

Decembbb 8, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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€flfect of the financial upheaval, Mr. 

 Cockcroft was satisfied with the success 

 which attended his first efforts at send- 

 ing out new varieties and, with the ex- 

 perience gained, expects to do much bet- 

 ter this year, all conditions being more 

 favorable. 



Traendly & Schenck are Mr. Cockcroft 's 

 selling agents in New York and say they 

 think he has in Georgia the best white 

 carnation that comes to that market, just 

 as his Harvard is the best crimson in 

 their estimation. Both varieties are 

 heavily fringed. Georgia is pure white, 

 large and full, giving it excellent form. 

 It has a good stem and Mr. Cockcroft 

 says it is an exception to find a split 

 calyx even in the dark days of mid-win- 

 ter. He says it is easy to grow, a free 

 and continuous bloomer. He has had it 

 for five years and for the last three sea- 

 sons has marketed the blooms in consid- 

 erable quantity. This year it has been 

 exhibited at all the fall shows and has 

 proven its traveling qualities. At the 

 national show at Chicago it was farther 

 from home than any other carnation 

 exhibit, but stood up as well as those 

 that had not come so far. 



Mr. Cockcroft is a progressive grower 

 of the new school. He builds well, grows 

 well and sells well. His latest houses are 

 iron frame and everything on- the place 

 is up to date. A picture of his range ap- 

 peared in the Eeview for February 20, 

 1908. The place is one of the several on 

 Long Island heated by Kroeschell boilers. 



LEFl'-OVER CARNATION SOIL. 



After filling my carnation benches this 

 fall, I had some soil left. This was after- 

 ward turned over, and considerable sod, 

 which had been piled a year ago without 

 manure, was added to it. Will that soil 

 be good for filling the carnation benches 

 next fall! ^r M- 



The soil you have left after filling your 

 carnation benches will do well for next 

 season, providing you will have it turned 

 over a few times between now and the 

 time you will use it. In the spring, when 

 turning it, add some good cow or stable 

 manure to it, making about one part 

 manure to five parts soil. This soil will 

 also be splendid for potting your young 

 plants this winter. A. F. J. B. 



ENGLISH CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The next show of the Perpetual Flow- 

 ering Carnation Society (English) wiU 

 be held in London December 9. In the 

 schedule of prizes three American firms 

 are offering special awards, namely, E. 

 G. Hill, Richmond, Ind., for Afterglow; 

 Fred Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., 

 for "Winona, and F. K. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., for Winsor, 



The society has now adopted a scheme 

 for the registration of names of new 

 varieties. The name of the raiser and 

 the variety, along with a brief descrip- 

 tion, will appear in the society's annual 

 report. A new scale of points for the 

 judging of new varieties has been adopt- 

 ed as follows. It will be noted that it 

 differs slightly from that of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society: 



Color 20 points 



Size 20 " 



Fragrance 10 " 



Substance 10 *' 



Calyx 6 " 



Habit of plant 20 " 



Form 16 " 



Total 100 points 



A variety must gain at least eighty-five 



House of Carnation Georgia at J. D. Cockcroff s. 



points to entitle it to a first-class certif- 

 icate and seventy-five points to entitle 

 it to an award of merit. The secretary 

 is Heyward Mathias, Lucerne, Stubbing- 

 ton, Fareham, England. Bee. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Department of Registeation. 



Frank Eisner, Great Harrington, Mass., 

 registers Carnation William Stanley, a 

 seedling of Mrs. M. A. Patten and Harry 

 Fen; color, crimson; size, three to three 

 and one-half inches, fringed, full center; 

 vigorous grower, continuous bloomer, not 

 diseased in any form; stem long and 

 strong; calyx never bursts. 



AiBEET M. Heke, Sec 'y. 



The Indianapolis Convention. 



Now that the great national flower 

 show is past, with its many pleasant 

 memories left with us, the next impor- 

 tant point in the cycle of floricultural 

 events is the A. C. S, convention, to be 

 held in Indianapolis January 27 and 28, 

 1909. The central location of this city 

 should, and no doubt will, bring about a 

 record-breaking attendance, and the ex- 

 cellence of the stock shown at the Chi- 

 cago show would indicate the greatest 

 exhibition ever held by that society. 



No member of the A. C. S. should miss 

 this convention, and, jtidging from the 

 expressions by a great number who were 



approached on the subject at Chicago, 

 the trade is looking forward with eager- 

 ness to the event. I said no member of 

 the A. C. S. should miss it, and I mean 

 just that. I should like to see every 

 person in attendance enrolled in this or- 

 ganization. If you are not a member 

 now, join when you arrive at Indian- 

 apolis. Why not? There will be a 

 great deal more satisfaction for you in 

 being an active participant in the affair 

 than in being a mere hanger-on. Try it, 

 and you will never regret it. 



The local arrangements are progress- 

 ing most satisfactorily. The exhibition 

 hall is an ideal one, with splendid day- 

 light and ample ventilation, both of 

 which are so frequently lacking. There 

 is a comfortable meeting hall in the 

 same building, and other means of en- 

 tertainment as well. There are plenty 

 of first-class hotels near-by, at reason- 

 able rates. A list of these will appear 

 in due time. There will be the usual 

 banquet to members on Thursday night. 

 Tickets to this function will be distrib- 

 uted free to all members of the A. C. S. 

 outside of Indiana. Members residing 

 in Indiana, and members of the S. F. A. 

 of Indiana, will pay for their plates. 



Preparations are being made to en- 

 tertain the ladies in attendance, an- 

 nouncement of which will appear later. 



In fact, the local management is bend- 

 ing every effort toward making the ar- 

 rangements as complete in detail as it is 



