November 19, 1910 



nOKTICULTURi: 



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THE TOTTY NOVELTIES. 



Lady Ciirmichael 



We show herewith portraits of some 

 of the best of C. H. Totty's chrysan- 

 themum introductions tor this season. 

 Mr. Totty has favored us with the fol- 

 lowing descriptive notes on these vari- 

 eties. Harry E. Converse and F. E. 

 Nash are omitted in the illustrations 

 as the pictures were not quite up to 

 the marls. 



Lady Carmichael; pure white .Japan- 

 ese reflexed, with a very heavy stem 

 and foliage right up to the flower. It 

 is in all respects a splendid thing. 



E. M. Byrnes; a very striking crim- 

 son scarlet. This is not particularly 

 large, but the coloring is simply su- 

 perb. 



Mrs. G. C. Kelly; old rose with a sil- 

 very reverse. This is the largest of 

 the varieties of the year and next year 

 will be undoubtedly the fine.5t vase of 

 flowers in the show as Syme was this 

 year. Mrs. Kelly will maintain the 

 Wells-Pocl;ett prestige. 



Wm. Turner; a very handsome re- 

 flexed white. This was named by Mr 

 Wells in honor of one of the best 

 growers in this country, and as a trib- 

 ute to Mr. Turner's skill in handling 



Mrs. G. C. Kelly 



the variety Merza, which captivated W. 

 Wells on his visit here last year. 



Harry E. Converse; named in the 

 Morristown Show after a distinguished 

 resident of Massachusetts. The flower 

 is one of the largest we have ever 

 grown although the picture shows it 

 only after it has become badly wilted. 

 Color is chestnut with a bronze re- 

 verse, the general effect of the flower 

 being a beautiful clear bronze. 



W. Woodmason; this is one of last 

 year's novelties. It is slow in i)roduc- 

 ing stock and there will be a short 

 supply for several years to come, in 

 consequence. At Morristown this flow- 

 er was scored as the largest in the 

 show. Mr. Pockett described it last 

 year as his finest crimson and events 

 have proved the truth of his words. 



Alice M. Flagler; this is an Ameri- 

 can seedling, pure white with a very 

 attractive style and petal. Stem and 

 foliage are superb. 



P. E. Nash, has been certificated by 

 the C. S. A. and next year will most 

 likely be very prominent as- an exhi- 

 bition variety. It is a light pink Jap- 

 anese and when finished in shade gives 



William Turner 



a flower much the same color of Duck- 

 ham. If grown in the sunlight out- 

 doors, it bleaches to the color of Franlv 

 Payne. 



A QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY. 



Greenfield, Mass. — The suit of Paul 

 Burtt, florist, against his landlord for 

 damages resulting from the freezing 

 of stock in his store, due to inefiicient 

 heating, which has been on trial for 

 several days before a jury, has result- 

 ed in a verdict for Mr. Burtt of $3C8.00, 

 which is very near the amount he 

 claimed as damages. Apart from the 

 placing of the landlord's responsibility 

 in a case of this nature, the rule 

 seems to have been established by this 

 trial that the argument that a certain 

 size of pot fixes a value on a plant 

 has no standing legally. Also it is 

 ruled that published catalogue prices 

 cannot be accepted as a proof of mar- 

 ket value or an exact standard of 

 prices. P. Welch, A. Leuthy and E. 

 Allan Peirce, all of Boston, were re- 

 tained as expert witnesses on the 

 value of the plants. 



Alice M. Flagler 



W. Woodmason 



B. M. Byrnes 



