The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-30

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wildering maze of hothouses filled with
beds of pale pink darkly glowing
red, delicate yellow, and cloud white
chrysanthemums, all splicing the air
with their pungent odor and dazzling
the eye by their shining masses of col
or.
Ever since September 12, when
Madam Fitz Wrigam, the small
early white chrysanthemum arrived,
these flowers have been increasing in
size and variety till the array seems
endless. The wide empty spaces in some
of the houses show large cutting, 700
dull pink GLORY of the Pacific have
just been cut and about a thousand
bright yellow Marion Hendersons"
will go down, today before the cutter s
knife This latter variety has a ragged
blossom and is much worn by the
dilettante of New York.
Chrysanthemums which used to be
known as Chinese and Japanese have
been hybridiZed so much that they can
not now be known as such, but are
classified as incurved and reflex.
The white Ivy" Is one of the old
standard varieties and is grown from
year to year while other kinds drop out
as new ones are introduced every sea-
son. From 450 plants of the white
Ivy" 1000 or 1900 blossoms are secured.
Mrs Henry Robinson" another white
bloom is much liked on account of the
strong, stiff stems which the first crown
buds have. Pink ivory, a light, mas
sive pink, is universally good, the bios
SONS being extra large. Madame
Bergman" is small and white and is
grown in pots for house plants and dec
Grating purposes. The Mrs. Henry
Parr' is a fine yellow of the Japanese
quilted variety. The quilted petals give
this blossom a much different appear
ance from the incurved and reflex
kinds.
The sensational white of last year.
Timothy Egan," is being given a trial
by Mr.. LANCE This is it's first year on
the market and as yet it is somewhat
doubtful whether the plant fulfils what
is promised about it. A Canadian flor
list brought out this new blossom last
year and claims for 1t that the blooms
will average eight inches across 1t is
not yet time for these to open. The wv
H. Chadwick" a white which aver
ages six inches in diameter, is now in
full bloom.
The crimson varieties are rather late.
Mrs John Shrimpton," a dark Grim
son, is just showing color and the
"Black Hawk" a dark crimson with a
russell tinge, is still tightly folded in
its green buds. "Maude Dean" a large
fiat pink blossom is one of the latest to
flower coming near the end of the sea-
son, about the last of November.
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The Kneisel Quartet achieved anoth-
er success in Horticultural Hall last
night. A fashionable audience was
thoroughly appreciative of a program
offering most interesting forms of in
strumental music.
Tho RI ot1o faf iar;,,
Josef Haydn. His quartet in D is
highly characteristic and abounds with
large vitality.
Despite Bernhard Romberg's ex-
tremely adverse criticism of the Bee
thoven Quartet it is considered today
one of his best works.
Caesar Franck was perfectly at
home in the land of the string quartet
as is evidenced by his composition in
D major.
The Dvorak trio is fifty interspersed
among a series of quartets. While not
affording too startling a contrast it
leaves a different impression Of the
possibilities of strings in milder combi-
nation.
Much has been said about the en-
semble playing of the Kneisel Quartet.
but not too much. Their harmonious
blending of instrumental sounds is like
the meeting of wave line with wave
line. leaving no perceptible break be-
tween.
The quartet is composed of Franz
Kneisel, first violin; Karl Ondricek,
second violin; Louis Vencenski, viola;
Alvin Schroeder. violoncello.
The program was: Haydn Quartet in
D major op. 81, No. 5; Caesar Franck
Quartet in d major; Dvorak Trio, op.
IA; Beethoven Quartet in F major, op.
SO, No. 1.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist Churches met in
Laurel Street Church yesterday at 43O
o. m The subject was Twentieth
Century Offerings of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society" Papers
were read by Mrs. E. A. Howard and
Mrs z. H. Moulton. Supper was
served at $50 o'clock by the women of
the church. At 7.30 o'clock a musical
and literary program was given, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. H. H. Paine
and Mrs. George L. Fernald- Then fol-
lowed a social hour.
zee
The first fall meeting of the Wom-
ans Association of Unien Church was
at 3 o'clock .. m. yesterday and the
members sewed till 4 o'clock From
to the foreign missionary department
assumed charge of the meeting. Mrs.
A. S. Kimball presided. Miss Ellen NJ.