December 10, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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 Sprays, $7.50 per 1,000; $1.00 per 100. Dagger and Fancy Ferns, $1.25 per 1,000. New Crop Galax, Bronze, 

 $1.50 per 1,000. Green, $1.00 per 1,000. Green and Violet Foil, best quality, 17c. per lb. Green Magnolia 

 Leaves, extra large hamper, $2.25 per hamper. Bronze Magnolia Leaves, $2.00 per hamper. Bronze and 

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Chrysanthemums and Carna- 

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 Roses — Beauties, Richmonds, 

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these is far greater than the supply. 

 JJr. Schultheis gives the parentage of 

 the variety as Wm. Scott and Lizzie 

 McGowan. It is well worth the at- 

 tention of the plant grower for wel! 

 grown pot carnations will always sell. 



CARNATIONS IN ENGLAND. 



Why So Many Novelties Fail in 

 England. 



The lluent pens of some English and 

 many American writers build up be- 

 fore us annually most vivid and fas- 

 cinating descriptions of some new 

 treasure which has been created in 

 America, and which is shortly to be 

 disseminated amongst us. more for our 

 personal benefit than from any thought 

 of gain on the part of the raiser 

 himself. 



Presuming, as we do. that all new 

 varieties of Carnations are sent out in 

 pet feet good faith by the raiser, after 

 yeais of testing and close scrutiny, why 

 is it that so many novelties fall so 

 short, over here, of the florid descrip- 

 tions given, and instead of being gold 

 nuggets are gold bricks? 



Putting aside all thoughts which 

 might prompt dishonest men for per- 

 sonal gain, I personally believe that 

 many Carnation novelties are not 

 known to be inferior by the dissemina- 

 tor previous to their being placed up- 

 on the marl-et. and that in the home 

 nursery many of these varieties live 

 up to the descriptions given of them. 



Yet I ventuie to remark that the 

 limit is reached when certain Biitish 

 gardening pape;s print the American 

 dpsciiptions of novelties for private 

 ra deners and amaleuis to read, few 



of whom can appreciate the atmos- 

 phere in which they were originally 

 written, and which certainly does not 

 apply to this countiy. 



That it is a great and ever-increas- 

 ing speculation, investing in these 

 novelties in the first year, few will 

 deny. The difficulty of selecting the 

 winner is great. A brother of the 

 writer has, for the last few years, al- 

 ways spotted the best novelty in tlie 

 Eastern States of America, but the var- 

 iety of climatic conditions in that vast 

 country naturally makes the selecting 

 of varieties suited to our climate most 

 difficult. 



Even in America itself, the growers 

 in the Eastern States hold the novel- 

 ties from the Western States with 

 grave suspicion whilst those from Cal- 

 ifornia are invarial)ly ignored. Why 

 should that be? Simply because the 

 latitude in which a Carnation is raised 

 and grown has a mighty influence upon 

 its after life. All of us know this to 

 Ije true in human life, and time has 

 pioved it to be so with the Carnation. 



Where is there, or where has there 

 ever been, a truly good variety which 

 has its origin in the West American 

 States, and which has adapted itself 

 to the British climate? Old America 

 and Flora Hill made a bold attempt to 

 do .justice to the home of their origin, 

 but Adonis, Crusader, Fiancee, and doz- 

 ens of others too numerous to mention 

 have failed ignominiously over here. 

 It is only when we examine varieties 

 which have not succeeded and discover 

 the home of their origin that we learn 

 why it is so many American novelties 

 fail with us. Even if we lake the 

 \aiieties which hail from near New 

 York, We have but few successes and 



many failures. Glacier, Gov. Roose- 

 velt, and perhaps the President, partly 

 succeeded, but Mrs. Roosevelt, Octo- 

 loon, Lieut. Peary, Mrs. Ward, and 

 Robt. Craig, etc., etc., have failed. Of 

 course a few of these varieties have 

 proved a success in Guernsey, but 

 Guernsey's climate is hardly ours. F. 

 Dorner from La Fayette, has sent us 

 one or two good varieties, such as The 

 Belle, Lady Bountiful, and his crown- 

 ing triumph. White Perfection, whilst 

 Winona will be a friend to many; but 

 against these, Red Chief, Red Spot, 

 and several others have to be counted. 

 From the British point of view, by far 

 the greatest American raiser of Car- 

 nations is honest Peter Fisher, of Ellis, 

 Mass. He has never once misled his 

 patrons, but given us such sterling 

 varieties as Mrs. Lawson. Gov. Wolcott, 

 M. A. Patten, Enchantress and Bea- 

 con, whilst indirectly we owe White 

 Enchantress, Rose Pink Enchantress, 

 Winsor, and the whole host of Lawson 

 sports to him; also we must not forget 

 the seedlings which are being raised 

 from his good stock. But Mr. Fisher 

 Is not only perhaps the best living 

 judge of a good commercial Carnation, 

 but is a .iudge of where to locate for 

 raising them. V\) in the northwestern 

 State of Massachusetts the climate is 

 vastly different from New York or Ill- 

 inois, and that is partly why we can 

 rely upon the Peter Fisher novelties. 

 The final conclusion, therefore, arrived 

 at is. that the conditions under which 

 the American novelties are raised un- 

 fit many for the British climate, and 

 this, I am sure, as time goes on, will 

 prove to be our best guide. — M. C. A., 

 in Hoifirultiirtil Trade JnurnnJ, Lon- 

 don. 



