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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Januakt 20, 1910. 



Geraaium Emile Zola. 



orange-scarlet trusses of large size; Mar- 

 cellin Berthelot, bright scarlet, nice 

 dwarf habit, should make an ideal 

 bedder; Jeanne Gazin, beautiful clear 

 rose color, vigorous, its heavy trusses 

 carried on long, stiff stems well above 

 the foliage, should make a superb bed- 

 ding variety when better known; Scara- 

 mouche, makes an ideal pot plant, dwarf 

 and compact, color a glorious rich salmon 

 shaded with copper, a color everyone ad- 

 mires, one of the best of the new varie- 

 ties; Sydney, one of Cannell's English 

 round-flowered varieties, the largest 

 florets of any, soft pink of perfect sym- 

 metry; Lucania, another Cannell's va- 

 riety, immense trusses of large flowers, 

 cerise shaded orange with light eye; 

 Pamela, also sent out by Cannell, ex- 

 tremely vigorous and needs a lot of 

 pinching, color crimson lake with white 

 eye, big trusses carried on strong stems; 

 Juste Oliver, the big trusses have a 

 peculiar mixture of colors, purplish car- 

 mine with upper petals light red, fine un- 

 der sunlight; Jacquerie, still hard to beat 

 either for bedding or as a pot plant, its 

 rich crimson scarlet trusses rivet any- 

 one's attention; Richmond Beauty, an 

 old reliabb sort, scarlet with a white eye, 

 very .floriferous; Maxime Kovalevski, 

 splendid trusses of brilliant orange red 

 flowers, makes a superb pot plant; J. M. 

 Barrie, salmon rose, large perfect flowers 

 of the English round-flowered type; 

 Duke of Bedford, makes a fine pot plant, 

 huge trusses of crimson scarlet flowers 

 with white eyes, the individual florets 

 are two and one-half to three inches in 

 diameter; Cannell's Crimson Bedder, im- 

 mense heads of crimson scarlet flowers; 

 Eeformator, dwarf and floriferous, color 

 bright scarlet, an ideal habit for a bed- 

 ding variety; L'Aube, pure white, one of 

 the best of its color; Paul Crampel, 

 equally fine for pots or bedding, its daz- 

 zling scarlet color makes it fine for Christ- 

 mas, it is easily possible to have plants 

 in 6-inch pots carrying a dozen flower 

 heads at a time; Prince Olaf, a splendid 

 rosy pink, large trusses; Emile Zola, 

 Lemoine's finest introduction, rich sal- 

 mon pink, makes a superb pot plant, big 

 trusses which hardly seem to shake out 

 at all, if restricted to one variety for 

 winter blooming it would be Zola; Ian 



Maclaren, same habit as Zola, trusses 

 similar in form, color salmon pink in 

 center of florets, fading out to delicate 

 peach pink at outer edges of petals; The 

 Sirdar, strong grower, brilliant scarlet 

 with white eye; Mrs. Brown Potter, 

 grand, clear rosy pink. 



If restricted to six of the foregoing 

 varieties, my choice would be Emile Zola, 

 Paul Crampel, Ian Maclaren, Jacquerie, 

 Scaramouche and Maxime Kovalevski. 



The plants illustrated were in 6-inch 

 pots and photographed during Christmas 

 week, 1909. The double variety, included 

 by way of contrast, is Queenswood, a 

 pleasing shade of delicate salmon mottled 

 with white. W. N. Ckaig. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Edgar J. Spiess has 

 opened a new store at 211 Genesee street. 

 Mr. Spiess grows his own stock. 



ASTERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



Permit me to offer some words of eri 

 couragement to P. G. C, who wishes t:) 

 grow asters for Memorial day, and whosi: 

 inquiry on the subject appeared in ;■ 

 recent issue of the Review. Don't be 

 discouraged. You can have beautifu' 

 asters for Memorial day if you will avail 

 yourself of the suggestions given bv 

 G. J. Benedict in the Review of January 

 28, 1909, page 80. Mr, Benedict says': 



* ' For the benefit of my brother florists, 

 I wish to offer a bit of information re- 

 garding an early variety of aster which 

 I tried last season, called Dawn of Day. 

 I found the variety catalogued by W. W. 

 Eawson & Co., of Boston, Mass., who 

 claimed for it the earliest record given 

 to any variety of aster — that it would 

 bloom by June 15. So I thought I 

 would see what could be done with it. 

 I sowed my seed by February 15 and 

 flatted the plants as soon as possible. I 

 also potted a few, which proved still 

 earlier in blooming. I had elegant blooms 

 to cut by early May, and, according to 

 my records, I had cut asters to tie up 

 for funeral work by May 9, 1908- At 

 Decoration day, 1908, I had elegant 

 asters to cut, which sold well. 



* * By planting this strain out in a good 

 coldframe as early as the frame can be 

 prepared, one could have a bed full for 

 Decoration day that would bring in 

 many long sought dollars. The blooms 

 are about the size of Boston Market and 

 perfect in shape, with stems eighteen to 

 twenty Inches long. With good treat- 

 ment and plenty of feed, the Dawn of 

 Day aster is a prize which never in my 

 experience has been equaled or even heard 

 of. I shall grow more of them this sea- 

 son, as they come in when it is hard to 

 get blooms of anything except roses and 

 carnations. 



* * The Dawn of Day needs to be grown 

 quite near the glass in its young stage, 

 as its early habit of growth causes it to 

 want to go into a single flower stem if 

 left on too low a bench. 



"Anyone trying this strain of aster 

 will never regret it. The flowers are pure 



Geranium Scaramouche. 



