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The Florists' Review 



Dkckmber 10, 1914. 



ful. Euphorbia jacquiniseflora, of the 

 same family as the poinsettia, is a 

 brijpfht and Christmas-looking plant. 

 It IS 'seen annually in some of the big 

 markets. Several cuttings are grown 

 to single stems in 6-inch and 8-inch 

 pans, making charming plants. Th« 

 flowers have splendid lasting qualities. 

 There is room for thousands more of 

 these each Christmas. 



OLEA FBAGBANS. 



Olea fragrans, the sweet olive, is a 

 tender shrub, bearing tiny white flowers 

 at this season, which have a most 

 delightful perfume. The blooms are 

 so small as to be hardly noticeable, but 

 anyone fond of plants will buy it ou 

 sight once they have tried the odor. 

 One or two flowers will scent a good- 

 sized room. Speaking of scented plants, 

 gardenias appeal to critical buyers, as 

 they are not at all common. The 

 plants carry beautiful, dark green 

 foliage, which shows oflf the pure white 

 flowers to perfection. Use great care 

 when packing these, as the least rough 

 handling will bruise the petals. 



BEBBIED PLANTS. 



Christmas is the only season, when 

 berried plants meet with any sale. Some 

 buyers prefer them to flowering plants, 

 and certainly their keeping qualities 

 are better. Ardisia crenulata is a 

 beautiful berried plant, with wonderful 

 lasting qualities. It is a slow grower 

 and cannot be retailed cheaply, how- 

 ever. For those looking for berried 

 plants of more moderate price, the 

 solanums, or Jerusalem cherries, are 

 splendid. S. Melvinii and the large- 

 fruited, Montreal variety are the best, 

 great improvements on the ordinary 

 type. Give these solanums an abun- 

 dance of water and keep them quite 

 cool. They are splendid for arranging 

 in window boxes, as are also ardisias. 

 Christmas peppers are popular with 

 some. They, however, lack the keeping 

 qualities of the Jerusalem cherries. 



Otaheite oranges are hardly berried 

 plants, out should have mention here. 

 Well fruited plants command a high 

 price, usually 25 cents per fruit at 

 wholesale. For stands or jardinieres, 

 these oranges are attractive. They 



withstand heat well and also succeed 

 where it is quite cool. The list of 

 berried subjects can be considerably 

 extended. Usually a good many hol- 

 lies, skimmias, aucubas and similar 

 plants are imported, but conditions in 

 Belgium may materially reduce the 

 numbers of these the present season. 

 Nevertheless, we shall have no dearth 

 of either flowering or berried plants 

 for the festive season. 



THE THBEE CHADWICKS. 



' ' The Three Chadwicks ' ' is the name 

 given the trio of young florists who ap- 

 pear in the accompanying illustration, 

 by their employer, John Gunther, of the 

 firm of Gunther Bros., New York. In 

 their spare time these young men have 

 developed the musical talents with 

 which they have been gifted, and now 

 are appearing before the public in club 

 and society entertainments, where they 

 achieve quite creditable success. Within 

 business hours and off stage they are 

 known by the names of Axel Zinovog, 

 Charles Ferdeman and Nathaniel Bern- 

 stein. 



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SMALL MUMS FOB MABKET. 



Please give me the names of four 

 colors each of early anemone-flowered 

 and pompon chrysanthemums. I wish 

 to use them for sprays for bunching 

 for the wholesale market. The anemones 

 should have not less than two rows of 

 petals. I should like the popular vari- 

 eties that sell well. The height should 

 be under four feet. I have the lists of 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Chas. H. Totty 

 and A. N. Pierson, Inc., but find it diffi- 

 cult to select from them, not having 

 seen the varieties growing. W. M. 



Anemone-flowered: Garza, white, 

 which perhaps has fewer petals than you 

 wish, but is easily the finest anemone 

 today, and no other variety sells like it; 

 Betsy Presby, a yellow Garza; Eleanor, 

 delicate pink; Mrs. Shimmins, apricot 

 shaded red. If you want a large white, 

 try Marcia Jones. 



Pompons: Queen of the Whites, pure 

 white; Julie Lagravere, crimson maroon; 

 Mrs. Frank Beu, orange and bronze, 

 good for Thanksgiving; Klondike and 

 Savannah, fine yellows. Baby and Baby 

 Margaret, yellow and white, have small 

 fiowers; they sell well in the markets. 

 C. W. 



TAFT MUMS WITH WEAK NECKS. 



In the early part of June I planted 

 a bench of President Taft chrysanthe- 

 mums. The soil was two-thirds sod 

 loam and one-third rotted cow manure. 

 The ventilators were left open day and 

 night, +he plants were sprayed and cul- 

 tivated throughout the season and the 

 soil was never allowed to become too 

 wet or too dry. They are now com- 



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mencing to bloom, with large, handsoiiiie 

 flowers, but the necks are, too weak to 

 support the heavy blooms. This is the 

 first year I have tried President Taft 

 and I should like to know whether this 

 is one of the bad characteristics of 

 this variety or whether it is due to 



improper culture. The plants were not 

 fed with any chemicals or liquid ma- 

 nures. L. S. J. 



Chrysanthemum President Taft is not 

 so strong in growth as some of the 

 others and it is not unusual for the 

 plants to be a little weak in the neck. 

 This trouble shows much more on some 

 soils than on others and is sometimes 

 due to the lack of lime in the soil. 

 Since L. S. J. states that the plants 

 were not fed with any chemicals, this 

 may indicate that they were not par- 

 ticularly strong and perhaps they 

 would have been better if they had 

 received a little extra nourishment. 

 It does not pay to grow plants too 

 closely; possibly some of the trouble 

 was due to this. Chas. H. Totty. 



COMPANIONS FOB ENGUEHABD. 



Will you please give me the names 

 of a yellow and a white chrysanthemum 

 which are the nearest in shape, style, 

 size and time of blooming to Engue- 

 hardt W. E. P. 



Wholesale Florist's VaudeviHians. 



I do not know of either a yellow 

 or a white that is the exact counterpart 

 of Enguehard. I should call Bonnaffon 

 the best commercial yellow that flowers 

 with it. Of course, Bonnaffon is a solid 

 incurved, but there is no other yellow 

 even approaching it in popularity. Take 

 the bud about September 15. In whites 

 we have White Bonnaffon, with a less 

 compact flower than Bonnaffon, but the 

 foliage is usually pale colored. The 

 variety Mistletoe, sent out by Dorner, 

 should prove a splendid white com- 

 panion to Enguehard. The terminal 



