NOVBMBER 24, 1021 



The Rorists'' Review 



27 



A Sextet of New and Newer Roses at the Chicago Flower Show Last Week. 



for 1923 in order to work up stock for 

 the quantity that Avill be ri'quired. 



Below appear, to the left, I'remier 

 and, to the rijjht, Columbia, from the 

 greenhouses of Poehliuann Bros. Co. lie- 

 twecn them is the new yellow, Phantom, 

 espeeially adapted for corsage work. 



A Trio of Mums. 



The illustration showing the three 

 vases of ehrysantlieinums includes as 

 many prize-winners. To the left is the 

 vase of twenty-five Orange Queen that 

 won the ])ri7.e for Klmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Midi. The other two were dis- 

 plays of ir. W. Buekbee, Rockford, 111., 

 of which firm C. W. Johnson is general 

 manager. That to the left is the prize- 

 winning twenty-five Golden Wedding. 

 In the middle are the fifty Whittier. 



GERMAN ROSE NURSERY. 



Pennock Visits Spaxrieshoop. 



In April I visited W. Kordes' Sons' 

 place, at Sparrieshoop, going over their 

 rose fields. Of course they did not have 

 the attr.'iction they would have had 

 later in the season. At that time I 

 found everything in nice shape. I had 

 not expected to visit their place again, 

 but I found it possible, as I went to 

 Hamburg to meet Mrs. Pennock, who 

 was coming from England the latter 

 part of August. The next day I went 

 out from Hamburg by motor, a ride of 

 about ten miles through the suburbs of 

 Hamburg, which were attractive indeed; 

 then through more or less flat farming 

 country, passing a number of small rose 

 nurseries and on to the city of Elms- 

 horn; then three or four miles beyond 

 to Sparrieshoop, where we found W. T. 

 H. Kordes and his brother to welcome 

 us. They have two large fields of roses, 

 new and old v.aricties as well, and every- 

 thing was in nice shape. 



The nursery was founded in 1888 by 

 the father of the present brothers, who 



are now running the establishment. It 

 was taken over by them in 1919. This 

 was originally in Elmshorn, but, as they 

 did not have room enough to expand, 

 they moved to Sparrieshoop, about four 

 or five miles away, where they had 

 jdenty of acreage. This year they are 

 growing 200,000 roses on their own place 

 and have contracts with smaller grow- 

 ers for about 300,000 more, mostly 

 hybrid teas. 



Standards a Specialty. 



Standards are used to a far greater 

 extent in Europe than in America. 

 Nearly every g.urden has its standards, 

 maybe only two or three, yet tliey are 

 there in evidence in every garden. Mr. 

 Kordes makes rather a specialty of 

 standards and has 600 varieties of 

 hvbrid teas and Pernetianas. Thev 

 grow 160,000 dwarfs and 12,000 stand- 

 ards annually. The roses arc planted in 

 long rows across tlie fields, rows about 

 .100 feet long. Some rows are of entirely 

 one variety of rose, other rows of two 

 or three varieties, all in excellent 

 shape, sliowing no disease whatever, ex- 

 cepting one or two varieties, which show 

 mildew. Notably, Mrs. George Shawyer 

 had quite a bad dose of mildew. Other- 

 wise the fields were clean indeed. 



Those Most Noted. 



My time, unfortunately, was all too 

 short to be able to go over the different 

 varieties as carefully as I should have 

 liked, but I jotted down a few varieties 

 which stood out prominently. 



FroihiirR Zwoi — Hybrid to:i : Imd a color much 

 like tlic I«'i Kniiicc: Inuks us if it woiilil lie u 

 (.'ood forcer: a iM'-nitifiil. dciir jiink. lictlcr 

 sliapod tlian Ln France, with ratlior more pointed 

 l)nil: a free and stroiiK pnAver. 



Uheinliard I! ledecker — rernetiana, Kordes seed- 

 linc, yellow Drnsdiki; not (piite so Inrce as 

 Drnschki. a trifle shorter i)etal, but better 

 shnped. rather more pointed bud. but Rtill not 

 what one would call pointed, either: color is 

 rich golden yellow and is held until the petals 

 drop: llowers are borne on cood, lonw, heavy, 

 well foliagpd stems: iinnsiiallv strong Rrower; 

 conld almost be calleil rank grower. As far as 



1 cfiuld see. it sliduld certainl.^' have a place nlODK 

 with Drnschki. Some claim that it is not quite 

 so free a bliMimer as it should be. but I think it 

 would be worth while giving a trial. 



Adolf Koschel — Kordes scedlini;. I'ernetiana 

 blood: a r<ibust prower, rather tliornv. good 

 stems: the thorns are <iuite red, giving it a dis- 

 tinction that is (piile noticealile. It has a point- 

 ed bud: color, yellow, with a sulTuscd ralm<ui pink 

 towards the outer edges of petals; looks as if it 

 might be a forcer. If so, it would certainly be 

 a valuable rose for an.vone to grow. Of course, 

 one cannot tell, seeing it growing outdoors, 

 whether it would be a forcer or not; seems to 

 have ch.iracteristics of a forcing nise. This was 

 a rose that was immediately admired bv the 

 ladies and picked out as siunetliing out of the 

 ordinar.v, 



Edouard Hobrens — .\ hybrid tea, Kordes seed- 

 ling: dark red, attractive, but a little inclined 

 to have weak neck; this iirobably <ould be over- 

 come; free and a good bhxuner. 



W. ('. Count — Hybrid tea. impr<>ve<l Richmond; 

 a little darker than Ui<hinond: attractive. 



Madame .Tales Houche — Hybrid tea; this is the 

 second or thiril time I have se4'n this rose, which 

 is considered an improvement over Kaisenn, 

 splendid strong grower, giKid flower, trifle larger 

 tlian Kaiserin: long stem: tine forcer. 



•iolden Kmbleni — In wonderful shape, but Mr. 

 Kordes said it is somctinu>s a big disappolnt- 

 ineiit, as the plant the second year is poorer thau 

 the first, on acc(uint of black spot. 



.T. (". N. Koresticr — rernetiana; ii shrimp pink 

 or coral-red, very <Iear color. This was a beau- 

 tiful flower, umisiuil shade, different from any 

 rose I can recall. It is a good free grower, per- 

 fectly free from niililew or black spot. 



Willowmcre — I'ernetiana; in splendid shape; as 

 good as 1 ever saw. 



Ad(df Kaerger- rernetian.i: a Sunburst seed- 

 ling; looked like a promising yellow; good grower 

 an<I might h.ive possibilities as a forcer; a seed- 

 ling of W. Kordes. 



Etoilp do Holland — Hybrid tea: in good shape, 

 indeed: made n red streak across tlie fields; la. 

 doubtless, the first rose that is in some respect 

 nn improvement on Hadle.v rose. It never blues 

 and is rust inoof; was fully in bloom: attractive. 



Hed I^etter Day — Showed uj) finely, in full 

 bloom. 



Mrs. Wemyss Quin — I'ernetiana; rather a dis- 

 appointment. Mr. Kordes thinks It would not 

 be of lunch account as a forcer: attractive, 

 thougli. outside. 



(Jorgeous — Was in flnp shape. 



Madame Charles IjUtand — Hybrid ten: was in 

 good shape. This is a sister to Sunburst and 

 it is a pit.v it does not amount to anything as a 

 forcer. It is certainly attra<-tivi'. 



Oolden Ophelia — Hytirid tea; showeil up well. 



Mrs. Henry Morse — Hybrid tea; a delicate 

 pink; similar to Stanley in shade. Some would 

 not call Stanley shade a delicnle pink. I con- 

 siller it one of tlie most refined pinks among the 

 roses. 



H, E. Hicliardson Hybrid perpetual; n dark 

 crimson; good rose: a rose to be recommended 

 for l)oor soil: does much better than in rich soli; 

 in ridi soil it is a f.iiiure; a good flower for a 

 rose grower who is catering to a country where 

 the soil is unusually poor. 



•Saohsengruss — I'ink Drnschki; color similar to 



