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NOVKMBBK 25, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



out knowing more of the way in whicn 

 they were grown, when planted, the dis- 

 tance apart, etc. 



I can hardly understand such a strong 

 growing plant as Col. Appleton throwing 

 over its flowers and having broken stems, 

 as T. C. B. states. If the plants have 

 been planted very close together, po 

 that they are weak and spindly, it might 

 be accounted for in that way. I have 

 never in my experience seen Appleton, 

 when given a reasonable amount of room 

 and reasonable amount of feed, produce 

 anything but satisfactory flowers. 



If T. C. B. cares to give me a little 

 more detailed information, I shall en- 

 deavor to wrestle further with the ques- 

 tion. Chas. H. Totty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN ENGLAND. 



National Society's Show. 



After the extremely wet and sunless 

 season which we have experienced — 

 probably the worst for thirty years — it 

 «ould not be expected that exhibition 

 blooms would show up well at the 

 chrysanthemum shows. Nevertheless, at 

 the first important show of the season, 

 that of the National Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety, which opened in the Crystal Palace, 

 London, November 3, there was a credit- 

 able display, surpassing the expectations 

 of many. True, the show was not equal 

 to those of former years, as the leading 

 growers were unable to put up such im- 

 posing groups, on account of the weather 

 conditions, but the competitive classes 

 were well filled. 



Some Prize-winning Varieties. 



The great vase class for twelve vases 

 «f specimen blooms of Japanese chrys- 

 anthemums, with a first prize of £12, 

 was spiritedly contested and the winner 

 was found in W. Iggulden, Lock's Hill 

 Nurseries, Frome, who put up the follow- 

 ing varieties: Mme. G. Rivol, C. H. 

 Totty, Lady Talbot, Mrs. Norman Davis, 

 Gladys Blackburn, William Gee, F. S. 

 Vallis, Mrs. A. T. Miller, Frank Payne, 

 Reginald Vallis and Mrs. W. Iggulden. 

 The best display of chrysanthemums on 

 a circular floor space of 200 superficial 

 feet (first prize, £8 8s), was won by W. 

 Howe, gardener to Lady Tate, Streatham 

 Hill, i'or forty-eight Japanese blooms, 

 distinct (first prize, challenge cup and 

 £9), many of the best growers entered 

 and the place of honor was awarded to T. 

 "Walker, gardener to A. G. Hammersley, 

 Esq., Bourne End. His best blooms were 

 F. S. Vallis, Lady Talbot, Edith Smith, 

 Mrs. A. T. Miller, Mrs. Norman Davis, 

 J. H. Silsbury, Mrs. G. Mileham and 

 President Viger. 



A large gold medal was awarded to 

 Norman Davis, Framfield, for a fine deco- 

 rative display, the leading features of 

 which were bold pyramidal stands of 

 Mrs. Norman Davis, Mrs. A. T. Miller, 

 Miss Lilian Hall, Pockett's Crimson, 

 Clara Wells, etc. 



Exhibit of W. WeUs & Co. 



W. Wells & Co., Merstham, put up a 

 most interesting and pretty group and 

 were awarded a gold medal. By the way, 

 W. Wells, the senior partner, is at pres- 

 ent in the United States, picking up all 

 the points he can gather in connection 

 with his favorite flower. No doubt he is 

 in evidence at the leading shows. The 

 group included Alice Lemon, a new pink 

 Japanese; Robert Thorpe, a new single 

 white, and Phosphorescence, a most prom- 

 ising market variety in the way of 



Chryrianthemum Onunda. 



Source d'Or, but a vast improvement 

 upon it. The coloring is intense. 



W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, also secured 

 a gold medal. His exhibit contained 

 promising novelties in Laura Hill, a terra 

 cotta Japanese with straight, broad 

 petals, and Acquisition, a fine yellow 

 Japanese variety with broad, curling 

 petals. 



Dwarf Pot Plants. 



Butler Bros., who are among the lead- 

 ing growers of chrysanthemums as pot 

 plants for Covent Garden, demonstrated 

 remarkable culture in dwarf, bushy plants, 

 about eighteen inches long andvhe same 

 in width, carrying on an average nine 

 blooms, disbudded, grown in 5-inch pots. 

 As decorative plants these are now much 

 in demand, the small size of the pots 

 enhancing their value for the variety of 

 purposes they may be put to. 



Another important exhibit to which a 

 gold medal was awarded was that from 

 Philip Ladds, Swanley Junction, one of 

 the leaders in the chrysanthemum cut 

 flower trade for Covent Garden. He made 

 an extensive and imposing display of 

 varieties as grown for market, arranged 

 in fine decorative style. 



H. J. Jones, Lewisham; H. Cannell & 

 Sons, Swansley, and many other growers 

 were well represented, and quite a break 

 from the general run of the exhibits was 

 found in a collection of roses grown in 

 the open and exhibited by Hobbies, Ltd., 

 Dereham. It was remarkable to see in No- 

 vember such fine blooms of Hugh Dick- 

 son, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Betty, Mme. 

 Melanie Soupert and many others, and 

 yet everyone was grumbling about the 

 weather. John Green, the genial treas- 

 urer of the National Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety and president of Hobbies, Ltd., evi- 

 dently knows how to circumvent the 



weather conditions, for he practically 

 shows roses all the year around. Bee. 



BENEFIT FROM FLOWER SHOWS. 



[A paper liy J. I-'. Animann, of EdwardsvIUe. 

 III., read at a meeting of tlie St. Louis Florists' 

 Club, Xoveinbor 11, 1909.] 



The question, "What do the retailer, 

 the wholesaler and the grower derive 

 from the flower shows?" could be an- 

 swered in many ways and a lengthy pa- 

 per written, on account of the many 

 benefits each branch of the profession 

 derives from flower shows. I shall, how- 

 ever, just try to point out a few of 

 the most important facts pertaining to 

 each branch of the trade. 



The retailer derives much from the 

 flower shows, especially if he is alive 

 to the situation and takes an active 

 part in the exhibitions. While most re- 

 tailers who do not exhibit give as a 

 reason too much trouble and expense, 

 yet it is a fact, nevertheless, that a well 

 managed flower show is the best edu- 

 cator and cheapest advertiser known to 

 the profession today. When you find 

 as many private individuals ready to 

 donate time and money to prizes for an 

 exhibition Avhich they consider educa- 

 tional and elevating to mankind, as is the 

 case in flower shows, it is only the 

 drones of the profession who will not 

 grasp at the opportunity to advertise 

 themselves, as well as help the good 

 movement along by taking active part 

 in the exhibitions. 



The retailer belongs to the only branch 

 of our profession which comes in direct 

 touch with the consumer. The more 

 ways and means he can provide to cre- 

 ate a demand for the prodifct, the more 

 he is benefited. Where is that means 

 more at hand than at a flower sh'owT 



