. Garden annual 1902. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 6 NEW CARNATION PINKS. Lawson. This famous Carnation was bouglit last year for $30,000, the highest price ever paid for a flower of any kind. A standing challenge of to y reduce its equal within a year failed to find one, so it still remains undisputedly the best in the world. The flowers are the largest, deepest, best formed. The stems are the longest and strongest. The color, purest rose pink, which illuminates splendidly under artificial light.
. Garden annual 1902. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. 6 NEW CARNATION PINKS. Lawson. This famous Carnation was bouglit last year for $30,000, the highest price ever paid for a flower of any kind. A standing challenge of to y reduce its equal within a year failed to find one, so it still remains undisputedly the best in the world. The flowers are the largest, deepest, best formed. The stems are the longest and strongest. The color, purest rose pink, which illuminates splendidly under artificial light. 4 for 60c. New Striped Carnation. — Olympia. The largest monthly Carnation yet produced, well-grown flowers, measur- ing 3% inches across. The color is clear glossy white, with delicate pencillings of bright scarlet running through the petals. The stems are large, averaging 24 to 30 inches, a strong, vigorous, healthy grower, flowering abundantly and sustaining its quality in hot weather. Deliciously fragrant. 15c., 5 for 50c. New Scarlet Carnation.—G. H. Crane. The best scarlet Carnation, won<?erfully productive. Tested four years, it stands pre-eminent. An early, continuous, all-season bloomer, averaging 3-inch blooms ; a well-formed flower and c^lyx, and 16 to 18 inch stems, stiff and erect throughout the whole season. Color, a clear, brilliant scarlet; of strong, robust, clean growth, making well formed, bushy plants. 15c., 5 for 50c. General Maceo. Very full, deeply fringed flower, 23^ to 2^ inches in diameter, on stiff stems 12 to 18 inches long under ordinary culture. Ground color deep brilliant scarlet, heavily overlaid with maroon, making it one of the darkest and richest shades yet seen in Carnations, as rich and striking as the Meteor R^ose. 15c., 5for50c. General Gomez. Flower fringed and very fragrant. The color is as rich and brilliant as the " Cardinal *' flower, in fact no crimson Carnation has yet been introduced possessing such a brilliant shade of
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