Contents 



CHAPTER XX. 

 Raising Carnations from Seed— Cross Breeding and Fertil- 

 izing • ■•■..... 

 Introducing New Varieties JiKo Cunnnerce 

 The Growing of New Varieties .... 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 Various Classifications of the Carnation — Traits and Pe- 

 culiarities — Sports and Variations — Seed Sports 



CHAPTER XXII. 



The Ideal Carnation 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Future of the Carnation- — Who Shall Grow Carnations 

 —Profits of Carnation Growing — Does It Pay to Do 

 Things Well? ....... 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Monthly Calendar of Operations .... 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 The American Carnation Society .... 

 American Carnation Nomenclature .... 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 Carnation Culture in Different Geographical Localities on 

 the North American Continent, with Biographical 

 Sketches of the Writers ..... 



Carnation Culture in Lafayette, Ind. .... 



Frederick Dorner ...... 



Carnation Culture in Massachusetts .... 



Peter Fisher ....... 



Carnation Culture in Richmond, Indiana 



Edward Gurney Hill ...... 



Carnation Culture in the Mountains .... 



Henry Weber ....... 



Carnation Culture in Ohio ..... 



Richard Witterstsetter ..... 



Growing Carnations in the South .... 



Warren R. Shelmire ...... 



Carnation Culture in California .... 



John H. Sievers ...... 



Carnation Culture in Canada ..... 



John H. Dunlop ...... 



Charles Zeller ....... 



lohn Dailledouze ...... 



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