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HORTICULTURE 



February 2, ]907 



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CARNATION WINSOR 



We have not advertised Winsor until now because we have not had to. It is so good and its merits have 

 been so generally recognized that it has practically sold itself. Our advance orders were very large, and we did 

 not feel the necessity of advertising it until we were in a position to fill and take care of our early orders. We 

 are now nearly caught up with our advance orders and have a fine lot of stock on the cutting bench, so that we 

 can promise, for the present, February delivery on orders received within a short time at least. 



If you have not already purchased a stock of this, you should lose no time doing so. We are going to sell 

 more Winsor than has ever been sold of any novelty that has ever been put on the market. Its merits and value 

 are now so well established that one is not buying a chance. We are cutting and shipping right along between 

 one and two thousand flowers a day to the New York market, where our flowers are sold. 



There is nothing on the market that approaches Winsor to-day in carnations. It is the best seller on the 

 market, on account of its lovely color, fine stem, perfect calyx, and fine keeping and shipping qualities — in fact, in 

 this regard it covers every necessary requisite as a market variety. 



From a growing standpoint, it leaves little to be desired. It is unusually healthy, very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, and. we think, the most profitable carnation ever introduced. This may seem high praise for a carna- 

 tion, biit it is no exaggeration. Winsor gives a large percentage of high-quality flowers. It practically does not 

 split at all. Notwithstanding the fact that we have had the darkest, dullest winter we have ever had, when the 

 Enchantress and Lawson types are splitting badly all over the country with every one, we have not had one-half 

 of one per cent, of split calyxes or Winsor — in fact, we seldom see a split calyx. Hundreds of visitors who have 

 been at our Scarborough place will substantiate this statement, extravagant as it may appear. 



Any one who fails to plant Winsor this year will regret it. Rose Pink Enchantress is good, and a good 

 many other varieties are good, but if you want the winner, plant Winsor. 



We not only have a good thing in Winsor, but we are delivering good stock. As a sample of the testi- 

 monials that we are receiving, see this space in last issue. We are trying to give 110 cents on the dollar, and 

 guarantee to please everybody with the stock sent out, or we will not ask you to pay for it. We have still to re- 

 ceive our first complaint, and we have shipped between one and two hundred thousand cuttings to date. 



A STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS, February delivery, $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1,000. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The January meetings of our club 

 have been the most successful and 

 ■valuable to the members of any in its 

 history. We have had very creditable 

 displays of carnations and decorative 

 plants. M. B. Faxon's special prize of 

 a year's subscription to HORTICUI>- 

 TURB; went to our president, Sher- 

 man Stephens for a splendid display 

 of carnations. In Mr. Stephens' col- 

 lection were: Victory, Enchantress, 

 Pink Enchantress, Flamingo, Lady 

 Bountiful, and Mrs. Patten; quoting 

 my old friend K. Finlayson, "The con- 

 ditions which have prevailed during 

 the past two months, call forth the 

 subtlest skill of the plantsman's art"— 

 this display of carnations brought 

 these words to my mind. Other ex- 

 hibitors were: Fifth Avenue Floral 

 Company, carnations and violets; I. D. 

 Siebert, Pandanus Veitchii; M. B. Fax- 

 on, Primula obconica; Robert Currie, 

 Araucaria excelsa; Franklin Park 

 Floral Company, Pink Enchantress. 

 These displays were all good. We have 

 added another new member, Andrew 

 Bluhra, with the Clover Hill Green- 

 houses. During the evening some 

 very enjoyable music was furnished by 

 Miss Williams and Carl Knopf. The 

 committee on prizes, consists of 

 Messrs. Williams, Bealer, Metzmaier, 

 Torrey and Hills. We had a long dis- 

 cussion regarding coming exhibitions, 

 lor it is contemplated holding some 

 good ones during 1907. 



TOLEDO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Carnations were the topic at our 

 last club meeting, and it was a pity 



that the meeting was so poorly at- 

 tended, but the severe cold night kept, 

 probably, a good many away. It was 

 a most lively discussion among those 

 present, and the bunch of carnations 

 sent by the Chicago Carnation Co., 

 and which we thought was Aristocrat, 

 gave us plenty of stuff to talk about. 

 The scarlet seedling exhibited by our 

 local friend, Kuhuke, deserves most 

 careful watching; the color is fine, 

 stem good and. no faults could be seen 

 with the cut flowers presented. 



Having carnations as subject the 

 club decided to have a special carna- 

 tion show at the next meeting, and all 

 members promised liberal support. 

 Our nearby brothers will be invited, 

 and the club intends to make a special 

 effort to draw a crowd. Of course, this 

 show will only be in the nature of a 

 meeting in our club room, which is 

 large enough to accommodate all we 

 expect to get. It will also help us to 

 bring new members into the club, and 

 new members means new interest. 



NEW LONDON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was helil in Norwich, Ct., and ofllcers 

 for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows: President, Thomas W. Head; 

 vice-president, N. Poe Carey; secre- 

 tary, A. A. Hunt; financial secretary 

 and treasurer, R. R, Willcox. It was 

 also voted to pay the financial secre- 

 tary for his services the next year. 

 The treasurer's report was very en- 

 couraging there being quite a balance 

 on hand, and we are looking forward 

 to a prosperous year. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



President Wm. J. Stewart of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists, announces the 

 following appointments as Vice-Presi- 

 dents for 1907: 



Ala., E. A. Beaven, Evergreen ; Colo., 

 J. A. Valentine, Denver; Conn., Peter 

 Zuger, Hartford; D. C, W. H. Ernest, 

 Washington; Fla., C. D. Mills, Jack- 

 sonville; 111., N., George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago; 111., S., F. L. Washburn, Bloom- 

 ington; Ind., J. A. Evans, Richmond; 

 Iowa, W. A. Harkett, Dubuque; Kan., 

 Oscar Roehr, Topeka; Kentucky, A. R. 

 Baumer, Louisville; La., M. Cook, New 

 Orleans; Md., Wm. Weber, Oakland; 

 Mass., E., E. L. Pierce, North Cam- 

 bridge; Mich., W., E. P. Weber, Sault 

 Ste. Marie; Minn., John Monson, Min- 

 neapolis; Miss., S. W. Crowell, Rich.; 

 Mo., E., W. C. Young. St. Louis; Mo., 

 W., Geo. W. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill; 

 Nebr., Geo. H. Swoboda, Omaha; N. 

 H., Aug. Gaedeke, Nashua; N. Jersey, 

 C. H. Totty, Madison; New York, E., 

 Chas. Lenker, Freeport; New York, 

 W., C. H. Vick, Rochester; N. Car., J. 

 Van Lindley, Pomona; Ohio, S., J. B. 

 Heiss, Dayton; Ohio, N.. Geo. Bayer, 

 Toledo; Pa., E., P. J. Lynch, West 

 Grove; So. Car., C. A. Moss, Spartan- 

 burg; So. Dak., C. E. Newbury, 

 Mitchell; Tenn., C. L. Baum, Knox- 

 ville; Va., H. Brown, Richmond; W. 

 Va., C. P. Dudley, Parkersburg; Wis., 

 Fred Holton. Milwaukee; Ont., J. H, 

 Dunlop, Toronto; Washington, Amy 

 K. Luffman, Spokane. 



P. J. HAUSWIRTH. Sec'y 



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