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The Florists' Review 



Maiiiii i:t. iiiu. 



SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Comparatively Kecent Introductions. 



.''iin;:!!' ijiuiii-- Wi'ic Known ;ini| i^fowii 

 to a jiirati'i oi less cNlcnt as lai' liai-k 

 as twenty years aun. 'I'liey wcic. liow- 

 e\('i', lai';:el\ elasseil a^ weeils aU'l only 

 handled liy ''(rnnk^'" who wanted 

 sometliiii^ di (leient. 



Jn 1!H)4 a collection was iMijiorted 

 I'i'UIll Mli;;laiid. where the yi'owers iiad 

 lieeii steadily inipi'o\ in<; the type. After 

 two year^ of testin;^, some twenty or 

 more \ajieties weie exhildted at the 

 fall shows of r.MKi ;nid attracted a 

 ;;reat ileal of attention. Aliout thirty 

 varieties were d istiiluited to the trade 

 in Aiiieiicii in the sjuinj; (d' liMi7, and 

 some ot' these \arieties are still larL:ely 

 ^rowii. Amon;^ the yidlows ai'e Preto- 

 ria, Kitty liourne and (udden Star; the 

 last named lias not lieeii lieaten yet as 

 a late yellow, for the coloi- is e.\ti-tMnel\' 

 handsome. .1. I". Ani.'ns. l-adysmith an(l 

 Mrs. J-",. K'olieits. ainonii the ]iinks. ar<> 

 still yi'own ex1ensi\ely, while Mary 

 iiicliaidson is still luddiiij: its own as 

 Olio of tlie li(>st of the icddishsalmon 

 colors. In l'.ni*« tliere were ilist riluited 

 thirty six additional imjiorted \arieties 

 from iiiirojie. The^e iinliideil Katie 

 *'o\'eil. (iracie l.aniliert, (iuy W'estlaUi- 

 and Miss Itene ('la;;;^ ainon;^ the best. 



Exhibited at National Flower Show. 



In the fall of I'.Mis the lirst National 

 [•"lower Show was hehl in ('hicajj;() and 

 at this exhildtion the A merica nraised 

 siiijiles Lecame )i()]nilar for the lirst 

 time. Alois l^'icy and .lames Livinjistoii 

 each standi a lar^^c cidlection. The 

 type di' the American single, however, 

 was hy no means ti.xeil. as anemoni's aiul 

 siii;:les w (Mc all staj,n'd toj.'ethei' without 

 much regard foi' the t_\pe. Th(^ liest of 

 the aiuMiioiies weie sent out hy liimer 

 I). Smith. 



W. W. K.'nnedy, at IJed I'.ank. N". ,1., 

 had also raise(l a larye latch of Ameri- 

 can sini,des, one (d' whii h. at leiist. Anna 

 Spanyle, is ;i standard in lluroiie today 

 ami aliout the lie>t late white ;^rown 

 there. 



In I'.Mi'.t wi'i'e sent out t\vei\e no\(d- 

 ties, the lievt id' wliicli, peihaps. was 

 II. S. He\ ins. a hand-oine iiitnson. 



Tile int ro.juit ions rd' I'.tln wrre a 

 tjreat iinprox enient o\ er all pie\ ions 

 varieties. Till-- w;i^ the year ot' the 

 introduction of Syl\ i;i Slade. a lovely 

 rose|iink. with a piiie white zone 

 around the renter. It h;i"- never heeii 

 beaten, xi f;ir a- --t liking; at t r;ict iv e- 

 nesv i-, coiicirneil. I,:iurie I leai n showed 

 inindi the same ctdoi-, .■iiul Meisthani 

 .lowel in its <(dor, terra iidta, is still 

 the lievt thilii: we ha\e. 



The no\(ltii>> loi I!i| I included r'rim 

 son Marv Kiihaidson. .\Iiir;iai('t Tott\". 

 Hilda Wells and .Merstham White. It 

 was at thi- time thnt the >inL;les were 

 ln'coiniiii.' ;i tentnre in the cut tlowci' 

 inarl\et, and it sjieedily de\ doped tliat 



the tall, w eak stemnied llowcrs would 

 lia\(' to lie (diminated liefore singles 

 iMiuhl hold tlieir own in the cut llowei- 

 market, as one of the chi(d' chaiacter- 

 istics (d' a I'ommercial variety is, of 

 ciuirse. a still' stem. It was also shown 

 that the siiij;le I'ow ot' jxdals vvas not 

 enonyh to yi\'e the llowers t(>xtui'e and 

 staldlity enoui;h to enalile them to be 

 shipped any distance without ycttiny 

 crusJied. The siiioles sutfered a teinjio- 

 rai\ s«dlpa(d\ on this acc(uint and it 

 wa^ not thoujiht tliey would ev(>r take 

 the |ilace of pompons or even be a 

 serious competitor to them. 



The Novelties of 1912. 



The 1!ML' list of novtdties cmnprisi'd, 

 amoiiji others, \V. Hu(d\in<:liaiii, which is 

 a beautiful, stitf-petaled ])ink, and will 



Chrysanthemum Lorna Dando. 



\ flni- 'arlv Viuiili l.iit m t cniniKli |)ct;il.iLC Id 

 UHf as a sliipiiini; lloHir. ' 



lie ;:rown thi'~ year perhaps more than 

 an\ other \ariity: Mrs. S;im .Nash, Miss 

 .M;iy Thorn. < eddie Mnson and Miss 

 .Mary I'ojk'. all splendid additions in 

 the set (d' no\idty siiii;les t'or that year. 

 In the fall of nil:.' v.arieties whiidi had 

 I eeii disbudded to a <-ert:iin extent in 

 ordel to ill ie;|s|. their teXtllli' .'ind size 



were dis|ilayei| at the exhibitions and 

 created ;i sensation whermcr shown, 

 .lo'-ephine. when disbmbled, jiroduccil a 

 llowtr six ini lies ;icross, and it was a 

 far i-rv from the^,. vaiiidii's to the in- 



troductions of (dj^lit years previous. 

 .Meiisa moi'c than bort> out tlio jironiise 

 of its youth and was exhibited at tho 

 fall shows of IIMI! in better condition 

 than any other variety. 



It is safe to say that tlie interest in 

 sinjiles is nuudi greater today than it 

 has ever been. We have developed a 

 tyjie that can lie shipped anywhere, 

 having three, ami in many cases four, 

 rows of jiotals, whi<h ;.'i\e the flower 

 substance and enable it to come out of 

 the bo.\ in g;oo<l condition; also, by 

 inactieinjjf disbudding to a I'crtain ex- 

 tent, the size of the individual flower 

 is yicatly increased aiui tlu> color i* 

 much iinpi'o\('d. 



Great Improvement in Type. 



At the last fall show, at Cleveland, 

 my entries were dis(|ualified because the 

 flowers were not single, but semi-dou- 

 ble. Without criticism of the judges' 

 ideas, whi(di, strictly and technically 

 speaking, weie right, there is no ques- 

 tion tiiat the single of the future must 

 be, if not semi-<louble, at least a wide 

 departure' from the primitive type with 

 a single row of jietals around the disk. 

 .Again, it will Ix; found that the singles, 

 if planted in a bench and liberally fed, 

 as one would feed large flowered mums,, 

 will improve so iuu(di that they will 

 lianlly be recognized with the same 

 variety grown under less favorable 

 conditions. 



The flower garden composed of groups 

 of singl(>s in jiots whiidi was exhibited 

 at the Madison, N. .1., show, showed 

 the wonderful adaptability of singles 

 for decorative effects. }{. H. Burge,. 

 whi(di I consider the finest siugle that 

 has ever been raised, was a prominent 

 feature in this collection. Another of 

 this year's introductions is (iolden 

 Mensa, which is having a wonderful 

 sale on its jiarent 's record. 



Types Are Often Confused. 



.Many people seem to be unable to 

 ditVereiitiate between the types of mums 

 and (lass singles with hardy jioinpons 

 and anemones. The ideal present-day 

 single that will be grown extensively 

 for commercial puiiKc-es is perfect in 

 outline, in most cases a» lound as a 

 coin. The center di-k is ]i|-ominent 

 and W(dl delined. and the (lower has 

 tli!-ee or four lows ol' jietals. ('all tlien\ 

 single, call them semi double, call tiiem 

 wliat you will — they .-ire the tyjie that 

 will predominate in the m.-irket for the 

 next lew years. 



Singles should ne\ei lie confused 

 with anemones. Some c.-italogues in- 

 clude (l.arza in the list of singles. (!arza 

 belongs in tlie anenione class, and while 

 it li.as had a phenomenal run as ;i mar- 

 ket Mower. 1 consider singles much bet- 

 ter, becaus(> (iarza, with its -ingle row 

 of still jietals standing (uit from its 

 anenione center, bruises cjuite i'asily 

 unless car(d'ully hamlled. Tlie luirity of 

 < iarza 's cidor lias iteen cnii-idi'red its> 



