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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



ront of the German House, Indianapolis, January 28, 1909. 



tionship or not, we wish you prosperity. ' ' 

 * ' Some Carnations I Have Met, and 

 Their Ennobling Influence," by Miss 

 Hill, is presented in full in this issue. 



The menu was elaborate, the viands 

 choice and the music good, especially the 

 vocal solo by Miss Maude Langstaff, a 

 florist's daughter. 



THE TRIP TO RICHMOND. 



Promptly at 6:30 a. m. Friday an en- 

 thusiastic party of about fifty visitors to 

 the carnation convention boarded an 

 electric car, specially chartered for the 

 purpose, and accompanied by mine host, 

 John Berterniann, and the "Sage of 

 Richmond," E. G. Hill, started on a 

 tour of inspection. The first stop was 

 at Cumberland, where the Bertermann 

 new range of carnation houses is located. 

 * ' Talk about a neat and up-to-date 

 place," I heard some one exclaim. 

 "Why, gentlemen, there is no use talk- 

 ing, it is a 'peach' and no mistake." 

 Here the Lawson is still so good that 

 Peter Fisher, who never wastes words, 

 could not help expressing his feelings of 

 admiration for his old time favorite. 

 J. Whitcomb Eiley, their new yellow, 

 promises to fill a long felt want. 



After lighting the "Bertermann 

 brand" cigars, the party boarded the 

 special caj and was off for Richmond, 

 where the first stop was at the E. T. 

 Grave place. This place is worthy a 

 visit at any time, but is especially inter- 

 esting now, because of Mayday, the 

 seedling carnation, which is being dis- 

 seminated this season. It looks good. It 

 may be remembered that Mr. Grave was 

 the introducer of Dorothy, a medium 

 sized pink, which was grown extensively 

 a few years ago. He now has a white 

 sport of Dorothy, which, however, is not 

 intended for distribution. 



After a stroll through the rose houses, 

 which, as usual, showed the result of 

 good care, the party went to the new 

 west side plant of the E. G. Hill Co. 

 Those who were under the impression 

 that the Hill Co. is devoting its entire 

 attention to seedling roses to the ex- 

 clusion of seedling carnations were agree- 

 ably surprised. The introducer of Jubi- 



lee, Armazindy, Flora Hill, America and 

 others, most of which stood the test and 

 were bread-winners in their time, has by 

 no means neglected the divine flower. 

 Several scarlets, a white and a few good 

 pink seedlings, have recently appeared. 

 Joseph Hill, the presiding genius of this 

 establishment, has ample reason to feel 

 elated over the general results achieved 

 this season in so far as the appearance 

 of his general stock is concerned. 



The Chas. Knopf Floral Co. came in 

 for its share of attention. That Mr. 

 Knopf grows excellent stock is well 

 known. Of course, his seedlings received 

 ' special attention. Mrs. Chas. Knopf, 

 light pink, and Ruby, maroon, are being 

 sent out this year. Another pink, chris- 

 tened Admiration, which is to make its 

 debut a year hence, was much admired 

 by the visitors. 



The inner man craved attention by 

 this time, and a bountiful dinner, pro- 

 vided by the Richmond hosts, soon waited 

 upon our appetites at one of the leading 

 restaurants. Dinner over, the party pro- 

 ceeded to the E. G. Hill east side estab- 

 lishment, where the seedling roses are 

 grown. Geraniums, ferns, coleus, salvias 

 and other things too numerous to men- 

 tion, by the thousands and tens of thou- 

 sands, are produced for the trade, which, 

 needless to say, extends over a territory 

 bordering on both oceans. 



And last, but by no means least, the 

 party paid a visit to the ventilator and 

 ' ' contraption ' ' shop of John Evans. 

 Those who were somewhat in need of a 

 * ' bracer, ' ' on account of the strenuous 

 day or the inclement weather, or both, 

 got the bracer, and cigars to burn. 



S. 



CONVENTION JOTTINGS. 



Where, oh where, was Charles Willis 

 Ward? 



Baur & Smith have a splendid white 

 in Shasta — easily the best thing that 

 has originated on their place. Indeed, 

 Judge Willis N. Rudd said their vase 

 of this variety was the finest white in 

 the hall, which comes from his being a 

 crank on form, with Shasta as round and 

 regular as though turned out by a ma- 



chine. Baur & Smith have a good stock 

 of it and it is said will disseminate it 

 next year. 



Since the public is admitted to the 

 exhibition, it seems worth while to pay 

 more attention to arrangement and stag- 

 ing. Induce the retail florists to take a 

 hand. 



Joseph Heacock states that unless 

 someone takes the job oflf his hands he 

 will disseminate Dorothy Gordon next 

 year. This is a seedling of Lawson and 

 Enchantress that appears to have only 

 one weak point: its similarity in appear- 

 ance to Rose-pink Enchantress. Mr. 

 Heacock this season has 6,000 plants on 

 his benches. 



Bertermann Bros. Co. has not yet 

 decided what to do with the yellow 

 carnation, James Whitcomb Riley, feel- 

 ing that to properly exploit it would re- 

 quire more time than they care to take 

 from their retail business. In England 

 and Germany no color is in more de- 

 mand than yellow, and on neither side of 

 the Atlantic is there a yellow carnation 

 that is more than locally grown. 



Tlie Review last week reported cor- 

 rectly the award of the S. A. F. silver 

 medal to F. Dorner & Sons Co., on No. 

 175-06. The way other papers fell into 

 error was that the judges first awarded 

 the medal to A. C. Brown, on Superba, 

 but a little later discovered they had 

 failed to consider several entries that 

 stood on another tJible. In rejudging, 

 the award went to No. 175-06, a big, 

 round, full, regular orange scarlet that 

 looks like it would trot in any class. 

 When the judges took the silver medal 

 away from Superba they gave it the 

 bronze medal. No. 175-06 would have 

 competed for the A. C. S. gold medal, 

 only Dorners could not cut 100 blooms 

 of it. 



WHAT THE STATIONS ARE DOING 



[A paper by II. B. Dorner, of Urbana, 111., 

 read before the American Carnation Society, at 

 the I<iHllaiiHpoll8 convention, January 27 and 28, 

 UKH).] 



During the last fifteen years the con- 

 tinually increasing demand for carna- 

 tions has necessarily led to an increase 

 in the greenhouse .space, devoted to the 

 cidtivation of this plant. With this in- 



