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a deeper pink, in fact it is really an old 

 rose color, is a fine grower and pro- 

 ducer and will follow close after Niza. 

 Then we come again to the Doty fam- 

 ily. Lillian Doty is known by all and 

 it Is only necessary to say that there 

 Is none better. Fairy Queen is a clear 

 lively pink, good size flower and a good 

 grower, producing long stems with 

 plenty of flowers. Don't leave it out. 

 Its flowering season is the iatter part 

 of October. Delphine Dodge is also 

 another very satisfactory sort. It is 

 one of the newer ones but good in 

 gevery way. For November 1st, there 

 is a good light pink button type well 

 worth growing called Donald. Acto, 

 a deep pink large flowered type of pom- 

 pon is very fine for the middle of No- 

 vember and can sometimes be held for 

 Thanksgiving. It also has long stems 

 and is a good producer. For Thank- 

 giving, I don't think anything will beat 

 Western Beauty. It is a rose pink 

 shade, produces very long stems and 

 Is a free and fast grower. 



In yellow, there are a number of 

 mighty good varieties. Take for in- 

 stance Zora and Skibo for the earlier 

 sorts, blooming close to October 15. 

 Both are good color and profitable 

 sorts. Golden Climax is one of the 

 most popular varieties, free, easy to 

 grow and comes in the early part of 

 November. Golden West also comes 

 about this time, but this is a large 

 button type and makes a good running 

 mate to Golden Climax. Harvest Moon 

 I forgot to mention as a middle of 

 October variety. It is a generally 

 satisfactory variety of the button type 

 and very prolific. Quinola for Thanks- 

 giving and Romaine Warren also for 

 Thanksgiving are both varieties to 

 pin your faith to. Quinola is a clear 

 golden yellow color, while Romaine 

 Warren is deep yellow shading into 

 bronze. Both are good growers and 

 good producers. We mustn't forget 

 the little yellow button which is used 

 so much for corsage work and other 

 purposes where small flowers are 

 needed. Baby, which is largely grown 

 and always has good demand. 



In red and bronze for early, Adi- 

 ronda is hard to beat. It Is a bronze 

 button and good in every way. Doris 

 is also a bronze button type and has 

 very attractive coloring, also reddish 

 bronze Mrs. Beu or Prank Wilcox, 

 whichever way you wish to call it, is 

 a popular standby for Thanksgiving 

 trade both for sprays or cut flower 

 purposes. Anyone can grow It and If 

 any pompon will turn in profit, this 

 one is capable of doing it also. Hilda 

 Canning, another Thanksgiving van 

 riety, is well liked, but sometimes we 

 cannot hold it for Thanksgiving; It 

 all depends upon the season. The 



reddish bronze button flowers of Hilda 

 Canning are very attractive in their 

 coloring and this variety is well worth 

 keeping on your list. For red, I don't 

 know of any that I think more of than 

 Jules Lagravere. It is deep red in 

 color, of good size, good finish and a 

 good producer. 



Before I leave the subject of pom- 

 pons I want to speak of a few varie- 

 ties that do exceptionally well when 

 grown for disbudded flowers. For a 

 number of years past, the New York 

 market in particular has been offering 

 these flowers and they have found a 

 ready sale. Take the varieties Acto, 

 Fairy Queen, the Dotys and Frank Wil- 

 cox as examples. They do well when 

 grown disbudded. Start your plants 

 early, pinch them and grow them two 

 to three flowers to the plant and dis- 

 bud them the same as you would any 

 \a,rr:? flowered type. It will turn out 

 a crop that is always in demand and 

 if I am not greatly mistaken will pay 

 you as well if not better than a lot of 

 the large flowered types. 



ORCHIDS IN AMERICA. 



The Edward R. Rhodes Post, 

 American Legion, Tacoma, Wash., has 

 sent a resolution to Franklin lyOlier. 

 National Commander, favoring the 

 adaption of the Shirley poppy as the 

 memorial flower of the legion, and 

 su,ggests that every member of the 

 American Legion on Memorial Day. 

 1920 and evei"y year thereafter, wear 

 a red poppy. The formal adoption as 

 proposed would require the action of 

 the American Legion in convention. 



Mr. Manda's Interesting Paper Has 

 Many Personal Allusions. 



During the Flower S)iow in Boston 

 last week a number of important 

 papers were read about orchids and 

 orchid growing. One of the most in- 

 teresting papers was that of W. A. 

 Manda, because it dealt largely with 

 the names of the men and women who 

 have become famous in orchid history 

 in this country. In part Mr. Manda's 

 paper was as follows; 



While dwelling on the history and 

 development of the culture of the 

 first orchids in America we should not 

 forget that long before the discovery 

 and conquest of this continent the pro- 

 gressive rulers of Mexico appreciated 

 orchids to a great extent. Early 

 historians relate that choice flowers 

 and especially orchids were the daily 

 tributes to the rulers of Mexico. Some 

 of the names were even mentioned, 

 sucli as the fragrant "Stanhopea Tig- 

 rina." It is also stated by the same 

 historians that no one was allowed in 

 the presence of Montezuma or other 

 high personages without profuse gifts 

 of choice flowers which were used pro- 

 fusely for every public or religious 

 ceremony. 



In this country orchid culture began 

 in the early eighties. We find a record 

 that some orchids were grown in the 



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