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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fkbruaby 2, 1906. 



flower, more nearly approaching Mar- 

 qais than Enchantress in shade. The 

 plant is a free and persistent bloomer. 



At the show of the Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society last October, Senator Crane 

 received a first-class certificate. A few 

 blooms staged at the Boston chrysanthe- 

 mum show attracted much favorable no- 

 tice. In regard to its keeping quali- 

 ties the writer took home one or two 



WITTEHSTAETTER NOVELTIES. 



There was no exhibit at last week's ex- 

 hibition of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety which attracted more attention than 

 that of B. Witterstaetter, of Cincinnati. 

 Because of a railroad wreck, Mr. Witter- 

 staetter arrived too late to stage his 

 blooms for competition. Had he been 

 in tinje he would at least have rendered 

 the work of the judges more difficult 



Witterstaetter*s Light Pink Seedling, J. A. Valentine. 



flowers at the close of the Boston show, 

 after being staged five days, and they 

 kept well for another week. 



Mr. Dolby's entire stock was recently 

 purchased by E. C. Pye, of Nyack, 

 N. Y., who will place it on the market 

 when he can work up a sufficiently large 

 stock. We consider this one of the most 

 promising seedlings we have seen of late 

 years. The photograph hardly did the 

 flowers .iustice in the group, those to the 

 left appearing undersized. 



W. N. Craig. 



CARNATION MRS. W. L. LEWIS. 



A carnation which is making a name 

 for itself in Boston at present is Mrs. 

 W. L. Lewis, originated by the enter- 

 prising proprietor of the Lewis Conser- 

 vatories, Marlboro, Mass. This seedling 

 is now in its fourth year and has 

 proved itself a money maker and bids 

 fair to be a good commercial variety 

 in every respect. Its parentage is Mary 

 "Wood X Flora Hill. Color is snow 

 white and the strong clove fragrance 

 is very pleasing. Flowers average three 

 to three and one-half inches in diameter 

 and are full, stiff petaled, well fringed 

 and symmetrical, with a high center. The, 

 calyx is strong, Mr. Lewis stating that 

 he has never seen a burst flower. Stems 

 are stiff and eighteen to twenty-four 

 inches in length. Habit strong and very 

 prolific, grass of medium width. Mr. 

 Lewis has booked numerous orders for 

 this variety and will introduce it the 

 present season. The nhotocrraph of the 

 house of this variety was taken on Jan- 

 uary 2. W. N. Ceaio. 



and it is quite possible that his pres- 

 ence might have called for a consider- 

 able change in the list of awards. We 

 present in this issue illustrations show- 

 ing four of Mr. Witterstaetter 's new 

 varieties. 



That which will attract the greatest 

 attention is ther^ improved Lawson, to 

 which he has given the very excellent 

 name of Aristocrat. This is much the 

 shade of Mrs. Lawson, with larger size, 

 as he grows it, and a much better form. 

 Mr. Witterstaetter says that while it is 

 not noteworthy for its early blooming 

 qualities, it makes good stems on the 

 early flowers and comes into heavy crop 

 in season to be a more profitable variety 

 than he has found Lawson. He has 

 made no plans for disseminating this va- 

 riety, but it will doubtless find its way 

 to the trade in the course of time. 



Another pink of excellent character is 

 Afterglow, which comes in the Scott 

 class for color. J. A. Valentine is the 

 name given to a light pink shade, an 

 attractive sort but one not likely to 

 prove a serious rival to Enchantress so 

 long as that variety retains its vigor. 

 No. 1021 Bl, is an unnamed seedling of 

 the Scott shade of which Mr. Witter- 

 staetter thinks highly, although he says 

 it is not as early a bloomer as he would 

 wish. 



BACTERIA, 



I send samples of Fair Maid and Law- 

 son carnations from near the heating 

 pipes which about two weeks ago began 

 to show dried tips on the leaves. They 

 were benched in September and did well. 

 Enchantress growing next to" them is 

 only slightly affected. Queen does not 

 show it at all. I have been watering 

 tbem quite freely of late, but there 

 seems to be plenty of drainage. I keep 

 the temperature about 53 degrees at 

 night and let it run as high as 73 de- 

 grees on bright days. What is the trou- 

 ble? LF.F. 



The Lawson and Fair Maid are af- 

 fected by the same thing, bacteria. We 

 are told that these are introduced through 

 the punctures produced by aphis, thrips, 

 or, in fact, any insect that punctures 

 tho leaves. The bacteria enters into the 

 leaf and starts a decaying which breaks 



R. Wit!cf8taetter's Pink Seedling, No. 1021 B 1. 



