May 16, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



655 



Some Remembrances of Some Pot 

 Roses 



Since the exhibition of the Eose Society in Chicago 

 my thoughts have hied baciv to 1859-63 when I had 

 under my charge a famous collection, bought from E. 

 P. Francs & Co., Hertford, E., by Archibald Turner of 

 Leicester, England. These roses had been in many 

 fights at the London shows with the Erasers, the Wal- 

 tham Cross Pauls, -John and Charles Lee, and Osborne 

 of Fulham. None were in pots larger than 14 inches 

 and many of tlie plants were over 5 feet high, pyramidal 

 in shape as to their fronts, their backs being somewhat 

 flatter. Some of the stems at the top of the soil were 

 thicker than my wrist notably Coup d' Hebe, the most 

 beautiful pink rose even today; Paul Perras H. C, 

 Paul Picault, 1845, no crimson more beaiitiful nor of 

 finer shape; General Jacqueminot, H. C, 1846, and 

 Madame Zoetman. These were all on their own roots 

 aiul were ten or more years old. Worked on the dog 

 rose were Appoline, Silene (no Bon to it then), Devon- 

 iensis, Harrison's Yellow, Jules Margottin, Mme. de 

 Vatry, La Eeine, Mme. Falcot budded all over an old 

 plant of Lamarque (this was new then), Safrano on 

 Solfaterre, Triomphe de Eennes on Solfaterre; Souve- 

 nir de Malmaison and Sombreuil were budded on Chene- 

 dolle as was General Jaeq., H. P. and Geant des Bat- 

 tailes; Niphetos on White Banksian and also on La- 

 marque ; Agrippina double worked on Appoline. 



Nine plants exhibited at the first spring shows in 

 1860 averaged over 75 flowers on each. Niphetos and 

 Mme. Falcot had close to 100 flowers on each; the Mme. 

 Falcot was a sensation. These were the best exhibits 

 in the class for amateurs. There were classes for 24 

 plants in 6-inch pots which used to bring out great 

 competition. It used to take lots of manoeuvering 

 to time the different varieties but it was done. I 

 wish 1 could go over the course once more. 



Some of the best new H. P. roses about then and 

 which are yet in cultivation are Anna Alexiefi! and 

 Anne de Diesbach; — the first time Beynolds saw this 

 he remarked it was as large as a tea saucer and a little 

 more durable — Baron Gonella, Chas. Lefebvre, Com- 

 tesse de (,'habrillant, Empereur de Maroc, Eugene Ap- 

 pert, Francois Arago, Francois Lacharme, Gen'l Wash- 

 ington, Louis XIY., — the color of Eichmoiid comes 

 near this for brilliancy — Mme. Boll, Mme. Chas. 

 Crapelet, Mme. Furtado, Mme. Chas. Wood, Marechal 

 Yaillant, Maurice Bernardin and some others. Other 

 old roses that were in this collection were Adam, Comte 

 de Paris, John Thorpe, Jules Margottin (then new) 

 Mme. Bravy, Flavescens and Pio Ninth. 



An Evil to be Remedied 



The closing of flower shops on Sundays being almost 

 unknown to the plodding clerk whose daily bread is 

 earned on a seven-day Ijasis, gives rise to the time-worn 

 question, "Wliy is it so?"' 



Truly there is no necessity for such oppression of the 

 clerk, whose liours of labor are at all times long and 

 tedious, as exists in most of our large cities. 



The clerk can do nothing for the betterment of his 

 condition while his employer, whose hours for going 

 and coming are his own, and who is not forced to sub- 

 mit to confinement at his place of business, allows the 

 man at the counter to be forgotten and often neglected. 

 ■ There are many exceptions to this particular brand of 

 employers, it is true, but there is often nevertheless, un- 

 ])ardonable negligence on the part of these as well. 



There is no' doubt that an agreement might be 

 brought about by the retailers whereby all stores may 

 close at a given hour every evening, Sundays excepted, 

 when all places shall be closed during the entire day. 



ilany may laugh and many have laughed at such a 

 proposition, but scofl'ers have simply to look to the sev- 

 eral cities where Sunday closing of flower shops prevails 

 and where employer and employe alike enjoy the much 

 needed rest after a week of as successful and profitable 

 business as might have fallen to the fortune of the man 

 of fourteen hours a day plus Sunday labor. 



Whatever excuse may be made in extenuation of the 

 ungodh^ use of all the hours of the week for the sale of 

 flowers the "wise one" will please direct his attention 

 to several department stores of Greater New York where 

 flowers are sold between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P. 

 M. on week days only, and be advised that either of said 

 stores purchases and disposes of a far greater amount of 

 flowers than any single flower shop in the city. 



Will the retailer help his clerk by endeavoring to 

 crush out the evil practice of all-hour opening? 



^Td^o^ Ikrrh^ 



Baccharis halimifolia 



(See Cover Design.) 



The Groundsel Tree (Baccharis halimifolia, L.) is a 

 native shnab growing from six to nine ■feet in height, 

 and may be found on sea beaches from Connecticut 

 southward. It forms a conspicuous object in the fall 

 bjr reason of the long silky white pappus which the 

 fertile plant carries in abundance, which forms a pleas- 

 ing contrast with its foliage. 



The shrub is well worthy of cultivation. It has been 

 used with good efEect by the Boston Park Commission 

 together with tamarisks, asters and solidagos for plant- 

 ing tlie borders of the waterways to the Fens. In hard 

 winters the Baccharis suffers somewhat in the latitude 

 of Boston. 



