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The Florists^ Review 



Tuna e, 1921 



Washington and local rosarians, and 

 after an enjoyable drive through the 

 city more than two hours were spent 

 among the roses. Dr. Ball, assistant 

 secretary of agricillture, made an ad- 

 dress, telling of the department's work, 

 the rose test garden and Dr. Van 

 Fleet 's activity. Then the visitors were 

 greeted by Dr. Van Fleet and shown 

 over his private garden, after which 

 they looked over the collection of roses 

 on which he is working. There are 

 more than 100 different species of roses 

 at Bell. 



The rose to be named Mary Wallace 

 at the Portland rose festival this month 

 represents the best work of Dr. Van 

 Fleet up to this time. It is a pink 

 seedling with flowers larger than those 

 of Mme. Testout. The results of cross- 

 ing Wichuraiana were viewed with a 

 great deal of interest. One, with 

 Moyesii, produced a single bloom, of 

 rich royal purple, the flowers running 

 up to three inches in diameter and lit- 

 erally covering the bush. This repre- 

 sented a wonderful bit of hybridizing. 

 Another, with Jackii, is said to bloom 

 three weeks earlier than the average 

 Wichuraiana. This will be good for 

 covering banks, for it hugs the ground 

 closely. 



There were many others well worthy 

 of mention among the offerings of Dr. 

 Van Fleet, and he was congratulated 

 upon the success he is attaining with 

 his hybridizing. 



Looking Over the Roses. 



There was no oflScial judging of the 

 roses, but the special correspondent of 

 The Eeview presents the following sur- 

 vey of the plants. It must be borne in 

 mind that there is nothing official about 

 this survey, but it is based on the opin- 

 ions of several experts who visited the 

 gardens on this occasion. For con- 

 venience, the varieties are taken in 

 alphabetical order rather than in the 

 way in which they are laid out in the 

 gardens. 



Aenchen MuUer is a pink baby rambler whose 

 growth is more dwarfed than many of the type, 

 but it is worthy of mention. 



Alberic Barbier is a good climber with yellow- 

 buds. The foliage is handsome. It is a most 

 attractive plant. 



Alida LiOTett is a pink climt)er that Is grow- 

 ing and blooming well. 



Alexander Hill Gray Is a good yellow hybrid 

 tea. It is one of the neatest in the garden and 

 making a good show at this time. It is de- 

 clared to be promising. 



Climbing American Beauty is good. 

 American Pillar is one of the most showy 

 roses of its type in the garden. It is a single, 

 scarlet with white eye. 



Apotheker Georg Hofer is a showy hybrid per- 

 petual. 



Arnold is a handsome rugosa with scarlet 

 flowers. 



Austrian Copper was not in bloom. 

 Baby Dorothy is a good pink rambler that Is 

 doing well. 



Baby Elegance, with its white, airy flowers, 

 attracted attention. It has good foliage and 

 makes an attractive bedding rose. 



Baby Rambler is inclined to mold too much to 

 be really satisfactory in this locality. 



Baby Tausendschoen Is a good pink and white 

 rnmhler. 



Ball of Snow is a hybrid perpetual with small 

 white flowers that has more blooms during the 

 summer than most of the perpetuals. 



Baroness von Ittersum is a climber with crim- 

 son flower and white eye that is most attractive. 

 Beauty of Rosemawr is one of Dr. Van Fleet's 

 roses. Its flowers are handsome rose pink. It 

 compares favorably with Hermosa in constancy 

 of bloom and is richer in color. 



Bess Lovett is a red that is comparable to 

 Climbing American Beauty. It is a vigorous 

 grower and free bloomer and is perhaps better 

 than ClimhlBg American Beauty. 



Birdie Blye is another constant bloomer. It 

 has deep pink flowers and is hardy, but inclined 

 to bush. 



Blanc de Coubert is a good white rugosa and 

 is splendid for shrubbery and borders. 



Bracteata has handsome, glossy foliage at this 

 time. It la not now in bloom, bat will itu.W 

 white flowers later in the season. It is said 



to be a splendid shrubbery rose for use in places 

 farther south than Washington. 



British Queen is a semi-double white with 

 rather large flowers. It is declared to be rea- 

 sonably successful in the gardens. 



Ceclle Brunner Is not successful. The buds 

 fail to open satisfactorily, blacken on the out- 

 side and seem to blast for gome reason. This 

 same criticism holds true of the climber. 



Champion of the World is comparable to Her- 

 mosa, for it is constant in its blooming, with 

 rather more perfect flowers. 



Chateau de Clos Vougeot, one of the darkest 

 colored hybrid teas, does not seem to grow sat- 

 isfactorily here. 



Christine Wright is a good pink climber and 

 was In full bloom when viewed. 



Columbia has not been in the gardens long 

 enough, it was said, to become thoroughly es- 

 tablished, but has proved reasonably satlsfae- 

 tory so far. 



Crimson Rambler mildews too much. 



Dawson is one of the earliest blooming of the 

 climbers. It is a pink and is quite showy dur- 

 ing its season. 



Dr. W. Van Fleet is In the height of Its 

 blooming period. It Is a blush pink, double, 

 has good foliage, and is most attractive. This 

 rose now pretty well covers the summer bouse 

 in the gardens and was much admired. 



Dorothy Perkins and Lady Gay are side by 

 side. They are quite similar, both coming into 

 bloom with small, double pink flowers. They 

 have glossy foliage, which is quite attractive. 

 White Dorothy Perkins Is also good. 



Ecarlate Is a promising hybrid tea with red 

 flowers that are showy Just now. 



Erna TeschendorfT is a single crimson baby 

 rambler that is not so vigorous in Its growth 



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as some of the other ramblers, but It is quite 

 showy. 



Ethel is a pink climber, just past Its prime. 



Farben Kltnigin is one of the t>est of the hy- 

 brid teas, rich In Its pink coloring. 



Flame Is an attractive climber, with flowers 

 appearing pink, being in shades of red and 

 white. 



Frau Karl Druschki is not doing as well as 

 usual, apparently having been hurt considerably 

 by the adverse weather conditions. However, 

 it is beginning to produce a number of large 

 white flowers. 



Gardenia is a good climber, with deep yellow 

 buds opening white. 



General Jacqueminot Is one of the handsomest 

 of the hybrid perpetuals. 



George Elger is a weak growing baby ram- 

 bler with rich yellow buds. 



Gruss an Aachen is one of the handsomest of 

 the baby ramblers both as to foliage and flow- 

 ers. The leaves are a deep green and the flow- 

 ers are large and cream in color. 



Gruss an Teplitz was full of showy crimson 

 flowers, on short stems. The climber is supe- 

 rior to the bush type. 



Hadley, one of the deepest colored roses, is 

 not 80 hardy and vigorous In the garden as could 

 be desired, but the blooms are fragrant and at- 

 tractive. 



Harrison's Yellow has ceased blooming, only 

 a few flowers remaining, but these showed 

 themselves to be the purest yellow of all the 

 roses. 



Hermosa Is noted as a constant bloomer 

 throughout the season. It is a most satisfac- 

 tory pink bedding rose. 



Hiawatha Is one of the showy climbers, with 

 small scarlet flowers having white eyes. The 

 foliage is glowy. 



Hoosler Beauty is not doing much and is in 

 about the same class as Hadley. 



Hugh Dickson is an attractive hybrid per- 

 petual, deep red in color, and free blooming dur- 

 ing its season. The climber of the same name 

 is equal to the bush variety. 



Hugonis Is a handsome rose for use In con- 

 nection with other shrubbery. It is not now In 

 bloom, but the foliage attracted attention. 



Irish Flreflame is not growing well at all here. 



Kalserin Augusta Victoria is one of the best 



of the white roses among the hybrid teas. It 



is doing well, but the climber of the same name 



Is not quite so satisfactory. 



Katherine Zeimet is a splendid-growing white 

 baby rambler, good In foliage and flower, and 

 hardy and vlgorona in its growth. 



All the members of the Klllarney family are 

 doing well, including the climber. They are 

 growing satisfactorily and proving to be free 

 bloomers. They seem quite hardy and evidence 

 a satisfactory recovery from the recent frost. 

 All were full of flowers. 



KSnlgin Oarola Is a splendid pink hybrid tea, 

 vigorous growing and flowering satisfactorily 

 during Its season. 



Lady Alice Stanley Is vigorous and constant In 

 blooming. Its flowers are a good clear pink. 



Lady Ashton, climber, seems hardy, blooming 

 well. It is popular and has beautiful pink 

 flowers. 



Lady Hillingdon is a moderate grower, pro- 

 ducing a comparatively small number of flowers. 

 liSdy Ursula, pink, Is another free blooming 

 hybrid tea. 



La France, pink, one of the sweetest and 

 handsomest of the roses, Is poor in growth. The 

 striped variety Is doing about as well, but the 

 white La France is running a little better as 

 far as growth and hardiness are concerned. The 

 climber is a little more satisfactory than the 

 first-named. 



La Tosca, a hybrid tea, has large pink flow- 

 ers. It Is one of the best with respect to florlf- 

 erousness as well as constancy of blooming. 



Longwood is a dark pink climber of the Wich- 

 uraiana type, declared to be worthy of wide cul- 

 tivation. 

 Los Angeles is not standing our winters well. 

 Lucy Ashton is a Penzance briar that Is at- 

 tractive at this season of the year. 



Mme. Alfred Carrlere has handsome white 

 flowers. It Is a popular rose, especially when 

 • permitted to assume the bush form. It blooms 

 freely during the summer. 



Mme. Caroline Testout, one of the hybrid teas, 

 with large pink flower. Is not quite equal to La 

 Tosca and some of the othera. The climber is 

 better. \ 



Mme. Leon Pain is a goodU)ink hybrid tea. 

 Mme. Plantler has small *hlte flowers con- 

 stantly throughout the season. \ 



Maharajah is a showy hybrid Wrpetual, red in 

 color. 4 



Maman Cochet, both pink and white. Is one 

 of the most satisfactory roses, particularly when 

 used for bedding purposes. 



Marie Pavlc is a handsome baby rambler, suit- 

 able for bedding purposes, having attractive 

 white flowers and good foliage. 



Marie Van Houtte is another handsome hy- 

 brid tea with good cream or white flowers, suit- 

 able especially as a bedding rose. 



Mary Lovett, white, is a moderate grower 

 and is doing fairly well. It ranks among the 

 best of the white roses in the garden. 



Mignonette, a white baby rambler, is rather 

 delicate looking. 



Mrs. Arthur Robert Waddell. is one of the 

 best hybrid teas, with orange and yellow flow- 

 ers. It is hardy, vigorous and a free bloomer. 

 Mrs. Wakefield Christie-Miller is an excellent 

 pink hybrid tea of the same description. 



My Maryland is not hardy enough to do well 

 in this climate. 



Old Gold is one of the roses that are almost 

 too tender for this climate. 



Ophelia is a good hybrid tea with cream or 

 white flowers. 



Papa Oontler, a semi-double hybrid tea, pro- 

 duces red flowers. 



Paul's Scarlet Climber attracted a great deal 

 of attention, as It Is one of the showiest, if 

 not the best of its kind In the garden. It was 

 the subject of much favorable comment. 



Purity is similar to Silver Moon, but has a 

 white instead of a deep yellow center. It is 

 good. 



Radiance, a dark pink hybrid tea, does well 

 under cultivation in this climate. It is free 

 blooming, free growing and exceptionally hardy. 

 Red Radiance takes the same description ex- 

 cept as to color. 



Richmond is proving a good red rose, reason- 

 ably hardy and free In its growth and constant 

 in blooming. 



Rubin, a single crimson climber, has just 

 passed its prime, but is still showy. 



Rugosa prostrata, dwarf, spreading, has beau- 

 tiful shell pink flowers. It makes a most at- 

 tractive green covering, a foot to eighteen inches 

 thick. 



Sheila Wilson, single, crimson climbing tea, 

 makes a great show, for the flowers are large 

 and attractive. 



Silver Moon is another of Dr. Van Fleet's of- 

 ferings. It has large-sized, single white flow- 

 ers, having yellow centers, and is free growing. 

 The foliage is dark and handsome. 



Tip Top is a small growing baby rambler 

 with attractive white, yellow and pink flowers. 

 The foliage Is small and the plant has a deli- 

 cate appearance. 



Triomphe Orleanaise is a baby rambler with 

 deep, rich red flowers. It is probably the most 

 showy of the donbles. 



Veilchenblaa is a rambler, having purplish 



flowers that torn with age to a ghastly bluish 



tinge. The foliage is not especially attractive. 



Wellesley is a good pink hybrid tea, free 



growing and free blooming, and doing well. 



