. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. TnE Fl oris CARNATION AFTERGLOW AT R. WITTERSTAETTER'S, CINCINNATI, O. Winner of First Prize, 100 Blooms, in Lawson Pink Class, at Washington. ing the adaptability of the carnation to reception and wedding decorations. Com- petitive contests among local retail men are not practicable, but some prominent retail man might be selected to prepare some such exhibit each year, as this would interest the public greatly and add to the beauty of the exhibition. The very valuable papers from foreign car
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. TnE Fl oris CARNATION AFTERGLOW AT R. WITTERSTAETTER'S, CINCINNATI, O. Winner of First Prize, 100 Blooms, in Lawson Pink Class, at Washington. ing the adaptability of the carnation to reception and wedding decorations. Com- petitive contests among local retail men are not practicable, but some prominent retail man might be selected to prepare some such exhibit each year, as this would interest the public greatly and add to the beauty of the exhibition. The very valuable papers from foreign carnation growers last year, together with the reports appearing in our trade papers from time to time, indicate the rapid strides being taken by our 'jo- workers in England in the development of the everblooming carnation. Such re- ports should stimulate the activity in America for we should retain our su- premacy in this line. Taking into consideration the form- idable opposition in the securing of new varieties of carnations which the Eng- lish breeders have now presented, would it not be a good thing to make some arrangement whereby new English sorts could be sent here for test as to their adaptability to American conditions "and markets? Probably some exchange of novelties could be made between growers in the United States and those in Eng- land for this purpose. A great deal of interest is now being taken in American varieties over in England, and the same thing is likely to happen with English varieties in the United States; hence it would be well for the American Carna- tion Society to take the first steps aim- ing towards co-operation. In the matter of the registration of new varieties, the opinion has been ex- pressed by interested members that the society ought to omit all superfluous ver- biage as to whether the new variety is better than others of its kind, and give simply the name, the parentage, the date when the cross was made, and the color. A uniform registr
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