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Dbcidubbb 29, 1910. 



TL Wcidkly F&ts^ Review* 



18 



ENCHANTRESS ON A BAMPAOE. 



During the last month many letters 

 have been sent to me about sports from 

 Enchtmtress or its sports — so many 

 that it seems the variety has gone on 

 a regular rampage, and that ere long 

 it will be difficult to find the true 

 parent variety without some of the 

 variations mixed in. 



Some have been offered for registra- 

 tion which are undoubtedly synony- 

 mous with disseminated varieties, and 

 for the benefit of those having sueh 

 sports I want to state that the follow- 

 ing sports from Enchantress have been 

 registered and disseminated: White 

 Enchantress, pure white; Helen Gould, 

 flesh-pink, striped and splashed with 

 deeper pink; Mrs. V. T. Omwake, 

 slightly deeper than Enchantress; Wash- 

 ington, deep pink, shade of Mrs. Law- 

 son; Variegated Enchantress, white 

 ground, with roae-piok stripes. This 

 last variety has not been disseminated. 



I should also like to caution growers 

 to make certain that theirs are really 

 sports, and not mixtures. A few years 

 ago a prominent grower startled his 

 friends with the report that he had a 

 bright scarlet sport from Enchantress 

 just coming into bloom. Later develop- 

 ments, however, proved it to be another 

 variety, resembling Enchantress some- 

 what in growth, of which a plant had 

 become mixed with the Enchantress. A 

 few such mistaken sports have been 

 disseminated in the past — luckily, only 

 a few — and it is for this reason that 

 the rule was adopted requiring blooms 

 to be shown at the A. C. S. meeting 

 before registration is made. 



A. P. J. Baur. 



CAENATION SHOW IN LONDON. 



The annual winter show of the Per- 

 petual Flowering Carnation Society was 

 held in the Eoyal Horticultural hall, 

 London, December 13. Nurserymen's 

 trade exhibits were not so numerous as 

 on former occasions. On the other hand, 

 there were more entries in the competi- 

 tive classes and the quality of blooms 

 shown was superior to that of any pre- 

 vious exhibition. This was especially 

 noticeable in the blooms from W. E. 

 Wallace, Eaton Bray, and C. Engel- 

 mann. Saffron Walden. 



The American challenge cup, for three 

 vases of American novelties, was won 

 by W. E. Wallace, with Dorothy Gor- 

 don, May Day and Pink Delight; C. 

 Engelmann, second, with Afterglow, 

 May Day and Pink Delight. For Brit- 

 i>h raised novelties the challenge cup 

 went to C. Engelmann for Carola, Rex 

 and Harlequin; W. H. Lancashire, 



Guernsey, second, with Carola, Emjieror 

 and Rose Dore. The Convent Garden 

 challenge bowl for two vases of blooms 

 and two boxes of the same varieties, 

 packed for market, was won by W. E. 

 Wallace, with grand flowers of Pink 

 Delight and White Perfection; C. En- 

 gelmann followed, with Carola and 

 Regina. For vase of a variety not in 

 commerce, H. Burnett was first, with 

 R. P. Pelton, and Wells & Co., second, 

 with White Hottse. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond Ind., 

 special prize for vase of J. Whitcomb 

 Riley was awarded to W. E. Wallace; 

 G. Lange and C. Engelmann following. 

 The P. Doraer & Sons Co., La Payette, 

 Ind., special prize for vase of Scarlet 

 Glow was won by W. H. Lancashire; 

 W. E. Wallace and G. Lange second and 

 third. 



The leading varieties in the prize list 

 were Enchantress, Pink Delight, Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, White Perfection, Britan- 

 nia, Beacon, Carola, Emperor, Harlequin 

 and Rose-pink Enchantress. The best 

 vase in the show was from W. E. Wal- 

 lace. The decorative classes were nicely 

 filled, and for decorated dinner tables 

 there were six entries. 



The floral committee had a busy 

 morning, as the British raised varieties 

 placed before them were numerous. 

 First-class certificates Were awarded 

 to Lady Arlington, raised by Stuart 

 Low& Co., Bush Hill Park, and to R. P. 

 Felton, raised by H. Burnett, Guernsey. 

 Awards of merit were granted to Rex, 



raised by C. Engelmann, and to Mrs. 

 F. M. Crook, raised by Stuart Low & 

 Co. First-class certificates were also 

 awarded to the following American va- 

 rieties: Mrs. C. W. Ward, Pink Delight, 

 Scarlet Glow, Niagara and White 

 House. 



The trade groups were not numerous, 

 but superb. Gold medals were awarded 

 to Stuart Low & Co. for a most artistic 

 setting, in which ferns were nicely 

 blended with the flowers; to C. Engel- 

 mann for a great array of vases of fine 

 flowers, many of them varieties of his 

 own raising; to H. Burnett for a group 

 of finely finished blooms, and a silver 

 medal to G. Lange for a smaller but 

 good collection. 



The annual dinner and business meet- 

 ing was held the same evening, J. S. 

 Brunton presiding. The toast of the 

 evening, "The Perpetual PloWerilig 

 Carnation Society," was proposed by 

 M. Todd, Edinburgh, in a speech full 

 of interest to carnation men. The chair- 

 man responded. The annual report 

 showed a membership of 271, an in- 

 crease of forty during the year, and the 

 balance sheet also showed an increase 

 in funds. 



J. S. Brunton was reelected chair- 

 man; S. Mortimer, vice-chairman; L. J. 

 Cook, treasurer; H. Mathias, Lucerne, 

 Stubbington, Hants, and E. P. Hawes, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, London, joint 

 secretaries; W. H. Page, chairman of 

 floral committee. 



May 2 and 3 and December 5 and 6 





Pink Delight. DOroOiT Q6rdon. May Day. 



Vases WinninK in the Class for AflMricn NovdUes at the Loodbn Show 



