December II, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



821 



Three New Chrysanthemums of Merit 



Elmer D. Smith & Co. 



Oroba 



Arlek 



Naomah 



Oroba. — A large early white in the way of Beatrice 

 May, being of the easiest culture with fine stem and 

 foliage. It may not excel Beatrice May in size but its 

 other splendid characteristics are so much superior that 

 it will soon gain ascendency with the commercial grower. 

 Three feet ; ready Oct. 20th. Best bud Aug. 15th. 



Arlee. — A rich golden amber of dwarf sturdy growth, 

 excellent either as a pot plant or for cutting. Is a true 

 single of the large flowering section producing large 

 sprays which are borne erect. Entirely distinct and of 

 exceptional merit. C. S. A. Cert. 



Naomah. — Large Japanese incurved, a seedling from 

 Merza, more conical in form than its parent. This 

 variety was not judged by C. S. A. Committee but we 

 have decided to send it out on its merits as a worthy 

 addition to the exhibition section. ] f the stem were a 

 little more rigid this would be an ideal commercial sort 

 as it possesses every other qualification and may prove 

 very acceptable to those wlio plant early and give gen- 

 erous treatment. Pure white. Foui and one-half feet; 

 ready Nov. 1st. Bud Aug. 25th. 



Chrysanthemum Notes 



DECORATIVE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



For garden culture and for pot plants many of the 

 little Japanese decorative chrysanthemums are really 

 most useful and there is now a distinct race of dwarf, 

 free flowering varieties that are a great advance upon 

 some of the older sorts. Aug. Nonin of Paris is a great 

 specialist in this line and we have now quite a collection 

 of his in cultivation here. The flowers are mostly as 

 full and double as the larger sorts and among some of 

 the best we have seen this season are the following: 

 Eden; with stiff short florets, nice shade of rosy pink 

 passing to pale pink in the centre. Provence; small 

 compact flowers, bright rose. Picardie; dainty flowers 

 of good size, color pale rose. Fee Parisienne; rosy 

 mauve, paler towards the centre. Savoie; a pretty little 

 Jap., very narrow florets, pure white. Aquitaine; a dec- 

 orative Jap., semi-globular in form and petals reflex ing, 

 golden buff passing to gold in the centre. Normandie ; 

 purple amaranth. Fee Orientate; rather larger than 



the preceding, yellow centre, shaded rose and cream. 

 Gascagne ; pale yellow deeper in the centre. Feu FoUet; 

 fine pot plant, petals like a cactus dahlia, reddish crim- 

 son, golden bronze reverse. 



SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Wherever we go we find the rage for these flowers in- 

 creasing and in all the large miscellaneous exhibits at 

 our shows the nurserymen include large numbers of the 

 most recent seedlings. They are certainly selling well 

 and our trade growers are now doing a larger business in 

 singles than they are in the large show varieties. This 

 applies not only to plants and cuttings but also to the 

 flowers themselves when in season. At the nurseries of 

 our leading growers the singles are grown in large num- 

 bers and form a considerable portion of their autumn 

 displays. 



Going around the shows this year we have noticed 

 many of the most effective and promising sorts and a 

 few notes may be useful to our American readers. One 

 thing struck us as curious. Hitherto the French have 

 shown no desire to embark in the cultivation of the sin- 

 gles but at the recent show of the N. C. S. we met an 



