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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Makiu 1. I'.hk;. 



illclics. \'\v!^\ il;is> I ,|ili-li(v ran lie 

 gr<)\\ II ill twn illl■lll■^ of i-lraii saml i I' 

 llic soil licl()\s i^ ^iillicii'iit l\ riiriclicil id 

 .support till' riiip. Till' iiMii^ rracli ilnwn 

 into tin- licliiT ^iiil aii'l iiim-iin- llic nee 

 cssnry noni'islinii'iil . wliilf llir Inilli^ ilr 

 \(!lop clean a imI n in- i n I hi- sa in I. 



,M:niurf t'lom llir Ihmi cooii i-- pretty 

 liot. stull', Imt an isiellciil frrtilizrr 

 wluMi pi'opcily )iiipa Till. It slioiiM lie 

 ('()iii|Kist('il witli an ei|ual ijiiantitx of ^oii, 

 or, licttri' still, lial f rot Inl leaver, ami he 

 nllowcil to .stainl lor at least six niontli.s, 

 beiii;^ turnecl o\er iicra-ioiia lly so as to 

 woi'k the heat out nt' ii. 'I'lie i-oni|iosi 



loiiM he appliecl at alioiit the same rate 

 as recoiiiiMendeil till sheep iiianiirc, but. 

 after apjilieat ion, I wouhi tuhise lakititj; 

 a eiop ot' eaiilitlouer olV the lieneli first, 

 then plant leitnee without applyiiiif any 

 more. The ridp of ca II I i tlow e r will lone 



the <n\\ ihiwii .siilliciellt ly to lea\e it, ill 



ni<e c-oinlit ion for the leitin-e to take 

 hold. This latter imp, lieiiiL; o|' a .softer 

 ;inil less i;io.ss feeilinw nature, would 

 not take kindly to sueh a .stroiijf niamire 

 if it \>ere .applied directly liefore jilant- 

 iii^, Imt the eaiilillowei' will stand a 

 lirhej- •-oil without .any I'isk of iii_iur\'. 



\V. S. ( i;oviM)\. 



r^ NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



|.\ |.:i|i,T l.y ( . II -Iniiv . .,| M:i(|i-,.ii. \ .1,. 



Vi'Aii .11 a inciiifi;; ni i lie Mmiiv rminly. .\ , .1,, 



< iiii'cli'iin >■ mihI I'l'M-i^l- SMiirl.v. ri-liMi,-ir.\ II. 

 i;mm;. I 



It has liceii asserted th.-it while Ameri- 

 can ITlisel's <d' new X.aiieties cdncede till' 



]ialm for si/.e to the iinpoiteil kiiuU. 

 yet the American varieties .are the only 

 ones a<lapted tor ;i\eiaL;e cummercial 

 culture. 



Is tliis st.ateiiieiit true.' I say haidly 

 so. because ;i walk thldli;^h the New 

 Y()rk cut flower district dnrino- ihe 

 elirysaiit liemiim season shows us the tol- 

 louiuji kinds lieiiii^ shijiped in in ipian 

 tity and ail of them are imjioited \ari 

 etie.s : ()<dol)ei Sunshine. Alice jlyion, 

 Cheltoiii, Nellie I'ockett, .Mrs. ( iiiiinlies. 

 iind our own o^ieat ;ind only \\ . I hick 

 ham. Tliere an' others, hnt I lia\i' 

 quoted eiioujih to siiow lii.at the tor 

 eijjners do f;et a show in the wholes.ale 

 markets of the country. 



I li.'ive liad it stated to me th.at 

 Timothy Ivitiui is ;iii i'inolish instead ot' 

 a Canadian seedlintr. but in the aliseiice 

 of any proof I refuse to credit it. The 

 fact is that ti \alualile new \;iriety may 

 originate in any country but, in tlie ca^e 

 of some rtiisers. the I'lencli particularly. 

 one lias to buy so much chalV to Mud 

 even oiie j^'r.ain of wheat that the ojjine is 

 not wortli tlie candle. 



Why Australian Varieties Do Well. 



It li;'s been .stated th.at the re;e~Mii ihe 

 Austr.aliari \,arieties do so well hero is 

 because thex .arc ;icciistomei| to stiiuio^ 

 sunlight and beiny thrown and flowered 

 entirely (uitside. li;i\(- more nati\e \i^or. 



1 !im just now collal)orat in;; with a 

 hybridizer in ' '.alifornia. where. I nndei- 

 stand.' ;ilmost identii-.al coiiditions pre 

 vail, and, if it i^ ;i m.atter of ilimatic 

 condition, we hojie to be producing; xnuu' 

 William I)uckhams .and l'e;itiice Mays 

 in a year oi- two. The strongest reason. 

 to my mind, wh\ the Wells I'orketi kinds 

 have (huie so well i^ beciuse of th- ri^id 

 selection of the hest kimN from an im 

 mense iiumbi'i of seedlines. Thus the 

 present list, Mrs. I'artridye. .Mrs. 

 IIeaiirn<>, ^Irs. Kiio.n. ]■'.. .1. liroeks. eti-., 

 some tw('l\e kinds in all. ;ire tlie pick id' 



over 97,t>it(i s Ilin^^s. In the f.-ui ..f .a 



pruning down like that one would say 

 tliey must all be wonders ami. candidly. 

 I do helie\e th'ey are the lies! list this 

 firm has e\er s.^nt out. 



ilow ditfeieiit is this wholesale method 

 t'l'om the cdiidinoiis under whicdi our own 

 h\ 'iridi/eis haxi' to work; wlieie, the 

 |p|auts lii'iiiL; i^rown inside ami taking up 

 \aliialile space. :i few hundred seedliuLis 

 SI em a \ery large b.atch to hamllel 



i lylii idi/iiii: is largely a gamble, any- 

 w.ay, .and a <'ol. Apph'ton may appear 

 '11 \our one single do/.eii ]>l:ints. but tiie 

 cliaiici" .are ayaiust you and the law o\' 

 asii.a^e- wid tell in the long I'un. 



Novelties of the Year. 



Ill looking o\er the new thinos ut' tin- 

 year we A\ill give fil'st place to the 

 .Ni'ierican seedling. Morton I'. I'laiit. 

 This m.ade its first, .and .almost its (uijy, 

 ;i|oie,ar;iiice at lUir own local show, and 

 we should lie duly proiul of the fact. 

 This comiuo year, when the e.xpert.s from 

 other localities ii;i\e it to wurk witli. 

 some phenomenal flowers are bound to 

 be shown, (all it an improved Viviand- 

 Morel, liiit twice tiie size at least that I 

 e\ei' saw .Morel, aiid we have in a. fe\v 

 woiils ;! \erv yood descriptiiui of Morton 

 I'. I'lant, with the aiKlition that tln^ 

 foliaee ami stem are facsimiles of Col. 

 Appletou. Honor to whom honor is due! 



.\lid We owe a o I deal to the Oaille 



ilouze brothers for this yr.aml xai'iety. 



Ne.\! on the list is Heat rice .May and 

 it i-- ci'i-f.ainly a beaut v. Tiiis variety 

 h.i^ de\(doped one serious t'aiilt. from 

 my own point of view, whicli is that it 

 is ,alto;^ctlier too modest ami shy in jiro 

 dii'-in^ .stock, making;' the dissemiiiati(Ui 

 slow and unsatisfactory. 1 h:id hojieil to 

 ni;d;e sumc nmnex out ot' Meat rice but. in 

 the language of tlie poet. •' "Twas ever 



thu^. Since chiidh I 's hour I've seen 



my fondest Impes decay. ' ' .\ml a most 

 V i;.'oroiis liuiil over tiiree continents fail.s 

 to lev.-al .any stock to spcik of. 



As .a k''e|icr thi.'s v.ariity is second to 



nolle. It kept for three weeks oil the 



pl.-iiil III ]iei t'i'ct condition ami some of 

 t hi flowiTv after lieiug exhibited jiiid 

 -II. red by the ( . S. .\. Committee kept in' 

 water -nine throe Week^ lolioer. 'J'he 



way I'.eatri'-e .May finished up for me 

 Let vear is alioiit ,is neai' perfect as I 



ever expert to See a wllite cli IVSail tile 



mum. 



Two Good Reds. 



i'erhap.s the next be^t tiling as an 



allidumi \ariety in it- cnlor is Mrs. 



Henry l'*arf riilye. Ifed vaiieties are 



idniost v\itliont exception |iioiie to burn 



ill bright sunlight, but Partridge vv'ill not 

 damp one petal. Almost everyone likt^s 

 \V. Ii. Church, but so many complain 

 of its poor growth. Partridge will give 

 you the Church color and in addition is 

 .•I grand, dwarf, stocky grower. 1 tried 

 it on every bud from August 1(J to the 

 end of Seiitember and it was good on 

 every one, the late buds showing, as wa.'5 

 natural, a much thinner llovver. 



Another very dwarf variety that 

 showed similar color to Partridge on 

 first o])eiiing w;is IMary Ann Pockett, 

 hut it soon faded to an Indian red. This 

 variety w:is so very dwarf that I did not 

 take any notice of it all summer and tiie 

 llowcr when it developed was a most 

 .•liMeealde surprise. Mary Ann I'ockett 

 will be a very vtiluable variety to grow 

 in ]iots or on a front bench where head 

 room is restricted. 



Wliile on the dwarf varieties (and the 

 splendid dwarf htibit is one of the 

 strongest (pialities of the Wells varieties 

 every ye;<r) I would mention ^lay Sed- 

 d'lii. It h.ad no chance to j^rove itself 

 this year, as my stock diil 7iot come fill 

 late, and it is so very dwarf that it 

 must }i;i\e a long season of growth to do 

 it justice. Do not, I beg of you, keep 

 oi! propagating this variety too' late this 

 ye.-ir. (!ive it a fair siiow and if it comes 

 with you .as it lias lieen ufuwii, eleven 

 incjies .across and eleven inches deep, 

 ymi will li.ave ;i jiiize-w inner in the 

 wiiile cl.asses. 



Mrs. Dunne a Fine Grower. 



-Mrs. John \\. Dunne is a fine grower 

 and a fine varit'ty, one tliat will give you 

 lUO jier cent of good flowers. The color 

 is old rose, very striking and beautiful, 

 and reminds me of the old Chenon de 

 l.eche, for years a great favorite -nith 

 me. Dunne will run up four to five 

 fc'ct with good culture tind a crown bud 

 .around August L'O will give you the best 

 flower. 



Another sterling sort, in that every 

 flower comes good, is Mrs. C. Jleauine. 

 ,a splendid (dean grower, tiiree to four 

 feet high. Tile color is ]u'etty much 

 tiie sli.ade seen in (^ueen Ali'x.'indria, a 

 salmony bron/e. one of the kinds com 

 monly called off color, but I am free to 

 confess tluit everyone who saw it in my 

 iiouses liked it. 



Mrs. Wm. Knox, when first expand- 

 ing, looks distinctly an aristocrat, as 

 every petal falls n.atur.aliy into its proper 

 fdace. hut 1 .am sorry to have to confess 

 tlitit the neck is hardly strong enough to 

 hold erect the large spreading flower. 

 In the short vase classes it is a winner, 

 as it gives ;i flower wifli as large a 

 spread as F. S. Vallis and .a far neater 

 .•ippi araiice. 



Richardson an Immense Grower. 



T. b'icliardson is an inmieuse grower 

 .and will nmke a stem like ii young tree. 

 Do mt oveif'eed tills variety, as it has 

 such .a tremendous root .action it is easy 

 to ovi'kIo it. The ((doi- is the same 

 -h.ide as Enchantress carnation. :i jioint 

 to he considered in (dassing it as a pink. 

 .\ bml the last week in August is to be 

 pi t'erred to ail eailier one. 



.Mrs. .1. .1. Tiionipsfin w.as c.alled the 

 most tirtistic flower in the Philadelphia 

 show and if it were not necky J would 

 s;iv grow it hirgely. In the short vase 

 cl;isses, or (d.asses where a siipiiort is 

 .'iliowt'd, it is one of the most striking 

 varieties ever set up. Wo have liail vari- 

 eties before tliat have been termed 

 ostriih plume, but never mie th.at so 

 closely resemliled .'in ost licli plume iir 

 the exijiiisite twist ami curl of the pn.dal 



