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The Rorists' Review 



NOVEMBBll IS, 1920 



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MORE MEDALS 



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E. G. HILL HONORED. 



Columbia Rose Wins Medals. 



("oluinhin, the jiri/f rose of K. (!. Hill, 

 Hii'liTiiiPiiil, liiil., wmi t'lir Mr. Hill fiosh 

 huircls Xdvi'iiilicr V ;i1 the r!inj,'e of the 

 Jt)si'|>li II. Hill Co., IJi<lmioii(l, when ho 

 was formally ])rosentt(l two oold medals, 

 one from the .Xmericaii Hose Society and 

 one from the city of Portland, Ore., and 

 also a hroii/e cert ilic:it c, the L;il't of the 

 city of Portlaml. 



All the .awards were lirised on the re- 

 sult of a H-year comiietition for roses 

 sulmiitted for tests in the International 

 Kose Test (iarden at I'ortlan.l. In this 

 competition there were entereil roses 

 ])rodnced in the United States, Hnjjiand. 

 ■•"■raiK'e. Canada. Australia ;ind other 

 countries. 



The ]iresent;it ion ol' the ineihils and 

 the bron/e cei'titicate took [ilncr at noon 

 Tuesday, No\cn]l>er !'. in the [ireseiice 

 of Mr. Hill's family and about TOO 

 members of tln^ Ri(dimond Kotary Club. 

 Followini; the iiroscntation adilress by 

 Jesse A. Currry. rf|iresent ing the city of 

 Portland, and a rcsjionse liy Mr. Hill, a 

 dinner was served in the jiottintj house. 



On the tables weie lari^e bunches of 

 Columbia rose, ;inil tlie c(dor stduMue of 

 the oth(>r decorations was largcdy c'lr 

 Tied out in the jdnk shade of the Colum- 

 bia. 



Letters of Congratulation. 



After Mr. Hill liad been ])resented 

 with the medals and the bronze certifi- 

 cate, which is framed to be used as a 

 desk ornament. Mr. ("urrey read letters 

 addressed to Mr. Hill and written by 

 Kobert Pyle, ]iresidi'nt of the American 

 Hose Society: 11. .J, Hlaesini,^, president 

 of the Portland Hi'sr Sodt'ty; (ieorjjc L. 

 Baker, mayor of Portland; S. K. Pier, 

 commissioner of tin;iiicc ami parks. Port 



land, ,'ind (!. P. Keyscr, superintendent 

 of parks, Portland. Mayor Baker's let- 

 ter follows: 



I'crinit iii(> to (ifl'cr my coimriitiiliitions on 

 your haviiiK liccn nwiirilcd a k<''<1 inr(i:il for the 

 Ix'sl rose tt'stcil in rorllaiicl's Intcriiatloiial Rose 

 Test (Jnrilcii in tlic years 11118 ami 191!). 



Von, as a rose t:ro\vcr, of ciKirsc aitprcciate 

 a stamp of inirit from tlic test (.'.inlen of tlie 

 City of Itoses, as perhaps few people do at this 

 e.-irly period in the history of the garden. As 

 time j,'oes on and other awards are made, the 

 value i>f the medal you received will be greatl.v 

 enhanced. 



Rotarian Rose. 



!Mr. Currey stated that while walking 

 throujih the }i;reeiihouses of Fred Lemon, 

 of Hichmond. ;i son-in-l:iw of Mr. Hill, 

 he had discovered a new red rose, pro- 

 diii-ed by Mr. Lemon, which he rcfjardcd 

 ;is one of the most beautiful blooms he 

 had ever seen. Learninfi thnt the new 

 rose had not been nanie(i, he re(|uested 

 Mr. Lemon's permission to bestow a 

 name on the bloom, which request was 

 yranted. In the ])resence of those who 

 h;i<l t,';ithered to honor Mr. Hill Tuesday, 

 Mr. <'urrcy announced thiit the new rose 

 had been christened the Kotarian. which 

 announcement lir(nip;ht great apjdause 

 from the assembled Kotarians. 



Florists at Presentation. 



Alexander M(uitgoniery, of Hadley, 

 .Mass., graced the occa.sion with his 

 kind and lovable ])ersonality and gave 

 the guests a jileasing after-dinner talk. 



<histave Mickley, the well-known Cin- 

 cinnati florist, arriinged the decorations, 

 whi(di called forth much favorable com- 

 ment, in the ]>otting house of the Joseph 

 H. Hill Co. 



Chas. E. Critchell. of Cincinnati; E. 

 H. ]M;inn, I". H. Lemon and (leoige K. 

 • iause, of Hichmond, were among other 

 florists ]iresent. 



The Fox Motion Picture (,'orporation 

 took \ i(nvs of the ]iresentation and of 

 till' greenhouses for use in current film 

 news. 



VIOLET GROWER ADVERTISES. 



Not often do flower growers make use 

 of printers' ink to sell their blooms. 

 Usually they are content with estab- 

 lished connections with wholesale 

 houses in the urban centers for their 

 outlet. Only a few find occasion to 

 break into print to sell their stock, most 

 frequently in the trade press, and still 

 fewer resort to direct mail methods. 



From such a class of nonadvertisers 

 one would therefore not expect the same 

 effectiveness, when one of them docs 

 indulge in {tublicity, as from the other 

 branches of tlic trade more experienced 

 in that field. Nevertheless, Elmer 

 Coon, head of the Rhinebeck Floral Co., 

 at Ehinebeck, N. Y., has sent out a good 

 ])iece of direct-mail advertising in 

 search of orders for double violets for 

 this season. It is in the form of a single 

 large sheet, 17x18 inches, which folds 

 conveniently to fit a No. 10 envelope. 

 The statement of prices, the presenta- 

 tion of sales arguments and the detach- 

 able order blank in one corner all have 

 been prepared to hit the nail on the 

 head and get the recipient's order with 

 tlie greatest ease. Clearness and sim- 

 jilicity mark the entire copy. 



Mr. Coon has been growing violets at 

 Rhinebeck for nearly twenty years. 

 Tliat he has won a place for himself in 

 that community is attested by the fact 

 that he is president of the board of edu- 

 cation and a director of the local sav- 

 ings bank. 



Mr. Coon's advertising sense is evi- 

 dent from the opening of his circulars, 

 calling attention to Penn the Florist's 

 featuring of violets. This reads: "Do 

 you know that real fresh violets are 

 your biggest builders of reputation? 

 What does Penn of Boston feature 

 throughout the year? Isn't it 'Strictly 

 Fresh Violets'? Read below how you 

 can do the .same thing." 



MUMS CHANGE COLOR. 



I noticed an article in The Review 

 for October 28 under the heading "Ever 

 Hear of This?" wliich complained that 

 bronze mums were turning white. Last 

 spring I ordered some Yellow King Hum- 

 bert cannas for some customers and I 

 ha<l about twelve left over, which I 

 planted. They came up in fine style, 

 but some had particolored green and 

 red leaves; one root jiroduced two stalks, 

 one red and one green; one stalk bore 

 two llower heads, one red and one yel- 

 low, and some of the others had part 

 of the flower red and part yellow. These 

 .olors were not blotched, but solid or 

 shailed. I ;nn going to save all the roots 

 for next year. IL W. Peterson. 



THE BEST CUCUMBER. 



What variety of cucumber is the most 

 prolit.ible to t'orce in a greenhouse and 

 \\hell slioulil the erop be started? Anv 

 iiiforniat ion you can give us on this sub- 

 ject will be erc-itly ;ij)preciated. 



J. A. K.—Wis. 



Richmond Rotarians at Joseph H. Hill's when E. G. Hill Received Medals. 



White Spine is the variety principally 

 ;,;rown under glass. .Sometimes it has 

 • iiiother name because ;i seed house has 

 made a selection from the original va- 

 riety. Practically every seedsman cater- 

 ing to the market gardeners' trade of- 

 fers a carefully selected strain of White 

 Spine cucumber for forcing. H. O. 



