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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 15, 1920 



FEENCH PLAN NOVELTY TAX. 



Raisers Review Roses. 



During the week of the spring exhibi- 

 tion in Paris, there were numerous 

 horticultural meetings. The most im- 

 portant was the conference of French 

 rose growers, which had not been held 

 for five years previously. Dr. Viger 

 presided over the meeting. 



Jacques de Vilmorin showed about 

 eighty botanical types of the genus rosa, 

 from the fruticetum at Les Barres. He 

 called special attention to the follow- 

 ing species as material for hybridiza- 

 tion: Bosa Hugonis, yellow flowered; 

 K. Moyesii, red; R. Willmottise, pink; E. 

 sericea var. pteracantha, remarkable for 

 its ornamental red spines; R. ferruginea, 

 with purple foliage;, R. longicuspis 

 with long leaves. 



M. Pernet-Ducher next passed in re- 

 view, in a detailed account, all the new 

 roses placed in commerce from 1913 to 

 1918, giving his own personal observa- 

 tions on the merits and demerits of each 

 variety. 



On the subject of synonyms, the con- 

 ference decided to retain the name orig- 

 inally given to a variety by the raisers, 

 without translation or other change. 



Protection of Novelties. 



At the horticultural congress held the 

 preceding day the burning question of 

 the creation and protection of novelties 

 — also discussed at the rose growers' 

 congress- — was canvassed. M. Lemoine, 

 of Nancy, advocated, in order that the 

 raiser might receive a legitimate profit 

 on his production, the imposition on 

 each sale for a certain number of years 

 of a i)ercentage, to be deposited to the 

 credit of the raiser with an international 

 organization such as the International 

 Horticultural Federation. He cited in 

 support of his proposal the metho<l of 

 collection of the luxury tax as practiced 

 in France, which yielded satisfactory 

 results. M. Nonin proposed that there 

 should be a fee for the registration of 

 novelties, sufficiently high to eliminate 

 those of no value. He also suggested 

 that the a[)propriate association in each 

 country should collect all the necessary 

 particulars of each novelty registered 

 and advertise the fact of registration 

 widely in the horticultural press. By 

 way of penalty, all firms refusing to 

 pay the fee should be placed on a black 

 list. M. Nonin summarized the various 

 aspects of the question under (1) crea- 

 tion of the novelty, (2) its protection 



and (3) placing it on the market. He 

 urged that protection in the country of 

 origin be considered first and then pro- 

 tection in other countries. 



In order to attempt the solution of 

 this important question, a general con- 

 ference of delegates from the various 

 societies and federations of horticultur- 

 ists in France took place on Friday, 

 June 4. At the Congress of the Federa- 

 tion Horticole Professionelle Interna- 

 tional, held recently at Ghent, it had 

 been decided that the names and de- 

 scriptions of various novelties should be 

 sent, on the responsibility of the raisers, 

 to the International Union, and im- 

 mediately sent for verification to the 

 national societies interested. 



MM. Nomblot, Cayeux, Lemoine, No- 

 nin and others advocated a reverse pro- 

 cedure; namely, the deposit of the name, 

 with an example of the plant, with the 

 interested society, then with the na- 

 tional bureau and finally with the inter- 

 national bureau. 



MM. Pernet, Rivoire and Turbat pre- 

 ferred the first method, as being more 

 rapid. This opinion finally prevaijed, 

 but the matter was left to the option 

 of those interested to inscribe their 

 novelties at the national or the interna- 

 tional bureau, whichever they preferred. 

 The discussion was then closed, and a 

 further conference of the delegates, with 

 the addition of representatives of the 

 Museum of Natural History, was fixed 

 for July 8. 



Bagatelle Winners. 



The international competition of 

 roses at Bagatelle took place June 8. 

 A gold medal was awarded to Rose Sou- 

 venir de Claudius Pernet, from M. Per- 

 net-Ducher, and to Frances Gaunt, from 

 Alex. Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, 

 Ireland. A first-class certificate was 

 awarded to Rose Benedicte Seguin, sent 

 by M. Pernet-Ducher, and certificates 

 of merit were awarded to Rose President 

 Parmentier (M. Sauvagoet), Rose La 

 France Victorieux (Roseraie de I'Hay), 

 Rose Mermaid (W. Paul & Sons, Wal- 

 thani Cross, Ltd.), and Rose Comtesse de 

 Cassagnac (M. Guillot). 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Rose Registration. 



The following varieties have been ac- 

 cepted by the rose registration commit- 

 tee of the society and, unless objections 

 are received by the secretary within 

 three weeks of this publication, the 

 registrations will become permanent. 



By the Cleveland Cut Flower Co., 

 Cleveland, O.: 



Whifp Ophelia — Hybrid tea: parentage, sport 

 of Ophelia. The i>liint is similar to the parent, 

 with ubuiKlniit foliaBe, but stronger growth. 



The' color Ib white, tinted with pinlc in center, 

 fragrant and witb more petals than the parent. 

 It is also a more robust grower. 



By Clarke Bros., Portland, Ore.: 



Oregon Ophelia — Hybrid tea; parentaso, sport 

 of Ophelia. The flower is similar in shape to 

 Ophelia, light pink in color, shading to yellow 

 at base; flfty-six petals. It is tall-growing 

 and hardy, having withstood zero weather un- 

 protected; prolific, having produced 127 blooms 

 outdoors during 1919. The foliage is practically 

 disease-proof and, because of the increased num- 

 ber of petals, the flower holds its shape longer. 



Garden Days Held. 



The garden days at the -Hartford and 

 Cornell rose test gardens were delight- 

 ful ones. At Hartford, June 25, while 

 the roses were not fully in flower, there 

 were enough attractive varieties to 

 make an interesting exhibit. The at- 

 tendance was disappointing. However, 

 the majority of rosarians near Hartford 

 are frequent visitors in the garden and 

 doubtless will visit it when the va- 

 rieties are at their best. The hospitalitj 

 of the park department in the enter- 

 tainment of the guests was all that 

 could be desired. A bountiful lunch was 

 provided by G. R. Parker, superintend- 

 ent of parks, and Alex. Cumming, chair- 

 man of the Hartford rose test garden 

 committee, did everything possible to 

 make the day profitable and enjoyable. 



At Ithaca, the rose day, June 30, was 

 planned to coincide with the first of 

 three days set for farmers' field days 

 at the College of Agriculture. Aside 

 from the delegates from the Auburn, 

 Syracuse and Rochester Rose Societies, 

 hundreds of New Yorkers thronged the 

 rose and peony gardens during the three 

 days and many remarks appreciative of 

 the beauty of both areas were heard. 

 Surely this was a splendid object les- 

 son to the visitors on the beauty of 

 the rose. Detailed reports of these 

 meetings will be made by the chairmen 

 of the rose test garden committees. 

 E. A. White, Sec'y. 



CORNELL ROSE TEST GARDEN 



Rose Society Pilgrimage. 



A large number of the members of 

 the rose societies of Auburn, Rochester 

 and Syracuse, N, Y., motored to Ithaca, 

 N. Y., June 30, to inspect the roses in 

 the test garden of the American Rose 

 Society on the grounds of the depart- 

 ment of floriculture of Cornell Univer- 

 sity. The roses were in splendid condi- 

 tion and the visitors expressed them- 

 selves as highly pleased with their trip. 

 After lunch at the Home Economics 

 building the visiting rosarians pro- 

 ceeded to the garden, where they gath- 

 ered under the shade of a large tree 

 while Professor E. A. White delivered 

 a short address welcoming the visitors 

 and telling them of the work of the 

 other test gardens of the American Rose 

 Society. He was followed by Dr. A. C. 

 Beal, who spoke on the classification of 

 roses and the special work of the Cornell 

 test garden. Mr. Hubbard described the 

 methods of winter protection employed 

 in the garden. Dr. A. C. Fraser demon- 

 strated the method of preparing the 

 flowers and applying the pollen in pol- 

 linating roses. The visitors spent the 

 afternoon inspecting the various species 

 and varieties that were in bloom. At 

 the field oflBce punch was served by the 

 feminine members of the staff and the 

 wives of the professors. 



Many Visitors. 



The rose pilgrimage was held cr ti' 



