Apbil 16, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Photo by Halftones Ltd., London 

 Carnation Show, London, England— A wardui£ Medals to Q>Uections. 



From left to right:— C. H.Curtis, J. Kyffln, J. S. Brunton, Chairman; S. Mortimer, Vice-chairman; E. F. Hawes, Exhibition Secretary; P. Smith. 



last. The Messrs. Dorner informed me 

 of this peculiarity last spring, they hav- 

 ing had the same experience with the 

 variety. 



There is no special trick in rooting it 

 except to exercise patience. The usual 

 precautions 'against wiTting and damping 

 must be kept up a little longer, that is 

 all. Of course you can not put any more 

 in sand now and expect to root any rea- 

 sonable percentage, as the propagating 

 season for carnations is practically over 

 in this latitude. Even if you d'd succeed 

 in rooting some of them now, they would 

 not make good, strong plants. Red Chief 

 is a splendid variety and it will pay you 

 well to try to master this peculiarity. 

 I would add, also, that it will pay you 

 to keep^it from blooming freely too early 

 next fall. The early blooms are of little 

 value and it being such a profuse 

 bloomer, the first crop takes so much of 

 the plant. Arrange to have the first of 

 the winter's crop come in late in Octo- 

 ber or November. A. F. J. B. 



HILLSIDE PLOV. 



Will you kindly state where to pro- 

 cure a good one-horse hillside plow to 

 use in planting carnations in the field, 

 into the fresh plowed ground. C. W. 



Write to the Gale Mfg. Co., Albion, 

 Mich., and mention that the address was 

 procured from the Florists' Review. 



CARNATION SHOV IN LONDON. 



The spring show of the Winter Flow- 

 ering Carnation Society was held April 

 1 in tie E. H. S. hall, London, Eng- 

 land. When the society was instituted, 

 two years ago, it was promoted with 

 the object of demonstrating the im- 

 portance and utility of the carnation 

 as a winter-flowering plant, hence the 

 title. Many members recognized from 

 the beginning that the title was inap- 

 propriate and misleading, so, at the an- 



nual business meeting following the show, 

 the title was altered to Perpetual Flow- 

 ering Carnation Society. 



The show held April 1 was the fourth 

 show promoted by the society and in 

 all respects there was a decided advance 

 upon previous shows, especially in the 

 number of entries and the attendance 

 of the general public, evidence of the 

 increasing popularity of the carnation in 

 England. The high standard of excel- 

 lence in quality of bloom shown in De- 

 cember was, however, probably not sur- 

 passed on this occasion except in a few 

 classes. 



The leading feature of the show was 

 the magnificent collections of cut blooms 

 from about a dozen trade growers. To 

 these, medals were awarded as follows: 

 Gold medals: Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, 

 an extensive collection nicely arranged; 

 H. Burnett, Guernsey, and W. H. Page, 

 Hampton, collections of superior qual- 

 ity ; C. Waters, Balcombe, average blooms 

 most effectively and artistically arranged. 

 Silver gilt medals: Bell & Sheldon, 

 Guernsey; Morres & Co., Guernsey, and 

 A. F. Dulton, Ivor, collections, all show- 

 ing blooms of fine quality. Silver med- 

 als: C. Engellmann, Seffron Walden, a 

 large collection but not quite up to 

 usual form, and C. Lange, Hampton. 



These collections occupied a consid- 

 erable amount of table space in the hall 

 and, owing to the different styles of ar- 

 rangement adopted by the exhibitors, 

 they were to the general public a more 

 attractive feature than the classes for 

 single vases of thirty-six blooms and 

 eighteen blooms. 



In the vase classes the leading prize 

 winners were W. H. Lancashire, Guern- 

 sey; Bell & Sheldon, Guernsey; W. 

 H. Page, Hampton; C. , Engellmann, 

 Seffron .Walden; A. F. Button, Ivor; 

 W. E. Wallace, Dunstable; Morrea 

 & Co., Guernsey, and S. Mortimer, Farn- 

 ham. White Perfection was the best 



white; Enchantress the best blush; Law- 

 son, President and Robert Craig the 

 best in their respective color classes. 



For the best vase in the show* there 

 was a stiff contest between W. H. Lan- 

 cashire's vase of Robert Craig apd W. 

 H. Page's vase of Enchantress, the 

 judges deciding in favor of the first 

 named. At the last show the same ex- 

 hibitor secured the coveted honor with 

 a vase of White Perfection. 



Three varieties engaged the attention 

 of the floral committee. H. Burnett sub- 

 mitted Marmion, a large, handsome flow- 

 er of Malmaison type, cherry scarlet 

 on the petals with a light edge and white 

 reverse, this being awarded a first-class 

 certificate as a new and valuable break, 

 probably the forerunner of a new type. 

 Incidentally I may mention the flowers 

 command a high price in Covent Garden. 

 Mr. Burnett aho submitted Mikado, of a 

 deep heliotrope shade, and this secured 

 an award of merit. The third variety, 

 from another grower, the committee ex- 

 pressed a desire' to see again in De- 

 cember. 



At the society 's annual dinner the 

 speakers dwelt upon the excellence of the 

 show and the healthy condition of the 

 society. This was followed by the an- 

 nual business meeting. The annual re- 

 port showed an increase in membership 

 and a small balance at the bank. A 

 scheme for the registration of new va- 

 rieties was presented by the committee 

 and adopted. Several speakers urged 

 the desirability of co-operation with the 

 American Carnation Society, but the" gen- 

 eral opinion was that as the American so- 

 ciety is the longer established it might 

 take the initiative steps in the matter. 

 J. S. Brunton was re-elected chairman; 

 S. Mortimer, vice-chairman ; E. F. Hawes, 

 exhibition secretary, and Hayward Ma- 

 thias, Lucerne, Stubbington, Fareham, 

 Hants (Eng.), corresponding secretary 

 and treasurer. Bee. 



