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November 25, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



THE BEST FORTY. 



Every year it has been my pleasure to 

 make up a list of forty varieties, for the 

 benefit of my readers, of the kinds that 

 have shown up most prominently at the 

 shows. The list for this year is append- 

 ed herewith, and the varieties are placed 

 in the order of their merit. I have kept 

 all novelties out of the list, because 

 they have yet to stand the test of 

 being generally grown. 



Yellow — F. S. Vallis, Mary Donnellan, 

 S. A. Naceur-Bey, Mrs. W. Duckham, 

 Yellow Miller, Mrs. J. C. Neill, Chel- 

 toni, C. Montigny, Mrs. Geo. Hunt, Col. 

 Appleton. 



White — Merza, Beatrice May, W. M. 

 Moir, Nellie Pockett, Mrs. N. Davis, 

 May Seddon, Mrs. D. V. West, Lynn- 

 wood Hall. 



. Pink — M. Hankey, Lady Ilopetoun, W. 

 Duckham, M. F. Plant, Frank Payne, 

 L. Eosseau, 0. H. Broomhead, Pres. 

 Viger. 



Crimson — Mrs. H. Partridge, Pockett 's 

 Crimson, Leslie Morrison, Pockett 's Sur- 

 prise, C. H. Totty. 



Bronze and Any Other Colors — Mrs. 

 O. H. Kahn, Glen view, Mary Mason, 

 Rose Pockett, Mrs. J. Dunne, Mrs. J. 

 A. Miller, Ethel Fitzroy, G. J. Brooks. 



This list shows some interesting 

 changes. For instance, the Eatons have 

 practically disappeared from the shows 

 in the east, and Appleton has dropped 

 in yellows to last place. The latter va- 

 riety has been quite disappointing to its 

 admirers this year and will not be nearly 

 80 largely grown again. I am under the 

 impression that many growers start this 

 variety too early and that it does better 

 when planted on the benches in June. 

 It will be interesting to see if Appleton 

 comes back again. Past history says 

 that once a mum gqes back it stays back. 

 We shall see. The yellow section will be 

 enriched by R. F. Felton and J. Locke 

 this year, both splendid kinds. 



The whites do not show much change. 

 Merza is still queen, and deservedly so. 

 Mrs. David Syme is a white that is 

 booked to displace it, and certainly it 

 looks good this year, but time alone can 

 tell, since so many whites have come 

 and gone and Merza still remains. 



The bronze section is the most inter- 

 esting to me. Some of the most beauti- 

 ful things are set down because they do 

 not conform to the florists ' color chart, 

 and here wo find them. Some growers 

 say that you cannot sell bronze kinds 

 in the market,, but this is a fallacy so 

 far as New York market is concerned. 

 Any bronze that has enough life and 

 color, like Mrs. Kahn, will sell readily 

 and at good prices. This variety has 

 certainly made" good everywhere. Mrs. 

 H. Stevens and W. Hotston are two 

 great additions to the * ' any other color ' ' 

 flection this year. 



In the reds, Mrs. H. Partridge has shown 

 up better this year than ever before. I 



do not think that it will beat Pockett 's 

 Crimson another year, when everyone 

 has good stock to work on, but its show- 

 ing this year stamps it as a grand 

 variety. Leslie Morrison and Pockett 's 

 Surprise have both shown up splendidly 

 and have lived up to all that was said 

 about them last year. - 



The pinks do not show much change 

 from last year. Hankey has retained the 

 hold it secured last year, and Duckham 

 is holding its own better than I had 

 expected. M. F. Plant has thrown much 

 better flowers this year than last, as has 

 also O. H. Broomhead. The pinks will 

 have a welcome addition in Wells' Late 

 Pink. 



Summing up the season of 1909, it 

 was in many respects the best we ever 

 had. The weather was ideal and the 



of colors and the number of varieties are 

 far ahead of the past. 



Charles H. Totty. 



FOR SUCCESSION OF BLOOMS. 



Will you please give the names of 

 some good varieties of mums, so that 

 I can grow a succession from early until 

 late? I am now growing Major Bon- 

 naflfon, White Bonnaffon, Ivory and 

 Pink Ivory. J, A. F. 



The following list, while it may not 

 include every good commercial variety, 

 will give J. A. F. flowers to cut from 

 the beginning to the end of the season. 

 I have placed them in the order in which 

 they will flower. 



Yellow: Golden Glow V Monrovia,_Xel— 



Cbiysanthemum Mrs. David Syme. 



flowers finished perfectly. The shows 

 were well attended and the interest is up 

 to fever heat again. The knocker may 

 knock, as usual, and say we are scoring 

 no advance, but he hag said that for ten 

 years, and actual measurements of the 

 flowers easily disprove his remarks so 

 far as size is concerned, while the range 



low Miller, Chadwick, Col. Appleton and 

 Yellow Chadwick. 



White: Polly Eose, October Frost, 

 Beatrice May, Nellie Pockett, Mile. Dee- 

 jouis and W. H. Chadwick. 



Pink: Pacific, Mrs. Coombea, Wm. 

 Duckham, Dr. Enguehard and W. ^. 

 Brock. 



