February 21, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



155 



indication. It is possible to develop 

 them from native sources, too. 



ROSES THAT ARE HARDY. 

 Dear Sir: — 



The question as to the hardiness of 

 the climbing rose Silver Moon has 

 been raised. My experience with it 

 has been perfectly satisfactory in 

 every way. 



Harking back to the hard winter of 

 1917-18 this rose went through better 

 than some of hardy H. P. roses. All 

 of my F. K. Druschki's were killed, 

 both bush and tree form. In fact all 

 of the standard or tree roses were 

 killed except Tausendschon and Silver 

 Moon. Both of these varieties 

 bloomed the following June. 



I have had good reports from In- 

 diana, Ohio, Michigan, New York and 

 Maine. The whole trouble seems to 

 hinge on the first winter. If protected 

 then it will take care of itself after, 

 when well established. 



We are having one of the old fash- 

 ioned winters this year, but I don't 

 think there will be many losses in this 

 section even, if the temperature has 

 been down to 12 below here, as we 

 have two fe«t of snow here to protect 

 the bushes, while the other hard win- 

 ter there was absolutely no snow and 

 the thermometer went to 18 below. 

 Also the past summer was a perfect 

 rose season, no drought at all, and just 

 enough rain all the time to keep them 

 growing and ripening all the way 

 along. 



Yours truly, 



A. J. FisK. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The following are new members of 

 the Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 tion: Thos. Affleck, Indianapolis; 

 Norman and Fred Hukreide, Indianap- 

 olis; Frank D. McConnell, Booneville; 

 William Julius, Jeftersonville; Adam 

 Scheidler, Munic; Clarence K. Hirth, 

 Indianapolis. 



Norman S. Chamberlain, of Howell, 

 Michigan, has carried out a unique 

 plan. Needing water for his four 

 greenhouses he has put up a windmill 

 which is the exact reproduction of the 

 picturesque windmills of Holland. 



Serious damage was done at the es- 

 tablishment of Carl Jurgens at New 

 port, R. I., during the recent storm, 

 when the heavy snowfall broke down 

 a large rose house in which were many 

 dormant roses that were badly crushed. 



Donald Fogg, formerly a florist at 

 Portland. Me., died recently at Rut- 

 land, Mass. 



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