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HORTICULTURE, 



January 26, )&07 



ciety or otherwise. Those committees 

 might also, with propriety taice a walk 

 through the introducer's propagating 

 house, just to have a look at those 

 "selected" cuttings, and see if condi- 

 tions are all right. It is said that cut- 

 tings which go in there in good con- 

 dition often come out with weakened 

 constitution and other ailments which 

 make them of little value to those 

 who buy them. Only by adopting some 

 such methods will the American Car- 

 nation Society give the purchaser of 

 new varieties the protection he is en- 

 titled to, and at the same time make 

 it impossible to introduce "too many 

 new carnations.'" 

 SHOULD STRIVE FOR FRAGRANCE. 

 Our present day carnation introduc- 

 ers seem to be directing their efforts 

 more to increasing the size of the flow- 

 er than anything else, and their suc- 

 cess in that direction is wonderful, but 

 while they are struggling for size, it 

 looks as if they were losing sight of 

 one of the chief attributes of the car- 

 nation, namely, fragrance. The only 

 two varieties in commerce at the pres- 

 ent time which retain the much-ad- 

 mired clove scent are Flora Hill and 

 Boston Market. A carnation with the 

 color and siz.e of Enchantress and the 

 fragrance of Boston Market would be 

 an acquisition worthy of the efforts of 

 our introducers. Or is strong fragrance 

 a characteristic of the white carnation 

 as it is of the white verbena? However 

 that may be, an effort in that direction 

 would not be amiss. Taste demands 

 fragrance, just as fashion demands 

 color. 



COMPETITION OF ENGLISH GROW- 

 ERS. 



Size, however, is likely to be the 

 main aim of the American introducer 

 for some time to come, and the suc- 

 cessful efforts of their British brethren 

 in the profession to improve the car- 

 nation will furnish the incentive. We 

 read of Malmaison carnations 8 inches 

 across, and also of some crosses be- 

 tween. English and American varieties 

 which the Englishmen claim are im- 

 provements on the latter. Under those 

 circumstances, the American intro- 

 ducer is not likely to rest on his lau- 

 rels; evidently there are foemen wor- 

 thy of his steel on the other side of 

 the water. 



VARIETIES FOR POT CULTURE 

 NEEDED. 

 Hitherto our introducers have de- 

 voted their entire attention to the de- 

 velopment of the carnation as a cut 

 flower, but there is another phase of 

 carnation advancement which they 

 have altogether neglected, although 

 they have had numerous hints regard- 

 ing' it both in the trade press and from 

 the platform. I refer to the carnation 

 for pot culture. We need a race of 

 dwarf carnations of every shade of 

 color. Colors that could not be used 

 in the cut carnation would be very de- 

 sirable in this class, and fragrance 

 should be one of its prominent fea- 

 tures. A race of carnations of the kind 

 mentioned would mark an epoch in the 

 plant trade. They could be grown in 

 ordinary pots for the general plant 

 trade, or put in pans or vases for deco- 

 rative or holiday purposes. They could 

 be flowered at any time without undue 

 forcing, and would certainly make a 

 far more satisfactory house plant than 

 the short-lived although pretty azalea. 

 They could also be used for summer 



planting and would fill a long felt want 

 in that direction, as I think it is ex- 

 tremely improbable that a carnation 

 which would prove to be entirely 

 hardy in our northern latitudes will 

 ever be produced. There won't be "too 

 many carnations introduced" until this 

 much-needed class receives the atten- 

 tion it deserves. 



INTRODUCERS SHOULD BE EN- 

 COURAGED. 

 Any effort to discourage carnation 

 introducers in their endeavor to im- 

 prove the carnation would be a mis- 

 take. Those whom we might call our 

 professional hybridizers have got hy- 

 bridizing down almost to a science, 

 and with the magnificent varieties now 

 at their command as subjects to work 

 on, decided improvements may be 

 looked for in the near future, both on 

 this and the other side of the Atlantic. 

 The 4-inch flower may materialize at 

 any time, but that will not satisfy the 

 ambition of our carnation introducers. 

 To them one step in advancement only 

 suggests another, and when the 4-inch 

 carnation is an accomplished fact, they 

 will with characteristic perseverance 

 reach out for one still larger. 



In the discussion which followed W. 

 N. Rudd remarked that the paper 

 contained some good things and some 

 rank heresies. Some people expect 

 brains, horse sense and business ex- 

 perience all for two dollars per year. 

 He had no patience with a man who 

 expects the seal of commercial value 

 on carnation certificates. 



Invitations for the meeting for next 

 year were presented from Indianapolis 

 and Washington. The nominations for 

 officers was the next business and re- 

 sulted as follows: Wm. F. Gude, J. 

 R. Freeman and Fred H. Lemon for 

 president; Peter Bisset and Adolph 

 Baur for vice-president; a; M. Herr for 

 secretary, and F. E. Dorner for treas- 

 urer. 



William Gammage then read a paper 

 on "Carnations from a Canadian Point 

 of View " He said that it was his 

 observation that Canadians have a 

 speculative faith in the future, as all 

 are building greenhouses in modern 

 ways and largely for carnation flowers. 

 Cultural methods have to keep pace 

 with the developments of today, and 

 the carnation's popularity is on the 

 increase. 



The report of the judges was then 

 read, A discussion of the status of 

 Nelson Fisher as to eligibility in the 

 Lawson class followed, and Messrs. 

 Rudd, Ward and Lemon were appoint- 

 ed a committee to establish a rule on 

 this question for the guidance of ex- 

 hibitors and judges. 



At Thursday morning's session the 

 reports of committees were in order. 

 The committee on change in methods 

 of awarding certificates reported that 

 they were unable to agree on a prac- 

 tical plan. Discussion brought out 

 the consensus of opinion that it is im- 

 practical to send special committees to 

 inspect varieties growing, and that 

 nothing of value could be thus gained. 

 It was voted to abrogate the rule to 

 this effect adopted last year. 



H. M. Altick made a final report on 

 the McKinley fund, and a vote of 

 thanks was passed appreciative of his 

 efforts. The sum of $100 was appro- 

 priated for this fund in the name of 

 the society. 



The color classification committee 



recommended a new classification 

 which was adopted for use in the 

 schedules. The report of the nomen- 

 clature committee followed: 



Report of the Nomenclature Com- 

 mittee. 

 Mr. President and Fellow Members; 



Your committee reports the registra- 

 tion of the following carnations during 

 the past year: 

 Splendor by Stevenson Bros. 

 Harvard, Georgia and Faust by 

 James D. Cockroft. 

 Pocahontas by Baur & Smith. 

 Red Chief, Winona and Bonnie Maid 

 by F. Dorner & Sons Co. 



Lucile by J. D. Thompson Carnation 

 Co. 



Toreador by The H. Weber & Sons 

 Co. 



Red Riding Hood by Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. 



Mrs. Robert Hartshorne by Malachi 

 Tierney. 

 Welcome by Dailledouze Bros. 

 The registration of "Welcome" is 

 provisional and subject to the approval 

 or disapproval of this Society, it being 

 a pink sport of Mrs. T. W. Lawson, 

 and will be on exhibition at the meet- 

 ing. 



Registration is getting to be quite 

 a bit of work. One of the above regis- 

 trations was effected after an inter- 

 change of eight letters, several of the 

 others required three and four, owing 

 to the fact that the list of names that 

 have been used is cumbersomely 

 large, and also, to the fact that some 

 introducers of new varieties do not 

 take the trouble or do not care to go 

 to the expense of registration. 



From the amount of space given by 

 our trade papers to this matter of 

 registration, there is no excuse for 

 any originator not to know that when 

 he names a carnation, the proper 

 thing to do is to have that name regis- 

 tered with the Society at once, the 

 cost being but $1.00 per name, and it is 

 not obligatory to be a member of tha 

 Society to have a variety registered. 



We, therefore, again recommend that 

 no variety under name be allowed to 

 compete in the exhibitions of this 

 Society unless said name has been 

 properly registered, either with this 

 Society, or the S. A. F., and that this 

 rule be in force for our next exhibi- 

 tion, with the privilege of registration 

 the first morning of the exhibition for 

 those who may have previously 

 neglected it or who do not know of 

 this rule. 



We would also recommend that all 

 names registered previous to 1896 be 

 eliminated from the working list of 

 this committee. 



Respectfully submitted, Albert M. 

 Herr, A. Herrington, Eugene Daille- 

 douze. 



After some discussion it was voted 

 that the registration of the name of a 

 variety should be a prerequisite to the 

 award of certificates of entry in com- 

 petitive classes. The recommendation 

 to eliminate all names used previous 

 to 1896 was not agreed to. Welcome 

 was accepted as a name for the Law- 

 son sport of Dailledouze Bros. The re- 

 port as amended was adopted. 



Telegrams of congratulations were 

 received from Peter Fisher of Ellis, 

 Mass., and Peter Bisset of Washington. 

 An invitation to visit the Dale estate 

 on Friday forenoon was accepted. 



It being announced that William 



