. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. s abilityto successfully handle the varietiescoming under his care. Past recordsteach us a great deal if we refer tothem occasionally. As much as I respect Mr. Lemonsability and judgment on matters per-taining to chrysanthemums, I feel itmy duty to convince him that I havenot greatly exaggerated the demerits offoreign nroduction. Referring to the 1902 catalogue of thefirm in which he is bending his energies,I find offered 11 foreign novelties andalso recommended Zi varieties especiallyfor commercial purposes. Among the33 varieties mentio
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. s abilityto successfully handle the varietiescoming under his care. Past recordsteach us a great deal if we refer tothem occasionally. As much as I respect Mr. Lemonsability and judgment on matters per-taining to chrysanthemums, I feel itmy duty to convince him that I havenot greatly exaggerated the demerits offoreign nroduction. Referring to the 1902 catalogue of thefirm in which he is bending his energies,I find offered 11 foreign novelties andalso recommended Zi varieties especiallyfor commercial purposes. Among the33 varieties mentioned there were fourof foreign origin, or rather three of for-eign origin and one which sported inthis country, including the two Fitz-wigrams, Golden Wedding and In 1903 his firm offered 52 foreignvarieties and recommended 31 com-mercially. The onlv foreign varietiesadded to the preceding years list wereNellie Pocket and Marie Liger, butneither of these were among the novel-ties offered the previous year. In 1904 the firm offered 63 foreign. Xo 4 CHRISTMAS W. H. Dnnohhf, Xew York. 984 The American Florist. Dec. 15, be fair it is only just to state that theFrench novelties are as a whole, easierto manage and will be more satisfactoryin my opinion to the average gro\yerthan those received from other foreignsources. I note what Mr. Lemon states regard-ing the C. S. A. scale as well as thecertificates granted the current year. 1do not wish to cast reflection upon thegood judgment of the committees orjudges, as I am fully aware their deduc-tions are strictly conscientious and weremade to the best of their knowledge andbelief, forming their opinion from thesix blooms submitted. Some varieties,however, possess peculiarities that arenot fully set forth in the few flowersconsidered and commercial value cannotbe fully established until the variety haspassed from the disseminator into thehands of the commercial grower for hisfinal approval or condemnation. There ar
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