JANUABT 80, 1908. 



The Weekly Horists* Review. 



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tion to new varieties and to urge the so- 

 ciety to encourage in every way possible 

 the production of new kinds, and espe- 

 cially the exhibiting of new things at our 

 annual shows. 



Value of Society*! Bndoricment. 



There has been a decided inclination, 

 during the past few years, to belittle the 

 value of the showing made by a carna- 

 tion at the American Carnation Society 

 exhibition. Opinions of this kind have 

 been expressed by many prominent mem- 

 bers and have even crept into a number 

 of addresses by our past presidents. I 

 desire to especially emphasize my opin- 

 ion that any variety which can win the 

 American Carnation Society medal, or 

 obtain first place in one of our open to all 

 classes, must possess many points of ex- 

 ceptional merit. The fact of its winning 

 is prima facie evidence, and is incontro- 

 vertible, for the judgment is the ex- 

 pressed belief of at least two, and more 

 often three, of the leading experts of the 

 country, that such variety has produced 

 blooms superior to any others of its class. 

 The trade at large, and particularly mem- 

 bers of this society, should accept this at 

 its full value; that is to say, they should 

 recognize such action as coming from the 

 highest tribunal and as being the best 

 opinion obtainable in the United States 

 on the subject. The idea that the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society does thereby guar- 

 antee such variety to be a profitable one 

 to grow commercially is a false position 

 and should be avoided in the future. The 

 society as a body can possess only the 

 prescience of its integral parts, its indi- 

 vidual members, and what man among us 

 can unfailingly predict a carnation's fu- 



Camation Afto^Iow. 



House of Carnation Afterglow at Riciiard 'Witterstaetter'st Cincinnati. 



