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OCTOBBE 1, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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EXHIBITION CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



At the present time there is such a 

 difference between the stock produced by 

 some of the most prominent eastern 

 growers for exhibition and the average 

 stock as grown for market, that the 

 accompanying picture may be interesting 

 to many of the readers of these notes. 

 The illustration shows a house of chrys- 

 anthemums grown by Thomas Proctor, 

 superintendent for E. W. Patterson, of 

 Lenox, Mass. From this house, barring 

 accidents, will come, as usual, many first 

 prize exhibits. 



The plants are propagated in January 

 and February and grown right along in 

 pots all the time, many of them being 

 at present eight feet high and growing 

 in 8-inch pots. It will be noticed that 

 the foliage is still perfect, in many cases 

 reaching to the pots. The plants, being 

 grown continuously in pots, are abso- 

 lutely under the control of the grower, 

 and feeding can be done much more 

 heavily in such case, with safety. 



As compared with the average stock, 

 which is propagated in April or May 

 and planted in June, the advantage is 

 all with the earlier rooted stock, provid- 

 ing it is grown without any check, as the 

 longer season of growth means better 

 ripened wood and larger, heavier flowers. 



I know that many growers cannot af- 

 ford the time or the house to grow ex- 

 hibition flowers by this method, and that 

 is one reason why many fine varieties 

 are turned down by the commercial 

 grower. If a variety will not succeed 

 under the hurry-up, plant-in-July-and-cut- 

 in-October method, it is forthwith con- 

 demned and the disseminator more or less 

 profanely sent to perdition. The passing 

 years will likely witness still greater dif- 

 ferences between the stock grown for 

 exhibition and the stock as grown for 

 market. C. H. Totty, 



EAHLY VARIETIES. 



Commercial Sorts. 



Regular shipments of Monrovia and 

 Golden Glow are now being sent to mar- 

 ket and, while the price is not so good 

 as last year at this date, still it is not 

 so bad as it might be. 



Golden Glow is a neater, better flower 

 than Monrovia and is satisfactory as an 

 early yeilow. I think that it will largely 

 take the place of Monrovia another year, 

 because, while the foliage is smaller, it 

 permits of closer planting and will turn 

 in more money per square foot on that 

 account. 



Golden Glow seems to have made good 

 all over the country. Many growers got 

 it in during August and early Septem- 

 ber, but our market (New York) does 

 not seom to need anv quantity till the 



last week in September, as there is little 

 need for mums while the flood of asters 

 is at its height. 



Montmort is also coming in, but it is 

 by no means ideal in color and an early 

 pink that would travel with Golden Glow 

 would be appreciated. 



Polly Rose, Pacific and Roserie will 

 be ready in a week, but, while they fill 

 in a break, they could easily be improved 

 on. 



October Frost is just about ready and 

 is the earliest in white that shapes up 

 right. It is much longer- jointed with 

 me than Polly Rose and consequently 

 makes a nice stem. Polly Rose, with 

 most of us, does not make nearly stem 

 enough to show the flower up properly. 



For Exhibition. 



Exhibition varieties are coming along 

 rapidly, most of the kinds already show- 

 ing color. If buds are any indication of 



the coming events, we are in for a rec- 

 ord year, for never did I see such an 

 even lot of buds as is showing at the 

 present time. 



Last year's novelties are good, Mrs. 

 Norman Davis and Mary Mason being 

 the most promising so far, with Mrs. 

 J. P. Neil, Grace Whitney and Mrs. J. 

 Sinnott close behind. ^Mary Donellan 

 and W. M. Moir are showing more neck 

 than they did last year, but it is early 

 yet to make predictions. 



The novelties coming along of the 

 Wells-Pockett strain show the same heavy 

 foliage and stem and dwarf habit that 

 has characterized these kinds for years 

 past. 



No less than forty new Australian 

 seedlings that I have on trial have mag- 

 nificent foliage and buds and are less 

 than three feet in height. Of the named 

 kinds, C. H. Totty, Mrs. C. H. Totty, 

 Pockett's Surprise, Rose Pockett and 



Exhibition Mums Grown by Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass. 



