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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



January 10, 1907. 



and wrong the variety, but you wrong 

 the originator. Don't imagine that when 

 you pay him the money, the deal is done 

 with as far as he is concerned. While 

 he would perhaps not care, and perhaps 

 would have no legal right to care, if you 

 made a dozen cuttings from each cutting 

 he sells you, yet he has a right to de- 

 mand that you handle them in such a 

 manner that they will be able to show 

 their real worth. Wlien a plant breeder 

 sends out a new variety he has more at 

 stake than the money he expects to take 

 in from the sales. His reputation is 

 worth more to him than the money, for 

 upon that reputation will depend his fu- 

 ture success in launching new varieties 

 upon the market. And so, when he ships 

 you a portion of the stock that he sends 

 out, he also sends you a portion of his 

 reputation with it, and for which you 

 are responsible. When you ruin the 

 plants you also ruin that much of his 

 reputation, unless you will let it be 

 known that it was your fault entirely 

 that the variety failed. 



Another reason is that you do not take 

 enough pains to acquaint yourself with 

 the peculiarities of a variety and its 

 special wants. You buy a dozen new 

 varieties, set them side by side and han- 

 dle them exactly alike from beginning 



crop to come just right and of high qual- 

 ity; while another variety, if topped 

 back after being housed, will refuse to 

 make another crop until toward spring. 

 It takes an expert to foresee these 

 things and even then he will miss it fre- 

 quently. 



When you buy a new variety, write to 

 the originator for instructions. He will 

 gladly give them, if the variety needs 

 any special treatment, for the sake of 

 his own reputation. Ask him about the 

 texture of his soil, about feeding and 

 about the temperature required and 

 about the stem; whether it needs 

 strengthening with wood ashes, etc. Also 

 whether the variety is inclined to disease 

 in any way, and about thrips, etc. I am 

 sure I would not hesitate to answer any 

 such questions honestly, and it ought not 

 to injure the sale of any variety. 



When a man tells you that a variety 

 is proof against all the ills of the spe- 

 cies, that it has not a single fault and 

 that it outranks all others in quality and 

 quantity, then you had better investigate 

 a little, quietly, before you invest. I 

 have never known such a variety and I 

 doubt if you ever will. But do not mis- 

 take peculiarities for faults. They are 

 quite distinct. A peculiarity can be 

 remedied or, at least, need not be detri- 



VI. 



John E. Haines. 



to end. Part of them succeed while oth- 

 ers fail, simply because they should have 

 had a little different treatment. For in- 

 stance, one variety may want to be 

 topped close until it has made a good 

 stool, while another, if topped too muih, 

 will grow grassy. One will want to %e 

 planted early, while another will suffar 

 if disturbed during hot weather. One 

 variety will make an early crop of in- 

 ferior blooms, which, if taken off while 

 in the bud stage, will cause the next 



mental, while a fault cannot be over- 

 come altogether, and is harmful. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



AM^CAN CARNATION SCXHETY. 



Toronto Exhibition. 



President Dunlop has authorized me 

 to announce that exhibitors at the show 

 to be held in Toronto, Ont., January 23 

 and 24 will be given until 2 p. m. Jan- 



uary 23, instead of 1 p. m., as announced 

 in the premium list, to stage exhibits. 



This addition of one hour to the time 

 for staging was thought advisable on ac- 

 count of the fact that some of the trains 

 do not get in until 10:30 a. m. and if 

 they should be a bit late it would not 

 give exhibitors time to get their flowers 

 staged by 1 p. m. 



Kindly remember that entries are to 

 reach the secretary not later than 

 Wednesday, January 16. Entries made 

 at the show cost $1 for each entry, and 

 if they do not reach Lancaster, Pa., by 

 January 16 there is danger of their 

 coming in after I have left for Toronto. 

 Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



A VISIT TO J. E. HAINES. 



A very interesting collection of carna- 

 tions was seen on a visit to J. E. Haines, 

 at Bethlehem, Pa., last week. Mr. 

 Haines, who began this business but 

 twelve years ago, he tells us, has all his 

 life been a great lover of flowers. He 

 has taken a great fancy to raising seed- 

 lings and has a number of good promise. 

 Twelve years ago he put up a small 

 greenhouse to grow lettuce, radishes, etc., 

 more for a pastime than for profit. In 

 a few years he began experimenting in 

 carnations and finally devoted all his 

 time to growing new varieties of carna- 

 tions, finding the work interesting and 

 having good results. 



Last year he distributed the John E. 

 Haines, red, named for himself. On the 

 home place this is looking grand, full of 

 buds from one end of the house to the 

 other. William Mangan, the foreman, 

 tells us that they look just that way 

 from the time they begin to bloom until 

 thrown out in July. He says they make 

 three blooms to any other red he has yet 

 seen. In color, it certainly is fine. 

 Though it was quite widely disseminated 

 in 1906, orders are coming in nicely this 

 year. 



The benches of Imperial and Pink Im- 

 perial show that they are vigorous grow- 

 ers. The stems run high above every- 

 thing else grown in the houses. The 

 colors are takers in this vicinity, as well 

 as in New York at A. J. Guttman's, 

 where they found ready sale over the 

 Christmas holidays. Mr. Haines was not 

 able to supply one-third of the demand. 

 Each year he uses more plants for flow- 

 ering purposes and eac"h year the demand 

 is greater. 



Among the coming varieties is a fine 

 daybreak pink, a shade deeper than En- 

 chantress, somfewhat like the La France 

 rose shade, well formed, fine calyx, and 

 large; a flower now in bloom measures 

 three and three-fourths inches. It has 

 long, stiff stems, and is a thrifty grower. 

 Mr. Haines also has a pink which he has 

 marked No. 6. He says it is the great- 

 est producer he has ever grown, begin- 

 ning early and blooming the whole year 

 round. It is good for field blooming as 

 well as indoors. - 



The Star of Bethlehem, a pure yellow, 

 is a pleasing shade, a free bloomer and 

 has good stem. There are other promis- 

 ing pink, white, red and variegated 

 seedlings coming on. 



On the place can be seen Enchantress, 

 My Maryland, White Perfection, Poca- 

 hontas and Jessica. William J. Mangan, 

 a good all-round man, has charge of the 

 growing part. The houses never looked 

 better. He has worked among flowers 

 since he was a boy of 10 years. The 

 last six years previous to entering the 

 employ of Mr. Haines he was in the em- 



