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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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where it shows up good it is still a grand 

 thing. All growers may not agree en- 

 tirely with my list as given, but it is 

 compiled only after considerable study 

 of such of the flower show notes as give 

 list of prize winners, combined with my 

 own experience, and correspondence with 

 noted growers. Some good things in tlie 

 French varieties 1 am not acquainted 

 witli, and must perforce pass them by, 

 but if a grower is called on to stage 

 forty varieties and puts up the ones 1 

 have named, in good shape, he will be 

 bound, to land in the money. My list is 

 as follows: 



Yellow. — Col. Appleton, Mrs. Geo. 

 Hunt, F. S. Vallis, Mrs. W. Duckham, 

 Cheltoni, Chr. Montigny, Gen. Hutton, 

 Mrs. E. Crossley. and Mrs. W. Knox. 



Pink. — W. Duckham, Miriam Hankey, 

 Morton F. Plant, Lady Hopetoun, Prm- 

 <lent Viger, Valerie Greenham, Leila Fil- 

 kins and T. Richardson. 



White. — Beatrice May, Aliss Clay 

 Frick, May Seddon, Mrs. D. V. West, 

 Nellie Pockett, President Loubet, Mrs. 

 V. F. Thompson, Ben Wells, Merza and 

 W. Wells. 



Crimson. — Mrs. H. Partridge, Mrs. A. 

 H. Lee, Merstham Crimson, Merstham 

 Red and S. T. Wright. 



Odd Colors.— Mrs. A. J. Miller, Mrs. 

 Henry Barnes, Mrs. John E. Dunne, Mrs. 

 Geo. Heaume, E. J. Brooks, Mary Inglis, 

 Mme. G. Rivol, D. McLeod and Ethel 

 Fitzroy. 



Looking over this list, one sees much 

 of interest, not the least of which is the 

 overwhelming preponderance of the Aus- 

 tralian varieties. The reason for this 

 has been discussed so much that it is un- 

 necessary to more than mention it here, 

 namely, similar climatic conditions. Three 

 lone American varieties only are in this 

 list, namely Appleton, Merza and Mor- 

 ton F. Plant. But there is comfort in 

 the thought that if Ave have three, there 

 is no reason why we can not have others. 

 1 think the time is not far distant wiien 

 this will be changed, but it takfes time. 

 We were wedded to a commercial ideal 

 so long that we are not yet rid of it. 

 Several things shown this fall in seed- 

 lings are distinct breaks from the same- 

 ness, and it is only a matter of time, 1 

 believe, when we will be turning out our 

 quota of good things. 



The Yellows. 



In the yellows, Mrs. Geo. Hunt is the 

 only novelty. It is enormous in size, 

 but nuist be taken on a crown bud in 

 August, as later buds are deficient in 

 petalage. Mrs. W. Duckham has shown 

 up better than ever in many sections 

 and is merely showing, now that it is 

 generally distributed, what an all-round 

 fine thing it is. In -the face of some 

 criticism, 1 have always maintained this 

 and it is pleasant to have one's judg- 

 ment vindicated. Hutton is really too 

 tall a grower, but the flower is fine and 

 the stem is stiff enough to satisfy the 

 most captious critic. 



Mrs. E. Crossley is not so well known, 

 but It will push to the front. It is a va- 

 riety I introduced last year, and shines 

 more particularly in the short-vase class. 



Chr. Montigny makes an immense 

 hloom, but in a fall as warm as we had 

 this year many of the first petals damp, 

 which, having to be cut away, scale down 

 the size of the flower. Mrs. Geo. Hunt 

 ^vl 1 displace Montigny in time, in my 

 belief. Mrs. Knox is somewhat necky, 

 mit a well finished flower of this variety, 

 taken as a flower pure and simple, can 

 not bo beaten in form, size and finish 



Chrysaothemum Ceramic. 



by any variety on the boards. When it 

 comes to staging on long stems, it's b 

 diff'erent story, as the long neck will 

 hang a little and the beauty of the va- 

 riety is lost. Knox is a short-vase va- 

 riety only, but a telling one in its place. 



The Pinks. 



The pinks also show only one novelty, 

 Miss .Miriam Hankey, as I am careful 

 to include only such /varieties as I am 

 absolutely sure of. This variety, as it 

 behaved with me, is the king-pin of all 

 the pinks we now have, making an im- 

 mense flower and having ideal stem and 

 foliage. Space forbids too much de- 

 tailing, but Hankey ie here to stay, un- 

 questionably. 



W, Duckham is so well known that 

 comment is needless, but it is still hold- 

 ing its own in a remarkable manner. 

 Strange that in some sections it shows 

 such an eye. 



Lady Hopetoun is purely an exhibition 

 variety, as the stem can not hold the 

 enormous flower erect, but as a front 

 row flower in the short-vase classes, it 

 will prove a winner every time. Morton 

 F. Plant has not been the general success 

 I could have wished, but it is a fine va- 

 riety when studied out, and as a com- 

 mercial flower 1 consider it fine, as even 

 June struck cuttings produce fine flpwers 

 with me. It will be shown better next 

 year. 



Valerie Greenham is one of the larg- 

 est blooms grown and also, unless han- 

 dleil right, one of the coarsest. The bud 

 should not be taken before Sei)tember 1, 

 as earlier buds have a j)oor color and 



produce a ragged flower. Catch it right 

 as to bud, and Greenham is all right. 

 President Viger is a French variety that 

 I never grew in quantity before this 

 year,. liy^Hjt is a great and good variety 

 in theilapanese section. The flower is 

 immense an<l foliage and stem corre- 

 spond. 



Leila Filkins is holding its own very 

 well and has been exhibited in splendid 

 shape this year. T. Richardson has also 

 been shown finely this year. The color, 

 being a delicate shell pink, is too light 

 to permit of setting up this variety in 

 the or<linary pink cla.ss. It must be 

 shown either in the collections or in a 

 class for light pink. 



The Whites. 



The whites are now getting strong 

 again. Beatrice May has been shown 

 almost everywhere, and invariably fine. 

 This chrysanthemum is a record-breaker 

 in every sense of the word. The foliage 

 is poor, being mottled with white and 

 twisting up some, but that is its only 

 fault. In common with Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones, and otiier splendid whites in their 

 day, Beatrice May comes a pinkish hue 

 on late buds, but I cannot see that this 

 hurts it any. One particular case I 

 know the flowers came a good pink, but 

 that is an exceptional case, due to some 

 local condition of the soil or feeding. 



Miss Clay Frick, as the white Duck- 

 ham is now called, will make its m:irk 

 next year in the exhibitions. Stem and 

 foliage are precisely similar to the pink 

 Ouckham. A percentage of my flowers 

 were a delicate blush, instead of pure 



