. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. see that itmade any difference. Such varieties asF. S. Vallis, Wm. Duckham, TimothyEaton, Col. Appleton, Nellie Pockett,etc., do well but a good many varietiesprove worthless with us although havinga great reputation elsewhere. We needsturdy growing sorts and colors that donot fade badly in the sun. We have nopests to speak of, although the greenlady-bird eats the petals of the flowersif not watched closely. From what Ican learn, the climate of the San Joa-quin valley closely resembles that ofAustralia and I see no reason why weshould no
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. see that itmade any difference. Such varieties asF. S. Vallis, Wm. Duckham, TimothyEaton, Col. Appleton, Nellie Pockett,etc., do well but a good many varietiesprove worthless with us although havinga great reputation elsewhere. We needsturdy growing sorts and colors that donot fade badly in the sun. We have nopests to speak of, although the greenlady-bird eats the petals of the flowersif not watched closely. From what Ican learn, the climate of the San Joa-quin valley closely resembles that ofAustralia and I see no reason why weshould not produce new varieties equalin every way to those brought out inthat country. F. Foster. Cut Blooms For Various Purposes. Ed. American Florist :— Referring to the very interesting dis-cussion in your columns, between FredLemon and Elmer D. Smith, in the ar-ticles, as above, I may say I am neitheran importer of new varieties nor a hy-bridizer and introducer, but I am one ofthose who are constantly looking for thevery best commercial varieties to grow. CrtRYSANTHEMUMS OUTDOOhS IN Durkliam in Ijackiiround, F. s. Vallis in front. burn the roots of the plants as soon asthe hot weather commences. The wirefence method is best for tying about one foot high they arestopped and never more than three stemsallowed to grow. Most writers particu-larly warn growers against over-water-ing, but with us the difficulty is to l)esure that every plant gets sufficient mois-ture, especially down at the lowest August it is advisable to give a lighttop dressing of rotten manure and to- for the wholesale and retail market, andI am naturally interested in any ques-tion bearing on that subject. I havefollowed the above discussion with greatinterest, and I will give my opinion asone of the hundreds of small commercialflorists who are watching these varietiesas they are introduced. I agree with Mr. Smith that the intro-duction and recommending of so largea number of new
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