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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 9, 1911. 



SOME NEW THINGS. 



, [A paper by E. (i. Hill, read before the Illi- 

 nois State Florists' Asisuelatlou at Urbana, Feb- 

 ruary 9, continued from The Review ol 

 February 16.] 



Carnations. 



Following the rose comes the carna- 

 tion, but after the recent symposiums 

 in the trade papers little is left to say, 

 for they were sifted as the fine dust of 

 the balance. Among recent novelties 

 Pink Delight and Mrs. Ward seem ab- 

 solutely sure of permanent place; also 

 Scarlet Glow wherever it can be grown 

 with a strong stem, and Dorothy Gordon 

 as a substitute for Rose-pink Enchant- 

 ress. It is not only a duty but a privilege 

 to test the few offerings of the present 

 year, as they give promise of outrank- 

 ing in their several colors, and we shall 

 probably soon need substitutes to take 

 the place of the four standards which 

 are now so hard worked in every carna- 

 tion establishment. 



Wodenethe is one of these aspirants 

 for place; it will be sent out next year. 

 It is probably the most perfect white 

 carnation in existence, and those who 

 saw it in 1910 at Philadelphia and at 



magnificent Mrs. David Syme, E. F. 

 Felton, Well's Late Pink and Glacier. 

 Strongly entrenched already in favor 

 with the trade as money-making com- 

 mercials are Chadwick Improved, love- 

 ly in its purity of color; Chas. Eazer, a 

 grand white of perfect, approved form 

 for shipping; Cfanford Pink, the pretty 

 early English variety; Elise Papworth, 

 a fine all-round white for every pur- 

 pose; Heston White and Winter Cheer, 

 clean-eut and close-clipped, perfect in 

 color tone. To these will be added 

 Golden Gem, round as a ball and com- 

 pact, and the lovely new singles. What 

 interest would be lost to the yearly 

 procession should the mum family drop 

 out! 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Among miscellaneous plants Julius 

 Peterson is to be warmly congratulated 

 on his Lorraine begonia, Cincinnati. 

 While surpassing the parent in beauty 

 of habit and of color, its splendid keep- 

 ing qualities make it a house plant of 

 wonderful effectiveness and durability, 

 while the parent variety always gave 

 concern for fear it might speedily "go 



Charles J. Maloy. 



the National Bose Show will be ready 

 to greet it with open arms when dis- 

 seminated. 



Chrysanthemums. 



In mums we can hardly wait for 

 autumn to roll around to see the Wells- 

 Pockett and other accepted novelties 

 display their splendors. It is one of 

 the keenest pleasures of the floral year, 

 and the long wait only whets the ap- 

 petite. 



Among last year's novelties which 

 we are impatient to see again are the 



down ' ' on removal from the greenhouse. 

 (!incinnati probably ranks as premier of 

 the entire list of pot plants. 



Wilhelm Pfitzer, of Stuttgart, has 

 given us a new white gladiolus, Europa, 

 which in all probability will rank with 

 America in necessary qualifications for 

 the American trade. This is bound to 

 meet a hearty reception. 



Then there is the comparatively new 

 heliotrope, Centefleur. It is worth all 

 the other varieties put together where 

 a mass of glorious color and waves of 



fragrance are desired. Compact and 

 clean, this variety will give the helio- 

 trope a new place as a garden plant. 



Some cut flower grower will soon take 

 up and grow successfully the lovely 

 double gypsophila, one of the prettiest 

 things that I saw abroad. I am sure 

 that its dainty beauty would make a 

 place for it. It adds grace and ele- 

 gance to any bunch of flowers where 

 it is used. 



Wlntzer's Cannas. 



To Antoine Wintzer belongs the 

 credit of producing the finest cannas 

 in existence, excepting only King 

 Humbert. His Venus was a revelation 

 to everyone who planted it, and now he 

 has made a further record with Mrs. 

 Alfred Conard, a lovely peach pink, 

 with petals as long as they are broad. 

 The canna is no longer a foliage plant 

 only, but is now a blooming bedder, 

 producing the most stunning color 

 effects procurable. 



Nothing can excite more enthusiasm 

 among plantsmen than the excellent 

 new hydrangeas raised by Mouillere and 

 Lemoine. Tbese varieties of tpe Hor- 

 tensia type are certainly of int^^est to 

 all who use this useful plant for pot 

 culture. They are crosses between 

 Hortensia, Otsaka, rosea and others of 

 the class. There has been a long lapse 

 of time between the old Hortensia and 

 the present improvements. Bouquet 

 Rose, Henri David, Mme. Mouillere, 

 Radiant, Mont Rose — these are a few 

 of the ten or a dozen distinct improve- 

 ments in this noted family of plants. 



A striking and beautiful novelty 

 seen at Bruges, Belgium, was the new 

 marguerite, Mrs. F. Sander. It looked 

 much like a chaste and beautiful 

 anemone-flowered chrysanthemum. It is 

 a glistening, pure white flower, produced 

 on long stems. I can imagine no more 

 useful plant either for the production 

 of white flowers or as a pot plant. If 

 it does as well in America as it did at 

 Bruges, it will certainly prove a most 

 valuable commercial plant. 



This is far from a complete list of 

 novelty offerings for the year, but 

 enough to engage the time and atten- 

 tion of the progressive florist for the 

 present. 



CHARLES J. MALOY. 



Thirty years is a long time to work 

 on one job, but Charles J. Maloy has 

 spent his entire business life in the 

 firm of EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, 

 N. Y. There are few nurserymen more 

 widely known than Mr. Maloy. Going 

 with EUwanger & Barry as soon as he 

 had finished his course in the public 

 schools of Rochester, where he was 

 born, he quickly made his way into re- 

 sponsible positions and is now assistant 

 secretary of both the EUwanger & 

 Barry Nursery Co. and the EUwanger 

 & Barry Realty Co. Mr. Maloy also is 

 secretary and treasurer of the Orna- 

 mental Growers ' Association, an organi- 

 zation of nurserymen whose interests 

 lie chiefly in the production of orna- 

 mental stock. Mr. Maloy is a member 

 of practically all the trade societies 

 the interests of which concern the 

 growing of plants in the open ground, 

 and wherever a willing worker is 

 needed he is to be found. 



• Kissimmee, Fla. — Miss Jean Caldwell, 

 an experienced florist, is preparing to 

 build a greenhouse here and supply the 

 local demand for flowers. 



