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The Weekly Rorists' Ilevicw. 



January 30, 1908. . ' 



Carnation Faush 



pure white, on long stems from the start. 

 It is free, does not split and does its 

 best in a temperature of 50 degrees to 

 52 degrees at night. Many visitors have 

 inspected it at Mr. Field's this season 

 and all speak well of it. 



Harvard. 



On page 19 of this issue there is an 

 illustration of Harvard, a crimson 

 which originated four years ago, with 

 J. D. Cockcroft, Northport, L. T. It 

 was the result of a cross between Pros- 

 perity and Maceo, and Mr, Cockcroft 

 Bays it "combines the size and stem of 

 the former with the freedom and rapid 

 growth of the latter. The flowers meas- 

 ure from three and one-half to four 

 inches in diameter and are symmetrical 

 and well built, with deeply fringed 

 petals, and are splendid keepers and 

 shippers. A critical examination by a 

 disinterested party just before Christ- 

 mas of the 5,000 plants now being 

 grown disclosed not a single case of 

 split calyx. The stems are long, stiff 

 and wiry at all seasons, averaging 

 about twenty-four inches in length. 

 The plant is a rapid and vigorous 

 grower, with no superfluous grass, com- 

 ing in bloom early and continuing 

 throughout the season, every shoot pro- 

 ducing a well-formed flower. ' ' 



Andrew Carnegie. 



Andrew Carnegie, a bloom of which 

 is shown on page 23, is a scarlet sport 

 of Harlowarden and has the character- 

 istics of that variety in habit of growth 

 and the qualities of flower. It sported 

 simultaneously with the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., Joliet, 111., and Jenny P. Snow, 

 Sharon, Mass., and is being sent out 

 this year by the former concern. 



Georgia. 



Georgia is a new fringed white that 

 J. D. Cockcroft intends to send out in 

 1909. He says it "stands in a class by 

 itself, as it is a commercial variety in 

 productiveness and a fancy one in size, 

 fragrance and form." It is illustrated 

 on page 19 of this issue. 



Faust. 



Carnation Faust, illustrated on this 

 page, is a brilliant scarlet, a shade 

 brighter than Victory, with wiry stems 



averaging twenty to twenty-four 

 inches. The flowers are of medium size, 

 well built up, with a strong calyx. It 

 is a strong, healthy and clean grower, 

 coming into bloom early, and J. D. 

 Cockcroft, with whom it originated, at 

 Northport, L. I., says its productiveness 

 makes it desirable for commercial use, 

 especially for the Christmas trade, 

 when it is in full crop. 



Appte Blossom. 



Raised at the Wanoka Greenhouses, 

 Barneveld, N. Y. ; Apple Blossom is a 

 white with a delicate pink blending in 

 the center of the flower, suggesting the 

 delicate apple blossom of early spring. 

 The flowers are carried on long, stiff 



stems. It is fragrant, comes early and 

 is free through the season. The grower, 

 A. O. Grassl, says "the calyx does not 

 split, and the flowers have excellent keep- 

 ing quality and ship without difficulty. 

 It is best grown in a night temperature 

 of 48 and 50 degrees. This variety i& 

 distinctly the bread and butter sort, it& 

 prodigious blooming quality making it 

 one of the foremost carnations of today. 

 Flowers average three inches through 

 the season." It is to be disseminated 

 during the season of 1908-9. A vase of 

 it is shown on page 22. 



Wanoka. 



Named from the Indian word, "Wah- 

 No-Kah," meaning "Just one of its 

 kind," H. H. Nicholson and A. O. 

 Grassl have a fine name for a new crim- 

 son carnation. The growers say: "Wa- 

 noka is a superb, well formed and fra- 

 grant crimson, being of remarkable pro- 

 duction, and borne on extremely long and 

 heavy stems which never grow soft. It 

 succeeds best in night temperatures of 50> 

 degrees, but it can be successfully grown 

 in higher temperature. The calyx never 

 splits, and the flowers average three 

 inches and are first-class shippers. ' ' This 

 variety will be disseminated during the 

 season of 1908-9, by the Wanoka Green- 

 houses, Barneveld, N. Y. It is pictured 

 on page 21. 



Climax. 



Carnation Climax is a seedling raised 

 at the Wanoka Greenhouses, Barneveld, 

 N. Y. It is illustrated on page 21 of this 

 issue. The originators describe it as fol- 

 lows: "A beautiful, well made pink, 

 being a shade or two deeper than En- 

 chantress, and a color long desired by the 

 growers and the public. The color does 

 not fade. Flowers do not have the reg- 

 ular form of Enchantress, are borne on 

 long, stiff stems and are fragrant. They 

 average, the season through, three inches 



H. A. Jahn's New White Carnation, Lloyd. 



