CARNATIONS IN ILLINOIS I4I 



Harlowarden, Conquest, The Herald, and Peerless Pink, 

 together with Aviator, a red seedling which has not been 

 sent out yet. This company was also the distributor of 

 the varieties Fiancee and Afterglow. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago and Hinsdale, III., 

 raised and sent out the variety O. P. Bassett, which was a 

 very prominent exhibition variety in the red class. They 

 now have another fine red variety named Belle Washburn 

 to be disseminated early in 191 6. This firm is also noted 

 for the high grade of Carnations it grows. 



The Thompson Carnation Co., Jofiet, IIL, makes a 

 specialty of growing fancy Carnations, most of the cut being 

 shipped direct to the retail stores. A regular fist of satisfied 

 customers year in and year out speaks well of the quality 

 of stock grown at this estabhshment. 



Defiance, Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, Phyllis, Lady Margaret, 

 and Mount Greenwood, seedlings raised by W. N. Rudd at 

 the greenhouses of the Mount Greenwood Cemetery Asso- 

 ciation, Morgan Park, Chicago, were varieties that, when 

 in their prime, were very popular on the Chicago market. 

 The Mount Greenwood Cemetery Association is now grow- 

 ing a number of seedhngs which figure largely in the daily 

 shipments to Chicago. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago and Morton Grove, 

 III., has the hirgest area of glass devoted to Carnation 

 growing. This company, too, is noted for the high quahty 

 of the stock it grows, and tests most of the new varieties in 

 large quantity the year they are sent out. The rooted 

 cutting business of this firm is also of tremendous propor- 

 tions. 



Wietor Bros., Chicago, are also growers of large 

 quantities of Carnations for cut flowers, as well as doing 

 an extensive business in rooted cuttings Peter Reinberg's 



