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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARNATION 



gap somewhere. The hst of Mr. Dorner's varieties includes 

 the following, and it will be seen that herein are very 

 many of the most famous Carnations that have been in 

 commerce. The list, however, is not an exhaustive one: 



Christina Dorner 



Tecumseh 



Hoosier 



]\Irs. Harrison 



Indiana 



Ben Hur 



Richmond 



Purdue 



Spartan 



Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds 



Mad. Diaz Albertini 



Dr. Smart 



Blanche 



Wabash 



Wm. Scott 



Western Pride 



The Stuart 



Storm Iving 



E. A. Wood 



Uncle John 



^Michigan 



Goldfinch 



Dazzle 



]Mrs. C. H. Duhme 



Meteor 



Bridesmaid 



Mrs. G. M. Bradt 



Go'd Xugget 



Ceres 



White Cloud 



Marv Wood 



G. H. Crane 



Lorna 



Morning Glory 



Dorothy Whitney 



Stella 



Sibyl 



Apollo 



Alba 



Senorita 



Mauvina 



Bizarre 



The Belle 



Neptune 



Lady Bountifu 



Eclipse 



Aureola 



Fiancee 



White Perfection 



Red Chief 



Bonnie Maid 



Winona 



Pink Delight 



Scarlet Glow 



White Wonder 



Gloriosa 



Rosette 



One reason of his success was that he had an intimate 

 knowledge of the varieties he worked with, and of the 

 parentage of each of them. These facts suggested to him 

 whether or not a certain variety would be the basis of a 

 good flower in its offspring. After the first few years no 

 foreign varieties were used at all, owing to the fact that 

 these might have had ancestors with objectionable charac- 

 ters, which characters might show up in the progeny. 



DORNER S IDEAL CARNATION PLANT 



Prof. Dorner records his father's ideal of what a good 

 Carnation should be. " It was a plant that should have 

 branches in all stages of development, and when planted in 

 the bench should show the same number of flowers and 

 buds during the entire year. The leaves of the plant were 

 to be broader and shorter than those varieties that belong 

 to the class known as croppers. The leaves were to have 



