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SOME 1915 CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES. 



The accompanying illustrations are a few of the 

 chrysanthemum novelties offered this year. Some are 

 claimed cjuite distinct and superior in color an J season 

 to any of the existing sorts. 



Mrs. William H. Walker, introduced In .^cutt llros.. is 

 a seedling from "P'rancis Joliffe" and "Hon. .Mrs. Lopes'" ; 

 in size fully equal to either of its parents. Its color is 

 a clear lemon yellow with long petals curling at the 

 tips. It is expected to prove a tine variety for exhibi- 

 tion purposes. 



Joan Stratton, a ver}- large flciwer, reflex in furm. is 

 a beautiful shade of jiearl jMuk witli a white ground. 

 It is also regarded as 

 an excellent exhibi- 

 t i o n flower. The 

 florets are long and 

 broad and of good 

 substance. 



Miss Lelia Mary 

 Bennett is described 

 as a very distinct and 

 telling variety of a 

 rich crimson color, 

 with fine stems and 

 grand foliage. It is a 

 full flower and is 

 claimed to be the 

 largest of its color 

 now offered. 



Miss Emma Koope 

 is regarded as a fine 

 specimen either as an 

 exliibition sort or to 

 be used as a specimen 

 or decorative variety. 

 It is a mauve-pink 

 with fine foliage and 

 erect stems, with flu- 

 rets evenly reflexing 

 and of good sub- 

 stance. 



Gorgeous — one of last year's varieties— a golden 

 yellow Japanese, is still a favorite. Its foliage is short 

 and leathery and it has proven an excellent grower for 

 cutting ]nirposes. The flowers are large and of fine 

 form. 



MRS. WM. II. WAI.KKR. 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE 



The begonia Gloire de Lorraine is one of the best pot 

 plants that can be grown for furnishing the greenhouse 

 with bloom thiring the winter months. It will last for 

 many weeks with careful watering. After it has finished 

 flowering, by picking ofi the old blooms and putting the 

 plants in a temperature of 65 degrees, they will throw up 

 growth from the base, which, if taken off and made into 

 cuttings, will root freely and make plants for the follow- 

 ing season. They will make better plants than \ou will 

 obtain by growing the old ones on for another season, 

 writes ¥. E. Smythe in The Canadian Florist. 



The soil required for cuttings is two-thirds saml to one 

 of fine loam. I'ill two inch pots with the mixture, jjutting 

 five or six of the cuttings around the edge of the pot. 

 Give them a good watering, making sure that the soil has 

 been made wet right through the pot. 



Place the jjots in a propagating frame. If it has l.iot- 

 tom heat the cuttings will root sooner. The box can 

 be placed ill a house with a temperature of 65 degrees. 

 For bottom heat stand the box on bricks over the pipes. 

 The glass will collect moisture, which will make the cut- 

 tings damp off. To prevent this the glass must be turned 

 morning and night, and also shaded during sunny days 

 liy placing newspapers over it. 



.\fter two or three weeks carefully knock the soil out 

 of the pots to see if they are rooted. Test in this way 

 until you find that they have rooted, when the glass may 

 lie propped up a little. After this treatment for a few 

 (lays the glass may be removed, thus hardening the cut- 

 lings to the temperature of the house. When proj^erly 

 hardened they can be potted off separately into three inch 

 pots. Care should be taken when knocking them nut of 

 the cutting pots not to damage the roots. 



The soil now required consists of two parts leaf mould 

 to one part Inam and one part peat, mixed with ]jtenty of 

 sand. If the loam is of a heavy nature a little fine char- 

 coal mixed will help to keep it open. Being in only three 

 inch pots the soil will want to be on the fine side. It 

 must not be made firm, as the lighter this plant is potted 

 this time the better it is. 



The pots ma)- now be placed in a house with a tein])era- 

 ture of from 65 to 70 degrees. The house will require to 

 be shaded, liecause if the sun shines on the plants the 

 foliage will become very light instead of a nice dark 



JO.W STR.\TToX. 



MISS i:mm\ Riion; 



GORGEOUS. 



^^I.SS LELI.\ MARY BEXXETT. 



