June 17, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



841 



slopes of the southern Appalachian 

 Mountains, proves a hardy and valu- 

 able garden plant. The flowers are 

 smaller and lighter-colored than those 

 of the well known Rose Acacia (K. 

 hispida) which flowers a little later, 

 and the branches are not covered 

 with the viscid hairs to which the 

 Rose Acacia owes its name. R. Kel- 

 seyi is a shrub sometimes growing 

 from six to eleven feet high, with 

 slender stems and branches, leaves 

 composed of nine or eleven narrow 

 lanceolate leaflets which are bronze 

 color as they unfold, and short ra- 

 cemes appearing with the unfolding 

 leaves and composed of from four to 

 seven flowers produced from the axils 

 of the leaves of short lateral young 

 branchlets which grow from end to 

 end of the branches of the previous 

 year. Sometimes as many as four 

 flower-clusters are developed on one of 

 the short lateral branchlets, and as the 

 flowers in the upper clusters on the 

 branchlet do not open until later than 

 those of the lower clusters the plants 

 are covered with fresh flowers for a 

 long time. This Robinia will prob- 



ROSE GARDENS AT ARLINGTON, 

 VA. 



.\s previously reported in Horticul- 

 TUKE, the members of the American 

 Rose Society on the occasion of their 

 visit to Washington last month found 

 it impossible to score the roses be- 

 cause of the heavy rainstorm of sev- 

 eral days' duration which had de- 

 stroyed so many of the blooms, and 

 William F. Gude, was appointed to 

 look after the matter, with instruc- 

 tions to appoint a suitable committee 

 and to have the roses scored at an 

 early date. 



The committee consisted of Adolph 

 Gude, chairman; George E. Anderson, 

 Twin Oaks, D. C, and George W. 

 Hess of the U. S. Botanic Gardens, 

 with Prof. F. L. Mulford of the Dept. 

 of Agriculture as an advisory mem- 

 ber. These found the gardens in very 

 fair shape. A hailstorm on Saturday 

 had done a considerable damage all 

 around, but this was less noticeable 

 among the roses than elsewhere. 

 .More than a hundred roses were 

 looked at. but in many cases the 

 judges felt that it would not be fair 



JiDUEs AT Arlington Test Rose Garden. 

 Left to Right: G. E. Anderson. .Adolrh Gude, George W. Hess, Prof. F. L. Mulford. 



ably prove to be a better garden plant 

 than the Rose Acacia; for although 

 the flowers are not as large or of as 

 deep rose-color it does not spread by 

 underground stems, a habit which 

 makes the Rose Acacia a weed which 

 once established it is almost impossi- 

 ble to control. — Arnold Aiborrtum Bul- 

 letin. 



NEW ROSE LOS ANGELES, 



We have received from Fred How- 

 ard, the raiser, a color process pic- 

 ture of the new rose Los Angeles. It 

 is a very attractive flower, color 

 ■luminous salmon and lemon and a 

 sturdy grower as shown by the plate. 

 Mr. Howard makes no claims for it 

 as a forcing rose but says, that it has 

 already made an enviable record as a 

 bedding variety. 



to mark them because of the insuffi- 

 ciency of bloom or because of storm 

 damage. 



The rose Gustav Grunerwald re- 

 ceived the highest mark during the 

 scoring, attaining 89 points, while its 

 nearest competitors. Radiance and 

 Konigin Carola, received 84. Two 

 singles were also judged and Waltham 

 Scarlet received 89 points, falling 

 down seven points on fragrance and 

 losing two points each on floriferous- 

 ness and vigor. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Danbury, Conn. — E. E. Matthewson 

 recently lost his delivery auto by fire. 



Princeton, Ind.— O. M. Gilbert, of 

 Clinton, Ind., has purchased the Prince- 

 ton Vegetable and Flower Gardens, es- 

 tablished by W. J. Ritterskamp. 



ITHACA TEST ROSE GARDEN. 



The rose test garden established at 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 will be opened for judging by the 

 American Rose Society on Thursday, 

 June 22. Members are invited to as- 

 semble in the offices of the Depart- 

 ment of Horticulture in Roberts Hall 

 and go from there to the rose garden. 

 The Syracuse Rose Society is plan- 

 ning to attend in a body. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all. 



Bknj. H.vmmond, Sec'y. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Lawrence, Kan. — Ince Nursery Co., 

 assets 16,000, liabilities $19,000, 



ROSE WEEK AT SPRINGFIELD, 

 MASS. 



Rose week, including two Sundays 

 will be observed in Springfield from 

 June 25 to July 2 inclusive. This 

 week will be dedication week also, 



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when the public will by their visits 

 dedicate the garden to the use of the 

 public. The garden is municipal, hav- 

 ing been laid out and planted by the 

 Park Department of the city of 

 Springfield, JIassachusetts, last year. 

 Backed up by shrubs and thousands 

 of perennials are 3.000 rose bushes in 

 beds, laid out of different sizes and 

 surrounded by turf walks. The gar 

 den may be reached by automobiles 

 over good roads. It is also within 

 short distance of the street railway. 



