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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



77 



),.| kiiiiwii. Tlie lldwcr sent by Wells 

 lidiii i';ii>:lniMl t(i I'liiladclpliiu \v;is truly 



;i lllolisti'l. 



M-irv -\iii: i'nilvctt w;is a plfasaiit sur 

 inisc tn 111!'. Till' growth ail suiniiici' was 

 small. (■(iiii|ia I at i\ I'iy, as tlic [.laiit is 

 sai-h :i ijwart' L;ri)\\ <,'r, liul when flic 

 tliiuri 'li'! r,.iiii' it was a hcaiily. Thr 

 .•iilm is hiiliaii icil willi a golden i-cNorsr. 



Mrs. A. .1. MilltT. a Last year's novelty. 

 sli(i\\e(l i;[i s[i]cii(li(lly. It was tlie main 

 v.-ise ill '111' winning thirty-six lor tlie 

 ricrsoii iii|' at I'hiiadelpliia and was 

 sIkiwii vii\ line ;it so\ei-al other eastern 

 .■xhiliit inn>. 



.1. II. hiiyle was set ii|i rxcidli'iit ly ;uid 

 its only fault, as 1 saw it. \\;is a ten- 

 ilciicy i(j will. This nijiy m- may not 

 he coiisl it iitioiial, at is with .Mei'/.a, but 

 .■iiKit Iht yc^ar will prove it. 



I'll is list ;^i\(\s the ereani of the v.arie- 

 t les .-ind .1 man jii'<iwinijj these kinds will 

 not ■j,i'\ far astray. Whites wiiicdi have 

 l.in^iiislied somewhat since Eaton came 

 out ale now greatly I'liriched, and theie 

 .ire -e\ei';il \i'v\ proinisiiitf new things 

 imt ;:i\e!i in this list, iiieludiiiy .Mav 

 ."seddon. (1. 11. Keislake ;iiid DolK' 

 • ilide. The largest individii.al flower I 

 lia\<' seen tiiis year is Mrs. 1). \'. West, 

 with Morton I'. I'Laiit and P>eatrice Mav 

 elose seeoiids. With the present rate of 

 jvfoo-iess five years will xliuw us some- 

 iliiiiy that we do not dream of now. 

 r<'ili,ips the best eorroboration oi' this 

 is found in the t'.aet that outside of Aji- 

 pleton and \|e)/.M. .nil the prize winners 

 ;it the eastern shows are \arieties one or 

 two years idd, .and this is not due .alone, 

 .IS some supjiose, to the ma. I rush for 

 new tliinys. b(»eause plenty of the older 

 varieties h:i\e be.'u exhibited ao^ainst 

 fbeni, ;iiid i.eeu fmind w.antiii^. The 

 (|ualit,v .it llowers set up by the iucr.age 

 exhibitor is very much higher and com- 

 petition ijenerally has been nundi keeni'i- 

 and the interest in the (pn-en of autumn 

 greater than ever before. 



<'lI.\Kl.i;,S 11. TOTTN. 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. Wm. Knox. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT CORNELL. 



.\s usual, there w.as .a fine crop of 

 chrysanthemuins at Cornell University 

 thrs yc;<\_ '['lie se.ason \\;is i;itlier w.ami 

 '■hrysanihemiim weather, but most of the 



i^rowcrs li;i\c produced a line lot of 

 lilooii's, altliMii^h iiiucwlmt e.arlier than 



W;is .i.'sir.'il. \e'.elUiele-v. ihel'e U:}- 



been L;rcil eiiiliws;a<m in re;^ard to ihe 

 iine cii r\ s;ni1 liennim ^hows which were 

 held in \e\\ ^'(.|k. r.dsl.oi. I hic.-i^i' 

 K.aiisa^ • il\. St. Lmiis. ;iiid m;iii\ .jIImi 

 l.-irij-e eitie'«. 



A Table of Roses at the St. Louis Show. 



.\ I the fiifcini^ house .it' (■|iriieli I'lii- 

 \ersily itiefe W is a hlie displ;iy. tiir tile 

 house \\;|v |iii-el\ liljed with ;ib.illt sixtv 

 ^.•ilieties. Tlii- iii.ide .•] ^r.-iiid sh.iwiug. 



Ii'|- -ill il;lsse-, tiirms mill i-elnl'-- of 

 I'll rys;| III hem' nil ~ were to be seen. 



AiiiMii^ ^iiiiie lit' the nnist iniport.ant 

 Mirietii's were: White. Mr^. | ). \\ West, 

 Tiniothx |-:;iiim. Adiila, Nellie I'lii-k.'tt, 

 \V. .1, I'.rx.iii. Ken \\e||>. Adri;iii and 



Mi'c |;\|(i|i; yellow, loinsevelt. (id. .\ p- 



plclon. |\ s, \;illis, Mrs. I-;. Thirkell. 



M.ajnr I'.iOli'.-ltlnll. (nil. I .\||tl.' ;il|.| .M rs. 



Will. l)ii-kni;iii; Mink, \'i\ iand-.Mor.'l, Dr. 

 i;nuueh;ir.l. Win. Diickh.ani, !•'. A. {,'ob- 



bnld and Aiiliimn i;l..r\ ; irimsnn. ll.Mirv 

 I'.arm-. ,\b'rsth;im b'..!. I'd.-i.k Hawk ;ind 

 .I'llin Shrimpt.in. 



'I'iniolhv riat.iii. th.' ■■.ild -i,and-bv. " 

 IS ■! .lapaiiese \ nriety thai is neitlier" in 

 .■iir\.-.l nr r.ljcx.'.l, but th.' p.'iuls -tun. I 

 '!"'''■ cr.'i-i. Th.' liist ,,r «,.<,'onii er..wn 

 bud is usually \:ikou. whi.h pr.Mluc.'s .'i 



•^ I 'nil -ixl.'.'ii iin-h. puie w hit.' llow.'r 



"II a sti'iii t • ..r li\.- I'l'ii loll-. Th.' 



Il'iw.'l- slid l',||i;ii||., ,,||e ,,t th. tin.'<t r.im- 



111. 'I'. -i;, I \'hit.'s. 



It. '11 W.'lls, another whii.. is ;iIso u 

 ■ l.'ipan.'ve whi.-h has lon^ p.tals lo.^selv 

 air.'iiie,.,!. Likely for this r.'asou it may 

 lie c. nisi. I. 'I'd •( lictter (l.iuir for exhi- 

 biti.m than for .•otnmer.'ial use. Its -i/.' 

 1^ usually twelve t.» f.iiirt.'.'ii m.-h.'s, .m 

 ■I vieoi'ou^; stem four I'.'it liiLrh. Tlie'fol 

 la^^i- is (piite lonl,^ broa.l. lint and deep- 

 ly rut. ' 



•Mrs, 1). V. West, f the mw,-! 



wlnte.s, is makinfr a jj,,,. show in-. It is 

 one that can ho eon.si.|..re,I a-T neither 



