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The Florists^ Review 



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Apbil 22, 1920 



AT BIG BRITISH SHOW. 



At the twenty-fourth exhibition of 

 the British Carnation Society last month 

 Carl Engelmann, of Saffron Walden, 

 England, who was a guest at the meet- 

 ing of the American Carnation Society 

 in January, was a leading exhibitor, 

 winning a number of prizes. One was 

 the American Carnation Society's chal- 

 lenge cup for three vases of American 

 novelties distributed since January 1, 

 1914. He showed Peerless, Crystal 

 White and Laddie^ the last of which was 

 characterized as "one of the greatest 

 carnations yet introduced." He also 

 won the cup for the three vases of Brit- 

 ish novelties, with Bona, one of his 

 own raising, Speckles and lona, and first 

 place for 100 blooms of any one variety, 

 with Lady Northcliffe. Mr. Engelmann 

 also took first place in the salmon-pink 

 class with his Bona and in scarlet with 

 Thor, which took a special medal as the 

 best vase in the individual color classes. 



The big prize of the show, the cup for 

 twelve vases of twelve distinct varie- 

 ties, each vase containing twenty-five 

 blooms, was won by W. E. Wallace with 

 White Wonder, Sunstar, Una Wallace, 

 Mikado, Scarlet Glow, Romeo, Lady 

 Northcliffe, Enid, Daydream, Winsor, 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward and Pink Delight. 



is to be offered to the trade next season 

 by Buur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 It is a cross between White Wonder and 

 Matchless and resembles each in some 

 respect. It is certain, state Baur & 

 Steinkamp, to find favor with those 

 growers who appreciate quantity along 

 with quality. They have a large stock 

 and, as it roots as readily as Matchless, 

 they anticipate a successful dissemina- 

 tion. 



This firm has also made arrangements 

 with Nic Zweifel, of Milwaukee, 

 whereby they -will disseminate his scar- 

 let carnation, Edna. They have been 

 growing it for the last year and are 

 thoroughly satisfied with its behavior 

 and consider themselves fortunate in 

 securing its dissemination. Edna was 

 one of the carnations which Ruth Baur 

 had to beat to win the Dorner memorial 

 medal at the American Carnation So- 

 ciety exhibition at Cleveland, in 1919. 



Baur & Steinkamp are also going to 

 grow 1,000 plants of C. S. Strout's new 

 yellow carnation, Maine Sunshine. This 

 was the bloom which won the Robert C. 

 Kerr special prize at the Chicago meet- 

 ing of the American Carnation Society 

 last January. Mr. Strout desired that 

 it should be grown in the west for the 

 benefit of western growers. 



tion among them and promote more in- 

 terest among the public. 



S. E. Spencer acted as temporary ^;ec- 

 retary and the following officers were 

 elected: President, C. F. Fairbanks 

 Lexington; vice-presidents, S. E. Spen- 

 cer, Woburn, and John Zeestraten, Mans- 

 field; treasurer, C. W. Brown, Ashland 

 and secretary, Robert R. Walker, Mans- 

 field. The executive committee consists 

 of E. M. Fishor, T. M. Proctor and 

 M. L. Gage. The auditor is F. H. Good- 

 win. Robert R. Walker, Sec 'y. 



NEW YORK. 



SOME NEW CARNATIONS. 



A new white carnation, The Har- 

 vester, so named because of its boun- 

 tiful and continuous harvest of blooms. 



GLADIOLUS GROWERS ELECT. 



A large number of gladiolus growers 

 of Massachusetts met in Agricultural 

 hall, Boston, April 3. The object of this 

 meeting was to form an organization of 

 growers to try to effect better coopera- 



The Market. 



Considering the inconvenience en- 

 tailed through lack of transportation 

 facilities last week, the market was 

 well supplied with cut flowers. There 

 was plenty of evidence to support the 

 theory that something more than a 

 railroad strike is necessary to demoral- 

 ize the New York flower market; there 

 was also a chance to appreciate to the 

 full the large amount of independent 

 trucking which is now a feature of this 

 market's daily supply. At the begin- 

 r;ing of this week most of the railroads 

 were operating under conditions nearly 

 normal, but express service was still 

 out of the question. 



Arrivals of bulbous flowers continue 

 to be heavy, with tulips in the majority. 

 Paper White narcissi have passed, but 

 plenty of the trumpet varieties are still 

 available, with poeticus also in good 

 supply. The variety Flamingo is espe- 

 cially prominent among the tulips and 

 there is no dearth of Darwins. 



A good supply of roses is arriving, in 

 almost every variety except American 

 Beauty, which is on the short side. The 

 cool weather experienced in the last 

 two or three weeks has been favorable 

 to roses and the quality is, in conse- 

 quence, more than ordinarily good for 

 this season. Premier, Columbia and 

 Hadley seem to be the leaders. The 



Two Views of Nic Zweifel's Scarlet Carnation, Edaa, to be Disseminated Next Winter. 



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