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merely by the number of varieties he has pro- 

 duced, but they have been of such excellence as 

 to make the work highly remunerative. 



Mr. Ward's efforts in the breeding of car- 

 nations have furnished the trade with a number 

 of very excellent sorts which when introduced 

 by the originator returned a handsome com- 

 pensation. 



A single illustration will suffice to substan- 

 tiate this point. In the issue of the American 

 Florist for January 27th, 1906, the following 

 item is recorded: 



"C. W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., 

 sold Carnation Rachel Marie Thompson to the J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Company, Joliet, 111., January 15, for 

 $10,000, this sum to be paid when the purchaser has real- 

 ized same on sales. It will be remembered that this va- 

 riety, which is in the light pink class, scaled 90 points at 

 the Chicago show last fall and was awarded the sweep- 

 stakes prize. It won the same prize at the Kansas City 

 show." 



Beside developing sorts Mr. Ward has made 

 a record of the work which he did in a real con- 

 tribution to the literature of the carnation. 



The introduction and popularization of the 

 American Beauty rose was financially profitable 

 to Mr. Henry K. Field, and the Richmond, al- 

 though a comparatively new sort, has not only 

 made a lasting name for Mr. E. G. Hill, its 



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