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December 22, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



253 



granted the rate of a fare and one- 

 third fare for this meeting, Thia includes 

 the whole state of Colorado, and from 

 that east and north. 



Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN CARNATIONS. 



The following is from the report in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle of an exhi- 

 bition November 29 of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Great Britain: 



Carnation Enchantress. — A very large-flowered 

 tree or wintering-flowering variety. The color 

 is a very delicate shade of pink. An excellent 

 flower, but possessing very little fragrance 

 (Award of Merit). .^ ^ • ^ 



Carnation The President.— A tree variety, 

 having beautifully formed flowers of deep nin- 

 roon-crlmson color; exceedingly rich. The 

 petals, however, are fringed, and we could not 

 detect any fragrance (Award of Merit). 



Carnation Adonis.— This variety has bright 

 red-colored flowers, with rather more fragrance 

 than the others, and less fringed petals. All 

 the varieties named above and some others were 

 shown by Messrs. Bell & Sheldon, Guernsey, 

 who showed a collection of much merit. Bach 

 of the three varieties that gained an award, 

 was, we believe, raised In America. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



[THE FLOWER GARDETN; A Handbook of 

 Practical Garden Lore, by Ida D. Bennett; Mc- 

 Clure, Phillips & Co., New York, *2, net.] 



It was a true word that was spoken 

 by the sponsors for a new gardening 

 magazine when, in their announcement, 

 they said that more about gardening 

 has been published in 1904 than in any 

 preceding year; theirs was also a safe 

 prediction that 1905 will see the record 

 of 1904 exceeded in the matter of horti- 

 cultural literature. To those who gain 

 their livelihood through the exchange of 

 horticultural commodities this is a rea- 

 son for felicitation, for whatever in- 

 spires in the people a love for plants 

 and flowers is distinctly worthy of en- 

 couragement for commercial reasons. All 

 that should be required to gain the stamp 

 of approval at the hands of the men 

 who grow plants for profit is assurance 

 that the statements are true and the 

 teachings sane and practical. 



It is an occasion for regret that these 

 characteristics are not found in all that 

 purports to be gardening literature, but 

 The Flower Garden, by Ida D. Bennett, 

 which has already reached its second edi- 

 tion-, is worthy of its sub-title, "a hand- 

 book of practical garden lore." It is 

 a volume of 281 pages, handsomely 

 printed and bound, freely illustrated 

 with excellent half-tone reproductions of 

 photographs made for the purpose. There 

 are twenty chapters, covering in detail 

 all the operations of plant grow- 

 ing and garden making, including 

 soils, fertilizers, handling the hot- 

 beds, etc., with comprehensible cul- 

 tural directions for all the plants com- 

 monly met with in the collections of 

 amateurs. It is such matter as any flor- 

 ist should be glad to see, and aid in plac- 

 ing ia the hands of his customers and 

 their neighbors. 



There are very helpful tables giving 

 the blooming wagon of ..^various trees, 

 shrubs anfl plants, the comAon and bo- 

 tanical names of plants and flowers and 

 the time required for the germination of 

 seeds of many plants. The whole is 

 fully Indexed. 



YouNGSTOWN, O. — A greenhouse 20x 

 120 is planned for Wick park. 



CLEBtTRNE, Tex. — The greenhouse and 

 bam of Thomas Sanders were destroyed 

 by fire on the night of December 11. 



Carnation Variegated Lawsoti. 



WITH BOSTON GROWERS. 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club went to PVamingham for its field 

 day December 17 and the members were 

 fortunate in having a very pleasant day. 

 ^Over thirty made the trip by electric and 

 steam cars, and but for the nearness of 

 Christmas, which kept some busy at home, 

 the number would have been much larger. 

 Owing to the severe illness of J. T. But- 

 terworth it was thought best to postpone 

 a visit to that gentleman's place in order 

 that the genial proprietor might himself 

 escort the party around. 



Wm. Nicholson. 



On arrival at Framingham Center, the 

 establishment of William Nicholson was 

 first visited. Everything in the green- 

 houses was found in fine condition. Prin- 

 cipal interest, -of course, centered in the 

 carnations, which are largely grown and 

 have always been a specialty here. It was 

 especially noticeable that stock in the 

 newest and roomiest houses was much su- 

 perior to that grown in the older 100-foot 

 houses, which were a dozen years ago con- 

 sidered the acme of perfection for carna- 

 tion culture, also that the atmosphere was 

 far more genial. 



Prosperity seemed to be doing better 

 than ever, judging from the heavy crop 

 of immense flowers it was carrying. Mrs. 

 M. A. Patten is grown in quantity and 

 seemed to b6' doing very satisfactorily. 

 Some Mrs. Bradt are still grown and a 

 batch of Stella look«d well. JWge^JIins- 

 dale waanot of a taking color. In whites, 

 Wolcott was doing beautifully, no burst 

 flowers noticed. I^ady Bountiful was giv- 

 ing a good crop of fine flowers, some a 

 little thin in petalage, but the form of the 

 flower and its purity surpassed any other 

 white. The Queen was far the heaviest 

 producer of all the whites, being a per- 

 fect mass of flowers and buds. A bench 

 grown inside all summer, from which 

 flowers had been picked since September 

 1, was still smothered with bloom. White 



Lawson produces freely, but stems are too 

 short compared with other sorts grown. A 

 seedling white from K. Witterstaetter 

 looked like a fine thing. 



In crimsons Harry Fenn seemed to be 

 the most prolific. Its warm, scarlet crim- 

 son color is very taking. Ward's Presi- 

 dent is also fine, as was Harlowarden, but 

 the latter seemed to be less free. As an 

 outdoor summer bloomer it was pro- 

 nounced first-class. Governor Roosevelt 

 is also grown. A bench of Flamingo car- 

 ried some splendid flowers on ideal stems 

 but this variety ia not classed as likely 

 to be a profitable one commercially. J. 

 H. Manley was in fine shape. In yellows, 

 Eldorado is mostly planted, being grown 

 inside all summer. It looked clean and 

 was producing a fine crop. Dorothy Whit- 

 ney also looked promising. 



In light pinks honors were about evenly 

 divided between Enchantress and Fair 

 Maid, the former having the finest flow- 

 ers, the latter the most flowers. In dark 

 pinks a few Nelson Fisher are grown. 

 We did not consider it equal to Lawson, 

 which is grown in quantity. Floriana did 

 not strike us as being of particular value. 

 Ethel Ward is a nice medium variety of 

 rosy pink color with a high built center. 

 A crimson seedling from I^illedouze Bros, 

 has the earmarks of a valuable sort and 

 some other seedlings of Mr. Nicholson's 

 own raising were promising. The prop- 

 agating house was full of cuttings and 

 thousands are already boxed off. The 

 best carnations noted were planted on 

 July 28. 



In addition to carnations some other 

 good things were noted. Plants of the 

 old orange scarlet West Brighton Gem 

 geranium were in fine bloom for Christ- 

 mas sales. A bench of mignonette car- 

 ried some magnificent spikes. Large 

 batches of Primula Sinensis and P. ob- 

 conica, cyclamens and Begonia incarnata 

 looked well. Princess of Wales and Camp- 

 bell violets were clean and full of bloom. 

 Lilies, antirrhinums, sweet peas, freesias 



