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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



9t9 



TIOSS ill l-|Mit('i| clltlill^s. Ills lliaiil rl'dp 



this yc'ir is Miirliaiil irss ninl his piinljct 



lias l-;illi\<'(| wilh the lirst iil'lclfil ill tiir 



('hii-;ii;n iiiMri\ct. l'iHS|irrii v \\;is ^idwii 

 extclisiv civ l;isl \r;ir :illil I lie lilniiitis 

 \VlTc \civ (iiir. luit it \\;is llnl ruiiiiil ;is 

 prdlit;! Mr MS (ithi'I'S, ;il>i| Ii;ix ln-n 



droiiped. I'"i;inci'c is on trial and Mr. 

 Lncdtki' l)rli('\('s lliiit .-iiKithcr sciisini it 

 ■uiil )iri)\i' its wmtli. Swrrt |ir;is .-ire 

 «jru\\ 11 as a spring i-riip. ]•;. ( . A-uliiiu 

 liandhs t!ic |>I(hIii(-| ni this rsta lilislmii lit. 



THE CARNATION OF TODAY. 



l-\ I'll" I li.\ l;..i.. II I 'Lim. ..!' i'llll.l.l.ll.lll;! 



T'l'-' n:.'.; I.. 111. I l..rl iiiil ' III ;i I S.H|.i\ ..! .\, w 

 "\'"i k ■Ml l'^ 1.1 11,1 r> II. I'" i; I 



The i-;iiii;it idii, as /.row II tiii|;i\. is al 



most r\.-|iisi\i'lv a fiurists' tiuwir, ainl 



hydriili/.crs have liccn lirccdiii",^ to im- 



])ri)\c' this si lain. Ici! tlit'ic is a wider 



Held and an iiii|i(ii( i.it Held tm- tlii'iii 



the di'\ clujinu'iil lit <.iardrii <-aniat imis 



liardy rii(iiii;li in |i\(. tliniiidli i||,. winicr 



■\\itl t |irnt('cti(iii. I., tiic latitude nl' 



]'liiiaih'l|il,ia and \i'\\ ^ nrk. and witli 



tiie (|iiaiity 111' IdciKitdii;.,' 1hr(in;;li the 



siiinnier. The disriissimi nl' this idea 



liiiL;ht t'dllii :i leiii^lhy |ia|iiT in itself, 



si' I will rnnline niv reniaiks In \arie- 



tiis i^iiiwii under ^lass i'or winter 



)dc II nil. 



It Wdiild lint lie w isi' I'or Ilie, ill \ iew 

 "I' till- lart ih.at at llie present time 

 till' literature of lln' farn.atioii is sn vn- 

 liiiiiiiioiis, to alteni|it to yi\(' you a emn 

 I'li'hiiisive and detailed history nt the 

 ^^ollder|■||i jinwcr, as we know it todav. 

 and a. we sec it here on tim tallies to 



lli;^l|I. 



'I"liere is more s|i'i'-e in the trardeiiiii;,' 



papers de\nted tn the cariLatinll than tn 



any oilii r |i|ant or i'nv.er. The niiiiiitest 

 di tails ax to soils to liv used. ;iini im-lh 

 "dx ol' niltlire to ;ie oliser\ed, a-< VM'II 



as erif Ii-isnis and disi-ript ions oi' new 

 \.arie!ies .as they appear, with h ixloiii's 



"' 'he ar|lie\ i-nielils i \' rarll ill tlir ■•iiin 

 pe'itlM' exhiliitiolis t liroil;il|iillt ihi- 



i-oiiiitiy. Avitti ;ilile disiussiniis nii 1hi. an- 

 '■i>tl\ ot" eaeh pedi|_;reei| v.ariniv: its 

 \ i^oj III' ennsiif iitinii or l.aek ot' it; its 

 'I'l'i-doni of lilonTii or its t'.ailnre to lia\e 

 ^hix 'iiy desiralile ijiialitx ; its desir- 

 alile haliit n\' eot!mirn<'in;f to lilonni ear- 

 ly iu the tall, or it- midesiralile ton- 

 '''■ii''y to defer lilnoinin;! until a Later 

 I"'iioi|. hriailed aid fie(|iient iiifor- 

 inatioii oil every tiiinij pertainiii;,' to 

 e.ariiations is so e.isily ai-eessilil(> that 

 '■^'ly niii. interested must li:ne liis dc- 

 ^"■'' l"i' know iedL.'e almost fully satis- 

 l"'d. ax tar as the printed pa<:e can 

 Ui\''. and little further ran lie learned 

 ^•Xiepi liy piison.al eulture of the jil.aiit. 



Establishment of H. Luedtke, May wood, 111. 



V\liiill ocrU|iat ion I I'ecoinilielld to r\ 



eiy amateur as one ot' the most rhaiin 

 iii,U that e.aii en^a:^!' his or her atleii 

 tioii. So, 1 ferl that it' I am to inli-r 

 est yon toni;;ht. it may lie liy ,a luid' 

 e\|iressioii of my thoii^iils ;is I re\ ii w 

 my expeiii'iicrs ot' the past forts' \i;irx. 

 with mention ol' tlie most t'amniis \aiii-- 

 t ies whieh have .a|i|iearei| t'roni time to 

 time, remaining with us until tlies wi'if 

 either osi'riakeii wiiii disease or wrrc 

 displaeed liy lieitrr \arifties ot' siiiiil.ar 

 I'olor and rharaeifr. (If the liiindreds ot' 

 sorts introdin-ed in ih.at pi-riod I will 

 sjieak in almiit lln- .'rdiT o|' their iiilio 

 ductioii, and of eai-h color scjia ratdv . 

 so .as to liriiii^' clearly to \iiiir minds 

 the woiidcii'ui im|iio\cmciii which, not 

 w it list. I ml in;;' many railiii'es. has t:i:idii 

 ally lieeii iii;iiic. 



Improvements Maintain Interest. 



The t'rei|uriii a ppe.ar.a nee ol" iinpro\c.| 

 varieties is till' pi'iiiii;.al 1'actoi' in main 



tainilie- the lively llllelest ill Ijie cal 



n.'i'iliii; there is .alwavs xoinetliino i,, j,.. 

 s.aid .alioiit ,a d ist in^^ii ixlied new loiiier 

 and ci,ni],arisons to !.c made with iho-c 

 th.at have |iiecedei| li. .'-^carcelv .a veai 

 passes liy wiihoiii lii'iiieine iix ,,||c ,m' 



mole I'cal illl|i|'oVe||ii.iils ; olli. r kllldx I, I' 

 plains .an. I thiWel-s. v\illi the possiMe e\ 

 '■eptioli III' llie clirv x,-iiil liciiiillll. d.i l|.i! 



.■ippear to lie so sii^cepi ililc , , f improve 



Illellt. 



T.ake the I'osi , for inxt.ance. pariicii 

 larly the \;iiie;ies whidi are t'oiced for 



cut tlliVVers; we See t'evv cliall^^es fi.r 

 the lietter. I'.ride and l'.rides|,i;,i,| 1,:,\,. 



lem.ained for m.any v e.a rs the leadiii.^ 

 'e.-i-, .and the peerlex^ American r.e.aiiiv 

 hax h.ad no i iv al for a i|ii;irter ot' .a cii 

 'ury. It i- true ihat .piite rcceiitlv 



lilere h.ave lieell i ll t 1'. h 1 1 icei | scVefal e I 



I'oiciije roses. I.iliertv. Killarnev. aid. 



I.'l~-I. ihe \e|y \;illl.;l,!e IJichnioIld I'mxi . 

 The lallel' i-, deslili.il to lie velv lal'l'e 



ly L;row II ; ;ill honor to !•;. i .. Hill t'..! 

 ihe ii'ich m,,ii,|. Ill lijs eiilhiixi.asai t'm 



novelties. he has xiijiietimes ^iVen l|x 



xortx vvliich did Hot p.aii mil. Inn Ih^ 



xervices ill L;iv ill;; lis this lasr nevs r.ix, 



h.ave .atoned for .all his previous xlmri 



ciimilll.''S. lie ix liiisv raisitp;r 7V,sc xeed 



lilies, has tlioiix.andx on the ^v ,a v . .ami 

 with the experdence o|' so Tiiaiu \e,ars 

 t'l help him. is aimost eerf.ain. soon 

 aL;.ain. to o-ive us soMiethin;: we will ;i || 

 lie |i|iilid ol'. 



I'.iit We cannot Iio.-k^ to ^ef eood. new 

 roses ,as t'r(^c|uetitly as carn.ations. it is 

 aot in the wood. Take ,ae-;iin, aiiotiier 

 d.ass of pl.ants, the palms, so deservi^dlv 

 popiil.ar ,as Imusf^ plants. \otliin;r new 

 appe.ars ;it all ei|ual to the old time ken- 

 ti.ax .'iiid arec.as. \.w |i;ilm<. it is (rue. 



are introduced fioiii lime to time, but 

 nolle ei|lial to those vdilch We have had 

 so in.aiiy years. 



W'hih- the coiixiaiil i iil lodllct n ui of 

 new carnations is very iiilerext iiio and 

 i'ascin.at iiie, it is al.'i-. true, that where 

 We :.;et one re.a I i III I ■ i'o V eiiien 1 . thei'C are 



-several inl I'll. Illced vvirh e\.aMe(.c;ited 



pi'.'ii'-es which ;ii'e "ra c 1 i ca i ly w ortiiloss, 

 I ''III It will 111 inoi 1 .lii'iiciif III tiio fu- 

 tiii'e III send out po'ir III' me.iio.-re sorts; 

 tile tr.ade is liecoiinae nmre aid mor© 

 ci'iiic.-il and the \;i'i,ina! tarnatrin So- 

 cielv is doili;.;' all it can to prevent thS' 

 inl i'.mIucI ion ot' in f..rii.r -orix. If tlier© 

 lie a really en,,, I ~,iit leaov i'or the 

 luaiKii. thix very .r'l.al i iixpcci loti and 



Wiije plllllidly will olljv xcI'Ve l|l adve?- 



ti-'' iix niei'ilx ami i m re;i-,- it, s.ale. 



The First Valuable Carnation. 



file til'si valiiaiije canial i.iii I. Oonie 

 uidei mv iiotic,. wa- l.:i I'lirile, which 

 ix -eiier.ally spoken nl ax oi' ;i deep 

 pnl^ color: It w;is i.iihii- a canniiic with 

 ^ nil. t llanie. The xl|.,,|c vv.as verv pleas- 

 iiiu It w;ix iiiipiii" m' Iroin rraiicc in 

 ■ ■^e^: in Isi;-.' iir. lalher l.oneiit one 

 piaa' which coxi -L'.r.ii ;,i!i( piov.'d to 



' 'e :: i^ooii i ir, exi iiicii' . ;i , It w;is of easy 



pi ..|.a_at ion. .and M' ., \ ,.;ir- lalec we 



li.'i'l .1 e I xt,,,-k 1'. !iici' w.a- ii; lirisfc 



demand .'il >'Jii per iiiindl'e.i. ( once 



he: 1,1 ihe lale I : '.^e W lU ,1 Mal- 



■ leii. \I.axs.. who wi- .a verv xi|, ccs.sf ul 

 iloii-;. xav that the i exi invextinent he 

 ev'i ni.ade in lliirnult ine v\a- the jHir- 

 ' ha - ■!' ;it'l V jilantx ,,i' | ,;i I'm n, ;,f $:" 

 i" I'l.a '. Thix wax pi.ilial.lv ii; ISb'l. 

 T! I- ■■arn.ation w.ax to;- lifteen ve;irs of 

 i""i'. the inoxt Largely luliiv.ali.i of the 

 'Me. it vv.as \erv iirodu.'i i\ . . f have 



xe. II ;i house ef it II tl,,. |;|t,. \\ ,|; BeH" 



U' " 'x, at riatliii-h. \>!iich ha.i oi,- everf 

 (•l.-iii- tiiiin xcviiiiylive 'o one handreJi 

 i':d- at the one ,iaie. I mver s.'iw it 

 l;|' '■■ II in i|iian( iiy .piit.. x,, w, \i .is h©. 

 Ui' " ii. I'lil 1' c.ani.' tl. paxx. .-.Ker he 

 h,'i.| -i'ov>n it X,, Weil tor -I i.iimlier of 

 v.:iix. it \v;i>, ati.-'cked liv xLiiii'iif, and 

 "M ..•illin;;' ;it liix place on. ,i,av oarlj" 

 'II 'lie winter. I fiiiin,l more than one- 

 h.'i':i 'he plains dead. It wax x,i at- 

 i.icKe.l with more ,ir lex.: virulcfice, iu 

 :d! -e.-tioiix ot' the loiintrv :inii. 1 be^ 

 lii'.e. the one(> ;,n-and ohl \:inetv' is now 

 '■N'l'i''- I last saw t at K.arl 'Mi.ilor's 

 pl.'e'e in West Plii!:iiid|ihi;i.. .alioiif fif- 



'eea ve;irs a^'o. This )i ihi (.erinac 



e:ir.|. ai-r niana;,fe,l in iivi-w it success- 

 tiillv live nr xi\ \earx .after if iimi sen- 



e|;il!v dix;ipp..;ired. 'idle li|,.,iri|x of LS 



I'liii'e were :ilioiii one thir.l tr. isize 

 ol I III- iiovv f.'imoiis l-!nc|i,a ntrex... and 

 tlie iiieiit;il coinparixon lieiwc.n the two 

 |x f.i ine Verv inter. ■xtiii;r. N^',, .arna- 



