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them too literally. While in the main 

 they may do all right, yet you must al- 

 ways make allowance for the difference in 

 in the climate, etc. Being actively en- 

 gaged in growing carnations and writing 

 from experience, as I do, I cannot do 

 otherwise than take this locality as a 

 basis for calculating the proper time for 

 one operation or another. Your own 

 judgment must alter my recommendations 

 to suit your case. 



Now, if I have not touched upon the 

 different phases of the case as you wished, 

 I should be glad to have you send me a 

 list of direct questions you would like 

 answered and I will do my best to help 

 you out. A. F. J. Baur. 



OUTDOOR MUMS. 



I desire to bed quite a lot of mums in 

 the garden, where it is my intention to 

 leave them permanently. I have no ex- 

 pectation of securing exhibition flowers, 

 only good plain mums, and would like the 

 names of about twelve September flower- 

 ing varieties, which will make a fair show 

 in such a situation. The earlier I can 

 secure flowers the better show they will 

 make. Of course I would like several 

 colors. Or would you ad visa planting 

 pompons rather than the standard sortsf 



H. L. W. 



What is a good list of chrysanthe- 

 mums, early varieties, for outdoor plant- 

 ing? L. B. A. 



We would certainly advise the plant- 

 ing of pompon chrysanthemums, where it 

 is the intention to leave them permanent- 

 ly, as it is more in keeping with their 



nature and it is better to nave small but 

 perfect flowers than larger, imperfect 

 ones. The amateur with this class can, 

 with very little trouble, produce just as 

 fine flowers as the practical florist with 

 all his expensive paraphernalia. We 

 would suggest the following as being the 

 cream of the aster-flowering type, which 

 is the largest of the pompons : 



Blenheim, silver pinkj Cowenton, sear- 

 let bronze; Hijos, primrose pink; Lady 

 de Vaul, violet pink; Ontario, lilac; 

 Prince of Wales, pure white; Bohemia, 

 pure yellow; Daybreak, daybreak pink; 

 Joppa, violet crimson ; Mrs. Vincent, vio- 

 let red; Peto, terra cotta; Sunset, scar- 

 let bronze. R. A. Vincent. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM PROGRESS. 



The development of the Japanese 

 chrysanthemum during the past twenty 

 years has been both interesting and re- 

 markable, and it is probable that the 

 enthusiasm that growers and the public 

 alike have shown in the chrysanthemum 

 as an exhibition flower has depended to 

 a large extent upon the large numbers 

 of novelties possessing superior merit 

 from the point of view of the florist 

 that have been introduced each season. 

 Judging from recent experience, it seems 

 hardly likely that such progress as that 

 which has been obtained can be continued 

 indefinitely. In point of size not only 

 are the flowers sufficiently large, but they 

 appear to have attained to a size which 

 is nearly ibe limit of which they are can- 

 able. It is some years now sinc> the 

 variety Madame Carnot was raised by M. 

 Calvat, but we believe that there arc few. 



if any, recent novelties that are bigger 

 than the largest specimens of that va- 

 riety we have seen. In any case, we may 

 regard it as a blessing if greater size 

 is not sought in new varieties, but, in- 

 stead, refinement in contour and rich- 

 ness, variety and brightness in color are 

 encouraged. There are so many good 

 varieties already that we think a very 

 high standard of merit should be exacted 

 in varieties to which certificates are 

 awarded. The Eoyal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's committee set a good example in 

 this way on Tuesday last, when many 

 seedlings were shown for certificate, and 

 all were rejected. The only award made 

 was to a sport that will prove valuable 

 for the supply of the market. — Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle. 



A FAILURE. 



Chrysanthemum Miss Winnie Terry. 



It has often been noted that a chrysan- 

 themum which does well in England and 

 is a valuable commercial or exhibition 

 variety may not succeed under the condi- 

 tions existing in the United States. An 

 example of this is found in Chrysan- 

 themum Winnie Terry, one of the Wells 

 set of 1904. The disseminator described 

 this as a " deep apricot yellow, with long, 

 flat, drooping florets, making a flower 

 somewhat similar to Gen. Hutton but 

 with narrower florets; has splendid 

 foliage and is a good ' doer ' ; first crown, 

 four and one-half feet. ' ' But under our 

 American cultural conditions Winnie 

 Terry has proved itself worthless, so far 

 as first season's results go, and in this 

 case they are apparently conclusive. It 

 is deficient in petalage and shows no 

 merit whatever. The illustration shows 

 the flower as it was exhibited in Eng- 

 land last season. That it will not do for 

 us is to be regretted. 



RED WAS SCARCE. 



* ' Say ! It 's a pipe uat red stuff wuz 

 a few chips shy dis Chrismus! I guess 

 red roses and red canackes wuz growin' on 

 every gooseberry bush, huhf Well, not 

 so you could notice it! Lawsons got pur- 

 ty red dp last few days; dat is, dose dat 

 wuzunt blue wuz red enuf to fill orders 

 wit. Even Enchants turned red long 

 about six bells Sat 'day eve. 



"It cert'iy wuz amoosin' to see de 

 wise guys chasin' fer red canacks Sun 'ay 

 mornin '. Ye could tell by lookin ' at der 

 phiz w 'at dey wuz after de minit ye claps 

 yer lamps on 'em. Dey had a hungry, 

 scart look about 'em w'at says, 'Got eny 

 red carnations? " 



* ' I heard a funny snap about a guy 

 dat wuz shy on red canacks Sunday. He 

 chast 'round to every commish' joint in 

 de burg lookin *^ fer twent'-five red and 

 all he could find ye could put in yer eye. 

 He meets a geezer on de street wit his 

 mits full er bundles an ' he cracks, ' Say, 

 Billy, has yer got twent'-five c.p'sf ' Weil, 

 Bill had 'em, all right, all right, but he 

 wuz dead leary to let dis oder guy have 

 'em, 'cause he wuz on wit a few orders 

 fer red hi 'self. He tried to stall off dis 

 guy as much as he could but de guy 

 wouldn't be sidetracked an' handed out a 

 awful hard luck story 'bout a' speshul 

 order fer a old customes and beln' only 

 twent'-five shy. When Bill sees he can't 

 stall off de guy he opens up his bundles 

 dair on de sidewalk and gives his nobs a 

 bunch er Chicago. 'Ain't yer got Es- 

 telle?' says de guy. 'Well, I likes yer 

 nerve,' says Bill. 'I tinks dese is red 

 enuf w'en yer ain't got any others.* 



