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Makch 23. 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



45 



AWARDS AT PORTLAND, 



On New Roses for 1921. 



I'ortland and Philadelphia divide the 

 lionors for 1921 in the production of 

 new roses, as shown by the rei)ort of 

 the board of judges which seoreil the 

 new roses in the international rose test 

 garden in Washington park, Portland, 

 Ore. According to the finding of the 

 judges, the following awards were 

 made: 



To ('aptaiii Otjorttc C. Tluimiis, Jr.. of I'liilii- 

 (lelpliia, I'll., for prodiiciiiK tlic rose, Mrs. (leorttc 

 (". TliomiiN, Kold medal of tlio Aiiu-iican Kow- 

 Society, for the best rose for general Harden oil- 

 tivatiou; cold medal of the eit.v of I'ortland for 

 the best new <'liiiibini; rose, and the silver troph.v 

 of the rofthiiid Kose Soeiet.v for the best rose 

 produced by an amateur. 



To Albert Clarke, of I'ortland, for prodneinK 

 the rose Imperial I'otentate, silver medal of the 

 American Uose Society for the second best rose 

 for general Karden cultivation; gold medal of the 

 city of Portland for the best bnsli or dwarf rose, 

 and silver trophy of the I'ortland Chamber of 

 Commerce for the l)est new rose produced on the 

 raciflc coast. ^ 



The judge? for 1921 were Kev. S. S. 

 Sulliger, of Kent, Wash.; H. L. Collier, 

 president of the Seattle Rose Society, 

 and J. B. Pilkington, of Portland. The 

 judges viewed the roses several times 

 and made their individual markings 

 and then made the final markings from 

 the records kept, all scores being under 

 what is known as the Portland system, 

 which shows clearly the value of a new 

 rose for certain qualities. 



Portland's the Highest Award, 



Park Superintendent C. P. Keyser, 

 in speaking of the 1921 competition in 

 new roses, said: "The great majority 

 of the new roses tested \p 1921 were 

 new creations of Captain Thomas and 

 Albert Clarke, as their roses, excejit 

 one from John Cook, the veteran grower 

 of Baltimore, and C. F. (lersdorff, of 

 Washington, were the only bushes re- 

 ceived in 1919, due to the closing of tin; 

 war, but next year there will be a long 

 list of contenders for the Portland 



honors. The growers tliroughout the 

 world art- fully awakened to the impor- 

 tance of having their roses tested in 

 I'ortland, for our garden is the only 

 one where they are tested under the 

 system origintited by Jesse A. Currey, 

 of this city. In the other test gardens, 

 such as those of the government at Ar- 

 lington, the one at Cornell University 

 and the one at Hartford, Conn., they 

 keep markings of old roses as well as 

 new, but Portland is tlie only city where 

 only new roses are tested scientifically; 

 tliat is, to determine their disease-re- 

 sisting qualities, their vigor, their fra- 

 grance, length of stem, etc, !riierefore, 

 the growers have realized that if their 

 new roses can attain a score of at least 

 eighty-five points under tin; Portland 

 test, they have a rose which they can 

 recommend to the jjublic for general 

 garden cultivation. The ])ul)lic is also 

 realizing the value of the Portland test, 

 for the garden here gets frecpient in- 

 (luiries as to the score certain new roses 

 have made in Portland. The gardens 

 are also advertising Portland jis the 

 rose center, for if you look over the 

 catalogues you will find that roses 

 which have ])assed the Portland test 

 are especially noted. 



"As an illustration of how the test 

 garden is growing in iiiii)ortance in the 

 opinion of the growers is the long list 

 entered for competition next year. Dur- 

 ing the last week we receivetl n large 

 shipment of new varieties of roses from 

 Hazelwood Bros., of Australia, and .also 

 a shipment from Hugh Dickson, of Ire- 

 land, and W.-ilter Kaslea and Elisha J. 

 Ilicks, of England, iind we hiive ))een 

 notified that Periiet-Ducher is sending 

 here his new yellow rose. Souvenir 

 Claudius Ducher. I'''rom this country 

 we have just received for testing, E. <i. 

 Hill's new creation, Americji; also Fred 

 If. Lemon 's four new roses, Rotarian, 

 Angelus, Amelia Cude and Freedom, 

 and from Joseph Hill his wonderful red 

 rose. Red Columbia. Jackson & Perkins 



Co., of New York; Howard & Sinitli, of 

 Los Angeles; S. S. Pennock, of Phila- 

 delphia, and several others have sent 

 in new roses to be tried here. From 

 Bees, of Liverpool, England, we have 

 received a most important shipment, in- 

 cluding the new roses, Macbeth 

 .\donis. Puck, Aerial and Independence 

 Day, and from Thomas X. Cook, of Bos- 

 ton, his latest climber, and several new 

 everblooming roses from Ca])taiii 

 Thomas, of Philadelphia." 



Describes the Winners. 



Jesse A. Currey, of Poirtland, Pacific 

 coast director of the American Rose So- 

 ciety, in reviewing the awards, said: 

 "It is evident from the detailed report 

 of the judges that the contest in 1921 

 was extremely keen, there being only 

 a difference of one point between the 

 roses of Captain Thomas and Mr. 

 Clarke, the formef making a total score 

 of 94.33 points out of a ])0ssible 100, 

 which is an exceedingly high mark. An 

 analysis of the scope shows that Cap- 

 tain Thomas's lu'w climber had the ad- 

 vantage practicaHy'only in novelty, and 

 it is truly a rrfivelty, not^nly from a 

 color standjioint, i)eing irricli mixture 

 of creiuii tints ;ind gold, but because it 

 is a continuous bloomer. One of the 

 bushes in the garden produced a total 

 of 41() blooms in the season, which is 

 remarkable for a 2-year-old plant; at 

 no time from May 26 until October 10 

 was it without flowers, and June 30 it 

 carried sixty-three fine blooms. Good 

 climbers are scarce and Captain 

 Thom;is's production fills a long-felt 

 want. As ;i decorative rose it is a most 

 welcome addition. It was entered in 

 the test jj.'irden as seedling Xo. fiGH, 

 but now that it has won world's honor, 

 getting the highest award possible in 

 the rose world. Captain Thomas has 

 n;imed it in h()ni)r of his mother, Mrs. 

 (ieorge C. Thomas, one of Philadcl- 

 phi.i 's best knowi) philanthropists. In 

 addition to this rose, Captain Thomas 



