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Autographs of the Seedsman at the Dinner Given M. Vilmorin in Philadelphia. 



be had in fine shape by this date and 

 what plants we have are producing good 

 blooms on fine stems. We have never 

 seen a single bloom of Olympia exhibited 

 ' in this city, Mrs. Bradt being invariably 

 the variety shown in the class for 

 striped. There were several vases of 

 good Mrs. Lawsou shown, and we noticed 

 that most of them had very good stems, 

 15 inches or over. Those having the 

 longest stems were from plants that 

 were kept inside all summer. 



A vase- of Triumph was about as fine 

 as ony one could wish to see. The stems 

 were fully two feet long and supported 

 blooms which were fully as large as the 

 Lawsons. This vase was staged by Mrs. 

 Vesey, of Fort Wayne, and she is to he 

 congratulated on her success with this 

 variety. 



A vase of 100 Dorothy showed up very 

 nice indeed. The blooms were of aver- 

 age size, the stems about 18 inches long, 

 and they held the blooms up nicely. We 



have heard some criticism in regard to 

 the keeping qualities of this variety, but 

 we must say that these blooms the last 

 day of the show, when all the others had 

 gone to sleep, looked as fresh and larger 

 than they did when they were first 

 staged, and not one out of the 100 

 blooms had gone to sleep. 



Avondale, or the pink Armazindy, was 

 shown in very good shape by several 

 growers. Those who are successful with 

 Armazindy ought to have good success 

 with this variety. There was a vase of 

 Genevieve Lord which were fair in size 

 and stem, but we never admired the 

 color on account of the faded edge. We 

 were surprised to see no blooms of E. 

 Crocker, although we know of at least 

 one grower who could have staged it in 

 good shape. 



There was a vase of old Daybreak, and 

 although the blooms were very fair for 

 that variety, they were far and away 

 behind a vase of Elma, which is about 

 three times as large and a much prettier 

 bloom. 



In white White Cloud had its own 

 way, as there was only one vase of Flora 

 Hill sho^vn. These were very good 

 blooms, but Flora Hill always has a 

 poor stem in the fall, and that is where 

 White Cloud wins. White Cloud seems 

 to be earlier with most growers than 

 usual and the blooms that were shown 

 were very good and on 2-foot stems. 



There was a vase of old Lizzie Mc- 

 Gowan, and it was interesting to notice 

 the difference between its small blooms 

 and poor stems and the fine blooms and 

 stems of White Cloud, yet the exhibitor 

 claims that it pays him well in funeral 

 work, etc. 



In red we were surprised to see both 

 first and second prize go to America in 

 spite of the several good vases of Crane 

 that were up against them. On inquiry 

 we found that they were judged by arti- 

 ficial light, and as we have said once 

 before in these notes, America seems to 

 brighten up at night, while Crane and 

 Jubilee both seem to deepen in color, 

 and that is how it happened. America 

 makes a larger bloom than the other 

 two and the stem is just as good, but 

 when judged by daylight Crane usually 

 wins on color. 



The only variegated variety shown 

 was Mrs. G. M. Bradt, and they were 

 considerably below the other varieties 

 shown in quality. Many growers who 

 usually grow a bench full' of this variety 

 this year have only a few hundred plants 

 or none at all, as they do not seem to 

 sell as well as the solid colors. There 

 was not a single bloom of any of the 

 yellows nor of the dark crimsons, neither 

 of which are popular around here. 



There were a number of seedlings, etc., 

 shown, but their owners will tell you 

 of their good qualities in due time. Mr. 

 E. A. Nelson's vase of his new pink, Mrs. 

 E. A. Nelson, was very nice, considering 

 that the plants had only been in the 

 houses a few weeks. Owing to the doub- 

 ling of his place this summer he was a 

 little late in getting his carnations 

 housed, but he says he will have them 

 in fine shape by February. 



By the way, don't forget to arrange 

 to come to Indianapolis to the Carnation 

 Society convention. It is going to be 

 the best ever held by that organization, 

 and you cannot afl'ord to miss seeing the 

 exhibition, which will be great. You will 

 be well taken care of. 



