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The Florists' Review 



Febhuaky 1, 1917. 



Delight, Gloriosa or Alice. 



Matchless is without a serious com- 

 petitor among disseminated varieties 

 when it comes to a quality white, al- 

 though White Enchantress still is far 

 more abundant in the average commis- 

 sion house. 



Nothing has appeared to displace 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward as the best medium 

 pink. 



Gorgeous, the quality flower among 

 the dark i>inks, nearly has been 

 dropped, for slowness, and Eosette is 

 the principal variety in its color. 



The keenest competition is in reds. 

 Beacon has not been satisfactory, al- 

 though still largely grown, and last year 

 three new ones. Belle Washburn, Avia- 

 tor and Nebraska, lined up with Cham- 

 pion in the effort to displace it. They 

 have not been in the hands of the gen- 

 eral run of growers long enough to have 

 settled their relative standing, but this 

 year live new reds or scarlets are joining 

 in tJie race. Merry Christmas, Thenan- 

 thoti, Doris, Radium and Cornell. 



The New Varieties. 



Among the varieties being sent out 

 this season interest centers on the fol- 

 lowing: 



Eosalia is another of the long line of 

 novelties raised by F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., La Fayette, Ind. It is cerise pink, 

 a color in which there is little competi- 

 tion. Rosette, also a Dorner introduc- 

 tion, is almost the only representative 

 of the class, but the Dorners assert their 

 belief that Rosalia will displace Rosette. 

 While the flowers show up well on the 

 exhibition table, the originators claim 

 its special merit is in the Jiabit of 

 growth. 



Cottage Maid, while being dissemi- 

 nated this year, is so well known to the 

 regular attendants at the A. C. S. meet- 

 ings that it seems scarcely to class as 

 new. It was the winner in the flesh 

 ])ink class at St. Louis a year ago at the 

 St. Louis show, where it also took the 

 sweepstakes for best entry in the color 

 classes for 100 blooms. It also has 

 been seen at the other shows at Phila- 

 dcl[)hia, Cleveland and New York. It 

 is a sport of Mrs. C. W. Ward, identical 

 in all but color, and the disseminators, 

 the Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, L. I., 

 have been sending it to the New York 

 market for several years. 



Merry Christmas, described as scarlet, 

 is the result of a long series of crosses, 

 beginning with Victory and Beacon. It 

 was raised by Baur & Steinkamp, at 

 Indianapolis, and has been a factor in 

 the Christmas supply there for several 

 years. The bloom is of good size and 

 form, carried on strong stems. It is 

 claimed that it seldom splits. 



Arawana is a bright crimson seed- 

 ling raised by A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn. The color speaks for 

 itself and the stem and calyx are good. 

 The flower is of moderate size and the 

 originator says that as a market va- 

 riety it has paid better than any other 

 crimson that has been tried at Cromwell. 



Old Gold is yellow, the latest of many 

 raised by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La I'ay- 

 ette, Ind. While yellow carnations have 

 had no vogue in this country, there has 

 been a large sale for them abroad and 

 the introducers claim this is the best to 

 date. 



Radium was raised at the New Castlo 

 establishment of P. J. dinger. It is a 

 cross of Victory on O. P. Bassett. The 

 color is scarlet, the blooms of large size, 

 with good stem and calyx. The origina- 



tor claims for the variety that it is an 

 excellent producer and is specially good 

 for shipping because it does not go to 

 sleep. It has/ been known in the Cin- 

 cinnati market for the last two years. 



Superb is "a new color in the flesh pink 

 class, being decidedly on the salmon or- 

 der. It is a seedling of Enchantress 

 crossed with Gloriosa. The bloom is of 

 good size and form, carried on a stiff 

 stem. It has been seen at most of the 

 flower shows of the last three years, 

 during which time it has been grown 

 by the originator, the J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co., Joliet, 111. 



Thenanthos, raised by Anton Then, 

 Chicago, and being distributed by the 

 A. L. Randall Co., although red, is t^aid 

 to be a seedling of Enchantress, crossed 

 with another red seedling that had the 

 blood of Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Lawson. 

 It is possible, therefore, to trace its par- 

 entage back to Wm. Scott. It has been 

 shown at Chicago for three or four years 

 and there has been a steady improve- 

 ment in the blooms. Strong claims are 

 made for it as a producer. 



Doris was first seen at the A. C. S. 

 show at St. Louis last year, where it 

 scored eighty-eight points after being 

 shipped from Framingham, Mass., 

 where the seedling was raised by S. J. 

 Goddard. It is a crimson, of excellent 

 form and substance, with strong stem 

 and calyx. 



Cornell is the name given by Ira G. 

 Marvin, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to a red 

 seedling grown at his place for several 

 years and which now is being shown to 

 the trade for the first time. It is not 

 of the largest size, but strong claims 

 are made for it as a commercial "bread 

 and butter" variety. 



Albert Roper is a cerise seedling ex- 

 hibited at previous shows as No. 360. It 

 was raised by the late Albert Roper, of 

 Tewksbury, Mass., and will be dissemi- 

 nated in a limited way by his estate. 

 It is not a large flower, but is said to 

 be a good bloomer and a profitable va- 

 riety on the Roper place. It is known 

 to many in the Boston market. 



Next Year's Novelties. 



Among the varieties that will be put 

 on the market next year Crystal White 

 stands out as the finest white thus far 

 produced. It is described as an im- 

 proved Matchless, being without the 

 least trace of pink. In addition to pur- 

 ity of color it has excellent form. It 

 was raised at Cottage Gardens, the cross 

 having been made by C." W. Ward him- 

 self. It has won many prizes on the 

 exhibition table, having been first 

 shown at Cleveland in 1915. 



Olive Whitman is a red seedling 

 raised by M. Matheron, at Baldwins, 

 Ij. I., who will send it out next year 

 jointly with Guttman & Raynor, New 

 York. It is a cross of Victory and 

 Beacon. 



Other varieties seen for the first time 

 which probably will be distributed in 

 1918 or later were: No. 1,489, flesh 

 pink, Dorner; Bernice, scarlet, Howard; 

 Portland's Pride, red, Frank & Sons; 

 Laddie, Dorner; No. 414, Baur & Stein- 

 kamp; Edna, Zweifel; Serin and Ruffus. 



The Awards. 



On the whole the show was consider- 

 ably larger than usual, the retail dis- 

 plays and the miscellaneous exhibits as 

 well as the competitive entries by local 

 growers being numerous. The awards 

 in the competitive classes were: 



One huudrod wliite — Strout's, Biddoford, Me., 

 first, on Matchless; Cottnge Gardens Co., 

 Queens, L. I., second, -on Crystal White. 



One hundred flesh pink — F-. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., Lafayette, Ind., first, on No. 1489; J. D. 

 'J'iiompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 111., second, 

 on Superb. 



One hundred light pink — No entry. 



One hundred medium pink — Cottage Gardens 

 Co., first, on Mrs. C. W. Ward; E. A. RlcU- 

 iirdson, .second, on No. 110. 



One hundred dark pink— F. Dorner & Sona 

 Co., first, on Hosiilia; Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery, Morgan Park, 111., second, on Rosette. 



One hundred .red — Baur & Steinkamp, In- 

 dianapolis, first, on Merry Christmas; Bassett 

 it Washhurn, Chicago, second, on Belle Wash- 

 burn. 



One hundred crimson — S. J. Goddard, Soutli 

 Framingham, Mass., first, on Doris; W. D. 

 Howard, Milford, Mass., second, on Bernice. 



One hundred yellow — F. Dorner & Sons Co., 

 lirst, on Old Gold; no second. 



One hundred white variegated — Halifax Gar- 

 dens Co., Halifax, Mass., first, on Benora; no 

 second. 



One hundred flaked — No entry. 



One hundred any otlier color — No entry. 



Sweepstakes in above classes — Ilitchings sil- 

 ver cup to Cottage Gardens Co., on Mrs. Wanl. 



I'ifty Wliito Enchantress— Hartje & Elder, 

 ludianapolis, first; John A. Nelson, Indian- 

 Mpolis, second. 



Fifty White Wonder— FVank & Sons, Port- 

 liind, Ind., first; Strout's, second. 



Fifty Matchless — Strout's, first; W. II. Gul- 

 lett & Sons, Lincoln, 111., second. 



Fifty any other white — Strout's, first, with 

 White I'erfection; no second. 



I'ifty Alice — No entry. 



Fifty Enchantress Supreme— Joseph II. Hill 

 Co., Uiclimond. Ind., first; J. F. Ammann Co., 

 Fdwardsville, 111., second. 



Fifty Pink Delight— Strout's, first; J. A. 

 Nelson, second. 



fifty any other flesh pink — Strout's, first, 

 on Nancy; Frank & Sons, second, on Mavdav. 



Fifty Pink Sensation— S. J. Goddard, first; 

 \V. H. GuUett & Sons, second. 



Fifty any other light pink — S. J. Goddard, 

 liist; Gullett & Sons, second. 



Fifty .Mrs. C. W. Ward— Frank & Sons, 

 Mi-st: Strout's, second. 



Fifty Goo<l Cheer— Baur & Steinkamp, first: 

 Oullett & Sons, second. 



Fifty any oth»r medium , pink — W. R 

 S(hro<'der, Milwaukee. Wis., first, on Mrs. 

 Akehurst; J. S. .Stuart, Anderson, Ind., sec- 

 ond, on Rose-pink Enchantress. 



I'ifty dark pink— Ilartje & Elder, first, on 

 Washington; S. J. Go<Idard, second, on Rosette 



Fifty Beacon— W. R. Schroeder, first; S. J. 

 (.oddnrd, second. 



Fifty Chatupion — No entry. 



Fifty any otlier scarlet — Bassett & Washburn 

 hrst, on Belle Washburn; Frank & Sons, second 

 on Portland Pride. 



Fifty Pocahontas— Strout's, first; no second. 



Fifty any other crimson — No entry 



Fifty Benora— Halifax Gardens Co., first; J. A 

 Nelson, second. 



.Any other white variegated — No entry 



F'ifty Yellow Prince— S. J. Goddard, first: 

 no second. 



Fifty any other yellow— No entry. 



Fifty any flaked variety— No entry. 



Fifty any other color — No entry. 



Fifty Nancy— S. J. Goddard. 



Fifty Alice Coombs— Halifax Gardens Co 



Iifty Belle Washburn — No entry. 



Fifty Miss Theo— No entry. 



F'fty Red Wing— No entry. 



One hundred any variety— Baur & Stein- 

 kamp, A. C. S. silver medal, on Merry Christ- 

 mas: Cottage Gardens Co., A. C. S. bronze 

 inediil, on Cottage Maid; no gold medal awarded 



fifty any undisseminated varletv S A F 

 medals class — No entry. " • • • 



One hundred any undisseminated seedling 



Dorner & Sons Co., the Dorner Memorial medal 

 on Laddie. ^u»<. 



Preliminary competition for lf)18 Dorner Me- 



iiioriiil medal class— Baur & Steinkamp niial- 

 ili.Ml on No. 414; N. Zweifel, North Milwaukee 

 en Edna. 



Certificate of Merit— To W. D. Howard on 

 seedlings. 



Fifty blooms in four or more varieties open 

 to Indiana growers only— Frank & Sons the 

 Indiana carnation trophy. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



For probably the first time in the 

 history of the A. C. S. there were 

 chrysanthemums at its show. The 

 varieties were Hamburg Late White, ex- 

 hibited by W. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, 

 for the originator, C. F. Guenther, Ham- 

 burg, N. Y., and Mistletoe, staged by 

 H. P. Smith. ^ 



J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, 

 sliowed begonias and cyclamens. 



The A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, set 

 up a vase of the new red rose, Mrs. 

 Sarah Yeats, grown by its originator, J. 

 F. Yeats, Champaign, 111. 



Carl Hagenburgcr, Mentor, 0., showed 

 a new seedling cherry. 



