DECEMBER M, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



53 



View in the store of Mr. Samuel Murray, Kansas City, Mo. 



two just the name and address. Noth- 

 ing less is safe. And although this 

 may seem fussy it will pay over and 

 over again. WM. SCOTT. 



HISTORY OF THE JUBILEE CAR- 

 NATION. 



John Hartje was asked how he hap- 

 pened to originate the above carnation, 

 and in reply, he says: 



"In January. 1891, I attended a meet- 

 ing of the Society of Indiana Florists 

 at Lafayette. The members present 

 were entertained most royally by Mr. 

 Dorner and were shown his carnation 

 houses. One was full of seedlings, and 

 I understood him to say that they were 

 cutting from 500 to 600 blooms per day 

 from this house (about 100x20), and 

 were retailing them at 7.5 cents and 

 $1.00 per dozen. I went home full of 

 inspiration, and with a bad case of 

 seedling fever. 



"I did not know much about hybrid- 

 izing. Had the following varieties to 

 work on: Grace Wilder, Century, 

 Grace Fardon, Pres. Garfield, Silver 

 Spray and Crimson King. The flower 

 intended to be seeded was prepared by 

 pulling out some of the petals, so the 

 pistils would project somewhat. Then 

 I cut off a bloom from some other 

 variety, and would rub them together. 

 I would often cross a pod witli two or 

 three varieties, and occasionally use 

 side flowers for seeding. We did not 

 disbud in those days. 



"The seeds of all the pods were 

 gathered and put into one package, no 

 record being made of any of the 

 crosses. Seed was laid away for a 

 week or so and then planted. Had 

 about 800 plants, and out of this num- 

 ber a little over 200 kinds were propa- 

 gated; from 5 to 20 of each variety 



were tested. Jubilee was not thought 

 much of as but five plants were grown. 

 "About five days before the meeting 

 of the Carnation Society at Pittsburg, 

 I went over to Richmond and took a 

 flower along to show it to Mr. Hill. 

 He was not at home, so I left it there. 

 This same flower was afterward shown 

 at the meeting, and commented upon 

 by the judges. The stock was after- 

 ward sold to Mr. Hill. Other red 

 varieties have been introduced since 

 Jubilee, hut so far have not taken 

 its place. I think Crane and America 

 are dangerous rivals." 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



At this time of writing there is more 

 gue.ssing than aught else as to what 

 the cut flower trade will be the next 

 two weeks. The weather so far has 

 been unusually warm, which is bad 

 for the holding back of stock. Very 

 few advance orders have been given, 

 unless for very special stock. Prices 

 are gradually creeping upwards. Sat- 

 urday, December 9, ordinary carna- 

 tions brought .$1.50 and $2; a few fair- 

 ly good Bonnaffon and Robinsons, $2 

 per dozen; paper whites, 6 cents; Ro- 

 mans, 1% and 2 cents; Harrisiis, $2; 

 valley, from $2 to $5; Liberty, $4 per 

 dozen; Testouts, $8 to $15; ditto Maids 

 and Brides, also Victorias; Beauties, 

 60 cents, and so on. Of course, no 

 prices could then be quoted for Christ- 

 mas. 



Holly is selling slowly at any price 

 up to $5 per case for the best. The 

 Greeks were selling valley at 10 cents 

 a bunch of four or five flowers and 

 leaves on Saturday last; a retailer 

 could not buy them for that. 



New York Florists' Club. 



There was quite a large gathering 

 at the meeting on Monday night last. 

 The following were elected to office for 

 the convention year: President, Pat- 

 rick O'Mara; vice-president, Arthur 

 Herrington; treasurer, Charles Weath- 

 ered; secretary, .lohn Young; Messrs. 

 Wni. Plumb, John N. May and W. A. 

 Manda were elected trustees of the 

 club. 



It was decided to hold the club's an- 

 nual dinner at the time of the annual 

 meeting of the executive committee of 

 the S. A. F. Messrs. John N. May, 

 Walter Sheridan and Charles Weath- 

 ered were appointed a committee to 

 make arrangements for this event. 



F. W. Kelsey brought up the mat- 

 ter of delays in the transmission of 

 goods through the custom house. After 

 long discussion the matter was re- 

 ferred to the legislative committee. 

 Mr. O'Mara has been appointed by the 

 Merchants' Association as special rep- 

 resentative of the florists and nursery 

 trade. There will be an important 

 meeting in January to look after trade 

 interests and Mr. O'Mara will be glad 

 to present any specific cases of delay; 

 in any case write liim full particulars. 



Phil, Breitmeyer was present and 

 made a few remarks, wishing the club 

 the same success as the Detroit boys 

 had with the S. A, F. 



Messrs. Siebrecht, Withers, Sheri- 

 dan, Asmus and Atkins were appointed 

 a committee to solicit subscriptions 

 from the trade in general for the pro- 

 posed permanent "Dewey Arch." 



The disposition of the club's gold 

 and silver medals to be offered at the 

 Rose Society's show in March was left 

 with the board of trustees. 



Resolutions on the lamented death 

 of the late Mrs. J. H. Taylor, Mi-s. 

 John Morris and W. H. Brower were 

 passed, ordered spread on the minutes, 

 and copies sent to bereaved relatives. 



New fancy foliaged cyclamens were 

 exhibited by Lehnig & W^nnefeldt, 

 Hackensack, N. J. These specimens 

 were remarkably well grown and were 

 awarded cultural recommendation, 

 with the request that they be shown 

 again. 



Mr. C. W. Ward showed his fine new 

 carnation Governor Roosevelt. The 

 club's certificate was recommended in 

 the usual form. Mr. Ward also ex- 

 hibited a very promising numbered 

 ■seedling, which was highly praised. 

 Mr. Ward reported that he had visited 

 Dailledouze Bros, in order to comply 

 with the exhibition rules of the club 

 and he heartily recommended their 

 new carnation G66 the club's certificate. 



Another new carnation. No. 4, ex- 

 hibited by Dailledouze Bros, was 

 awarded a certificate subject to the us- 

 ual rules. James Whitcomb Riley, also 

 shown by the above, was highly com- 

 mended, as were also Lulu Fischer, 

 exhibited by Mr. Fischer, of Great 

 Neck, L. I., and several seedlings from 

 Lehnig & Winnefeldt. which the com- 

 mittee recommended be shown again. 



