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The Florists' Review 



NovEMBEn 24, 1921 



Freiberg Zwel and rather larger than DruBchkl; 

 looks like a valuable garden rose; free in poorer 

 soil. 



Rodhatte — A polyantba; semi-double; red; looks 

 like an extremely valuable polyantha. 



Frau Rudolf Schmidt — Red Jessie: similar to 

 Jessie in every respect, except that it is a clear, 

 flery red. 



8. S. Pennock — Hybrid tea (Mr. Kordes' de- 

 scription); seedling of Lieutenant Chaure's Mrs. 

 George Sbawyer. The bud comes pointed long 

 and thick. Opens well in every weather to a 

 big, high-centered, well-shaped flower. Its keep- 

 ing qualities are at least those of Shawyer, but 

 the color is clear pink with intense apricot shad- 

 ings. It is as full as Shawyer, but freer; we 

 counted six to ten single-stemmed good flowers 

 on the plants at the same time, as they stood in 

 the field, as against Shawyer, four to six. The 

 flower always stands single on long, stiff stems; 

 good in spring under glass; probably a good 

 forcer also; Kordes seedling, to be distributed in 

 fall of 1922. 



Wilhelm Kordes — Pemetiana; seedling of Adolf 

 Koschel and Gorgeous; the bud comes long, point- 

 ed, almost always single; bud color is a little 

 yellow, with scarlet red; the flower is medium- 

 sized, bud of Ideal shape, and opens in the worst 

 of weather; color, difiicult to describe, in cool 

 weather glowing scarlet, with gold yellow center; 

 In hot, sunny weather golden yellow, with deep 

 red stripes and veins; perhaps up to now the most 

 distinct of all the bicolored roses;, distribution 

 In fall of 1922; no mildew or black spot. 



Camillo Schneider — A seedling of Ueutenant 

 Chaure and Comte Q. de Rochennor; bud thick, 

 pointed, dark red; opens to a well-built, medium- 

 sized, clear, cromson-colored flower. Good in 

 every weather; will be much admired on account 

 of its well-formed, clear-colored, erect-l)ome, 

 freely produced flowers; makes strong, healthy 

 plants; fall of 1922. 



Hortulanus Fiet — Verschuren, Pemetiana. A 

 wonderful rose; bud thick, pointed, mostly white, 

 epening to a splendid clear, massive golden yel- 

 low; ideal shape and strong petals make it a rose 

 that is perhaps one of the most admired when 

 known; perfectly pest-free. 



Miss Wilmott — Hybrid tea; a distinct white or 

 sulphur white rose; bud thick, pointed, greenish- 

 white; opens to a well-formed full flower; most 

 of the buds have a light pink center on the tip 

 of the opening flower, but this disappears and 

 the open flower has a really flne color. 



Gloire de Holland — Hybrid tea; a much needed 

 rose for beds in the open; blackish crimson; rare 

 color; buds dark; opens to a well-formed, cup- 

 shaped big flower; it never blues and the color 

 does not fade or burn in the sun; will be much 

 wanted when known. 



Covent Garden — A rose for the trade. Others 

 have perhaps more glowing colors, but this 

 brings the necessary number of perfect buds on 

 long, Btitt stems and a strong neck; color about 

 the same ns General MacArthur; pest-free. This 

 rose and Etoile de Holland will have to make a 

 run for the markets of the old world and. doubt- 

 less, also In the new. It will remain with the 

 rose-lovers to decide whether one or the other 

 shall be favorite or both. Hadley rose is jier- 

 haps still unbeaten, but it blues easily and that 

 is a great fault. 



Los Angeles and Columbia — They are both fine 

 outside and will be in great demand. 



Mrs. R. H. Darlington — It is a rose for a good 

 climate; It is a marvel, best described as a giant 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 



Padre — This will also soon have a place on ac- 

 count of its growing rapacity and its fine color, 

 coppered with carmine. 



Miss C. A. van llossera — Monthly rose hybrid; 

 at the moment iin unbeaten winner; bud long, 

 pointed, dark red. opens to an idpal-shai)ed, vel- 

 vety dark crimson flower, medium size, im- 

 mensely free; pest-proof; a garden rose par ex- 

 cellence. 



There are many more varieties that I 



did not have time to go over. Mr. 



Kordes says that Claudius Pernet is a 

 rose that he thinks could be forced. Cer- 

 tainly it is one of the finest of all in 

 their fields and is in wonderful shape. 

 It impressed me more than ever, as this 

 was the second or third time I had seen 

 it in quantity. Each time it stood out 

 distinctly as the finest of all. I should 

 like to see it tried out as a forcer in 

 America and, if it can be forced success- 

 fully, it will be one fine yellow rose. 



8. S. Pennock. 



MINNESOTA FLORISTS MEET. 



The November meeting of the Minne- 

 sota State Florists' Association was 

 held at the park and greenhouses, Thirty- 

 eighth street and Bryant avenue, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn. About fifty members were 

 present and an enthusiastic meeting en- 

 sued. After the members had viewed 

 the splendid crysanthemum display in 

 the greenhouses, the meeting was called 

 to order in the paint shop of the estab- 

 lishment. 



The exhibit by the Minneapolis park 

 board drew an unusually large number 

 of people this year. The first day ap- 

 proximately 4,000 attended, a steady 

 stream going through the greenhouses 

 each succeeding day and evening. Some 

 fine specimens of all types of chrysan- 

 themums were shown and a great deal 

 of credit is due the park department 

 growers for the interesting exhibit dis- 

 played. At the florists' meeting an 

 excellent group of pompon, single and 

 anemone chrysanthemums, originated at 

 the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., 

 was displayed by the Minneapolis park 

 board. There were some exceptionally 

 fine colors and vigorous, well grown 

 plants. Among the varieties were Chief, 

 Cadet, Dazzle, Maple Leaf, Eed Bird, 

 Mary Ann, Chestnut and Varsity. These 

 were given a certificate of merit. J. A. 

 Webber, of Mound, Minn., exhibited a 

 fine lot of single-stemmed chrysanthe- 

 mums, which were given a certificate of 

 merit. H. J. Saunders, of the hospital at 

 Hastings, exhibited some chrysanthe- 

 mums and also a hand-operated weeder. 

 Hans Eosacker exhibited an excellent 

 cyclamen plant, which scored 92 points, 

 entitling it to a certificate of merit. 

 Holm & Olson, of St. Paul, exhibited 

 some fine cyclamens and Jerusalem 

 cherries, which received honorable 

 mention. Preparations are being made 

 for a flower show to be held next fall in 

 Minneapolis. 



The next meettbg of the State Flo- 

 rists' Association will be held in the 

 Minneapolis court house, December 14, 

 in conjunction with the meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Society. The follow- 

 ing program has been prepared: "How 

 to Water Plants," by Hans Eosacker; 

 "Ten Good House Plants and Their 

 Care," by James Souden; "Plant In- 

 sects and Methods of Combating Them," 

 by Prof. A. G. Euggles. 



A list of premiums is offered at this 

 show for potted plants and a few season- 

 able cut flowers. LeEoy Cady, Sec 'y. 



NATIONAL OBOWEBS CONFER. 



A meeting of the officers, directors 

 and some members of the National 

 Flower Growers' Association was held 

 at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on the 

 morning of November 17. President W. 

 J. Keimel was in the chair and Secre- 

 tary J. F. Ammann presented some sug- 

 gested amendments to the constitution 

 and by-laws, which were discussed with 

 a view to their recommendation for 

 adoption at the next meeting of the or- 

 ganization. 



The National Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation now has a membership of about 

 400 in five district organizations, Chi- 

 cago, Ohio, New England, western New 

 York and St. Louis. As soon as plans 

 are arranged for the admission of indi- 

 vidual members, the membership will 

 undoubtedly grow rapidly. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



The president of the Ladies' S. A. F., 

 Mrs. George Asmus, has appointed Mrs. 

 Herman Knoble to fill the vacancy in 

 the office of second vice-president, 

 caused by the resignation of Miss 

 Catherine Crump. 



Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — E. C. Gray was 

 until recently with the Gray Floral Co., 

 of Chickasha, Okla. Ho is now starting 

 an independent business at Oklahoma 

 City. 



Rochester, N. Y. — Drawings and plans 

 are now being made for a greenhouse 

 which will soon be erected for Lewis D. 

 Battelle, 724 Thurston road. Mr. Bat- 

 telle already has one house, which is used 

 for starting plants in the earlv spring. 

 He does a retail business of several 

 thousand of these hardy plants every 

 season. 



Banquet of Chicago Florists and Visitors at Chrysanthemum Show at Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Last Week/ 



