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Other Novelties. 



As a red Mrs. H. Partridge is valuable 

 chiefly because it will not burn in sun- 

 light, all my flowers having developed 

 without losing a petal in a house that 

 vi^as not shaded. Those growers who 

 have lost many flowers from this cause 

 wiU appreciate this as much as anything 

 in Mrs. Partridge, and when combined 

 with the fact that it comes equally well 

 from any bud, either crown or terminal, 

 makes this the most easily handled va- 

 riety in its color in sight today. Par- 

 tridge is a splendid grower and will not 

 run over three and one-half feet, if 

 planted in May, and as a pot plant vrill 

 be very popular. 



Mrs. John E. Dunne was certificated 

 dast week as an exhibition variety, and 

 as seen at the New York show was uni- 

 versally admired. This variety won the 

 silver gilt medal in Melbourne, Austra- 

 lia, last year, and should be grown by 

 every lover of a beautiful flower. The 

 color is a reddish salmon, or perhaps 

 deep old rose would express it better, 

 and, being a true Jap, the reflexed petal 

 shows off the color beautifully. The 

 habitat of the plant is grand; strong 

 stem, dark heavy foliage and a short 

 neck. Mrs. Dunne will be seen next year 

 in every exhibition in the country. 



Mrs. G. Heaume, also certificated by the 

 C. S. A., is one of the easiest "doers" I 

 ever handled. I have mentioned it be- 

 fore in these notes, so neefd not go much 

 into detail. It is a flower of the largest 

 size, salmon buff in color and comes true 

 and kind on any bud, from an early 

 crown to a terminal. The first bud pro- 

 vinces a bloom almost straw yellow, but 

 a later crown gives a lovely, delicate 

 shade that is very pleasing. 



Merstham Crimson is well named and 

 is the only crimson I know of that nat- 

 iirally reflexes every petal, so that the 

 •color shows evenly all through the flower. 

 It is a fine grower and, while some petals 

 were burned with the sun, it is not nearly 

 so bad in this respect as S. T. Wright 

 or Maynell. The early crown produces 

 a fine flower, but the neck is too long 

 and weak to stand erect, and I find a 

 late crown or even terminal produces a 

 much more satisfactory flower. The 

 «arly bud shows a golden tip on the 

 petal, which incurtes just a little on the 

 end, but a later bud shows only a solid 

 color. It is a splendid keeper. 



Mary Ann Pockett made only a mod- 

 erate growth all summer, but the flower 

 was a pleasant surprise, for it developed 

 in great shape, and the color was very 

 taking, Indian red, with a golden tinge 

 on the reverse of the petal. The plant 

 does not go over three feet in height 

 this year, and it will be fine for front 

 benches. 



Mary Seddon is another very dwarf 

 variety, and I think another year will 

 show up finely, as the color is a very 

 pure white and stem and foliage perfect. 



W. Wells will also be in it next year. 

 June propagated stock has produced verv^ "' 

 satisfactory flowers and it is only reason- 

 able to suppose that, given an earlier 

 start, it would do correspondingly better. 



Possibly the most phenomenal of all 

 the novelties this year in the east is a 

 pink seedling of Messrs. Dailledouze 

 Bros. This variety was grown and set 

 up by Mr. Duckham at the Madison, 

 N. J,, show and simply amazed every- 

 one. The color is a deep, splendid pink, 

 somewhat deeper than the old Morel 

 used to come when in its prime, and the 

 petal is purely reflexing, showing the 

 color up magnificently. In size it is the 



Chrysanthemum Beatrice May. 



largest flower I have ever seen, and that 

 is saying a good deal, and the petals 

 hang right down to the foliage. There 

 is no neck to speak of and the flower 

 seems to rest on top of a pyramid of 

 green. The foliage and stem are an 

 exact replica of Col. Appleton, and if 

 this variety has a single fault, time has 

 yet to reveal it. C. H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Cpmmittees. 



New York, "October 31. — Chrysanthe- 

 mum T. Bichardson, blush, Japanese 

 type, exhibited by Charles H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., scored 86 points exhi- 

 bition scale. 



Mrs. John E. Dunne, terra cotta, Jap- 

 anese type, exhibited by Charles H. Tot- 

 ty, Madison, N. J., scored 88 points ex- 

 hibition scale. 



Mrs. Geo. Beach, yellow, sport of Mrs. 

 Swinburne, exhibited by W. Duckham, 

 Madison, N. J., scored 87 points com- 

 mercial scale. 



Cincinnati, November 4, No. 34-13-03, 

 bright pink, silver reverse, extra fine 

 combination, Japanese incurved, exhibit- 

 ed by Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, 

 Mich., scored 90 points commercial scale. 

 No. 16, pink, incurved, exhibited by E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., scored 83 points 

 commercial scale. 



Fred H. Lemon, Sec'y. 



Three Eivebs, Mich. — William Dyer 

 is closing his greenhouse because of ina- 

 bility to look after it. There is a good 

 business opportunity here. 



FORCING GLADIOLL 



Forcing gladioli at a reasonable prof- 

 it is a subject which will admit of 

 considerable discussion, for the reason 

 that so far as I am able to ascertain, 

 most florists use this flower to fill in 

 vacant spaces, especially among carna- 

 tions which have been destroyed by 

 stem-rot and other diseases, and it be- 

 ing a catch crop, more attention has 

 been given to securing as cheap a bulb 

 as possible, rather than the best varie- 

 ties and properly grown stock. 



No matter whether the gladiolus is 

 grown among other plants or by itself, 

 the grower shoald use selected stock, 

 the same as with any other bulb or 

 seed. The best tested varieties upon 

 the market at the present time are as 

 follows: Shakespeare, May, Augusta 

 and, for mixed light colors, the Silver 

 Trophy strain, section two. For shades 

 of red and pink, I do not know of any 

 to highly recommend. The old variety, 

 Brenchleyensis, will force well but the 

 flowers are too small. I have several 

 dark shades under test and hope to be 

 able to report upon these another sea- 

 son. 



Before forcing, the bulb should be 

 allowed to thoroughly cure; it needs a 

 rest the same as any other bulb. I 

 would not advise planting before the 

 middle of November or first of De- 

 cember. With ordinary weather con- 

 ditions, most of the above varieties 

 should flower from thirteen to fourteen 

 weeks after planting. In planting in 

 the benches the bulbs should be placed 

 at least two inches below the surface, 

 and if the soil in the bench is six 



