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HORTICULTUEE 



December 13, 1913 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES FOR 19 U 



By CHAS. H. TOTTY. 



James Fbaser 



Mecdon. An immense flower of 

 bright pink. Won first for seedling 

 pink at the Chicago exhibition, and 

 also the Sweepstakes Medal for the 

 best seedling on exhibition. It is a 

 particularly strong grower and carries 

 the foliage right up to the flower on 

 an ideal stiff stem. 



James Fbaser is an improved F. S. 

 Vallis, with the exception that the 

 color is deeper, but the flower is 

 equally as large and practically the 

 same shape, and the stem is perfectly 

 stiff and the foliage is carried well up 

 to the flower. The weakness in Vallis 

 is in its stem, but in Fraser we have 

 overcome that weakness and we feel 

 sure it will be a very prominent va- 

 riety in the exhibitions of the future. 



Mr.s. U. H. Boggs. One of the largest 

 whites we have ever seen and the 

 easiest to grow. When first opening 

 the petals are delicately flushed with 



Mks. R. H. Boggs 



pink, but by the time the flower is 

 fully developed it has faded to white. 



Mrs. Paul Moobe. A beautiful va- 

 riety with commercial possibilities as 

 well as being a splendid exhibition 

 sort. Has been certificated both as a 

 commercial as well as an exhibition 

 variety. Color is pure scarlet. 



The Pockett varieties in crimson 

 have been for years the leading exhi- 

 bition sorts, the most notable example, 

 of course, being Pockett's Crimson. 

 In Win. Vert we have the same blood 

 and Mr. Wells says this new variety 

 will eventually be "the" crimson, be- 

 cause everybody can grow it, it is 

 such an easy doer. 



Mbs. Ebnest Wild. A chestnut 

 crimson with a bronze reverse. This 

 was one of the varieties certificated 

 by the C. S. A. The foliage droops 

 down to the stem and permits of the 

 variety being planted very much closer 

 than the average. It is by far the 



William Vert 



largest thing in its color, coming into 

 bloom so early as October 1st. 



The greatest advance this year in 

 chrysanthemums is shown in the new 

 singles. Gladys Duckham, which is 

 shown disbudded, produced flowers 

 more than 6 inches across. Phyllis 

 Bryant, makes a wonderful plant in a 

 4-inch pot. The variety Gladys Duck- 

 ham is white, and Phyllis Bryant sul- 

 phur yellow. They are both beautiful 

 'mums. 



Another wonderful single variety is 

 Golden Mensa. Its parent Mensa has 

 made its own record as the best white 

 single ever raised or cultivated. The 

 golden variety is an exact duplicate of 

 Mensa in every way except color, 

 which is a pure golden yellow. This 

 Golden Mensa should not be confused 

 with Miss Lou Thompson which is 

 also a yellow, but very pale color, not 

 nearly so deep as Golden Mensa. 



The gem of the collection, however. 



Gladys Duckham 



Petite Louis 



R. R. BuROE 



