. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 10 The American Florist. Jan. 27,. CARNATION MELODY AT THE W. C. HILL FLORAL COOMPANY'S, STREATOR, ILL. Carnation Melody. The illustration herewith shows a house of Carnation Melody, the W. C. Hill Floral Company's Daybreak col- ored sport of Lawson. These plants were benched from the field July 17 and the cutting of salable blooms was commenced August 13. The two benches illustrated contain 500 plants and pro- duced to the first of December 4,141 cut blooms and 9,000 cuttings. The blooms were picked every other d
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 10 The American Florist. Jan. 27,. CARNATION MELODY AT THE W. C. HILL FLORAL COOMPANY'S, STREATOR, ILL. Carnation Melody. The illustration herewith shows a house of Carnation Melody, the W. C. Hill Floral Company's Daybreak col- ored sport of Lawson. These plants were benched from the field July 17 and the cutting of salable blooms was commenced August 13. The two benches illustrated contain 500 plants and pro- duced to the first of December 4,141 cut blooms and 9,000 cuttings. The blooms were picked every other day and sent to market. The bench on the right is White Lawson and the other section of the house the old variety, Mrs. Law- son. This firm always takes its cut- tings of Lawson before it begins arti- ficial feeding and as a result its Law- sons to-day are as vigorous as was the parent variety when it was first sent out. New Carnation Candace. I made three trips to Indianapolis last winter to personally inspect and note the behavior of Carnation Can- dace ; and I visited the introducers in November, 1905, and again this month to see what progress it was making. The more I see of this new flower the more firmly I am convinced that it is a winner. It has many strong points that recommend it to the aver- age florist. It is an easy grower, a free continuous bloomer, bright, cheer- ful, and a clear pink, a trifle lighter and brighter than Lawson. It has good long stems and the shape of the bloom is ideal. It will readily be classed as a fancy, as it has splendid size, shape and color. It is rare to find a split calyx among Candace flowers. The stem is stiffer than Flora Hill, but not quite as strong as Lawson or En- chantress ; stems are stiff and wiry on my fifteen trial plants. The best evidence of the excellent merits of this new carnation is that nearly every flo- rist who sees it growing, leaves an order; and I am informed that nearly every carnation grower in and around Indiana
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