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AFTERMATH OF THE 



CARNATION MEETING 



By utiauiwoiis consent, last icwek's meeting and cx/iihition of the 

 American Carnation Society is put on record as one of the most suc- 

 cessful in the history of the organization, interest, attendance and quality 

 all being higher than in recent years. A mark set for Boston to emulate 



N iiiiiiiy rcs|u'(ts t lie 1 iiiliiui 



I, -I pcilis meet iiiji lit' t li I- 

 Aineririiii ( 'aiiiat idii So 

 riety. Iiclil last week, was 

 the best, ill years, lillt tli<^ 

 tinest t'catuie (it' it, |>i()li 

 alily, was the t'art that sn 

 iiiaii.N' ilifTerent |ie(i]ile |iar 

 tiei]iatei|. Anyone readine- 

 the list lit' |ii'i/.e u iiineis 

 ill last wiM'k 's issue (if The lieview cdiilil 

 lint fail til iiiitc the unusual iiiiinlier nt' 

 ^.Tdwers awanleil |ireiiiiiinis there was 

 11(1 walkaway. XnTiiatter how tine it is 

 lor the iiiili\iiliial to sweep the decks, 

 It .■((Ills |iei'ceiitilily to the "general inter 

 est when the preiniiiins are well (li\iile<l. 

 I'-acetiously, this was ealled the lioiiie 

 iiU'etiiii^' of the Imliana t'ariiation So 

 liety - vice i>it'si(leiit, secretary ami 

 treasurer wer(^ Hoosiers, and the presi 

 dent canK' from a cout ij^uoiis state. I'er- 

 liaps it had its efCect in hrin^iiiie out the 

 local c;rowers, but at any rate more ot' 

 them exliiliited than tisiial and most of 

 them fe(d well repaid for it by the pri/es 

 they took. 



The Meetings. 



Ill the nieetillJ^S, 

 .1 I s o . t he Lionel al 



|>:i It icipat ion was a 



■ li'^tiiict stiniiibis to 

 • lie interest. T li 

 'liiii illation ot' long 

 ' ssays and the siih- 

 -titiition of exteiii- 

 I '(I ra neons ilisciis- 

 '■ II s s i o n liroiiL;ht 

 iiianv iiieiiiliers to 



tiieir I'eet witll U 



' ' w wiifils on one 



V'Mit III aimtlier 



nd made t he srs- 



iiiiis li r i ^ h t .•iiid 

 nappy. 



While it u;i- \cit- 

 ■1 lo Imlil the next 



■ liimal iinet iiii; at 

 'lie ii-iial date in 

 I'-Ms, at I'.o-tnii, it 



\\a^ derided to aC- 



■ pt an iii\ i tat ioi\ 



-I' the S,iri(.t> of 



\iiiericaii I'loiists 

 ' " I'art ici|i;ite in the 

 "^iit i.iiial I" 1 o w e r 

 ^ii"\\ .-it St. l,,,ni> in 

 ''le spiin;^r |,|- that 

 ■^'■•■ir. the S. A. V. 



I'hir 1 1|^ 4; 1 , i n 



!''eiiiiiini nioiiix at 



'lie displ:s:il III' the 

 ^"clet\-. 'I'he irsnlt. 



The fiiil list of premiums awarded 

 in the exhibition, the election of 

 officers, with their portraits, com- 

 ment en the new varieties, reports 

 of officers, etc., appeared m The 

 Review for February 1. 



thend'ore, will lie that the east and the 

 west both will ha\c a i liaiice next \f;ii 

 to work up a carnation show as intere'^t 

 iiie- as the Indiana one w;is. 



The aniioiinced discussion ot' the 

 ' ■ VtdloW s ' ' disease ot' c.'l Ilia 1 i oil s was 

 led ii\ I'idt'. i.eliipke. ot' the llorists' eX 



perinieiit station at the I'liix crsity ol' 

 Illinois. Kiidiard Wit terstaet ter told of 

 his experience with the \;iiiety .\lr^. 

 Valentine, lia\iiie neailv lost the stoids 

 .•it one time liy this disejise. lie t'olllld 

 that the liest \\;i\' tn ei-dw the plant- 



Table Decoration of Carnation Cottage Maid Arranged by the Hill Horal Co. 



v\';is ill pots (liiriiiL; the siiiniiiei. I'harles 

 S. Stroiit stated that he e\ peiicii, cl 

 ino>t troiilile with I'iiik heliuht. A. I'. .1. 

 r.aiir descrilH'il an ex peiinieiit in wliitdi 

 lie took ;i do/.eii jihaiit- ol' e.-ndi ot' se\ - 

 eral \;irieties, heaxily I'eidiiiL; the eleven 

 iiiit leaving' the other in the nat iir;i I soil 



of early t'all. In each ca-i- tl Ie\en 



liec.-inie diseased and the iiiie pl.allt con- 

 liiiiieij healthy, con \ i iici iiu liiiu tu a cer- 

 tain extent tli.at iiiipiiiper iiiitiition lia.s 

 ;i er|.;it deal to dn with the xtdlows. 

 At'ter I'eediiiL; snnie di' tlie-e diseased 

 plants one kind ot' lood and ntliers a 

 different kind, -dine liec.-niie lietti r .and 

 dtlier- wdrse, \\lii(di ha- jia it i;i ll\' pinx en 

 td him that the prdper iinii i i-li iin'iit will 

 d\ crcome this disease. 



The Market. 



Ndthiiii; tli;ii has cniue up ;it .a trade 

 cdii \ eiit idii in leriiit year- h;ts lieen ot 

 ;4r(;iter iliteie-t td those cdin-rriied than 

 w;is the discii-sidii nt' the dem.and t'nr 



c:i I ll;tt inn- ;illd tile lllethdds li\- wliiidi 

 llie\ ;iii- 111,1 1 kited. It li;is liceii .assert 

 I'd iiiaiiv times ,,i' l;it,. that the de- 

 iii.and I'lir carnat inns 

 IS decli'.a-illL;', hut 

 t her,' h ;i \ o been 

 einplia tic d e n i a 1 s 

 t li.at t his is the case. 

 \\'. .\. < 'larke, df till- 

 r I t t s b u r L,^ h Cut 

 I'huver Co.. started 

 the l,;ill r.illiim. He 

 III lie\ e- t he demand 

 i- le-- \ i^iirous than 

 it w ;i- .'I lid he places 



till |■l■^[ldl|sil li I jty 



t'or it du the i^i'dw 

 el-. II, ■ thinks the 

 c:i Ilia t idii dl' tiiday 

 due- nor ha\e the 



keeplllL; iplalitil'S n\ 

 tlld-e III' sdine \i;il- 

 .-i^d .-iiid that tlie\ 

 h;i\e jii-f ;i ^leat 



percill t aue nt' iheil' 

 !l :iL:ra lice. He al-n 

 I'l.'i lied the :; I'n Wi-i- 

 !dr iMllLih liaiidliuLr 

 and caiele-s p.ack- 

 iii'4', e a u s i n e- the 

 iliiwi-r^ td be in bad 

 idiidit idii wlieu they 

 lejih the market. 

 I»:i\id \\;ird di-a- 

 U'l'eed, -.ayiuL;' m- be- 



1 le\ e- nio-t dl' the 

 ii.u^li h;ii!dlili:X i" 

 ddlie by t he collliuis- 



-ii:ii nierchaiit. He 

 .•il-i. -tated tiiat the 



