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The Florists^ Review 



KOTEUBEB IG, 1916. 



would be certain to rank quite high. 



The varieties resembling Ophelia in 

 color, as well as in foliage and stem, 

 are numerous. No 248, a lovely shade 

 of cream with a yellow heart, showed 

 a great deal of character. The indi- 

 vidual buds may perhaps run too small 

 to be classed iu the large-flowered sec- 

 tion, but it certainly should be useful 

 for corsage bouquets. 



Double and White Ophelias. 



Nos. 293 and 434 are similar in many 

 respects to Ophelia. So, also, is' No. 

 132, in color, but it might be called a 

 double Ophelia, as it is a gigantic seed- 

 ling, with foliage and flower about 

 twice as ^large ^s those of the average 

 Ophelia. ^Surely this will be a wonder- 

 ful variety for, outdoor blooming. Other 

 varieties thatf I thought should be 

 splendidly adapted for garden blooming 

 are Nos. 702, 336 and 666. The last- 

 mentioned is a lovely cream color, quite 

 full and free. No. 702 will certainly 

 be a great improvement on Mrs. Ward 

 as a bedding rose. 



The gem of the entire collection is 

 No. 148, a pure white Ophelia! The 

 buds when opening are faintly tinged 

 with green, which always indicates in 

 any flower a pure white bloom when 

 fully opened. We have almost prayed 

 for a white to help us out in the rose 

 section. Unless all present signs fail, 

 we have it in this white Ophelia, No. 

 148, which is the best of the white va- 

 rieties. There are, in all, five numbers 

 among the whites, but nothing, in my 

 humble opinion, to compare with No. 

 148. 



Pink with White Etching. 



A variety that will be much noted 

 later is No. 328, the bud of which is 

 a lovely shade of pink. Just when it 

 is in the right condition to cut it seems 

 to have an etching of white, which 

 makes the flower stand out as distinc- 

 tively as though someone had etched it 

 in a woodcut. No. 1,238 had a beauti- 

 ful long-pointed bud, white with a yel- 

 lowish tendency in the center, but the 

 opened flowers did not reveal enough 

 petalage, in my opinion, to make this 

 variety worth while. 



Mrs. Eussell crosses are much in evi- 

 dence. No. 367 shows prominently the 

 influence of the pollen parent, both in 

 color and stamina. No. 588 is another 

 variety that shows the influence of Eus- 

 sell, but, judging by the crop in sight 

 when I saw it, it is a much freer 

 variety. 



One Ready for Distribution. 



Another splendid variety, and one 

 that will be distributed this winter, is 

 a sort of double red Richmond, a much 

 stronger grower than Eichmond and 

 having about twice as many petals as 

 that variety. It has been named, pro- 

 visionally, Eed Rover. This is not a 

 Hill seedling, but it is the only new 

 rose that Mr. Hill will have in quan- 

 tity to distribute in 1917. It is shown 

 in the illustration on the preceding 

 page. 



It is impossible to gauge in one day. 



or even in one week, such a remarkable 

 collection as Mr. Hill's, The only en- 

 tirely satisfactory way to do would be 

 to go over them every little while and 

 give each one its degree of merit as 

 it appeared at those times. 



I can only say, I have never in all 

 my former experience seen anything 

 that showed such promise as these 

 seedlings and we have all to take off 

 our hats to Mr. Hill, as there is no 

 doubt that the "Old Master" is still 

 "putting them over." 



[The reader's interest in the forego- 

 ing article may be enhanced by the 

 knowledge that the photographs with 

 which it is illustrated were made by 

 Elmer D. Smith. When two such ex- 

 pert novelty raisers as Messrs. Totty 

 and Smith collaborate in a discussion 

 of the work of a confrere the resulting 

 article can not be otherwise than out 

 of the ordinary. — Ed.] 



LADY ALICE STANLEY. 



The rose plant I am sending you for 

 identification was received with a num- 

 ber of Ophelias purchased last spring. 

 What is the variety? E. W. — Minn. 



The variety is Lady Alice Stanley, 

 a rose which up to the present time has 

 not been grown for cut flowers to any 

 great extent. One or two growers in 

 the east are having good success with 

 it. When grown properly. Lady Alice 

 Stanley is a well paying variety, but 

 so far few seem to have been able to 

 flower it profitably. W. J. K. 



thereto, and the use of antiseptic 

 washes, do not insure complete isola- 

 tion of the disease. It is evident, there- 

 fore, that the difficulty is in removing 

 all diseased tissues. Since the gall de- 

 velops promptly in nursery stock, it is 

 readily detected at the time of trans- 

 planting, and such infected stock will, 

 wherever possible, be discarded. Any 

 injuries to growing trees at or near 

 the surface of the ground will make 

 infection easier and consequently care 

 should be taken in cultivation of or- 

 chards. The fact that the organisms 

 persist in the soil for a long time pre- 



CROWN GALL ON MILADY. 



We are mailing you under separate 

 cover a Milady rose plant that has a 

 l)eculiar growth above the roots. This 

 growth eventually will kill the plant. 

 We have lost nearly fifty plants in this 

 same way during the last month and 

 the growth has continued to appear on 

 other plants. We have other varieties 

 in the same house, but only Milady 

 shows this disease. We would like to 

 know through The Review what the 

 trouble is and if there is any remedy 

 for it. M. F. C— 111. 



Hill's SeedUng Rose No. 378. 



George L. Peltier, of Urbana, 111., 

 has diagnosed the case as follows: "I 

 find that the plant is badly infected 

 with crown gall, caused by bacteria. 

 This is a serious disease to combat and 

 one that is hard to control. Removal 

 of the gall, with the tissues adjacent 



Hill's Seedling Rose No. 882. 



