Jandabx 28, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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THE INDIANAPOLIS 



CONVENTION 



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The American Carnation Society Holds Its Eighteenth 

 Annual Meeting and Exhibition. 



President^ Albert M. Herr^ Lancaster, Pa* 



Vfce-presfdent, Fred Burki, Pittsburg, Pa« 



Secretary, A F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Treasurer, Fred E. Domer, Jr., Lafayette, Ind. 



NEXT MEETING PLACE, PITTSBURG, PA^ JANUARY, 1910. 



With a record of seventeen successful 

 conventions, the American Carnation So- 

 ciety has set a new high water mark at 

 Indianapolis this week, for the third time 

 in its history— 1894, 1902, 1909. 



Pavored with ideal weather and a 

 splendid hall, there was nothing left for 

 the exhibitors to desire. And as for the 

 rank and file, the wonderful quality of 

 the stock was ample recompense for a 

 long journey. Indeed, many a man was 

 inspired to go home and do yet better 

 things, for it was amply proven that the 

 end is not yet in the triumphal progress 

 of the carnation — already the leading, 

 one might almost say dominating, flower 

 in a trade sense in this country. The 

 American Carnation Society, affording 

 yearly opportunities for the compar- 

 ison of the best products of the best 

 growers, is to be largely credited with 

 the rapid pace at which the flower has ad- 

 vanced in quality and popularity, but in 

 spite of the great progress of the past, 

 in no year other than the present has a 

 longer stride been taken forward. Never 

 was there better quality, speaking of in- 

 dividual exhibits, and as a whole the 

 character of the display was far and 

 away ahead of other years. There was 

 not a poor vase in the hall and the great 

 gain made since 1902, when the conven- 

 tion last was held in the Hoosier capital, 

 was remarked by many old-timers. 



Carnations come and carnations go. 

 The convention of the A. C. S. is the 

 place to see the latest arrivals, and this 

 year the showing of new sorts was a 

 revelation to those growers who think the 

 old sorts are "good enough." Aside 

 from splendid vases of practically all the 

 new sorts out this year, there were seed- 

 lings beyond number, representing a wide 

 range of colors, from purple to bright 

 canary yellow, and quite a number giving 

 promise of great commercial possibilities. 

 There are probably more new sorts of the 

 Enchantress shade of pink than of any 

 other color, for the hybridizers are using 

 Enchantress blood in a majority of their 

 crosses, but it was those of Lawson shade 

 that attracted the most attention. Law- 

 son in its day turned in more money to 

 the trade than had any other variety up 

 to that time and it is with sincere regret 

 that its passing has been witnessed, par- 

 ticularly as none of its erstwhile success- 

 ors has wholly made good. But there will 



be a succession of new cerise pinks in the 

 next few years. Some of them were 

 shown in considerable quantity at Indian- 

 apolis this week, and their advent in the 

 trade is eagerly awaited. 



The New Varieties. 



The new sorts coming out this year 

 were shown in good shape. Roper's Bay 

 State, farthest from home of all, took 

 the gold medal. Cockcroft's Georgia, 

 also far afield, was in fine condition. 

 O. P. Bassett was in excellent form for 

 comparison with the earlier reds. It took 

 a first and a bronze medal. W. N. Rudd 

 staged a good vase of the Mrs. Vaughan, 

 white. Dorner's Pink Delight was in 

 pleasing shape. Mrs. Knopf and Ruby 

 showed up well. Lucille was like a new 

 Prosperity. Apple Blossom and Wanoka 



were well shown. Scheiden & Schoos 

 staged President Taft. May Day was 

 shown in attractive shape. Not many of 

 the new sorts were entered for compe- 

 tition. 



Of the newer sorts two whites took 

 growers' attention — Shasta, by Baur & 

 Smith, and No. 404, by Dailledouze Bros. 

 Of each 100 blooms were shown and each 

 looked good. E, G. Hill Co. had a big 

 white. No. 511, that got a preliminary 

 certificate. James Whitcomb Riley, the 

 new yellow of Bertermann Bros. Co., is 

 without a rival. It seems to be steadily 

 improving and it is an interesting item 

 as showing the field for a yellow that, 

 merely on the note published in the Re- 

 view at the time of the national flower 

 show, Bertermann Bros. Co. has received 

 six orders from England, one to hand 

 this week being for 5,000 cuttings. 



Nic Zweifel, of Milwaukee, showed one 

 of the new Lawson shade of pinks, No. 

 228, fifty blooms, and received a certifi- 

 cate. His No. 108 is in the same class 

 and both promise well. E. G. Hill Co. 

 showed a few blooms of a pink that looks 

 as if it would trot, No. 235, which scored 

 88 points. A. C. Brown, of Springfield, 

 had two winners in the pink classes in 

 Superba and Sangamo. F. R. Pierson 

 was in the running on Lawson shade of 

 pink with No. 50. He also had a good 

 dark sport of Winsor, a light pink sport 

 of White Lawson, a good looking white 

 in No. 30 and a* crimson. No. 60, that 

 was certificated. 



Dorothy Gordon looks good by compar- 

 ison with Rose-pink Enchantress, which 

 it resembles. In light pink. Admiration 

 looks like the best thing the Charles 

 Knopf Floral Co. has yet produced. 

 Mary Tolman was a little the worse for 

 its journey. Hill had a seedling. No. 

 406, that was liked. The Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. has named its No. 500, varie- 

 gated, calling it Conquest. It has lots 

 of color. 



There were scores of seedlings under 

 number, R. B. Hayes, of Shelby, C, 



Albert M. Herr. 



(President-elect American Carnation Society.) 



