The Weekly Florists' Review, 



J8J 



Three New Carnations. 



THREE NEW CARNATIONS. 



We pres'ent herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of three new carna- 

 tions that are being sent out this season 

 by the Morris Floral Co., Morris, 111. 

 They have been tested three years but no 

 blooms have yet been exhibited. Mr. 



Mitting says he prefers to have his cus- 

 tom'crs test them for' themselves, merely 

 pledging the honor of the Morris Floral 

 Co., that they are exactly as represented. 

 Following are his descriptions : 



A. Mitting is a clear, light cream with 

 no markings. A seedling of F. Dorner 



ot Suiis Cu. It lias the habit of Mary 

 Wood, one of its parents. Bloom 3J in- 

 ches, good stem and calyx. Free bloomer. 

 ^Ua A. Mitting is a clear pink of a 

 v,.iv i.Mtiv -liinlc. A seedling from G. 

 II , ,',,,, ■ - habit as Crane. Bloom 



"'|),. i;,,,, Milling is a snow white. The 

 best hal)it of :ill the carnations we grow. 

 A continuous bloomer. Flower 2i in- 

 ches, on long, stout stems. Far ahead of 

 any other white we ever grew. 



NEW CARNATIONS. 



Registered with the American Carnation 

 Society. 



l!v \iulurs luisniusscn. New Albany, 

 Ind.": "Hoosier JIaid." Color pure white 

 medium to large size, two and one-half 

 to three inches in diameter, very strong 

 "rower, with long heavy stem, strong 

 calyx and has never shown disease of any 

 kind. Daybreak type. „ , , ^ 



By William Hoffman, Pawtucket, 

 R I : "The Challenger." Color clear 

 bright scarlet, three to three and one- 

 half inches in diameter, on strong, stiff 

 stems and very prolific. Plant compact, 

 ruf^ed grower, producing cuttings free- 

 ly which root easily. "Twentieth Cen- 

 tury." Color bright light pink, unlike 

 any other pink carnation, three and one- 

 half to four inches in diameter, stiff 

 stems and very fre'e blooming; flower 

 very full and deeply fringed. 



Albert M. Hebk Secretary. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



MOISTURE IN CARNATION 

 HOUSES. 



We hear a great deal about tempera- 

 ture and ventilation, but the important 

 question of the amount of moisture that 

 should be maintained in a carnation 

 house is rarely referred to with any defin- 

 iteness, though all recognise its great 

 importance. All good growers have 

 through years of experience and obser- 

 vation become able to tell at once on 

 entering a house whether temperature 

 and moisture are right. I have known 

 men who could tell the temperature so 

 closely that it .would not be worth while 

 to verify it by looking at the thermom- 

 eter But all do not have this quality 

 of "feeling" developed to this high de- 

 o-ree. Otherwise we would have no use 

 for thermometers. To tell whether the 

 air of a house carries the right degiee 

 of raoistui-e is more difiicult than to 

 make a close guess at the temperature. 

 And then decisions regarding the proper 

 deo-rees of moisture often have to be left 

 to°employes. For these reasons the hy- 

 .^rometer or moisture gauge is an in- 

 valuable instrument, and we have found 

 it quite as important as the thermom- 

 eter. 



The hygrometer registers the amount 

 of moisture in the air just as accurately 

 as the thermometer does the tempera- 

 ture I have noticed a distinct improve- 

 ment in our stock since we began to use 

 them -and begin to believe that in the 

 past we have overlooked an instrument 

 that should have been of the very great- 

 est, value to us. Wben we feel that the 

 amount of moisture in the air is right 

 we note the degree indicated by the hy- 

 grometer and then instruct employes 

 that the moisture must be so regulated 

 that the instrument will vary but lit- 

 tle from that degree. 



I am inclined to think that with the 



