. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. anksgiving. With me theseseem to do better with late propagationand late planting, even along intoAugust. than now-a-days. arrangement,dusters and ribbon were rarely , Isabella Sprunt and Bon 8ilene,were staples lor cutting, and in the budstate for Winter use are unsurpassed forcharming grace. While there is haidly enough variety inup-to-date market roses to satisfy tliecut Hower trade, still it generally costsmore than is realized to launch new va-rieties i
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. anksgiving. With me theseseem to do better with late propagationand late planting, even along intoAugust. than now-a-days. arrangement,dusters and ribbon were rarely , Isabella Sprunt and Bon 8ilene,were staples lor cutting, and in the budstate for Winter use are unsurpassed forcharming grace. While there is haidly enough variety inup-to-date market roses to satisfy tliecut Hower trade, still it generally costsmore than is realized to launch new va-rieties into popular favor. The evolution of the red forcing rose-say starting with Douglas—is very-marked indeed. What would tlie tradedo minus Meteor and American Beauty . Carnation lore is so well known thatit is not necessary to more than refer tothe earlier varieties. Peerless, Hinsdale,I^a Puiite, Miss Jolitfe, Grace Wilder andothers. There was little or no disbud-ding and every bud had a market enormous quantities used to-daywould literally ;have swamped the tradea score of years ago.^^Palmslaiid decor-. GROVE P. RA-WSON. I confidently expect Wm. H. Chadwickto establish an enviable record inwhites, as it may justly claim to be phe-nomenal in all the characteristics thatgo to make up the idealchrysanthemum. I have, at least, two record breakersfor present season that are starting offin fine shape. The only secretin grow-ing chrysanthemums is that they shallhave no check from start to finish. 1 have long made a specialty of violetswith uniform success, and with persist-ent careful selection. I believe I have animproved strain of Marie Louise—deepercolor and more vigor. I cannot disposeof singles to advantage, but there is anincreased call for double whites. I alsogrow select roses. I regard Golden Gateas the most satisfactory of the newerroses, discounting Carnot for generaluse. My experience in growing rosesteaches me to be conservative in the useof commercial fertil
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