ver\' large and 

 showy, the sepals and petals of which are 

 of a rosy color with a large, broad lip 

 with deep purple, anil with two yellow 

 blotches in the throat. 



Where the two above mentioned cat- 

 tleyas grow there is occasionally a nat- 

 ural h\brid found, which for beauty 

 eclipses the parents; it is, however, scarce 

 and commands fanc)- prices whenever 

 found. 



C. gigas is one of the most desirable 

 kinds for florists to grow wherever orchid 

 flowers are required in the summer 

 months. The demand for this class of 

 flowers at that time of the year is on the 

 increase and is likely to assume greater 

 proportions than ever in the near future. 

 The flowers sell readily at good prices. 



The culture of C. gigas and that of C. 

 chrysotosa is more or less the same. 

 They delight in the sunny end of the 

 cattleya house, suspended in baskets. 

 When growing they require plenty of 

 water, admitting air at every possible op- 

 portunity. L.^GER & HURRELL. 



Summit, N. J. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



The following varieties are, from our 

 observation, the most reliable and profita- 

 ble for a florist to grow. There are 

 others, undoubtedly, but these will cover 

 the whole season and can everyone be 

 depended upon. 



White: Mrs. H. Robinson, Frank 

 Hardy, Mayflower, Mrs. J. Peabody, 

 Niveus, Mrs. Jerome Jones. 



Yellow: Miss G. Bramhall, Major 

 Bonuaflton, Miner\-a, Golden Wedding, 

 Modesto, H. W. Rieman. 



Pink: Glory of the Pacific, lora, Vi- 

 viand-Morel, Mrs. Perrin, Enninilda, 

 Maud Dean. 



CRIM.SON: Wm. Seward, G. W. Childs. 

 And in the anv other class we will place 

 Silver Cloud. ' 



Mrs. Robinson stands supreme as tJtc 

 earliest white. Its only fault is its rather 

 weak neck, a fault, however, that we 

 have not had to contend with. If it is 

 started early enough and grown properly 

 it will stand up all right. 



Frank Hardy, the present sensation, is, 

 to use a slang term, a peach. I question 

 if any other variety shows so many good 

 features. It has a marvelous stem and 

 no variety, without exception, carries its 

 foliage up to the flower as does this one. 

 It has no neck, for the bottom petals 

 hardly clear the foliage. As a shipper it 

 cannot be beaten. Wherever it went the 



report was always: "Traveled in fine 

 condition," and the fact that it scored 

 ninety-five points at New York, ninety- 

 four at Boston, ninetv-three at Chicago, 

 and eighty-nine at Philadelphia, shows 

 plainly what the experts think of it. 



Mayflower is a splendid white but it 

 has some disadvantages, chief of which is 

 the fact that it is easily bruLsed, conse- 

 quently not valuable as 'a shipper, and it 

 is a hard variety to work up a stock of. 



Mrs. J. Peabody is verv fine. Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones is too well known to need 

 description, and Xiveus, on account of its 

 puritv, will long be welcome. 



In yellows, Bonnafibn ranks highest with 

 us. For any puqjose it is superb and has 

 been placed first oftener than any other 

 yellow at exhibitions this season. ' It is a 

 splendid keeper and if I had to limit my 

 yellows to one it would be Bonnaffon. 

 Miss G. Bramhall is a little off color but 

 its form is superb, it is a fine keeper and 

 is valuable on account of its earliness. 



Minerva is a good grower and a fine 

 flower but loses its shape somewhat as it 

 gets older. Golden Wedding is great in 

 its season. It is one of the hardest to 

 grow, being so subject to mildew and leaf 

 spot, but when it is well done it is a 

 grand yellow. Modesto is fine in sections 

 where Wedding is s\v-ept off by disease. 

 It is even deeper in color but its bare, 

 rather weak neck, places it at a disad- 

 vantage with Wedding when both are 

 well done. H. W. Rieman is excellent 

 as a late yellow. 



In pink, Glory of the Pacific is earliest 

 and has proved itself a useful and valu- 

 able kind this sea.son. lora makes a big 

 flower of pleasing character and color 

 though I regret to say its keeping quali- 

 ties are scanty and it should be cut as 

 soon as developed. Vi viand-Morel is one 

 of the varieties that crop up with a per- 

 ennial freshness as a prize-taker. It is 

 still peerless in its class and will long re- 

 main so, though it has sportive proclivi- 

 ties. The terminal bud should always be 

 taken with Morel. Mrs. Perrin is a 

 bright, well-finished flower, and with 

 Mrs. Perrin one does not want the Pink 

 Ivory. Erminilda will be found very 

 useful, while Maud Dean as a late pink 

 and fine keeper will hold its own. 



In dark shades, William Seward and G. 

 W. Childs are the best. Both are good, 

 hut both burn badl\- in bright weather if 

 they are not shaded. 



To those who stand or fall by decided 

 colors, Silver Cloud is useless, but none 

 the less it is a beautiful delicate looking 

 flower, and as the old bachelor remarked 

 of the baby's face: "It grows on one." 

 Stem and foliage are both A i. 



I have not touched on the very early 

 ones. Yellow Monarch, Lady Fitzwygram 

 and others. They can be and are pro- 

 duced so cheaply and in such quantities 

 that there is nothing in them. 



Every grower has his own favorities 

 which do well with his treatment and lo- 

 cality and to such I .say hang onto them. 

 In the multitude of varieties sent out 

 everj- year, few stand the test of time, 

 though the march of progress is onward 

 and upward still. To those who like 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be an 

 acquisition, as its color is away ahead of 

 its parent. C. ToTTY. 



