Maiicu 3], 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



987 



varieties grown at vVaban. This was in 

 tlie day wheir Jacq. was sold wired on 

 tootlipicks and disbudding to secure 

 flower and stem was Mr. Montgomery's 

 suggestion. He also did Cornelia Cook to 

 such perfection that his flowers were the 

 sensation of that early day. 



But floriculture owes probably its great- 

 est debt to Mr. Montgomery for the part 

 he bore in 'introducing Catherine M*- 

 met, brought out in France by Guillot 

 & Sons, in 1809. Mr. Montgomery, had 

 what may liave been the first 500 plants 

 grown in this country. He was equally as 

 successful witli this as his other subjects 

 and did much to cause its wide dissemi- 

 nation. And Mermet has done more for 

 the rose industry than any otheT variety, 

 as from it sprang both Bride and Brides- 

 maid, from the introduction of which, in 

 1885 and 1892 respectively, the develop- 

 ment of the rose-growing industry may 

 almost be said to date. Indeed, it is 

 diflScult to see how the' present-day pro- 

 portions of our business could have been 

 attained had it not been for the strong 

 blood of these varieties. 



Mr. Montgomery was an early advo- 

 cate of grafted stock, having been one of 

 the first, if not the very first, to experi- 

 ment largely in this direction, some 

 years before the subject was taken ui> 

 'for general discu(ssion. Now grafted 

 Brides and Maids are the principal varie- 

 ties grown under the 300,000 feet of glas : 

 at Waban. Other varieties are Beauty. 

 Liberty, Golden Gate, Ivory and Mrs. 

 Morgan, the latter in good quantity. 



Chrysanthemums are also a specialty 

 here and are grown to perfection, it b - 

 ing on record that the flowers have upo-i 

 occasion brought as high as $1 a bloom 

 in the Boston market. Valley and as- 

 paragus may also be mentioned as among 

 the items grown. 



Mr. Montgomery married, as all good 

 gardeners do, and has three sons and 

 two daughters, the eldest son, Alexande.. 

 Jr., a graduate of Amher.st, being asso- 

 ciated with his father as assistant su- 

 perintendent at Waban. Mr. Montgom- 

 erv's friends say that the son is "a chip 

 ofl' the old block," for he. too, is an e"- 

 thusia.st on the rose, having done mmli 

 careful hybridizing to so good result th •' 

 he has a pink seedling which will soon 

 be heard from, doubtless in a year or 

 two. 



URGEIA COMBINED MEETING. 



The following is the communication nf 

 the committee of the American Carnation 

 Society presented to last week's meeting 

 of the American Rose Society, argui- 

 that the exhibitions of the two societies 

 should be held in the same city and on 

 practically the same dates. This was 

 supplemented by an invitation from the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, but the sentiment 

 of the rosarians seems to have been 

 unanimous against leaving the east, rc;- 

 sibly the purpose of the committee mav 

 be accomplished upon occasion when the 

 Carnation Society again goes east: 



To THE American Rose Societt : The 

 American Carnation Society, by its com- 

 mittee, sends greeting, and asks for a 

 thoughtful consideration of and a friend- 

 ly response to the following statement 

 and invitation. 



At the annual meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society held in Detroit. March 

 2 and 3, the society adojited the follow- 

 ing: 



Resolved, That the chair shall an- 

 jioiiit a cipniiiiittee of thre.' to confer 



A. Farenwald's Vase of Liberty Shown at Philadelphia. 



with the American Rose Society at ils 

 approaching meeting and induce the sail 

 Rose Society, if possible, to hold its next 

 meeting in the same city with this so- 

 L-iety and upon the days immediately pre- 

 ceding »r immediately following the meet- 

 ing of this society, or upon the same days 

 if deemed advisable. 



Under this resolution the chair an- 

 pointed the undersigned as such commit- 

 tee and we most sincerely urge you to 

 accept the invitation. 



While .some of the members of 

 each society are only directly in- 

 terested in the rose or in the 

 carnation, as the case may be, the 

 majority of the members are interested 

 alike in the one flower and in the other. 

 Nearly all such members feel heavily the 

 expense and loss of time involved in at- 

 tending one convention, and are unable 

 to attend both meetings when they ar ■ 

 held in separate cities as has been the 

 custom heretofore. 



The attendance upon the meetings of 

 eac!i society ought to be largely increas?.. 

 and doubtless many florists who have 

 never attended either meeting will be at- 

 tracted by an opportunity to witness 

 such a display as would be brought out 

 1)V the joint efforts of our two societies. 

 Good fellowship would be promoted and 

 tlie niciiibership of each society largely 

 auamented. 



Many new and interesting carnation 

 seedlings are displayed each year and a 

 joint exhibition would tend to stimulate 

 ;Mid encourage those who are working fov 



the production of new varieties of roses, 

 and would doubtless induce others to 

 take up this line of work. Such a result 

 would redound to the credit of your so- 

 ciety and would be a benefit to the trade 

 at large. 



We firmly believe that a joint exhibi- 

 tion of our two societies will be so at- 

 tractive that the local club in the place 

 of meeting would be justified in chargin ■ 

 an admission fee, which would lighten 

 the burden of entertainment. 



The next meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society will be held in the cit>- 

 of Chicago, the exact date to be deter- 

 mined by the board of directors, thev 

 having been requested by the society to 

 select a date either in the last week of 

 January or in the first week of Februa'- 

 We hope you will see fit to meet wit'i 

 us in Chicago and that you will author- 

 ize some person or committee to confer 

 with us to tjie end that arrangements 

 mnv be made best suited to the conveni- 

 ence of both societies. 



Assuring you that the American Car- 

 nation Society as a body is deeply in- 

 terested in your success, we beg to sub- 

 scribe ourselves, 



Cordially yours, 



J. A. Valentine. 

 E. G. Hill. 



E. DAILLEDOtIZE, 



Committee. 



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