148 AMERICAN CARNATION CULTURE. 



Every grower, who buys a new carnation, buys a new char- 

 acter that imperiously demands conditions and yields none. 



At the last meet of the Peripatetic Club of Dianthic Oratory, 

 r de Us of Kllis won its own gold medal. An unnamed in- 

 mate of Cottage Garden carried back to the jewel box the "Holy 

 Grail" from whence it came. The pro-nomen of Hector of San 

 Juan Hill, and Colorado coyotes won easy honors for the fame of 

 Queens. 



A good commercial solid yellow carnation has never yet 

 been introduced. They have been so unprofitable that many 

 growers do not cultivate them, but use some of the yellow-varie- 

 gated kinds as a substitute. In fact, a pure yellow carnation has 

 several unmistakable features of a divergent species. 



The commerce during the fall of field-grown carnation plants 

 is very great. The} 7 are safely and conveniently shipped any 

 distance by wrapping their roots with what earth that may adhere, 

 in moist moss and setting them erect in a box half the height 

 of the plants and protecting the tops by an open frame nailed to 

 the box. The plants should be moderately close. If crowded and 

 long confined they will heat and suffer damage. 



Since Chas. Starr, hardy pinks have had an enthusiastic 

 champion in C. Eisele of Philadelphia. Mr. Eisele has crossed the 

 remontant carnation with the Marguerites and produced some mag- 

 nificent hybrids, Jupiter, light pink; Murcury, scarlet; Minerva, 

 deep pink; Neptune, magenta violet; Saturn, crimson; Uranus; 

 maroon; Venus, white; Vulcan, red; and a number of others. Mr. 

 Eisele is also noted for his success in blooming the remontant 

 carnation during summer months. His system consists in striking 

 cuttings the first ot October, carrying them in three-inch pots, in 

 a dry bottom cold frame through the winter, and transplanting in 

 the open, as soon as frost is out of the ground. They begin to 

 bloom the first of July and continue until late in the fall. 



