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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jam AKV (i, 1898. 



thing, and only takes bold after the 

 variety has become common and the bot- 

 tom dropped out of the profit, so to speak. 

 But like the poor we will have them with 

 us always, and the best thing we can do 

 is to In) nil we can, and ijulln-r from the 

 experience of others irlml we can; then 

 put the two together and make up our list 

 for growing next season. 



Among "the newer whites, we have 

 Flora Hill, Harrison's White, and Nivea. 

 Flora Hill has had its praises sounded 

 everywhere and needs none of mine. 

 Nivea is doing all right around Boston. 

 It is a weak grower in the field, but 

 comes all right when planted in the 

 house. Harrison's White was unfortunate 

 in coming out with Flora Hill, the latter 

 so far eclipsing it in all commercial re- 

 spects. Nevertheless it has some good 

 points. With me it is a fine, upright 

 grower, producing fairly good flowers on 

 long stiff stems,' but it has not made 

 from i,ooo plants |io worth of flowers 

 to date, and this is certainly a serious 

 drawback. I have it in the cool end of a 

 house. Possibly it may do better in 

 some places, but I have received out of 

 numerous inquiries sent out only two 

 answers from men who will give it a 

 second trial. 



In fancy, we have Lily Dean, a variety 

 that is very easily grown and produces a 

 fine large flower'. Mrs. Bradt, almost 

 everyone knows, has an immense fine 

 bloom on a very weak stem which has 

 improved greatly this season, grown in a 

 stiff clay soil. In a moderately cool 

 house, I am inclined to think, it will 

 make a standard sort. Maud Dean might 

 be called a fancy, liut I am afraid it will 

 not become popular on account of its be- 

 ing hard to handle just right; but if 

 haiuUed right it is a fine sort. It should 

 be planted as early in August as possible, 

 and being a decided cropper you should 

 have two or three lots and keep them 

 topped so as to follow^ each other. By 

 this method a continuous crop can be ob- 

 tained. In scarlets, there are a number, 

 Robin Hood, Jahn's Scarlet and Morello. 

 Robin Hood is a seedling of Hill's and 

 has made a good showing although it has 

 to be grown carefully to produce strong 

 stems. Jahn's Scarlet is called the 

 "Poor Man's Scarlet." It was raised and 

 introduced by P. Fisher. It is a free 

 bloomer of fairly good size on a fine 

 strong stem. It is an excellent keeper, 

 and slightly fragrant. 



Morello makes very large flowers in 

 heavy soil, and slightly smaller ones, but 

 more of them in a lighter soil. It has 

 made many friends in the west. Mrs. 

 McBurney, one of Hill's, is somewhat of a 

 disappointment as to color, otherwise it 

 is a good variety, being free and healthy. 

 Mayor Pingree is, perhaps, one of the 

 best of last season's introductions. To 

 get the best results, the cuttings .should 

 be taken early and grown right along so 

 as to produce good, large plants. It does 

 not want much pinching if you want 

 early and continuous flowers. It likes a 

 heavy soil and a few more degrees of 

 heat than Daybreak, but will produce 

 almost equally well in light soils. C. A. 

 Dana, sent out by Cottage Gardens, I 

 have not been able to see growing, but I 

 understand it is a good variet}-. 



Possibly there are others worthy of 

 mention, but I have been a bit pushed 

 with work and have not had time to look 

 up the back trade papers for their names. 

 The same applies to the new ones for 

 this season. We are promised two good 

 scarlets, one Bon Ton, to be sent out by 

 the Cottage Gardens, and F. A. Blake. It 

 is of Portia habit, with larger flower and 

 stronger stem; this would indicate a good 

 variety. Firefly, by Hancock, is promised 

 as a perfectly rust proof and otherwise 

 good variety'. This will be a welcome 

 addition to those who are so afraid of the 

 rust in Jubilee. 



In whites there are four clanioring far 

 popular favor. White Cloud, called a 

 white Daybreak because of its resem- 

 blance to that variety in foliage and 

 strength of stem; John Young, called a 

 white Scott for the .same reasons; Jack 

 Frost is claimed by its originator to be an 

 ideal white. Photographs of these three 

 varieties, or rather houses of them, are 

 here and can be seen at the secretary's 

 desk. Evelina, the winner of the Cot- 

 tage Garden cup at the last meeting of 

 the American Carnation society held in 

 Cincinnati, and seen by a number ot us 

 th«n, was certainly a fine variety. I am 

 told it is even lietter this season, and that 

 would indicate that it was a good one to 

 try. 



Mrs. James Dean, a very light pink of 

 good connnercial qualities, and New- 

 York, a cerise pink that has captured the 

 popular taste in the New York market, 

 are photographed and here for your in- 

 spection. The Messrs. Breitmeyers', 

 Simmons' and others are pushing forward 

 pink varieties. They will no doubt all 

 be in evidence at our Chicago meeting 

 and reviewed by the trade papers, so as I 

 have not seen them, will have that for 

 later on. One that I have seen plant and 

 flower of is Empress, a crimson, and as 

 we are badly in need of a good one in 

 this color, it will no doubt hit the popu- 

 lar fancy all right. Gold Nugget prom- 

 ises to be one of the gems of the season 

 from all indications, and there is certain- 

 Iv room for a few "Gold Nuggets" among 

 carnation growers. 



There are a ho.st clamoring for favor 

 with the growers and a lot of originators 

 reaching for their money. We hope both 

 the growers and the originators will come 

 out ahead for 1S98, for it is not ques- 

 tioned that the majority need a little 

 good luck, good times, or whatever vou 

 mav choose to call success. Taken all in 

 all, the new carnations are fascinating, 

 both to the introducers and to the gen- 

 eral public, and certainly to the grower. 

 The buving public are beginning to look 

 for something new each year, and we can 

 do no better than cater to their tastes, but 

 let us be sure first that they are an im- 

 provement over existing varieties, and 

 then trv and test them thoroughly before 

 sending them out. In this way there 

 would be fewer disappointments and 

 more successes, and the extra care 

 would redound to the introducers' credit 

 and consequent success and to the grow- 

 ers' finances. But even as it now is the 

 few successes are so distinctly such that 

 they overbalance the failures, and so the 

 merry war goes on. 



OUR GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



No. 4. 

 Every subscriber is requested to send 

 his photograph for use in our general in- 

 troduction, but please do not send us 

 photos that must be returned, as we have 

 to cut them in arranging in the groups. 



96. W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass. 



97. J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



98. Wm. Weber, of H. Weber & Sons, 



Oakland, Md. 



99. L. C. Bobbink, Rutherford, N. J. 



100. E. C. Amling, Chicago. 



101. Anton Schullheis, College Point, 



N. Y. 



102. Fred. Dorner, Sr., Lafayette, lud. 



103. Anloine Wintzer, West Grove, Pa. 



104. Wm. Plumb, Throgg's Neck, New 



York City. 



105. E. Hippard, Youngstown, O. 



106. John Gormley, with E. Wienhoeber, 



Chicago. 



107. Geo. D.'Clark, of H. A. Dreer, Phil- 



adelphia. 



108. f;. M. Harwood, Shelbyville, 111. 



109. Gustav Decker, with Garfield Park 



I'loral Co., Chicago, 

 no. Geo. A. Steele, Little Silver, N. J. 



111. Philip Heilig, Franklin, Pa. 



112. Dennis F. Hallahan, of McGee, Geary 



& Co., Salem, Mass. 



113. Jno. E. Geary, of McGee, Geary & 



Co., Salem, Mass. 



114. Wm. J. McGee, of McGee, Geary & 



Co., Salem, Mass. 



115. Jeff. McDonald, of McDonald & 



Steele, Crawfordsville, Ind. 



116. Geo. W. Steele, of McDonald & 



Steele, Crawfordsville, Ind. 



1 17. John Young, New York. 



118. H. W. Harris, of C. A. Harris & Co., 



Delanson, N. Y. 



119. Edw G. Reimers, Louisville, Ky. 



120. W. A Hanraiond, Richmond, Va. 



121. E. J. Springer, New Hampton, Iowa. 



122. W. J. Hesser, Plattsmouth, Neb. 



123. L. L. 'May, St. Paul, Minn. 



124. W. A. Chalfant, Springfield, Mo. 



125. C. lidward Akehurst, White Marsh, 



Ballimore County, Md. 



126. Aug. F. Vogt, of 'Vogt Bros., St. 



Paul, Minn. 



127. A. Rasmussen, New .Albany, Ind. 



128. Mrs. L. Lotz, Watertown, Wis. 



129. Wm. J. Stuebe, manager of Mrs. 



Lotz's greenhouses, Ixonia, Wis. 



130. Henry Hulick, Eatontown, N. J. 



131. W. Greene, Davenport, Iowa. 



WE HAVE received from W. P. Sim- 

 mons & Co., Geneva, O., a copy of their 

 plant list, in which appears a full de- 

 scription of their new pink carnation, 

 Mrs. S. A. Northway, and a host of new 

 geraniums, in addition to fuchsias and 

 miscellaneous plants. The carnation of- 

 fered is certainly entitled to full consider- 

 ation, coming as it does from the origin- 

 ators of such sorts as Daybreak, Rose 

 Queen, Tidal Wave, Silver Spray, etc. 



Messrs. Crabb & Hunter, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., have named their pink 

 seedling carnation "Irene." This is the 

 one we recently noted at one of the Chi- 

 cago wholesale cut flower houses. The 

 originators advise us that the variety is 

 rust proof and a free bloomer with only 

 ordinary care, every shoot producing a 

 flower. 



