. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. s first show on December4 in London. The following scale ofpoints has been adopted for jtidgingnew varieties put up for certificate: Color 5 points Size 5 points Fragrrance 5 points Substance 5 points Calyx 5 points General appearance 5 points Length and substance of stem 5 pointsHabit of plant 5 points Thirty points are necessary to entitlea variety to a first class certificate, andtwenty-five points to entitle a varietyto an award of merit. Growers are greatly annoyed oversynonymous varieties advertised undertwo or more names, probably
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. s first show on December4 in London. The following scale ofpoints has been adopted for jtidgingnew varieties put up for certificate: Color 5 points Size 5 points Fragrrance 5 points Substance 5 points Calyx 5 points General appearance 5 points Length and substance of stem 5 pointsHabit of plant 5 points Thirty points are necessary to entitlea variety to a first class certificate, andtwenty-five points to entitle a varietyto an award of merit. Growers are greatly annoyed oversynonymous varieties advertised undertwo or more names, probably the resultof a similar sport appearing simul-taneously in two or more establish-ments. When new stock is bought thisis not discovered until flowering timecomes round. Another grievance is thelow cutting prices advertised by somegrowers, especially in retail newspapers. Bee. WITH THE GROWERS Vaughans, Western Springs, 111. CHRISTMAS STOCK. A look through the extensive and wellkept greenhouses here revealed a greatdeal of fine stock that we may have oc-. POINSETTIAS AT VAUGHANS GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. the first watering. During Decemberand January little shading is light spraying on sunny days will dothe foliage of the cuttings good. Spray-ing, and the little wateiing the cuttingsrequire, should be done with the hose is not the thing for the cuttingbench, and it takes a good man to handleit intelligently at any time. If you keepyour cuttings in a night temperature ofabout 50° they will show roots in about casion to refer to later, but just nowwe are more concerned with the stockfor Christmas. Clean, well developedand excellently finished stock of allkinds is present, the ordinary marketstock in surprisingly large numbers andrarer and more uncommon varieties wellrepresented. Azaleas are always popu-lar Christmas plants and a house of 800fine specimens in full bloom and readyfor immediate delivery makes a very 1050 The American Florist. Dec. 22, pretty
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