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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_15_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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"^!. 306 The Weekly Florists^ Review* Dbcembbb 20, 1004. them too literally. While in the main they may do all right, yet you must al- ways make allowance for the difference in in the climate, etc. Being actively en- gaged in growing carnations and writing from experience, as I do, I cannot do otherwise than take this locality as a basis for calculating the proper time for one operation or another. Your own judgment must alter my recommendations to suit your case. Now, if I have not touched upon the different phases of the case as you wished, I should be glad to have you send me a list of direct questions you would like answered and I will do my best to help you out. A. F. J. Baur. OUTDOOR MUMS. I desire to bed quite a lot of mums in the garden, where it is my intention to leave them permanently. I have no ex- pectation of securing exhibition flowers, only good plain mums, and would like the names of about twelve September flower- ing varieties, which will make a fair show in such a situation. The earlier I can secure flowers the better show they will make. Of course I would like several colors. Or would you ad visa planting pompons rather than the standard sortsf H. L. W. What is a good list of chrysanthe- mums, early varieties, for outdoor plant- ing? L. B. A. We would certainly advise the plant- ing of pompon chrysanthemums, where it is the intention to leave them permanent- ly, as it is more in keeping with their nature and it is better to nave small but perfect flowers than larger, imperfect ones. The amateur with this class can, with very little trouble, produce just as fine flowers as the practical florist with all his expensive paraphernalia. We would suggest the following as being the cream of the aster-flowering type, which is the largest of the pompons: Blenheim, silver pinkj Cowenton, sear- let bronze; Hijos, primrose pink; Lady de Vaul, violet pink; Ontario, lilac; Prince of Wales, pure white; Bohemia, pure yellow; Daybreak, daybreak pink; Joppa, violet crimson; Mrs. Vincent, vio- let red; Peto, terra cotta; Sunset, scar- let bronze. R. A. Vincent. CHRYSANTHEMUM PROGRESS. The development of the Japanese chrysanthemum during the past twenty years has been both interesting and re- markable, and it is probable that the enthusiasm that growers and the public alike have shown in the chrysanthemum as an exhibition flower has depended to a large extent upon the large numbers of novelties possessing superior merit from the point of view of the florist that have been introduced each season. Judging from recent experience, it seems hardly likely that such progress as that which has been obtained can be continued indefinitely. In point of size not only are the flowers sufficiently large, but they appear to have attained to a size which is nearly ibe limit of which they are can- able. It is some years now sinc> the variety Madame Carnot was raised by M. Calvat, but we believe that there arc few.
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if any, recent novelties that are bigger than the largest specimens of that va- riety we have seen. In any case, we may regard it as a blessing if greater size is not sought in new varieties, but, in- stead, refinement in contour and rich- ness, variety and brightness in color are encouraged. There are so many good varieties already that we think a very high standard of merit should be exacted in varieties to which certificates are awarded. The Eoyal Horticultural So- ciety's committee set a good example in this way on Tuesday last, when many seedlings were shown for certificate, and all were rejected. The only award made was to a sport that will prove valuable for the supply of the market.—Garden- ers' Chronicle. A FAILURE. Chrysanthemum Miss Winnie Terry. It has often been noted that a chrysan- themum which does well in England and is a valuable commercial or exhibition variety may not succeed under the condi- tions existing in the United States. An example of this is found in Chrysan- themum Winnie Terry, one of the Wells set of 1904. The disseminator described this as a " deep apricot yellow, with long, flat, drooping florets, making a flower somewhat similar to Gen. Hutton but with narrower florets; has splendid foliage and is a good ' doer'; first crown, four and one-half feet. But under our American cultural conditions Winnie Terry has proved itself worthless, so far as first season's results go, and in this case they are apparently conclusive. It is deficient in petalage and shows no merit whatever. The illustration shows the flower as it was exhibited in Eng- land last season. That it will not do for us is to be regretted. RED WAS SCARCE. *' Say! It's a pipe uat red stuff wuz a few chips shy dis Chrismus! I guess red roses and red canackes wuz growin' on every gooseberry bush, huhf Well, not so you could notice it! Lawsons got pur- ty red dp last few days; dat is, dose dat wuzunt blue wuz red enuf to fill orders wit. Even Enchants turned red long about six bells Sat'day eve. "It cert'iy wuz amoosin' to see de wise guys chasin' fer red canacks Sun'ay mornin'. Ye could tell by lookin' at der phiz w 'at dey wuz after de minit ye claps yer lamps on 'em. Dey had a hungry, scart look about 'em w'at says, 'Got eny red carnations? " *' I heard a funny snap about a guy dat wuz shy on red canacks Sunday. He chast 'round to every commish' joint in de burg lookin *^ fer twent'-five red and all he could find ye could put in yer eye. He meets a geezer on de street wit his mits full er bundles an' he cracks, ' Say, Billy, has yer got twent'-five c.p'sf' Weil, Bill had 'em, all right, all right, but he wuz dead leary to let dis oder guy have 'em, 'cause he wuz on wit a few orders fer red hi'self. He tried to stall off dis guy as much as he could but de guy wouldn't be sidetracked an' handed out a awful hard luck story 'bout a' speshul order fer a old customes and beln' only twent'-five shy. When Bill sees he can't stall off de guy he opens up his bundles dair on de sidewalk and gives his nobs a bunch er Chicago. 'Ain't yer got Es- telle?' says de guy. 'Well, I likes yer nerve,' says Bill. 'I tinks dese is red enuf w'en yer ain't got any others.*

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