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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 30, 1903. 



Crimson Rambler-. 



• in- (i ini-on Mamliln- niiili'i u I ii — ill 



pi I s li "in -pi ing unt il midsii i . ,i ml 



bj thai time thej have made as much 

 growth as is desirable It this is the 



case and \ ou have i hree i i I g I 



long canes, thej should be moved oui of 

 do i -. h here thej ripen up the wood. 

 Plunge them and keep them well watered 



thai Mm want to shorten up on water. 

 I her, pi ii ..in withhold moisture, except 

 enough to keep i hem from shriveling, be 

 cause ii kept wet and a warm spell 

 should come on they will break at the 

 <-\ es i ii the wood made i his summei . and 

 thai you don't want . \\ n i.i \\i S< ott. 



THE ROSES OF OREGON. 

 Noticing the request of your Portland 



of roses and their development in Ore 

 gon, I herewith send you a fev. notes. 

 In the tii -t place, it seems to me that 



parts of England and central Germany, 

 where roses grow and luxuriate most 

 satisfactorily. 



Having seen at Benjamin Cant's, in 

 England, some of as fine La France as 

 could be desired, I was quite surprised to 

 find this famous old variety growing and 



bl ling in our own northwest, even 



better than at Mr. Cant's or at any other 

 place that I had visited in Europe. 



variety, h, this gentleman's garden are 

 in be seen all the finest of the dark hy- 

 brid perpetual varieties— in fact Mr. 

 sili-ni, succeeds in growing to almost 

 perfection, varieties that require the 

 greatest -kill and can' to do even moder- 

 ately well in other favored Locations. 

 Here I saw growing Prime Camille de 

 Ri lian. L.i Rosiere, \. K. Williams. Souv. 

 ile Pierre Notting, Xavier Olibo, Louis 

 Van Houtte, Earl of Dufferin, Horace 

 Vernet, ami other varieties of like char 

 acter, sorts that do not thrive under any 

 but the most favored conditions. 



One thing is quite in evidence, and 

 that is the standing of the varieties sent 

 out by Alex. Dickson & Son, of [reland. 

 This firm's introductions seem to thrive 

 amazingly well in Oregon, and quite as 

 well in the state of Washington. Lady 

 Helen Stuart. Mar-uei it,- Di.kson, Earl 



of Dufferin, Helen Keller, Marchion 1 



Londonderry and Mrs. Sharman Craw- 

 ford were ideal and 1 fancy quite as 



large and as g I as in their own Irish 



home. 



Mildred Grant, one of Dickson's lat- 

 est hybrid tea varieties, was the rose 

 sensation of the citj during „n stay. It 

 was asserted that Libertj grew perfectly 

 in the open ami I am quite prepared to 

 believe it. for I saw it growing well at F. 

 Mai 's Nursery in Seattle, in the. open 



As to tea ruses, many of the varieties 

 of this section do well and luxuriate, but 

 m\ observation does not warrant the 



Mme. Alfred Carriere Rose at Portland, Ore. 



(Photographed May 30, ISM. at home of Frederick V. Holma 



Of Bit 



last v 



ist are Pies. Carnot. 

 Victoria, White La 



Albany, Vieomtesse 

 iel Chatenav. Prince 

 rich Brunn'er. This 

 he equaled as grown 

 n the most skillful 



in the eastern part 



at Portland, by even 

 culture undei glass in 

 of the United States. 



A word about porch and climbing roses 

 in this same section. Mine. Alfred Car- 

 riere is unquestionably the first on the 

 list. This rose is a marvel and quite fills 

 the ideal ni a .limbing variety, such a 

 wealth .,1" lil, i, ,m and every (lower perfect. 

 One of the sights that I*shall never for- 

 get, was the fine bush adorning the 

 house of Frederick Holman, at Portland. 

 A cut of (hi- beautiful rose, reproduced 

 from a photograph, gives only an imper- 

 fect idea of its loveliness. 



The Km inn,'- Double, white and yel- 

 low, literally cover porch and wall, as 

 will as their own foliage, with their 

 great wealth of bloom. I can readily 

 imagine that Gruss an Teplitz will be 

 one of their mosl valuable additions 

 when it gets disseminated; it. should 

 prove a fine pillar or porch variety. 



Mr. Holman. who is an amateur en- 

 thusiast, has one of the finest collec- 

 tions of roses in Portland and it is a 

 great treat to have the pleasure of in- 

 specting the large number of all the 

 latest and best varieties. A great rose 

 di.-play is being planned in connection 

 with the Lewis and Clark celebration in 

 1905; in fact, it is to be the main 

 feature of the exposition. 



It would be well if the florists could 

 hold our national meeting in Portland 

 al that time. It would give the profes- 

 -i,,n a tine outing: they would see the 

 finest rose blooms that America can pro- 

 duce; they could measure up the pos- 

 sibilities of out great and glorious coun- 

 try as in no other way. Let the itiner- 

 ary be via the Northern Pacific, taking 

 in the Yellowstone National Park, going; 

 then journey up Pugef Sound, taking in 

 Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria and start home 

 from Vancouver, P.. ( .. over the Cana- 



The \i,'«- aloiiM il,,. route hatHe human 



ike 



nil the world! A dozen Switzerlands 

 could be rolled into the Canadian Rockies 

 and the Selkirk range, and they would 

 never l>e missed. The trip outlined would 

 be historic in the lives of our member- 

 ship, and it is not beyond realization 

 financially — $55 for the round trip is the 

 excursion rate this year, from Chicago 

 and return. 



I am sure we would find a hearty wel 

 come, for then- are no more hospitable 

 members than those residing on the Pa- 

 cific slop,., from Los Angeles on the south 

 to Vancouver on the north The writer 

 i- debtor to a host of Boris! friends; the 

 many kindnesses and courtesies received 

 were among the pleasantest incidents of 

 the journey. K. G. Hill. 



M.i 



inue the business. 



Schramm Brothers 

 in bankruptcy, with 

 and assets about 

 mis,- were recently 

 >eseb. who will con- 



