. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. o my mind there canbe nothing more interesting than to ex-periment in that way, and it should beso to all who love flowers; and whilethose who dont may make a living atthe business, they will never be verysuccesslul, nor get the pleasure out of 982 The American Florist. Dec. /J, it that those who love flowers do, norshould they. The crossing of carnations is so sim-ple, ana while pages have been writtenon just how to do it, covering the sub-ject thoroughly, I might say to thosewho have never done any crossing, thatthey should use only pe
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. o my mind there canbe nothing more interesting than to ex-periment in that way, and it should beso to all who love flowers; and whilethose who dont may make a living atthe business, they will never be verysuccesslul, nor get the pleasure out of 982 The American Florist. Dec. /J, it that those who love flowers do, norshould they. The crossing of carnations is so sim-ple, ana while pages have been writtenon just how to do it, covering the sub-ject thoroughly, I might say to thosewho have never done any crossing, thatthey should use only perfect flowersof good varieties. Select bright sunnydays to do the crossing. The flowers The past 25 years of progress in thehybridizing of carnations cannot becalled anything but the commencementfrom the short stem carnation used forset floral arrangements of all descrip-tions thirty years ago. The grower madeimprovements in stem and flowers, andthereby created a demand for themuntil today the public wants the largestflowers and the longest stems money. CHRISTMAS 3.—liy W. H. Donohoe, New York. The public will pay $3, $4 or $5 adozen if you show the goods, and itisnt said that it must be a Dorner,Ward or Fisher to originate them; itmay hapoen to any of us, and while wecant all be successful, someone willand thereby help us all. And, afterall, the pleasure there is in it, fromthe time the flowers are selected forcrossing until the last seedling hasbloomed for the first time, is compen-sation enough for all the trouble taken. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Blooms for Various Purposes. IN REPLY TO MR. LEMON. In The Americin Florist of Decem-ber 8 I notice Fred H. Lemon takesexception to the notes which appear inyour issue of December i on Bloomsfor Various Purposes. It was not my intention to convey bythe illustration that all European pro-geny were as long stemmed as is thecase with Mrs. Thompson, but simply toshow the pronounced difference whichexists between some of the Americanan
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