. American carnation culture. Carnations. THE first edition of American Carnation Culture was published in 1885, before the organization of any national floral societies, or the establishment of Trade Journals, to collect and collate facts. The only medium or source of mutuality among carna- tion growers at that time was by brief, sententious catalogues. The author purchased and grew nearly 200 varieties of carnations then originated, to obtain some experimental data upon which to found the work. He then claimed and now claims American Carnation Cui^ture was the first and only work
. American carnation culture. Carnations. THE first edition of American Carnation Culture was published in 1885, before the organization of any national floral societies, or the establishment of Trade Journals, to collect and collate facts. The only medium or source of mutuality among carna- tion growers at that time was by brief, sententious catalogues. The author purchased and grew nearly 200 varieties of carnations then originated, to obtain some experimental data upon which to found the work. He then claimed and now claims American Carnation Cui^ture was the first and only work ever published in historical form on the American remontant type of carnations. Dodwell published a work in England about the same time with only a few pages devoted to the Alegatiere type of carnations. Hogg wrote a work in 1820 on the culture of the carnation pink. Asa Gray wrote a pamphlet on carnations in the thirties, Gard in 1597, Busier in 1813, John Ray in 1713, Philip Mullens in 1752, William Curtis in 1788, Martin in 1807, and others, up to 1840, speak and briefly treat of carnations. But none of these refer to the species I seek to deal with, for it was not originated until 1856. The superintendent of the Agricultural Department of the United States, estimates from the census of 1900 that the glass sur- face of greenhouses in America amounts to 300,000,000 superficial square feet, equaling an area of about 8000 acres. There are 15,000 floral establishments that rise to the commercial importance of requiring constantly the employment of two men, and giving sup- port to 30,000 people. This calculation does not include thous- ands of small houses, and conservatories for growing plants and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamborn, Levi Leslie, 1829- [from old catalog]. Alliance, Ohio,
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