HOKTICULTUEE 



October 31, 1914 



to American rose men likely to grow 

 out of these gardens. We can certain- 

 ly depend upon information quite as 

 useful as that worked out at Cornell 

 by the American Peony Society or the 

 American Sweet Pea Society, and it is 

 encouraging to know that the New Jer- 

 sey State. Experiment Station at New 

 Brunswick have requested the A. R. S. 

 to establish a rose test garden on their 

 grounds; a similar request has come 

 from Vassar College, with its annually 

 changing body of five thousand women, 

 most of wliom some day will have rose 

 gardens of their own; a similar request 

 comes from Minneapolis, and what is 

 the stand taken by the American Rose 

 Society with reference to extending 

 this work? Because rose gardens are 

 not of mushroom growth they require 

 care and the judgment that comes 

 with experience, as well as stock. 

 There is little question about the suc- 

 cess of the gardens already establish- 

 ed. The response of the trade donat- 

 ing roses has been most gratifying, 

 but the present membership of the 

 American Rose Society does not afford 

 men enough to properly handle the 

 work ahead. Do you know the NA- 

 TIONAL ROSE SOCIETY OF ENG- 

 LAND HAS OVER FIVE THOUSAND 

 MEMBERS, and are you aware that in 

 our own enormous country our mem 

 bership numbers less than a paltry 

 three hundred? We will accept the in- 

 vitation to establish rose gardens in 

 other centers when the increase of 

 membership brings us from the trade 

 and from the ranks of able amateurs, 

 men who will share with us in assum- 

 ing responsibility for the oversight of 

 these gardens. Their value has been 

 exemplified by the results in the Hart- 

 ford test gardens this past spring with 

 seedlings of two years' stand, that en- 

 abled the judges to make careful and 

 valuable awards within the present 

 month to seedlings and other roses 

 some as yet undisseminated. 



But most impressive evidence, I 

 think, of the possibilities for cities in 

 different parts of the United States to 

 make use of the rose for the benefit 

 of their people at most reasonable ex- 

 pense and with surprising results, is 

 the example of Elizabeth Park rose 

 garden, Hartford, Conn., of which I am 

 able to show you some photographs. 

 Do you realize that during the first 

 rose week in this month there were 

 counted in this park in one day not 

 less than one thousand five hundred 

 automobiles and careful count showed 

 the attendance for the day over 32,000 

 people? The rose garden is only an 

 acre in extent. The authorities were 

 obliged to plant perennial and other 

 gardens nearby to scatter the attention 

 and prevent the grass turf from being 

 entirely worn out. Attempts were no- 

 ticed in the gardens of many wishing 

 to note varieties for home planting, 

 but certainly under great difficulties, 

 because of the crowds pushing from 

 behind. When one little park in New 

 England can call forth a hundred 

 thousand people within three weeks, 

 doesn't it indicate the latent love for 

 roses that other cities ought to recog- 

 nize? Some will object that conditions 

 in other cities do not permit. Look at 

 this illustration of what has been done 

 towards a rose garden in the parks of 

 Minneapolis, our cold northwest cotin- 

 try. If they can have roses, such as 

 these, surely no man-sized city need 

 hesitate. 



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LOESER'S, Brooklyn, N, Y. 

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BUDS, "CROWN" AND "TERMINAL." 

 Dear Sir: — 



Would yon kindly piiblisii in your 

 columns what buds make tlie best 

 flower on chrysanthemums, the first or 

 second? Yours truly, 



Reader. 



The taking of the bud on chrysan- 

 themums depends usually upon the va- 

 rieties grown. As a general rule the 

 first bud, or crown bud, is not as good 

 as a bud taken the second time. This 

 is a terminal bud. The later the va- 

 riety the more opportunity to take a 

 second or even a third bud. If the 

 first bud is taken too early it will de- 

 velop weak and oft color. The crown 

 bud is taken in ordinary varieties only 

 when it is solid, flat, and of healthy 

 appearance. 



NEW YORK EXHIBITION 

 PROSPECTS. 



We are pleased to learn that there 

 is as yet no foundation for any solici- 

 tude as regards the holding of the pro- 

 posed spring flower show in New 

 York next spring. From what we can 

 hear show preparations are moving 

 along as well as could be expected. 

 It is possible that the closing of some 

 of the large private estates may cut 

 out some prominent exhibitors at past 

 shows but "there are others" and un- 

 til something more alarming trans- 

 spires, the contracting of "cold feet" 

 seems Ill-advised. The tall show at the 

 Mueseum of National History at the 

 end of the present week should give 

 some little insight into the attitude of 

 the exhibitors as regards supporting 

 the spring enterprise. 



