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The Florists' Review 



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llicrt' ;ire livo or six criinsoii red rosi's 

 ftiid out of till' lot you will fjct orn- tliat 

 will fill tlu' bill. Vou do not iiicd lo 

 ask nil' wlicn? tliat lociitioii is. 



Foreign Roses. 



Now I .-irii KO'"fJ to reuiiiiiscc !i littU' 

 iriori'. 1 ri'mcnilxT in my (jucst for a 

 new roso, I wont over to Luxeinl)ur<,-. 1 

 saw a rose tlicre and said to niys(df, 

 "That rose will fon-e. That is just the 

 finest thin;j. I believe I will put .ttdd 

 or .$r)()0 into it." That was ye:irs af,M> 

 and that ])retty nearly br(dve me at thiit 

 time. J thoiifjht surely 1 had a Jewel, aiul 

 1 brought it over liere and tried it out. 

 What was the result? 1 burnt the rose 

 up. And then there was a fellow down 

 in southern Franee who wrote me that 

 lie liad a mighty tine rose, u red rose, 

 that lie thought would suit the Ameriean 

 market and would be desirable for forc- 

 ing purposes. As 1 had never known a 

 fidlow over there to have more than a 

 eouide of hundred plants of a new rose, 

 fool-like 1 sent him a cablegram that 1 

 would take all he had. How many do 

 you suppose 1 received.' 1 got 9,4(i(l. ]t 

 took some hustling around to dispose of 

 those roses. Kobert Craig heljied me 

 out; the Dreer ]ieoi)le took a good many 

 of them, and 1 came out a good deal 

 better than 1 expected I would when I 

 received the invoice. And so it has gone 

 on from that day to this; but you know 

 I was a fool in jny quest for new roses. 

 1 was pretty nearly bankrupt one ye.ar 

 when one of the French firms who dealt 

 mostlj' in hybrids, sent me a list that 

 ,iuat cajitivated me, Ijut my wife said, 

 "I tliink we need things in tli(> liousc 

 more than we need new roses." Rut, 

 anyhow, I sent for them and he sent 

 them C. O. D. They got to Kichmond 

 and I liad to hustle around -and take 

 them up. 



How Sunburst Came to America. 



When I was at Lyons, I was going 

 through with Mr. Fernet and he was 

 showing me his roses and dilating upon 

 them, when I caught sight of a couple 

 of yellow roses that were sticking up. 

 Since I kept looking at them, Mr. I'er- 

 net said to me, "What are you looking 

 at? You keeji looking over there." I 

 said, "I am looking at that yellow rose. 

 Let's go over there and then we can 

 come back here." But he said, "Come 

 right along; we will get there." We got 

 over tliere after a while and T was 

 captivated by that rose. I said to Mr. 

 Pernet, "I would like to buv that rose." 

 "Well," he said, "whiit will you 

 give?" I looked theni over, and I said 

 to myself, "I will risk $500 on that." 

 I told liim in francs. "Well," he said, 

 "I won't take that much money for it; 

 I would not feel right to take $r)00 for 

 that rose. When we go in to dinner I 

 will make you a price." So we got to 

 the dinner, and the old gentleman said, 

 "Mr. Hill, if you will give me L'jdO 

 francs for that rose, that will be about 

 right." I said, "That is not enough." 

 He said, "Yes. I do not want more." 

 It was Sunburst, and so I said, "I want 

 3'ou to reserve European rights. I will 

 exploit it over in America and the in- 

 formation will get back to England, and 

 I am sure you will sell a good lot of 

 them." And it worked out that way; 

 Mr. Pernet got more money out of Sun- 

 burst over there than I got out of it in 

 the sale over here, and I was glad for 

 him. 



He sent me Madame Herriot, the rose 

 for wliich the Daily Mail ga\ e tliat 



$.'")no ])rize at the great international 

 show. He thought- that rose would bring 

 far more money than Sunburst. 1 tried 

 my best to get that thing to Idoom in 

 winter-tinu', but 1 did not succeed, and 1 

 think Mr. I'ei'net was not altogc^ther 

 pleased with the financial results. But, 

 you know, when you see a rose growing 

 over on the other side and you try to 

 size it up, in nine cases out of ten — 1 

 might say in ninety-nine cases out of 

 100- -if you hjiN'e in view a forcing 

 variefv, you are doomed to disapjioint- 

 ment, for outside of Catherine Mermet 

 and Madame Eerdinand Janiain and 

 one or two others, how many of those 

 foreign importations have ever proved 

 amenable to our winter-forcing eondi- 

 tionsf Our ]ieo]ile are highly critical 

 when it comes to a winter-flowering 

 rosi', and there are so many essentials 

 that enter into ii winter-forcing rose, so 



different from a garden rose. In the first 

 place, it has to be vigorous; it has to be 

 cverblooming; it has to have good 

 f(diage; it has to have a good stem; it 

 should liave fragrance and it should 

 have good petalage and good color. 

 When you get all tliese in one rose you 

 have something, and that is why you get 

 so few really up-to-date forcing 

 varieties. 



Ophelia's Arrival. 



Now, I am still acting the fool; 1 buy 

 I'verything they offer over there. They 

 think I am an easy mark, I guess, but 

 that's all right; I may drop on to some- 

 thing as good as Ophelia. Charley 

 Totty and I went over there to see Mr. 

 Paul, and I said to Mr. Paul, "How many 

 have you got of that?" "Well," he said, 

 ' 'I set out a number this spring. I have 



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BEETLE QUARANTINE EXTENDED. 



Insect Spreading. 



Increasing spread of the J.'i])anese 

 lieetle, a serious croj) insect pest, in 

 Peniwylvania and New Jersey has 

 necessitate<l an extension of the areas 

 under feder.al quarantine, the Eederal 

 Horticultural Board has announced in 

 making jjublie a revised notice of 

 (|uarantine, effective Januiuy 1. 1922. 

 'File total area is increased from ninety 

 to 27;') square miles, two classes of 

 (|uarantined areas being established, de- 

 ](euding ujion whether or not they are 

 heavily or lightly infested. Eegulations 

 governing th(; shipment of plants are 

 establislu;d for each class of territory. 



Classifications. 



The following townships will comprise 

 the heavilv infested area, January 1, 

 1!»22: 



New JiTsi'.v — Palmyra. CiniiaminKon. IJelran. 

 RiviTsicIc, CliostiT, Mount Ijniircl. Nortliamptdii. 

 Kvpsliaiii. LnmliiTton. Werttliaiiipton. Hurlington, 

 Winintbori) jiiid Hi-vcrly. in Hm-linj?lon connty; 

 city of ('gin]<l<'ii, townsliipH of IVnsauken, Dela- 

 ware. Haclduu ami Center, and tlie borough of 

 -Masnidiu. in runiden county. 



I'ennsylvania — Wards No. 4,"i. 23, S.'i and 41 of 

 tlic city of I'liiladelpliia, in I'liiladelpliia county; 

 townships of Hensalcm and Ilristol, in Hucks 

 connty. 



The following townships will com- 

 jirise the lightly infested areas: 



Now .lersey— Florence, Sprlngfleld, EaBthainp- 

 tou, Medford and Southampton, In Hurlington 

 county; iJloucester, Voorlieed. Clementon and 

 Kerlin. in Ciiniden county; West Deptford and 

 Deptford. In Gloucester county. 



Pennsylvania — Wards No. 33 and 42 of the cltv 

 of Philadelphia, in Philadelphia county: town- 

 ships of Cheltenham, .\bington and Moreland, in 

 Monteoniery county; townships of Southampton 

 and Middletown. in Hucks county. 



In the heavily infested area all prod- 

 ucts covered by the quarantine are to be 

 given the strictest possible inspection 

 before being allowed shipment to out- 

 side points'. In the lightly infested area 

 inspection and certification will be 

 maint.'tined of all nursery, ornamental 

 and greenhouse stoc^c, and soil, com- 

 ]iost and manure other than fresh ma- 

 nure, as Tieing the chief source of danger 

 in spreading the pest to distant points. 



A Major Pest. 



"The possibilities of danger l)y the 

 Japanese beetle," declared Dr. Charles 

 L. Marlatt, chairman of the Eederal 



Horticultural Board, in discussing the 

 (|uaraiitine action, "have prob.ably not 

 been fully realized, but this insect un- 

 doubtedly is bound to be one of the 

 major crop pests of the country. It is 

 fully realized by the state aad-fcderal 

 experts associated in the effort to con- 

 trol this newly imported pest that from 

 the very nature of the insect and its 

 habits it is impossible to prevent its 

 natural spread of several miles yearly 

 by any reasonable restrictions that are 

 jiossible of enforcement or any reason- 

 able expenditure of money. All that can 

 be done, therefore, we believe, is to 

 prevent by such quarantine measures as 

 appear to be practicable spread by wide 

 jumps or long-distant movement with 

 products originating in the infested 

 area. " 



The insect was introduced into the 

 Enited States some ten years ago with 

 an importation of iris roots from Japan 

 and thus far has been found only in 

 Xew Jersey and Pennsylvania. 



The revised notice of quar.-intine, ef- 

 fective January 1, 1922, reads as fol- 

 lows: 



The fact has been determined hv the secretary 

 of agriculture and notice is hereby given, that 

 an injurious insect, the Jaimnese "beetle, Popil- 

 lia .t.'iponica Newm.. new to and not heretofore 

 widely distributed within and throughout the 

 I'nited States, exists in portions of the states of 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 



Now, therefore. I, C. W. Pugslev, acting sec- 

 retary of agriculture, under authority conferred 

 by section 8 of the Plant Quarantine act, ap- 

 proved August 20. 1912 (37 Stat.. 315), as amend- 

 V!!,- -^^oi'"^ '"■' "' Congress approved March 4. 

 5917 (39 Stat., 1134, 1105), do liereby quarantine 

 tlie states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, ef- 

 fective as to the areas in these states now or 

 which may hereafter be, designated by the sec- 

 retary of agriculture as infested bv the Japanese 

 beetle, and by this notice of quarantine No. 48. 

 revised, do order that (1) farm, garden and 

 orchard products of all kinds; (2) grain and for- 

 age crops of all kinds; (3) nursery, ornamental 

 and greenhouse stock, and all other plants- and 

 (41 soil, compost and manure other than fresh 

 niiinnre shall not be moved or allowed to be 

 moved interstate fn>m either of said states In 

 manner or method or under conditions other than 

 those prescribed in the rules and regulations sup- 

 plemental hereto: Provided, That the limitation 

 <'t the restricthins of this quarantine and the 

 rules and regulations supplemental thereto to the 

 .•ireas in a quarantined state now. or which mav 

 hereafter be. designated bv the secretary of 

 agriculture as infested by the Japanese beetle 

 shall be conditioned tipon the establishment and 

 enforcement by the state of such control meas- 

 ures in cooperation witli the T'nlted States De- 

 partment of Agriculture with respect to the des- 

 ignated infested areas as in the judgment of the 

 secretary of agriculture shall be deemed ade- 

 quate to effect the control and prevent the spread 

 • ■f the Japanese beetle. 



