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HORTICULTURE 



May 21, 1910 



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18.00 per 100 lbs. 



$1.00 per 100 



50c. per bunch 



- $3.00 per dozen 



Brilliant Galax, Bronze, 



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Brilliant Galax, Green, 



$1.00 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000 



Laurel Festooning, good 



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SUMMER ROSES FROM A GROW- 

 ER'S POINT OF VIEW. 



I'aper read before the Buffalo Florists' 



Club OD Tuesday. May .Ird, by Charles 



T. Guenther. 



Not SO many years ago there was 

 practically no demand for good sum- 

 mer roses and in consequence none or 

 very few were grown. Whatever de- 

 mand there was had to be filled with 

 roses which were grown tor winter 

 cut or all the year around. Of course 

 a lot of LaFrance roses were grown 

 during the whole year and it was cer- 

 tainly a beautiful flower, and I am at 

 a loss to understand why it is not 

 grown now. 



About 1892 or 1893, Testout was 

 sent out and first grown for winter 

 fiowering and was found to be too ex- 

 pensive. Kaiserin followed about the 

 same time and, at a well known rose 

 grower's place around New York, it 

 gave such poor satisfaction during the 

 winter months that it was thrown 

 away after two years' trial. But what 

 a grand flower for summer cut! Af- 

 ter trials in several places for sum- 

 mer flowering it gave such good sat- 

 isfaction that it is today the only good 

 white summer rose grown. It has 

 several faults but these can be over- 

 looked when you get these grand 

 flowers which the plants will produce 

 all summer long. Testout was tried 

 the same way and extensively grown 

 on the same principle in the East. 



Shortly after. President Carnot was 

 sent out and while wanting as a win- 

 ter bloomer, the fine flowers produced 

 on long stems during summer were 

 very pleasing to the grower. The 

 public, however, was slow in taking 

 liold and I remember that we were 



growing this rose for about a year and 

 a half before there was any real de- 

 mand for same. Now it is well liked 

 and a rose of the same color for win- 

 ter cut would be very welcome. 



A few years after Killarney ap- 

 peared and while disappointing when 

 first seen, we must say that since, it 

 has conquered the world. It is a free 

 bloomer during winter and the same 

 plants will produce good flowers dur- 

 ing the summer. It is more particular 

 about treatment than other roses, but 

 when well grown, the color is good, 

 also the stem. Tlie foliage takes mil- 

 dew easily and the flowers are some- 

 what single, but the public like them. 



La Detroit made its appearance 

 shortly after and we always liked the 

 flower. We are growing a few for the 

 summer cut at present, but opening so 

 quick in warm weather, we will prob- 

 ably replace it with another pink one 

 called "Ideal." Ideal is a sport of La 

 Prance, somewhat darker than the 

 parent, but the plants we have have 

 given such satisfaction that we may 

 grow more for pink for summer cut. 

 When you cut the flower It seems 

 quite single, but the flowers open so 

 nicely and are so full that you can 

 scarcely improve it, and what a nice 

 smell the flowers have. Wellesley is 

 another good pink summer rose, but 

 as we have not grown many, I cannot 

 give you my opinion until later. In 

 the darker red roses, we have practi- 

 cally only the American Beauty which 

 gives good satisfaction to the buyer 

 at any time of year, if not always to 

 the grower. 



Of the newer roses. My Maryland Is 

 very well spoken of, but what It will 

 do can be seen only next year, as the 



limited stock in this country is used 

 this year for propagating. White Kil- 

 larney showed up fine in several 

 places where I have seen the fiowers 

 and if it will prove as good a seller as 

 the pink Killarney, it may become a 

 standard rose for all the year round. 

 President Taft is another new rose 

 and from what I have seen of the 

 flowers would think that it will make 

 a fine summer rose. 



All these roses have to be grown in 

 greenhouses around Buffalo to give 

 good satisfaction. But one rose has 

 given us very good satisfaction out- 

 doors and that is M. Cochet. Flowers 

 from outside are better than those 

 grown inside unless they should get 

 spoiled from rain. After several trials 

 of keeping plants of this variety out- 

 side, all winter, we dig up the plants 

 in the fall, pot them and store them 

 In a cold house where they begin to 

 grow slowly in the spring. At the end 

 of IVIay we plant them outdoors and if 

 they are watered well you will get a 

 lot of good flowers all summer long 

 and I think that Cochet and Its white 

 sport should have the widest dissem- 

 ination among owners of gardens who 

 like to cut a few roses during the sum- 

 mer from their gardens. Around Bal- 

 timore this rose will stand the winter 

 outdoors but here we have not suc- 

 ceeded in keeping them In good shape 

 outdoors. 



May more roses fairly good for In- 

 doors and very good for outdoors can 

 be mentioned, but as my experience 

 with these has been limited, I leave It 

 to some one more able to handle the 

 subject and hope that these few words 

 will help to make roses more popular 

 among all classes of people. 



