OCTOBSB 31, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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FANcvCHRYSANTHEMUNS 



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In Quantity* 



Unrivaled In Decorative Kffeot. 



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 Varieties of Choice Cut Flowers and Greens. 



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improvement on anything in the market 

 today. 



The leading varieties of this class are : 

 Queen Wilhelmina, pure white; Queen 

 Emma, lavender pink overlaid with 

 golden yellow, very large ; Glory of 

 Baarn, soft rose; Paul Kruger, carmine 

 suffused and tipped with white; Duke 

 Henry, carmine red; Germania, straw- 

 berry red, fluffy, artistic flowers. 



There are 317 new varieties of dahlias 

 on trial; some of them have already 

 proven their worth. Souv. de Gustave 

 Douzon, a new French variety, seems 

 to he of unusual merit for cut flowers. 

 It belongs in the decorative class ; it 

 is of unusual size; the flowers are of 

 bright scarlet and can be cut with long 

 stems. Also in this class is Colosse, red 

 suffused with carmine, of immense size; 

 a very full double flower. 



Following are a few of the many ex- 

 cellent varieties which Mr. Clark has 

 kindly picked out: 



Cactus — Country Girl, golden yellow 

 suffused with bronze red; Havel, nym- 

 phaea-form, fiery salmon, very free; 

 Prince of Yellows, clear yellow, long 

 stems, free blooms, good cut flower vari- 

 ety; Rohland von Berlin, cinnabar scar- 

 let, large flowers of fine form; Rosy 

 Morn, pink, lighter center to tips, a very 

 pretty variety; Aurora, rose, shading to 

 white tips, pale yellow center, a very 

 delicate and beautiful combination of 

 colors; Pink Pearl, rose-pink, tipped 

 white, a beautiful flower; Frau Hermine 

 Marx, delicate silvery rose, a very full 

 double flower, desirable as a cut flower 

 variety; Lavinia, pure white, very double 

 flowers; W. H. Sillem, intense crimson, 

 very large; Gottelinde, clear yellow; 

 Horn of Plenty, carmine, shaded plum; 

 Else, rosy white, tipped yellow center, 

 very pretty; Amos Perry, scarlet, long 

 petals, very fine; Keyne's White, pure 

 white, fine. 



Collarette — Maurice Rivoire, rich car- 

 mine, pure white florets of large size; 

 Gazelle, purple, yellow florets, large 

 flowers; Exposition de Lyon, crimson, 

 large white florets, very free bloomer. 



Single — Frau Van der Zyphen, white,, 

 each petal edged with scarlet, -a large, 

 fancy flower; Ami Barrilet, dark foliage, 

 scarlet flowers; Anemone, large white, 

 fine; Black Bird, maroon, very free. 



Pompon — Ganymede, clear amber; San 

 Toy, white, tipped rose; Cheerfulness, 

 golden yellow, carmine tips; Snowclad, 

 white. 



Decorative — Orange King, orange, very 

 fine; F. L. Bassett, glowing magenta 

 purple, very free; Mrs. Winters, white; 

 fine flower; Mme. Van den Dael, pink 

 and white, very fine, one of the best cut 

 flower varieties. 



The dahlias, both at Locust Farm and 

 at Riverton, are in splendid condition, 

 having made remarkable growth during 

 their three months in the field; the 

 tubers are large and well developed. 

 Mr, Clark believes that the tuber is the 

 proper medium for the dissemination of 

 the dahlia, as plants grown from roots 

 are far more satisfactory than those 

 grown from cuttings. The method of 

 housing these dahlias has been so sys- 

 tematized as to render mixing, even of 

 so large a number of varieties, almost an 

 impossibility to workmen whose min<ls 

 are on their work. 



The Firtt Cabinet MeeHne. 



The first cabinet meeting under tlie 

 new administration was held in the 

 Florists' Club's room October 25. The 

 secretary of the treasury was unavoid- 

 ably detained by press of business, while 

 the new secretary of horticulture was 

 out of the city. Those present were the 

 vice-president, the secretary of state, the 

 secretary of the interior, the chief of the 

 bureau of registration, the commissioner 

 of publication, and the leader of the 

 opposition. Why the president had asked 

 the leader troubled the street greatly. 

 Opinions differed, some believing that 

 his presence was purely accidental, while 

 others insisted that this was evidence of 

 the new administration's desire for har- 

 mony, pointing out, in support of that 

 idea, the selection made for the new 

 department of horticulture and its ad- 

 vancement to a position of great promi- 

 nence. 



While all the members present were- 

 reticent as to what actually took placo, 

 it was learned on excellent authority that 



