. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 832 The American I"lorist. Nov. II, eties come up to the standard set by the critical commercial buyers and growers of the day. The seedlings are of course extreme- ly interesting, for the work in this line is thoroughly planned and those that are deemed worthy of even a second year's trial have to pass a most thor- ough test. The first year does not of course show the full worth of each va- riety, but careful notes are taken of the best features, and for the second year five plants are tried. These are grown
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 832 The American I"lorist. Nov. II, eties come up to the standard set by the critical commercial buyers and growers of the day. The seedlings are of course extreme- ly interesting, for the work in this line is thoroughly planned and those that are deemed worthy of even a second year's trial have to pass a most thor- ough test. The first year does not of course show the full worth of each va- riety, but careful notes are taken of the best features, and for the second year five plants are tried. These are grown to different buds, either crown, flower with fipe foliage of a deep pink shade. A variety named this year is Aesthetic, and it is well named, for according to the dictionary the mean- ing of the word is "that which em- bodies beauty in nature and ; It is certainly a most exquisite flower of the softest yellow in color. The flower is not one of the immense blooms, but of good size, but the particular charm is the shape and the manner in which the petals into the center, over- lapping each other in a most pleasing way. The growers of fifteen years ago. GREENHOUSES OF ELMER D. SMITH & ADRIAN, MICH. second crown or terminal, and the dates at which the buds set carefully noted. Again the weeding process is gone through and it takes a variety with some special advance to pass the critical eye of the proprietor, for though these are his babies, yet years of experience have taught him that un- less a seedling shows marked improve- ment on existing varieties it is a waste of both time and money to continue its culture, and unless an advance is pro- nounced the variety must be con- demned. The next year ten plants are grown, and what has proved to be the best bud in the previous year's trial is given the preference and when these blooms are perfected the worth of the variety is known. It is long, patient labor, but with one filled with the en- thusiasm of M
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