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horticulture: 



Carnation Winsor 



January 19, 1907 



M'e present in this issue two in- 

 teresting illustrations showing this 

 superb carnation as it is growing and 

 blooming at the present time in the 

 place of its nativity and in Its later 

 palatial home— localities two hundred 

 miles or more apart. Strong adjectives 

 have been used in describing Winsor 

 but they are not overdrawn; great 

 predictions have been made as to its 

 future and they bid fair to be more 

 than fulfilled. Its features and quali- 

 fications for commercial popularity as 

 a grower and bloomer and as a cut 

 flower are ])retty familiar to the read- 

 ers of HORTICULTURE because we 

 have reverted to them frequently and 

 the fact that, as indicated in our ad- 

 vertising pa,ges herewith, 'W'iDsor is to 

 be distributed by the !• . R. Pierson 

 Co., is a guarantee that every plant 

 will be a good one. Too following 

 notes concerning Winsor, its birth- 

 place and the man who raised it will, 



Winsor— Size Reduced One-Halt. 



no doubt be highly enjoyed by our 

 readers: 



Winsor and Its Birthplace. 



1!Y 'I'IIOM.\S WIIITK. 

 Carnation Winsor which is neither 

 a sport nor a chance seedling, but the 

 result of judicious crossing and selec- 

 tion, came into existence in the green- 

 houses of Walter P. Winsor of Fair- 

 haven, Mass., a town which, by the 

 way, is rising "phoenix-like" from the 

 ruins of the departed whaling industry, 

 and which for a small town has con- 

 tributed a goodly share to the attrac- 

 tions of the horticultural world. 

 Among the trophies which have found 

 their way to l''airhaven are the Hunne- 

 well cup for best kept private estate, 

 silver medal for introduction of Saxi- 

 fraga sarmentosa tricolor and several 

 cups and medals captured at New 

 Bedford and Newport by James Garth- 

 ly, gardener for H. H. Rogers, silver 

 medal for introduction of Dendrobium 

 Burforrtensis, Dendrobium Virginalis 





WlX.«OK 

 .\t Scarhoroiigh, N. Y. 



and certificate for introduction of 

 Carnation Winsor. Also, one silver, 

 one bronze and three silver gilt medals 

 for superior cultivation and display of 

 orchids awarded to Peter Murray, 

 gardener for W. P. Winsor, by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 In addition to these may be mentioned 

 anemone chrysanthemum Victoria, 



raised by James Garthly, and Adian- 

 tum Murrayanum, raised by Peter 

 Murray but which have not as yet been 

 presented to the world. 



Mr. Murray who is responsible for 

 the appearance of the Winsor carna- 

 tion, landed in Boston in the spring of 

 1888, a young man just out of his time 

 and, like many another son of Scotia, 



WiNSOF 

 \t Faifhaven, Mass 



