. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 124 The American Florist. Feb. 20 credit for raising Kimberley so it must not be classed as an Australian. It is wrong to class Miss Elsie Fulton and Princess Alice de Monaco as synony- mous, ladmit that until the past sea- son many considered them such. The first named is much to be preferred, the flowers being larger and more easily pro- duced. The florets are smoother and more even, whilst the foliage is less robust. W. J. Godfrey. I do not doubt the correctness ot Mr. Godfrey's comments, as most of the varieti
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 124 The American Florist. Feb. 20 credit for raising Kimberley so it must not be classed as an Australian. It is wrong to class Miss Elsie Fulton and Princess Alice de Monaco as synony- mous, ladmit that until the past sea- son many considered them such. The first named is much to be preferred, the flowers being larger and more easily pro- duced. The florets are smoother and more even, whilst the foliage is less robust. W. J. Godfrey. I do not doubt the correctness ot Mr. Godfrey's comments, as most of the varieties brought to this country are procured from English disseminators. I cannot say how these errors occurred unless my article was written by mem- ory instead of referring to records at hand. As to Lord Salisbury, Lord Lud- low and Matthew Smith, they are still quite new in this country. However, we find all three of these as well as Le Grand Dragon were reported in the Gardeners' Chronicle of November 14 as being among the winning lortyeight blooms, distinct, and were grown by W. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, and shown at the N. C. S. meeting. As to the similarity of Miss Elsie Fulton and Princess Alice de Monaco, I doubt if there are many who could identify the two varieties if placed in stands unlabeled. They are certainly very much alike. I quite agree with Mr. Godfrey that many of the novelties which reach us from England do not respond to our methods; yet we must expect them as good until they have proved other- wise. Elmer D. Smith. Chicago Florists' Club Exhibition. The fourth exhibition given this season under the auspices of the Florists' Club was held at Handel hall, Wednesday afternoon and evening, February 17, and was pronounced by those who regularly attend these club functions as one of the most interesting and successful of the winter series, both in point of the num- ber of exhibits and the exceptional qual- ity ot stock staged. The exhibits com- prised roses, carn
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