AUOUST 18, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



591 



metal screen which attracted much at- 

 tention. Wm. Dilger is interested in it. 



Wm. Simpson ifc Sons, Philadelphia, 

 showed a steam lawn mower. 



Kroeschell Pros. Co., Chicago, showed 

 their well known steel boiler. 



Cahill, Swift Mfg. Co., St. Louis, 

 showed the Florence sectional boiler. 



A. T. Boddington, New York, showed 

 a large line of bulbs. 



H. N. Bruns, Chicago, showed cut lily 

 of the valley. 



H. M. Altick, Dayton, O'., showed por- 

 traits of McKinley sent by the family 

 in behalf of the memorial fund. 



Several other exhibits arrived late. 



Clucas & Boddington Co., New York, 

 exhibited bulbs. 



The Quaker City Machine Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., showed ventilating machin- 

 ery. 



Tlie King Construction Co., Toronto, 

 showed greenhouse construction devices 

 and material. 



The Niagara Cement and Concrete Co., 

 North Tonawanda, N. Y., showed bench 

 material. 



A. Klokner, Milwaukee, showed his 

 vase holder. 



C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwauket^, show- 

 ed a new glass mender, something easily 

 applied. 



AN AMERICAN TYPE OF ROSES. 



BY E. a. HILL, RICHMOND, IND. 



[Read before the Society of Americuu Florists 

 at St. Louis, August 17, 1904.] 



By the question implied in the topic 

 assigned me by the executive committee 

 of this society, "The Development of 

 an American Type of Roses, ' ' we may 

 infer that there is need of largely sup- 

 plementing our present list of roses as 

 grown in this country. Nothing can be 

 truer than that the general rose grower 

 feels this need and it is to the careful 

 hybridist and the persevering raiser of 

 seedling roses suited to our climate, that 

 we must look for this supplemental list. 



"We need roses that will bloom in our 

 grounds and gardens during the summer 

 and autumn. Climatic conditions vary 

 so greatly in our country that it would 

 seem necessary that several types should 



be brought out, adapted to the various 

 conditions and requirements of the dif- 

 ferent sections. 



The Pacific G>ast Supplied. 



It may be remarked in passing that 

 California and the Pacific coast states 

 have an ample source of supply for all 

 practical purposes in the fine produc- 

 tions of the rosarians of England and 

 the continent of Europe. The varieties 

 that succeed and flourish in the sections 

 named do remarkably well, also, in the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf states, hence 

 an effort to originate a new type for 

 these particular localities would seem an 

 unnecessary undertaking, although there 

 can, and will, be improvements over 

 such sorts as now lend charm and beauty 

 to the homes and gardens of the sec- 

 tions named above. Some fine additions 

 have been made the past few years, but 

 it will be a long time before such 

 grand old sorts as Ophirie, Lamarque, 

 Solfaterre, Eeine Marie Henriette and 

 Mnie. Alfred Carriere are supplanted as 

 climbers in the Pacific section, to say 

 nothing of the large number of grand 

 bush varieties which flourish with such 

 vigor and produce such quantities of 

 flowers. 



The European rose hybridist, assisted 

 by a kind Providence, has placed at the 

 disposal of the states of Washington 

 and Oregon, all that could be desired 

 in the way of fine roses; no section 

 of Europe produces finer hybrid perpet- 

 uals and hybrid teas than do these two 

 states. 



If you would see Xavier Olibo, Louis 

 Van Houtte, Ulrich Brunner and other 

 choicest hybrid perpetuals, together with 

 a sight of the finest La France that 

 soil can produce — then go to the Lewis 

 & Clark Exposition a year hence, in 

 Portland, Oregon. I am sure that you 

 will not be disappointed. 



Essentials of an American Type. 



That we need a new type of rose for 

 the section north of Virginia and Ten- 

 nessee calls for no argument whatever. 

 One of the first requirements of the type 

 is a vigor of constitution that will with- 



stand the ravages of black-spot, or 

 fungus, which is the first cause fcr 

 failure in our efforts to grow roses suc- 

 cessfully in the northern section of our 

 country. A few varieties succeed, but 

 only a very few .thrive and blo6m as 

 they should; there are a limited number 

 of favored localities where roses do very 

 well in the north, but they are few and 

 very far between. 



The second requirement is a resistant 

 texture of bloom, stronger than that 

 possessed by most of the hybrid per- 

 petuals, hybrid teas, and teas. 



It is well settled in your essayist 'a 

 mind that the two qualities mentioned 

 above are absolutely necessary to the 

 new type that we are seeking, if it is 

 to be of sterling value, and with these 

 must be united the third quality, a hard- 

 iness which will take it uninjured 

 through our rigorous winter^. 



The Method of Procedure. 



How shall we proceed in order to 

 secure a disease-resisting rose, with sub- 

 stantial texture of petal in its flowers, 

 that shall withstand the fierce on- 

 slaught of the sun in our hot, dry cli- 

 mate and possessing a degree of har<H- 

 ness that will insure life throTigh our 

 severe winters? This is the problem 

 before us. 



At first glance it would seem an impos- 

 sible undertaking, for where shall we 

 turn for the blood to so reinvigorate 

 our standard roses, and who among us 

 will undertake to devote time and ser- 

 vice and brain to an undertaking of 

 such doubtful remuneration and yet so 

 laudable ? 



Or will the lovers of roses continue to 

 be satisfied with the partial succe»«s 

 achieved by using present varieties anl 

 by various expedients jn-oducing a more 

 or less artificial result, not at all ade- 

 quate to the expense and labor bestowed. 



Rugosa the Vigorous Blood. 



There are a number of distinct species 

 of roses that should, and no doubt will, 

 be tried for this particular line (;f 

 hybridizing. First I would name Rosa 

 rogusa. While this species might not 



Group of Nephrolepis Scottii, Shown by John Scott, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



