. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ll, Mr. Egan stated that one seedlingin particular was far ahead of all the appointing. Of the older cannas. Dukeof Marlborough is still one of the bestcrimsons, Florence Vaughan is yet inthe ring as a yellow with red spots,Chicago is a good red, with grand foli-age, and Queen Charlotte is extensivelygrown as a red with a yellow the newer varieties. President Mc-Kinley has proved a grand is a fine dwarf scarlet. BlackBeauty has beautiful rich bronzy-purplefoliage, but rather small is a fine dwarf
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ll, Mr. Egan stated that one seedlingin particular was far ahead of all the appointing. Of the older cannas. Dukeof Marlborough is still one of the bestcrimsons, Florence Vaughan is yet inthe ring as a yellow with red spots,Chicago is a good red, with grand foli-age, and Queen Charlotte is extensivelygrown as a red with a yellow the newer varieties. President Mc-Kinley has proved a grand is a fine dwarf scarlet. BlackBeauty has beautiful rich bronzy-purplefoliage, but rather small is a fine dwarf crimson andrich yellow and Buttercup is the finestof all the yellows. WITH THE GROWERS F. R. Pierson Co., Tarry town, N. Y. Tarrytown, situated on the superbly -picturesque Hudson, some 25 miles fromNew York, has long been a place whereAmerican horticulturists, especially theywho devote their energies to that branchcalled floriculture, may tarry long inthought or person, with profit tothemselves, the profession and thegeneral good cause of making life. CARNATION WINSOR. Others in habit, color and bloomingqualities, and he considered it a decidedimprovement on the standard varietiesgrown at that time. The following yearthis variety was sent out under thename of Egandale. I may mentionhere that Mr. Egans garden has servedas a trial ground for a good many nov-elties in plants, many of which havenever been sent out, as they proved dis- more beautiful. Tis a place, too, re-dundant with scenes and memories inAmerican history and romance, immor-talized by pen and deed, for it was herethat a sad fate to Washingtons armyand aims was averted in the capture ofMajor Andre, and then again but a fewyards from this spot is the Sleepy Hol-low made famous by Washington Ir-ving. The whole section in fact is pic- igo7. The American Florist. 1235 turesquely historic and there is a wealthof reasons to make the place a most in-teresting tarrying town for lovers of thebeautiful, the romantic and the
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