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The Florists^ Review 



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plants out in the frame and, unless the 

 winter happens to be unusually severe, 

 they will come through perfectly. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



MONEY IN THIS MUM. 



The excellent prices obtained this 

 season for good early mums has had 

 the effect of measurably stimulating the 

 demand for stock plants of certain va- 

 rieties and, no doubt, the same increased 

 call will later be noted for cuttings and 

 2%-inch pot plants. But the demand 

 is discriminating; not all varieties 

 share in it. "It is not especially pleas- 

 ant," write Zieger & Sons, of Philadel- 

 phia, who have been advertising stock 

 plants in The Review, "to have to re- 

 turn good cash, being oversold on Early 

 Frost at $15 per hundred, while no one 

 seems to want Golden Glow. That the 

 trade wants one variety and not the 

 other is an established fact, or The Re- 

 view would have sold us out of Golden 

 Glow by this time, too. We know this 

 because, although we were sold out of 

 double pink bouvardias and discon- 

 tinued the ad two weeks ago, we still 

 are receiving orders every day, show- 

 ing how even the back numbers of The 

 Review are searched by those who want 

 certain kinds of stock." 



The special call for Early Frost as 

 compared with Golden Glow, of course, 

 is due to the fact that nearly everyone 

 has the older variety, while only a com- 

 parative few have the newer one. 

 There is, however, the further fact that 

 a large number of Golden Glow damped 

 off or were badly spotted by the pe- 

 culiar weather conditions this summer 

 and early autumn, costing the growers 

 considerable money, while the white 

 came good and brought excellent prices. 



Early Frost is a Dorner variety, sent 

 out last year. It is exceptionally early, 

 the result of a cross between Golden 

 Glow and October Frost. It has the 

 Golden Glow habit of setting early buds 

 that will develop into perfect flowers; 

 pure white, with incurved petals, and 

 full to the center. The height in a nor- 

 mal season is three feet, which makes 

 it well adapted to side benches. 



SHOULB NOT BE DISBUDDED. 



We have a nice lot of chrysanthe- 

 mums in 7-inch and 8-inch pots. Please 

 tell us whether the pompon varieties 

 should be disbudded the same as the 

 large-flowered sorts. D. & K. — Mich. 



No. Pompon chrysanthemums should 

 never be disbudded. C. W. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The examining committees of the 

 C. S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Philadelphia, October 23. Alice Day, white, 

 Japanese Incurved, submitted by Chas. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., scored as follows on the commer- 

 cial scale: Color. 18; form. 14; fullness. 9; stem, 

 14; foliage, 12; substance, 13; size, 9; total, 89. 



At Cincinnati, October 23, No. 45, yellow, 

 Japanese incurved, submitted by the E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color, 19; form, 12; fullness, 

 9; stem, 14; foliage, 13; substance, 11; size, 8; 

 total, 86. 



, At Cincinnati, October 23, No. 111-1-13, yellow, 

 Japanese Incurved, submitted by Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co.. Adrian. Mich., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color. 17; form, 13; fullness, 

 9; stem, 15; foliage, 13; substance, 14; size, 8; 

 total. 89. 



At Cincinnati, October 23, October Queen, 

 white, Japanese reflexed, submitted by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows ou 

 the commercial scale: Color, 18; form, 12; full- 

 ness, 7; stem, 15; foliage, 15; substance, 12; 

 «lie, 8; total. 87. 



At Chicago, October 23, No. 111-1-13, yellow. 



The Popular New Dorner Chrytanthemum, Early Frost. 



Incurved, submitted by Blmer D, Smith & Co.. 

 Adrian. Mich., scored as follows on the commer- 

 cial scale: Color, 18; form, 14; fullness, 9; stem, 

 14; foliage, 15; substance, 14; size, 8; total 92. 

 At Chicago, October 23, October Queen, white, 

 Japanese reflexed. submitted by Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows on the 

 commercial scale: Color, 20; form, 14; fullness. 

 9; stem. 13; foliage, 15; substance, 12; size, 10: 

 total, 93. 



C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



Peter Morgen, of Huntingburg, Ind"., is 

 shipping chrysanthemums and roses of 

 fine quality. The houses make an at- 

 tractive appearance, having been over- 

 hauled and repainted. W. M. 



MOTT-LY MUSINOS. 



The Baker Bros. Floral Co., of Fort 

 Worth, Tex., anticipates good business 

 this season. C. Papworth, manager of 

 the seed department, notes an excep- 

 tionally healthy stock of callas and 

 Lilium candidum. Failure to receive 

 their order of Chinese lilies, because of 

 reported cholera in China, caused Ed- 

 ward Baker to remark that this was a 

 great time for germs and germicides. 



En route to Dallas is a pleasure park, 

 the entrance of which is covered with 

 the Cardinal Climber, introduced by H. 

 A. Dreer, Inc. A pergola at the Dallas 

 state fair was decorated with this 

 bright climber. It is a splendid plant 

 for the south and has done exception- 

 ally well this season. 



S. J. Mitchell, of the publicity com- 

 mittee of the fall flower show to be 

 held at Houston, Tex., reports excellent 

 progress. He is enthusiastic over the 

 features planned for the S. A, F. con- 

 vention next year and believes that no 

 one will regret making the trip. An 

 object of great interest to the visitors 

 will be the southern vegetation. The 

 recent storm, which caused great havoc, 

 has been almost forgotten, so quick 

 are our southern confreres to recover 

 their equilibrium. The trade is rapidly 

 getting into shape. 



• USINQER • S UTTERANCES. 



Albert Lash, of Warwood, W. Va., 

 is putting the finishing touches to bis 

 new greenhouse. 



Albert Kehrer & Son, of Martins 

 Ferry, O., have had funeral work to 

 keep them busy for the last few weeks. 



W. A. Whitaker, of the J. M. Me- 

 Cullough's Sons Co., Cincinnati, iritb 

 his daughter, spent several days at 

 Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. Whitaker was 

 busy taking orders for seeds and bulbs. 



Charles O'Beirne, of Martins Ferry, 

 has established a good flower business 

 during the last six months. Mr. 

 O'Beirne added flowers as a side line to 

 his confectionery business. 



John Dieckmann, of Elm Grove, W. 

 Va., has been cutting some excellent 

 chrysanthemums. 



J. W. McCay, of the South Park 

 Greenhouse, Morgantown, W. Va., bas 

 taken an interest in the Fleming Green- 

 house Co., of Fairmont, W. Va. Charles 

 Fleming is the other member. 



The H. Weber & Sons Co., of Fair- 

 mont, W. Va., is located temporarily in 

 the Boston Store building. 



Hagan Bros., of Uniontown, Pa., have 

 been busy in all departments. Business 

 conditions in and around Uniontown are 

 improving, 



J. L. Watts, of Morgantown, is at- 

 tending to repairs at his range. 



W. T. U. 



