History of the Development of the Carnation 



methods and theories, or of the pedigrees of his seedlings. He once stated 

 that Buttercup, Field of Gold, Venus, and Duke of York were all from one 

 seed pod of Edwardsii, which was fertilized with the pollen of Astoria, 



Governor Roosevelt 



synonym Victor Emanuel ; and from this statement we are led to infer that 

 Astoria was the ancestor of the yellow varieties of American carnations. 



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