The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-01
THE oAnNATrox REVIVAL.
This Fragrant Flower Has Fashion.
able Recognition in New York.

able RECOGNITION I'm New York.
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 blossoms, with lilies
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 become
a fad, and florists have dlthcutty IN pro
curing the flower in the perfection re
ouired by the fashionable set. Growers
are reaping harvest in it's cultivation,
and many have given up growing other
plants to make room Tor the development
of the carnation.
Carnation growing is not difficult. for
the plant yields readily to care and grows
rapidly Not far from this city is one of
the largest of carnation farms. There
one may see 10000 blossoms all showing
wonderful color. AS they nod their long
stems they form a charming scene of
loveIiness. The air is heavy with perfume
and the beautiful shades of red and pink,
relieved by white all so strongly shown
on a background of green, produce an
effect of singular beauty. The slips of the
plant are planted in sand early In Janu-
airy, and these root in three weeks. They
are then put into boxes of shallow soil,
and by May 1 they are ready to be cut
back until July Is. During this time
they are grown out of doors. About the
middle of August they are taken back to
the hothouses to flower, and by October
the blossoms are ready to pick, each
plant averaging fifty blossoms. In order
to procure long stems-Whlch To-Day are as
necessary to the value of the carnation
as to the American Beauty rose-the lat
erals are all picked off, and 1t is the ter
rninal which is allowed to flower. The
process is called disbudding, and it has
olxyay N.
proving the size of the flower.
The most serviceable classification is
their division into five large, though
somewhat ill-defined groups-tae grena-
dins, or perfume carnations; the border
carnations, which comprise large va
riety of hardy sorts, used for outdoor Gull
tivation; the malmaisons, the marguer-
ties and the forcing or bench carnations
In each of these groups there are many
varieties, with new ones constantly ap-
pearing; yet the 400 kinds which are now
recorded in America belong to one of
these groups-the forcing VdrletleS.' me
word carnation has come to mean a
greenhouse pink, while in England the
word IL used without qualification, refers
to the border group.
OF the carnations most III vogue tnls
season the Peachblow is one of the most
lovely in pink, but 1t lacks vitality as a
plant and is not cultivated so largely as
are others of this color. The Scott is the
best of this class and larger numbers are
the white. Its blossom is full and firm,
its fragrance strong and its color light
shade of pink.
The Storm King is the finest White car
nation in the market It has long stems
and a very large blossom, which aver
ages three inches across. Other carna-
TONS with the ugly names Of Lizzie Nc
Henderson. have the same delightful per-
fune and are extensively used for deco
rating purposes.
six pinks punched close together, with
between them, pinned to the collarette
or muff of the young woman, are the
correct thing.-New York Herald.