December 1. 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



569 



THREE PROMISING NEW ROSES 



ROSALIND. 



Rosalind was displayed at the In- 

 ternational Flower Show in New 

 York last March, when it was awarded 

 first prize for "best new rose," also a 

 silver medal for the display. This fall 

 it was awarded a silver medal at the 

 Flower Show of the Horticultural 

 Society of Xew York; also a silver 

 medal by the Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society at its show. 



Rosalind is a sport of Ophelia, and 

 is so much darker than that popu- 

 lar variety that it is quite distinct. In 

 the bud it is pure coral; half open it is 

 exquisite apricot-pink; and when fully 

 open, clear shell-pink. All who have 



seen it have pronounced it the ideal 

 shade of pink. It has, also, at least 

 one-third more petals than Ophelia, 

 making it that much more desirable. 

 In other respects it is the same as 

 Ophelia, is easily grown, free and has 

 ideal foliage. 



SILVIA (see Cover Illustration) 

 Silvia (Yellow Ophelia) is also a 

 sport of Ophelia. It is a remarkably 

 strong grower, with larger foliage 

 than that of Ophelia. The buds are 

 long and pointed, and a beautiful sul- 

 phur-yellow, changing to creamy yel- 

 low as they open. When fully open 

 the ilower resembles a magnified Sil- 

 ver Moon. Rosalind and Silvia are 

 being disseminated by F. R. Pierson. 



MRS. E. T. STOTESBURY. 

 This new seedling rose is now in 

 its fourth year with its raiser Edward 

 Towill and has held good to its early 

 promise. The parentage — Maryland X 

 Joseph Hill X Milady — shows it to be 

 of noble blood. When full open the 

 flowers are silvery pink deepening 

 towards the center. In the bud stage 

 they are bright deep pink. In size 

 they are almost as large as Mrs. Rus- 

 sell and very refined and lovely in 

 form. As a producer it is said to beat 

 Maryland or Killarney as it does not 

 have to be pinched to get marketable 

 flowers. It is being introduced by S. 

 S. Pennock Co. 



OVER 



It is many years since Hudson and 

 Bergen counties in New Jersey, just 

 across the North River from New 

 York, came into repute as the home 

 of many plant growers for the florist 

 trade of the metropolis. Union Hill, 

 North Bergen. New Durham, West 

 Hoboken. Weehawken, etc., etc., all 

 are studded with greenhouse estab- 

 lishments, none of them very large 

 but most of them prosperous. A ring- 

 leader in the colony is J. H. Fiesser, 

 now president of the N. Y. and N. J. 

 Plant Growers' Association. Mr. Fies- 

 ser has five big houses of cyclamen, 

 which are his "hobby," and better 

 grown plants can hardly be imagined. 

 Primula Townsendi, disseminated by 

 A. L. Miller this season, is here seen 

 in admirable shape. The foliage is 

 prettily arranged, making a perfect ro- 

 sette, second in attractiveness only to 

 the flowers. Six thousand ramblers 

 are in preparation for Easter forcing. 

 Dracaenas are a leading feature and 

 Mr. Fiesser has the knack of getting 

 the maximum of color all right into 

 his terminalis. Lord Wolesley, he 

 says, however, is now much more in 

 demand than the old terminalis. Dra- 

 caena braziliensis has gone into the 

 discard as unsalable. Massangeana is 

 at the top of the column in its class 

 and he has a magnificent stock of this 

 grand dracaena. There are lots of 

 Christmas plants here that will make 

 the absence of azaleas unlamented — 

 Birdseye peppers, Jerusalem cherries, 

 poinsettias, table ferns and last, but 

 not least, the latest novelty in its 

 class — the "Liberty" fern. Mr. Fies- 

 ser added an adjoining property to his 

 estate last season and plans to add 

 two more houses to his range in the 

 near future: The location is very 

 sightly, overlookinp; the Hackensack 

 meadows. Rutherford, Passaic and 

 neighboring communities. 



H. C. Steinhoff is one of the "old 

 settlers." Lilies are. as heretofore, a 



leading specialty here, but one lot of 

 these bulbs received this year looks 

 like a very "raw deal," coming 

 "blind" and consequently valueless. 

 There is a fine house of poinsettias, 

 also one of bouvardia, a flower which 

 at present appears to be regaining 

 some of its former popularity in the 

 N. Y. cut flower market. Another 

 Nephrolepis sport has appeared here, 

 a pretty form of Teddy, Jr. Mr. 

 Steinhoff has a 100-acre nursery at 

 Harrington Park and that promises to 

 soon be the big end of his business. 



Herman Schoelzel shows with confi- 

 dent pride a lot of more than 3,0(.i0 

 azaleas left over from last year, which 

 promises fine for the coming Easter. 

 They certainly are a valuable posses- 

 sion and there are some Mme. Petrick 

 that will be in for Christmas. Here 

 also is a big stock of all the popular 

 dracaenas. Lorraine begonias, poin- 

 settias, young palms. Boston and 

 Scotti ferns. These two last named 

 are, in Mr. Schoelzel's opinion, the 

 best all-around terns in their now 

 numerous class. He has more Scotti. 

 we would say, than Scott himself. 



H. Baumann confines his business 

 to ferns exclusively, and their culture 

 is carried on in a systematic and 

 thorough manner, the results of which 

 are distinctly in evidence in the 

 cleanliness and order maintained in 

 every stage, from the spore pans to 

 the marketing size plants, of which 

 the annual output is upwards of 100.- 

 000. A very pretty thing among the 

 table ferns is Pteris Wimsetti Dis- 

 tinction, an improved form of Wim- 

 setti introduced from EngUuid about 

 three years ago. P. Wilsoiil is Mr. 

 Baumann's especial favorite, how- 

 ever. It is somewhat slow, but well 

 worth waiting for. Another new and 

 very desirable thing is C yrtomium 

 Rochfordianum compacta. Made-up 

 pans of C. Rochfordianum and Neph- 

 rolepis Bostoniensis with a.sparagus 

 are a favorite combination here and 



they meet with much favor from the 

 buying public. 



Henry Schmidt, whose place we de- 

 scribed last summer, still pins his 

 faith to the primulas and other 

 specialties mentioned at that time. 

 His strain of P. obconica is un- 

 doubtedly unexcelled anywhere, but 

 the place is half-denuded owing to 

 the drain caused by the shipping 

 demand which has followed Mr. 

 Schmidt's advertising of his obconicas 

 with flowers the size of a silver dollar, 



in HORTICUI-TURE. 



Over in Weehawken is Fritz Dressel's 

 old-time plant-growing establishment. 

 It is now devoted almost exclusively to 

 terns. The sensational item at present 

 is Mr. Dressel's new Nephrolepis brealv 

 which he has named "President Wil- 

 son" and which will be put on the 

 market the coming season. 



Adjoining Mr. Fiesser's place is the 

 rose growing establishment of Wil- 

 liamson Bros. There are four houses, 

 unique in the fact that no rose has 

 ever been grown in them except Bride 

 and Bridesmaid until this season when 

 a single bench of Ophelia was risked 

 and with such results that the long- 

 cherished Bride and 'Alaid are at last 

 doomed to oblivion after this year. — 

 .Vic passim. 



The annual chrysanthemum show 

 of the R. I. Horticultural Society was 

 held on November 15 and 16 at the 

 Narraganset Hotel, Providence. The 

 classes were well filled and competi- 

 tion as to quality very close. Anion.T 

 the prominent trade prize winn'i.-. 

 were liurke & Burns, T. J. Johnston 

 & Co.. Warwick Neck Greenhouses, 

 Quidnick Greenhouses, Fred. C. Hoff- 

 man. John A. Macrae, Michele lan- 

 notti. M. K. Leach & Sons, Maple- 

 hurst Greenhoues. Hampden Meadow 

 Greenhouses, William Appleton and 

 Wanskuck Greenhouses. There was 

 a good showing of vegetables and 

 fruit. 



