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HORTICULTURE 



September 5, L908 



Do not i el that with this close 



relationship of State Societies you se- 

 em, and inspire local Interested work- 

 si In the cause who through such in- 

 terest, become eventually enthusiastic 

 members of the Society of American 

 Florists, the proud parent of them all. 



OUT-OF-DOOR ROSES. 



a Paper Read Before i be So< ietj "i 



American Klorists by VV. C. Parry, 



Ltochester, N. Y. 



I Continued -front Page jqo) 



Dwarf Polyantha Roses. 



In the last few years the dwarf 

 Polyantha or ininature roses have re- 

 ceived great attention from rose grow- 

 ers and their introduction marks anew 

 era in rose culture. They are quite 

 hardy, flower freely, and continuously 

 and the blooms are produced in clus- 

 ters, rendering them very effective and 

 valuable for bedding. Baby Rambler 

 is one of the best being covered with 

 crimson blooms all summer long. 

 Clothilde Soupert bearing very large 

 and beautifully imbricated pearly 

 white flowers has proved to be a most 

 excellent bedder and is rapidly win- 

 ning wide recognition. Baby Dorothy, 

 a new variety, is similar in growth 

 and habit, but bears pink flowers. It 

 too will be prized as a bedder. Cecile 

 Brunner is one of the prettiest, bear- 

 ing freely miniature flowers of per- 

 fect form, and salmon pink color. It is 

 dainty and beautiful, grows well and 

 flowers freely. 



There are several others in this 

 class which can be recommended like 

 White Baby Rambler, Catherine Zei- 

 met, Carnarien Vogel, Leonie Lamesch 

 each one having charms of its own. 

 Time will not permit me to refer to 

 them at length, but let me assure you 

 that they are real beauties, deserving 

 of our most careful attention. From 

 this time on it may be said that we 

 possess real bedding roses, and our 

 supply must be drawn mainly from 

 this and the next section for that pur- 

 pose. 



I have left for the last the considera- 

 tion of the Hybrid Tea roses which 

 are marvellously beautiful. The intro- 

 ductions of Dickson & Son are of the 

 lushest merit, possessing all the charm- 

 ing qualities of the older roses, but in- 

 tensified to a remarkable degree. The 

 combinations have been most success- 

 ful, and the new varieties may be said 

 to be almost perfect. The buds are 

 large, long and of fine shape, the 

 shades of color new and charming and 

 the open flower surprisingly beautiful. 

 Killarney is one of the best known 

 and grows in favor every year. It flow- 

 ers freely and continuously, and is a 

 good bedder. Other beautiful sorts are 

 Bessie Brown — creamy white: Dean 

 Hole — silvery carmine; Florence Pem- 

 berton — creamy white suffused pink; 

 Lady Moyra Beauclerc— bright, madder 

 rose; Liberty — brilliant velvety crim- 

 son; Mildred Grant— ivory white, 

 shaded pink; Belle Siebrecht— bright 

 rosy pink. Kaiserin Victoria. La 

 France and Testout are too well known 

 to need any recommendation. They 

 are still held in highest esteem by rose 

 lovers, and whoever plants them will 

 not regret it. Gruss an Teplitz, a very 

 free flowering crimson scarlet rose, is 

 useful and effective. It grows vigor- 

 ously, flowers freely, is quite hardy 

 and may be styled a good bedder. 



I think that I have nearly exhausted 



your patience in presenting this long 



list, but before closing 1 wish to men- 



linn two tea roses of rare beauty and 



excellence which, even if they require 



can when grown out of doors, 



bould always have a place in every 



ii. I refer to the Cochet roses, 



and pink. I think when their 



merits have been fully realized they 



will be rated as the best roses we have. 



A Remarkable New Rose. 



In concluding I will refer to the new 

 rose of Pernet-Ducher called Lyon- 

 Rose, the result of a cross between 

 Madam Melanie Soupert hybrid-tea and 

 an unnamed variety. The flowers are 

 of large size, moderately full, globular 

 in form, of a superb shrimp pink 

 color and fragrant. The buds are 

 large, long and of a coral red. Mr. 

 Pernet says that although this magni- 

 ficent rose belongs to the class Per- 

 netiana, it possesses all of the precious 

 qualities of the hybrid teas, from 

 which it has derived its principal char- 

 acter, and above all the advantage of 

 perpetual flowering. 



Among the new roses judged at 

 Paris in the Bois de Boulogne recently, 

 eighty-seven varieties being submitted, 

 the Lyon-Rose received from the jury 

 the maximum number of points, and it 

 was the only one to receive the full 

 number, our friend and member, Mr. 

 E. G. Hill, being one of the jury of 

 award. The race of roses called Per- 

 netiana is a result of a cross between 

 Persian Yellow and Antoine Ducher. 

 Soliel d'Or belongs to this new race. 

 It is certainly very gratifying to note 

 the wonderful progress made in these 

 (> ros -ses. The Messrs. Pernet-Ducher 

 have been most successful and this 

 latest production is excellent and will 

 be greatly valued. It is a novel and 

 most distinct rose. The flowers which 

 I have seen the past summer have im- 

 pressed me greatly and I consider it 

 a novelty of the greatest importance. 



On this occasion I can extend to you 

 all, as lovers of the rose, my heartiest 

 congratulations upon the achievements 

 of the past as well as upon the bright 

 future that is before us. 



PARK ADMINISTRATION. 



A Paper by .1. A. Petthrrew, Superintend- 

 ent Of Parks. Boston, read before the 

 American Association of Park 

 Superintendents. 



Your secretary has billed me to give 

 the Association a paper on park com- 

 missioners and administration. 



The subject of park commissioners 

 has been discussed so recently in our 

 bulletin that it seems unnecessary for 

 me to say anything on the subject; 

 furthermore, it is doubtful in my mind 

 if its discussion would be proper or 

 profitable. 



The subject of park administration, 

 however, is of the utmost importance 

 to us all: so much depends upon the 

 manner in which it is conducted that 

 too much study cannot be given to 

 the devising of ways and means of 

 doing the work intelligently and eco- 

 nomically. 



There are various methods under 

 which the executive and working 

 forces of a park department are or- 

 ganized. Without criticising any 

 method. I will endeavor to outline a 

 plan of organization which is born 

 of experience and practice. 



The chief executive of the board 

 should be the general superintendent, 

 who should be one of wide experience 

 and possess a good knowledge of or- 

 namental horticulture and landscape 

 gardening. It is equally important 

 that he should be intelligent and ener- 

 getic enough to assume responsibility 

 and initiative, when the interest of the 

 department demands it. To him all re- 

 port of subordinates should be made, 

 and all communications to the board 

 of commissioners with reference to the 

 park department should be made by 

 him. 



The general superintendent's staff 

 may consist of one or more engineers 

 and one or two assistant superintend- 

 ents, as may be necessary. 



The engineer should be one who can 

 cut loose from exact lines and grades 

 when, by an adaptation of existing cir- 

 cumstances, an artistic effect can be 

 produced or a saving made. This is 

 especially important in constructive 

 work. While a good engineer cannot 

 know too much about horticulture, he 

 should, at least, know trees and shrubs 

 fairly well, and have a knowledge of 

 their soil requirements. 



Assistant superintendents should 

 possess, in degree, the same qualifica- 

 tions as those indicated for the super- 

 intendent. They should be assigned 

 each to a definite district and be re- 

 ponsible for the prompt and efficient 

 execution of the work; therefore, they 

 should possess a large capacity for 

 executive work. 



Under the assistant superintendents 

 there should be foremen who are ex- 

 perienced in handling men and work. 

 While it is not absolutely necessary for 

 foremen in constructive work to have 

 horticultural knowledge, yet it would 

 be helpful in the prosecution of their 

 work. In maintenance work, however, 

 it is indispensable that foremen should 

 be trained horticulturists. For this 

 reason, it will be found to be a good 

 plan in the maintenance work of the 

 department to divide the park system 

 into districts, placing a gardener, with 

 sufficient men to do the work, in each 

 district. I find men with nursery ex- 

 perience good for this charge. They 

 should know trees and shrubs, be able 

 to direct, the planting and care of them 

 and the care of walks and lawns, have 

 ii sense of order and cleanliness, and 

 lie able to handle small gangs of men. 

 In this way one of the most important 

 features of successful park manage- 

 ment can be secured; that is to say, 

 the well-being and appearance of trees, 

 shrubs, and all that goes to make 

 pleasing park landscapes. The re- 

 sponsibility placed upon the gardeners 

 has the effect of inducing a snirit of 

 emulation among them, to vie with 

 each other in efforts to surpass in ex- 

 cellence of work. 



As to the e-eenho"se and flower 

 garden, I am of the oninion that such 

 features should be confined to one spot, 

 mid call the place a garden. The pro- 

 miscuous dotting of flower beds and 

 splashes of colors in parks is inharmo- 

 nious, and it is certainly expensive as 

 compared with results. Futhermore, I 

 have found such a system provocative 

 of jealousy. One locality thinks it is 

 not equally favored as another, and. in 

 the effort to appease, futher extension 

 is made; and thus it goes on. until 

 what is really a florid, unnatural and 

 evanescent feature of park adorn- 



