. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1244 The American Florist. Jan. i6. THE CARNATION. Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., is ex- hibiting a very promising new pink vari- ety. Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., is receiving orders from England for his new variety Alvina. New Jersey Experiments. Professor Maurice A. Blalce, the ef- ficient head of the horticulture depart- ment of the Experiment Station at New Brunswick, N. J., is conducting experi- ments with several varieties of carna- tions on the loam soil found in the vicinity of New Brunswick. Among the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1244 The American Florist. Jan. i6. THE CARNATION. Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., is ex- hibiting a very promising new pink vari- ety. Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., is receiving orders from England for his new variety Alvina. New Jersey Experiments. Professor Maurice A. Blalce, the ef- ficient head of the horticulture depart- ment of the Experiment Station at New Brunswick, N. J., is conducting experi- ments with several varieties of carna- tions on the loam soil found in the vicinity of New Brunswick. Among the varieties are Vesper, Enchantress, Wln- sor. Prosperity, Lawson, Patten, Beacon and Andrew Carnegie. The test is made to determine the most productive va- rieties in commercial use under chemical fertilization. Of the above mentioned. Prosperity has shown extraordinary size and color, and is equally, if not more, productive than any other. Most grow- ers claim this is not usual with this variety, but here the plants are of more than average size and the crop is still sood. The experiment no doubt will prove valuable to commercial growers in the near future, and chemical fertilizers will be used more abundantly as a source of plant food by those who desire re- sults. J- Carnations for Indoor Culture. Ed. American Florist:— Please advise me as to the varieties of carnation most suitable for growing under glass all the year round as distinct from planting out in summer. Oklahoma. F. A. In general the varieties most suitable for'growing under glass are those which are inclined to be short-stemmed during the early part of the season. The Law- son type are all of this class and there is more benefit to be obtained from this method of culture with all the Lawson varieties than with most of the others. Winsor in the hands of most growers refuses to produce blooms of proper length of stem almost up to Christmas, unless grown outdoors. The Enchantress varieties on the other hand, I th
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