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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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brance. ' On the day of the funeral 

 the operators went to pay their last 

 respects to their clerk, and were greatly 

 shocked when they saw their floral trib- 

 ute on the casket, for instead of the fig- 

 ures 73, there, in red immortelles, on a 

 white field of roses, were the figures 23. 

 It was too late to do anything, and as 

 the casket was borne to the grave the 

 pillow sent with 'Compliments and re- 

 membrances* was marked with the mes- 

 sage *23.' The next day an indignant 

 committee of telegraphers waited on the 

 florist for an explanation. All he could 

 say was that he had never heard of 73, 

 but he knew 23 and thought that was 

 what they wanted. ' ' 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Eose Society has issued 

 certificates of life membership which are" 

 very handsome documents, worthy of 

 being framed and preserved, and certifi- 

 cates for new roses exhibited as novel- 

 ties not receiving the society's gold 

 medal but worthy of special notice. To 

 make these certificates more interesting, 

 a new seal has been prepared, which in 

 design is distinct and original. 



The society has now begun its efforts 

 to make ready for thg exhibition . to be 

 held in Chicago. The show of Eam- 

 blers from the west is expected to out- 

 shine in quantity anything which has 

 been given to the public. New roses 

 from two or three growers in the east 

 are expected to be of interest to all who 

 are working along this interesting line. 



The list of life memberships is in- 

 creasing as one and another drops into 

 line. The society is not very rich, but 

 it is likely to become the head and front 

 of the special associations of flower 

 growers in America. 



Benjamin Hammond, See'y. 



BROWN SCALE ON ADIANTUM. 



I enclose a few fronds of adiantum, 

 which are "inhabited." Will you kind- 

 ly name the insect and the remedy! 



Mac. 



The adiantum fronds are badly in- 

 fested with the common brown scale, 

 an insect that is frequently found upon 



Chrysanthemum W. M. Moir. 



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greenhouse plants. When a fern is in 

 such a condition as that indicated by 

 the specimens, it would be best to throw 

 it away and procure a fresh stock, as 

 an insecticide strong enough to kill 

 these pests would be sure to injure the 

 tender foliage of the fern. Solution of 

 tobacco extract will destroy this scale, 

 but would also affect the adiantum 

 foliage. W. H. Taplin. 



THE NOVELTIES. 



O. H. Broomhead. 



0. H. Broomhead is a dwarf-growing, 

 stout-stemmed pink, and will become 

 popular, when generally grown, as an 

 exhibition flower. The color is a deep 

 rose-pink with silvery tips, which, how- 

 ever, show but little, as the flower when 

 finished is a true Jap. 0. H. Broomhead 

 is easy to grow, and early crowns, late 

 crowns and even terminal buds produce 

 full flowers. It can be cut by October 

 20, but keeps for three weeks on the 

 plant in almost perfect condition. 1 

 think we will find in Broomhead a pink 

 that will give satisfaction in the coun- 

 try generally, and not be confined to a 



limited area, as is the ease with some 

 pinks we now have. 



W. M. Moir. 



W. M. Moir can be grown by every 

 one with confidence, for it produced 

 enormotis flowers this year from late 

 struck plants and has hardly gotten ac- 

 climatized yet. I think that when the 

 exhibitors get hold of it and can start 

 with good stock early in the season, 

 Moir will give some phenomenal flowers, 

 as I have noticed that if the showing the 

 first year is good it will be very much 

 better the next year, varieties like Bea- 

 trice May, Mrs. W. Duckham and Mrs. 

 John E. Dunne being cases in point. 

 Moir is the only variety scoring over 

 ninety before the committees this year. 



and for this reason I claim it is the pre- 

 mier variety of the year. The color is 

 an absolutely pure white, and foliage 

 and stem are perfect. The foliage might 

 come a little higher up the stem with 

 advantage, but that is the only criti- 

 cism one can make of this phenomenal 

 variety. 



Mary Donnellan. • 



Mary Donnellan is a yellow that will 

 make its own way. It is a deeper shade 

 than Appleton and a much more perfect 

 flower — two pretty broad statements to 

 make. As a keeper it outlasts any va- 

 riety I know of. The specimen shown 

 in the illustration appeared in my win- 

 ning class, twenty-four kinds, at Madi- 

 son, October 31, and a week later I 

 showed it in the winning class of thirty 

 varieties at New York, where I had the 

 photograph taken on November 8. Con- 

 sidering the conditions prevailing in ex- 

 hibition rooms generally, I call this re- 

 markable. All my Donnellan were de- 

 veloped fully by October 15; yet they 

 kept all right for the show on November 

 6. Donnellan is a tall grower and a 

 little necky, but is well worthy of a trial 

 by every one. 



Mary Mason. 

 Mary Mason possesses to perfection 

 what we have come to regard as the 

 Wells Pockett habit; that is, a very 

 dwarf, robust growth, with the foliage 

 right up to the flower. The style of 

 the flower condemns it from the com- 

 mercial growers' point of view, and yet 

 these are the varieties that people rave 

 over in the exhibition room. To my 

 mind, whatever a lady likes she will 



