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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw20amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ULRICH BRUNNER R08ES IN FLOWER FOR EASTER AT JOHN McFARLANDS, NO. EASTON, MASS. Chadwick from a bud taken not later than September 20 or a bloom not fully developed not later than November 10, and will pay expressage on such a speci- men to determine the correctness ot this opinion. Adula, a closely incurved vari- ety, shows marked inclination to reflex from extreme late buds. We have had whole batches of H. W. Rieman decidedly reflexed when planted during August, and in many instances Major Bonnaffon has, under same conditions, assumed a reflexed form. The variety in question has an inclina- tion to become pink, which is more appa- rent when the petals reflex. It may be possible that those who get Mrs. Jerome Jones pink from terminal buds, might secure same results with Wm. H. Chad- wick, if the latest form of buds were taken. Chas. W.Johnson, formergrower for W. N. Rudd, has grown quantities of bright pink Mrs. Jerome Jones from ter- minals. Those who have apparent sports should fully consider the varia- tions due wholly to condition, and give at least two or more years' trial to thor- oughly establish the new type, before arriving at definite conclusions. Elmer D. Smith. Ed. Am. Flokist:—The old saying that "give a knave rope and he will hang himself* is aptly illustrated in a recent issue of your Chicago contemporary by the party who writes of chrysanthemum sports. Is he a fool or a knave? When he says that the chrysanthemum exhib- ited last fall by Ira G. Marvin.of Wilkes- barre. Pa., and certificated under the name of Mrs. Edward Salyer, is a twin sister of Wm. H. Chadwick and produced from the same seed, he makes a most damaging admission. An open confes- sion may be good for the soul, but it is often physically uncomfortable. While in my employ the party in question worked under my direction and I am free to state that he required closer "watch- ing" than any man I ever had 'round. Chrysanthemum Wm. H. Chadwick was certificated in its third yearafew months after he left Elmira, "shaking the dust off his feet." Of course I keep a record of crosses for reference, as do hybridizers generally; but the assertion that Wm. H. Chadwick and Mrs. Edward Salyer chrysanthemums are the first varieties produced scientifically sounds "awfully funny." As to the parentage,his memory is as deceptive as his general statements. I happen to know that Niveus is neither the seed nor the pollen parent of Chrys- anthemum Wm. H. Chadwick. The same party once wrote to a trade paper that the only chrysanthemum I ever originated was Mrs. Humphreys (imported by Peter Henderson & Co.). His "sensitiveness" reminds me of the butter Bridget bragged so much about. True, Bridget performed the mechanical part of the work, but her mistress looked after all the details. The mechanical part of cross fertilization is simple enough. Success is but careful attention to details. There is no secret about it—but shallow waters make the most noise, and the fools are not all dead yet. Grove P. Rawson. The Bois de Boulogne. One of the finest pleasure grounds in the world, if not the grandest of all, is without contest the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Though splendid parks may be found in the Old as well as in the New World, and on your side Central Park in New York, Fairmount Park in Philadel- phia and the park system in Boston, to mention only a few of them, are surely beautiful creations, yet none of them possess to the same degree the magnitude of our Bois, with the Champ Elysees and other broad avenues, which are parks themselves, leading to it. A few words about the history of the famous Bois may therefore not be out of place in your paper, before the opening of our exposition. The Bois de Boulogne oflers us the last vestiges of the ancient forest of Rouvray, which derived its name from the Quercus robur, called rouvre in French, and which was the dominant tree growing in the forest in olden times. According to the chronicle KingDagobert enjoyed hunting in thewood, manycenturiesago, whenhe inhabited his castle of Clichy. The antique forest lost its name in the twelfth centurv and was then named Bois de St. Cloud, after the name of the nearest village. In the fourteenth century, a few pilgrims having, in the village of Menule-St.

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