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exposition, will not be diatributed be- 

 fore next year. It is a rich, pure yel- 

 low, with extremely long petals and a 

 shapely bud. If it has sufficient petal- 

 age, it has all the earmarks of a great 

 rose for forcing. It certainly made a 

 deep impression on my mind. 



The Newer Forcing Roses. 



Mrs. Eussell has made good, if we 

 may credit all that is said about it by 

 the Chicago growers; in fact, growers 

 distant from Chicago are succeeding 

 admirably with it. On the other 

 hand, failure has attended the growing 

 of this rose by some up-to-date and 

 experienced growers, and with a goodly 

 number has disappointment followed 

 their best efforts. A recent visit south 

 was instructive and of great interest 

 as pertains to Mrs. Eussell; it was, in 

 the great majority of the places in the 

 south, doing remarkably well, and 

 thriving amazingly in a few places. It 

 occurred to your speaker that the rose 

 likes abundant sunshine and considera- 

 ble heat to do its best, but your club 

 members are better able to discuss this 

 point than myself. This rose has great 

 merit and is well liked by those who 

 appreciate a long-stemmed variety that 

 possesses good keeping qualities. Those 

 two qualities certainly give it stand- 

 ing with critical rose buyers. 



Mme. P. Euler is finding favor with 

 many growers on the Pacific slope, and 

 under the bright sunshine and climatic 

 conditions of California it will make a 

 large place for itself. Our firm was the 

 first to test and try out this rose after 

 its introduction; 'we found a small per- 

 centage perfected themselves, but the 

 major portion were bull-headed, as the 

 growers use the term. If it succeeds 

 in the eastern part of the United States, 

 I shall be pleased to know it, for it is 

 a beautiful rose when nicely developed. 



Wanted: Colored Ophelias. 



Ophelia certainly deserves all the 

 praise bestowed upon it. A seedling of 

 Antoine Rivoire x Taft, having all the 

 good qualities of its parent, without 

 any of its faults, surely this rose comes 

 nearer being the ideal cut flower forc- 

 ing rose, measuring up to Killarney in 

 its productiveness, but without its 

 tendency to mildew. As one noted rose 

 grower puts it: "The finest and most 

 useful of all roses." One grower said: 

 "What we want is a pink, a red and a 

 white Ophelia; then surely the rose mil- 

 lennium will have come." At Rich- 

 mond in a cross between Ophelia and 

 Mrs. Shawyer we seem to have found 

 the good growing qualities of Ophelia 

 with the fine shape and coloring of 

 Shawyer. 



Mrs. Shawyer with many is consid- 

 ered the finest of all pink roses and is 

 deservedly popular with all who love a 

 fine bud and a beautiful rose, but it 

 has a tendency to mildew without 

 provocation under seemingly good cul- 

 ture. It is a rose requiring careful 

 handling of the ventilators. 



The Velvety Beds. 



Hadley is a rose that has had exten- 

 sive trial and is a grand variety when 

 well done. It certainly is fine when 

 grown as it is done in its home town. 

 Nothing could be more desirable in a 

 red rose if it were productive enough; 

 its great fault is the unusual amount 

 of blind wood produced, especially in 

 winter. I fear this rose will not hold 

 place for this reason. 



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Hoosier Beauty, as grown for two 

 years at Richmond, has fully sustained 

 the claims made by the Dorners; in 

 fact, visitors who have noted its 

 behavior through the winter with us 

 have only words of praise for the va- 

 riety. We have had most gratifying 

 results from the 10,000 plants grown by 

 our firm the present season. It has its 

 faults, like every other variety, but its 

 virtues offset any tendency to weakness 

 of stem in the short growths. Unlike 

 Hadley, it does not produce any blind 

 wood. It is fine in color and is a won- 

 derful keeper and shipper. I under- 

 stand failure has attended the growing 

 of this rose on some of the large places 

 at Chicago, but further experience, I 

 think, will put the variety in the front 

 row of forcing reds. Too heavy feed 

 and too much heat are the two things 

 that have caused disappointment. It 

 is a wonderful hot weather rose. 



A few more petals, and a little more 

 scarlet in its color scheme, would have 

 put Crimson Queen in the front rank 

 as a forcing variety. 



Criticism of Brilliant. 



One of the roses most criticised has 

 been Killarney Brilliant. This rose, for 

 some reason or other, did not move off 

 in growth the first season after dissemi- 

 nation. Up to December we thought 

 the variety totally lacking in vigor, but 

 after that time and up to the present 

 its growth and flowering qualities are 

 all that could be desired. Certainly its 

 fine color commends it to all, for it 



does not have the faults of its parent 

 as regards color. I cheerfully com- 

 mend Killarney Brilliant to all who 

 want an improved Killarney. 



Killarney Queen has had a meteoric 

 existence and is grown in limited quan- 

 tities only. Setting two or three plants 

 together is urged, a few claiming that 

 when so planted it gives a profitable 

 cut. 



There have been other sports of Kil- 

 larney, viz.: Dark Red and the Double 

 Killarney, biit these two sorts have 

 been dropped almost entirely. 



Double White Killarney has a place 

 and is considered by a great many 

 growers to be a decided acquisition in 

 a white forcing rose. It is certainly 

 superior in summer to the old White 

 Killarnej' in its keeping qualities. 



Various Varieties. 



There have been many entries in the 

 red rose class, all trying to oust Rich- 

 mond, but they are having a hard time 

 of it. Milady, as grown by a few, 

 would seem desirable, but it has its 

 faults, and with me it has not behaved 

 satisfactorily. W. J. Keimel and Adolph 

 Poehlmann seem to be able to get re- 

 sults. I think Mr. Keimel was unde- 

 cided some time ago whether or not to 

 go on with the variety, but this gentle- 

 man finally said: "I will continue to 

 grow it until I find a better red." 



Prince E. C. d'Arenberg is unsatis- 

 factory in many ways; it opens wide 

 immediately on exposure to the heat of 



