January 4, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



TWO NEW WHITE SEEDLING CARNATIONS. 



House of The Makchione?; 



The accompanying illustration is 

 from a photograph of a house of the 

 new white seedling carnation Mar- 

 chioness, raised by L. E. Marquisee, of 

 Syracuse. N. Y. The house was plant- 

 ed September 15 and the photograph 

 taken December 9th last. That in 

 Marchioness Mr. Marquisee has a win- 

 ner, all the local florists who have 

 closely watched it for the past three 

 years cordially agree. The conditions 

 under which' it has been grown this 

 season have been most unfavorable, as 

 the government weather bureau at 

 Syracuse University reports fewer 

 bright days for the months of October, 

 November and December than have 

 been recorded in the past five years 

 Then, again, the greenhouses are sit- 

 uated in a residential section of the 

 city and are surrounded by large dwell- 

 ings. What it is capable of doing un- 

 der more favorable conditions all good 

 carnation growers can readily imagine. 

 It is de.scribed as not a cropper, but 

 a steady bloomer; flowers 3 1-2 to 4 

 inches, high built and full, with very 

 strong clove fragrance. It requires 

 cool treatment 48 to ,50 deg. at night — 

 a matter of great importance when 'he 

 coal bill is considered. That it is a 

 very free bloomer, the photograph 

 clearly proves, and there is not a flo- 

 rist that would not be pleased to own 

 such a crop for his Christmas trade. 



The Lloyd. 



The illustrations show a vase of H. 

 A. Jahn's new white seedling carna- 

 tion, The Lloyd, and also a house of 

 this variety which originated with Mr. 

 Jahn in New Bedford, Mass., five years 

 ago. It is a pedigree seedling with 

 Lawson blood in it. Mr. Jahn states 

 that in the first year he picked from 

 the original plant G5 blooms, and last 

 October the cut on one day from 10.000 

 plants was 3,000 blooms. He says it 

 is not a cropper but always in bloom. 

 The (lowers are pure white, very fra- 

 grant, and measure 3 inches, very often 

 4 inches, across; stiff stems from 18 

 inches to 3G inches long. The garden 

 committee of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society who visited Mr. Jahn's 

 gi'eeuhouses gave The Lloyd a high en- 

 dorsement. 



A LETTER OF GRATITUDE. 



President Thos. H. Westwood, of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, has received a letter from the 

 older brother of the late John Clark, 

 whose tragic death is recorded in our 

 obituary columns, from which we ex- 

 tract the following; 



"We found on our arrival in Boston 

 that everything had been done which 

 could be done by the neighbors and 

 fiiends of the family, and as it would 

 lie impossible for us to thank each one 

 individually, we wish you would on our 

 behalf convey to the florists and trade 

 generally in and around Boston, our 

 !<incere appreciation of the many kind 

 :irts and words we have received from 

 their hands at this time. 



"It is a debt of gratitude that will 

 not be soon forgotten. 



"Thanking you for your own kind 

 words of sympathy, I remain, 

 "Sincerelv vours, 



"GEORGE D. CLARK." 



AMERICAN 



FORESTRY 

 TION. 



ASSOCIA- 



Vase of Lloyd 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Forestry Association will be held in 

 Washington, at the New Willard Hotel, 

 on Wednesday, January 29, 1908, be- 

 ginning at 10.00 o'clock A. M. On the 

 evening of the same day a reception 

 will be held at the residence of Mr. 

 and Mrs. J. W. Pinchot and Mr. Gifford 

 Pinchot, The Forester. 



On arriving in Washington, mem- 

 bei s are requested to register at Room 

 305. Epiphany Building, 1311 G. Street, 

 X. W. — the offices of The American 

 Forestry Association. Programs and 

 invitations to the reception will be is- 

 sued at the time and place of regis- 

 tration. 



HorsE OP Lloyd 



