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March 9, 190S. 



CINONNATL 



The Market. 



Business continues very good and it 

 seems to be evenly distributed. But the 

 number of carnations received during the 

 past week was little short of marvelous. 

 Lawson fairly rained in. This carnation 

 18 being cut in great quantities and the 

 quality is fine. With all the great quan- 

 tities of carnations, white and red were 

 never in excess of the demand. But 

 pink! It was almost a case of take 

 what you could get for them, and some 

 even found their way to the dump. I 

 beheve that the heavy cut will continue 

 through this week, but from the report 

 of various growers, that will be the end 

 of it, and the following week will see 

 things back to normal. 



With roses it was different. White 

 was scarce, also Golden Gates. Beauties, 

 especially long-stemmed, were not equal 

 to the demand. The fine weather we are 

 having now will undoubtedly increase 

 the cut very shortly. 



Bulbous stock of all kinds is plenti- 

 ful and sella well. Violets continue 

 coming very heavily. 



The near approach of Lent does not 

 strike terror into the florist's heart as 

 in years gone by. The past few years 

 have not shown a very great diminu- 

 tion of business during this time. 



Varioos Notes. 



The annual carnation show of the 

 ±Jori8ts' Society will come off Saturday 

 March 11, and it will be a great event! 

 By an oversight, the color red was omit- 

 ted from the printed schedule, but 

 prizes will be given in this class the 

 same as the others. 



ti.^« ^: ^.^^"^^Se is cutting some of 

 the finest stock seen in this market, and 

 a visit to his retail store will quickly 

 prove this fact. The product of his 

 greenhouses wiould be hard to excel. 



Un?^*!.T>?„^^^."^ ^'""^"e: a general 

 line of bulbous flowers now, and the 

 quality IS of the best. Besides supply- 

 ing this market, this firm ships large 

 quantities to Chicago and St. Louis. 



J. Lodder & Sons, of Hamilton, are 

 aending m some extra good Princess of 

 Wales violets. 



The beautiful springlike weather last 

 Saturday brought out a large represen- 

 tation of the growers in the Jabez El- 

 liott flower market, and their stands 

 were well stocked. Business was very 

 good. •' 



E. Mack, whose greenhouses are on 

 Price Hill, reports the cemetery trade 

 as very good, and that business in gen- 

 eral has been brisk all winter. 



Martin Eeukauf was in town last Sat- 

 urday, c. J. Ohmer. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular meeting March 1, 

 one new member being elected. H. F. 

 Meyer, gardener for George R. Shel- 

 don, read a very interesting paper on 

 growing mushrooms. 



The first exhibition of the society was 

 held, being of carnations. Some very 

 fine flowers were on exhibition. Special 

 mention was given W. Willesen, garden- 

 er for H. F. Noyes, for a sport from 

 Enchantress, much darker in color than 

 the parent, measuring three and three- 



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 very fragrant. Many others were repre- 

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S. J. T. 



THE GREEN CARNATION. 



We are informed that A. C. S., of 

 Los Angeles, raised a green carnation. 

 He refuses to explain how he did it ex- 

 cept that prepared soil was used. Mr. 

 A. C. S. ought to have his soil patented 

 before some one analyzes it and discov- 

 ers the secret. We also advise Mr. A. 

 C. S. to send his carnations to New 

 York before March 17, as they would 

 bring high prices on that day. It is 

 surprising how horticulture advances 

 when we have only to put the dye in the 

 ground to obtain, in the flower, the color 

 we want. B. 



The advertisement in the Revibw did 

 the business on the geranium cuttings.- — 

 W. H. Jones, Lorain, O. 



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