November 2, 1912 



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THE GREAT NEW ROSE MRS. 

 CHARLES RUSSELL. 



We had the pleasure of paying a 

 visit of inspection under the shelter- 

 ing care of P. Welch to the Waban 

 Rose Conservatories on October 27th 

 to see the great new rose Mrs. Chas. 

 Russell, which is to be sent out next 

 spring. Mr. Montgomery has some 

 20,000 plants of this and they are cer- 

 tainly a sight to warm the heart. It 

 is a great rose in every way; big as 

 American Beauty, and with as delight- 

 ful and powerful fragrance; color a 

 lighter shade of cerise wliich does not 

 fade to blue, but turns a lighter rose 

 as the flowers age; a splendid keeper; 

 and last but not least will give four 

 times as many flowers as Beauty. Mr. 

 Montgomery certainly has a great 

 thing in this and we expect there will 

 be a rush for it not only among com- 

 mercial growers, but by private gar- 

 deners also. The latter will find this 

 a great substitute for Beauty which 

 is very unsatisfactory to grow in lim- 

 ited quantity in a mixed collection — 

 and no amount of explaining ever sat- 

 isfies the employer for the lack of 

 plenty of flowers of American Beauty 

 from his conservatories. 



Nearly all of the professional rosa- 

 rians who have seen the rose have 

 jumped to the conclusion that it has 

 American Beauty blood in it; but this 

 is not so — although the conclusion is 

 a perfectly natural one from the gen- 

 eral make-up of the rose. Mr. Mont- 

 gomery has a rose stud book which 

 gives all the ramifications of the vari- 

 ous crosses and recrosses back to the 

 commencement. Without going into 

 the bewildering details of this stud 

 book it may be stated in brief that the 

 following well-known roses have all 

 figured at one side or the other during 

 the process of evolution: Marquis de 

 Litta. Chatenay, Testout, Climbing 

 Belle Siebrecht and General McArthur. 

 At no stage has American Beauty ever 

 figured in the parentage. 



One of the most remarkable things 

 about the rose is its keeping qualities. 

 This fact makes its popularity with 

 the fiower buying public an assured 

 thing if there were nothing else. But 

 when to this is added size, fragrance, 

 and perfection in form and color the 

 combination is irresistible. We pre- 

 dict a great future tor the rose and 

 feel glad that Mr. Montgomei-y has 

 decided to give it to the world. This 

 decision contrary to what most peo- 

 ple imagine is rather against than in 

 favor of the commercial side of the 

 question. Many good judges and suc- 

 cessful business men think the own- 

 ers should keep the monopoly of this 

 splendid thing and sell the flowers 

 only. There is a good deal of truth in 

 this and we are glad that so keen a 

 business man as Mr. Montgomery has 

 been able to place public spirit above 

 the dollar and decided to let all the 

 world share in his great "find." 



GEORGE C. WATSON. 



A NEW BURPEE SWEET PEA. 



PERSONAL. 



Richard Warner, now employed by 

 Mark Aitken, Springfield, Mass., was 

 formerly with Alex. McConneli. of New 

 York. 



Charles Issele has given up his posi- 

 tion with A. N. Pierson, Inc., Crom- 

 well, Conn., and is now employed by 

 Mark Aitken, of Springfield, Mass. 



Bnu'EE's New Wixter Flowering Sweet Pea. 



The accompanying engraving has 

 been made from a photograph of one 

 of W. Atlee Burpee's winter-flowering 

 Spencer sweet peas as yet unnamed. 

 The variety is an immense pink and 

 white true winter-flowering variety iu 



color similar to Blanche Ferry (Christ- 

 mas Pink). As can be noted from the 

 picture the flowers are beautifully 

 waved in truest Spencer form, and the 

 variety will be a decided acquisition 

 to market growers. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Thos. Windram has gone to the 

 Lake Shore Ferneries, at Leesburg, 

 Fia. 



The Hill-Heller store held an exhibi- 

 tion from Thursday to Saturday of 

 last week. It consisted principally of 

 chrysanthemums. 



E. G. Gillett is getting about by 

 sheer grit and contrary to his physi- 

 cian's orders these days. On Satur- 

 day on his way home he turned his 

 ankle and fractured a bone. 



Albert McCullough returned from 

 Florida the past week. J. Chas. Mc- 

 Cullough was shot by an unknown per- 

 son as he was alighting from a car in 

 front of his oflice. The bullet took 

 effect in his arm. 



Visitors: Arthur Zirkmau, repre- 

 senting M. Rice & Co.; Harry Tred- 

 way, Dayton, Ohio; Meyer Heller, 

 New Castle, Ind.; and E. G. Hill, Fred 

 Lemon, Earl Mann and H. Shephard 

 of Richmond, Ind. 



CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER MARKET. 



The Co-operative Flower Market of 

 Boston held their annual meeting and 

 banquet at the American House Satur- 

 day, October 26, with about fifty stock- 

 holders present. The general routine 

 of business was carried out and there 

 were interesting speeches by several 

 of the stockholders. The following 

 board was elected: Donald Car- 

 michael, treasurer; William Tailby, 

 secretary; John McFarland, Ed. Wood. 

 Robert Montgomery, Norris Comley, 

 William Elliott, James Wheeler, L. E. 

 Small. The president is yet to be 

 elected. An invitation to unite with 

 the Boston Flower Exchange in their 

 move to Winthrop square was read and 

 will be acted upon at a special meeting 

 of the board on November 2. The fi- 

 nancial report was read and proved 

 very satisfactory. A dividend of 20 

 per cent, was declared with a good 

 balance on hand. An orchestra from 

 Joseph Breck & Sons furnished splen- 

 did music. 



