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February 5, 1910 



1st 



Roses— Crimsoii Riirabler, Specimen plaut... lU.OO 



Lady Gay, specimen plant lO.UO 



Doiotliy I'erliins, ppecimea plant... lu.OO 



Tausendschon, specimen plaut lO.UO 



Debntante, specimen plant 10.00 



Hia«atha, specimen plant 10.00 



Roses — Climbing, any other variety, speci- 

 men lO.OO 



Roses — Baby Rambler. Crimson, 6 plants.. 10.00 



Baby Rambler, Pink, 6 plants 10.00 



Baby Rambler, Mbite, 6 plants lO.UO 



Roses — Collection of Hybrid Perpetuals, not 

 less than 15 plants, not less than 6 



vai-ieties 25.00 



Roses — Collection of Standard or Tree 

 Roses, 12 or more plants, 6 or more 



varieties 25.00 



Ferns. 



1st 



Adiautum Farleyense — Specimen $5.00 



Adiantum cuueatum or its variety — Speci- 

 men 5.00 



Adiantum — Specimen, any other variety... 5.00 



Aspidium — Specimen 10.00 



Cibotium Schiedei — Specimen 20.00 



Davallia — Specimen, any variety 15.00 



Gleicheuia — Specimen 10.00 



Nephrolepis exaltata and Its varieties — 

 Display one of each, pots or pans not 



to exceed 8 inches in diameter 25.00 



Nephrolepis Bostoniensis — Specimen 10.00 



Nephrolepis Scottii — Specimen 5.00 



Nephrolepis I'iersoni — Specimen 10.00 



Nephrolepis I'iersoni elegantissima — Speci- 

 men 5.00 



Nephrolepis Whitmani — Specimen 5.00 



Nephrolepis — Specimen any other variety. . 5.00 



Polypodium, or Goniophlebium — Specimen.. 15.00 



Stag Horn Fern — 6 plants, in variety 15.00 



Specimen, any variety. . . 5.00 



Tree Fern — Specimen 25.00 



Fern — Specimen, any other variety 10.00 



Fern — Specimen, new variety, not yet in Silver 



commerce Medal 



Palms and Foliage Plants. 

 1st 



Areea— Pair $25.00 



Specimen 1.5.00 



Cocos Australis or its varieties — Specimen. 15.00 



Cocos phimosus — Specimen 15.00 



Kentia Belmoreana — Pair 25.00 



Speeimjn 15.00 



1st 2na 3rd 



Kcutia I'\)rsteriana — Pair 25.00 15.00 10.00 



Specimen 15.00 10.00 5.U0 



Phoenix Roebeleui— Pair 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Phoeulx nipicola — Specimen 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Phoenix Canarieasis — Pair 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Phoenix reclinata — Pair 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Palms — Collection, other than above, 12 



plants, 12 varieties 35.00 20.00 



Uay Trees — Display 100.00 75.00 



Pair, pyramidal 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Pair, standard 15.00 10.00 5.011 



Pair, columnar 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Box Trees — Display 75.00 50.00 



Pair, pyramidal lU.OO 5.00 



Pair, standard 10.00 5.00 



Pair, bush 10. 00 5.00 



Araucaria-6 plants, 3 or more varieties.. 15.00 10.00 5.00 



Croton — Display 50.00 35.00 



Crotou — 25 plants, 25 varieties, in not over 



6-inch pots 25.00 15.00 



Croton— 6 plants. 6 varieties 15.00 10.00 



Cycad — Specimen, any variety 20.00 15.00 .... 



Dracaena — 12 plants, 6 or more varieties... 25.00 15.00 10.00 



Specimen, green 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Specimen, red 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Specimen, any other color 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Ficus elastica — Specimen 10.(JO 6.0O 4.00 



Flcus pandurata— Specimen 10.00 6.00 4.00 



Helicouia — 4 plants in variety 25. tX) 15.00 .... 



Nepenthes — 3 plants, 3 varieties 15.00 10.00 



Specimen 10.1X1 5.00 



Panda.nus Veitchii— Specimen 5.00 3.00 2.00 



I'andanus — Specimen, any other variety.... 5.00 3.00 2.00 

 Greenhouse or Stove Foliage I'lants — 6 



plants, 6 varieties , 25.00 15.00 .... 



Cacti and Othe.- Succulent Plants- Collec- 

 tion, not less than 50 varieties 30.00 20.00 



Economic Plants — Collection, not less than 



30 varieties 50.00 35.00 



Banana Tree — Spe<'imen in fruit 10.00 5.00 .... 



Lemon Tree — Specimen in fruit 10.00 5.00 .... 



Orange Tree — Specimen in fruit 10.00 5.00 .... 



Conifers — Collection iu pots or ti(bs, not 



less than 25 varieties 75.00 50.00 2.5.0O 



Conifers— 6 specimens 30.00 20.00 



3 specimens 20.00 15.00 



2 specimens 15.00 10.00 



Single specimen 10.00 5.00 



Any exhibit of merit not included In above schedule will be 



properly recognized, pspeclally any new, rare or meritorious 

 plants. 



Additions may be made to this schedule later on. it found 

 advisable. 



Cut tlower schedule will appear later. 



A CARNATION, THE PEOPLE'S 

 FLOWER. 



(A paper read before the American Carna- 

 tion Society by H. W. Breitenstein.) 



Flowers are no more a luxury in 

 modern Ute than are good clothes, 

 comfortable homes and the many- 

 things in daily use that place living 

 above an existence. There is probably 

 no normal human animal without an 

 inherent love of the beautiful and that 

 finds no commoner expression than in 

 a fondness of flowers The indulgence 

 in this expression, it must be conceded 

 is primarily a matter of cost. He of 

 limited means — and he is legion — must 

 have value received, be it in color, for 

 cheer in dull environment, fragrance, 

 to stimulate the sense, perhaps remin- 

 iscent of a happy yesterday or may- 

 haps to anticipations of the morrow, 

 the influence is only for good. Never- 

 theless, it must not be a "flower for 

 a day." 



The Carnation has been the Peoples' 

 Flower, its beauty and fragi-ance ap- 

 pealing to the senses and its cost plac- 

 ing it within the means of all having 

 more than enough for the common ne- 

 cessities of life; then its hardiness. giv- 

 ing prolonged pleasures. Mark well 

 the assertion, "has been the Peoples' 

 Flower.'' Perhaps it still is, and may- 

 be, shall so remain: that, it seems, is 

 "up to you." 



Prom observation, it seems to lose in 

 popularity. Why? Certainly not in 

 that it is less beautiful. What is the 

 answer? Is it not, in that it becomes 

 more and more ephemeral each year 

 as it loses its hardihood, its fragrance, 

 and gains nothing in beauty. Admit- 

 ting that it grows larger; size alone 

 is not beauty and bulk at the sacrifice 



of natural charms does not hold the 

 affections of the people. Might it not 

 be well to consider what qualities are 

 most essential to the pleasures of the 

 consumer, without which all were in 

 vain. 



Color we have and, from a decorative 

 point of view, no flower offers more. 

 If given the proper treatment one can 

 obtain from the most gorgeous to the 

 softest of tones, and now is perhaps 

 the best time to make the one excep- 

 tion. We need yellow — now come to 

 its own in popularity and deservedly 

 so, as no color diffuses more warmth 

 and nature uses it profusely. 



One essential feature to a more gen- 

 eral use of the flower is naturalness. 

 One cannot obtain a very artistic ar- 

 rangement without more natural en- 

 vironment, hence the obvious need of 

 carnation foliage, with which the flow- 

 er, for table decorations (perhaps its 

 greatest use other than for memorial 

 purposes) would be incalculably en- 

 hanced, also for personal adornment 

 and for favors. A full bouquet of car- 

 nations with tlieir warmth of color 

 relieved by a touch of foliage makes 

 an adornment any lady would be 

 pleased to accept and proudly wear. 



Simplicity is the key note of art. Be 

 it in music, painting, sculpture, archi- 

 tecture or any other branch, and its 

 highest expression is faithfulness to 

 nature, as she reveals herself. Where 

 are the monster chrysanthemums 

 which were a fad some years since? 

 They are replaced by the smaller and 

 more perfect ones of today even the 

 small natural ones having more uses. 

 What Rose has won favor more than 

 the semi-single, fragrant, hardy ones? 

 The American Beauty is a notable ex- 

 ception, not for the beauty of its color 



so much as for fragrance and especial- 

 ly for its endurance. 



A PRIZE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. of Chicago, 

 have sent us a sample of their new 

 5-inch carnation measure which they 

 will be pleased to send to any and all 

 who apply, accompanied by the follow- 

 ing letter which we are sure will be 

 read with much interest: 



Chicago, January 22, 1910. 

 Mr. W. J. Stewart, 



Editor HORTICULTURE. 



Dear Sir: Referring to the new carna- 

 tion measure which we are just getting 

 ready to offer the growers of the country. 



Several years ago the writer circulated 

 among the florists of the country, the 

 Kroeschell Carnation Measure, which Is so 

 well known. This measure was four inches 

 in diameter. At that time there was no 

 carnation that would entirely cover the 

 measure, and when asked why the measure 

 was made so large, he stated; "I want 

 to set a mark for the growers to work to 

 and 1 am sure that many will make the 

 effort which will result In finally covering 

 the disc." 



The prediction of the writer has come 

 true: in an issue of your journal follow- 

 ing the last Carnation Convention, we note 

 a grower showing a photographic reproduc- 

 tion of one of his carnations completely 

 covering our carnation measure. So today 

 we set a new mark. Our new carnation 

 measure has been increased to five inches 

 In diameter, and while this may seem to 

 be asking a great deal, yet, we feel that 

 the growers are moving forward steadily, 

 and surely, and that with this new mark' 

 continuall.v before them, some growers will 

 in time put even this five-inch carnation 

 measure out of business. 



To help the good work along, we offer 

 as a special inducement a prize of $25 in 

 gold or a beautiful gold medal of equal 

 value, to the grower who exhibits the best 

 dozen of carnations at either of the fol- 

 lowing show.-^, covering the new carnation 

 measure of five inches in diameter: 



National Carnation Show-, Pittsburg, 1910: 

 Chicago Flower Show. 1910: National 

 Flower Show, Boston, 1911. 

 Your.^ truly. 

 KROESCHELL BROS. CO 



