■'• v.-^i-'»^'y •«- ■ T.-TT- -J ,-t .T- " y-^-'^T^. n'VTw^-yv^'-n'WfW^'n-sf^i^jf^fm '^^t* ppf IJVH- ' ' i'T^^'WV^^^ ^ **« R"i fv*^ J'A- i^A^, , _ | V WW-'^H '^"' V , "• r,'*^''*' V ^^ ""' " T"^ "T 



rTn'^^ff^^'^^'p '" ■f'l'H^V--'' 



-■■yV»5aF- 



38 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Dbcembeb 15, 1910. 



THE BEST THIRTY. 



White and Yellow. 



In accordance with my custom for 

 the last few years, I am naming here- 

 with a selection of thirty best varieties 

 to grow for exhibition, as judged by 

 the way they have shown up during the 

 season which has just closed. 



White: Syme, Moir, B. May, Merza 

 and Onunda. Mrs, Syme has most ef- 

 fectively made good as an exhibition 

 white and today I know of nothing bet- 

 ter in its color. Moir, while it is 

 rather necky, is also near the top in 

 the exhibition class. Merza seems 

 finally doomed to be on the toboggan, 

 from the proud position it has so long 

 occupied as queen of the whites. 



There is another white that has 

 shown up strongly in the western exhi- 

 bitions — one of Smith's last year's 

 novelties, called Naomah. New varie- 

 ties to be grown in this class next year 

 include William Turner and Lady Car- 

 michael, both of which come highly 

 recommended. 



Yellow: C. Montigny, Felton, Apple- 

 ton, Yellow Miller, Mary Donnellan 

 and Naceur Bey. The yellow class was 

 enriched by Felton, from the novelty 

 class of last year, but, while it is a 

 glorious color, it will hardly come as 

 large with average Cultivation as Ap- 

 pleton. Mary Donnellan was also shown 

 in good shape and was the best flower 

 in this color. 



Pink, Bronze, Etc. 



Pink: William Duckham, Alice 

 Lemon, Hankey, Lady Hopetoun, Frank 

 Payne, Eousseau, Wells' Late Pink 

 and Eeginald Vallis. The pink class 

 shows two fine novelties from last year 

 —Wells' Late Pink and Alice Lemon, 

 both of which pushed themselves right 

 to the front as exhibition pinks. Duck- 

 ham was also largely shown, but I 

 think its place will be taken to a great 

 extent by Alice Lemon and Wells' Late 

 Pink. 



Bronze and any other color: Howard 

 Gould, Mrs. H. Stevens, Mrs. O. H. 

 Kahn, Bose Pockett, Glenview and 

 Mary Mason. Bronze is my favorite 

 color in chrysanthemums, and some of 

 the most beautiful things are included 

 in the combination which calls for "any 

 other color." Two of last year's nov- 

 elties, Howard Gould and Mrs. H. 

 Stevens, showed up wonderfully well in 

 this section. Glenview also came to the 

 front at several exhibitions and Mary 

 Mason more than held its own. Bronzes 

 are, as a general rule, classed as unde- 

 sirable by commercial growers, but 

 some varieties of this color were the 

 most profitable ones grown for the New 

 York market this past season. Harry 

 E. Converse is a notable addition to 

 this particular class in the novelties for 

 1911. 



Crimson. 



Crimson: W. Woodmason, Pockett 's 

 Crimson, Leslie Morrison, Partridge and 

 C. H. Totty. In this class W. Wood- 

 mason showed itself as king in its color 

 and was the largest flower at the last 

 two exhibitions. There is enough 

 bronze in its make-up to keep it from 

 damping, which is the bugbear of the 

 grower who tries to get size into his 

 crimson varieties. Pockett 's Crimson 

 more than held its own, and Partridge 

 and Totty were not one whit behind. 

 F. T. Quittenton is the novelty addition 

 in this class, which is now rich in 

 splendid varieties that are easily han- 

 dled. 



The year 1910 will be chiefly remem- 

 bered by the excessively high atmos- 

 phere during the month of October 

 and part of November, which caused 

 many of the best flowers to damp and 

 be practically useless. 



It cannot be said that the shows, 

 generally, were a financial success as 

 compared with previous years, but this 

 was due largely to the weather and 

 other circumstances over which the ex- 

 hibitors had no control. Judged from 

 the purely exhibition standpoint, the 

 mum growers had no more than the 

 usual cause to complain, 



Chas, H. Totty. 



AT THE ZENITH CITY. 



The chrysanthemum house shown in 

 the accompanying illustration is one of 

 those of J. J. Le Borious, at Duluth, 

 Minn., and was photographed Novem- 

 ber 10. The center bench is filled with 

 Yellow Eaton and the side benches 



with Dr. Enguehard. Mr. Le Borious 

 grows only for his own retail trade and 

 IS a large buyer in the Chicago market. 

 Many of the old-timers in the trade in 

 Chicago will recognize the bald-headed 

 gentleman at the right in the picture 

 as John K. Eichter, who many years 

 ago worked for Hovey & Co., Farrell, 

 Gallagher, J. T. Anthony, Walter Kreit- 

 ling, and other of Chicago's pioneer 

 retailers. Mr, Eichter says business in 

 Duluth was never better than it has 

 been this season. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



At Chicago, December 3 — Variety De- 

 cember Gem, incurved pink, exhibited 

 by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 scored: Color, 17; form, 14; fullness, 9; 

 stem, 14; foliage, 10; substance, 15; 

 size, 10; total, 89. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



BEMOVINQ WHITEWASH. 



I noticed some directions in The Ee- 

 view for removing whitewash. I have 

 another method which works well with 

 me. Just spray water on the white- 

 wash, so as to wet it thoroughly. Then 

 get some screened ashes and scatter 

 them over the whitewash and, with a 

 long-handled brush, scrub and wash off 

 the ashes, and the whitewash comes off 

 also. M. E. Hiett. 



Marinette, Wis. — George Vatter con- 

 templates another addition to his range 

 in the near future. 



Chrysanthemum House of J. J. Le Borious, Duluth, Minn. 



