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HORTICULTURE 



January 19, 1907 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



The sixteenth annual meeting and 

 exhibition of this society will be held 

 in the assembly hall of City Hall, 

 Toronto, Ont., January 23 and 24, 1907. 



Papers will be read at the meeting 

 as follows: — 



Are There Too Many New Carna- 

 tions Introduced? by John Birnie, of 

 West Hoboken, N. J. 



Greenhouse Construction, by Mr. 

 King, of Toronto. 



American Carnations and Their 

 Prospects in Europe, by C. Engel- 

 mann, of Saffron Walden, Eng., and 

 Peter Riise, of Copenhagen, Denmark. 



Carnations From a Canadian's Point 

 of View, by Wm. Gammage, of London, 

 Ont. 



The Question Box,— This feature of 

 the society is always open and mem- 

 bers who have some knotty problem 

 they want answered will kindly write 

 the secretary, A. M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa.; their questions will be assigned 

 the most competent member for an 

 answer. 



List of Premiums. 



Class A. Opeu to all varieties, Seedlings 

 IT Standard Sorts. 



1st 2nd 



No. I*rize. Prize. 



1 Best vase 100 blooms Wlute..flU.W) $6.()(J 



2 Best vase 100 blooms En- 



chantress shade ot IMnk... 10.00 6.00 



3 Best va.se 100 blooms Lawson 



shade of I'Uik 10.00 fi.OII 



4 Best vase 100 blooms Seott 



shade of Pink 10.00 6.00 



5 Best vase 100 blooms Searlet. 10.00 6.00 



6 Best vase 1(X) blooms Crim- 



son 10.00 6.00 



7 Best vase 100 blooms Yellow 



Variegated 10.00 6.O11 



S Best vase 100 blooms White 



Variegated 10.00 6.01) 



H Best vases 100 blooms. Any 



other color 10.00 6.00 



Class B. Open to all varieties ilissenii- 

 nated prior to July 1st, 1906. 



1 Best vase 50 blooms Whito. . ifSM} .$3.00 



2 Best vase 50 blooms En- 



chantress shade ot Pink... 5.0U 3.00 



3 Best \ ase 50 blooms Lawsou 



shade of Pink 0.00 3.00 



4 Best vase 50 blooms Scott 



shade of Pink 5.IKI 3.011 



5 Best vase 30 blooms Scarlet.. 3.00 3.00 



6 Best vase 30 blooms Crim 



son ."i.ix I .'5.1 10 



7 Best vase 50 blooms Vcllow 



Variegated 5.00 3.00 



S Best vase 50 blooms White 



Variegated 5.00 3.00 



9 Best vase 50 blooms. Any 



other color .3.00 3.00 



Class C. Open to all varielies dissemi- 

 nated prior to July 1st. 1903. 



1st 2nd 

 No. I'rize. Prize. 



1 Best vase 23 blooms White.. $3.00 $1.50 



2 Best vase 23 blooms Enchant- 



ress shade of Pink.; 3.00 1.50 



3 Best vase 25 blooms J^awson 



shade of Pink 3.00 1.50 



4 Best vi:se 23 Itlooms Scott 



shade of Pink 3.0U 1.50 



5 Best vase 25 blooms Scarlet. 3.00 1.50 



6 Best vase 25 blooms Crim- 



son ^ 3.00 1.50 



7 Best vase 2rt blooms Yellow 



Variegated 3.00 ]..3(i 



S Best vase 25 blooms White 



Variegated 3.00 1.50 



9 Best vase 25 blooms. Any 



other color 3.00 1.50 



The American Carnation Society 

 Medal. 



Class I.>. .\ Gold .MiMl.il Mill In- given 



President John U. Dunlop 



for the best vase of loO blooms, any va- 

 riety, any color. 



A Silver Medal will be given for the 



second best vase of litii hi ns. any \a 



Hety. any color. 



A l^i'onze Medal will be gi\cn for the 

 third best vase of 100 blooms, aii.v \arii'ty, 

 any color. 



Special Medals of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists. 



Class E. A Silver Medal will be awarded 

 for the best vase of 30 blooms of carna- 

 tions not yet disseminated, 



A Bronze Medal will be given for the 

 second best va>e of 30 blooms of cai-na- 

 tio]is not yet dissemiinited. 



The variety' to be in all cases rif Ameri- 

 can origin. 



Judges are to reserve awards in this class 

 if in their opinion the exhibits are not 

 worthy of the medals, 



Gener?.! Display. 



Class F. Best general display of com- 

 mercial carnations. No restrictions as to 

 color — but variet.v must have been dissemi- 

 nated prior 10 April 1st, lOOti, 50 blooms 

 to be shown to a vase, and displa,y is not 

 to exceed tweiit.\' varieties. Vases from 

 this collection aie not allow^'d to compete 

 ill an.\' of the other classes. First prize, 

 ,f.3n.(iO: sccoiiil prize, .1i30,00: tliinl prize, 

 $20,00, 



Special Prizes. 



Silver cup valued at .$30,00 donated by 

 the Canadi.'in Horticultural Association for 

 6 vases of Carnations, 30 blooms in each; 

 distUK-t varieties. 



The Steele. Briggs Seed Company, Toron- 

 lo, offer a silver cup valued at $25,00 tor 

 11 vases, 23 blooms each; distinct varieties, 



Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 

 •Montreal, Que,, offers a cup valued at 

 $23.(10 to the exhibitor making the largest 

 display — all vtKses in all classes being 

 comiied as part toward this display. 



The R. W, King Co.. Ltd., Toronto, Ont,, 

 anil North Tonawanda, N, Y., offer a 

 silver cup valued at .$23.00 for the best 

 too carnaticms in four varieties, four vases; 

 conipctirion restricted to the users of 

 King's Greenhouses. 



The H. Dale Estate. Brampton, Ont., 

 otriT a silver cup valued at $25.00 for a 

 vase of lot) blooms of the best carnation 

 to 1k' disseminated during 1907. 



t'ash will be paid for this prize should 

 winner prefer it. 



Jiio. H. Dunlop. Toronto, offers $10,00 

 (gold) for the Iiest vase of white carna- 

 tions, .30 blooms, distinct from other en- 

 tries. 



W. (.iammage. Liuiiloii, Out,, offers $10.00 

 (gold) for tin- best 23 blooms, pink seed- 

 ling or sport darker than Enchantress and 

 lighter than J.awsoii, never before winning 

 a pi ize or medal. Those having preliminary 

 i-erliticates eligible. Entries for this priz« 

 will not be eligible to compete for any other 

 prize, 



W. J, Lawrence. Eglinton. Out., offers 

 $111110 (gold) for best vase 30 blooms not 

 more than three varieties, opi-n to growers 

 having less than 20,000 feet of glass. 



Jno. H. Dnnliip offers $5.00 (gold) for the 

 best vase of 12 blooms carnations, open 

 to private gardeners only. 



George Vair. Toronto, offers $3.00 in cash 



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