November 15, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1711 



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The 'Wliite Sport of Chrysaothemum Wm. Duckham, now Miss Clay Frick. 



thermometer touched 70 degrees in the 

 shade. Under climatic conditions such 

 as these, chrysanthemums have damped 

 to such an extent as to make a good 

 showing almost an impossibility this 

 season. 



The hot, dry summer brought bloomii 

 out rather earlier than usual, and most 

 of the plants to be distributed in the 

 coming season have already flowered and 

 are over. We should not be justified 

 in describing other varieties than those 

 we have grown ourselves, for we know 

 nothing of their growth, habit or other 

 points 80 necessary to make a flower a 

 success. 



\rhite Duckham. 



The first and foremost novelty to de- 

 scribe is a pure white sport from W. 

 Duckham. No description of this is 

 necessary, except that it is as pure white 

 as any, and has, no doubt, been shown 

 in America. The plant sported in the 

 north of Scotland, and, strangely enough, 

 the first intimation we had of its exist- 



ence reached us just before I was leav- 

 ing home for the Edinburgh show, the 

 same journey on which I had the great 

 plesisure of meeting your Mr. "W. Duck- 

 ham in person for the first time. As we 

 traveled together, the topic naturally was 

 the white sport of his namesake, and Mr. 

 Duckham 's anxiety was easily satisfied 

 by letting him have as much stock as 

 possible to flower the following (this) 

 season, and agreeing to CU H. Totty's 

 distributing it in America. Really a 

 romance in itself. No name has yet 

 been decided on, and for my part. White 

 W. Duckham is good enough. 



Another sport is a deep butter yellow, 

 Mme. Cadbury. The mention of the 

 color is sufficient, we think. The name 

 is Mrs. A. H. Pirie. A third sport is a 

 pure white Mme. H. Douillett, which 

 should make a good decorative variety 

 with you in America. 



The Wells-Pockett Set 



The Wells-Pockett set for 1907 is bet- 

 ter than 1906, as far as seen at pres- 



ent. With these famous seedlings. Amy 

 Laidman is a pure white J&p, sui im- 

 mense flower, and is best described as an 

 enlarged and improved pure white Nellie 

 Pockett. 



J. W. Blackburn is a deep crimson, a 

 beautiful flower nine inches across with 

 us. It is tremendously double here, and 

 early buds won't do in England. The 

 height ^f the plant is four feet, the 

 habit perfect, and the flower a splendid 

 keeper. 



Mrs. J. C. Neill is an enormous and 

 beautiful yellow, really a greatly im- 

 proved and enlarged Cheltoni. This has 

 promise of being the best yellow in ex- 

 istence, both for exhibition or decorative 

 purposes. This won the championship 

 in Australia last year. 



W. M. Moir is a massive pure white 

 Jap, incurved, and is named after the 

 raiser of White W. Duckham. It is a 

 splendid exhibition flower. 



English Varieties. 

 English varieties are extra good this 



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