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GARDENING. 



Mar. /, 



CARNATION HANNA HOBART. 



This was consigned through J. C. 

 Vaughan, of this city, and on investi- 

 gation we found that special effort had 

 been made to insure the arrival of these 

 flowers in the superior condition in which 

 they were staged. The flowers were 

 packed in a large case February 13, the 

 stems being immersed in tubes fourteen 

 inches high, two inches in diameter and 

 made fast to the bottom of the case. The 

 tubes, of course, were filled with water, 

 and packed in such manner with moss 

 and the stems of the carnations that the 

 water could not escape to any consider- 

 able extent. 



Not only did these flowers arrive in 

 good condition on the opening day of the 

 exhibition (the fourth day after packing), 

 but some samples of Hanna Hobart, 

 among the dozen or more seedlings repre- 

 sented in the collection, had flowers of a 

 deep pink shade and larger and finer 

 than anything we remember to have seen 

 in the way of winter flowering carna- 

 tions. 



AWARDS. 



The judges report that there was no 

 entry for the Breitmeyer prize for 100 

 blooms of Mayor Pingree. 



The Breitmeyer prize for fifty blooms of 

 Mayor Pingree was awarded to W. N. 

 Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 111. 



Breitmeyer prize for twelve blooms of 

 Mayor Pingree — W. N. Rudd. 



Hill prize for 100 blooms of Flora Hill 

 —1st, W. N. Rudd; 2nd, Win. P. Craig, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Prize for 100 blooms of Triumph— H. 

 Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md. 



Cottage Gardens cup for the best yel- 

 low or yellow variegated seedling notyet 

 distributed — F. Dorner & Sons Co. 



In the preliminary certificate class, 

 Peter Fisher, Montvale, Mass., was 

 granted a certificate for Mrs. Thomas 

 Lawson, scoring eighty-five points. 



Jos. Tailby, Wellesley, Mass., scored 

 sixty-eight points with Wellesley. 



E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind., scored 

 with several varieties asfollows: America, 

 eight}- points; Arbutus, eight}- points; 



Scarlet Queen, eighty points; Prima 

 Donna, seventy-three points. 



In the three year seedling certificate 

 class Frank Niquet, Patchoguc, X. Y., 

 scored eighty points with Maud Adams. 



Wm. Swavne, Kennett Square, Pa., 

 secured a certificate with Empress, scor- 

 ing ninety-six points. 



R. Witterstaetter, Sedamsville, O., like- 

 wise won a certificate with Evelina, 

 ninety-four points. 



W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., scored 

 eighty points with Fort Wayne. 



Stollery Bros., Chicago, were awarded 

 ninety-one points and a certificate for 

 Argyle. 



•Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., 

 were given a certificate for G. H. Crane, 

 scoring ninety-two points. 



So far as the above seedling classes are 

 concerned, it should be remembered that 

 certificates are given only to such varie- 

 ties as secure eighty-five or more points, 

 and in the case of Maud Adams no plant 

 was exhibited as required by the regula- 

 tions for 3-vear old seedlings. 



Vase 100'white, 1st, E. G. Hill & Co., 

 Flora Hill; 2nd, Dorner & Sons Co., 

 White Cloud. 



Vase 100 light pink, 1st, W. N. Rudd, 

 Mrs. McBurney; 2nd, Weber & Sons, 

 Mrs. McBurnev. 



Vase 100 scarlet, 1st, E. G. Hill & Co., 

 Jubilee; 2nd, W. N. Rudd, Jubilee. 



Vase 100 yellow variegated, 1st, W. N. 

 Rudd, Mayor Pingree; 2nd, Dorner & 

 Sons Co., Gold Nugget. 



Vase 100 crimson, 1st, Breitmeyer & 

 Sons, Meteor. 



Vase of 100 white variegated, 1st, Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co., Mrs. G. M. Bradt. 



Vase 100 Lily Dean, 1st, Win. P.Craig. 



Vase 100 Armazindy, 1st, Wietor Bros., 

 Chicago. 



Vase fifty Alaska, 1st, South Park 

 Floral Co., Chicago. 



Vase fifty any other white, E. G. Hill & 

 Co., Flora Hill. 



Vase fifty Hector, 1st, H. Weber & Sons. 



Vase fifty Jubilee, 1st, Wm. P. Craig. 



Vase fifty Portia, 1st, Wm. Murphy. 



Vase fifty scarlet, 1st, Dorner & Sons 

 Co., Dazzle, 



Vase fifty Tidal Wave, 1st, H. N. Hig- 

 inbotham. 



Vase fifty Scotts, 1st, Weber & Sons. 



Vase fifty Daybreaks, 1st, Weber& Sons. 



Vase fifty any other pink, lighter than 

 Scott, 1st, South Park Floral Co., 

 Albertini. 



Vasefifty Armazindy.lst.E.G. Hill & Co. 



Vase fifty Helen Keller, 1st, South Park 

 Floral Co. 



Vase fifty Eldorado, 1st, Weber & Sons. 



Vasefifty any otheryellow, 1st, Weber & 

 Sons, Buttercup. 



Vase twenty-five best blooms of pink, 

 lighter than Scott into 1S97, 1st, W. X. 

 Rudd, Mrs. McBurney. 



Vase best any other color, 1st, Fred 

 Dorner & Sons'Co., Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt. 



DETAILS OF THE CERTIFICATE SCORES. 



The following table gives in detail the 

 points awarded the different varieties in 

 the competition for certificates. 



Every variety in the preliminary certifi- 

 cate classes scoring seventy-five points, 

 or more, received a certificate, as there 

 were no plants required in these classes, 

 although ten points on plant were 

 allowed in the scale. 



In the three-year class it was unfor- 

 tunate that Mr. Xiquet failed to stage a 

 plant of the variety Maud Adams, as he 

 lost all of the ten points by doing so. 



PRELIMINARY CLASS, POSSIBLE 90. 



Variety 



*Mrs. T. Lawson... 15 



Wellesley 



♦America 



*Arbulus 



♦Scarlet Queen.. . 

 Prima Donna 



a 2 

 1515 10 



IS 13 9 

 15 14 9 

 12 13 10 

 14 10' 8 



Exhibitor 



1» :> 85 Fisher 



s 5 68 Tailby 



8 9 80 Hill 



8 5 80 Hill 



10 5 H'l 



Hill 



THREE YEAR CLASS. POSSIBLE 100. 



B. No plant exhibited. ^Certificate, 



LATE AWARDS. 

 A delayed package of carnations, from 

 Geo. A. Rackham, Detroit, Mich., reached 

 the exhibition hall on the closing day 

 (Friday), and the judges awarded second 

 prizes for fifty blooms of Wm. Scott and 

 fifty Alaska. 



NOMENCLATURE. 

 MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE 

 AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY: 



In the list marked "Standard Varieties" 

 I have left out all varieties not supposed 

 to be grown any longer. In revising this 

 list I have been assisted by the following 

 gentlemen: Geo. Payer, H. Weber & Son, 

 Jas. G. Hancock, Peter Fisher, E. H. 

 Michel, John Hart, Jr., Theo. F. Beckert, 

 C. W. Ward, E. G. Gillett, W. N. Rudd, 

 Richard Witterstaetter, Geo. Smith, C. E. 

 Field, W R. Shelmire, Daniel B. Long, 



