HORTICULTURE 



VoL XXXI 



JANUARY 31, 1920 



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THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



In the past there has been more 

 or less talk about Carnation Laddie 

 being purely a fancy variety, with no 

 fragrance, and ix)or keeping qualities. 

 But everyone at the Chicago Conven- 

 tion admitted that the color, stem and 

 size were all that possibly could be 

 asked for. Those of us who thought 

 that Laddie was a poor keeper were 

 certainly mistaken. The blooms that 

 Mr. Goddard showed at Chicago and 

 which took the gold medal were 

 picked from ten to twelve days. They 

 had excellent color, carried their heads 

 on fine stiff stems and kept with the 

 average of the show, in fact, there 

 were quite a number of the commer- 

 cial varieties which could not hold 

 out with Laddie when it comes to 

 keeping qualities. As to fragrance, 

 while it is not one of the very fragrant 

 varieties, we cannot say that it is en- 

 tirely lacking in this point. 



When we come right down to facts, 

 what would that Carnation Show in 

 Chicago have been without Laddie? 

 Those wonderful vases of Messrs. 

 Strout, Goddard, Campbell, and blooms 

 from the greenhouses recently pur- 

 chased from .Joseph Hill by members 

 of the Amling Company, were the shin- 

 ing light.s of the show. 



Many from the East who are ac- 

 quainted with Mr. Winkler's Morning 

 Glow, really expected to see thi.s 

 variety lead out in keeping qualities, 

 but Maine Sunshine received the first 

 award. There cannot have been much 

 difference, nevertheless, for Morning 

 Glow at the end of the show stood up 

 as fine as could be asked for any car- 

 nation. 



Among the new carnations which 

 showed up well in Chicago and are 

 worthy of notice are Strout's new 

 crimson, Donald, which was awarded 

 the S. A. F. silver medal. 



The variety Denver, exhibited by the 

 Washington Park Floral Co.. Denver. 

 Col., is an Enchantress colored sport of 

 Mrs. Ward, and took the first prize 

 for 100 light pink. It looks verj' well 

 in the exhibition hall, has good size. 

 form and stands right up as It should. 



An unnamed seedling by the Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association took 



first prize for lUO white. This Is a 

 "pure, glistening white, of excellent 

 form and stem. 



Besides those mentioned, Mr. Strout 

 also had a sport of Matchless which 

 was very striking in color. It was 

 similar to the old Prosperity, but more 

 highly colored. 



Besides carnations, there were a 

 number of novelties, including two new 

 lavender freeslas, Viola and General 

 Pershing, shown by A. Henderson Co. 

 The new Solanum Holly Berry, was 

 shown by Carl Hagenburger, the 

 cherry king. This is the result of a 

 cross between Cleveland and Melvini. 

 followed up by several years of care- 

 ful selection. Mr. Hagenburger says 

 that this strain is well fixed and does 

 not revert to the older type. The 

 berries are somewhat smaller than 

 Cleveland, are a deeper red, and the 

 .small plants he showed cairied a re- 

 markably heavy crop of berries. 



There was a new sport of Begonia 

 Chatelaine called Pride of Newcastle, 

 .shown by Wm. J. Beck of Newcastle. 

 Pa. This variety has very good color, 

 being a decided scarlet shade, and 

 gives every appearance of carrying the 

 same growth as Chatelaine. J, A. 

 Peterson & Sons showed Peerless, a 

 new begonia see'lling which is similar 

 to Mrs. Peterson. 



Ball's Giant Calendula attracted the 

 attention of growers on account of 

 their unusual size and very double 

 high-built center. The color was very 

 deep orange, and if this strain can be 

 procured and finished the way these 

 flowers were shown. It is sure to be 

 valuable to the commercial florist. 



The Fred II. Lemon Co. has a very 

 fine geranium which they claim Is par- 

 ticularly good as a pot plant, but can 

 also be handled with good results out- 

 side for bedding-out purposes. This 

 is the variety Alice Lemon. In color 

 it Is a light flesh pink, with a brilliant 

 aprioot zone. It lights tip extremely 

 well and is not altogether unlike the 

 Pelargonium Lucy Becker. Pot plants 

 of this variety are taken up quickly by 

 the retail trade, and as it has such a 

 good habit of growth for pot plant pur- 

 poses It is easy to finish well and 



makes a creditable crop as so many 

 of the troubles prevalent to the pelar- 

 gonium are eliminated. 



Another novelty seen at Mr. Lemon's 

 place Is a white double form Mala- 

 coldes. This new white sort Is Identi- 

 cal In every way with Malacoides 

 rosea, and we believe it will be sent 

 out to the trade the coming season. 



The formation of the National Grow- 

 ers' Association means tlie addition of 

 another allied society to the S. A. F. 

 Temi>orao' officers were elected In 

 Chicago with F. C. Brown, president, 

 .1. Fred Animann, secretary, and the 

 appointment of Messrs. W. R. Plerson, 

 Kerr and Gullett as a committee on 

 by-laws, to report at the S. A. F. con- 

 vention in Cleveland next August. 

 There certainly is a pla<;e for the 

 National Growers' Association, and 

 there is a possibility that it will do 

 much good work for the trade. 



Carnation men back from the 

 Chicago Convention have very pleas- 

 ant words to say about the way In 

 which Mr. Engelman set up the Strout 

 display. Certainly the English visitor 

 has a dolt way in the arrangement 

 of flowers. In general, however, the 

 scheme did not differ greatly from that 

 which was carried out by Samuel God- 

 dard at Horticultural Hall in Boston, 

 a few years ago. Mr. Engelman used 

 about 600 carnations in his work. He 

 was given a silver medal by the 

 Society and Mr. Strout was awarded 

 $50.00. which will help pay for the 

 flowers used. 



Mr. A. A. Pembroke, of Beverly, 

 Mass., was not present at the Conven- 

 tion, and resigned as a director. Mr. 

 Goddard was elected to fill his unex- 

 pired term, while Mr. Strout was made 

 a director for five years. Thus it is 

 that when it comes to carnations. New 

 England has to be recognized, for its 

 growers are among the leaders In the 

 field. It has been hoped that the next 

 convention would come to New Eng- 

 land, possibly to Hartford, but it is 

 difflcnlt to buck Washington whenever 

 that city sets out to obtain a conven- 

 tion. After Washington has Its turn, 

 a New England city will undoubtedly 

 be chosen. 



Washington having been selected for 

 the convention, it was natural that a 

 Washington man should be elected 



