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AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Report of the Hartford Test Garden 



Examining Committee 



Tlip undorsiKnod comiiiilteo visited 

 the Hartford Test Garden on July 8. 

 1917. Few new varieties liave been 

 entered within the two previous years, 

 owlnK. doubtless, to the unsettled ex- 

 isting conditions. .1. P. Huss, whose 

 duty it is to secure new entries, is con- 

 stantly in touch with foreign intro- 

 ducers and reports that, while it is al- 

 most Impossible to secure entries at 

 present, lie is distinctly encouraged by 

 the general attitude towards the Test 

 Garden movement and expects that 

 better results will come with better 

 conditions. 



The following preliminary report 

 covers the entries: 



SoedllDg No. 512, Not In coixiltlon to 

 wiirmnt flnal Juilgment, but tlie most 

 promlsloR raripty nmone the new entries. 

 Habit, color and growth excellent. Worthy 

 of coinniHiiilatinn. 



Seedling No. ii. Not In condition to war- 

 rant llnal Judgment; color and trusses 

 good; habit evidently climbing, but not 

 well eni>ugh defined. 



Mrs. George Oorilon. Not In condition to 

 warrant final Judgment, but very promis- 

 ing. Color, rosy pink Uusheil silvery pink. 

 Growth, robust and licalthy. Ilatitt, good. 



Mrs. Bert rand J. Walker. Not In condi- 

 tion to warrant final Judgment. Color, 

 cerlse-pink. Growth, vigorous and healthy. 

 Habit, good. 



VAOIETIES PBEVTOUSLY JtJDGED. 



Among these. It was Interesting to note . 

 that the varieties which received high 

 scores were in fine comlltlon. fully confirm- 

 ing the Judgment of the committee. 



Lady Plrrle. Reddish salmon in color, 

 although past Its best : looked vigorous and 

 healthy and evidently made a profuse show- 

 ing a week earlier. 



Robin Hood. Rosy scarlet. Noted last 

 Benson as one of the few roses which Im- 

 prove in color as the season advances. 

 Shows the sturdy characteristics of a Hy- 

 brid Perpetual. It was in fine condition, 

 the bed being one of the best in the garden. 



Panama, Crimson Champion and Killar- 

 ney Queen were also prominent among the 

 kinds In good condition. The latter Is evi- 

 dently the best of the Klllarney type for 

 garden purposes. 



Arnold Janssen. Although not entered in 

 competition, a bed of the new Arnold Jans- 

 sen impressed the judges so favorably that 

 It was considered worthy of recording as 

 a decided acquisition among Hyl^rld Tea 

 roses. In color it is a deep carmine, very 

 attractive, and appears to have all of the 

 points essential to a good garden rose. 



A few of the earlier entries show signs of 

 deterioration. Mrs. Hugh Dickson, which 

 was of considerable promise last season, 

 is weak in constitution and did not winter 

 well. 



King George VII. Entered as a Hybrid 

 Tea. is of Hybrid Perpetual habit with a 

 tendency to produce blind wood. The 

 color, crimson, lias a decided magenta cast 

 when opening in full sun. 



Neither of the above received awards. 



VAKIETIES OF NOTK IN BOSE GARDEN. 



In the Rose Garden proper, the roses 

 were at their best. Hybrid Perpetuals 

 are depended on tor the chief display, 

 but the Hybrid Teas must eventually 

 displace them. A bed of Radiance, at 

 its best, was a feature of the entire 

 garden, Gruss an Teplitz being a close 



second. Other Hybrid Teas, goo'l 

 <>nouKh for more extensive culture, 

 were : 



Kunlgin Carola, Kalierln A. Victoria, 

 Carolliie Ti'Htiiiit, Captain Christy, Augus- 

 tine iliilnolNHiau or White La Krance, Mrs. 

 .\aroii Ward. 



IIYIIKII) PEKrKTlJ.Vl.8 NOTED AS WOUTIIY 

 OF EXTENSIVE CtTLTURB. 



Krau Karl Druschkl. The finest white In 

 the garden. 



A bed of Clio. In proximity to Margant 

 Dickson, appears the bitter of the two as 

 the latter produces loo much blind wood. 



Prince Camlllc De Rohan, Karon Bon- 

 stettcn and Jean LInhaud were the best of 

 the deep crimsons. 



Captain HaywnnI, Alfred Colomb, Oscar 

 Cord'l. Paula Karly lllush, Oakmont, Rob- 

 ert Duncan, Magna Charta, Madame (J. 

 l.ul7.et. Marchli>nes8 of Lome, Mrs. R. G. 

 Sharman Crawford, Victor Verdler and 

 Charles Bonnet, thornless, the latter a Bour- 

 bon Hybrid, were, in the opinion of the 

 Judges, the best of the varieties comprising 

 a large collection. 



John K. Huss, W. R. PlersoD, Alex Gum- 

 ming, Jr., Committee. 



The Hartford Hose Garden at Eliza- 

 beth Park in that city is a popular re- 

 sort of the first class for residents and 

 visitors, and the men who first devised 

 this garden for public exhibition 

 brought to more general notice the 

 beauty of the Rose as a decorative 

 shrub than was commonly realized. 

 Next June, llil8, the plan is to have 

 au exhiI)ition when the rose will be in 

 its fullest glory, which will be national 

 in its scope. The American Rose So- 

 ciety is pledged to be there in full 

 force. 



Ben.iamin Hammom). Pres. 

 Beacon, N. Y., Sept. 29th. 



Boston— A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, 

 Ind. 



Philadelphia— H. W. Breitenstein, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chas. H. Schmidt, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



Chicago — Mr. Leidiger o£ Edlefson, 

 Leidiger & Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; 

 B. Knickman of McHutchison & Co., 

 New York; Harry Saier, Lansing, 

 Mich.; Otto Schroeder, Green Bay, 

 Wis.; Carl E. Frick, mgr. of the Floral 

 Dept. of Tiedtke Bros. Co., Toledo, 

 Ohio. 



The 3rd Municipal Flower Show, 

 held at the St. Paul. Minn., conservato- 

 ries, opened Nov. lOth for one week. 

 Tiiere are 180 varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums on exhibition, featuring pom- 

 pon and singles. Four houses were 

 u.sed for the display of groups and 

 mounds of color massing, supplement- 

 ed by a large display of palms and 

 tropical plants. The show has been 

 drawing immense crowds. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



The Pka( iu.s ok New Ydhk. By 

 U. P. Hedrlck, HortlcullurlHt of the 

 New York Experiment Station, as- 

 sisted by G. H. Howe, O. M. Taylor 

 and C. 9. Tubergen. Piibllshed by 

 the State of New Y'ork as Vol. 2, 

 Part II, of the Twenty-Fourth Annual 

 Report of the Ii<'|)artment of Agricul- 

 ture. In bis note (if tranHMiittal of the 

 manuscript for this noble volume to 

 the Board of Control of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Di- 

 rector W. H. Jordan said: "It Is with 

 a feeling of satisfaction, even of pride, 

 that I submit to you the accompany- 

 ing manuscript. Its preparation re- 

 flects great credit upon Professor 

 Hedrick and his associates." This 

 commendatory tribute will be heartily 

 seconded by everyone who may be 

 privileged to examine and read the 

 book. This is the fifth in the series 

 of exhaustive treatises on the fruits 

 grown In New York State, volumes on 

 grapes, apples, plums and cherries 

 having been previously Issued. The 

 peach has greater commercial value 

 than all other stone fruits combined 

 and ranks second to the apple only 

 among all fruits, and this compre- 

 hensive and exhaustive work gives a 

 complete record of its development 

 wherever grown, up to this time, leav- 

 ing nothing unsaid. The work of read- 

 ing references and seeking out syno- 

 nyms alone is said to have involved 

 nearly three years' work for several 

 persons. As in the preceding fruit 

 books the regions in which and the 

 conditions under which species and 

 varieties of the peach are successfully 

 urown are stated as accurately as 

 possible. 



The contents Include an account of 

 the history and uses of the peach; a 

 discussion of the botanical characters 

 of the species of cultivated peaches; 

 an account of the peach regions and 

 of peach growing in New York State, 

 with the most important statistics re- 

 lating to the fruit; and lastly. In 

 greatest detail, the synonomy, biblio- 

 graphy, economic status and full de- 

 scriptions of all the peaches of im- 

 portance in cultivation, with brief 

 notice of varieties of minor conse- 

 quence and of those appearing In 

 peach literature which are no longer 

 grown. In foot-notes running through 

 the text biographical sketches are in- 

 serted of the persons who have done 

 most in America toward Improving 

 the peach. Incidentally all that was 

 thought would be helpful in peach 

 breeding is given a place. 



The book contains 540 pages, uni- 

 form in size and binding with The 

 Cherries of New York— also by Prof. 



