Januaiv 25. 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



101 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY, 



The Sixteenth Annual 

 Meeting and Exhibition of 

 this Society will be held 

 in the National Rifles' 

 Hall, 918 G street, N. \V., 

 Washington, D. C, Janu- 

 ary 28, 29 and 30, 190S. 

 Exhibition on the first 

 floor, sessions on the 

 second floor. Address all 

 exhibits to Chas. McCau- 

 ley, Washington, D. C. 

 Express charges on all ex- 

 hibits must be prepaid. 



Papers will be read as 

 follows: "Experiments in 

 Carnation Growing by thi' 

 Department of Agricul- 

 ture," by Dr. B. T. Gallo- 

 way, Washington, D. C. ; 

 "Carnation Breeding," b.N 

 Prof. J. B. Norton, Wash-, 

 Ington, D. C; "What the 

 buyer of a New Carnation 

 should expect from Thi' 

 Originator," by S. S. Skid 

 elsky, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 "What The Originator ut 

 a New Carnation should 

 expect of the buyer" by \\'. 

 N. Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 

 III.; "Special Points on 

 Carnation Hybridizing," 

 by Peter Fisher. Ems, 

 Mass.; C. W. Ward, 

 Queens, N. Y.; Fred Dor- 

 ner, LaFayete, Ind., and 

 Richard Witterstaetter, 

 Cincinnati, O.; "Cultural 

 Methods for Carnations," 

 by Irving Gingrich, South 

 Bend, Ind. 



Exhibition Schedule. 

 Class A.— Open to all va- 

 rieties. Seedlings or Stan- 

 dard Sorts: — 



First SecouU 



-No. lOU Blooms Prize. Prize 



1. White $10.00 .$6.00 



2. Enchantress shade of 



, , Piik 10.00 6.00 



3. Laweon shade ot Piuli,. 10.00 6.00 



A. M. Herr 

 Secretary 



Fred H. Lemon 



President American Carnation Society. 



4. Winsor shade of Piuli.. 10.00 0.00 



',. Scarlet lO.Wi (i.U<i 



0. Crimson 10.00 U.tK i 



7. Yellow ViU'iegated .. .. lU.OO li.uii 



.S. White Variegated 10.00 U.IHJ 



9. Any other color 10.00 6.0O 



Class B. — Open to all varieties dis- 

 seminated prior to July 1st. 1907: — 



Classes No. 10 to No. 36, each for a 

 first prize of $5.00, and second prize of 

 $3.00 for fifty blooms of the following 

 varieties respectively; Lady Bounti- 

 ful, White Perfection, Any other White, 

 Enchantress, Any other Enchantress 

 shade of Pink, Winsor. Pink Enchan- 

 tress, Any other Pink (this shade), 

 Lawson, Aristocrat. Pink Imperial. 

 Any other Dark Pink, Robert Craig, 

 Red Chief, Victory, Beacon, Any other 

 Scarlet, M. A. Patten, Imperial, Any 

 other 'WTiite Variegated, Harry Fenn. 

 Harlowarden, Any other Crimson, El- 

 dorado, Any other Yellow Variegated, 

 Prosperity, Any other color. Three 

 prizes may be awarded under No. 36. 



Class C. — A gold medal will be 

 given for the best vase of 100 blooms, 

 any variety, any color. 



A silver medal will be given for the 

 second best vase of 100 blooms, any 

 variety, any color. 



A bronze medal will be given for 

 the third best vase of 100 blooms, any 

 variety, any color. 



S. A. F. IVledals. 



Class 1). — A silver medal 

 will be awarded for the 

 best vase of 50 blooms ot 

 carnations not yet dissem- 

 inated. 



A bronze medal will be 

 given for the second best 

 vase of 50 blooms of car- 

 nations not yet dissem- 

 inated. 



The variety to be in all 

 lases of American origin. 



Judges are to reserve 

 awards in this class if in 

 their opinion the exhibits 

 are not worthy of the 

 medals. 



The Henry F. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia. Pa., of- 

 fer a silver vase valued at 

 $10.00 for the best lUO 

 blooms of carnation in 

 fnur varieties, twenty-five 

 blooms to a variety. Open 

 til private gardeners only. 



Peter Bisset, Washing- 

 ton. D. C, offers $10.00 in 

 gold for the best display 

 of carnations grown by a 

 irivate gardener, distinct 

 fiom Michell's prize. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 ftlass., offers prizes for the 

 best 50 blooms of Beacon: 

 1st, $12.00: 2ud, $8.00; 3rd, 

 $5.00. 



Geo. H. Cooke, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, offers $10.00 in 

 gold for the best 25 

 blooms pink seedlings or 

 sport darker than En- 

 chantress and lighter than 

 Lawson, never before win- 

 ning a prize or medal. 

 Those having a prelimi- 

 nary certificate eligible. 

 Entries for this prize will 

 not be eligible to compete for any 

 other prize. 



Geo. C. Shaffer, Washington, D. C, 

 i)ffp-s SI 0.00 in gold for the best vase 



Pl-.TEK IJISSET 

 Vice President 



