. February, 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. G. H. Crane. Another early, continuous all-season bloomer; 3 inches across; well formed flower and calyx; 16 to 18 inch stem. Color, brilliant scarlet. Habit good, robust grower, free from disease. Scored 92 points before the American Car- nation Society. $6 per 100. $50 per 1,000. Jubilee. Richest shade of deep scarlet. Very sweet scented. Must be grown in dry, airy atmosphere, when rust will not trouble it. Likes a good stiff soil, and takes continuous light fe
. February, 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. G. H. Crane. Another early, continuous all-season bloomer; 3 inches across; well formed flower and calyx; 16 to 18 inch stem. Color, brilliant scarlet. Habit good, robust grower, free from disease. Scored 92 points before the American Car- nation Society. $6 per 100. $50 per 1,000. Jubilee. Richest shade of deep scarlet. Very sweet scented. Must be grown in dry, airy atmosphere, when rust will not trouble it. Likes a good stiff soil, and takes continuous light feeding after getting into good growth. In the hands of good growers, one of the finest and most profitable varie- ties extant. $2 per 100. $15 per 1,000. CRIMSON CARNATIONS. Gen'l Gomez. Cardinal maroon, rich and velvety; flowers 2£ to 2f inches in diameter. Very free in growth and bloom, much like Scott in habit. Stems slender and stiff, 16 to 24 inches long. A good dark variety. $5 per 100; $40 per 1,000. Gen'l Maceo. Very full, nicely fringed flower, 2i inches in diameter. Stem 12 to 18 inches long, slender and wiry. Color, dark scarlet with maroon shadings; color very fine; very free in bloom. $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. N. B.—Two excellent dark varieties. WHITE White Cloud. G. H. CRANE. White Cloud. The most perfectly formed and finished carnation yet raised; quite circular in out- line, and nicely rounded out with petals. Brings an enor- mous crop of flowers. Clean and healthy—fine stem. Compared with Flora Hill it is not so early, does not continue so late, and is not so large, but surpasses it in finish and in constant stiffness of stem. $ per 100. $30 per 1,000. Jno. Young. A very beautiful white variety, which may be described as intermediate in nearly all respects between White Cloud and Flora Hill. $2 per 100. $15 per 1,000. Flora Hill. The largest, earliest, freest and most profitable white vari- ety to date with the majority of growers. Don't f
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