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JOLY 15, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



not far distant when the formal flower 

 bed will be a thing of the past. 



HARRY TURNER. 



The accompanying portrait of Harry 

 Turner is reproduced from a snapshot of 

 that debonair gentleman made in the 

 conservatories of his employer, Howard 

 Gould, at Castle Gould, Long Island, 

 N. Y. Mr. Turner is one of the most 

 widely known of the gardeners on the big 

 estates around New Yofk. He has been 

 a leading exhibitor at flower shows and 

 has participated in the activities of both 

 national an^ local societies for so many 

 years that he has been brought in contact 

 with a greater number of commercial 

 men than most of those whose growing ia 

 for private establishments. At the last 

 meeting of the New York Florists' Club 

 he was the choice for vice-president and 

 the president's chair came to him upon 

 the death of E. V. Hallock. Last week 

 Mr. Turner was elected president of the 

 new National Sweet Pea Society, at the 

 organization of which he exhibited a 

 greater number of varieties of sweet peas 

 than any other contestant for the many 

 cups and trophies. 



THRIPS ON MUMS. 



What is the disease on the enclosed 

 chrysanthemum leaf, and what can you 

 suggest as a cure or preventive? C. L. 



The leaf submitted shows no organic 

 disease, but it does show the presence of 

 numerous tiny thrips. I do not know 

 the name of this particular species of 

 thrips, but it is common on mums, par- 

 ticularly when the plants are small, when 

 it is difficult to hit the under side of 

 the leaves with a stream of water. If 

 C. L. will get a small microscope he will 

 see lots of these thrips on the leaves. 

 They are not much bigger than a red 

 spider and resemble it in shape, only 

 they are a dirty white color. 



Peony Duchesse de Nemours. 



The best remedy is clear water, prop- 

 erly applied. We use a Stott sprayer, 

 which throws a fine stream in an upward 

 direction. Get right underneath the low- 

 est leaf and work up the plant, spraying 

 the under side of each leaf thoroughly. 

 This will take a little time, but it will 

 discourage all the thrips family and the 

 plants will show their appreciation by 

 Qommencing to grow vigorously a few 

 days afterward. Charles H. Totty. 





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PEONY DUCHESSE PE NEMOURS. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph made at Portsmouth, Va., 

 and shows Peony Duchesse de Nemours 

 as grown by D 'Alcorn & Sons. The cen- 

 ter flower was eight inches in diameter 

 and the stem was not disbudded, the 

 other two blooms being on the same 

 stalk. "It is pure white with a desir- 

 able tinge of green in the center, giving 

 it always a fresh appearance," says 0. 

 W. D 'Alcorn. "I am not boosting it 

 with a view to selling roots, but to re- 

 fute the statements of those claiming 

 they know a better variety. This section 

 of Virginia is unfavorable for the best 

 development of peonies, but in France, 

 Belgium, Holland and England I have 

 always seen this variety beat all others. 

 Given an ideal climate and the best of 

 treatment, it will grow six inches in 

 depth of flower, coming to a point. 



Veitch won the gold cup with it, in 1903, 

 I believe. Personally I never have seen 

 a better peony, and I have visited all the 

 principal European growers. ' ' 



There are two peonies bearing the 

 name of Duchesse de Nemours. This is 

 the one of Calot, 1856. Eight growers 

 sent it to the original Cornell trials of 

 the American Peony Society. W. A. 

 Peterson says it is " pure white without 

 markings, with large guard petals and 

 extremely fragrant." Henry A. Dreer 

 describes it as " an extra fine large 

 white." John M. Good says "each stem 

 bears three to six flowers; all come per- 

 fect; it follows Festiva Maxima and is 

 an invaluable white." J. F. Eosenfleld 

 calls it "sulphur white with greenish re- 

 flex; fine bud; extra." Wild Bros, de- 

 scribe it as "sulphur white with green- 

 ish reflex, fading clear white; cup-shaped 

 bloom; one of the best late varieties." 



Wild Bros, also have field notes on the 

 Duchesse de Nemours of Guerin, 1840, 

 which they describe as clear rose-pink 

 with lilac-tinted center; large rose- 

 shaped bloom; on§ of the best early cut 

 flower varieties. ' ' j The Cottage Gardens 

 Co. was the only one to send the Guerin 

 Duchesse to the Peony Society's Cornell 

 trials. Mr. Ward described it as 

 "bright, clear, violaceous pink with lilac 

 tints in center; large, highly fragrant; 

 one of the earliest, excellent keeper and 

 shipper; a valuable cut flower variety." 



So it appears that the florist who 

 plants Duchesse de Nemours will be get- 

 ting a good thing, no matter which va- 

 riety he is sent. 



PEONY LADY DERBY. 



In John M. Good 's peony notes, in 

 the Eeview of July 1, occurs the ques- 

 tion: "Lady Derby — Who sent out this 

 peony?" 



This variety came from Kelway. I 

 cannot say whether it came to America 

 first under that name or not. The first 

 stock of it I knew of came from J. T, 

 Lovett, Little Silver, N. J. It has been 

 sent here under the name of James Kel- 

 way and also under the name of Lady 

 Alexandra Duff. How many more names 

 it may have received no one can tell. 



E. J. Shayi^r. 



PAEONIA WITTMANNIANA. 



A paeonia species which is little known 

 and which has for years been scarce 

 and rather expensive, is gradually but 

 slowly finding its way into European 

 stocks as its price slowly drops. This is 

 Paeonia Wittmanniana, a charming spe- 

 cies, with flowers of a delicate primrose- 

 yellow, not so large as those of some of 

 the varieties of P. oflBcinalis, but of 

 great beauty of form and of pleasing 

 color. These flowers are single, and are 

 succeeded by bright coral-red fruit. 



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