JANUAKV 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



703 



I believe that even your best growers, 

 if they came over here and tried their 

 liand at the game, would be rather dis- 

 gusted with the result. For this reason 

 filone, I am afraid we shall never be 

 ;,ble to produce as good flowers as you 

 ,>o in midwinter, unless you send Mr. 

 Odison along with one of the Chicago 

 uackers, who between them might man- 

 ige to bottle up some of the surplus sun- 

 .hine during the summer months, that 

 we could let loose in our carnation houses 

 when it is wanted in the winter. Until 

 that happy time arrives, we shall have 

 !0 be satisfied with what we can get in 

 ihe ordinary way. 



Thanking you for the honor you have 



AMERICAN SORTS IN DENMARK. 



[A paper by Peter Riise, Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark, read before the American Carnation 

 Society at the Toronto Convention.] 



Carnations are not yet grown on a very 



large scale in Denmark ; they are shipped 



in here from Italy and southern France, 



from Movember until May, and it is hard 



for the home growers to compete with 



the imported stock. 



Experience With American Varieties. 



We cannot get as nice carnations here 

 in midwinter as you can in America, as 

 the days are short and we get little sun- 

 shine. I have been growing carnations 

 here since 1899, and have been growing 



Carnation Pink Imperial. 



given me in asking for and listening., to 

 these notes, which, I regret I am .not 

 able to read personally, I will conclude 

 with the best wishes for the future rsuc- 

 cess of the American carnation in gien- 

 eral, and the American Carnation So- 

 ciety in particular. 

 Vivat, creseat, floreat! 



Burlington, Ia. — The venerable Peter 

 Nies is recovering from his severe illness. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — Thomas 'W. Ho- 

 bart has submitted rough plans to the 

 city for beautifying the new McKennan 

 park. 



Salem, O. — William Munday has sold 

 his property on McKinley avenue and 

 will move his greenhouses outside the city 

 limits, where he will erect extensive addi- 

 tions to his plant. ■ The soot and smoke 

 in the present location is the cause of the 

 change. 



nothing but the American sorts. I started 

 with about forty plants and grow now 

 about 7,000 plants. The first winter I 

 had a good deal of trouble with the 

 plants, as a good many would rot, on 

 account of the damp and cloudy weather. 

 The first varieties I started with were 

 Daybreak, Flora Hill, C. A. Dan&, Wm. 

 Scott, Triumph, Evelina and Gold Nug- 

 get, but I have now discarded them all, 

 with the exception of Triumph and Day- 

 break. Flora Hill did not give blooms 

 enough, and, besides, white varieties are 

 not so much called for as the colored 

 sorts. C. A. Dana was too small. Scott 

 came too late with its second crop. It 

 would not come till the last part of May. 

 All of the Evelina rotted in a short time 

 the first autumn. Gold Nugget did not 

 give flowers enough and the most of 

 them came imperfect, and customers will 

 not pay more for yellow than for white 

 or pink. All of Daybreak rotted with the 



exception of two or three plants and I 

 thought of discarding it, but by careful 

 handling I have since had very good suc- 

 cess with it, and it has up till this 

 day been one of my best paying varie- 

 ties. It is, however, a little inclined to 

 be weak in the stem in the winter time. 

 My best paying variety of them all has 

 been Triumph. It blooms early in au- 

 tumn and some all through the winter. 

 It seldom splits and it gives a good 

 heavy crop early in the spring, but it 

 sometimes is pretty badly affected with 

 stem-rot. 



I have since tried Ethel Crocker, Gov- 

 ernor Roosevelt and Mrs. Lawson. Crock- 

 er splits badly in the fall and all through 

 winter and does not give a good crop be- 

 fore the middle of summer, too late to 

 pay. Roosevelt gives a good flower, a 

 good stem, but hardly blooms enough in 

 fall and winter to pay, and it also comes 

 too late in the spring with the best crop 

 to be of much account. Lawson splits 

 badly and has rather a short stem in au- 

 tumn, but in early spring it gives a heavy 

 crop of nice flowers and a good long stem 

 just in the right time to bring a good 

 price. 



Testing Newer Varieties. 



In the spring of 1905 I bought some 

 of the newer American varieties. I got 

 them from England, but they are quite 

 expensive there. They charge from 1 

 shilling to 2 shillings apiece. Others have 

 tried to import them from America, but 

 not with good success. In the most cases 

 they were dead when they arrived. 



The varieties I am trying are Fla- 

 mingo, Harlowarden, Harry Fenn, Presi- 

 dent, America, Enchantress, Prosperity, 

 Floriana, Indianapolis, Nelson Fisher and 

 White Lawson. 



I have not formed any decided opinion 

 of them yet, as I only got a dozen of 

 each, and used them only for propagat- 

 ing last winter, but my opinion of each 

 variety is as follows: Enchantress is a 

 fine flower, with good color and stem, but 

 will not give so many flowers as Day- 

 break, and was a good deal affected with 

 stem-rot in the field. Prosperity I do 

 not think will pay, as variegated colors 

 do not sell so well, and it has not 

 bloomed very much so far. 



Estelle looks as thought it would be 

 one of the best. It starts to bloom early 

 and freely, has a good sized flower, stiff 

 stem, not so long, but long enough for 

 our market. It does not split and it is 

 still full of flowers and buds. Flamingo 

 is a fine flower, but too late. Estelle is 

 the better paying of the two. 



America is too pale in the winter. In 

 the dark varieties Harry Fenn is to date 

 the best. It has made the best growth 

 in the field and the color seems to take 

 the best. Harlowarden is too dark in 

 winter. President made a poor growth 

 in the field. White Lawson is a nice 

 flower, but being white, does not pay. 



Floriana is one of the colors the most 

 called for, but has bloomed very little 

 so far. Indianapolis, from indications, 

 looks as though it would take the place 

 of Triumph. It blooms early in autumn, 

 has a stiffer and more wiry stem, stronger 

 color and is not troubled so much with 

 stem*rot as Triumph. Nelson Fisher, one 

 of the best, has a fine color, is free 

 blooming, has a good stem, does not 

 split, has made a good growth in the 

 field and bench and is not troubled with 

 any kind of disease. It is hard to propa- 

 gate in winter, but roots quite freely in 

 August. 



