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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBnuAnv 14, 1901. 



; wiry stems; plant exceedingly 



and of fine habit. 

 '70 i> until the dull days of win- 



ul I he very best pure white sorts. 

 ihirk season the center is marked 



led with pink; very chaste and a 

 rllir. The blooms run from 3 to 



■ -. are of fine form and borne on 



■ iii~. It is very early and free 

 ')iii~i's to be a summer bloomer. 



Peter^Fisher's No. J 70, Fine Daybreak Shade deepening to center. 



which will be exhibited at Baltimore. 

 The seedlings that have been maturing 

 under the skilful care of the originator 

 of Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson arc natur- 

 ally of great interest to all. nml wliilc 

 the engravings show menOy ilii i' mm .iT 

 the flower, the following ilr-. ii|i1imii- li\ 

 Mr. Fisher will help to give i :ii na) iuiii~ls 

 an idea of what they are like. 



Governor VVolcott is pure white in col- 

 or. The bloom averages three inches and 

 (ivor in diameter, and has a grand form 

 anil substance. A fine calyx from which 

 I lie petals are thrown well out before ex- 

 paiidiiri;. The blooms arc borne on wiiy 



habit. Allogetlur, ii i- :. \ri;, |. minis 

 ing variety. It m:\\ l-i .li--ririiii:it(>(l in 

 1902. A noticealilr iL.tun i- ilic uni- 

 formity in the sizf ul tin- l.luoms, run- 

 ning from 3 to 3i inches in diameter and 

 very seldom under or over that size. 



Eastern Star is also pure white. It 

 is a deeply fringed, full flower of fine 

 form, with high built center, but does 

 not burst. The stem is long, wiry and 

 very stiff. Foliage small, like McGowan, 

 permitting the plants to be put closer to- 

 gether in {Be house than the average, 

 thus saving space. Mr. Fisher has been 

 selling a limited quantity of this variety 

 this season, which has been very rapidly 

 engaged (always ahead of supply) by 

 growers who have seen it, for the past 

 four seasons, which is a pretty good in- 

 dication of its excellence. It is a grand 

 keeper and altogether a very promising 

 commercial sort. 



No. 170 is a pure Daybreak shade, deep- 

 ening toward the center, which is formed 

 like a rose (with core). A very early, 

 free and continuous bloomer, producing 



enormous flowers, 3i to 4 inches in di- 

 ameter, on long stems. In size of flower 

 and length of stem this variety surpasses 

 the Lawson ( one of its parents ) and the 

 habit of plant is the same upright 

 growth. 



No. 130 is a white ground penciled 

 with pink ; very chaste. A free, vigor- 

 ous grower and bloomer; 3i-inch flowers 



NEW CARNATION NORWAY. 



we [Mc-i'iit herewith an engraving from 

 a |.Ih I nji :i |,h , f this fine new white car- 

 nal i.iii ihii i~ l.riTig introduced this sea- 

 snii l,v M.v-i^. 11. Weber & Sons, Oak- 

 land, ,\ia. It is but fair to state that the 

 blooms shown were cut on a Tuesday and 

 were not photographed until the follow- 

 ing Friday, on account of a delay in 

 transit. It is certainly a very promising 

 white carnation. The blooms of this 

 variety sent to the carnation meeting of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club excited general 

 admiration, and the flower scored 92 

 IKiints, the highest number of any new 

 variety shown. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOQETY. 



The tenth annual meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society will be held 

 in Baltimore, Md., next Thursday and 

 Friday, Feb. 21st and 22nd. 



The annual meetings of this society, 

 and particularly the exhibitions of new 

 carnations held in connection with the 

 meetings, have steadily grown in impor- 

 tance and interest to the trade and have 

 become of the greatest vahie to every 

 glower of carnations, and that takes in 

 almost every florist in the country. 



No one in the trade who can possibly 

 get to Baltimore next week should miss 

 this meeting and the accompanying ex- 

 tiibition. A personal examination of the 

 blooms of the new varieties that will be 

 displayed there may mean the making or 

 the saving of a good many dollars to 

 you. While the awards of the judges are of 



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New White Carnation Easter Star. 



