FEBRiiiiY 2G, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



523 



Entries for the Lawson Medal at the Brooklyn Exhibition of the American Carnation Society. 



spiral ion of association with nature, the 

 divinity- realized by everyone who labors 

 in the realm of beauty, and tlie glory of 

 being a eo-worker with the infinite and 

 a benefactor of mankind, were worthy 

 of the ministerial countenance and im- 

 pressive voice that uttered them. 



A. Augustus Healy was unable to 1 

 present and speak to the toast of "The 

 City Beautiful," and President Burton 

 of the S. A. F. O. H., was called upon 

 to respond. Mr. Burton gave a splemlid 

 tribute to Brooklyn as it is, as he was 

 told it is, and referred particularly to 

 the wonderful carnation display, when 

 the season and the great demand for 

 flowers are considered. He also spoke 

 of the work of the S. A. F. O. H., of 

 which he is the honored president. 



Between the speeches, music and sing- 

 ing alxiunded and the interest never 

 abated to the close, amid the "wee sma' 

 hours." 



The toast "Queen Flora's Treasure 

 House" found an eloquent exponent in 

 William Scott, on whom the years sit 

 lightly. He was as eloquent and en- 

 tertaining as ever. His stories graduat- 

 ed from the "Hooley, Hooley. Hooley" 

 Irishman to Horace Greeley, and ended 

 with a ministerial brocliure given last 

 year at Indianapolis. He considered the 

 florist business the most elevating on 

 the face of the earth and ventured the 

 belief that "a true lover of flowers is 

 alwaj's a good man," w-hich put the 

 multitude at once en rapport with the 

 speaker. He advised the study of bot- 

 any and spoke feelingly of the lack 

 real knowledge of plants by the public 

 20 to 30 years ago, and to the misun- 

 derstandings which might arise if "Tim- 

 othy .Woodruff" and "Carrie Nation" 

 were grown in the same house as "John 

 Birnie," and the awful consequences that 

 were possible. His reminiscences ran 

 back to the year of his landing and the 

 wonderful changes and progress of the 

 years, his love for the business having 

 so developeu that "a million a year" 

 woujd not tempt him to leave it. 



Mr. Herrington, president of the 

 Chiysanthemum Society of America, 

 spoke to the toast "Floriculture as a 

 Profession." which he said was "some- 

 ^'''ing more than a trade," so few ■ 

 to say they were "absolute masters of 

 the art," which in liis opinion "never 

 will ]k thoroughlv mastered." He saw 



much to be thankful for on the part of 

 all who had adopted the profession and 

 gave many practical thoughts as to its 

 progress. 



All the late speakers were "cut down 

 to 10 minutes," which disconcerted sev- 

 eral and dwarfed their efforts. Frank 

 B. Lown, of Poughkeepsie, was one of 

 them. His speech was humorous, as he 

 told of "the advantages of horticultural 

 organization." His stories were origin- 

 al, but a good story must be heard to 

 l)e appreciated. He referred to Mr. 

 Ward's visit to Duchess county some 

 years before he knew what a carnation 

 was and got into the same class as Car- 

 negie and Rockefeller. The Duchess 

 County Society received his attention, 

 as did the hybridizer and his strenuous 

 life, especially tne one "who makes a 

 new carnation and sells 10,000 of them 

 at .$1 per, and lives happily ever after." 



Mr. Ward introduced Fred H. Lemon, 

 in the words of his father-in-law, as 

 "made of pure gold." "The Carnation 

 Conquest of the West" was his theme. 

 Though a j-oung man, he went back 100 

 years to ring the changes, until now 

 "the carnation has taken a supreme 

 place in the heart of the mighty west." 

 He called Fred Dorner, of La Fayette, 

 "the carnation king" — no empty honor 

 — and his tribute to the success of the 

 western carnation growers was eloquent 

 and well deserved. 



The rest of the evening (or morning) 

 was quite informal. Mr. Ward had 

 much to say of the faithful worke 

 through whose earnest efforts so grand 

 a success had been accomplished; many 

 of them he mentioned by name. Cheers 

 were given for Jlr. Langjahr and ilr. 

 Wallace, to which the secretary respond- 

 ed in a modest speech telling of the 

 pleasure which had come to him through 

 the cordial support of his confreres, and 

 their enthusiasm, and closing with the 

 assurance that "to do good service and 

 have recognition is great remuneration." 



William Scott reported the usual final 

 resolutions as to hospitality, and con- 

 gratulated the Brooklyn society on the 

 great success of the meeting, which he 

 declared was "better than any previous 

 conventiop." 



Auld Lang Syne was sung and at f 

 early and respectable hour the great 

 convention banquet of 1903 became a de- 

 lightful memorv. 



THE CARNATION CONVENTION. 



A Few General Remarks. 



I am aware, Mr. Editor, that you will 

 receive an expert opinion of the carna- 

 tion exhibition from both your western 

 and eastern correspondents', as well as 

 an ofl[icial report of the awards and 

 proceedings of the convention, and yet I 

 would like to record a few impressions 

 that the wonderful display made on me. 



W)ien the flowers were once staged— 

 and it was rather late before it was all 

 in order — the exhibition was grand 

 There were not more flowers than at 

 Indianapolis, and perhaps a few other 

 preceding conventions, but undoubtedly 

 the average quality was much higher 

 and there were more varieties that could 

 be called first-class than ever before 

 These notes make no pretense to cover 

 half the varieties on exhibition— merelv 

 those that appealed to me as most beau- 

 tiful—and all are worthy of growing had 

 we room for them. 



It has often been remarked of late 

 that we have a great choice of lieht and 

 dark pinks, but that there is prenty of 

 room for a good and profitable white 

 and also that the ideal red or scarlet has 

 not yet appeared. Now, at this exhibi- 

 tion the new whites were the most num- 

 erous, and there were several grand reds. 

 Enchantress won the Lawson gold medal 

 No need for me to say anything about 

 this wonderful variety, except that be- 

 sides its being a flower of the lar"est 

 size, I believe its habit, constitution and 

 ea.sy culture will commend it to all. 

 While speaking of the gold medal it is 

 in order to say that the award was not 

 made until after a long and careful de- 

 liberation. Flamingo, the wonderful 

 scarlet exhibited by i\Ir. Marquisee. 

 scored but one point 'less, and then came 

 almost a dead heat, Mr. Ward's Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt. They were all three 

 magnificent vases and vanquished sev- 

 eral other vases that but a few years 

 ago would have been pronounced marvel- 

 ous. 



Flamingo is a dark scarlet, large, full 

 flower, and a wonderful stem, its 30-inch 

 stem holding up the flower perfectly. It 

 attracted wide attention. ■ President 

 Roosevelt made a beautiful vase of 

 bloom — ^perfect flower, ideal stem, and 

 where these dark crimson flowers are 

 wanted it must be grown. 



White Bradt. from Dailledouze Bros., 

 is a splendid flower, larger than I ever 

 saw Bradt grown, not quite so much 

 stem as some of the newer whites, but 

 a great flower. 



Harry Fenn. one of Mr. Ward's crim- 

 sons, but grown by Dailledouze Bros., 

 showed up finely. This is beaten in size 

 by other crimsons, but by no carnation 

 in freedom of bloom. 



Lillian Pond. Mr. Reuters' fine white, 

 scored high. It's a great bloomer, and 

 from all accounts a great all-round 

 white. 



Gov. Wolcott is as good as its reputa- 

 tion — a splendid white, and will be tried 

 by all. 



Boston Market is another fine white. 

 It makes no pretense to being the lar- 

 gest flower, but all who have seen it 

 growing have but one story to tell, that 

 it is a most free variety and a white 

 that all should grow. 



Albatross. Jlr. Marquisee's new white, 

 also scored high — a fine, pure white with 

 a splendid stem. 



May Naylor is another white that is 



