JANUARY 25. 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



213 



Yes, 'tis true there is a great carna- 

 tion show and meeting hold every 

 year; fine blooms are cxhilnted in jars, 

 but art is not even invited tlicre. How 

 very narrow are the real aims and 

 workings of some assoeiations. Your 

 flowers may be fine, but let a novice 

 take them into the homes of the rich 

 and i)ut them on the table and they are 

 not satisfactory; the man who by his 

 ability arranges your flowers and ex- 

 tracts a good price for them is deserv- 

 ing of some recognilion as well as you, 

 Mr. Grower; he is the pilot of your 

 boat. 



The carnations of 1900 are magnifl- 

 cent in size of bloom and length of 

 stem; they leave little to be desired; 

 but no flower is natural, no flower is 

 perfect, stripped of its foliage. We 

 certainly cannot compare these grand 

 flowers of today to those of tliirty 

 years ago, but those comparably poor 

 little blooms when accompanied with 

 their own leaves were often capable of 

 producing finer artistic effects than 

 the loud, naked hussies of the present. 

 We venture to assert that out of the 

 hundreds of thousands of carnations 

 coming into the markets daily, not a 

 bud nor a sprig of foliage can be 

 found. Now, every artist knows the 

 value of these, and the day is coming 

 when they will be demanded. 



Carnations are now being used in 

 every form of decoration and the pos- 

 sibilities are unlimited. They are 

 rivaling the rose in every quarter. 

 Wreaths of white or delicate colored 

 carnations can be made up to equal 

 any flower, but it is wrong to imagine 

 that smilax, asparagus or ferns are 



son, Gold Nugget tor yellow, Mrs. 

 Bradt for striped. We cannot yet do 

 without Scott, and Flora Hill has paid 

 many better than any other white. 

 We find that earnations, like many 

 other flowers, are subject to climatic 

 influences, and some kinds do better 

 than others in certain localities. We 

 must leave them now for another time. 

 IVERA. 



CHICAGO. 



Carnation Exhibition, 

 The Florists' Club's exhibition of 

 carnations last Friday was a most ex- 

 cellent one and brought out a large 

 attendance, the hall being crowded all 



Cresco, la.; W. T. Symonds, Decorah, 

 la.; J. J. Van Ijeuwcn, Detroit. Mich.; 

 .T. .\I. Smeley, Aurora, 111., and many 

 (libers from nearby points. 



.\mong the new carnations displayed 

 there was a remarkable lot from R. 

 Wiiterstaetter, Sedamsville, O., one 

 of which, Enquirer, a splendid pink, 

 scored lUO points by the scale of the 

 American Carnation Society, the 

 judges being Messrs. E. liuettner, A. 

 McAdams, and F. F. Benthey. It cer- 

 tainly is a magnificent flower and 

 worthy of all praise. The whole set 

 was exceedingly good. Estelle, a 

 scarlet, scoring 97 points; Opal, shell 

 pink, 93 points; Elinora, white, 93 

 points; Rosamond, pink, 91 points. 



Opal. 



Estelle. 



Enquirer. 



Elinora. 



Wietor's Pink sport of 

 Armazindy. 



Mary Hill. 

 J. Whilconib Riley. 



Ethel Crocker. 

 Indiana. 



New Carnations at the Chicago Club Meeting. 



the proper embellishments to use. We 

 have often been asked for opinions of 

 the kinds growing today. Of course, 

 everybody will have the great Lawson 

 ■ — that's a certainty. White Cloud is 

 the finest white, Crane the grandest 

 scarlet, Mrs. James Dean the most 

 beautiful light pink, Joost a mighty 

 good dark pink, Maceo the best crlm- 



the afternoon and evening. Quite a 

 number of out of town visitors were 

 present, including F. Dorner, Jr., La- 

 fayette, Ind.; E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.; Geo. F. Crabb, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich.; J. G. Hancock. Grand Haven, 

 Mich.; G. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111.; N. 

 Zweifel, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. J. Mil- 

 latt, Kansas City, Mo.; W. B. Perry, 



Mr. Witterstaetter has a remarkably 

 fine set of new sorts that will surely 

 be heard from later. Each variety 

 received the club's certificate. 



B. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 also showed some striking new ones, 

 Mary Hill, pink, scoring 95 points; 

 Indiana, red, scoring 90 points; Ethel 

 Crocker, pink, scoring S8 points; J. 

 Whitcomb Riley, white variegated, 

 scoring 86 points; and California Gold, 

 yellow streaked red, scoring 85 points. 

 Each was awarded the club's certi- 

 ficate of merit. 



The Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 111., displayed a large collection of 

 seedlings. One of these. No. 55. pink, 

 scored 85 points and won a certificate. 

 They also won a certificate with 

 Weber's Genevieve Lord, pink, which 

 also scored 85 points. Of their other 

 seedlings. No. 48, white, scored 80 

 points; No. 64, pink, 77 points; Mrs. 

 J. J. Mitchell, red, 80 points: Mrs. 

 Potter Palmer, red, 60 points; Chicot, 

 white, SO points; No. 32, red, 60 

 points; No. 99. pink, 80 points; No. 

 106. red, 80 points. 



There was a great variety of seed- 

 lings from F. Dorner & Sons Co., La- 

 fayette. Ind., but they seemed to have 

 traveled poorly, which made it diffi- 

 cult to judge them fairly. Special 

 mention was given the variety Morn- 

 ing Glory, and honorable mention to 

 the collection which in the opinion of 

 the judges contained many good va- 



