Skptembek 15, 1921 



The Rorists' Revteu 



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siastic support being given from all 

 over Canada, and the welcome given the 

 visitors will be a real, hearty Canadian 

 one. 



Visitors from both the United States 

 and Canada are reminded that there 

 will be reduced fares to the convention. 

 Secure a one-way ticket and a certifi- 

 cate for each one of the family. Eegis- 

 ter at the convention, where an order 

 for a return ticket will be given by rep- 

 resentatives of the railways, who will 

 be on hand during the convention. 

 Make a point of registering early. 



J. J. H. 



CLEVELAND IS PUSHING. 



After the lapse of six years since the 

 last national flower show, the trade is 

 looking forward to the big exhibition 

 in Cleveland next spring. That the 

 Cleveland florists recognize their respon- 

 sibility, as well as their opportunity, is 

 indicated by the energetic manner in 

 which they are undertaking prepara- 

 tions. One of the most assiduous of the 

 committees is that on publicity and 

 much material is being published in the 

 Cleveland newspapers. Last week ap- 

 peared in the Plain Dealer the portraits 

 of S. S. Pennock, who will be president 

 of the S. A. F. at the time of the show; 

 Thomas Roland and Adolph Gude, presi- 

 dent and vice-president of the society 

 now; James McLaughlin, newly elected 

 president of the Clevelanu Florists' 

 Club; F. C. W. Brown and H. P. Knoble, 

 heads of the two largest florists' enter- 

 prises in Cleveland. At the same time 

 half a column of material concerning 

 the show was printed. 



The following committee under Her- 

 man P, Knoble, chairman, is engaged 

 in preparing for the big exhibition: 

 Timothy Smith, admissions; F. C. W. 

 Brown, advertising; Ella Grant Wilson, 

 publicity; Bobert P. Brydon, aquarian; 

 Fred C. Witthuhn, bureau of informa- 

 tion; Walter E. Cook, concessions; Wil- 

 liam H. Temblett, exterior decoration; 



A. D. Taylor, interior decoration; 

 George E. Carrothers, lectures and 

 school garden; Carl Hagenburger, local 

 exhibits; Charles J. Graham, music; E. 



B. George, nurserymen; George Bate, 

 out-of-town exhibits; George L. Mercer, 

 printing; Charles E. Russell, retail ex- 

 hibits; James A. McLaughlin, special 

 premiums; Albert Barber, special fea- 

 tures; Charles F. Bastian, transporta- 

 tion. 



ROSE PBISCILLA. 



In 1922 a new Montgomery rose will 

 be given to the trade, a rose about 

 which florists have heard much already 

 through the novel method of introduc- 

 ing it which has been adopted by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. A 

 dozen plants of this rose were sent to 

 each of approximately fifty growers, 

 a list of whom has been published and 

 all of whom are recognized as particu- 

 larly expert in the culture of this 

 flower. Upon the reports of these grow- 

 ers, who are scattered from coast to 

 coast, the introducers will be able to 

 base their assertions regarding the per- 

 formance of the variety under widely 

 different conditions. 



Montgomery's Priscilla, as it is called 

 to accord with the nomenclature rules, 

 is a seedling by Ophelia and is particu- 

 larly a winter-flowering rose. It has a 

 big bloom, though not overpetaled, and 

 is said to be open at all seasons. The 



Rose Montgomery's Priscilla. 



bud is long and the outer petals do not 

 reflex so as to bruise easily in shipment. 

 In color it is midway between Colum- 

 bia and Premier; the outer petals are 

 somewhat lighter than the deep pink of 

 the center of the flower. The colci is 

 said to hold well, particularly if the 

 rose is not cut too tight in bud and is 

 not grown in too high a temperature. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., states that Pris- 

 cilla does well on Manetti and on own 

 roots, being a robust grower. It breaks 

 freely from the bottom, making strong, 

 heavy canes. It grows freely from the 

 hard wood and tlie breaks are large, 

 strong shoots. The introducers state 

 that Priscilla can be pinched, but need 

 not be, except for a holiday crop, for 

 the strong-growing habit makes ample 

 stem without the double growth. It 

 makes little blind growth and the flow- 

 ers produced are practically all perfect 

 in form. 



Priscilla is a winter-blooming variety. 

 From 140 plants at the range of the 

 Montgomery Co., at Hadley, Mass., 

 3,824 grafting scions were taken Janu- 

 ary 10 without cutting below the pinch; 

 from this performance may be deduced 

 the easy growth of the variety in 

 winter and its heavy winter production. 



Of Priscilla 4,000 are growing at the 

 range of the Montgomery Ce., !it Hail- 



ley, Mass., and 11,000 are at Cromwell, 

 more than 1,000 being in each of the 

 rose ranges there, under different grow- 

 ers' care, to test it thoroughly. Be- 

 sides, as has been said, each of about 

 fifty growers in various sections of the 

 country are trying a few plants for 

 their own observation and report. 

 These so far are quite favorable and 

 would seem to go toward substantiating 

 the introducer's assertion that it is 

 the best Montgomery rose to be put out 

 — not a small statement, by any means. 

 As growers of over 1,000,000 roses an- 

 nually for the greenhouse trade, A. N'. 

 Pierson, Inc., is widely known. This 

 big range is the product of fifty years' 

 constant and zealous effort on "the part 

 of A. N. Pierson and of a shorter period 

 of just as unremitting and devoted in- 

 terest on the part of his son, Wallace 

 R. Pierson, whose authority in rose mat- 

 ters and growers' affairs is witnessed 

 by the position he has iittained in the 

 orgaiiiz.ations representing those two 

 inter.'sts of the trade. 



GERANIUM CUTTINGS. 



By potting my field-grown geraniums 

 ill good-sized jwts after the cuttings 

 liave been removed, can I get enough 

 cuttings as a second liatcli to make it 



