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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mabcu 15, 1906. 



))f(iiliar, crnokocl nock. Sinco 1 i\)iin(i it 

 imt wv let tlio last bud sla_v (ui until 

 the fliiAvcr is cut and llic IroubU; dis- 

 a|i|icais. (live I'laiiiiii-^o a litllo extra 

 attciitidii and cai'i' and I am sure that 

 vi'U will not liavt' tu Wdirv wiiflhcr the 

 iii'w .scarlets are .successes (ir taihirrs. 



Other Sorts. 



I'(ir white I sii;ill jiinw Ladv J'xiuiiti- 

 t'ul, Corner's White I'erfect iiin. Lieut, 

 re.'irv and \'cs|icr and uiil discard .\lba 

 tross and Tlic P.elh\ In lij-lit ])ink J 

 sliali jjjruw I'lnchantress, diseardino 

 .\iornin<f Ghirv. ]'()SKil)iy (!enevie\e 

 Loid may h.'ivc to make roimi for Helen 

 (loddard. allhouyli tlie foniu'r lias judM-n 

 very sat istact(U'v. 



Mrs. l.awson \vill be discarded in 

 t'a\(ir of Nelson I'islier and I'ink I 'at 

 ton. Pink Patten J believe will lie ia 

 aiuithei- two years a warm comix'titor of 

 .Mrs. Thos. Lawson. Jietter w.atch it 



elow. 



J'or variejrated. ]\r. A. T';itten scorns 

 to be the best with me, so 1 will keep it 

 next season. 



This eom])letes my list for n(^xt sea- 

 son and 1 hope it Avill turn out satisfac- 

 torily, though J still wisii the J.ord 

 woidd throw a sport or a seedlincj my 

 way that has the clear c(dor of the Mar- 

 ijuis and the jicm'ral {growth, habit and 

 keepinj; (|iniliti(>s of the Patten. 'J'hen 

 I surely would be happy until the shot' 

 |iini-jied me in some other jdace. 



VICTORY'S LONGEST JOURNEY. 



''We are indebted to A. hininiock,'" 

 says the Gardener's <'hroni(de. Lon<l(Ui. 

 ''for the opportunity of inspect iny :\ 

 bouquet of carnations, the tlowei's having 

 been cut in America and imjiorti^d here 

 in tiiis comlitioii. .Mr. Dimmock has ])re- 

 \ iously shown us loses Avhiih h;i\e 

 crosseil the Atlantic in a cut st.-ite, and 

 were broujiht to this nllice in a eoo(l 

 state of pi'eser\ at inn. 'i ne interi'st in 



practiced wjtii extraordinary success on 

 'the (dher side'." 



CHICAGO CLUB DOINGS. 



The Carnation Show. 



The < hieaeo j'lorists' (,'lub may have 

 had larjier t'xhdiitions than that set up 

 in thi' Atlas l)]ock .Ma nil S, but it is 

 certain that its nu'iidiers were never 

 |iri\ile^('d to look \\]n)n better carna- 

 tions. To .lames llartshorne, of tiie Clii- 

 caj^d Caiiiation Co., must be yiven the 

 j)rinci|>al measure of comnu'nd.ation for 

 whatever success the show made. Ills 

 exhibit was the larffost he has ever set 

 up at a purely elul) affair, and was 

 very nearly as larye as the combijied 

 displays of all the other exhibitors. 

 Wiet(U' liros. were sec(jnd in point of 

 extent of exhibits, Avith Jensen & De- 

 kenia third, but when it came to quality 

 it Avonld be diflicult to determine who 

 had the best stock, and. in fact, the 

 judges Contented tlu'inselves with enu- 

 meratiii},'- the varieties and according 

 equal conunendatioii to all. The cuts 

 of all the yroweis seem to be at the very 

 to]) for (piality, and it was noticeable 

 that not a sleei)y bloom was to be seen 

 at the close of the show, all haviu<; 

 stood up jx'rfectly in the wai'ni and fie- 

 (jUeiitly crowded room. The showiiijf of 

 no\elties was a t^ood one. ,\ll the leatlers, 

 excei>t N'ictory. were tiiere, ami Victory 

 has been seen in ('hic.ayo a number of 

 times. 



Aside from the attraction of ]\Ir. 

 llartshiune 's majfinlicent tabl(\ the in- 

 t(Mest centei'(^d in thi'ee \ases of reds: 

 Ixobert ("rai<jj, shown by Thompson; .\o. 

 41>, shown by the Chicajio Carnation <'o., 

 ami No. 5;"), shown by WietiU' Pros. The 

 two nuinbere<l sorts are each line, the 

 .loliet seedliny sliowin<i a little stronijcr 

 stem, the W'ietor entry the biif^hter 

 color, but each is a big llower, \\ell able 

 III hold its own with Craig on the exhiiji- 



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Exhibit of Jensen & Dekema at the Chicago Show. 



llie present iu^t.'inee he^ in the t'.'iet that 



the carnations are nf a new \ariety 

 named X'ictoiy. The ihiwers are ciini- 

 son ciildred. lit' iiiU'-idei-able size, nnid- 

 erately lUi^iant, .and the jietals are less 

 fi'inued than ,\meriran \arieiies are 

 usually. Whether it is of better quality 

 than sdine varieties which lia\e already 

 been impnrted 111' the same eolnr \\\\\ 

 h;i\e to be deteilUined aftel' eultixatioll 

 here. In the meantime, we cnuld not 

 eiinceal our admiratinn for the e\etdlent 

 ;;ra^s on tlie stout, wiry, perfectly rigid 

 ttvniij, (.eJtainly, canuitiou culture is 



lion table, and t rom what .los. Psenieka, 

 foreiuan fur Wietnr Pios., says, one at 

 le;ist is able tn stand comjiarison (d' 

 growth ami lildondng I'ecord. .Mr. Ilaits- 

 hoiiie has imt yet deidded what to do 

 with \o. JM, and Wietnr Pros, \\ill grow 

 No. ."o ai least one yeai" more liet'ore 

 sellni'.^ sinck of it; it is imw in its tliiid 

 year ami they are pinpagating frnai 

 'l.',(M)(i plaids. 



'J'heri' were stxeral \a<es of I'oses. Kil 

 lainey, staeed by Weiland i<, Kisch, was 

 in good sh.ape and had nuiny admirers 

 as well as sonu' criti<-s for, in spite of 



the success which lias attended the ef- 

 forts of several growers, there arc those 

 who can not yet accept the verdict of 

 the public. It will, however, be tried 

 quite generally next year. A vase of 

 iMiss Kate ]\Ioulton, from John Monsou, 

 of the Minneapolis Floral Co., was set 

 lip by the Chicago Hose Co. It had suf- 

 fered in transit, but was nevertheless to 

 the growers one of the most interesting 

 exiiibits. George Field, of Washington, 

 sent a large vase of his La France sjiort, 

 Tom Field. The blooms were long past 

 their best, but showed great size, and 

 Win. J^aisle, Jxeokuk, la., sent a half 

 dozen ilowers of a cream colored sport 

 from Pride, but these, too, were past 

 their best. 



llihl Pros., Lake Forest, HI., had a 

 vase of ]Hnk and white stocks whicii 

 were worthy of special mention. 



The Chicago Carnation (lo. 's exhibit 

 included the following varieties, named 

 from left to right as shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration: Front row: 

 No. 49, red; ]\Ielody, light })ink sport of 

 Lawson; Lady Ponntiful, .1. A. Valen- 

 tine, light pink; White Lawson, Varie- 

 gated Lawson, Glendale. Second row: 

 Delight, l*rosperity markings, fine; Im- 

 perial, variegated, tine; Lady Pountiful, 

 cut before maturing, showing much ))ink; 

 J. E. Haines, Mrs. l*atten, Lieut. Peary, 

 Fnchantress. Pack row: Lawson, Car- 

 dinal. Ilarlowarden, Fiancee, line; Sky- 

 rocket, h'udd 's r(>d ; I'rosperity. 



Wietor Pros.' vases named from left 

 to right in the accompanying pictun- 

 were: Nelson I'isher, Fnchantress, Lady 

 Pountiful, Fstelle, No. n.", Mrs. l.jiwsoii, 

 Lieut. Peary, Fred Purki, Wliite Law- 

 son, Ilarlowarden. 



Anton Then staged his new Winnemac, 

 yellow variegated; Lady Pountiful, <"ar- 

 diiial, Lawson, White Lawson and Fn- 

 chantress. 



•lenseii & Dekema set up very fine 

 (lowers of Gov. Widccdt, Mrs. I'atten, 

 Nelson l''isher. Fnchantress, Lawson and 

 lioston .Market. 



Fred Stielow staged Loriia, The Pelle, 

 Lady pountiful, a goml light ])ink seed- 

 ling and :\ better dark |>ink one. 



it. I.iiedtke, .Maywood. brought a vase 

 of a lose pink s|>ort of I'lnchantress. 



]i. Fischer, Gre.it Neck, L. I., N. Y., 

 sent Carnation .Abundance ami a vase of 

 \ery fine freesia. Purity. 



K. F. Wintersnii was manager of the 

 show. 



Club Meeting. 



On the eveninij of Mar(di S the i-\(}h 

 iield its monthly meeting, one of the best 

 attended of the year and one of the most 

 iideiesi i ng. .\moiig the visitors were b*. 

 Will, Minneapidis; N. /weitle, Milwau 

 kee. :iml !•;. P. Petersen, Denser. 



The feature ot the evening was J. I'. 

 Klimmer's lelatinii of his experieni-e 

 with the varieties ui' carnations grown 

 last year. Mr. Klimniei- has ;i way ot' 

 jMitting ihings whii-h makes of interest 

 all that he says. His remarks are ]irintei| 

 in full in .another column id' this issue 

 and aie lommended to all growers of 

 tile carnation as the candid, unprejudiceil 

 ojtinion ot' a yood grower and a (dose 

 thinker. Mr. Klimmer was prei-eded by 

 .1. I). Thonipsori. who tidil how he ])acks 

 cuttings, read his directions for treat 

 me?d v\heii unpacked and cNpressed the 

 o|iininii that if the advice were followed 

 tiiere would scddom lie leasnn for a kick, 

 lie niadi^ a strong jdea for more scrupii 

 Ions business methods, branding manv 

 complaints he received as attempts to get 

 something for ludhing. V,. F. I'etersen 

 said that .Mr. Thompson's way of pack- 



