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The Florists' Review 



JCMI 16, 1916. 



James Forbes, chairman. F. A. Van 

 Kirk was added to the committee and 

 acted as its secretary. Julius Dossche 

 was selected to act as the executive 

 member of the committee and was ap- 

 pointed assistant by Mr. Convill, in 

 order that the designing and construct- 

 ing of the center would be his work. 

 The success of the center is largely due 

 to his ability and industry. 



Soon after the first of the year plans 

 for the center were completed and ac- 

 cepted by the festival governors and 

 by the society's committee, and con- 

 tracts were let to growers for materials 

 to fill the plats. Over 184,000 potted 

 plants were required, besides consider- 

 able stock in flats. The main beds were 

 paid for at the rate of 15 cents per 

 square foot and the trade beds at 7% 

 cents. The beds were built up of wet 

 sawdust, and after plunging the- pots 

 were covered with sand. Pansies and 

 some of the border plants were lifted 

 from flats and did good service. The 

 entire center covered about two acres, 

 comprising 27,000 square feet of beds 

 and eight booths. 



Six of the booths were occupied by 

 community exhibits of cut outdoor 

 roses, entered in competition. The 

 women's clubs distributed free roses to 

 wear from the other two. 



The Bose Fountain. 



The chief attraction was located in 

 the street intervening between the two 

 blocks. It was the rose fountain, sur- 

 rounded by beds of roses and tubs of 

 standard roses. The fountain was thir- 

 ty-five feet high and illuminated by 

 about 1,800 electric bulbs, operated to 

 produce a shower-like effect. The stand- 

 ard roses also held lights. More than 

 400 potted Dorothy Perkins roses, in 8 

 to 12-inch pots, were used, besides sueh 

 varieties as Lady Gay and Tausend- 

 schon. Forty standard rambler and 200 

 Ulrich Brunner roses in pots were used 

 alongside the promenades and at the 

 street ends. There were two beds of 

 Ophelia roses along the north prome- 

 nade and two beds of mixed roses along 

 the south promenade. Two beds of 

 mixed newer varieties in the street com- 

 pleted the rose setting for the fountain. 

 The effect at night was specially at- 

 tractive. 



Members of the Floral Society who 

 prepared exhibits feel that this outdoor 

 flower show is much more effective in 

 drawing the attention of the public to 

 the decorative value of flowers than is 

 an indoor show, and, though the ex- 

 pense is considerably more than the 

 compensation, they expressed their wish 

 to take part again, if the center feature 

 is repeated. 



The Exhibitors. 



The following were exhibitors: The 

 Bahn & Herbert Co., spirseas, coleus, 

 snapdragons; the Wilson, Grout & Gehr 

 Co., cannas and geraniums; O. E. Pan- 

 zer, fuchsias and bedding stock; Clarke 

 Bros., cannas. Pelargonium Easter 

 Greeting, coleus, calceolarias, snapdrag- 

 ons, lantanas, marigolds, mixed roses, 

 hydrangeas, stocks and heliotropes; G. 

 Indermuhle, nursery stock; August 

 Zitzewitz, cannas, geraniums, coleus and 

 Ulrich Brunner roses; Niklas & Son, 

 miscellaneous stock; the Tonseth Floral 

 Co., dahlias, hydrangeas and geraniums; 

 the Van Kirk Floral Co., new seedling 

 geranium, Old Glory; the Eoutledge 

 Seed & Floral Co., Canna Portland; the 

 Scott-Wood Co., red geraniums; the 



Mountain View Floral Co., tubbed peo- 

 nies and hydrangeas, wistarias, roses 

 and the festival slogan in an alter- 

 nanthera border; Max M. Smith, mis- 

 cellaneous stock; the Martin & Forbes 

 Co., Ophelia roses, rhododendrons, hardy 

 asters and snapdragons; John Zimmer- 

 man, perennials; E. J. Steele, Mastodon 

 pansies; the Swiss Floral Co., miscella- 

 neous stock, purple and mixed petunias 

 and pink Pride of Portland petunias; 

 iT. B. Pilkington, tubbed ornamentals, 

 flowering shrubs and newer roses; the 

 Holden Floral Co., cannas and most of 

 the potted and standard roses used in 

 the fountain and promenades; George 

 Goos, hydrangeas and miscellaneous 

 stock; Zimmerman Bros., perennials; 

 the Willamette Dahlia Co., dahlias and 

 miscellaneous stock; Russellville Nur- 

 sery, ornamentals. S. W. W, 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., of Paines- 

 ville, O., has been badly handickpped 

 by the late season and the freight 

 embargo. However, it is expected the 

 total business will equal, if not sur- 



pass, the best record. An example of 

 the great strides made in labor-saving 

 machinery was shown to me by Ben. 

 George, who explained the workings of 

 a 12-horsepower tractor, which has 

 "fitted" 200 acres of nursery land 

 this season, saving the work of ten 

 horses and several men. It is pro- 

 posed to purchase a still larger ma- 

 chine. "We can easily find use for 

 another," observed Mr. George. E. 

 George spoke about the marked in- 

 crease in calls for hardy stock; many 

 orders may have to be carried over. 

 Hardy Ghent azaleas are in high favor. 

 The seed and bulb departments have 

 done well. 



The L. C. Hecock Floral Co., of 

 Elyria, O., is located some distance 

 back from the main thoroughfare, but 

 has a splendid frontage, which, while 

 only recently cultivated, is a foretaste 

 of what it will be later. An approach 

 of about 1,000 feet is bordered with 

 Bose Crimson Bambler, planted last 

 season. It is strong stock and will 

 soon make a grand showing. At the 

 store some artistic funeral work was 

 noted. W. M. 



BOSES AT ABLINOTON. 



The long delayed scoring of the roses 

 at the Arlington trial gardens main- 

 tained by the government in coopera- 

 tion with the American Eose Society, 

 was accomplished Jtfne 12, when a, com- 

 mittee consisting of Adolph Gude, chair- 

 man; George H. Hess, superintendent 

 United States Botanic Gardens, and 

 George E. Anderson, superintendent of 

 Twin Oaks, accompanied by Prof. F. L. 

 Mulford, landscape gardener of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, who is in 

 direct charge of the gardens, and the 

 correspondent of The Eeview, inspected 

 more than 100 varieties and scored 

 thirty-three. 



Unlike the trips made by the mem- 

 bers of the American Rose Society, this 

 visit to the gardens was under the best 

 conditions, except that hail June 10 had 

 damaged some of the plants. Only 

 such plants as showed characteristic 

 bloom were scored, the scoring being on 

 the basis of: Flojiferousness, 20; vigor, 

 20; color, 15; size, 15; form, 10; sub- 

 stance, 10; fragrance, 10. 



When the members of the American 

 Eose Society gathered in Washington 

 some time ago it was found impossible 

 to do this work and accordingly William 

 F. Gude was directed to appoint a com- 

 mittee of men versed in rose culture to 



act as the official scoring committee of 



the society, and it was in pursuance of 



these instructions that the judging was 



done at this time. The scoring resulted 

 as follows: 



i o o 



g - S w 



S w V 



Variety ^ ^ 3 ^ | | iS 



Esi !> U t» ^ t» b 



Gniss an Teplitz 18 15 15 10 6.8 6 



Alsterufer 15 8 -. 15 8 6 8 6 



Lieut. Chaure ,. 15 14 16 12 6 8 4 



Mary, of Ilchester;* . 15 16 12 11 6 8 6 



Reine M. d'ltalle... 15 14 12 11 6 7 6 



KlUamey 18 15 14 12 6 7 8 



Beauty of Rosemawr 19 15 15 10 6 8 4 



Radiance 10 17 13 12 8 8 7 



Hermosa 20 18 10 7 5 7 7 



Giistav Grunorwald.. 19 19 15 12 8 8 8 



Killamey Qtieen 18 17 14 12 6 7 8 



Lady A. Stanley IG 15 12 12 8 8 6 



Konigin Carola 16 17 14 13 9 9 6 



Ctiampion of World. 18 16 11 7 5 6 6 



Wellesley 19 18 14 12 8 8 4 



La Tosca 19 19 12 12 8 6 6 



Jlrs. W. Christie- 

 Miller 19 18 14 12 7 6 5 



AVhite Killarney 18 17 14 12 6 7 6 



Souv. de G. Prat.... 17 12 12 10 8 8 5 



Mrs. Aaron Ward... 17 10 14 13 8 9 6 



Grace Molyneux 18 19 10 11 8 8 6 



Joseph Hill 18 10 13 11 8 8 4 



Gross H. Friedrich.. 18 12 13 11 6 6 6 



Gen. S. A. Janssen.. 18 15 14 12 7 6 4 



Victor Verdler 19 17 12 10 6 8 4 



Tom Wood 17 12 8 11 7 8 5 



Ulrich Brunner 18 20 14 11 9 8 7 



Oatanont 19 19 14 12 8 7 4 



Beaute de Lyon 18 15 15 13 8 8 4 



P'Bln Hildegart 15 18 14 14 8 8 6 



Mme. Van Goidern.. 17 15 14 12 8 8 4 



Henry Fontaine 18 18 13 12 8 7 3 



Waltham Scarlet 18 18 16 15 10 10 3 



C. L. L. 



