DECEMBER 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



369 



A House of Bostons, Kentias and Sprengeri of the George Wittbold Co., Edgfebrook, lU. 



is a very fine commercial variety. Not 

 free enough during the early winter with 

 us, and hard to root. 



Mrs. F. Joost. — Still grown by some, 

 but too small, 



Ethel Crocker. — We grow this variety 

 for blooming in hot weather, when it is 

 ahead of anything in its color. Not a 

 good winter bloomer. 



Nelson Fisher. — A very bright shade 

 of carmine pink which shows up fine at 

 night. Grows much the same as Lawson. 



G. H. Crane. — Still grown largely as 

 a commercial scarlet. Hard to beat for 

 earliness and freedom. Medium size 

 bloom. 



Crusader. — Much the same as Crane. 

 A larger bloom but not so early nor so 

 free in blooming. 



Flamingo. — A very strong growing 

 scarlet of good size and form. Not free 

 enough to be profitable. 



Flambeau. — One of our own varieties 

 and our favorite scarlet. Stands hot 

 weather without getting sleepy. At its 

 l>iggest crop during mid-winter. 



Cardinal. — Eesembles Estelle but far 

 Superior in every way. Large, early 

 and free, and always comes full in the 

 center. Bids fair to become a leading 

 commercial scarlet. 



John E. Haines. — The introducers of 

 this variety sent us a batch of young 

 plants last spring for trial. They made 

 only fair plants in our heavy soil and an 

 unusually dry summer, but they deliglit- 

 ed us with some grand blooms as early 

 as the middle of September. Every 

 shoot makes a bloom and the stem is 

 fine. 



Harlowarden. — We consider this the 

 best crimson. Very strong growth and 

 and free bloomer. 



Harry Fenn. — Not so large as the 

 above, but very free in blooming and a 

 shade brighter in color. ShoAvs a little 

 more scarlet cast. 



Daheim.— A fine large bloom and a 

 fine shade of crimson in col<l wcatlier, 

 but not good in warm weather. 



^Irs. Patten. — As a variegated this is 

 jierhaps the best there is. Extremely 

 free and early and of good size. 



Prosperity. — As grown by some this is 

 a grand variety, but requires special cul- 

 ture to bring success. Not very free. 



Dorothy Whitney. — Conceded to bo the 

 lest yellow today. A. F. J. Baur. 



BEST FOUR KINDS. 



Will you kindly tell nie what are the 

 l)cst four kinds of carnations, white, 

 red, pink and light pink? I want quality 

 and shall grow Enchantress for light 

 jiirik. What should be the other three.' 

 1 have to grow tluMU all in one house. 



s. J. n. 



Your ii'.quirv comes riglit in line with 

 what I had outlined for my iiotes for 

 this issue, and so I will ask you to read 

 them carefully and yon will be able 

 to get the information you are looking 

 for. I will say, liowever, that you should 

 grow more than one variety in each color, 

 because every variety has its own special 

 time when it is at its best and by the 

 same token it 1ms its time when it is at 

 its poorest. You can cover the season 

 much better by growing two or three 

 v;iiietios in each color. A. F. J. Bati:. 



LIGHT PINK LAWSON. 



The enclosed carnation bloom is a 

 s])ort from Lawson and we would like 

 to liave your opinion of it. We would 

 like to know if there is any other Law- 

 scm sport of that color and if it would 

 lie worth while to propagate it? 



M. J. L. 



The carnation bloom you sent was 

 too badly wilted when it arrived here 

 for me to tell the exact shade of tlie 

 bloom. It failed to revive Avhen ])hice(l 

 in water. I could see. however, that the 

 color was much lighter than Lawson. 

 Yes. there are other light-colored sports 

 of Lawson, several shades I understand 



but I cannot say how near they resemble 

 yours. As to the advisability of propa- 

 gating it, 1 would say that depends en- 

 tirely on how good you consider it. is 

 the color a pleasing one? Would you 

 care to grow it in quantity for your 

 trade? Lawson is grown extensively all 

 over the land on account of its many 

 good qualities. The color is just a little 

 darker than was considered ideal when it 

 was introduced, but its other good quali- 

 ties soon overcame this slight objection. 

 Now if your sport has that ideal shade 

 of i)ink (of which Mrs. Joost is a fair 

 sam])le) then it is but natural to suppose 

 that it will gradually crowd tlie original 

 Mrs. Lawson for public favor. Whether 

 some one else has the same thing or not 

 need not be taken into consideration for 

 the present. When either of you has 

 enough stock to disseminate the new 

 variety tlien will be the time to put your 

 heads together and put it out under' one 

 name, etc. If the other party has a 

 good stock now and can put it out before 

 you have any quantity it will save you 

 from buying any at "least. So if you 

 have a good thing, hold on to it. 



A. F, J, Baur, 



THE PRESS BUREAU. 



Tliat bureau for the dissemination of 

 trade information through the daily 

 l'a(.crs seems largely superfluous; all 

 that is needed is a Munchhausen to talk 

 to the Associated Press correspondent. 

 <iiven a sufficiently large story, he will 

 <l<> the rest. 



This is the tale wired to Chicago: 



Cincinnati, December 22.— A c;irnatlon eom- 

 jiiui.v of .Toliet, 111.. snpiK)s..,l to be the one 

 licadrd b.v H. N. HiKinbotham, of Chicago 

 1"- J\L ^"''^ ^^^ liighest price ever recorded— 

 .>,.,.lK)0_for a new cnrnatlon. the Aristocrat. 

 l!iis is $0,000 more than Thomas W. Lawson 

 paid for the carnation named in lienor of hi< 

 wife. The sale was made b.v KIchard Witter- 

 staottrr. a florist of this cit.v, who releases all 

 iifrhts to the flower and agrees to deliver to 

 the Joliet concern 3o,<i00 plants before next 

 .rune. The blossom measures three and one- 

 naif inches in diameter and is of a cerise color 

 i"senil)Iing closely the Ameri.aii I!e:iuty rose. ' 



Evidently Boston is, in the estimate 



