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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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though not so good as Roiisovelt. 

 Mr. Rudd favors those flowers in 

 which tho potiUs are nearly all at 

 right angles with the calyx and the 

 flower built high enough so that a side 

 view s-hows almost a halt circle over 

 the top. I<^lowors with i)ctal« such as 

 above described are favored because 

 they give as fine an effect with fewer 

 petals, and the fewer petals there are 

 the less the strain on the plant and 

 the mors profitable the variety, other 

 things being eipial. Olympia has this 

 style of petals, but the flower is too 

 flat to fully meet his ideal of form. 

 He finds that petals with smooth 

 edges are more apt to cup than those 

 that are fringed and likes to have 

 them notched to some extent, but not 

 too much. 

 In fragrance, Mr. Dorner thinks that 



equal or superior to that of Daybreak. 

 The size must be four inches or more 

 in diameter. Calyx of Albertini type. 

 Stem equal to that of .Jubilee. Sub- 

 stance equal to that of Daybreak. 

 Form similar to that of Roosevelt or 

 Cerise Queen. I^'ragranco equal to 

 that of Albertini. 



At ChicAgo, lOnquirer scored lOO 

 points: at Huffalo. ,s,s points. But pre- 

 suming that both sets of judges were 

 working by the above described stand- 

 ard, part of the difference would be 

 explained by the fact that the Chi- 

 cago judges had not seen "(!C(J," while 

 at Buffalo it filled the eyes of every- 

 one, and the judges couldn't possibly 

 give Enquirer the full number of 

 points on size with that immense triple 

 six in the hall. At Chicago, Enquirer 

 was as large as anything else in the 



New Crimson Carnation Gov. Roosevelt shovi'n at Buffalo. 



Albertini can safely be taken as the 

 measure of progress to date. 



In color we meet trouble. Each 

 color should really be classed by it- 

 self. In light pink. Daybreak at its 

 best might be taken as a standard. 

 In dark pink. Cerise Queen. In white. 

 Flora Hill. In scarlet, Jubilee at its 

 best. In crimson, Maceo. Color 

 might with advantage be further sub- 

 divided. 



In substance there should also be 

 classes. The yellows are all possessed 

 of a large degree of substance. Pin- 

 gree and Nugget could be taken as the 

 standard in yellows. In whites, Mary 

 Wood, or Flora Hill at its best. In 

 pinks. Daybreak. 



But whatever standard or standards 

 we adopt, discriminating, well in- 

 formed and careful judges must be 

 employed. In this, as in everything 

 else, experience counts heavily. The 

 personal equation can never be elim- 

 inated, though the adoption of a un- 

 versal standard will undoubtedly help 

 to secure more uniformity in the work. 



Let us now attempt to form an idea 

 of an ideal light pink carnation by 

 this standard. The color must be 



show, and there were some most excel- 

 lent blooms there, too. 



However, let us all adopt some defi- 

 nite standard to judge by, and we be- 

 lieve nothing better can be devised 

 than one based upon the principle 

 mentioned above. 



BUFFALO. 



The trade papers have given a full 

 account of the carnation convention, 

 even to the potpourri of Friday even- 

 ing, and perhaps we cannot add much 

 of interest. It seemed to us that it 

 only ended last night, for stragglers 

 were slow to leave. John Evans, of 

 ventilator fame, was the last to leave 

 for his native Indiana drifts. 



It is with nothing but unqualified 

 pleasure that the local men look back 

 at the carnation convention and all its 

 doings. We are especially pleased that 

 it was pronounced a success, because 

 we took the convention away from Bal- 

 timore, and if Buffalo had not taken 

 care of the exhibit we should have 

 richly deserved censure. 



Just let me say here that the exhibi- 

 tion was not held in a large room of 



I lie hotel, nor the business sessions in 

 the ladies' parlor. The former was in 

 a large hall adjoining the hotel, and 

 the business sessions in the colonial 

 parlors. But how near it all came to 

 a calamity! "The best laid schemes of 

 mice and men" were nearly ruined this 

 time, and if that b;isement fire had 

 progressed a little farther, where 

 would we have been at? 



As one who has been intimately con- 

 nected with the last four or five exhi- 

 l)itions, I c&ii say that this one, both in 

 quantity and quality of flowers, sur- 

 passed them all, and what was quite as 

 gratifying, especially to the local men, 

 was the large attendance fiom all parts 

 of the country. The worthy mayor of 

 Huffalo is not famous as an orator, bnt 

 he did well, and so did Mr. May in his 

 graceful reply and striking illustration 

 of the evolution of the carnation. 



Those talks on planting and ventila- 

 tion are getting down to the very prac- 

 tical side of the business, and punk 

 and dead cats arc all a part of the 

 business. Dull, indeed, is the man who 

 is not benefited by the exhibition and 

 I he remarks of the men assembled. It 

 IS not alone at the business meetings 

 that the good things are said, but in 

 small detached groups many weighty 

 matters were doubtless discussed. 



We are much pleased that so many 

 of our good people saw the wonderful 

 fiowers. If the show had been on the 

 ground floor we should have been over- 

 done with patrons. The flowers were 

 a revelation to thousands. C. F. Chris- 

 tensen nodding to Charles Weathered, 

 or George Fancourt smiling down at 

 liuliby Bard is an ordinary sight; but a 

 .Marquis beaming at Mrs. Lawson. or 

 Adonis blushing scarlet at Genevieve 

 Lord, was never before witnessed by 

 the oldest inhabitant. 



Those most interested of the local 

 men had some apprehensions about the 

 entertainment till we all sat down, and 

 from that moment there was none. The 

 free and easy air which we so desired 

 pervaded all, and it was a go. Mr. 

 Long's artistic souvenir menu card w'as 

 much admired and every member pock- 

 eted the same. 



As your correspondent left before the 

 program was well started, I will en- 

 deavor to give you a brief account of 

 the "exercises." Under the head of 

 coffee and cigars President Kasting. of 

 the local club, called for order, and 

 expressed himself as delighted "to see 

 you all," and introduced one of the 

 local members, W. Scott by name, as 

 toastmaster. This man Scott is gifted 

 with but a small allowance of elo- 

 quence, but makes it up with a loud 

 voice, and, being quite bald, with a 

 bushy mustache, he commands obedi- 

 ence and attention far more than his 

 true meek and retiring nature would 

 supposedly warrant. He asks for mirth 

 between acts, but polite attention to 

 the speakers and soloists, and with a 

 tew later admonitions he w'as respect- 

 fully obeyed. Speakers were told that 

 they were not expected to adhere to 

 their toasts, and many of them got as 

 far away from it as they could. 



