. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8. The American Florist. Dec. I, tenderness. It is a sport from "May- flower"—a very dwarf bedding variety. The foliage is beautifully marked with creamy white, but in all other respects it resembles the original. The exhibit of S. Feast & Son, owing to its arrangement, constituted a very at- tractive feature at the late chrysanthe- mum show. Vacant room in the body of the hall being at a premium, Mr. Feast concluded to utilize the space on the stage between the curtain and the foot- lights. Using t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8. The American Florist. Dec. I, tenderness. It is a sport from "May- flower"—a very dwarf bedding variety. The foliage is beautifully marked with creamy white, but in all other respects it resembles the original. The exhibit of S. Feast & Son, owing to its arrangement, constituted a very at- tractive feature at the late chrysanthe- mum show. Vacant room in the body of the hall being at a premium, Mr. Feast concluded to utilize the space on the stage between the curtain and the foot- lights. Using the dark crimson drop- curtain as a background, he arranged a row of Cocos plumosa the entire width of the stage. Next came a line of Eucharis amazonica in boxes, and a perfect mass of bloom. A lot of Farfugium grande in 4-inch pots set closely together all along the edge of the stage, completed the ar- rangement. The effect was strikingly oriental, and was very much admired. Not a pot or box was visible; it was a lesson on effective arrangement by which some of us might profit. As Mr. Feast says : " It isn't what you do, boys ; it's the way you do ; I wish some one would give us a few points, gathered from actual experience, as to the Puritan and its value for forcing. I am not satisfied with it for my own part; the flowers have an ugly greenish tint and don't open well. It appears to have a peculiar attraction for black spot and mildew, so that altogether I am so far disappointed in it. Indeed, I would not take a dozen Puritans in exchange for one plant of Marie Guillot which I have growing in the same house, and from which I cut a lot of magnificent pure white roses every day in the year. Baltimore, Md. A. W. M. Francoise Lacharme. We have to record the death of this eminent French rosarian, which occurred Nov. 5, at Lyon, France. The deceased was born at St. Didier sur Charon ne, Ain, France, Jan. 2S, 1817. and was con- sequently 70 years of age at the time of
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