The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . re throughout, the materialbeing cypress. The houses are built in a most sub-stantial way, no expense having been spared to at-tain this end. The plant is heated by a battery ofboilers each 125 horse-power; and ample room isprovided for storage of coal, etc. The place isplanted to roses and carnations, which at thetime of our visit were in perfect condition, largedaily cuts being taken. Speal\ing of the varieties, the Richmond rose ishighly thought of here, and large batc
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . re throughout, the materialbeing cypress. The houses are built in a most sub-stantial way, no expense having been spared to at-tain this end. The plant is heated by a battery ofboilers each 125 horse-power; and ample room isprovided for storage of coal, etc. The place isplanted to roses and carnations, which at thetime of our visit were in perfect condition, largedaily cuts being taken. Speal\ing of the varieties, the Richmond rose ishighly thought of here, and large batches of cuttingsof it are being rooted, it being expected to super-cede Meteor. Many of the older varieties of carna-tions will be discarded, it being the policy of thefirm to test a selection of the newest introductionseach year, thus keeping well abreast of the the concern have something over 100,000feet of of modern construction, and are likelyto extend still further in order to meet the needsof their increasing business. S. B. Carnation Senator , Robert C. Pye, Nyack, N. Carnation Albatross, in pots, to Succeed Chrysanthemums. Grower, H. E Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y, Carnations of the Past. (Read by M. A-Patten, January 16^1906, before the BostonGardeners and Florists Club.) Tour president has asked me to give a five minutetalk on Carnations of tlie Past. Mr. Ward in hisexcellent book. The American Carnation, statesthat the carnation has been grovin more than twothousand years. My memory does not go backquite as far. The first carnations I remember werethe Boule de Neige. white; La Purite, dark pink;Astoria, yellow variegated; Gibbonsii, crimson; andGhent, red with dark stripes. I do not rememberany scarlet. Boule de Neige was the favorite whitefor a number of years and gave a large number ofshort stemmed blooms; in fact, most of the carna-tions were then picked with a short stem and was a strong grower, with long stems
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