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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARNATION 



Meanwhile, in 1852, a compatriot of these Frenchmen, 

 named Chas. Marc, situated at Flatbush, Long Island, New 

 York, had been able to introduce some of their seedhngs 



to this country. That is all we 

 hear of him, but in 1856 the 

 name of Dailledouze appears, the 

 firm Dailledouze, Zeller & Gard, 

 then of Flatbush, L. I., having 

 obtained seed of the new per- 

 petual flowering strain from a 

 friend in Lyons. This firm began 

 the work of cross breeding Car- 

 nations in America, which work 

 was continued during the next 

 generation, and from time to 

 time notable and superior va- 

 rieties were introduced. In 1872 

 the Dailledouze firm issued a 

 catalogue of 54 varieties, and 

 nearly at the same time the 

 variety Victor Emmanuel, which 

 caused such a sensation, was introduced by Donati, another 

 Frenchman, at Astoria, L. I., so that it will be seen how 

 much we owe to the work of the French growers in the 

 laying of the foundations of this fine type of flower. 



M. Donati was also the raiser of the yellow variety 

 Astoria, named after Astoria, in Long Island, generally 

 recognized as the progenitor of the yellow varieties of 

 today. In 1876, Rudolph Hinze raised the white named 

 after himself. It was this variety, Hinze's White, which 

 was used as the principal parent when Mr. Dorner began 

 his crossbreeding in 1888, and was referred to by him as 

 the source of his best varieties. 



John Dailledouze 



Born Geneva, Switzerland, 1828; 

 died Brooklyn, N. Y., 1882. One of 

 the first raisers of Carnations in 

 America. 



