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The Florists' Review 



June 22. 1922 



Avoca, a plant in full bloom six feet 

 high; Cissie Easlea, one of the richest 

 yellows, though not quite the favorite 

 with Mr. Dunning that Daily Mail is. 

 Mr. Dunning had a Lyon rose on a 

 trellis twelve feet high, which was a 

 perfect blaze of color. He preferred 

 Willowmere to;?Ijos Angeles; and Red 

 Letter Day, while similar in color, was 

 much more vigorous than Kitchener of 

 Khartum. Mr. Dunning 's choice among 

 hybrid perpetuals, of which there were 

 many, were Anna de Diesba/jh, Baron 

 de Bonstetten and Ulrieh Brunner. 



Polyanthas Seen. 



Having had a look in at the country 

 club, the party was welcomed at the 

 home of a miracle worker — at least, you 

 would call him so if you realized the 

 transformation that had taken place 

 since April, 1920, when Mr. Ferrin be- 

 gan with a patch of bare ground. He 

 welcomed to his home some seventy-five 

 guests, who came, saw and were filled 

 with delight upon seeing the display in 

 full bloom. Of some 300 rose plants, 

 including not only climbers, the best 

 of which was Paul's Scarlet Climber, 

 and polyanthas, among which Greta 

 Kluis and Marie Pavie were outstand- 

 ing sorts, the latter a most inveterate 

 bloomer, but also, probably most dis- 

 tinguished among the roses in this new 

 garden, tree roses planted only a year 

 ago last autumn, but with heads of gen- 

 erous spread and twelve to eighteen 

 blooms to a plant. After a delightful 

 luncheon, Mr. Ferrin explained that it 

 did not require a million dollars or a 

 large piece of property to have roses; 

 he modestly presented this little exam- 

 ple of how he had started with a swamp 

 and in less than two short years demon- 

 strated the possibility of having a rose 

 garden on a 30xl00-foot lot within 

 easy reach of a modest purse. The dem- 

 onstration was indeed a delightful ex- 

 ample. Mr. Ferrin called in turn upon 

 the newly elected president of the 

 American Rose Society, who gavfe a 

 short address on "Popularizing the 

 Rose. ' ' 



J. Horace McFarland was introduced 

 as the editor of the Rose Annual, and 

 presented several groups of the best 

 roses and those especially adapted for 

 use as shrubs. F. L. Atkins was intro- 

 duced as the father of the tree roses 

 that Mr. Ferrin had planted, and he 

 demonstrated to the audience how tree 

 roses may be successfully grown. 



Bose Show Visited. 



Returning through Auburn, the party 

 visited the scene of the rose show, 

 which was staged in the Chamber of 

 Commerce the following day, and as 

 the party left the town it was im- 

 pressed with the completeness of Au- 

 burn hospitality, by hearing the chimes 

 from a neighboring church peal forth 

 "The End of a Perfect Day." 



Officers Visit Bochester. 



In this little 2-day journey the oflScers 

 of the American Rose Society felt 

 themselves fortunate in being able to 

 visit the Rochester rose show. For more 

 than one generation has Rochester been 

 known as the Flower city, but it re- 

 mained for the young blood of the pres- 

 ent day of floral enterprises to put 

 Rochester on the map again, rosewise. 

 Through the capable career of this or- 

 ganization, started by a master hand 

 within the last two years and stimulated 

 into active service by the rose patron 



of these parts. Dr. E. M. Mills, it has 

 grown until its rose shows of this year 

 make a triumph for extent and quality. 

 Other people have much to learn, but 

 when you can get close to 1,000 people 

 to come out of a night and study your 

 roses, to say nothing of the arduous 

 labors of staging such shows on the 

 part of many of the busy business men 

 and hustling housewives, you have cer- 

 tainly made great progress and, so far 

 as appeared to some of the visitors, it 

 would seem as though Rochester would 

 soon take the lead. 



John Dunbar, of the park department, 

 with hi5_ assistant, Mr. Dukelow, used 

 two entire tables to display climbers 

 and species of bush roses in extensive 

 varieties, clearly labeled. Outstanding 

 among the exhibits by the amateurs 

 was a huge bowl of Old Gold, a stately 

 display of Paul's Scarlet Climber and 

 a charming vase of Souvenir de Claud- 

 ius Pernet. 



Among the few nurserymen in attend- 

 ance were Charles Maloy, an integral 

 part of the former firm of Ellwanger 

 & Barry; Albert L. Shepard, secretary 

 of the Rochester Rose Society; Mr. 

 Glenn, now with James Vick's Sons, 

 and Mr. Baird, all busy boosters among 

 the larger group who are making the 

 Rochester Rose Society the largest in 

 the Empire state. Robert Pyle, Pres. 



BIO GATHEBINO AT DALLAS. 



Texas Florists Look for Large Crowd. 



The annual convention of the Texas 

 State Florists' Association attracts 

 members of the trade not only of the 

 Lone Star state, but from all over the 

 south as well. And not a few come 

 from north of the Mason and Dixon 

 line. In point of numbers and in in- 

 terest, thie Texas conventions have at- 

 tained a rank of their own among state 

 gatherings. This year's meeting, to be 

 held at Dallas July 5 to 7, promises to 

 maintain the reputation established by 

 the Loan Star florists in previous years. 

 The city of Dallas has long used the 

 slogan, "The City of the Hour," as ex- 

 . pressing its position as a leading com- 



munity in the southwest. No other city 

 in Texas, at least, has shown such rapid 

 growth in recent years, and its ispirit 

 is likened by those who have visited it 

 as akin to the briskness of larger urban 

 centers in the northern latitudes of the 

 country. Though in point of popula- 

 tion, according to the 1920 census, 

 Dallas is about 2,500 souls behind San 

 Antonio in point of size — it may have 

 made up the difference in the two years 

 since the census — in rapidity of growth 

 its progress is unparalleled in the south- 

 west. From 1900 to 1910 it more than 

 doubled its population, and from 1910 to 

 1920 it came near repeating the feat. 

 Dallas today has a population close to 

 160,000. The exact figure of the 1920 

 census was 158,976. The illustration on 

 page 27, which gives a view of the sky 

 line of Dallas, indicates better than 

 words are able, how metropolitan a com- 

 munity this Texas city has become. 



Many Exhibits Expected. 



Not only has the city merits which 

 will make a trip to the convention well 

 worth while, but arrangements for ac- 

 commodating the meeting will provide 

 for a bigger one than has yet been held. 

 The illustration showing the interior of 

 the convention hall indicates how many 

 must attend ere the room will be 

 crowded. The convention is to.be held 

 in the Fair Park Coliseum, where space 

 for trade exhibits and for visitors' ac- 

 commodation has been provided on a 

 large scale. There is an abundance of 

 room for the trade displays, and an ex- 

 hibit of any size can be accommodated. 

 A considerable number of supply houses 

 and greenhouse equipment manufac- 

 turers have already made reservations 

 for large displays, for this is consid- 

 ered a first-rate opportunity to get in 

 touch with the trade of the southwest. 

 Space will be furnished free to exhibit- 

 ors, but each one is expected to stage 

 his own display and care for it through- 

 out the convention. 



The present head of the Texas State 

 Florists' Association is one whose pres- 

 ence at the helm assures a meeting full 

 of energy and enthusiasm. The gathering 



Convention Hall in Which Texas Florists Will Hold Sessions. 



