November 17, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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There were Seven Entries of 100 Beauties at the World's Fair Flower Show. 



a first prize. John Crosby Brown's ex- 

 hibit of trained and standard chrycsanthe- 

 mums rose from a mass of single stems 

 in 6-inch pots remarkable for their uni- 

 formity. Some of these had captured 

 six prizes at Madison only a few days 

 before. These masses of color were re- 

 lieved by the magnificent specimen plants 

 of William Eunkle. 



The exhibit of orchids from Lager & 

 Hurrell was particularly interesting, com- 

 prising plants amounting to over $1,000 

 in value. 



Other trade exhibitors were John E. 

 Haines, Bethlehem, Pa., who sent a good 

 new red carnation named for himself and 

 a fancy, Imperial; Swan Peterson, Gib- 

 son City, 111., who sent two carnations, 

 Gibson Beauty and White Swan; John 

 N. May, who sent a collection of pom- 

 pons, and Hale's Flower Store, Orange, 

 which exhibited Maud Dean and White 

 Maud Dean chrysanthemums. Each was 

 given an award. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The proceedings of the second annual 

 meeting of the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America, at Herald Square exhibi- 

 tion hall, New York, November 13, 1903, 

 have been received. It is a pamphlet 

 of 136 pages, containing also the Elmer 

 D. Smith list of varieties of chrysan- 

 themums. After the name of the variety 

 is given first the name of the dissemi- 

 nator, then the name of the originator 

 and the year in which disseminated. Mr. 

 Smith states that he is certain that sev- 

 eral of the many varieties have been 

 omitted and a request is made to for- 

 ward data as to these to Secretary Fred 

 H. Lemon, Richmond. Tnd.. that the rec- 

 ord mav be made complete, but from an 

 inspection of the list it would appear 

 that Mr. Smith has covered the ground 

 in a very comprehensive manner. 



Work of Committees. 



At New York, November 5, Brido ex- 

 hibited by Lakeview Eose Gardens, 

 Jamestown, N. Y., color white, Japanese 

 incurved, scored 69 points. 



At Philadelphia November 8, No. 4 



exhibited by Henry G. Standen, llaver- 

 ford, Pa., color white, Japanese incurved, 

 scored commercial scale 85, exhibition 

 scale 78 points. 



At New York November 11, a variety 

 (name to be given later) exhibitca by 

 Howard Nichol, Yonkers, N. Y., color 

 dark mahogany, gold reverse, Japanese, 

 scored exhibition scale 89 points. 



At St, Louis World's Fair Flower 

 Show November 11, the following scores 

 were made: 



Beta exhibited by The E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., color pink, incurved, 

 scored commercial scale 83 points. 



Souv. de la Ctess Reille exhibited by 

 The E. G. Hill Co., color silvery pink, 

 type of Morel, scored exhibition scale 

 83 points. 



Souv. de Calvat Pere exhibited by The 

 E. G. Hill Co., color white, shaded lemon 

 and pink, incurved, scored commercial 

 scale 83, exhibition scale 87. 



No. 42-2-02 exhibited by Nathan Smith 

 & Son, Adrian, Mich., color white, in- 

 curved, scored commercial scale 88 

 points. 



No. 12 exhibited by Fred Dorner & 

 Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., color yellow, 

 incurved, type of Dailledouze, t^cored 

 commercial scale 86 points. 



Mme. Emile Lemoine exhibited by The 

 E. G. Hill Co., color pinkish white, type 

 of Chadwick, scored commercial scale 87 

 points; exhibition scale 89 points. 



Mile. Anna Debono exhibited by The 

 E. G. Hill Co., color creamv white. tyr>e 

 of Morel, scored commercial scale 89. 

 exhibition scale 90 points. 



Prefet Boncourt exhibited by Tlie E. 

 G. Hill Co., color cream white, reflexed, 

 scored commercial scale 88, exhibition 

 scale 87 points. 



At Cincinnati, O., November 12, Ade- 

 lia, exhibited by John Breitmeyer's 

 Sons, Detroit, Mich., color white, Jap- 

 anese incurved, scored commercial scale, 

 89 points. Majestic, exhibited by John 

 Breitmeyer 's Sons, color pure white, Jap- 

 anese incurved and reflexed, scored 90 

 points commercial scale. Souv. de Ciilvat 

 Pere, exhibited by The E. G. Hill Co.. 

 Richmond, Ind., color white cream and 

 blush pink (undecided white), Japanese 



incurved, scored exhibition scale 91 

 points. No. 37, exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., color ma- 

 genta pink, reflexed Japanese, scored ex- 

 hibition scale 85 points. Mile. Anna De- 

 bono, exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., color white, Japanese re- 

 flexed, scored exhibition scale 85 points. 

 Fred H. Lemon, Socy. 



ROSES. 



Preparations for Propagating. 



As December approaches we shouid, in 

 order to obtain success, begin prepara- 

 tions for the propagating season. To 

 obtain stock from varieties which are 

 new or scarce we should take cuttings 

 .just as early as we can get them, so as 

 to increase our stock without punishing 

 the plants too severely, and this can be 

 done by having part of the propagating 

 bench in readiness to receive cuttings as 

 they mature. By having the bench 

 ready, I mean having the house thorough- 

 ly clean from the ground to the roof, 

 the benches in good order, pipes tested 

 and ventilators adjusted. 



Whatever material is to be used as a 

 propagating medium should now be 

 secured and stored, so that when required 

 it may be handy. Pit, river or lake 

 sand which contains no decomposing ele- 

 ment is a safe and sure medium and 

 can be used by the most inexperienced 

 with good results, so long as it remains 

 clean and fresh. I am frequently asked 

 if it is safe to use the sand for a sec- 

 ond batch of cuttings and if there is 

 not danger from bench fungus arising 

 from such a practice t This depends a 

 good deal on the quality of t^e sand, 

 ' the condition of the house and the tem- 

 perature at which the house has been run 

 during the rooting of the first batch. 



I have frequently, for lack of mate- 

 rial, been forced to "use the same sand 

 for three successive crops and have had 

 to record no failures which coul 1 be 

 attributed to this fact, while with some 

 mediums which looked equally promising 

 there was failure on the first tri-il. 



With a sand which will give off no 



