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Decbmbeh 5, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



* Chrysanthemum Grace "Whitney. 



W. Knox and Kose Lawrence, while not 

 much used as long-stemmed vase flowers, 

 are fine for the short-vase classes. Souv. 

 Scalarandis is an addition in this class 

 that may need special treatment to keej^ 

 it from wilting, but so many growers 

 can now handle Merza right that I 

 know manv will handle Scalarandis equal- 

 ly well. 



The two most prominent additions to 

 the yellow class of the novelties are Mary 

 Donnellan and Mrs. J. P. Neil. 



Wonderful Keeping Qualities. 



The whites show Beatrice May as be- 

 ing exhibited more largely than any oth- 

 er one variety. One of the most remark- 

 able instances I know of, in regard to 

 flowers keeping," was told me at the Phil- 

 adelphia show, of Beatrice May. An ex- 

 hibitor, William Robertson, staged flow- 

 ers in perfect condition and won first 

 prizd with the identical flowers that he 

 had exhibited a month previously, which, 

 with all due credit to the skill of the 

 grower in knowing how to keep them, 

 shows wonderful lasting qualities on the 

 part of the flower itself. 



President Loubet did not do very well 

 with me, but some splendid blooms were 

 set up by men who caught an early 

 crown bud. Clay Frick and Mile. Simone 

 Jossier, two new additions to the whites 

 should hold for some time. The latter 

 might be stouter in stem with advantage 

 perhaps. ^ ' 



Mrs. D. V. West and Mrs. F. F 

 Thompson are for short-vase classes only 

 but they cannot be beaten in this re- 

 spect, the former oeing the largest white 

 we have and the latter one of the most 

 beautifnl. May Seddon is a beautiful 

 vvhite, but it needs to be started early 

 to get the best results. The whites will 

 be enriched this year by the addition of 



several good ones, among them W. M. 

 Moir, Mrs. Norman Davis, Mrs. Girard 

 Foster and Lynnwood Hall. 



In the pink class President Viger fur- 

 nished the largest flowers in several 

 shows. It is coarse and often of poor 

 color, but in size it is truly enormous. 

 Reginald Vallis has shown itself to be 

 one of the most striking things of late 

 years and will be very largely grown 

 another year. T^oiseau-Rousseau is a 

 poor color, but well-nigh perfect in form, 

 size, foliage, stem and every other good 

 (juality. It was very popular wherever 



exhibited. Lady llopetoun was shown 

 splendidly in several places, particularly 

 so at Lenox, Mass., by A. H. Wingett. 

 We certainly cannot yet do without Lady 

 Hopetoun. Additions to the pink class 

 this year are O. H. Br^omhcad, Grace 

 Witney and Mrs. Joa. Sinnott, the first 

 an imported variety, destined, I think, 

 to become a leader, and the two latter 

 American seedlings, one of which, Grace 

 Witney, was a\varded a certificate by the 

 C. S. A. 



Few Good Red Novelties. 



Perhaps the most unsatisfactory class 

 is the reds. Very, very few are good, 

 Partridge being practically the only va- 

 riety that does not burn. Wright, on the 

 late bud, is fine if one keeps the feed 

 away from it. I tested a dozen or more 

 reds in the novelties this year and re- 

 tained only one, W. Meredith, which I 

 think should be a welcome addition. 



The any other color class takes in 

 many of the finest varieties we have, 

 Mrs. John E. Dunne, Mrs. J. A. Miller, 

 Ethel Fitzroy and E. J. Brooks being 

 shining examples. While they cannot 

 be shown as either white, pink or yel- 

 low, when it comes to a collection, or for, 

 say, six varieties, six flowers of each, 

 these kinds are indispensable. 



The additions to this class that will 

 be welcomed will be Mary M^son, Mrs. 

 W. Wells, Dorothy Goldsmith, Margaret 

 Codrington and Kitty Lawrence. Neither 

 of these has been scored by the C. S. A., 

 because stock was scarce with me and 

 it is impossible to exhibit at several 

 places and have enough to do the vari- 

 ety justice. Were I to exhibit at all 

 the shows where I am asked to exhibit, 

 and where I would like to exhibit, I 

 would need several hundreds of each 

 variety, and those who have tried im- 

 porting plants do not need to be told 

 that this is impossible. 



The Exhibitions. 



Speaking so far as my personal ob- 

 servation goes, I would say that the av- 

 erage quality of the flowers staged was 

 well in advance of any previous year, 

 not alone in a few wonderful vases that 

 were shown here and there, but in the 

 great bulk of the flowers. The growing 

 season, or rather I should say the finish- 



Appletpn and Eng[uehard Grown by W. A. Bitler, Kokomo, Ind. 



