JuNB 8, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



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ROSES AT ARLINGTON 



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AMEJtICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Members Visit Arlington. 



Bain marred the visit of the members 

 of the American Eose Society on the 

 occasion of their annual pilgrimage to 

 the test rose gardens at Arlington 

 Farms, Va., June 2. Most of the roses 

 had long since passed their prime and 

 the heavy rainfall shattered the blooms 

 of those that had been worth looking at 

 a few days before. 



Apparently insufficient notice of the 

 meeting had been given, for the attend- 

 ance of out-of-town members was ex- 

 tremely small and rather discouraging. 

 The local florists turned out in fair num- 

 bers, however, swelling the party. Fol- 

 lowing the inspection trip at Arlington, 

 automobiles conveyed those attending 

 to beautiful Twin Oaks, where the mem- 

 bers were guests of Mrs. Charles G. Bell. 

 Despite the rain and the wet, a tour was 

 made of this wonderful estate under the 

 guidance of George E. Anderson, its 

 head gardener, who had some wonderful 

 climbing roses to show. 



The Eeview correspondent had made 

 a trip to the gardens a few days in ad- 

 vance of the visitation, and was able 

 to view the roses when they presented 

 a more attractive appearance. The 

 climbers were good and there were 

 many teas that were well worthy of 

 mention. 



The leaders among the climbers, un- 

 disputed by those who viewed them, are 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, white, and Paul's 

 Scarlet Climber. The latter can be seen 

 looming up from all parts of the gar- 

 dens and it has been much admired. 

 The Van -Fleet rose is one that is be- 

 yond description. More time was spent 

 in looking at it than any of the other 

 roses. 



There is considerable leaf-spot pres- 

 ent in the gardens, and the fear has 

 been expressed that if some of the more 

 heavily infected plants are not removed 

 from their present locations, it will be- 

 come more prevalent. A great many 

 rose chafers were noticed, and some of 

 the roses had attracted spiders. 



Varieties Seen. 



American Pillar is one of the best 

 looking climbers in the gardens at this 

 time. The buds that cover it are just 

 about to mature. It seems healthy and 

 doing well. Empress of China was ques- 

 tioned as to name. However, this 

 climber is attractive. It is bushy in 

 appearance and covered with small, 

 white flowers and pink buds just about 

 to mature. Debutante is another good- 

 looking climber, fragrant, with large 

 blooms, which are pink when just open- 

 ing, bleaching to white, yet at no time 

 unattractive. 



Andreas Hofer was full-flowered, but 

 unattractive, as the flowers are not of 

 good color and the foliage is not par- 

 ticularly good. Queen of the Prairies 

 also is of poor color and not particu- 

 larly desirable when compared with 

 some of the newer varieties. 



Many of the roses were long past their 

 peak of beauty, yet giving evidences of 

 having done well earlier in the season. 



Leuchtstern is apparently a heavy-flow- 

 ering variety. Aglaia also showed evi- 

 dences of being a free bloomer. Miss 

 Helyett is another that had bloomed 

 heavily, but this particular variety 

 spreads out in its growth. It produces 

 flowers of deep pink, shading to a pale, 

 pink at the center. 



Ramblers. 



Both White Rambler and Climbing 

 Baby Rambler were unattractive by 

 reason of the fact that they are early 

 bloomers and they had long since passed 

 their seasons. Officials at the gardens, 

 however, declared that they had done 

 pretty well a few weeks ago. 



Tausendschoen is pretty nearly gone, 

 but there are still plenty of large clus- 

 ters of good-looking flowers, pink in 

 color and shading to white. Of similar 

 type is Shatemuc, although the flowers 

 are not particularly good. It is doing 



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well in the gardens and has luxuriant 

 foliage. 



Favorable comment was given to Ru- 

 bens, which has an appearance similar 

 to the Scarlet Climber. It was heavy 

 with flowers and the red-tinted foliage 

 was attractive. 



Everblooming Crimson Rambler is 

 A-1 as to general appearance, although 

 the loaves were somewhat mildewed. It 

 is growing nicely and was full of buds 

 and blooms. Flower of Fairfield, which 

 stood beside it, is also doing well. 



Vcilchenblau, as usual, came in for 

 criticism. It is the only bine in the 

 gardens and, strange to say, there were 

 more plants of this variety than of 

 most of the others. However, several 

 of these are being removed. It is an 

 odd-looking climber, showing u]i well 

 from a distance, but hardly one that 

 would make anyone enthusiastic over it. 



Gardenia and Source d "Or make at- 

 tractive, yellow buds, the latter being 

 the lighter in shade, slightly more dou- 

 ble, although not quite so large. Loon- 

 tine Gervais has large salmon flowers 

 and attractive buds. It is fragrant and 

 has good foliage. 



Milky "Way has been declared a good 

 climber. It is a single white and has 

 good foliage. It is doing well in the 

 gardens. Silver Moon is another good 

 one, having fine foliage. Both are free 

 bloomers. Mme. Alfred Carriere, which 

 also has white flowers, is attractive. 

 However, it is not so free a blooming 

 plant as some of the others that have 

 been mentioned, compensating for the 

 lack of ma.ss flowers by blooming all 

 through the summer. 



Some Climbers. 



Climbing American Beauty is a little 

 off color and is past its time, but still it 

 is rather attractive and has good foliage 

 and fragrant flowers. 



The general appearance of Oriole was 

 marred by the hanging on of the dead 

 blooms. The buds are deep yellow and 

 are good. Klondike has cream-like buds 

 and fairly large flowers, but the plant 

 does not make much foliage. Ernest 

 Grandpierre also has yellow buds, the 

 flowers being white and growing in huge 

 clusters, of which there were a great 

 many. It is doing well. 



There are a great many attractive 

 salmon-colored climbers in the gardens. 

 Adelaide Moulle turns to white in the 

 matured flowers. It is quite prolific and 

 the flowers are double. The foliage is 

 excellent and quite shiny. Electra is 

 also double, with flowers fading to 

 white, and the foliage is good. This is 

 an attractive climber. 



Golden Rambler is not particularly 

 hardy, but the flowers are attractive, 

 fading to white at maturity. 



Lady Gay is showy and is doing well 

 in the gardens. It has well formed flow- 

 ers and is a free bloomer. Dorothy Per- 

 kins is just coming into bloom and is 

 exceedingly good, with excellent foliage. 



The Lovetts were fine this year. Mrs. 

 Lovett is a showy plant, with deep pink 

 blooms and good foliage. Bess Lovett 

 is an excellent red — one of the best in 

 the gardens; and Mary Lovett is a fine 

 white, which has been doing excellently. 

 Alida Lovett, a double pink, is not 

 heavy in foliage, but is good just the 

 same. 



Hiawatha is doing well and its flow- 

 ers are rather attractive, carmine in 

 color with a white center. The flowers 

 of Wichuraiana do not show up well in 

 the great mass of yellow and green 

 foliage. Dundee Rambler is poor, be- 

 cause the dead blooms hang on too long. 



Tigira will soon be a thing of great 

 beauty, for it is covered with buds. The 

 foliage is excellent. Baltimore Belle is 

 another of the late bloomers, but is not 

 hardy. Its flowers are blush-tinted. 

 Graf Zeppelin has deep pink flowers. 

 They fade white and remain on the 

 ]ilant too long, making it unattractive. 



Lady Godiva will soon be in full 

 bloom, with attractive pink flowers. 

 Flame, the name indicative of the flow- 

 ers, is attractive. It has a large num- 

 ber of clusters heavy with flowers and 

 it will soon be in full bloom. Its foliage 

 is excellent. Trier, a white, will bloom 

 all summer, although the flowers are not 

 large. 



Hugh Dixon is an excellent variety 

 among the crimsons. It has large flow- 



