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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 7, 1011. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN ENGLAND. 



In Market and Exhibition. 



In the market, iu the greenhouses, in 

 the shows, and whenever and wherever 

 growers meet, chrysanthemums are the 

 leading topic. In the markets the sea- 

 son opened with good prices, as blooms 

 were scarce, owing to the drought. Then 

 came heavy supplies and a big drop in 

 prices. Now prices rule pretty much 

 thle same as in former years, but only 

 good quality is of any use; second-rate 

 stock will not sell at any price. In the 

 greenhouses, plants are doing well and 

 little coal is required, as we have not 

 had any frosts to disturb the stoker 's 

 piece of mind or the grower's pocket. 



The quality at the shows has been 

 fully up to the status of recent years. 

 Nothing has been seen of an exception- 

 ally novel character, but a few of the 

 certificated varieties will, no doubt, 

 make their mark. 



Popularity of the Singles. 



Single-flowered varieties maintain 

 their popularity for decorative purposes 

 and there is a marked improvement in 

 the newer introductions as regards 

 stoutness of petal. Successful market- 

 ing has been a trouble with singles, ow- 

 ing to their propensity to wilt, but this 

 is being surmounted by introducing va- 

 rieties with more substance in the flow- 

 ers. For dinner table and home decora- 

 tions they are admirably adapted and 

 are popular favorites. 



Growers generally are not overen- 

 thusiastic about singles, as they do not 

 yield so much hard cash per square yard 

 as decorative Japanese kinds. Cragg, 

 Harrison & Cragg, of Heston, Middle- 

 sex, grow and market them in perfec- 

 tion and they have raised some good 

 things; so, also, have W. J. Godfrey & 

 Sons, of Exmouth. These and a few 

 others have exhibited singles exten- 

 sively at shows this season. A few 

 Ihat have already proved really good 

 are Edith Pagram, Bronze Pagram, 

 Mensa, Celia, Merstham Jewel, Konpell 

 Beauty, Mrs. W. G. Patching, Miss 

 Mary Pope, Mary Eichardson, J. B. 

 Howe, Heston Bronze and White Pa- 

 gram. 



Among the cleverest things in chrys- 

 anthemum cultivation to be recorded 

 are the plants grown and marketed by 

 Butler Bros. They are simply mar- 

 velous — plants eighteen to twenty-four 

 inches high, in 5-inch pots, with foliage 

 from the rim of the pots upward and 

 eight to a dozen large blooms. Butler 

 Bros, have studied this method of cul- 

 ture for years and, although they have 

 many competitors, they stand unrivaled. 

 A few of the best for the purpose are 

 «Caprice dii Printemps. Tapis d 'Or, La 

 Pactole, Felton's Favorite, October 

 Bronze, October Yellow and Mrs. Roots. 



At the National Show. 



At the National Chrysanthemum So 

 ciety's show, held at the Crystal Pal- 

 ace, London, the prize of honor was 

 awarded to Norman Davis, Framfield, 

 for a large group, including all types, 

 arranged with fine harmony and effect. 

 Others who made their mark with 

 groups and flowers, all leaders in the 

 chrysanthemum world, were H. J. Jones, 

 Lewisham; W. Wells & Co., Merstham; 

 W. J. Godfrey & Sons, Exmouth, and 

 H. Cannell & Sons, Swauley. 



Varieties honored with first class cer- 

 tificates were: 



Mrs. Andrew Walkur. JupiuiL'sc, ricli cUestimt 

 red, from W. Wells & Co. 



Mrs. Percy E. Wiseman, iiifurvod, primrose 

 yellow, from P. E. Wiseman. 



Heston Bronze, a nice decorative (lower, from 

 Cragg, Harrison & Cragg. 



All the others that received the cov- 

 eted F. C. C. were singles, namely: 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. B. E. Hayward. 



Celia. yellow, from Cragg, Harrison & Cragg. 



Mrs. Jolin Peed, briglit yellow, from Feed & 

 Sons. 



Catorliam Bronze, a fine bronze with a yellow 

 zone, from F. Brazier. 



It. P. P.urge, wliite. from P. Ladds. 



Miss Margaret Walker, a large, bold golden 

 bronze, from \V. Weils & Co. 



Charles Dickens, ricli yellow, from Norman 

 Davis. 



I must go back in my notes to the 

 point where I said that nothing highly 

 sensational had been shown. The one 

 sensational variety of the season I have 

 seen is Mrs. Gilbert Drabble, intro- 

 duced last year by W. Wells & Co. They 



exhibited it in London and Birmingham, 

 and the flowers, as I* measured them, 

 were nine and one-eighth inches wide, 

 eight and three-fourths inches deep and 

 twenty-seven and three-fourths inches 

 in circumference. It is a massive white 

 Japanese flower, with petals full of 

 substance, broad and curling. I have 

 also seen it on the stands of a few 

 competitors at various shows. Next 

 year everybody will grow it. Bee. 



MUM MBS. HATWABD. 



G. A. Lotze, Glen Burnie, Md., has 

 tried his hand at raising chrysanthe- 

 mum seedlings and has had a number 

 certificated by the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America in the last few years. 

 During the last season he received a 

 certificate for the variety here illus- 

 trated^. Mrs. Bartlett E. Hayward, an 

 early, incurved pink. It was exhibited 

 before the Philadelphia committee Oc- 

 tober 21, when it scored eighty-five 

 points. 



LATE WHITE AND YELLOW. 



Will you tell me which are the best 

 white and yellow mums for late flower- 

 ing — varieties that will come in nice for 

 Thanksgiving or later? Please state> 

 also, how to handle them. J. A. F. 



The , white and yellow mums that 

 seem to do best generally are the White 

 and Yellow Chadwick. Nagoya in some 

 cases is a good yellow, but the Yellow 

 Chadwick, providing yon get the E. G. 

 Hill strain, is, I think, considerably 

 better. 



To get them in for Thanksgiving and 

 later, they should be propagated late, 

 say in June or even July, and then 

 kept growing in the fall as long as 

 possible before they make a bud. After 

 the ,bud is formed, the plants must be 

 kept in a temperature of from 40 to 

 45 degrees. Grown in this manner, they 

 will give good flowers from Thanks- 

 giving until Christmas. Any varieties, 

 to produce late flowers, must be planted 

 late and the late bud taken. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



PBOPAGATING. 



When are cuttings generally taken 

 of late and early mums for greenhouse 

 planting? When do growers generally 

 plant them on greenhouse benches? Does 

 an early cutting with two or three 

 blooms equal the quality of single 

 bloom from later cuttings? My loca- 

 tion is Virginia and I never have grown 

 mums under glass. R. G. 



Answering R. G., cuttings are taken 

 from January to July, depending some- 

 what on the season of planting and 

 when it is wished to cut the flowers. 



The exhibition grower, who wants to 

 get the stock in the best possible condi- 



