JONE 23, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



11 



General View of the Carnat'on Show in London, England. 



thrips, I would fumigate with sulphur 

 by burning a liberal quantity in the 

 house. If you fumigate your houses 

 before you take the plants out, I would 

 suggest that you repeat the treatment 

 after the houses are all cleaned out. 

 You will be far more certain to get 

 them all after the plants have been 

 removed. Burn the old plants as you 

 take them out, to destroy any that 

 may have escaped the first dose. 



A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION SHOW IN LONDON. 



The spring show of the English car- 

 nation society was fixed for May 19, 

 but owing to the funeral of King Ed- 

 ward it was postponed and held June 

 it. Perhaps the postponement detracted 

 a little from the attendance, but all 

 round it was the finest as regards ex- 

 hibits ever held under the society's 

 auspices, and the later date enabled E. 

 G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., who had 

 just landed in England, to put in an 

 appearance. He received a cordial re- 

 ception and expressed himself gratified 

 with the general excellence of the 

 blooms. He was particularly impressed 

 with three British varieties, Engel- 

 inann's Carola, Burnett's Marmion and 

 >>mith's Empire Day, which secured the 

 jirize for the best vase in the show. 

 .Fohn Evans, representing a ventilating 

 apparatus factory in Indiana, also was 

 a visitor and in addition to fixing up 

 ■lis system at Rochford's big glass es- 

 tablishment he is bringing it to the 

 notice of other greenhouse firms in 

 England, 



The interest of American growers 

 'loubtless will center on the class for 

 the America cup, donated by the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. This was of- 

 fered for the best exhibit of three 

 American varieties and was won by 

 W. E. Wallace, of Eaton Bray, with 

 May Day, Afterglow and Pink Delight. 

 Among the other varieties of Amer- 

 ican origin, and these made up a large 

 part of the show, were Beacon, Presi- 

 (lent, Sarah Hill, Victory, Winsor. Fair 

 Maid, Robert Craig, White Perfection, 

 Pink Delight, Winona, Aiystocrat, Eh- 

 chantress and one or two others. These 

 were all shown in good form. 



For the recognition of American va- 

 rieties a new rule has been introduced 

 and came into force for the first time. 

 It reads: "All American raised novel- 

 ties exhibited in competitive, and non- 

 competitive exhibits, at each show to 

 be judged by a special committee of 

 six judges appointed yearly to act in 

 conjunction with the floral committee; 

 first-class certificates and awards of 

 merit to be awarded according to the 

 society's scale of points; no entries 

 necessary; the names of the varieties 

 and the raisers' names to be published 

 each year in the 'Year Book,' but not 

 the names of the exhibitors." The fol- 

 lowing awards were made: First-class 

 certificate to May Day; award of merit 

 to Pink Delight; award of merit to 

 Superior. 



The principal exhibitors were: W. 

 H. Lancashire, Guernsey; C. F. Waters, 

 Belcombe; A. F. Dutton, Iver, Bucks; 

 W. H. Page, Hampton; S. Mortimer, 

 Farnham; W. E. Wallace, Eaton Bray; 



C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden; G. 

 Lange, B. E. Bell and H. J. Dunday. 



Dinner table decorations with car- 

 nations were effective and formed a 

 pleasing feature of the show, but in 

 decorative baskets, bouquets, etc., the 

 competition was somewhat limited. 



Bee. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., of Lafayette, 

 Ind., has registered the following new 

 carnations: 



Glorjosa (No. 42-06), a cross between 

 two numbered seedlings; a magnificent 

 shade of pure light pink; in growth it 

 is a true commercial type; early and 

 continuous flowering; excellent stem 

 and calyx; has a working habit that 

 produces quantities of blooms without 

 a break; size, three and one-fourth 

 inches and over. 



White Wonder, White Perfection x 

 seedling under number; pure white; 

 size, tliree and one-half inches and 

 over; has all the White Perfection 

 qualities, improved; larger flower, 

 stronger stem, stronger growth; makes 

 nearly double the size of plant in the 

 same length of time, thereby greatly 

 increasing its productiveness. 



A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y. 



LATE ASTERS. 



When should I sow late Hohenzollern 

 and Crego asters for 'i'hanksgiving 

 flowering in pots? A. O. C. 



Hohenzollern and Crego asters for 

 flowering at the time named can be 

 sown from the beginning to the middle 

 of July. They will germinate either 

 outdoors or in a coldframe, where water 

 is more conveniently applied when nec- 

 essary. C. W.' 



Miami, Fla. — Edward Simmons, who 

 represents the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture here, as head of the 

 subtropical station, states that the gov- 

 ernment will build a greenhouse here 

 during the summer and will make other 

 improvements. This will begin in July, 

 he says, when the station is again in 

 charge of the government. 



May Day. Afterglow. Pink DellRlit. 



Winncf of the America Cup at the London Carnation Show. 



