January 29, 1920 



The Fldrists' Review 



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a desire to buy, not of a casual curiosity. 

 And by Monday afternoon a conserva- 

 tory had been sold as a result of the 

 newspaper's advertisement. The judg- 



ihent of P. L. McKee in taking this 

 avenue to new business proved its 

 soundness more quickly than was at all 

 expected. 



Boniiie I'riuce, Thumus J. Cook, Boston, Mass., 

 85.33. 



Double Ophelia, E. G. Hill, Riclitnond, Ind., 

 85. 



May Martin, Martin & Forbos. Portland, 84.66. 



Teresa Morley, Howard & Smith, Los An- 

 geles, 84.3.3. 



H. D. M. Barton, Hugh Diclison, Belfast, Ire- 

 land, 82. 



Seedling 601, B. Q. Hill, Richmond, Ind., 81.5. 



H. P. Pinkerton, Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ire- 

 land, 80.66. 



Golden Spray, Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ireland, 

 80.66. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



COLUMBIA WINS COAST TESTS. 



Leads In Portland Trials. 



In the report of the last two years' 

 work in the rose test gardens at Port- 

 land, Ore., first rank is given to E. G. 

 Hill's Columbia, which scored 4.66 

 points above its closest rival, a seedling 

 of Capt. Geo. C. Thomas, Jr., the Phila- 

 delphia amateur raiser. The rose will 

 receive the gold medal of the American 

 Eose Society, the special medal offered 

 by the city of Portland and other hon- 

 ors. It won with a total of 98.66 points 

 out of a possible 100, or the highest 

 score any rose has ever received in the 

 Portland test garden. 



The rose to receive second honors is 

 an unnamed seedling of Capt. George C. 

 Thomas, Jr., which, in addition to re- 

 ceiving the silver medal of the American 

 Eose Society, will receive the special 

 prize of the Portland Rose Society for 

 the best rose produced by an amateur. 



The prize for the best climber went 

 to Climbing Lady Hillingdon, produced 

 by Elisha J. Hicks, of Hurst, England, 

 and second place to Bonnie Prince, pro- 

 duced by Thomas J. Cook, of Boston. 

 The special prize for the best rose pro- 

 duced on the Pacific coast was awarded 

 to Lolita Armour, raised by Howard & 

 Smith, of Los Angeles, Cal., with second 

 honors to Oregon Ophelia, produced by 

 Clarke Bros., of Portland. 



Howard & Smith Have Novelty. 



The only rose to receive a perfect 

 score for novelty was Miss Lolita Ar- 

 mour, from Howard & Smith, Los An- 

 geles, Cal. Jesse A. Currey, chairman 

 of the American Rose Society's Port- 

 land test garden committee, regarded it 

 as the sensation of the trials. It is 

 notable for its color combinations. The 

 petals at their base are a deep chrome 

 yellow shading off at the tips to a sal- 

 mon pink, while the reflex of the petals 

 is a combination of yellow, fawn and 

 rose pink, covered with a brilliant cop- 

 per suffusion. 



Thirty-five new roses were tested in 

 the garden to develop their availability 

 for outdoor culture. The scores of the 

 leading varieties and the raisers' names 

 are as follows: 



Columbia, B. O. Hill, Richmond, Ind., 98.66. 

 Seedling 4A, George C. Thomas, Philadel- 

 phia, M. 



I>olita Armour, Howard & Smitli, Los Angeles, 

 93.<i6. 



Mury Hill, E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind., 93.33. 



BloomQeld Abundance, George C. Thomas, Jr., 

 Pliiladelphla, 93.33. 



Oregon Ophelia, Clarke Bros., Portland, 93.33. 



Los Angeles, Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, 

 92.33. 



Rose Premier, E. G. Hill, Richmond, 92.33. 



Mrs. Walter T. Sumner, Clarke Bros., Port- 

 hind. 92. 



Mrs. Dunlop Best, Ellsba J. Hicks, Hurst, Eng- 

 land, 91. 



Felicity, Clarke Bros., Portland, 89.66. 



Climbing Lady Hillingdon. Elisha J. Hicks, 

 Hurst, England, 88.33. 



T. F. Crozier, Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ire- 

 land, 87.33. 



Rose Victory, E. O. Hill, Richmond, Ind., 

 87.33. 



Rose Registration. 



The following roses have been ac- 

 cepted by the registration committee 

 of the Ajnerican Rose Society. If no 

 objections are received within three 

 weeks from the date of this publica- 

 tion, the registration will be complete. 



From Clarke Bros., Portland, Ore.: 



Name, Felicity; class, hybrid tea; parentage, 

 Ophelia X Hoosier Beauty. Description — Up- 

 right, strong-branching habit of growth; foliage, 

 dark green; flower, large, rose pink, with silver 

 suffusion; bud, long-pointed; strong fragrance; 

 petalage, flfty-two in early season, sixty-one 

 in September; a free-flowering variety, produc- 

 ing 159 blooms outdoors. 



From Clarke Bros., Portland, Ore.: 

 Name, Mrs. Walter T. Sumner; class, hybrid 

 tea; parentage, Ophelia x Hadley. Description 

 — An upright grower; dark green foliage; flower, 

 large, semi-single, carmine shading to deep rose- 

 pink; bud long-pointed; decidedly fragrant, witb 

 twelve to eighteen petals; produced 115 bloom* 

 outdoors and, while buds open quickly, the 

 petals hold well on the fully opened flowers; 

 flower produced bloom in clusters of from five 

 to ten, and some of the blooms are five Inches 

 in diameter. 



E. A. White, Sec'y. 



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TENNESSEE PROGRAM 



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TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION. 



Program at Knoxville. 



The program for the sixth annual con- 

 vention of the Tennessee State Florists' 

 Association has been issued and indi- 

 cates that the meetings will be full of 

 value to all those who attend. The con- 

 vention, as announced in The Review 

 January 8, will be held at Knoxville 

 Thursday and Friday, February 5 and 6. 

 Karl P. Baum is chairman of the com- 

 mittee on arrangements and R. E. Mapes 

 is chairman of the publicity committee. 

 All those who expect to attend are 

 urged to notify the committee on ar- 

 rangements immediately, in order that 

 hotel reservations may be made in time. 



The Program. 



The program is announced as follows: 



THXTBSDAT, FEBBTTAKT 6, A. X. 



Call to order, by Addison J. McNutt, president 

 of the Knoxville Florists' Society. 



Invocation. 



Introduction of mayor, by Alex H. Dailey, 

 Knoxville. 



Address of welcome, by Mayor E. W. Neal. 



President's annual address, by H. O. Bramm, 

 Bristol. 



Report of secretary-treasurer, by Prof. G. M. 

 Bentley, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 



"Office Management and Collections," by W. 

 Cleveland Johnson, Johnson Floral Co., Memphis; 

 Robert B. Mapes, Baum's Home of Flowers, 

 Knoxville, and Thomas H. Joy, Joy Floral Co., 

 Nashville. 



"Our Credit System: Its Uses and Abuses," 

 by 8. S. Skidelsky, New York. 



"The Florists' Business of Today," by George 

 Asmus, of Schiller's, Chicago. 



"Local Publicity," by Z. D. Blacklstone, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and George Schulz, of the Jacob 

 Schulz Co., Louisville, Ky. 



THXmSDAT, FEBBITABT 6, 12:16 P. M. 

 Lunch served in dining rooms adjoining con- 

 vention hall. 



TH0ESDAY, FEBSUART 6, 1:30 P. K. 



Beports of committees. 



Election of officers. 



Selection of meeting place. 



"Why Every Retail Florist Should Join the 

 F. T. D.," by Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, 

 Mich., president of the F. T. D. 



"History of the F. T. D.," by Albert Pochelon. 

 Detroit, secretary of the F. T. D. 



"A Talk on Carnations." by A. F. J. Baur, of 

 Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind. 



"Can Carnations be Grown in the South Suc- 

 possfuUy?" by Harold Joy, of the Joy Floral 

 Co.. Nashville. 



"Advertising: How to Tie onto the National 

 Campaign," by Henry Penn, Boston, Mass. 



"The American Embargo on Plants and Bulbs," 

 by J. Keur, of C. Keur A Sons, Hillegom, Hol- 

 land. 



"Legislation," by William F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



THVBSDAT, FEBSUABY 6, 7:45 P. M. 



"Relations of Music to Flowers," by William 

 H. Crouch, Knoxville. 



Make-up demonstrations. 



"Modern Salesmanship of Flowers," by Mrs. 

 Edith Goetz, Chattanooga. 



Living model demonstration. 



FBIDAT, FEBBUABT 6, 9 A. M. 



"Floral Accessories," by Robert Shoch, of 

 the M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, and C. E. Crit- 

 chell, Cincinnati, O. 



"Greenhouse Construction," by Philip Foley, 

 Chicago. 



"Artificial Irrigation," by R. R. White, of 

 the Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, N. Y. 



"In What Way Does the Ornamental Grower 

 Benefit the Florist?" by Bruce Howell, of the 

 Howell Nursery Co., Knoxville. 



Intermission from 10:30 to 11:45 for confer- 

 ence and inspection of exhibits. 



Call to order and announcements. 



FBCDAT, FEBBUABT 6, 12:16 P. X. 



Lunch. 



At 1:15, assemble for automobile trip to 

 greenhouses and nurseries. 



FBIDAT, FEBBITABT 6, 8 P. K. 



Banquet given by the Knoxville Florists' 

 Society to the state association and vlaitor:' 

 at the Whittle Springs hotel. 



