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The Florists^ Review 



MOVXMBXB 17, 1921 



REGARDING PRISCILLA! 



The Montgomery Company and A. N. Pierson, Inc., believing that Priscilla would make 

 good as a forcing rose and having no desire to sell to the rose growers of America a rose in- 

 ferior to those varieties already in commerce, placed Priscilla with the best rose growers of 

 the country for trial. 



On this date, November 10th, there has been expressed by those who handle it and who 

 are growing it, the opinion that the color is not satisfactory and that the flower lacks 

 substance to such an extent that Priscilla will not be a desirable rose to grow. It is regretted 

 by ourselves as introducers of roses that this is the case, but we feel more satisfaction than 

 regret, due to the fact that the general test given Priscilla has disclosed this weakness, which 

 might have been overlooked were the rose not placed in the hands of this unprejudiced jury 

 of rose men. 



Priscilla will not be offered to the trade and is hereby formally withdrawn from sale. Over 

 150,000 have been sold in advance, but these orders are hereby canceled. Both The Mont- 

 gomery Company and A.N. Pierson, Inc., are satisfied that the judgment on Priscilla is fair and 

 that honesty of purpose and fairness of business methods justify this withdrawal of Priscilla. 



, ( A. N. PIERSON, Inc , Cromwell, Conn. 



Signed < 



(THE MONTGOMERY COMPANY, Hadley, Mass. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



useless and harmful. Some of the men 

 exploiting them were irresponsible or 

 worse, and many an owner was duped 

 and swindled by them. There are 

 reputable and intelligent men in this 

 work, but the whole business fell into 

 disrepute because of the so-called "tree 

 fakers. ' ' 



In order to remedy this evil, the gen- 

 eral assembly of Connecticut enacted a 

 law in 1919 providing that no person, 

 firm or corporation shall advertise, so- 

 licit or contract to improve the condi- 

 tion of trees or to protect them from 

 damage by diseases or insects unless 

 they have first secured a state certificate 

 showing that they are qualified for 

 such work. The entomologist, botanist 

 and forester of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, at New Haven, were 

 named to constitute a board to examine 

 and issue certificates and make all 

 needed regulations. The law provided 

 further that anyone may do such work 

 on his own premises or that of his em- 

 ployer or in the town of which he is a 

 legal resident. 



A valuable bulletin has just been is- 

 sued by the Connecticut Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, at New Haven, giv- 

 ing a list of firms receiving certificates 

 and a program of an institute conducted 

 for the instruction of tree workers and 

 other valuable data for tree surgeons. 



C. B. M. 



PINE RUST IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



For the first time since the white pine 

 blister rust was discovered in America, 

 infections on currant and gooseberry 

 bushes were found this fall in Pennsyl- 

 vania. The original discovery was made 

 by a United States Department of Agri- 

 culture blister rust investigator in 

 Wayne county. The significance of this 

 discovery lies in the fact that white 

 pine blister rust is spread from pine to 

 pine only through the medium of cur- 

 rant or gooseberry bushes. While some 

 blister rust has been found on planted 

 pines in Pennsylvania, they were 



