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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTODEIt 28, 10(.",l 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Novelties. 



Every year the inquiry conies, with 

 floweriuj;; time, " What 's' new ? " The 

 public, in its eternal craving for some- 

 thing flifl'erent, is always interested in 

 the new things and it is by the novelties 

 every year that v,e measure the step of 

 progress. The usual list of novelties is 

 in order and, by present indications, we 

 will have some beautiful varieties to add 

 to our list. 



The varieties illustrated, IMrs. A. E. 

 Peacock and Mrs. William Wineott, are 

 both American seedlings and were cer- 

 tificated by the New York Committee of 

 the C. S. A. as No. 1 and No. 2, on 

 Saturday, October IG, the former being 

 also certificated by the New York Flo- 

 rists' Clul) October 11. It is a Beatrice 

 May seedling and greatly resembles that 

 variety in form and color, and while it 

 will not. ])erhaps, make so deep a flower, 

 it has excellent foliage right up to the 

 liouer, and the lack of that i.s just the 

 fault of Bi'atriee May. 



Mrs. William Wineott, certificated as 

 No. 2, is best described as an improved 

 ]\Irs. W. B. f:hambcrlain. It will never 

 be n big flower, but it is perfect in form 

 and habit, and as a commercial pink it 

 will come right behind Pacific and will 

 always give ;iii evenly colored flower. 



The Australian Section. 



In the Australian secticni the best 

 thing so far »]>vn is K'. F. iM-ltim. This 

 is a yellow with the glorious sheen of 

 fioldeii Wedding ;uid is even deeper in 

 color than that variety. We h;ive larger 

 yellow.v;. not.ilily V. S. Vallis, Mrs. George 

 Hunt and others, Init there is not in the 

 whole r;uige of yellows a variety with 

 the color o( ];. F. Feltcdi. Jt has re- 

 ceived certificates and medals galore in 

 Austnilia and Kngland, but, best f>f all. 

 it doe? well \\ith us here ami every bud 

 is jiroducing a ]ierfect flower. It is evi- 

 dently a j(oor proiiagator. but that .seems 

 to be its oidy fault and 1 jtreilict a large 

 call for this vari(>ty wherever it is shown. 



^Irs. David Synie is a winner and is 

 here to stay, by ])r(sent indications. It 

 is making an enormous flower on the lines 

 of Mrs. II. Wi'cks and has the foliage 

 right uji to the flower. Mrs. Syme took 

 the gold mediil in Melbourne in' April of 

 this year, as being the liest seeilling in 

 sight, ami we may confidently look for 

 great things from this variety, as history 

 lias shown that the Iiest things in Aus- 

 tralia are the best ones here also, cli- 

 matic conditions Iieing si) similar. 



Gladys lilackburn is n very large 

 flower and seems to come equally well 

 on almost any bud. It is a true Japan- 

 ese, all the petals reflexing as with Mrs. 

 Kno.\, and overlapping each other with 

 the greatest regularity. "Well groomed" 

 describes this variety exactly. Nay. gen- 

 tle reader, I did not say "Wells" 



groomed. That is mere persiflage and 

 this is a serious article. The color of 

 Gladys Blackburn is a pale buff. 



Hetty Wells is one of the most beau- 

 tiful flowers I have ever grown. It is 

 not large, but it has the most exquisite 

 sliadings of old rose and apricot, with a 

 golden tip to each petal. A natural, 

 free growth seems to suit this variety 

 best, and it will probably find its way as 

 a pot variety. 



Keith Luxford is rather necky, though 

 the flower is carried erect easily enough, 

 as the stem is good and stiff. The color 

 is entirely distinct, being a ruby red, 

 and every petal reflexes so that the color 

 shows evenly all through the flower. It 

 is not specially large with me, but the 

 color is so striking that everyone should 

 grow it for exhibition purposes. 



W. Ilotston is first-class in every par- 

 ticular and one of the kinds that will 

 stay with us. The color is rosy cerise 

 and the whole appearance of the plant 



only the reverse. True incurved soi 

 such as this, do not attain to the digm 

 of exhibition flowers where the scale gi\ 

 thirty-five points for size, but they coi 

 prise the bulk of the commercial kin 

 and are the kinds most largely hantllt 

 in consequence. 



Exhibition flowers as a whole have sui 

 fered less from damping this year tha' 

 any year for some time past, and nex 

 week, with shows opening in Madison. 

 Lenox, Glen Cove and other places, wil' 

 see the finest lot of flowers staged tha; 

 have ever been set up in America. Qui 

 growers are getting better versed ever\ 

 year and the varieties are certainly fai 

 ahead of anything we had even a year 

 or two ago. Charles H. Tottv. 



VIRGINIA POEHLMANN. 



Of all the new chrysanthemums whicL 

 have gone out in recent years, none hn- 

 made a greater hit than Virginia Poehi 



Virginia Poehlmann at Komitsch & Junge's, Secaucus, N. J. 



mo.st inviting. Stiff stem, heavy foliage 

 well uj) to the flower, m;ike uj) an en- 

 semlile that will be liked by every 

 grower. 



^irs. ir. Stevens is another exhibition 

 flower th;it will make its way. The color 

 is dillicult to describe, as several shades 

 intermingle. (ioldeii salmon bronze, it 

 is called by W(dls. and ))erliaj)s that term 

 expresses the color as well as anything. 

 These colors are seldom seen in the 

 wholesale markets, but as varieties in 

 collections at a show they are brilliant 

 and telling and, in fact, indispensable. 



W. J. Higgs is the only incurved in 

 the Wells-Pockett set this year. The 

 color is crimson, with mahogany reverse, 

 and being an incurved, it naturally shows 



mann. It was first sent out in 190S an' 

 succeeiled so widl wherever it was groui 

 that the call for stock of it last sprin. 

 was ahead of the supply. This sense' 

 the variety iias done e(|ually widl, s^) tha' 

 next spring there undoubtedly will b 

 another incr(\ase in its planting. 



Virginia Poehlmann originated at tli 

 establishment of Poehlmann Uros, Co. 

 Morton Grovt\ 111., in liMi."), as a spent 

 from Mine. Sahut. It j)l<'ased Augu"^; 

 Poehlmann so well he named it for hi' 

 daughter. It is pure white, a large, soli'i 

 flower of such form and substance thai 

 it is a fine market variety, an extra goo'! 

 shipper. It is early; about October 1" 

 to 20. But its special merit is that it is 

 an "easy doer"; everybody grows it well 



