March 5, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



565 



Seedling White Carnation Shown at the St. Louis Florists' Club Meeting by the 

 St. Clair Floral Co., Belleville, III. 



Fragrance is a pretty shade of light 

 pink, not unlike 6. Lord, but fringed 

 deeply, which shows off the color to 

 good advantage. Few carnations have 

 such a strong clove scent. Stem, size, 

 calyx and form all good. 



Adonis was not shown in proper shape. 

 The blooms staged gave a wrong im- 

 pression of the quality of this grand 

 variety. Those who saw it at Indian- 

 apolis last year noticed the difference. 



Boston Market is fair in quality, and 

 if it is a producer, as is claimed, it will 

 find a place. 



Mrs. M. A. Patten is a variegated, of 

 Mrs. Bradt type, and looks good all 

 around. No weak points that I could 

 see. 



Among the notable ones in "commerce 

 were Mrs. Lawson, which is still as fine 

 as ever and as popular. 



A grand vase of 100 blooms of Mrs. 

 Nelson showed that it is a grand variety 

 when well done. 



Cressbrook was shown better than any 

 I have seen this season. 



Gov. Wolcott was the white in most 

 cases. 



Prosperity was there in good shape, 

 but not in as large numbers as last 

 year. 



Gov. Roosevelt was shown in good 

 form and is hard to beat. 



Harry Fenn is lighter than the Gover- 

 nor, but smaller. 



Alba was sent from Indiana and al- 

 though it was on the road until Friday 



noon, it arrived in fine shape and looked 

 as fine as any white in the show. 



Apollo was also shown in good shape 

 and for color is hard to beat. 



Dorothy Whitney seems to be the lead- 

 ing yellow at present. 



I believe I have mentioned most of 

 those! shown in good shape, but now I 

 want to mention a few that I would ad- 

 vise you to watch at the shows next fall 

 and next winter. Varieties that are not 

 on the market yet. 



Albatross is a fine looking white. Ca- 

 mellia form, pure white, good stem and 

 calyx. 



Gov. Hinsdale is a pink and red vari- 

 egated, with fine stem and calyx; good 

 form. 



The Bride looks much like Alba. I 

 saw this growing and it struck me as an 

 easy grower and a good one. 



Sunbird is a rather pleasing yellow, 

 though not so clear as it might be. 



Tliere was a white shown by Mr. Suy- 

 dam, of wnich I would like to see more, 

 as it struck me very favorably. It had 

 neither name nor number. 



Alpine Glow is a fine light pink, a 

 little brighter than Daybreak. 



Mrs. J. A. Thayer is a greatly im- 

 proved Morning Glory. A bench of this 

 looked very fine indeed. 



Lady Bountiful is a white of fine size, 

 pure color, good form, calyx and stem, 

 and a fine producer. I also saw this 

 growing last December. This is the No. 

 123 I mentioned in my trip to Dorner's. 



Gov. Bliss is a nice looking scarlet 

 of G. H. Crane color; about same size; 

 good calyx and stem. 



Flame is much the same except color, 

 which is a shade lighter if I remember 

 them correctly. 



Ethel Ward is one of the most beau- 

 tiful shades of pink I have ever seen and 

 if it does not fade too much, it will be- 

 come extrelnely popular. Good size, 

 form, calyx and stem. 



Sensation is a beautiful combination of 

 buff overlaid with orange and pink; 

 good size, form, calyx and stem. As a 

 novelty this is all right. 



W. N. Rudd's "Phyllis" was cooked on 

 the way and I was unable to get a good 

 look at it. 



Our own "Indianapolis" was left lying 

 out in the cold over night and was unfit 

 to show. 



Tliere may be some varieties that I 

 have overlooked, but you will have your 

 hands full if you keep tab on all the 

 above; however, if I think of any other 

 good ones I will mention them in my 

 next. 



Next year we arcf to meet in Detroit 

 and the first week in March. It would 

 be hard to find a more central place to 

 meet and I predict the finest exhibition 

 by far that we have ever had. The date, 

 I believe, is also much better when you 

 consider only the show. There is, how- 

 ever, the increased danger of a late 

 bloomer coming along and scoring away 

 up and walking away with a medal or 

 certificate, and some provision will have 

 to be made to prevent this if possible. 



I have always held that it is wrong 

 to give a variety a certificate or a medal 

 just on one showing. A variety should 

 be scored at least three times, and at 

 different times of the season before it is 

 pronounced a first-class variety. Say in 

 October, December and March, then if 

 it scores up each time you may safely 

 say that it is a good all season variety 

 and only one of that kind is worthy of 

 a certificate of merit. What would be 

 the best plan to carry this out \vill be 

 for the society to decide; but I would 

 suggest three or four committees in dif- 

 ferent cities, to meet on certain dates to 

 pass judgment on new varieties, similar 

 to the plan adopted by the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society. It could ba arranged so 

 that every variety would have "to be 

 shown at the convention show, so there 

 would be just as good a show as there is 

 now. 



A variety tliat gained a certificate un- 

 der those conditions would be bought 

 with confidence, and that can hardly be 

 done now. Now we are obliged to watch 

 the reports from the fall shows and all 

 the club meetings through the winter in 

 order to get a line on a variety even 

 though it may have won a certificate at 

 the national convention. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



NEW WHITE CARNATION. 



We present herewith an engraving from 

 a photograph of a vase of the new white 

 seedling carnation No. 10. shown at the 

 carnation meeting of the St. Louis Flor- 

 ists' Club by the St. Clair Floral Co., 

 Belleville, III., where the variety made 

 an excellent impression as a useful com- 

 mercial white. 



We also present a view of a bench of 

 the plants of this seedling growing at 

 the establishment of the originators. 

 The part of the bench in flower is the 

 seedling, the flowers having been all re- 

 moved from the other sorts to more 

 readily indicate the seedling. 



