JUNE 23, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



9 



get any more seedlings up to t 

 !taml«i"tl- However, I think 



the same 

 gjaiKiaru. j.xuwcvci, x Lumtc I liave 

 forct'd that idea out of court by the 

 luiiiilior of other varieties that have 

 sinri' come to the front.' At the Mal- 

 yeiii show there were a number of pro- 

 f^>ssional gardeners who did not hesi- 

 tate to say that in White Australia 

 jir. Pockett has produced a new va- 

 rietv which promises to increase the 

 intciest in his seedlings on the other 

 gi(ie of the world. 



'•To anyone taking up the raising of 

 aiiv new plant, Mr. Pockett 's advice 

 jg'lo aim at something definite, and 

 piTsrvere along sound lines. More suc- 

 cess, he asserts, will be gained by fol- 

 lowing this advice than by listening 

 to every faddist, who knows what 

 even-body ought to do, and advises 

 accordingly. 



" 'All plants,' said Mr. Pockett, 

 'require certain weather at the various 

 stages of growth, if the best results 

 are to be obtained. After the season 

 has gone, all observant growers of 

 plants are able to give the reason why 

 certain crops failed. This also applies 

 to chrysanthemums. A certain kind of 

 weather is necessary at the most crit- 

 ical time of the plant's existence, or 

 else the time of flowering is somewhat 

 changed, or the quality and quantity 

 of blooms are not up to results ob- 

 tained in ordinary seasons. Supposing 

 the best exhibition blooms are required 

 in this district (Malvern) about, say, 

 the third week in April. Most of the 

 buds would be selected from February 

 5 to 15, according to the varieties. If 

 we get a few rather cool nights about 

 that time the buds form naturally, and 

 there is little trouble in getting the 

 growth that will give the best blooms. ' 



''Mr. Pockett informed the writer 

 that in raising new chrysanthemums it 

 seldom happens that a good exhibition 

 variety is also good as a decorative 

 type. There are so many things to be 

 considered, but the aim of a raiser is 

 to combine as many good qualities as 

 possible. One that has been somewhat 

 neglected is the keeping quality of the 

 bloom. Some are naturally good keep- 

 ers, while others become good keepers 

 owing to a comparatively early bud 

 being selected, which causes a greater 

 number of petals to form. In the lat- 

 ter case the flower is much slower in 

 •leveloping, which produces more sub- 

 stance in the petals, and consequently 

 better keeping qualities. Mr. Pock- 

 ett s present endeavors are centered in 

 t'le raising of varieties in which the 

 "ghtor colors will predominate. Good 

 whites and yellows are always wanted, 

 ^nd the Malvern grower has every con- 

 Jidenoe in raising the standard of the 

 •ghtor colored types. The dark colors 

 )^ere scarce a few years ago, but there 

 IS row a greater number, and there 

 snoiild be no lack in this class for some 

 "nie to come. 



'Of the many varieties at the show 

 ^- F. Pelton must be noted as one of 

 'he most serviceable chrysanthemums 

 raised by Mr. Pockett. In Mr. Pock- 

 ett s winning collection of twelve Aus- 

 tralian seedlings, the varieties were: 

 -trs. David Syme, pure white; Rose 

 f^^el^ott, light gold; Alice Lemon, pale 

 neliotrope; Kara Dow, buflf and yellow; 

 :''**• A. Henley, light heliotrope; Mrs. 

 ^\- Knox, yellow; Pockett 's Crimson, 

 ■rinison and gold; Frank Payne, pale 

 pink; Mrs. W. H. Read, deep red; 

 ^la.hs Blackburn, yellow buflf; Mr. F. 



• Thompson, pure white, and Mrs. 



T. W. Pockett. 



Lexford, brick red and yellow. Of 

 this collection, and in others staged at 

 the same show, Alice Lemon stood out 

 as a particularly fine variety. A new 

 white, exhibited for the first time 

 among Mr. Pockett 's seedlings, has 

 been named Lady Carmichael. " 



Mr. Pockett 's latest variety, which 

 he has called White Australia, he de- 

 scribes in a private letter as running 

 easily from ten to twelve inches in 

 depth and nine to ten inches in diam- 

 eter. This will give an idea of the 

 improvement that is still going on, and 

 the results that this noted grower is 

 producing, by eternally concentrating 

 his mind on chrysanthemum breeding. 



It will be noted that the variety 

 Mrs. David Syme has shown up won- 

 derfully well in Australia, and C. H. 

 Totty says he is looking to see just the 

 same results with it here this fall. The 

 White Australia will not conform to our 

 florists' idea of foliage right up to the 

 flower, as will Syme, but the enormous 

 size will undoubtedly make it a leader 

 in the short vase classes. 



HE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS. 



I wish to say I followed the advice 

 and instructions given me in The Re- 

 view of June 9, for mildewed mums, 

 and I am happy to say the mums to- 

 day are entirely free from mildew and 

 have that nice, healthy, dark green, 

 growing color, as nice a lot of plants 

 as one would wish to see. Thanks to 

 the valuable Review and Mr. Totty. 



A. R. M. 



Qreenfield, Mass. — F. J. Tetter's 

 store, in the Sheldon block on Main 

 street, has been remodeled and enlarged. 

 The vacating of a neighboring store, 

 formerly occupied by a milliner, pro- 

 vided the room for this expansion. 



SUMMER TREATMENT OF DALLAS. 



The selling season for callas is now 

 practically over. Of course, a few 

 growers manage to market flowers the 

 year around, but after the end of May 

 they are really not wanted until Octo- 

 ber. The general method of culture is 

 still in pots; probably nine-tenths of the 

 growers under glass adopt this method, 

 the balance using benches or solid beds. 

 Each plan has its advantages. Where 

 space can be spared, beds are excel- 

 lent, but pot culture permits the grower 

 to move his plants around as he deems 

 fit, and for small growers is preferable 

 to bench culture. The foliage will now 

 show signs of ripening off, but it is 

 unwise to dry off the plants too sud- 

 denly. Stand them outdoors. Let them 

 get any moisture coming from the skies 

 for a couple of weeks; then lay them 

 on their sides and keep them there 

 until time for repotting arrives in 

 August. 



Plants in beds should be dug up care- 

 fully and packed close together in boxes 

 of loam. Keep these under glass a few 

 days, even if it be in a coldframe. 

 A too sudden drying off will injure the 

 tubers. After the tops disappear, pack 

 in dry sand and store in a shed or 

 cellar. Small offsets can be planted 

 outdoors and will make good sized 

 tubers before the end of September, 

 when they can be lifted and potted. 

 The low price of Californian tubers 

 has induced many growers to purchase 

 fresh stock yearly, but good home- 

 grown ones are vastly superior to any 

 that can be bought and will last for a 

 number of years. 



Napervllle, 111.— Charles F. Rohr says 

 that the Memorial day trade this year 

 was the heaviest that he has ever seen 

 in a town of this size. 



