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HORTICULTURE 



February 23, 1907 



VICTORY HAS MADE GOOD 



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of New York lynbrook, L. I., N.». 



43 W. 28 St., 



The other and greater: How soon 

 shall we be swamped with innumer- 

 able quantities of novelties, which, ac- 

 cording to the raiser, will all be better 

 than Enchantress, but which in reality 

 •will only be useless rubbish, that must 

 disgust the straight and honest florist 

 and damage the trade for those few 

 new varieties that are really good? 



To discuss how the American carna- 

 tion as seen in England compares with 

 its brother in the states, or how Eng- 

 lish methods of growing are inferior 

 or otherwise to the American, would 

 lead too far. However, one thing I 

 may be allowed to mention by way of 

 apology. If some of you should ever 

 visit one of our English carnation 

 shows in mid-winter, and find the 

 blooms inferior or perhaps poor in 

 comparison to your perfect specimen, 

 please remember that the chief factor 

 in producing flrst-class blooms in win- 

 ter, is the light, and then take into 

 consideration that on the 21st of De- 

 cember the sun rises in London (or 

 rather is supposed to rise) at 8.05 and 

 sets at 3.51. This is according to the 

 almanac; in reality, it does not shine 

 at all through November, December 

 and January— at least, not to any ap- 

 preciable extent. I believe that even 

 your best growers, if they came over 

 here, and tried their hand at the game, 

 would be rather disgusted with the 

 result. For this reason alone, I am 

 afraid we shall never be able to pro- 

 duce as good flowers as you in mid- 

 winter, unless you send Mr. Edison 

 along with one of the Chicago packers, 

 who, between them, might manage to 

 bottle up some of the surplus sunshine 

 during the summer months, that we 

 could let loose in our carnation houses 

 when it is wanted in the winter. Un- 

 til that happy time arrives we shall 

 have to be satisfied with what we can 

 get in the ordinary way. 



Thanking you for the honor you 

 have given me in asking for and listen- 

 ing to these notes, which, I regret, I 

 am not able to read personally, I will 

 conclude with the best wishes for the 

 future success of the American carna- 

 tion in general, and the American 

 Carnation Society in particular. 



Vivat, crescat, floreat! 



AUTHOR, A. F. DUTTON. 

 It is now some five years since 

 "American Tree Carntions" were first 

 grown and shown to perfection in Eng- 

 land and I have the pleasure of being 

 the first to exhibit them in the way 

 they are now generally shown here. 

 My first exhibit of note was at the 

 Temple, 1903, when they caused quite 

 a sensation, and I may say made the 

 great start to their now present popu- 

 larity. They first met with a great 

 deal of criticism from the Border Car- 

 nation fancier, and I was told by one 

 who is considered the finest raiser of 

 this kind in our country: "Well, Mr. 

 Dutton, I congratulate you on your ex- 

 hibit, nothing could be more beauti- 

 ful." With this remark I was quite 

 content. Now they are being grown 

 on quite a large scale as a market 



ffower, where before only the inferior 

 and short-stem varieties were seen, 

 such as Duchess of Fife, Uriah Pike, 

 Miss Joliffe. But I may add there is 

 a great difference in the quality of dif- 

 ferent growers, and it is only the few 

 who can grow to perfection. 



Last month the newly formed "Win- 

 ter Flowering Carnation Society" held 

 a very successful show at the Botanic, 

 London, in which the American varie- 

 ties predominated, there being classes 

 for 36 and 18 bloom of a color, also for 

 groups of cut bloom. The show was 

 in every way a success and a fine lot 

 of bloom was staged. 



I may give a few lines on the new 

 varieties that are being raised from 

 youi; imported varieties. I consider 

 that before many seasons we shall 

 have some very fine varieties, quite a 

 credit to their parent Britannia, which 

 is being disseminated this year, and 

 is the finest scarlet I know. It puts 

 Robert Craig and Victory in the shade, 

 and I firmly believe that we shall have 

 other varieties in time of equal merit. 

 But it is not for me to dwell on the 

 possibilities of the future, but the past 

 and present, which are facts. 



In regard to shipping, this will al- 

 ways be a great drawback to business 

 on a large scale, as it is far too uncer- 

 tain to please the majority of receiv- 

 ers here. I myself have received very 

 successful shipments, but these have 

 been few and far between; for in- 

 stance, one consignment turned out 

 good, another from the same grower 

 turned out the reverse, and the loss 

 was 80 per cent. It would have been 

 policy to have burnt the entire lots on 

 arrival, as the survivors were weak, 

 unhealthy and infected with rust, also 

 "spot." I often feel I should like to 

 think I had never to ship any more, 

 as it is always a nightmare when ship- 

 ping time comes in the spring. 



Many varieties well spoken of and 

 advertised in your papers as gaining 

 awards of merit, prove very poor varie- 



ties with us, such as Fiancee, Cardinal, 

 Ethel Ward, Candace, Indianapolis, 

 Nelson Fisher, Abundance and Flamin- 

 go. If this continues, your European 

 buyers will certainly decrease, as it is 

 quite diificult with the losses we sus- 

 tain through shipping, to make the 

 game worth the candle, even when 

 procuring really first-rate standard va- 

 rieties. 



PERSONAL. 

 Visitors in Boston: C. B. Weath- 

 ered, New York; W. A. Manda, So. 

 Orange, N. J. 



Visitors in New York this week: 

 Fred Breitmeyer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; 

 J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; H. L. Jansen, 

 Berlin, Ont. 



The youngest child of John Scott of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., a boy of 14 months, 

 has been critically ill with pneumonia, 

 but the latest accounts indicate im- 

 provement and probable recovery. 



Among recent visitors to Des Moines, 

 la., were Carl Cropp, Chicago; Charles 

 P. Braslin, San Jose, Cal.; Prof. Brown, 

 Washington, D. C; Mr. Crossland of 

 Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis; 

 Mr. Johnson of Albert Dickinson Co., 

 Mr. Steinmetz of W. W. Barnard, 

 Chicago; Wm. Hagemann, New York; 

 C. J. von Bourgondien and several 

 other bulb and azalea men from the 

 other side. 



George A. Parker, superintendent of 

 parks at Hartford, Conn., is seriously 

 ill at St. Francis' hospital, where he 

 was taken a week ago after having 

 been sick two weeks. An operation 

 was performed for the removal of a 

 carbuncle in the back, which left him 

 very weak, but he is now reported as 

 being a little stronger. The number 

 of Mr. Parker's sincere friends is lim- 

 ited only by the number of those who 

 know him. and we know he will have 

 their sympathy and earnest wishes for 

 speedy and full recovery. 



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