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Decbmbkr 14, 1906; 



can give no better example of this than 

 in the case of Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine, and I think I may claim to have 

 •done something in the way of bringing 

 this plant forward, and also having done 

 something toward re-establishing its 

 reputation in France, for when Mr. Truf- 

 f aut was over here some years ago, be- 

 fore I could show him plants I suggested 

 it was a good plant, and he strongly 

 ■condemned it. However, later on, when 

 he saw some well-grown stuff he was de- 

 lighted with it, and bought plants. Later, 

 it led to its being so much appre- 

 ciated that Mr. Trufifaut built houses on 

 purpose for growing it. It was much the 

 same here in England; the plant had 

 been introduced some years before its 

 value was known. 



Another plant which I was much taken 

 with took some time to gain favor with 

 the public. I refer to Verbena Miss 

 Willmott. About six or seven years ago 

 I grew some plants in pets. Several 

 growers noted it, and it was not long 

 before we had it on the market. During 

 the past season it has been one of the 

 most popular market plants we have had. 



Take the Crimson Eambler rose. I 

 remember when I first tried to sell well- 

 flowered plants, I could not do so, and 

 it was only by inducing one of the lead- 

 ing florists to accept plants on sale or 

 return that I first got its value recog- 

 nized. Yet when once started it soon 

 made an impression. It is not all grow- 

 ers who have done well with this rose, 

 but where it has been well ripened and 

 done well, it has been one of the most 

 profitable plants of recent introduction. 

 It is here where a little experience is 

 necessary; soft, coarse wood is of no 

 use; it must be hard and well ripened. 



I believe it has often occurred that a 

 really useful plant has been condemned 

 through not giving it a fair trial. 



FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI. 



Of the making of new roses, as of 

 books, "there is no end." Hundreds of 

 new varieties are sent out each year by 

 home and foreign raisers. An almost in- 

 credible number of varieties have been 

 cultivated and named since the rose first 

 found its way into the ornamental gar- 

 den. Of a list of 1,000 named sorts, 

 compiled in 1835, grown and highly ap- 

 preciated at the time, scarcely one is in 

 cultivation to-day. Varieties of exqui- 

 site finish and great beauty are con- 

 stantly produced, but only the merest 

 fraction of the number find a perman- 

 ■ent place in cultivation. The overwhelm- 

 ing defect of most new roses is lack of 

 suflScient vigor in plant to endure the 

 strain of commercial propagation and 

 the mishaps of amateur cultivation. New 

 kinds of superlative all-round merit, how- 

 ever, are produced at uncertain intervals. 

 Thus within the last fifteen years such 

 generally successful garden varieties as 

 Clothilde Soupert, blush white; Gruss 

 an Teplitz, crimson scarlet; Mme. Caro- 

 line Testout, bright pink, as well as 

 Crimson and Philadelphia Kamblers, 

 deep crimson, have been introduced. 

 The beautiful cream white Kaiserin Au- 

 guata Victoria should perhaps be includ- 

 ed in the number, but it is being super- 

 seded by the lovely pure white hardy 

 rose, Frau Karl Druschki. It is said to 

 be a seedling of Merveille De Lyon, 

 formerly the finest and most reliable of 

 white hardy roses, and is much freer in 

 bloom as well as far more perfect in 

 bud and flower than its parent. It ap- 



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