The Weekly Florists' Review* 



349 



New White Carnation Norway. 



general value, your own experience with 

 sorts displaying certain characteristics 

 of form, color or habit may enable you 

 to much more defirritely determine wheth- 

 er it is wise to take up or let alone cer- 

 tain candidates for popular favor. One 

 well known grower puts it thus: "While 

 the flowers on exhibition do not tell nie 

 positively what it may pay me to try, 

 they do tell me positively what I want 

 to let alone." 



The Baltimore meeting and exhibition 

 will be held in Lehmann's Hall, on How- 

 ard street, and the space devoted to the 

 exhibition will be 71x53 feet. The hall 

 will be lighted by electricity, and to 

 avoid all possibility of damage to the 

 Uowers from illuminating gas, the gas 

 will be turned oil' at the street. 



In addition to the awards of certifi- 

 cates of merit to new varieties that show 

 an advance over sorts already in com- 

 merce there are liberal prizes for well 

 grown blooms of the standard sorts, so if 

 you want to measure your skill as a 

 grower with that of others you may win 

 both glory and cash by entering in some 

 of the general classes. By this means 

 you can either have your positiorr as a 

 first-class grower confirmed by the judg- 

 ment of leadiirg experts or have your 

 self-confidence foned down a little. Here 

 is your opportunity to enter the tourna- 

 ment and liavc a friendly tilt with other 

 good men. We print the premium list in 

 full below: 



Premiums. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



First.— AU entries must be forwarded so as to 

 reach the secretary, Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa., not later than the Saturday before the 

 meeting (Feb. 16th). Exhibitors from a dis- 

 tance will please note that their entries must 

 reach the secretary Saturday, Feb. 16th. and 

 them accordingly 



staged by 1 

 Feb. 21st will be disqualified from any : 

 competition excepting for "Certificate c 



1' iiiti. — K.\tiihih.i^. uhr. aie competing should 



hibition manager so that he can prepare a card 

 giving the same, and placing it with their ex- 

 hibit as snnn as the awards are made. Par- 

 ties exhihitintr n..t for competition are also 

 requestc.l i.' ■■'■•: : ■ iin- rule. 

 Sixth-- 1 ■ II I rmt allowed to com- 



Notice, II I '■ to exhibit plants 



or flow^ei-s iiilii' (hin , iinations are requested 

 to write N. F. Flittnn. c^lifton Park. Baltimore. 

 Md., as early in February as possible for 

 space and information. 



Regulations Governing the Competition for 

 Seedlings for the Certificate of Merit. 



1st.— The variety must have been bloomed 

 not less than three years. 



2d.— Not less than 50 blooms must be 

 shown. 



3d.— Exhibitors entering for the certificate are 

 required to pay an entrance fee of $5.00 for 

 each variety so entered. Those varieties en- 

 tered in the class for preliminary certificate 

 at Buffalo, will be entitled to compete tor the 

 certificate upon the payment of $3.00 for each 

 variety efltered. 



Special. 



Two-year-old seedlings can compete for a 

 preliminary certificate by exhibiting twelve 

 blooms and the payment of $2.00 for each vari- 

 ety so entered; this payment entitling them to 

 compete for the certificate at our next exhibi- 

 tion upon the payment of $3 for each variety 

 from this class. 



Scale of Points. 



The scale to be used for judging all carna- 

 tions at this exhibition is as follows: 



Color 25 



Size 20 



Calyx 5 



Substance 10 



Fragrance : 6 



Total 100 



'I ■ -..111. I ..ilificate or preliminary certifl- 



V. ; I II .1 to" award a carnation first 



11. ■! iiiin I III- IS made a rule so as to bring 

 and keep our shows up to the highest possible 



General Premituns. 



In these there are three classes. 



Class A. is regardless of v-vr j^ty and uses 



Scott. This 



pink must be 



CLASS A. 



First Second 

 No. Open to all Varieties. Prize. Prize. 



1 irio blooms White $12.00 $6.00 



2 100 blooms Light Pink 12.00 6.00 



3 100 blooms Dark Pink 12.00 6.00 



4 Kill blooms Scarlet 12.00 G.OO 



:> 100 blooms Crimson 12.00 6.00 



6 100 blooms Yellow Variegated.... 12.00 6.00 



7 100 blooms White Variegated.. .. 12.00 6.00 



8 100 blooms and other color 12.00 6.00 



CLASS B. 



First Second 

 No. Prize. Prize. 



1 .W blooms White $6.00 $3.00 



2 r,0 blooms Light Pink 6.00 3.00 



3 .lO blooms Dark Pink 6.00 3.00 



■J 50 blooms Scarlet 6.00 3.00 



fi r.'o blooms Yellow Variegated'.'.!.'.'. 6.00 3.00 



7 r,0 blooms White Variegated G.OO 3.00 



8 50 blooms any other color 6.00 3.00 



In Class B introductions of 1900 are not to 



be r-ntoredj they coming under the next cla-ss, 



Introductions of 1900. 



First Second 

 Prize. Prize. 



25 blooms White $:1.00 $1.50 



25 blooms Light Pink 3.00 1.50 



25 blooms Dark Pink 3.00 1..50 



25 blooms Scarlet 3.00 1.50 



25 blooms Crimson 3.00 1.50 



25 blooms Yellow Variegated 3.00 1.50 



25 blooms White Variegated 3.00 1.50 



25 blooms any other color 3.00 1.50 



Special Premituns. 



CLASS D. 



H. Weber & Sons, Oakland. Md., offer $10.00 



for th.- b.-^t 10:1 blooms- $5 00 for the best 50 



hlnnm-. 5: III! for th,. l.pst ?.-, blooms and $2.00 



for III. I.. I L' I I i.Mi. .,' i;. ii.A-icve Lord. 

 ■ KoIm I I Mill & Co. and 



AlbiM M III 11 II I ; ■:-, nil for the best 

 101) III. 1,1, III I • "I'l blooms; $5.00 



12 blooms of Ethel Crocker. 



In the above competition no one grower can 

 compete for more than one prize of each 

 variety. 



CLASS E. 



The Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y.. offer 

 a silver cup to the value of $25.00, open to all, 

 for the best variegated seedling carnation, 

 with white ground, which has not yet been 

 distnbutf-d— ludtrini? to be according to the 



i-i.il calyx, has a stiff stem 

 1 iiiK. and otherwise reason- 

 it m No premium shall be 

 f<\ that possesses a weak 

 that does not hold the flower 

 No premium to be awarded 



.warded to a seedling the flower of which i 

 le less than 2 inches in diameter. 

 Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., offers a s 

 up valued at $25.00 for the best vase of 



E. H. Michel, St. I. m i fine 



silver cup to the indivi.lnn I i lom mi King the 

 largest and finest displa.\ at no.i- .-[....u. This 

 cup is well worth winning, and it is to be 

 hoped that some one grower or flrm will make 

 a display worthy of it. 



The .\mprican Carnation Society offers a fine 



tion M. Ill- wiMi ili'ir own or other foliage — 

 n.i I.I I I used in the arrangement. 



I iiiiii II I - Park Comn 



Ralliii i^h prize of $25.(1 





Baltii 



to 



be 



bited 



The Lawson Medal. 



A gold medal will be awarded fi 



Medal valued at $60.00. 



A silver medal will be awarded f 

 vase of 25 blooms of a seedling cai 

 disse 



12 ■ 



ated. 



"The program for the meetings of the 

 society include a paper upon "The Carira- 

 tion in Health and Disease," by Prof. Al- 

 bert F. Woods, of the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, illustrated 

 by stereopticon views, and a paper on 



