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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



l>i:ii:.\i iu:it 21, VMo. 



\riiilii r. Dcfriiilicr mid .l:imi;ii_v sluuild In- 

 \civ liylii .-iiicl I'lmtidiis. if you iiiixfil 

 ill ;i liiir ;iiii()uiil (•]■ 1)0111' ;it jilantiii;; 

 tiiiH ;iiiil -iD'cMil oil :i iimlch of iiiaiiun' 

 aliMiit the miildlo nf Si'ptciiilicr, vnv lit- 

 lli' iihiri' food will he lUH'dcil until late 

 III .lamiaiy or February, and even later 

 than tliat if tlii' winter is unusually dark. 

 |)(. lilt iiut llie feeding for a lime. 



A s|iriHk!iii;i of air-slaked lime early in 



.1 .iiiiiaiy will do seme ynod, as it tends 

 1(1 keep tile soil -weet and makes the |dant 

 foiiils mole ;i\ailalile t'or tlie [ilants to 

 lake up. 



I'imdiaiil less cjiics iml like nnndi J'etMl- 

 iii;4. either, diiiiiii: llie winter. It niake.s 

 the texture ef ihe iihioiiiv soft and also 

 causes Ihem Icj luii-t. .\. I'". ,1. |{Ai:i;. 



LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Will \iiii pji'a'-e tell me the liallles i>f 

 i ]],■ lif^i l,il ■ iiiiiiii^ .' I \\:\ III 1 hem In 

 ciiiiii' ill ;iiiMiit Th.-nik^L^ix iiiL;. I'le;i-e 



■_;l\ !■ :iaille a In I enler. ' i. W . 



A seleetinii ef late kinds as secai in the 

 New N'ork market fur 'rhauks;:i\ iii^ run- 

 ;,h.uit ;is fnlluw^: Wiiite. \V. II. < had 

 wirk. .Meiry <hrislmas and Jeanne 

 Niuiin; yrlhiw. i;ieiiian, ^'ldlo\\ ( h.adwiek 

 .•iiid r>(iiiiiafi I'll : pink. \V. S. Allen and 

 .Maud l>eaM. 



'I'll i^rl late lloWelS. phlllls slmllld iie 



-luwn mule ].ai't ii-ularly fm' that pur 

 pMv.,.. I'eoiiii^ thi'in in .luiie. planting 

 in duly. ;iiid lii'dwin^ alone- as cool as 

 iMi-silile and takine tlie terminal IumI. 

 Tiny are lietter eniwii in a separate 

 lionse frem early and midseas(m kinds 

 because when tiie former are needinji a 

 drver atmosjiiieie. the very Itile kinds are 

 still in ei-,i\\tii am! in need uf syriiieine 

 .■iiid fumi^alin^ fm Idack lly. 



( HAS. II. T<riTV. 



THE ROOSEVELT MUM. 



The illu^tratien mi pa;^e :;i)7 slmws 

 a IdodUl nf I'lesiiiellt l>(H)Se\elt, nlle <if 



N.alhan Smith \ Son's recently certili 

 rated clirysantheiiiums. 'i'liis is a seeil- 

 linu ef -Mr--. W. < . i-'y:ni. jiiiik. crossed 

 with Mrs. ( o-oioc .Mileham, msy mauve. 

 ]-:imer Smith says that they consi<lei- it 

 th'dr liest introiluct ion since iM'*^. when 

 llirv disseminated Merza. It is its 

 e(|\ial in size. oi' t!ie same sturdy, short - 

 jointed ovowtli ami beautiful .lapanes(> 

 inonrve.l form. It-^ e(d(U' is uni(pie Imt 

 ideasine, Ixdiie a white oround with li<,dit 

 sliell-piiik center and on the tii)s (d" each 

 jietal. i:i\iiio the- entire Idooin a li.tiht pink 

 ai)i'ear,iiice, ;nnl i^ e-]iecially attrai-tive 

 under artificial lieht. ridike .Merza, it 

 i< of till- easiest culture ami perfectly 

 double from all buds and under varied 

 <adture. As a cut llowei-, either coininer- 

 cial, e.xhibitioii. or a- a pot jdant it^ i-^ 

 )-eeoinniended by lln- introducers. Thi-- 

 venr it was fidly devehijied November '> 

 to 111 and cidwn buds taken Ani^tist I'.o 

 10 Se|>teinber .' ].roduce the be--t c,)lored 

 blooms. Tlii'^ was the variety that won 

 ill,, siher med,-i! at I'liiladelplna thi-^ 

 ^ ear. 



AMERICAN MUMS IN ENGLAND. 



No^^aday- tinle ale but few of our 

 Mi-eweis v\ho know iiiiich about thi' .\ineri- 

 .~;i,i -eedliiiL; chr\-anlhenium- of nearly 

 tweiitv vears a-o. s,-,y> C. liainioii l',-iyne 

 in the liardemr-" ' hionjcle. (.radnally 

 ,l,,v lia\e cea-. d to be impoited nntil 



\el\ lew of Ihelll ,-ire Ic-fl, bill ill a fe^v 



pn\ate c(dle<-lioiis. in the public ])arks 

 :iiid ill the hands of tin' breiich orowei's, 

 llieK' are still s(nue that remain. 



'I'llcM' are soaie of the most etVectixe 

 and useful for decorative pni-poses: Wil- 

 liam 'riii-ki'i'. a dwarf ;^rowiiie, pretty, 

 briohl r<isy pink ,lapaiie-;e. is much ap- 

 piecialecl and still retained in most <if 

 ilr- park^. We h.-i\e also seen this season 

 .1. II. K'um-liman. .-i bright enldeii yid 

 hiv whicii reminds ns of ilie I'itclier and 

 Maiida collectiim that passed into the 

 hands of JNir. II. .1. .b)nes, Hairy Wonder 

 beilit^ ;illother of the ^e1. I>elaw:ire, the 



Alexander J. Guttman. 



^ineiinoie ||o\\e|-i(| \.-iriely. 1^ Alnellcall. a- 

 i^ .Ml--, dlldee I'lcnedict nf llie <ame sec - 



iieii. Mhliial l-|-ieiid, ;i biy- wliite Jait- 



am-ve. h.-is a Uo I ii -eeii this -e;isoii ill 



o,„id loiiii. I. old- lloehiiie!-. the hairy 

 novelty thai to||(,\\ed .Mrs. Aljilieus 

 ll.-irdv. came to u-. froiu the States, ;ind 

 i- -till in llie r.aliervi'.-i p.-irk cillection. 



(1 i ( Ir.-icii.n-. oiie ..f the nio-i distinct 



.1;, p.-i iie-e in i-ii li i V a I ion. i- another. .Mi's. 

 I-;. (1. Hill i- an old varietv. an e;irly 

 iihioiiiei. \e|\ lall. bnt a ii-efiil back row 



j,|-nil I o! mi \i d ^i ei;p-. I li;iv e ;i|-n 



noticed Simplicity, a "white Japanese. 

 Till' above are probably all the Ameri- 

 cans that now remain iu cultivation here, 

 with the excejition of a few others that 

 may have been past tlioir best at the time 

 of my visits to the various Metropolitan 

 |iarks. 



GUTTMAN ON FLOWER SHOWS. 



\\ |);i|)cr liy Ale.vinnlcr .T. Oiittni.'Ui, i-o:i(l lie- 

 furc tlie Ntnv York l-'loii-ils' <'liil). Doi-cihIkt iI, 



r.iiC).] 



When 1 returned Jnim my trip throueh- 

 out the country a I'cw weeks ago, 1 felt 

 that 1 should giv(i 1 lie cluh the bemdit of 

 soau' of my ex})i-iariie«' and with our 

 ju'c'sideiit "s jiermiss imi I liavd prepare*! 

 this paper. N'ou (•.•intint exjiecl to hear 

 a paper covering i-vcrv phase ami e\-er\' 

 little (hdail t horoiiiiliK', of the great 

 subject which I am goiiio to retid to you 

 The snbj(.'c1 1. ndCi' to is flower shows 

 I lii(Ui.i:hout the conidiy jiiid oui' city, i 

 will do the best I eiiii :ni(l 1 trust that 

 seme eood v\ i 1 1 coiiio lit' it. 1 feid that 

 there is great loom tor iiii|)rov('ment in 

 onr pr<d'essi(ui, and tli_:it flower shows 

 well patronized in lliis city of ours, 

 would yreally lielp ('ve'iyoiie connected 

 with oiii business. |-')(>for(,' going any 

 further I am snie tlint cxeiyone will ad- 

 mit thai the (jucslioii hcfme us, whether 

 .a llovver show would he a ben<.'fit to the 

 llorists in this section of the eoimtry, oi- 

 whether it wmild iint he worth l!ie 

 trouble, is of very threat iiiiporlaiiee. It 

 -I'cms to me that it wiiuld surely be a 

 bemdit, and for thai i-casmi. and also 

 taking it ftir grant ed that 1 voice the 

 sentiments nf the inajurity of enterpris- 

 ing florists in this, t he |;i rgcst and great- 

 est center for oiir j) idt'essioii, 1 lia\e de- 

 'ided to sjieak of t liis inattei-. 



it has been my ))rivilogc and pleasure 

 to attend, in the interest of \'ictory car- 

 nation, the majority of flower shows held 

 this season. 1 <lid luit get to Boston and 

 IMiiladelpiiiii because I ooukl not be in 

 t vv(» places at the s:iiiic time. In three 

 cities j)articnlarly, ii:iiiiel\- (diieago, Kan- 

 sas City and liidiaii:i|i(dis, I noticed the 

 oreat interest shown iy the llorists and 

 citizens of those resinTlivi; (dties in their 

 shows, and it certajiily gave me great 

 pleasure and impressed me tleeply, as L 

 ■nil sure it would you. When 1 thought 

 of the ])oor atteiid:Mii-i- niid the lack of 

 interest shown by the |it'o|de of this great 

 <-ity of (Mils I felt \fr\ s;id. 'I'he atteiid- 

 •Mice at the shows liii-ctofore mentioned 

 was so great that men liatl to be stationed 

 to ^uide tlm jieople ;iiii| keep them mov- 

 iiii4 in OIK' <lirectinii seas to avoid erush- 

 iim. These shows wiTcliidd in the largest 

 bnildines of their kiiicl in this coun- 

 try. buildiiiLis that ••oni|>:irc \('ry favor- 

 .•iblv with niir laniiMis Madison Square 

 (iaideii. 1 c;iiiiint reftr to any great ex- 

 tent to the exhibits .and the varieties of 

 plants on exhibit inn that I saw at these 

 dilfeieiit shows; in fmt, 1 did not notice 

 .invthing sjiecial exeeiit some dandy red 

 oeraiiiums I iiiee to foiu' feet tall and about 

 three feet in circiiin fereiice, which were 

 in full bloom. They looked very beau- 

 tiful to ine ami thriel'orc 1 mention 

 I hem. Also the exhibits of the city parks 

 were very fine. However, yon may rest 

 ;issined that I had both eyes on iiit 

 llowcrs, especially roses, carnations and 

 !iiums. The roses \veie certainly very 

 ■j,in\t], better tlian those we had here at 

 that time. In carnat imis. they vvei-e cm- 

 t.aitdy up In the mark and the same with 

 M-e.-ird tn iniims. Tliire were so many 

 exiiibilors. ten, th.at it really seeinr<l to 

 aie as if all gro\vi'i-< were anxious to 

 -l,e\\ I'lcir pi-odiii-t. \s 1 was parti. -II- 



