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HORTICULTURE. 



February 6, 1909 



Si^Jeh White Killarney 



Come and see White Killarney growing at our Scarborough houses, and you will say at once, as every one 

 does who has seen it, it is ^i m^ . >>■■ --_ r> 



The Best White Rose 



they have ever seen. You need it if you want to be up to the times, and it will pay you better than any 

 other white rose that you can plant. You will regret it if you do not plant it this year, and you will not regret 

 it if you do. 



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RUTHERFORD, N. J, 



KILLARNEY AND BEAUTY. 



The Editor of HORCULTURB: 



near Sir.— Referring to the note on 

 White Killarney, page 107, in your 

 issue of Jan. 23, 1 would like to en- 

 dorse all you Uiere said in its favor 

 and to add that, judging from those 

 I saw growing at F. R. Pieison's nur- 

 series at Scarborough. N. Y., beside 

 having a heavier flower than Killarney 

 pioper, this white sport seems to be 

 a stronger grower than the original. 



But why insult this beautiful rose 

 by saying '"it would turn out to be a 

 white running mate to American 

 Beauty?" 



While wishing to make all allowance 

 for difference in taste, I think it would 

 be difficult to find any rosarian who 

 would place American Beauty in the 

 first rank of beautiful roses. 



Lacking as this variety is in both 

 form and color to the extent of coarse- 

 ness, it has only size, scent and length 

 of stem to recommend it, qualities 

 which, though desirable, are hardly 

 sufficient for the making of a beautiful 

 , rose, thought they ought to go a great 

 way if we were considering peonies or 

 chrysanthemums. 



I grant you that Aniprican Beauty 

 is of use in decorating a large room 

 where general effect is the chief con- 

 sideration, just as tinsel and painted 

 faces may plea^se on the stage, but the 

 charm of both Is quickly lost on closer 

 scrutiny. 



Perhaps all this is rather hard on a 

 flower so many seem to fancy, but for 



the life of me I cannot understand why 

 certain growers will insist upon com- 

 paiing a rose with American Beauty 

 when they wish to praise it — for in- 

 stance, one grower calls Frau Karl 

 Druschki, White American Beauty — un- 

 less It is that they are wise in their 

 generation and know that the larger 

 and more gaudy a flower is the better 

 chance it will have with the tasteful 

 and discriminating public, and the 

 more that same public will think they 

 are getting for their money. 



Oh. for the time when we Americans 

 will learn to love the beautiful be- 

 cause of its beauty, and not for the 

 nrice it will bring or because it is the 

 fashion. Very truly yours, 



A. L. SQUIRE. 



The Boston filobe for Sunday, .lanu- 

 ary 31, devoted a large space to an il- 

 lustrated article on the growth from 

 humble beginnings of the flower busi- 

 ness of Mann Bros, of Randolph, Mass., 

 and their Easter lily specialty. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 The bill to do away with the offlce 

 of State Entomologist in Indiana is 

 meeting wHh considerable opposition. 

 One feature of the bill is that the sale 

 of apples that are infected with any 

 kind of disease shall be prohibited. It 

 is said that it is impossible to store 

 apples away for several weeks and 

 have them remain free from scab or 

 bitter rust. 



A bill giving the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture authority to regulate the im- 

 portation and interstate transportation 

 of nursery stock, including seed, was 

 presented' January 30 by Chairman 

 Scott, of the House Committee on Ag- 

 riculture. An appropriation of $100,000 

 is provided for the appointment of 

 skilled inspectors. It is provided that 

 there can be no enti->- of nursery stock 

 without a certificate from an expert 

 satisfactory to the Secretary. 



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