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AMERICAN CARNATION CULTURE. 



they new and grew. There were only fifteen that received a ma- 

 jorit}^ of the votes. They were: 



Tidal Wave, 



Puritan, 



Sweetbrier, 



Stewart, 



Albertina, 



Thos Cartledge, 



Portia, 



Orange Blossoms, 



Uncle John, 



Wm. Scott, 



Lizzie McGowen, 

 Grace Wilder, 

 Daybreak, 

 Buttercup, 

 Silver Spray. 



Some varieties of carnations give eminent satisfaction in 

 certain localities of the carnation zone and are absolute failures in 

 other sections. What growers most admire in a carnation is its 

 cosmopolitism, such as is possessed in Daybreak, that received 

 but one vote for demerit in the carnation growing world. 



The humblest carnation that ever bloomed has been and edu- 

 cator, served its purpose, and filled its mission. La Puritie was 

 as much esteemed in its time as the grandest variety is now. 



These Royal Li^ie carnations sprang from the loins of the race, 

 and have no particular pedigree, individual line of ancestry or 

 varietal blood. Greatness and genius are not hereditary, or trans- 

 missible in either the animal or vegetable kingdom. Great men 

 and great carnations, as a rule, spring from humble parents. 

 Three of the greatest Emperors Rome ever had were followed by 

 the most detestable sons that ever donned the purple. 



The subjoined chronological table gives the cream of all the 

 carnations since the birth of Astoria in 1866, that have added 

 lusture to the marvelous pageant of their unfolding grandeur, the 

 date of their origin, the locality that gave them birth, their 

 names, colors, and with whom they originated. Find their local 

 nativity by figures on the zonal map corresponding with those in 

 the first column of the table. 



