The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVKMBER 27, 1902. 



ladder a round or two, though this is 

 DOt fully assured. 



A few sorts originated in England 

 are well known and will doubtless hold a 

 permanent place. These are the two var- 

 iations of V.-Morel into bronze, Chas, 

 Davis and Lady Hanham, each of which 

 is unsurpassed in its own particular 

 shade, and this year we are trying Chas. 

 Davis Improved, an unfortunate though 

 thoroughly descriptive name of a variety 

 which is delightfully promising at the 

 moment. 



The Japanese importations of past 

 years have not held place for even so 

 long a time as the European sorts, 

 though Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, Lillian Bird 

 Bnd the rest of that charming colony 

 linger with us as beautiful memories, 

 though no longer seen outside of private 

 collections. Golden Wedding, however, 

 remains as one of the very best and most 

 usefiil of all the varieties from the land 

 of the chrysanthemum. 



Glory of the Pacific is another Japa- 

 nese which has remained in cultivation 

 a good length of time, this from the fact 

 that previous to the past two years 



a foot long and bare of any leaf, as Tri. 

 de St. Laurent, but no one knows the 

 fact except the grower, when only the 

 bloom is shown. Form is a strong point 

 with the American mum, but many re- 

 flexing sorts cover very wide spaces on 

 the board where they would be decidedly 

 out of form in a vase, all depth and no 

 diameter. 



And right here it might be well to 

 inquire if we have done the wise part in 

 discarding so many of these very large 

 and showy varieties, when they would 

 add so greatly to our exhibits in points 

 of interest were they admitted. We are 

 not ready to go back to the flat boards 

 except as an incidental part of an ex- 

 hibit, as at Kansas City this j'car, 

 where it attracted wide attention as a 

 novel feature, but we would suggest that 

 rules might be formulated allowing these 

 giant blooms to have their stems rein- 

 forced by a second stem with foliage if 

 necessary : if carefully done and all 

 growers allowed the same privilege, we 

 do not see that it could be regarded as 

 a backward step, and the exhibition 

 would be the gainer by allowing the 



House of Sunrise, at Peter Reinberg's, Chicago. Benched May J5. Photographed Oct. J 1 



there have been no good early pinks to 

 take its place, but with Ladv Harriett in 

 the field. Glory of the Pacific will have 

 to drop out. 



In the early 'Ms a goodly number of 

 Japanese varieties were sent here under 

 number and many were christened and 

 sent out by American firms, but most, 

 if not all, have been relegated to the 

 rear. 



The question naturally arises: Why 

 this complete practical displacement of 

 the foreigners by the Americans ? I think 

 that the answer is found in the different 

 style of setting up the blooms at the 

 shows abroad, as compared with our 

 home exhibitions, as well as the differ- 

 ence in the style of arranging flo%vers 

 for social occasions. To the exhibitor 

 who shows his flowers on a flat board 

 it makes no difference whatever as to 

 the habit of the plant, the stem may he 

 so slender and weak as to only allow the 

 flower to cast all its glances to the floor, 

 as Chenon de Leehe, for instance. Its 

 magnificent spread is all right on a 

 boal-d, but nowhere else does it show to 

 advantage. A variety may have a neck 



entry of some of the most wonderful 

 blooms extant which are now debarred 

 by our present standards and rulings. 



The handsomest and most practical 

 French variety since V.-Morel is the one 

 bearing the label Mile. Marie Liger; here 

 is perfection of foliage, habit, stem, size, 

 form, in pleasing pink, with fine consti- 

 tution, besides being an easy doer, and 

 bringing no seconds; this variety may 

 well be accepted as a standard of excel- 

 lence and our French friends did well 

 in awarding it the American prize at 

 the Paris exposition. 



Among the more promising English 

 and French varieties of the past two 

 years may be mentioned Ville de Bor- 

 deaux, a most delightful pink variety, 

 and we think that it has the many good 

 qualities necessary to commend it to the 

 American grower; Miss Jessie Cottee, 

 a golden yellow sport from. Etoile de 

 Lyon, is extremely promising to those 

 growers who have seen Etoile at its best; 

 Durbin's Pride is magnificent in size, 

 form, breadth of petal and fine color; 

 Nellie Pockett is assured a permanent 

 place, one of the most useful of dwarf 



reflexing whites. Souv. de Md. Durbin 

 is a reflexing yellow of Morel type, but 

 must be tried against (Joldmine and Mrs. 

 Taggart. 



By the middle of the present month 

 the fate of many a probationer variety 

 will be sealed; the line diWding the 

 sheep from the goats will be well defined 

 and a select few will be added to the 

 chrysanthemum peerage. 



AMONG THE GROWERS. 



Peter Reinberg's, Chicago. 



Pictures tell a story so much better 

 than a printed description that we will 

 allow our photograplier to present the 

 results of a recent visit to this im- 

 mense establishment. Under each of 

 the pictures will be found the dates at 

 which the plants were benched and also 

 the date on which the protograph was 

 taken. 



The carried over Liberties are doing 

 finely. As will be noted, the pink rose 

 Mme. Chatenay is given considerable 

 space, as is also the new rose. Sunrise. 

 Both take well in the Chicago market. 

 The two Beauty houses show quite 

 clearly the difference in growth of plants 

 benched at different dates. 



POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



BY JOHN N. MAT. 



[PreecnU^ti to ttie Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America at the Chlcagro convention.] 



Tliat these little gems are steadily be- 

 coming more popular one only need look 

 at the gardens of every class during the 

 late fall when nearly every other bloom- 

 ing plant has been killed or their flow- 

 ers at least destroyed by early frost, 

 heavy rain storms, etc., and you can 

 see the pompon chrysanthemum flour- 

 ishing in all its glory; a few degrees of 

 frost does not mar its beauty, hence it 

 is the one bloom that everyone can 

 enjoy when all others are past. The 

 three or four old varieties of artemisias 

 which our ancestors planted in their 

 gardens, and in many sections can still 

 be seen growing luxuriantly after half 

 a century or more in the same position. 

 From these have sprung the greatly im- 

 proved forms and almost every shade 

 of color known in the chrysanthemum 

 today. One of the reasons that this 

 flower is coming to the front so fast 

 is that it is of the easiest possible 

 culture; in fact, it might be ju.stly said 

 that it needs no special culture what- 

 ever. All that is necessary is to take 

 a young, healthy plant from a 2-inch 

 pot in May, plant it out in any position 

 in the garden, not directly under the 

 shade of trees. If the weather is dry give 

 it one or two good waterings, keep the 

 weeds clear of it till it gets a fair start. 

 After that it will outgrow almost eveiy 

 kind of weed. Then about all the at- 

 tention it will require will be in Sep- 

 tember, after the buds are set and the 

 top becomes heavy thereby. A little 

 support by putting three or four short 

 stakes in around the plant and tying a 

 piece of stout string all around it to 

 prevent its being broken by strong 

 winds, heavy rains, etc. With the 

 above treatxnent a great show of flowers 

 can be had at very little cost. 



But if you want to see the pompon in 

 its best form it will well repay the lit- 

 tle additional care necessary to obtain 

 it. To do this select an open spot in 

 your garden, away from the shade of 

 any trees or vines, but protected some- 



