

Mabch 16, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



94J 



We hear but little of the rose that 

 bears the honored name of Admiral 

 Schley, which as a pot plant possesses 

 rare value. The color is rich, glowing, 

 velvety crimson. The flowers have im- 

 usual substance, a valuable point, are 

 delightfully fragrant and borne in 

 great abundance. A clean, healthy, 

 dwarf grower, with splendid foliage. 



Since Killarney has become recog- 

 nized as a rose of more than ordinary 

 merit, such roses as Mme. Jules Grolez, 

 its counterpart in color and almost 

 equal in flower, remains unnoticed. It 

 is a splendid grower and with proper 

 management should prove a strong com- 

 petitor of Killarney. 



The list is incomplete without Lady 

 Joy, a cross between American Beauty 

 and Belle Siebrecht, a royal parent- 

 age; flowers large, cup-shaped, almost 

 double, with enormous shell-like petals 

 of good substance, highly fragrant. The 

 color is new — lively crimson. 



Mrs. Eobert Garrett is of the same 

 type, but not as free blooming; im- 

 mense bright, clear pink flowers. We 

 cannot omit Winnie Davis, one of the 

 fairest of the newer hybrid tea roses. 

 Very free blooming, of good habit of 

 growth, with immense, long, heavy 

 buds, splendidly formed, developing 

 into unusually large flowers. Color 

 bright apricot-pink, shading flesh tint 

 at the base of petals. 



A Word for Americans. 



Eight here I wish to compliment our 

 American rose growers upon the 

 splendid results achieved in producing 

 new roses of merit. Fully conscious of 

 what our brothers across the sea have 

 done for the rose, for which we are in- 

 debted to them, I would say naught 

 against the magnificent work they have 

 done, and are doing. Unlike our Amer- 

 ican growers, however, who hesitate 

 to offer a rose unless it be of pro- 

 nounced merit, from my own personal 

 experience, each year hundreds of va- 

 rieties are produced in Europe many 

 of which have little or no merit to 

 commend them. I know of nothing 

 that is so fraught with pleasure, as 

 well as disappointment, as the trying 

 out of new roses, and it has been the 

 practice of our company up until re- 

 cent years to try out all the new roses 

 of Europe as they have been intro- 

 duced, and I can say that the large 

 majority of these new varieties of for- 

 eign origin have been disappointing. 

 Therefore our American growers are to 

 be not only congratulated, but also 

 commended upon the work they are do- 

 ing, and the precaution shown in not 

 introducing any and every seedling 

 they originate. 



I need not call attention to Mr. 

 Hill's splendid new rose, Richmond. 

 It has spoken for itself, and as a 

 candidate for popular favor in the 

 class of red forcing roses it seems to 

 be a decided improvement over any we 

 have at this time. Rosalind Orr Eng- 

 lish is another promising hybrid tea. 



John Cook, to whom we doff our 

 hats as one of the veteran introducers 

 of meritorious new roses, contributes 

 Cardinal, a beautiful crimson hybrid 

 tea, and Enchanter an extremely free 

 blooming variety with large, clear, 

 bright pink flowers. Mr. Cook selects 

 this variety as the best of over 500 

 seedlings. 

 Pierre^Nottlog a ViflnaT 



Let me recommend Souvenir de 



Large Flowered White Margaerite. 



(Grown by Wm. Nicholson. Framlngham, Mass.) 



Pierre Notting as one of the best 

 roses for all around purposes intro- 

 duced in many years. It will take 

 front rank, if not surpass from every 

 standpoint, white and pink Maman 

 Cochet, the best roses for summer 

 flowering in the open ground. This 

 new variety is a splendid grower, 

 throwing up beautiful flowers on long, 

 stiff, erect stems. The bloom is large 

 and double, opens easily and possesses 

 unusual substance. The color is dif- 

 ficult to describe, apricot yellow, tinged 

 with golden, mixed with orange yel- 

 low, while the edge of the petals are 

 shaded carmine. Every florist who has 

 a foot of ground for summer roses 

 should have this rose. 



Mme. Derepas-Matrat has estab- 

 lished itself as a companion to the 

 Cochet roses, which it resembles in ev- 

 ery particular, except the color in deep 

 yellow. 



Other Good New Sorts. 



The following varieties are also 

 among the most promising of the newer 

 sorts. Canadian Queen is an improve- 

 ment over Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, 

 Mme. Cusin and Mrs. Oliver Ames, 

 the latter which it resembles in color; 

 General MacArthur, a vivid crimson 

 hybrid tea; Red Chatenay, deeper in 

 color than the parent; Uncle John, 

 more pronounced in color than Golden 

 Gate; Beauty of Eosemawr, rich car- 

 mine red, valuable for outdoor pur- 

 poses; La Detroit, distinct and valu- 



able, shell pink, good for forcing; Sax- 

 onia, worth trying as an improvement 

 over Golden Gate; Mrs. B. R. Cant, 

 unusually valuable for amateur^ulti:_ 

 _4^YatinTl, better- tlnnr^iPapa TJontier ; Au- 

 rora, an improvement over Hermosa; 

 Franz Deegen, an immense deep, double 



yellow rose, alike in habit and growth 

 with Kaiserin Augusta V^ictoria, and 

 far superior to Perle von Godesberg, 

 sent out as Yellow Kaiserin; Florence 

 Pemberton, a strong growing hybrid 

 tea, large shell-pink flowers, good for 

 open ground work; Maddalena Scal- 

 arandis, will rank with the Cochet 

 roses outdoors, color rich dark pink, 

 on yellow ground. Ideal ranks with 

 Bridesmaid and La France, pink in 

 color. 



Old Rose Made New. 



As an example of an exceedingly 

 rare rose I mention the variety York 

 and Lancaster, which dates back to the 

 War of Roses between the royal 

 houses of York and Lancaster, said to 

 have originated when these warring 

 factions became united, its colors rep- 

 resenting the white of the Yorkists and 

 the red of the Lancastrians, the flower 

 being a combination of red and white 

 blotched and striped. 



Magnafrano is a free blooming hy- 

 brid tea, with large, double pink flow- 

 ers. Wellesley is a remarkably free 

 flowering forcing variety. The color 

 is bright pink; a good keeper. For 

 greenhouse men doing a local trade 

 there is always a demand for a hardy 

 ever-blooming climbing rose. To meet 

 this demand there is no better variety 

 than Climbing Clothilda Soupert. 



The list of the newer and promising 

 varieties could be extended to consid- 

 erable length, but I feel that I have 

 already encroached too far upon the 

 patience of you gentlemen, and in 

 thanking you for your kind atten tion 

 _1 w ish to e xpr e a a tha Lope ^th'aTX'inay 

 have said something of value to grow- 

 ers as well as helped deserving roses 

 to greater popularity., . . . .. 



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