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The Florists^ Review 



Decbmbeb 26, 1912. 



A EUROPEAN SUCCESS. 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. G. Lloyd Wigg 

 has been one of the latest successes in 

 Europe. The bloom is shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration. The color is 

 canary yellow and just a shade lighter 

 than the most popular yellow varieties 

 grown for the American cut flower mar- 

 kets. It has been one of the notable 

 successes on the other side of the At- 

 lantic, some wonderful blooms having 

 been seen at the English exhibitions. 

 C. H. Totty staged it at some of the 

 autumn flower shows in this country 

 and is enthusiastic over it, although he 

 says his stock was received so late that 

 he believes he will get decidedly better 

 results in 1913. 



THE BEST EXHIBITION MUMS. 



Ninth Annual Beview of the Shows. 



In accordance with our custom for 

 the last nine years, we give below a 

 summary of the varieties of chrys- 

 anthemums which a review of the sea- 

 son's exhibitions indicates as being 

 probably the best in their respective 

 colors for the exhibitor to grow. 



The Leading Whites. 



White. — William Turner, Mrs. Gilbert 

 Drabble, Annie Angus, Lady Carmi- 

 chael, Mrs. David Syme, Naomah. 



In this section it is simply wonderful 

 the way William Turner has been ex- 

 hibited during the season just closed. 

 In every exhibition it was the premier 

 white and as grown by some of the 

 crack private gardeners in the west it 

 was just a massive ball of beautiful 

 white. 



Mrs. Gilbert Drabble, which will un- 

 questionably be a large factor next 

 year, was the "largest flower in the 

 show" at several of the exhibitions. 

 It is a looser type of flower than Tur- 

 ner, has a much larger spread, and I 

 look to see Drabble possibly top the 

 list next season. 



Annie E. Angus, as a reflexed or 

 drooping type, certainly has made good. 

 Some wonderful flowers of this variety 

 were staged in New York and, while 

 it is a little deficient in foliage as com- 

 pared with the preceding varieties, it 

 has a distinct place in the classes for 

 short-stemmed flowers. 



Lady Carmichael has climbed over 

 Mrs. David Syme, chiefly because the 

 latter has developed a tendency to run 

 soft and on that account this fall many 

 fine flowers simply rotted on the plant. 

 Another year this tendency liiay not be 

 apparent, but if it is Mrs. Syme will 

 have to drop away down in the list, 



Naomah gives us a beautiful flower 

 and I believe should be more largely 

 giown. 



Improved Yellows Needed. 



Yellow.— F. S. Vallis, Mrs. J. C. Neil, 



Chrysanthemiste Montigny, Eamapo, 

 Yellow Miller, Mary Donnellau. 



We still are waiting for the variety 

 larger than F. S. Vallis, but so far with- 

 out success. Mrs. J. C. Neil meantime 

 holds its own as an exhibition variety 

 and when planted early and well done, 

 although the color is pale, it certainly 

 produces a handsome flower. 



Chrysanthemiste Montigny is inclined 

 to spot badly at the tips of the petals, 

 but just at present is able, in spite of 

 this handicap, to hold its own. As a 

 matter of fact, we could use two or 

 three improved yellows at this time. 



Eamapo is a fine general service 

 flower, but with most of us this year 

 was a little too early for the exhibi- 

 tions. For this I blame the weather, as 

 the year previous it was shown in ex- 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. Lloyd yf^igg» 



oellent shape at the November shows. 

 Time will prove whether Bamapo will 

 have to be classed as too early or not. 

 Yellow Miller and Marv Donnellan 

 are both well known older varieties, the 

 latter being almost invincible as re- 

 gards color, although not any too well 

 furnished with foliage. 



Few Changes in Pinks. 



rink. — Wells' Late Pink, Lady Hope- 

 toun, F. E. Nash, Miriam Hankey, Will- 

 iam Duckham, Loiseau-Kousseau. 



This year shows practically no 

 changes in pink from last year, save 

 that I have transposed and put Wells' 

 Late Pink first and Nash third on the 

 list. 



Novelties are, of course, omitted from 

 this list, but next year there will pos- 

 sibly be a different line-up in the pink 

 section. Elberon as a novelty looks as 

 though it would do some crowding in 

 this section. 



Crimson. — Pockett's Crimson, Wood- 

 mason, William Kleinheinz, P. T. Quit- 

 tenton, Mrs. Harry Turner. 



When it has had a long enough pe- 

 riod to grow, Pockett's Crimson pro- 

 duces a flower that is simply charming. 

 The color is glorious, it does not damp 

 and, where the tips of the petals curl 

 upwards to show the yellow reverse, it 

 accentuates rather than detracts from 

 the beautiful crimson. 



Woodmason is a large, heavy flower 

 that has still to be reckored with in 

 this section. I thought William Klein- 

 heinz would displace it, but Kleinheinz 

 this year did not show the size I had 

 expected it to, and for the present it 

 must stand behind Woodmason. 



Quittenton was well shown in quite a 

 few places, as was also Mrs. Harry Tur- 

 ner. Some of our best growers did not 

 have much success with the latter vari- 

 ety, because they took the bud too 

 early. A bud around September 1 pro- 

 duces a large, finely colored flower of 

 Mrs. Harry Turner, with stiff stem and 

 well able to hold its own. 



Converse King of Odd Colors. 



Bronze and any other color. — Harry 

 E. Converse, C. H. Totty, Glenview, 

 Mrs. H. Stevens, Mrs. O. H. Kahn, W. 

 Mease. 



In this section Converse is at the 

 present time the king. Everywhere it 

 was shown it was a winner and it is 

 also an excellent keeper, which is no 

 light consideration when the season 

 happens to be, as it was this year, warm 

 and bright and flowers are damping by 

 the wholesale. 



C. H. Totty is still good, although it 

 is much better the last week in October 

 than the second week in November, as 

 is also Eose Pockett. 



Glenview is a fine, hard flower that 

 is always exhibited and generally comes 

 pretty close to first money. 



Mrs. H. Stevens is possibly the larg- 

 est of this whole section, but it does 

 not line up for color with Converse or 

 Totty. The other two varieties, Mease 

 and Kahn, are both almost too well 

 known to call for any further comment. 



Taking the shows as a whole, I think 

 we are entirely safe in saying that the 

 interest displayed was more than is 

 usually the case in fall exhibitions, on 

 the part of the public, and the quality 

 staged by the exhibitors leaves little 

 to be desired. C. H. Totty. 



Sllverdale, Pa. — Geo. K. Kester, who 

 sold his business here some years ago, 

 has returned and has repurchased the 

 property, including the greenhouses and 

 thirteen acres of ground. 



