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market, a nice yellow, but not a moneymaker. The year 

 *g6 saw us struggling with Jubilee, a brilHant scarlet raised 

 by Mr. John Hartje, the best of its color, but it proved so 

 subject to rust under the then known conditions of culture, 

 that it came to be regarded as a pest rather than a prize- 

 taker. In the same year (1897) came Flora Hill and Mrs. 

 Bradt. These two sorts are still within the memory of the 

 older growers and the following year the Dorners gave us 

 White Cloud. 



PETER fisher's LAWSON, ENCHANTRESS AND BEACON 



In 1900, we disseminated Ethel Crocker, raised by Jno. 

 H. Sievers, a lovely peach pink, which, however, absolutely 

 refused to produce a good crop of flowers before Spring 

 opened up. Quite a number of florists in love with its 

 color, held on to it for a few seasons for its Summer bloom, 

 but it shortly fell by the wayside. That year, too, became 

 memorable in the forward march of the Carnation by giving 

 us Mrs. Thos. Lawson and The Marquis. It is a wonder 

 that Mr. Peter Fisher did not collapse with nervous pros- 

 tration before the season w^as over. Everybody wanted 

 the wonderful and strikingly advertised Lawson; no 

 trouble about getting orders, the trouble was in getting 

 the rooted cuttings, for Carnation propagation was not yet 

 a science in those days. I think that our order was com- 

 pleted late in May, after we had answered hundreds of 

 inquiries as to the delay, from florists who had placed their 

 orders with us for moderate quantities of this variety. 

 However, after all the anxieties and vexations of the Lawson 

 introduction, the Carnation had received a great boost in 

 its upward climb, and people were dehghted with the 

 beautiful form and the delightful color. It was at once 

 fashionable and popular. 



