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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



77 



ter known. The flower sent by Wells 

 from England to Philadelphia was truly 

 a monster. 



Mary Ann Poekett was a pleasant sur- 

 prise to me. The growth all summer was 

 small, comparatively, as the plant is 

 such a dwarf grower, but when the 

 flower did come it was a beauty. The 

 color is Indian red with a golden reverse. 



Mrs. A. J. Miller, a last year 's novelty, 

 showed up splendidly. It was the main 

 vase in the winning thirty-six for the 

 Pierson cup at Philadelphia and was 

 shown very fine at several other eastern 

 exhibitions. 



J. H. Doyle was set up excellently and 

 its only fault, as I saw it, was a ten- 

 dency to wilt. This may or may not 

 be constitutional, at is with Merza, but 

 another year will prove it. 



This list gives the cream of the varie- 

 ties and a man growing these kinds will 

 not get far astray. Whites which have 

 languished somewhat since Eaton came 

 out are now greatly enriched, and there 

 are several very promising new things 

 not given in this list, including May 

 Seddon, G. H. Kerslake and Dolly 

 Glide. The largest individual flower I 

 have seen this year is Mrs. D. V. West, 

 with Morton F. Plant and Beatrice May 

 close seconds. With the present rate of 

 progress five years will show us some- 

 thing that we do not dream of now. 

 Perhaps the best corroboration of this 

 is found in the fact that outside of Ap- 

 pleton and Merza, all the prize winners 

 at the eastern shows are varieties one or 

 two years old, and this is not due alone, 

 as some suppose, to the mad rush for 

 new things, because plenty of the older 

 varieties have been exhibited against 

 them, and been found wanting. The 

 quality of flowers set up by the average 

 exhibitor is very much higher and com- 

 petition generally has been much keener 

 and the interest in the queen of autumn 

 greater than ever before. 



Charles H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT CORNELL. 



As usual, there was a fine crop of 

 chrysanthemums at Cornell University 

 this year. The season was rather warm 

 chrysanthemum weather, but most of the 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. Wm. Knox. 



growers have produced a fine lot of 

 blooms, although somewhat earlier than 

 was desired. Nevertheless, there has 

 been great enthusiasm in regard to the 

 fine chrysanthemum shows which were 

 held in Now York, Boston, Chicago, 

 Kansas City, St. Louis, and many other 

 large cities. 



A Table of Roses at the St. Louis Show. 



At the forcing house of Cornell Uni- 

 versity there was a fine display, for the 

 house was nicely filled with about sixty 

 varieties. This made a grand showing, 

 for all classes, forms and colors of 

 chrysantliemnms were to be seen. 



Among some of the most important 

 varieties were: White, Mrs. D. V. West, 

 Timothy Eaton, Adula, Nellie Poekett, 

 W. J. Bryan, Ben Wells, Adrian and 

 Alice Byron; yellow, Eoosevelt, Col. Ap- 

 pleton, F. S. Vallis, Mrs. E. Thirkell, 

 Major Bonnaffon, Gold Mine and Mrs. 

 Wm. Duekman; pink, Viviand-Morel, Dr. 

 Enguehard, Wm. Duckham, F. A. Cob- 

 bold and Autumn Glory; crimson, Henry 

 Barnes, Merstham Eed, Black Hawk and 

 John Shrimpton. 



Timothy Eaton, the "old stand-by," 

 is a Japanese variety that is neither in- 

 curved or reflexed, but the petals stand 

 quite_ erect. The first or second crown 

 bud is usually taken, which produces a 

 good full sixteen-inch, pure white flower 

 on a stem four or five feet long. The 

 flower still remains one of the finest com- 

 mercial whites. 



Ben Wells, another white, is also a 

 Japanese which has long petals loosely 

 arranged. Likely for this reason it may 

 be considered a better flower for exhi- 

 bition than for commercial use. Its size 

 is usually twelve to fourteen inches, on 

 a vigorous stem four feet high. The fol- 

 iage is quite long, broad, flat and deep- 

 ly cut. 



Mrs. D. V. West, one of the newer 

 whites, is making a fine showing. It is 

 one that can be considered as neither 



