Contents 



CHAPTER xx. 



RAISING CARNATIONS FROM SEED CROSS BREEDING AND FERTIL- 

 IZING ......... 196-217 



Introducing New Varieties Into Commerce . . 212 



The Growing of New Varieties .... 216 



CHAPTER XXI. 



VARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE CARNATION TRAITS AND PE- 

 CULIARITIES SPORTS AND VARIATIONS SEED SPORTS . 218-225 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE IDEAL CARNATION ...... 226-231 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE FUTURE OF THE CARNATION WHO SHALL GROW CARNATIONS 

 PROFITS OF CARNATION GROWING DOES IT PAY TO Do 



THINGS WELL? ....... 232-238 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



MONTHLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS .... 239-246 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY .... 247-256 



American Carnation Nomenclature . . . . 251 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



CARNATION CULTURE IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALITIES ON 

 THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL 



SKETCHES OF THE WRITERS ..... 257-290 



Carnation Culture in Lafayette, Ind. .... 257 



Frederick Dorner ...... 259 



Carnation Culture in Massachusetts .... 260 



Peter Fisher ....... 265 



Carnation Culture in Richmond, Indiana . . . 266 



Edward Gurney Hill ...... 269 



Carnation Culture in the Mountains .... 270 



Henry Weber ...... 273 



Carnation Culture in Ohio . . 274 



Richard Witterstaetter .... 278 



Growing Carnations in the South . 279 



Warren R. Shelmire .... 281 



Carnation Culture in California 281 



John H. Sievers . . 283 



Carnation Culture in Canada . 284 



John H. Dunlop . . 288 



Charles Zeller . . 289 



John Dailledouze ...... 290 



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