MARCH ;;o, iSS.i, 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



449 



Vase of Golden Gate Roses. 



[The yard-stick in center sliows length vi stems. 1 



habit of paying, and we tliought from 

 what we had been sending this same 

 buyer that he would consider such 

 stocl£ fancy. But he does not say a 

 word; don't even make the usual kick. 

 A few weeks passed, and noting he 

 was sending no more orders we wrote 

 for information, receiving a letter like 

 this: "I wired you on such a date for 

 100 roses and 100 carnations, best 

 stock, and I could not use the stuff 

 you sent me as it was for a wedding 

 and I had to have flowers with fine 

 stiff stems. Besides you charged me 

 one cent more." He forgets the in- 

 structions sent us when he opened his 

 account. This could all have been 

 avoided if he had used one or two 

 words from the telegraph code. 



CHARLEY'S AUNT. 



A NEGLECTED BUT GOOD ROSE. 



In the fall of '92, having a small 

 space on a rose bench empty and not 

 enough of the usual forcing varie- 

 ties of roses to fill the same, I 



told my foreman to fill the space 

 with a lot of mixed rose plants 

 that I had gotten from different 

 sources. Among this lot there was 

 one which made a remarkable growth 

 and showed qualities as a very 

 free bloomer, and produced good buds 

 on long stems. Not knowing the rose 

 and noticing its good qualities, I told 

 my foreman to propagate all he pos- 

 sibly could from this plant and we 

 would give it a better trial another 

 season. And we were not disappointed 

 in our first impression as to its good 

 qualities as a forcing rose. We at 

 first supposed we had a new rose, but 

 later we found out that it was the 

 Golden Gate. 



This rose fills a long felt want and 

 it seems strange that so few have 

 found out its good qualities, although 

 we have had it with us since 1891, 

 when it was introduced. Too much 

 cannot be said in its favor. It is of 

 American origin and it is the largest 

 tea rose grown; often as large as an 

 American Beauty. This rose is the 

 least susceptible to mildew and other 



diseases of "uy forcing rose I know. 

 Any one ^.ho can grow roses at all 

 can grow the Gate. We are propagat- 

 ing it largely, e.xpecting to grow it 

 more extensively next season. It is 

 more prolific than the most of our 

 forcing roses of today, and when well 

 done it produces very long canes; we 

 have had them five feet long, but 2 1-2 

 to li feet i.s an average length. The 

 bud is of good shape, of the Niphetos 

 form, in color a creamy white, with 

 an exquisite shell-pink center. It 

 somewhat resembles the Pres. Carnot, 

 but is a much better producer, always 

 in bloom, and the most lasting bud 

 I know of. I am growing extensively 

 Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles and 

 others, but this rose as a cut flower 

 brought the highest price of all this 

 winter. And as a garden rose we find 

 it hardy. It has stood our changeable 

 winters here for the last four years 

 and has proved itself to be a first-class 

 rose for garden culture. 



I send a photo of a bouquet made 

 from Gates of average length of stem 

 and size of buds. 



LEWIS ULLRICH. 



Tifiin, Ohio. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



At the recent meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee in Detroit, Harmonie 

 Hall was selected as the location for 

 the convention in August next. The 

 upper hall, size 80x60, will be used for 

 the audience room. It is well lighted 

 on all sides, quiet and admirably 

 adapted for the purpose. The lower 

 hall, 60x70, one flight up. will be de- 

 voted to the trade exhibition, which 

 will be under the management of Mr. 

 G. A. Rackham. On the street floor 

 are bowling alleys and other conven- 

 iences that will be appreciated. 



Subjects for discussion were select- 

 ed as follows: Rose House Pests and 

 How to Annihilate Tbem; Soils for 

 Greenhouse Work; A Year's Advance- 

 ment in Rose Culture and Hybridiza- 

 tion; Hybridization of Carnations and 

 Introduction of New Varieties; The 

 Development of Public Patronage in 

 the Flower Trade; The Influence of 

 Public Parks. The evening of the first 

 day will be devoted to a president's 

 reception, as usual. The fourth day 

 will be left open for the bowling, 

 shooting and other recreative features. 

 On the evening of the second day a 

 steamer excursion on the river is 

 planned. 



The committee voted to offer the 

 gold, silver and bronze medals of the 

 society for exhibits of new plants and 

 flowers, also a special bronze medal 

 for an exhibit of geraniums in pots, 

 varieties originated or introduced 

 within the past two years. It was 

 also voted that silver medals be of- 

 fered through and under the manage- 

 ment and supervision of a number of 

 the auxiliary and regularly organized 

 horticultural societies for new varie- 

 ties of plants or flowers introduced 

 during the current year, which shall 



