December 14, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



233 



Quysanthemum Mayor Weaver. 



use of the score card causes him to ana- 

 lyze the flower and bring to his notice 

 the weak and strong points. 



It is gratifying to note that the flor- 

 ists at large are manifesting a spirit of 

 interest and cooperation in the educa- 

 tional phases of floriculture. There is a 

 splendid opportunity for effective con- 

 tinued work by the experiment station 

 and the florist. May it be promoted in 

 this manner more fully in the future than 

 in the past. R. F. W. 



SOUTHERN MUMS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 Jerome Jones chrysanthemum as grown 

 by H. J. Venn, at Mobile, Ala. A com- 

 parison of the size of the bloom with 

 the plants and the surroundings shows 

 that the success with the crop was a 

 notable one, considering that they were 

 grown outdoors for the whole period and 

 without any protection whatever. Mr. 

 Venn writes as follows: 



"I planted Jerome Jones, Mrs. H. W. 

 Robinson and W. Duckham the first week 

 in June, and the first of July gave them 

 a mulch of old cow manure, and the 

 latter part of July I gave them a good 

 dressing of bone meal, as I thought the 

 stems looked rather weak. I took the 

 bud of Robinson August 15, Jones and 

 Duckham, September 1, and as at that 

 time I noticed the roots were on the 

 surface, I gave them another mulching 

 to keep the roots from burning, as they 

 were planted in the full sun and in the 

 'tin here in August means some hot. 



Green fly troubled me some on the start, 

 but a few sprayings of tobacco water got 

 rid of them. The heavy rains we had 

 here in October ruined nearly all of 

 Robinson and about twenty-flve of 

 Duckham, but I did not lose one of 

 Jones. You will notice they are leafed 

 right up to the flower, and the leaves are 

 of a dark green color, making a great 

 contrast with the pure white of the 

 flower. 



"I shall not try growing them in the 



open again without a shelter to put over 

 them after the bud is taken, as our 

 heavy rains we get here make it too 

 risky. ' ' 



MAYOR WEAVER. 



Nathan Smith & Son exhibited a fine 

 bright rose pink seedling chrysanthemum 

 at Philadelphia on the day that Mayor 

 Weaver drove his opponents to cover in 

 the November election, and made a hit 

 by naming the variety for the city's ex- 

 ecutive. It is a cross of Mme. Perrin 

 and A. J. Balfour and an improvement 

 both in color and size. If is perfectly 

 double from either bud, but larger and 

 better flowers are produced from crown 

 buds taken August 30 to September 5. 

 It easily attains a diameter of seven 

 inches and height of four to four and 

 one-half . feet. The stiff Perrin stem is 

 well clothed •mth heavy foliage to the 

 flower, which is a loose tlapanese incurved 

 of a bright rose pink color with glisten- 

 ing lighter reverse. It equals either par- 

 ent in substance. Its season is Novem- 

 ber 1 to 5. Owing to a misfortune in 

 transit. Smith & Son were unable to pre- 

 sent suitable blooms to the C. S. A. com- 

 mittee for certification. The variety was 

 shown at Chicago November 10, and re- 

 ceived the certificate of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Chicago, scoring 88 

 points. 



BREITMEYER'S OPENING. 



In the opening of the new store of 

 John Breitmeyer's Sons, in their own 

 new building, itself the most modern in 

 Detroit, the public will find one of the 

 most elaborate and complete flower 

 stores in this country. The store proper, 

 which is about 50x75 feet, with lofty 

 ceiling, has been designed in the classic 

 style of an early Italian period. The 

 floor is of white Italian marble, mosaic 

 finished, with a small Grecian key bor- 

 der in black and yellow marble. The 

 entire room is wainscoted to a height 

 of about five feet with Paonazzo marble. 

 The walls from the top of the wains- 

 coting to the cornice are finished with 

 large French mirror plates, finished with 

 a frame of Roman gold. 



Ledges to support cut glass vases and 

 antique pottery jardinieres filled with 

 flowers and plants are made of the same 

 marble and follow the top line of the 

 wainscoting. The ceiling, which is di- 

 vided into large panels by heavily oma- 



Jerome Jones Chrysanthemum in the Open at Mobile. 



