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seller of any variety of carnation on 

 the Boston market the past winter. This 

 no doubt is easily accounted for by the 

 large quantities of that variety gfown 

 in New England. 



Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. 



We do not believe that Lawson is 

 "running out," or will run out in a 

 hurry. There have been times this sea- 

 son when we have found that it was not 

 as good a shipper as usual for long dis- 

 tances, but we are not certain of the 

 cause. In its own particular shade Law- 

 son still holds itE< place, and is in good 

 demand. 



C L. Washburn, Chicago. 



We find Lawson just as productive and 

 fully up in quality to the first year we 

 had it. We attribute this to the fact 

 that we take a large part of our Law- 

 son cuttings from field plants as late as 

 possible before they freeze up. This 

 gives us very fine, strong plants each 

 year. There are too many Lawson 

 grown, as it is such an easy "doer" 

 that everybodv succeeds with it. The 

 same can be said of Enchantress. We 

 need more variety of color, as people are 

 getting tired of seeing the same shades 

 of color all the time. 



E. A. Stroud, Overbrook, Pa. 



Lawson, to my mind, is not "running 

 out." The man who grows it well will 

 find a market. This carnation no longer 

 has the field to itself, but is competing 

 with newer varieties. 



Ausfust Poehlmann, Morton Grove, HI. 



If we had an axe to grind we might 

 nossiblv condemn Lawson. (The man 



old-time vigor. Judging by results we 

 are justified in growing the variety ex- 

 tensively and we doubt whether Nelson 

 Fisher will knock it out. 



C W. Reimers, Louisville, Ky. 



Lawson is increasing in vigor and 

 profit, and surpassing all other carna- 

 tions for me. 



W. K, Partridge, Lockland, Ohio. 



Lawson is showing no sign of ' ' run- 

 ning out" with me. I intend planting 

 more of it next season. 



Wm. Scott, Buffalo, N. Y. 



The opinion is widely expressed that 

 this greatest of all carnations is showing 

 several signs of deterioration. Doubtless 

 with many growers this is true, and we 

 have noticed the fact this winter in more 

 than one place, but we have also seen 

 it recently as good as ever. If some 

 men can grow it as healthy and perfect 

 aa it was four years ago, so can others. 

 It is too early in its existence for this 

 fine variety to be "running out." It 

 was such a grand acquisition that ev- 

 erybody for the first two years propa- 

 gated any and every part of the plant. 

 It has also received by nearly every grow- 

 er a strong heat, too strong to keep up 

 a vigorous and healthy growth, and 

 when it is grown in a night temperature 

 of 50 degrees it will produce more per- 

 fect flowers, if not quite so many of 

 them. 



In the writer's humble opinion Law- 

 son can be grown as fine in every re- 

 spect as it ever was with proper selec- 

 tion of cuttings and a lower temperature. 

 Bursting and off color are great com- 

 plaints. Don 't take cuttings from a 



Camatioa Robert Qaig. 



who made the statement, at the conven- 

 tion, that Lawson is "running out" is 

 not an introducer of novelties and ap- 

 pears free from bias. — Ed.) We find 

 our stock, however, to be as good as ever, 

 probably due to change of soil in field 

 and benches. This may help to retain its 



plant that has burst flowers. Usually 

 you will find one plant bearing all burst 

 calyxes, which are almost globular and 

 early show that they are going to split. 

 Another plant will bear flowers of per- 

 fect form. You know whiih to choose. 

 A bed that frequently comes under our 



notice is a dismal failure. They are 

 planted in six inches of soil on the 

 greenhouse floor, which is naturally dry, 

 but this is not the way to treat Law- 

 son. It must have perfect drainage. 



To conclude, in February, 1903, we 

 saw at the Cottage Gardens a magnificent 

 bench of Lawson which were planted on 

 the bench from pots the previous May. 

 The following Decefcber we saw a house 

 of Lawson at Trenton Palls, N. Y., equal- 

 ly as fine. They were lifted from the 

 field in early July. Either method is all 

 right. Take nothing but medium sized 

 shoots from the flowering stems, and 

 those only from free flowering plants 

 with perfect calyxes, and plant in a 

 raised bench or most thoroughly drained 

 semi-solid bed and the good Mrs. Law- 

 son is yet indispensable. 



M. A. Patten, Tewksbury, Mass. 



Yes, it seems to be the nature of all 

 carnations, as we grow them in this coun- 

 try, to run out in a few years, some 

 varieties quicker than others. I think 

 the free flowering varieties, the contin- 

 ued growing without rest, and the in- 

 discriminate taking of cuttings probably 

 have something to do with it. Also the 

 too free use in some cases of chemical 

 fertilizers. Lack of ventilation alqo 

 has considerable to do with it. 



J. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, la. 



As regards Lawson "running out," 

 I think if a person is careful in select- 

 ing stock, that Lawson is as good as it 

 ever was, at least it does as well with us. 



Wm. Weber, Oakland, Md. 



I am not a believer in the theory 

 that varieties "run out" or exhaust 

 themselves after a certain period of 

 time. The variety Mrs. Thomas W. 

 Lawson, or any other variety in fact, 

 will retain its vitality for ages provid- 

 ing a rigid compliance with the demands 

 of nature and the variety are adhered 

 to. 



This is scarcely possible in the av- 

 erage commercial establishment of to- 

 day, and so, when a variety has been 

 over propagated or has had several hard 

 knocks in successive years, the grower 

 begins to look around for something bet- 

 ter of like color. 



Personally, I do not believe that Law- 

 son is "running out," and while it is 

 not as good as it was the first year we 

 grew it, it is much better than it was for 

 us the second year, and has improved ever 

 since. The temporary set-back it sus- 

 tained during the second vear we grew it 

 was largely the fault of the house. It re- 

 quires much less light than the average 

 carnation. 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



Precautions. 



Not only must one be critical in the 

 selection of cuttings and give the young 

 plants the best of culture, but at all 

 times every precaution must be taken 

 to ward off disease. If you were careful 

 to choose none but cuttings from vigorous 

 plants the battle is half won. Still there 

 are many chances of loss between prop- 

 agation and planting out, especially 

 from fungous troubles. 



In a batch of young plants it is not 

 unusual to find a small number that are 

 decidedly lacking in vigor. Instead of 

 nursing these along any length of time, 

 it would be economy to destroy them at 

 once. In all probability you will lose 



