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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 2, 1009. 



IVORY, THE MONEY-MAKER. 



After all is said and done, the annual 

 increase in the size of the chrysanthemum 

 novelties does nothing to impair the use- 

 fulness of Ivory. If there is any other 

 variety of chrysanthemum which has 

 made more money for the growers than 

 Ivory has made, it is BonnaflFon, but 

 among whites Ivory does so well for all 

 the growers, and sells so well in all the 

 stores, that it is entitled to the place it 

 holds among commercial growers. The 

 accompanying illustration of a house of 

 Ivory is reproduced from a photograph 

 taken in the Rosemere Conservatories, 

 Dorchester, Mass. David Ring was the 

 grower. 



SCOTTISH MUM SHOV. 



The annual chrysanthemum show under 

 the auspices of the Scottish Horticultural 

 Association was held in Edinburgh, No- 

 vember 18 to 20. With the thermometer 

 "registering 18 degrees, curlers and skat- 

 ers were enjoying themselves on the ice 

 to their heart's content, but the arctic 

 weather conditions had a chilling effect 

 upon exhibitors and exhibits. The sho\^ 

 was held, as usual, in the spacious Wa- 

 verley market, a most convenient site and 

 an ideal show-ground, when the city is 

 not in the grip of winter. There is no 

 provision for artificial heating and the 

 frosty air and icy chill penetrated every 

 corner, and while there might be differ- 

 ences of opinion as to the merits of the 

 exhibits, all were agreed that it was the 

 coldest show they had ever attended. 

 Naturally some of the plants and flowers 

 suffered, but apart from this, it was a 

 great and grand show. The contest for 

 supremacy was as keen as the frost, over 

 3,000 blooms being entered in the com- 

 petitive classes. The features of the show 

 were the excellence of the Japanese 

 blooms in the leading classes, the fine 

 decorative vases of singles and the ex- 

 tensive display of bouquets, baskets and 

 other floral work. 



The City of Edinburgh cup and £20 

 for the best fifteen vases of Japanese 

 varieties was won by Alexander Morton, 

 gardener, Cullen House, CuUen, who ob- 

 tained 139^ points. His varieties were 

 Lady Talbot (10), Lady Conyers (9), 

 Reginald Yallis (9i/^), Bessie Godfrey 

 (8V2), Mrs. A. T. Miller (11), W. G. 

 Mileham (7), Algernon Davis (10), Mme. 

 G. Rivol (81/2), Mme. P. Radaelli (lOVa), 

 Miss Hickling (91/2), W. Beadle (10), 

 Victoria and Albert (8), Elsie Fulton 

 (8). Edith Judson (10%). J. H. Silsbury 

 (91^); total, 139V^ points. The points 

 are awarded for the following: Form, 3; 

 depth, 3 ; color, 3 ; finish, 3. 



David Nicoll, Rossie, Forgandennv, was 

 second with 13714 points, and in his col- 

 lection was found the best bloom in the 

 show. Mrs. A. T. Miller, to which a gold 

 medal Avas awarded. James Beisant, Cas- 

 tle Huntley, was third. 



The Scottish challenge cup for eight 



vases of Japanese was won by John 

 Finnie, Summerhill, Shandon, with F. S. 

 Vallis (9), Mrs. F. W. Vallis (91/2), Lady 

 Talbot (9), Marquise V. Venusta (91/2), 

 Bessie Godfrey (9%), Reginald Vallis 

 (91/2), Mrs. A. T. Miller (9), J. H. Sils- 

 bury (8); total, 73 points; second, L. 

 McLean, Alloa; third, W. Young, Falk- 

 land Palace. 



Wells & Co., Merstham, were awarde.1 

 a gold medal for the best novelty in the 

 show, namely, Bessie G. Payne, golden 

 chestnut, with long tubular florets and 

 pure gold reverse, a lovely combination of 

 colors and a flower of fine depth and 

 substance. 



Todd & Co., Edinburgh, were at the 

 front with singles, now so popular for 

 cut flower decorations, and the same firm 

 secured leading honors for decorative 

 floral work, with choice arrangements in 

 bouquets, baskets of flowers, etc. 



James Glass & Co., Edinburgh, exhib- 

 ited a large model of the ocean liner 

 Mauretania, worked carefully in colored 

 immortelles, and this was a source of 

 attraction for many of the visitors. 



Bee. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



'^ork of Committees. 



At Philadelphia, November 13, Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., exhibited 

 No. 299-2-08, light pink, Japanese. It 

 scored as follows: On the commercial 

 scale — Color, 15; form, 12; fullness, 

 8; stem, 13; foliage, 11; substance, 13; 

 size, 8; total, 80. On the exhibition scale 

 — Color, 8; stem, 4; foliage, 3; fullness, 

 13; form, 12; depth, 13; size, 30; total, 

 83. 



At Chicago, November 20, James Liv- 

 ingstone, Lake Geneva, Wis., exhibited 



No. 109, lemon yellow, anemone. On the 

 commercial scale it scored as follows: 

 Color, 30; form, 15; fullness, 15; stem 

 and foliage, 18; total, 78, 



At Cincinnati, November 20, Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., exhibited No. 

 299-2-08, shell pink, Japanese reflexed. 

 On the exhibition scale it scored as fol- 

 lows: Color, 8; stem, 3; foliage, 3; full- 

 ness, 14; form, 12; depth, 14; size, 34; 

 total, 88. 



At Cincinnati, November 20, Elmer D 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., exhibited No 

 201-6-08, white, pink tinted, Japanese 

 On the exhibition scale it scored as fol 

 lows: Color, 6; stem, 3; foliage, 3; 

 fullness, 15; form, 14; depth, 14; size, 

 32; total, 87, 



THE SEVERAL SECTIONS. 



[A paper by W. H. Waite, gardener to 

 Samuel Untermyer, read before the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York.] 



There is no need for me to praise Xhe 

 chrysanthemum, for during its six weeks 

 of reign it is supreme. Of all the flowers 

 which we, as florists and gardeners, have 

 to cultivate, there is none showing so 

 many variations in size of bloom, color, 

 habit of growth, etc., as the chrysanthe- 

 mum. These variations no doubt, to- 

 gether with the fact that its beautiful 

 flowers appear during the waning months 

 of the year, are the secrets of the great 

 popularity of this flower. 



There are so many different kinds of 

 chrysanthemums that, in order to study 

 them properly, a division of the genus 

 into sections is necessary, I shall briefly 

 describe these sections, showing examples 

 of each in so far as I have been able to 

 procure them. 



True incurved. — This class is not seen 

 [CoDtinued on page 31 .] 



A House of th&t Money-Making Chrysanthemum, Ivory. 



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