January 26, 1907 



HORTICU LTURE 



Two Weber Seedlings, 



99 



NO. Zl, '02. 



Carnation No. 24, '02, was described 

 in HORTICULTURE last year as fol- 

 lows: 



Parentage, a deep pink seedling and 

 Lawson. Height and habit very simi- 

 lar to Lawson. Flower is considerably 

 larger, better formed and of better and 

 more even color. All shoots come 

 from the base of plant, the stems be- 



ing practically bare of any side growth. 

 Size 3 to 3 1-2 inches. 



The variety described last year under 

 No. 9, '03, has been named Toreador 

 by Messrs. Weber and^ as the follow- 

 ing description shows, is a descendant 

 of No. 24, '02. The description is as 

 follows: 



"In color, a very much improved 



TOItE.\DOR. 



Prospprity. Parentage, Prosperity x 

 No. 24, '02. Ground color is white, 

 heavily overlaid with scarlet, bar- 

 ring a broad distinct zone of pure 

 white on the edges of the petals. 

 The latter are deeply serrated. It has 

 the stiff stems of the pollen parent, 

 and as long as Prosperity. In size it 

 is equal to Prosperity at its best." 



Scott of Buffalo had suffered a stroke 

 of paralysis, a telegram of sympathy 

 was ordered to be sent. 



R. O. King's paper on "Greenhouse 

 Construction" followed with black- 

 board illustration. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition was large and the 

 blooms were of a superb quality and 

 high average The Boston exhibitors 

 were very unfortunate on account of 

 delay in the express delivery, being 

 twenty-four hours late, but everything 

 was in good order when unpadded and 

 staged on the second day. The exhibi- 

 tion hall was cool and all the flowers 

 kept in excellent condition. 



The silver medal for vase of 100 

 blooms, any variety, any color, was 

 won by Cottage Gardens Co., with 

 .\lma Ward; the bronze medal in the 

 same class by Dailledouze Bros., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., with seedling 348. 

 The S. A. F. silver medal was won 

 by Cottage Gardens Co., with Alma 

 Ward and the bronze medal by Bassett 

 & Washburn with seedling No. 20. 



The silver cup donated by the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association for 

 six vases, 50 blooms in each, distinct 

 varieties, went to F. R. Pierson Co. 

 The silver cup offered by the Steele, 

 Briggs Seed Co., for six vases of 25 

 blooms each, distinct varieties, and the 

 silver cup offered by the R. W. King 

 Co. for the best 100 blooms in four 

 varieties, four vases, went to W. J. 

 Lawrence, Eglinton, Ont. 



Silver cup offered by the H. Dale 

 Estate for 100 blooms to be dissem- 

 inated during 1907, to C. W. Ward for 

 Beacon. 



Ten dollars in gold by J. H. Dunlop, 



Toronto, for best 50 blooms white, to 

 R. Witterstaetter for seedling 1009. 



Ten dollars in gold for_ best 25 

 blooms, pink seedling or sport darker 

 than Enchantress and lighter than 

 Lawson, never before winning a prize 

 or medal, to Dailledouze Bros., for 

 seedling No. 348. 



Ten dollars in gold offered by W. J. 

 Lawrence for best 50 blooms not more 

 than three varieties, for growers with 

 less than 20.000 feet of glass, to E. 

 Crowhurst. 



Five dollars by J. H. Dunlop for best 

 12 blooms, private gardeners only, to 

 M. Tiemey. 



Five dollars by George Vair for best 

 25 bright red blooms, to A. J. Guttman 

 for Victory. 



A certificate of merit was awarded 

 to E. Reimels for seedling No. 32. 



The first prizes in the various class- 

 es were as follows: 



Vase 100 blooms, white, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co.. Joliet, 111., with White Per- 

 fection; 100 blooms Enchantress shade 

 of pink, Chicago Carnation Co., with 

 Enchantress; 100 blooms Lawson 

 shade of pinlc, Chicago Carnation Co., 

 with Aristocrat; 100 blooms Scott 

 shade of pink, P. R. Pierson Co., Tar- 

 rytown-on-Hndson, N. Y., with Win- 

 sor; 100 blooms scarlet. Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., Queens, N. Y., with Robert 

 Craig; 100 blooms crimson. Cottage 

 Gardens Co., with Creole Beauty; 100 

 blooms any other color, J. E. Haines, 

 Bethlehem, Pa., with Imperial. 



Class B, open to all varieties dis- 

 seminated prior to July 1, 1906: 



Vase 50 blooms white, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., with White Perfection; 50 

 blooms Enchantress shade of pink, 

 same with Enchantress; 50 blooms 



scarlet, Guttman & Weber, with Vic- 

 tory. 



Class C, open to all varieties dis- 

 seminated prior to July 1, 1905: 



Vase 25 blooms white, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., with White Perfection; 25 

 blooms Lawson shade of pink. Dale 

 Estate, Brampton, Ont., with Lawson; 

 25 Idooms crimson, E. Crowhurst, with 

 Harlowarden; 25 blooms any other 

 color, Dale Estate, with Nelson Fisher. 



On Thursday morning the judges 

 reported additional certificates to R. 

 Witterstaetter for Afterglow, 87 points; 

 A. Roper for Bay State, 85 points; H. 

 Weber & Sons Co. for Toreador, 87 

 points, and the $25.00 silver cup do- 

 nated by the Montreal Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club to the exhibitor making 

 the largest display, to F. R. Pierson Co. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Miami Floral Co. of Dayton, O., 

 has increased its capital stock from 



$30,000 to $50,000. 



The Minneapolis (Minn.) Park Board 

 held its annual meeting January 19th, 

 electing the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, J. E. Northrup; vice-president, 

 E. W. Decker; secretary. J. A. Ridg- 

 way; attorney, C. J. Rockwood; super- 

 intendent, Theo. Wirth. 



W. W. Rawson of Boston observed 

 his sixtieth birthday on January 23, 

 by a banquet at the Hotel Vendome. 

 Included in the large company were 

 Governor (Juild, Lt.-Gov. Draper, mem- 

 bers of the governor's council, and 

 manv mem))ers of the various political 

 and fraternal organizati<jns with 

 whiili Mr. Uawson has been affiliated. 



