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November 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



16)3 



to destination, and the entry fee of $2 

 should be forwarded to the secretary not 

 later than Tuesday of the week pre- 

 ceding examination, or may accompany 

 the blooms. Special attention is called 

 to the rule requiring that sports to re- 

 ceive a certificate must pass three com- 

 mittees. 



New York. — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman, 55 and 57 West Twenty-sixth 

 street, New York City; Thomas Head, 

 Wm. Turner. Ship flowers to 55 and 57 

 West Twenty-sixth street. New York. 



Philadelphia, Pa, — A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; John 

 Westcott, Wm. K. Harris. 



Boston, Mass. — E. A. Wood, chair- 

 man; Wm. Nicholson, James Wheeler. 

 Ship flowers to Boston Flower Market, 

 care of John Walsh. 



Cincinnati, 0. — R. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allan, Wm. Jackson. Ship 

 to Jabez Elliott Flower Market, care 

 of janitor. 



Chicago, 111. — J. S. Wilson, chairman; 

 J. B. Deamud and Geo. Wienhoeber. 

 Ship flowers care of J. B. Deamud, 51 

 Wabash avenue. 



The oflScial scales of the C. S. A. are 

 as follows : 



Commercial. 



Rzblbltlon. 



Color 20 Color 10 



Form 15 Stem 5 



Fullness 10 Foliage 6 



Fullness 16 



Form 15 



Depth 16 



Size 35 



Stem 15 



FoUaRe 15 



Substance 15 



Size 10 



Total. 



.100 Total 100 



David Fraser, Sec'y. 



Granville, 0. — The Granville Green- 

 house was damaged by fire, October 28, 

 to the extent of .$200. 



Toronto, Ont. — William C. Ja}', flor- 

 ist, .35 years old, was stepping off a car 

 October '2\1 wlica the ear gave a sudden 

 move forward and he was thrown vio- 

 lently to the grountl. He suffered severe 

 concust-ion of the brain. 



Chrysanthemum Ongawa* 



PREPARING TO PROPAGATE. 



As tlie time for propagating ap- 

 proaches, every provision should be made 

 to have things in readiness for this im- 

 portant part of the work. 1 say impor- 

 tant because if the young stock does not 

 get a gooil start, with everything in its 

 favor, one of the best elements to suc- 

 cess is wanting. 



The propagating house should be 

 looked over and made as nearly as pos- 

 sible air and water tight. The venti- 

 lators should be put into good working 



order and the piping inspected and re- 

 paired where necessary, so that there 

 mav be no trouble after the benches are 

 filled. 



Secure a generous supply of the propa- 

 gating medium, whether it be sand or 

 {•ny other suitable material, and store it 

 in some place where it is not exposeil in 

 order to keep it free from decomposing 

 nuitter. It is necessary to lu;ve a good 

 supply, so that if bench fungus makes 

 its appearance it will not be necessary 

 to use the material a second time. 



Kareiy do we find a house of .Maids or 

 Brides which are not more or less mixed. 

 Now is the time to go over the benches 

 and mark the mixtures, so that they may 

 be avoided when taking the propagating 

 wood. By carefully attending to this 



the mixture can soon be eliminated and 

 I am certain tliat a house or bench of a 

 variety without mixture must be more 

 pleasing and satisfactory, especially if 

 we intend to put the young stock on the 

 market, than to have a batch of some- 

 thing of the (|uantities of which we are 

 ignorant. 



With the bench in readiness and plenty 

 of suitable wood, which should now be in 

 abundance, the next duty is to carefully 

 select the wood best fitted for the pur- 

 pose, and this selection should be left 

 to the most careful and experienced help, 

 as on the quality of the wood depends 

 in a great measure the success of the 

 whole season. RiBES. 



ROSE MRS. ROOSEVELT. 



The much-discussed question whether 

 seedlings from La France ever have been 

 obtained is again to the fore owing to 

 the appearance in commerce of the 

 hybrid tea rose, .Mrs. Theodore Roose- 

 velt. The raiser states that it is a 

 seedling from La France, but it is of 

 more vigorous growth, and the bloom has 

 greater durability. When this really 

 handsome novelty is exaniine«l and 

 studied, one can observe a relationship 

 with La France, and it is an open ques- 

 tion whether the fertilizing ]>ollen was 

 obtained from that variety. The plant 

 is not so strong a grower as the alleged 

 parent, but it is sufficiently strong, and 

 has a bushy, erect growth. The plant 



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