NOVEMBEH 29, 190G. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Table Decoration of Orchids and Valley by J. S. Simmons, Toronto. 



is probably more disastrous with this 

 article than any other bulb. 



Probably never before in the history 

 of the flower trade have chrysanthemums 

 been so plentiful. Covent Garden is 

 glutted and loads are being thrown 

 cway daily. This is largely the result 

 of mild weather, there having occurred 

 up to date no frost worth mentioning 

 to cut off any outdoor bloom. 



In new plants we are getting plenty 

 of American varieties of carnations, four 

 new varieties being shown at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's meeting October 

 23. The most notable was a variety 

 called White Perfection. This is likely 

 to become a standard market variety, as 

 the blooms are large, of fine form, and 

 borne on long, stiff stems. It was gen- 

 erally admired and commented upon by 

 the trade and was shown by Hugh Low 

 & Co., Enfield, near London. At the 

 same meeting a valuable new fern came 

 from G. Prickett, of South Tottenham, 

 named Nephrolepis tesselata. It is quite 

 distinct from the older varieties ot 

 nephrolepis, the fronds being more ex- 

 panded and longer at the tips and hav- 

 ing a distinctly wavy appearance. 



J. B. 



FRED BREITMEYER, "ANGEU" 



In theatrical slang the man who backs 

 with his money any sort of a theatrical 

 venture is styled an "angel." Fred 

 Breitmeyer is such a one. It is not stat- 

 ed if the following clipping from a To- 

 ledo paper is some of his own press 

 agent's stuff. Barring a few extra 

 stories on the Breitmeyer building and a 

 few other little details like that, includ- 

 ing the total elimination of the other 

 members of the firm, it goes fairly well : 



' ' Fred Breitmeyer, the millionaire 

 florist of Detroit, arrived in this city 

 yesterday to be the guest of Frank Burt 

 during the stay of 'The Governor's Par- 

 don' at Burt's the last half of the week. 

 Mr. Breitmeyer is an auto enthusiast and 

 bought the show as a sort of a hobby 

 because it contains a most realistic auto 

 racing scene, in which two real cars are 

 utilized, and it gave Mr. Breitmeyer op- 

 portunity to use several cars which con- 

 tain his own ideas in construction. He 

 owns the largest greenhouses in the mid- 



dle west at Mount Clemens, and the 

 twelve-story Breitmeyer block in Detroit 

 is one of the finest buildings there. He 

 utilizes that for his retail and wholesale 

 florists ' business, and only took a flyer in 

 the show business as a sort of recrea- 

 tion. 



"He came to Toledo to see his old 

 friend, Mr. Burt, and also to look over 

 the show, as he has not seen it for quite 

 a while. He thinks so well of the show 

 business that he may soon send out other 

 productions, finding the mingling of flow- 

 ers and amusement offerings go right 

 well together. ' ' 



HEAT FOR MIXED STOCK. 



Will you please tell me what the night 

 temperature should be in a house where 

 a variety of plants are grown, such as 

 azaleas, hydrangeas, palms, ferns, Har- 

 risii lilies, geraniums. Baby Eamblers, 

 spiraeas, smilax, callas, forcing bulbs, 

 etc.? E. H. O. 



It is not possible to grow all these 

 plants in one temperature and have the 

 best of success, but if they must all be 

 under the same roof, 50 degrees night 

 temperature will suit the majority better 



than a higher or lower reading, until 

 such time as the business warrants other 

 houses. For the details of the require- 

 ments of each plant see the Florists * Man- 

 ual, by William Scott. 



MIGNONETTE. 



We would like to have W. S. tell us 

 if it will be too warm if we run our 

 mignonette house at 60 to 65 degrees, 

 with a little air on in the daytime? We 

 have it planted with Allen's Defiance, 

 and the plants are about ten to fourteen 

 inches high. Some show bud, but we 

 think they will have short stems, and if 

 65 degrees would make the stem run up 

 more would it make the flower smaller? 

 A. B. C. 



You are keeping your mignonette much 

 too high. Allen's Defiance'is a fine vari- 

 ety if you can get it true, but no mignon- 

 ette should be kept in dark weather over 

 40 to 45 degrees at night. Keep lateral 

 growths rubbed off if you expect fine, 

 strong spikes, and never let the night 

 temperature go over 45 degrees. Give 

 ventilation on all possible occasions. It 

 is the absurdly high temperature that 

 makes your flowers small. W. S. 



COMMERCIAL VARIETIES. 



[A sj'nopsls of a paper by Herman Knope, 

 read before the Detroit Florists' Club, Novem- 

 ber 21, 1906.] 



The chrysanthemum is the most deco- 

 rative flower we have, and if nature had 

 been good enough to provide it with the 

 fragrance of the American Beauty, then 

 nothing could surpass it. I think we owe 

 the originators many thanks for the 

 good varieties we have today, especially 

 those we grow for commercial use. 



We should, in my estimation, grow the 

 varieties that sell best and the trade de- 

 mands. If any grower is growing mums 

 for the wholesale market and is not 

 acquainted with the varieties that the 

 trade demands, it will be to his advan- 

 tage, financially, to have the store man 

 or commission house keep him posted on 

 such varieties as the flower buying pub- 

 lic demands. It is a wise plan to grow 

 such varieties as are admired by the 

 public at the exhibitions held in the 



