FKDHI'AUS 



1022 



The Florists' Review 



35 



LOOKING THEM OVER 



REVIEWING HARTFORD SHOW. 



From Technical Viewpoint. 



.Afijiijif,' the carnation exhibits at 

 llartl'ord, <>1' course, Laddie was ]iea<l 

 and shoulders above ever^thiiif^' in sij^lit. 

 Tliis is only to be expected and atter 

 rcvicwiiij,'- the novelties in tliis show, it 

 is evident there will be ^i lon<; time bc- 

 torii we have other varieties of different 

 c(d(>rs the same size as -this chamjjion. 

 'i'iic lilooMis of J>addic exhiliited by S. J. 

 (iiHJdard, of Frainin<iham, Mass., were 

 p.-irl i<'iil.irly noteworthy on account "Cf 

 tile wonderful color his flowers show. 

 AVilli.-nn Sim, of Cliftondale. ^fass., as 

 well .-IS II.')i-ry O. Mas', !Siininiit, X. .1., 

 the S|irin<;lield J-'loral Co., Spring;' 

 liehl. N. .1., and half a dozen others, 

 showed \\h;it a ivonderful cjtrnation Jjad- 

 dic really is. It seems to do equally well 

 all n\, 1- till' country. Many growers will 

 tell yon they UTi' unable to grow Laddie 

 anil niak<' any nion(\v out of it. This is 

 triu' in a w.iy, where carnations have' re 

 (•,i\ed .-1 ''black eye,"' and tloii^t^ ran 

 not t\pl.-ii)i till' incrc.'iM- in \aliii' of thi^ 

 varii'l \' over othci' c;i iiiat ions that ;irc 

 more |iroducti\e. Tln' (|iiot .at ion, ''A 

 lirinii-osr liy the riser's bi'ini, a littlr 

 primrose w.as to hini---jus1 that, and 

 nothiii;; more,"' tits this type of c.arna 

 tion buyer exactly, and yet I believe, 

 with a little education, these same buy- 

 ers coubl be i.'iuj^ht the re.'ison Laildie 

 does, and niii-~t. lirin<,' a yre.'itly incre;ised 

 [)rice in ordi'i' to make it a commercial 

 proposition. 



By CHARLES H. TOTTY. 



The Ihiiiy that impressed me in the 

 special S. A. V. classes was the distance 

 ■some of the .stock had been sliipped and 

 y<'t ri .ached llartfonl in spb'ndid condi- 

 tion. When one renieml)ers tliat the tem- 

 ]ieratnre was below zero and variotis 

 handicaps had to be overcome to i^ci 

 there at all, the showing,' of A. .Jablon- 

 .sky, Olivette, Mo., was marvelous. For 

 instance, he was awarded the silver 

 med.'il with Betty Jane, a cerise pink, 

 \\hi(h, while only medium in size, im- 

 )iressed m(> most favorably, and the 

 bronze medal with Olivette, a lovely 

 \-ariej;att'c!. This showinjr was little 

 short of phenomenal, in my opinion. If 

 the varieties had beiMi shipp(>d in from 

 .•in adjoining;' town, it would have been 

 a dilTerent story, ))erliaps. Personally, 

 I fell in lo\-e with Oli\ette on .account of 

 its lo\a'ly. clr.-in :i ppf:ir;i are. As to its 

 t'reedom and other (|U.alilicat ions, 1 know 

 nothiiiL;. .\notlicr seecllino in this c-l.ass, 

 whii-h .-ilso came from Missouri to ''show 

 the peiiple.'' \\,as the N'.ariety from .bdin 

 Ste\i'iis. ef Inili'pendence. It w;is dark 

 pink, with :i doulde flower •■ilmost like a 

 camellia in miniature. 'I'his \ariety w;is 

 .also a ' ' conimia'ci.al ti-a\eler,'' and on 

 this aciMMMit will tiiid ;i well deserveil 

 ]il;o'e when it ;;ets arounil to the point ol' 

 dissemination. The Tiumlier, if there li.ad 

 been one on it, was lost wlien I was look- 

 ing; .'It it; therefore I aiH unable to 

 ret'er to it as ;i m.'itter of record. Kosa 

 lind, from V.. S. Strout, Biddefor<l, Me., 



Ill this same (lass, .ilsn apjiealed to me 

 slronj;iy. The tlo\sei's iii.ay not s,.|| p:n ■ 

 ticularly well in the wholesale ni.arket, 

 since the retail men ai'e usually loo timid 

 to sjieculate in -.div except \aiieties 

 where the in.'irket li.as already been pre- 

 jiaied for them. The outer petals oi 

 liosalind arc a yreat deal lii;hter than 

 till! inner petals, but many comiucn<la- 

 tory remarks were heard from the gen- 

 ei'.al jiiiblic on this varief>' .'lud also on 

 tiie \ariety (Jold Dust, from William 

 Sim. This latter, I believe, w;is Jiwarded 

 ■A [ireliminary certificate. The lador is an 

 exi|uisite combin.alion of bron/y .inilier, 

 with liehter sliadines towards the eddies. 

 1 haven "t a doubt in the world that this 

 \:iriety will sell well, althou^^li commer- 

 cial iniMi a"^^ii''>' me it will ne\cr sell in 

 (|u.'iiit ity. Properly exploited, it will yo 

 "id;;'' and be ene of the biggest sellers 

 on the m.'irket, is my prediction. The 

 wonderful combinations that the florists 

 in l.oiiilon ;uid P.aris arrange from dif- 

 leieiit cd'orid llowei^ will be ere.'itlv en- 

 hanced when till'. e,i lidld of this new 

 c.-i mat ion. 



New Ones Bear Watching. 



X;ilali<', a cerise ]iink, at'ter a trip (if 

 1.(1(111 miles from Xashville, Tonn., stood 

 up splendidly all through the meetinp. 

 It is perhaps too deeply funbriatcl in the 

 ide'es, but a variety, with.'il, that will be 

 looked for when ready for distribution. 



'I'here was .also :i wonderful seeilling" 

 from Dorner, Kl.' K!, which was of Lad- 

 die c(dor .and .ilinost L.adclie size and 

 which, 1 am assured by men who know, 



Looking Down from the Balcony on the Exhibits at Hartford, Towards the Retailers' Booths Along Side Wall. 



