March 17, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



315 



Some Cook Roses 



( 'cpok Seedling, No. 226. 



Our frontispiece shows the new rose Madonna, one 

 of the best of John Cook's productions. We recently 

 described a visit to the "Mecca" of American rose hy- 

 bridists, viz., E. G. Hill's at Richmond. Ind. If Mr. 

 Hill's place may be called the Mecca then may Mr. 

 Cook's be aptly termed the "cradle" of American rose 

 hybridizing. Madonna is a superb white rose with 

 creamy centre, full double, opening perfect and deli- 

 ciously fragrant; the foliage is rich and thorns few. 

 No. 226 figured herewith, is of Bonsilene color, with sil- 

 very lining. It is a rampant grower and the flowers 

 are very large. No. 266, also illustrated in this issue, 

 is a Jacqueminot crimson of great promise. Like the 

 two others above described it is the result of crossing 

 and recrossing Mr. Cook's own seedlings fur three gen- 

 erations. Every shoot, he tells us, produces a flower 



i i iok Seedling, No. 266. 



on a stiff, ereet stem. Another of Mr. Cook's named 

 varieties is Cardinal, a fine Large crimson scarlet. No. 

 367 is evidently a tea in all except fragrance, which is 

 that of a garden hybrid. It- color is similar to that of 

 the pink pond lily, and there are seven Leaflets 'Hi each 

 leaf. No. 357 is very dark, approaching the shade of 

 Prince Camille de Rohan. The petals are wavy edged, 

 slightly incurving and rather short. The fragrance is 

 equal to that of American Beauty. No. 310 is Brunner 

 tint on the outside petals shading to deep crimson in 

 the heart. It shows tea lineage in foliage and stem 

 and the fragrance is well mingled between hybrid per- 

 petual and tea. 



There are many other seedlings coming on at the 

 noted Baltimore establishmeni from among which we 

 may expect to see some promising additions to the list 

 of American forcing ro 



New Roses 



The years 1904 and 1905 have produced some excel- 

 lent new roses. It may be of interest briefly to review 

 some of the most noteworthy varieties exhibited in tins 

 country during that time. One of the finest of all is 

 the new Hybrid Tea rose, J. B. Clark, which is faith- 

 fully shown in the accompanying supplement. This 

 rose was sent out by Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ireland. 



At the show of the National Rose Society held in 

 London in July last, something of a sensation was 

 caused by a magnificent bloom of rose J. B. Clark in 

 the stand of flowers shown by Hugh Dickson. The 



flower was 5 inches deep and " 1-'.' inches in diameter, 

 probably the largest bloom of a Hybrid Tea ever shown. 

 It worthily obtained the silver medal as the best flower 

 of a Hybrid Tea Rose in the show. The coloring is 

 rich deep scarlet I with blackish crimson. It has 



alluded t' 'glorified Liberty." One of its 



parents is said to een the old Hybrid Perpetual 



Rose Lord Bao I out by William Paul & Son. 



Waltham Cros -ears ago. This is a good red 



variety that bloom- well in the autumn when most of 

 the Hvbrid Perpeti arc over. Rose J. B. Clark 



