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August 3, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



11 



Adlantttm Farleyente Glory of Moordrecht— the Glory Fero. 



for the purpose wished: In yellow — 

 Jeannette, Ida, Windlass, Madge and 

 Yellow Gem. White — Queen of Whites, 

 Waco, Myers' Perfection, Snowdrop, 

 Jersey and Eva. Pink — St. Illoria, Sil- 

 ver Queen, Eynsford Gem and Gloire 

 de France. Eed and bronze — Barney, 

 Baltimore, Kev. Hoffmann, J. Lagra- 

 vere and Urith. 



These varieties all flower with us in 

 what may be termed early to midsea- 

 son and they should all be in flower in 

 New Orleans on or before November 

 I. A personal test, of course, is the 

 only way to be sure, and that I have 

 been unable to give. Chas. H. Totty. 



PBOUFIC WHITE SOETS. 



Please give us your opinion as to 

 the best white chrysanthemum, one 

 which will produce as many flowers as 

 possible, the flowers to be suitable for 

 design work? We do not want pom- 

 pons. We should prefer the outcurved 

 or straggly kind, S. F. C. 



It is pretty hard to state which is 

 the best white, as individual opinions 

 differ greatly. The question, as I read 

 it, means: Which will give the great- 

 est quantity of flowers per plant, the 

 ^'straggly" kind or reflexed variety be- 

 ing preferred? One of the best is Mrs. 

 J. R. Tranter. Its flowers are extra 

 wide and spreading and can be made to 

 cover considerable surface. The same 

 is true of White Cloud and Mrs. D. V. 

 West, though they are not often classi- 

 fied under the heading of commercial 

 varieties. 



Commercial whites that give apparent 

 satisfaction, covering the season gen- 

 erally, are Beatrice May, Mrs. Wm. 



Arnold, Marguerite Desjouis, Lynnwood 

 Hall, Jeanne Nonin and W. H. Chad- 

 wick. These varieties will give flow- 

 ers from October 1 to January 1, if 

 rightly handled, and, judging from the 

 orders received, these are the most 

 popular varieties for the average 

 grower. Chas. H. Totty. 



SHADE FOB MXTMS AND ASTEBS. 



Do chrysanthemums or asters need 

 shade on the glass where the tempera- 

 ture runs up to 110 or 115 degrees? 



B. B. C. 



A light shade I have found to be a 

 benefit to asters under glass in early 

 summer, but I do not use it until the 

 plants are nearly ready to flower. 

 Chrysanthemums do not require any 

 shade until their flowers are opening. 

 If the glass is shaded, it will only tend 

 to make the plants more lanky. They 

 are greatly benefited in hot weather by 

 sprayings overhead. Give abundance 

 of ventilation and use the hose freely 

 on the foliage. No matter how high 

 the temperature or how fierce the sun, 

 the plants are greatly benefited and re- 

 freshed by an occasional spraying. This 

 also tends to cool the atmosphere. The 

 ancient idea that it is dangerous to wet 

 the foliage when the sun is shining does 

 not hold good with mums; nor, in fact, 

 with a great many other plants grown 

 under glass. C. W. 



A NEW MAEKET FEBN. 



Although novelties innumerable make 

 their appearance, both in America and 

 in Europe, so few are really useful 

 market pot plants that the arrival of 

 one giving promise of adaptability to 



the needs of the market grower at- 

 tracts international attention. 



Possibly the most talked of novelty 

 of the year in Europe is Adiantum 

 Farleyense Glory of Moordrecht, which 

 the Eedlands Co., A. A. Fabius pro- 

 prietor, Emsworth, Hants, England, is 

 exhibiting as the Glory fern. The va- 

 riety has had innumerable awards, in- 

 cluding the first-class certificate of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society of Eng- 

 land, March 14, 1911, but it is because 

 of its commercial possibilities that it 

 holds the attention of the growers. 

 The accompanying illustration is repro- 

 duced from a photograph made at 

 Gouda, in Holland, where the plant was 

 sent for one of the exhibitions. It 

 shows the characteristic form of 

 Farleyense and gives an idea of the 

 glorified color, from which the fern 

 gets its name. Mr. Fabius, of the Red- 

 lands nursery, is a market grower, and 

 he believes he has in this novelty the 

 finest commercial plant of recent years. 

 He says it is of quick growth, being 

 easily handled, requiring no more heat 

 or attention that Adiantum cuneatum. 

 That it makes attractive plants in 

 small sizes is the general report, and 

 the illustration shows that it certainly 

 is fine in larger pots. The stems hold 

 up the fronds so well as to make it a 

 splendid plant for decorative purposes. 

 The European horticultural trades' 

 journals have given the plant many 

 extended notices, employing all their 

 stock of adjectives in their efforts to 

 show why the plant promises so well 

 from a money-making standpoint. 



Denver, Col.— The Scott-Martin Flo- 

 ral Co. is no longer transacting busi- 

 ness. 



