COLORED PLATES 



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Plate I. Seedling Carnations (Ward) .... 48 



Plate II. Seedling Carnations (Ward) .... 128 



Plate III. Carnation Prosperity (Miles) .... 176 



Plate IV. Carnation Mrs. T. W. Lawson (Fisher) . . . 240 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Charles Willis Ward ..... Frontispiece 



Original Single Carnation and Its Development into a Double Flower 19 



An English Bizarre Carnation . . . . . -23 



Carnation Governor Roosevelt ...... 26 



Carrying the Plants to the Greenhouse . . . . -30 



An Artistic Decoration with Carnations .... 32 



Establishment of Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y. . . . 33 



Views at the Cottage Gardens Range, Queens, N. Y. Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. Construction ...... 35 



A California Carnation Field . . . . . -36 



The J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. Range, Joliet, 111. . . 37 



House of Carnation Governor Roosevelt Just Planted . . 42 



House of Carnation Governor Roosevelt Just Coming into Bloom . 45 

 Bench of Carnation Governor Roosevelt Illustrating Combination 



Method of Supports . ... . . . .46 



Soil Sterilizer Steam Pipes in Position Ready for Filling in Soil 55 

 Header ......... 57 



Soil Sterilizer in Operation ...... 58 



Soil Sterilizer in Operation Sterilizing Soil on the Bench . . 59 



Abnormal Development Cohering of Petals .... 69 



Desirable and Undesirable Cuttings . . . . -72 



Propagating Wood ....... 74 



Propagating Bench Shaded with Curtains . . . -75 



Short Span to South Propagating House Interior View . . 76 



Brick-bottomed Propagating Bench . . . . -78 



Short Span to South Propagating House Extefior View . . 79 



Tool for Firming Sand . . . . . . .80 



Putty Knife . . . . . . . . 81 



Young Carnation Plant in 2-inch Pot Ready for Shifting . . 90 



Carnation Plants Ready for Planting in Field ... 91 



A New York Wholesale Florist's Window . . . -93 



Showing Method of Stopping Plants in Pots ... 99 



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