The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-26
ideas for JMoanen.

The assertion that the violet as tht
favorita flower would always find a resi-
for its modest head on the breast of an
indulgent people is likely to be proved
false by the carnation.
This flower has bounded into a popular.
ity entirely unlocked for two months
ago. The members of the swagger set
who have long desired a novelty in the
way of breast knots. b~outonnieres and
small bouquets, have chosen the carna-
ton as the blossom with which to adorr
themselves. The matron who carries
to the opera a bunch of carnations three.
quarters of a yard round. consisting
of dark red, pink and white blossoms,
does so with the firm conviction that she
is using the very latest thing in flowers
The young girl will carry pink bios
sons. with lilies of the valley, for her
coming out and evening use: while the
young swell will fasten to the lapel of his
coat one great white or variegated
flower.
The demand for carnations has be-
come a fad, and florists nave difficulty
in procuring the flower in the perfection
required by the fashionable set. Growers
ar. leAping a harvest IN lis cultivation.
and many have given up growing other
plants to make room for the develop
ment of the c~arnation.
Carnation growing is not difficult, for
the plant yields readily to care and grows
rapidly. MOI far from New Yark is
one of the largest of carnation farms.
There one may see ten thousand bios
SONS, all showing wonderful color AS
they ned their long stems they form
a charming scene of loneliness. The air
is heavy with perfume, and the beautiful
shades of red and pink relieved by
white all SO strongly shown on a back
ground of green produces an, effect of
s-ssa~ beauty.
The Sins of the, pant sjc D antsd IN
SAM in January. and these root in
three weeks. They are then put into
boxes of shallow soil. and by May they
are ready%to be cut back until July 10.
During this time they are growing out
they are taken back to the hothouses to
flower. and by October thes blossoms are
ready to pick, each plant averaging fifty
blossoms. In order to procure long stems
which today are as necessary to the
value of the earaation asst % the Ameri-
can beauty rcse-the laterals are all
picked off, ard it is the terminal which
is allowed to flower The process is
called d%isbudding, and it has proved of
great advantage also in improving the
size of the hower
The most seryiceable classification is
their division into five large. though some
what iIl-defined. groups-the grenadins, or
nerfume carnations: the border carna-
tiaes witch comprise a large variety of
hardy sorts. used for outdoor cultivation.
the malmaisons the marguerites and the
forcing or bench carnations. In each of
these groups there are many varieties,
with new ones constantly appearing: YET
,ba 4o kinds which are now recorded in
America helone to one of these groups
tbo forcinq varieties The word carnatjon
has come TO mean a greenhouse pink.
while in ENGLAND the word, if used with
ont Qualification. refers to the border
sroun.
The aower at whose shrine we worship
he,ones 10 a genus which is of great
anfiouitvs even its double form having
been known from time imnemorial.
OF The earnat ons most in vogue this
season the Peachblow is one of the mcst
lovely in p.nk. and is not cultivated so
largely as are others If thss color. TIL
Scotfis fbe hest of It's class. and larger
numbers are sold than Of any other var
iatv EXCEPT the white. Its blossom is
fun and firm. it's fragrance strong and
its color is &. light shade of pink.
The storm King is the finest white car
nation in the market. 1t has long stems
and a very large blossom. which averages
three inches across. Other carnations.
with the ugly napaes of Liz e MCGOWAN.
Century. Robert Gfaig and Peter Hender-
son. have the same deIikhtful perfume
and are extensively used for decorating
purposes.
Six ninks punched close together. with
three sprigs of their foliage peeping out
between them. pinned to the eollarette or
muff of the young women. are the correct
thing. The Young man will find a bless
ing in the fact that these knots cost much
less than those made of violets
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