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NOTEUBBB 4, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



Side, Back and Front View of Sweet Peas as They Are Bunched for the Chicago Market. 



days after the anthers are removed, the 

 female organs are in a receptive condi- 

 tion for the pollen. We apply the pollen 

 again the third day, to insure the work. 



''Fixing" New Seedlings. 



When the resulting seedlings are in 

 bloom, the work becomes a matter of 

 selection, which must be extended over 

 several seasons to fix anything definitely. 

 Some of the resulting plants will breed 

 true; others will break badly. I have 

 had an excellent lavender, of which, 

 jts third year, fifty per cent were 

 " " 8, representing literally every color 

 e list. On the other hand, I have 

 a pink and white, the result of line 

 ing, that has come 100 per cent 

 for three years. 



:ORRIS COUNTY EXHIBITION. 



Novelties Absent. 



The annual exhibition of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' Society 

 was held in the Armory at Morristown, 

 N. J., Wednesday and Thursday, October 

 27 and 28. 



The building was well filled with 

 exhibits and, as usual, the groups were 

 of a high order of excellence and the 

 quality of exhibits in general first-class. 

 Contrary to the general order of things 

 at this show, there was little in the way 

 of novelties to be seen, except in the 

 displays of single and pompon chrysan- 

 themums and one or two new dahlias. 

 Quarantine 37 was, no doubt, largely 

 responsible for this condition, particu- 

 larly in the case of new chrysanthemums 

 of the exhibition sort, which f or^ a long 

 time have been an important feature of 

 the society's show. 



A large group of chrysanthemums on 

 the stage at the head of the hall was dis- 

 played by the C. H. Totty Co., Madison, 



N. J. Its arrangement was most pleas- 

 ing in that it consisted really of a num- 

 ber of small groups of flowers with orna- 

 mental grasses intermixed, making a 

 harmonious whole. Between the front 

 groups were vases of dahlias and del- 

 phiniums, and a liberal use of autumn 

 leaves was made. The group was not 

 staged for competition. Other creditable 

 showings not entered for award were a 

 group of chrysanthemums by David 

 Francis, of Morristown, and a table of 

 orchids by the Joseph Manda Co., West 

 Orange, N. J. Some splendid exhibits 

 were made in the private classes, Mrs. 

 H. McK. Twombly making several, par- 

 ticularly in the group and table sections. 



Commercial Awards. 



In the commercial section the class 

 calling for a table of roses, in which 

 arrangement was to count in making the 

 award, was of prime interest. There 

 were two entries in this class, one by the 

 C. H. Totty Co. taking first prize, the 

 Twombly silver cup, the other by the 

 Duckham-Pierson Co., of Madison, gain- 

 ing second prize. The quality of the 

 flowers in both cases was fine, but the 

 Totty exhibit won out largely on the 

 color effects produced. 



Other prize-winners in the commercial 

 section were: 



ROSES. 



Twenty-five Oolnmbia — L. B. Coddlngton, Mur- 

 ray HiU, N. J., first; Duckliam-Plerson Co., sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-five Mme. Butterfly — Duckham-Pierson 

 Co., fltst. 



Twenty-five Mrs. Chas. Russell — Duckham- 

 Pierson Co., first 



Twenty-five F. W. Dunlop — C. H. Totty Co., 

 first; L. B. Coddington, second. 



Twenty-five Premier — Duckham-Pierson Co., 

 first; C. H. Totty Co., second. 



CARNATIONS. 



Twenty-five dark pink — Springfield Floral Co., 

 Springfield, N. J., first, with Mrs. C. W. Ward. 



Twenty-five light pink — Macdonald, Florist, 

 Inc.. Summit, N. J., first. " 



Twenty-five white^Macdonald, Florist, Inc., 

 second. 



Twenty-five yellow — C. H. Totty Co., first. 



Twenty-five variegated;— C. H. Totty Co., sec- 

 ond. 



Bighteen any undisseminated variety — Macdon- 

 ald, Florist, Inc., first. 



Three vases of three varieties, eighteen blooms 

 each — Springfield Floral Co., second. 



Vase fifty blooms, arranged for effect — David 

 Francis, Morristown, N. J., first. 

 DBCOBATIONS. 



Table decoration — David Francia, flmt, with a 

 light decoration of pink and yellow roses and 

 autumn foliage; Frederick Rennlck, Morristown, 

 second, with a low decoration of rosea. 



Basket of plants arranged for effect — David 

 Francis, second. J H P 



USE OF SAI.T WATEB. 



Is it necessary to apply salt water 

 occasionally to Asparagus Sprengeri 

 and plumosus to keep them in a healthy 

 condition T Please give me a renledy 

 for the following plants in a store win- 

 dow: White fly on fuchsias, white cot- 

 ton bug on coleuses and a tiny white 

 fly or scale on ferns. I received six 

 ferns from a well known house; at first 

 the leaves looked as though lime water 

 had been sprayed on them, a little later 

 white fly appeared and the leaves be- 

 gan to turn yellow and died. I wrote 

 the house from which I got them, but 

 received no answer. I find the trouble 

 spreading and I am cutting the leaves, 

 but it soon appears again on the young 

 leaves. Any advice on these matters 

 will be appreciated. M. A. B. — Ind. 



If you plant Asparagus Sprengeri and 

 plumosus in a live, fresh soil and give 

 them close attention as to watering, 

 ventilating and keeping the beds clean, 

 and maintain a temperature around 60 

 degrees, the plants will do well and it 

 will not be necessary to water them 

 with salt water. 



The fern fronds were badly infested 

 with white fly and as a remedy I sug- 

 gest that you spray them with one of 

 the white fly preparations which are 

 advertised in The Eeview. M. P. 



