THE TREE CARNATION S3 



badly set saw. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor 

 Bliss, Alpine Glow, raised by Mr. Ward. Enchantress 

 and Governor Wolcott are the latest productions of 

 Mr. Peter Fisher, the raiser of Mrs. T. Lawson. Mr. 

 Frederick Dormer raised Alba, Stella, Apollo, and 

 Dorothy Whitney. These are the more recent varieties. 

 Other raisers have done good work from their own 

 standpoint, but the great thing in America is to raise 

 hundreds of thousands of plants — indeed it is com- 

 puted there are two thousand establishments given 

 up principally to Carnation growing. From seven 

 to eight million plants are grown annually in these 

 establishments, and upwards of one hundred million 

 flowers are produced for the markets of Canada and 

 the United States. The American climate is not like 

 ours, and the system of culture is adapted to it. The 

 plants are put out in fields, and when well established 

 they are lifted and planted out on benches. 



