The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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liXtS. 



\v;is clcrlcd: A. II. I'rw kcs, 11. II. I'air. 

 in'. T. Jiniwii. 



I'liliiiw inj^ iiir I he ;i\\ arils : 



l.aij^csl ainl licsl i-olli'ft inn dt' \arif 



lir>. one ll(]\\cl n\' rarh, '!'. < '. 'I'll II I' li i\\ 



iV <'ii., lirsi. 



\'»<\ liflv Miidiii.s, ilaik (link nr rose, 

 'r. I '. 'riiiiildw iV < .1.. Iii>t. Ill: I )nrclu'strr. 



I'.csl lifty liliHuiis. llcsh di' salinoii |iiiik, 

 T. < '. 'rillllliiw iV <'ii.. sccnlhl. (Ill I'.aidllcss 

 Sclii-dcdci'. 



I)('sl lifty lilddiiis criiiisdii. T. ( '. Tliiir 

 Idw iV ( 11.. nil Marcclial \iiillaiil. 



Ill till' aiiiatciir i-la^scs tln' awanls 

 \\ iTc : 



(■dllci'tidii III' iidt less than twcKr \ai'i- 



rtics. dlir lit' i-ai-ll. I'ldt'. .\. I'. Sllllllilcrs, 



SCCdllti. 



lii'st ainl laii;i-si ruliiTt inn nt' white 

 \ arii't ics. diir lildiiiii 111' each \arii'ty. .\. I'. 

 Saiiiiilcrs, sccdinl. 



I'.t'.si (•(illcci idii lit' I'lisf jiiiik \ aiicl ics. 

 diic lihidiii ciicli, A. P. Samiili'is. first. 



Best iMiJh'i-t idii (it salinnii ]iiiik \aiir- 

 tids, diid lilddiii 111' I'aili \ariiMy, .\. 1'. 

 Saiiiiilrrs. liist. 



i'x'st riijli'i'tidii III' t linildii'il xariclii's. 

 diic lilddin lit' r.arli. A. r. SaniiiJiTs. s,.(' 

 dinl. 



r.cst rdljdi-tidii dt' criiii^dii \ a rii't irs. I Hid 

 lilddin dt' carh, .\. r. Saiiiiijris. (irst. 



licsl six liliidiiis df any \aricty. A. I'. 

 SaiimliTs. first. W. II. .\. 



A VISIT TO ROSENFIELD. 



.1. )'. Ii'iisdiilirlil. .at West I'dilit. Nell.. 

 has line dt' the laidesi ami finest cnllec 

 tidiis III' |icdnies ill .\inciica, ami thai 

 'iieaiis ill the Wdihl. lie has 7nii \ari 



eties, lie^iiles tliiinsailils ( 1 1' seei|lil|;^s nil 



the way. ainl. I shinilil jinlee. if all were 

 i-iil 11)1 ami ie|ilanlci| this t';ill, he wniihl 

 ha\e halt' a inillidii. 



lie is ;i I ny s|iei-ialist , II mlei sta ml 



in;; all .•iliinil theiii. aail klKiws Imw tn 

 kecji ilieiii slniiid ami healthy. lie has 

 iiee|i. rich. Well ilraiiieil. samly Inain. 

 The eriiniiil is slii|iiii;;. In earry ntV the 

 r;iiii. I'lir it will mil iln fur the |jeiiniei 



Id lia\e wet t'eel. He has t'dUinl it will 

 lint (III Id |ilant |ieiillie< after |iednie-- 



until the eiiinml has hail rest, iini will 

 it i|d Id inaiiiire hea\ily. .\t'ler rleaiiii;', 

 the laml. he ^uws a i-rii|i nf nats ami. 

 ,s I saw them, there was a I reineinlini- 

 di-dwlh. This he |i|iiws iimler in .hinc 



;illil lets it I'dl : then, in Se|itellllier. he. 



|ild\\s ileeply .'iihl the j^rdiiml is I'caily I'lir 



licdllies aj^aill. lie dflell plltS SiillIC 



t'liarsc inaimrc mi the fall planted (Uics. 

 lie fliiiiks llicic is mi iKiriii in this, as 

 the niaiinie dues iidi ((iiMc in ('diitacl with 

 the iiidts and the rains teed them lii|iiid 

 nianiire, wliiidi is safe. 



His Methods. 



lie has liecn raisiiio seedlinn jiemiies 

 till aliiiiit twenty ,\i'ars. The plat is 

 carid'iilly laid mit ami cai-h jilaiit is iiiiiii- 

 liered. A reciiid is kept df flu' hlonlll- 

 iii)4' (jiialities. Thiise that piiiduc(> flnw 

 eis annually are noted and Ihe inter- 

 inittcnl (Hies l('je(ded. I'erlia|is, iiiidei- 

 this (dose si-rntiny, nine tenths will lie 

 icierted t'liiin the first carid'lll selection. 

 The fi\e pnints dt' c.xccllcnce inust lie 

 met : 



1. K'dliiist ness df the ]ilaiit and I'cadi- 

 ncss Id prnpaeatc. 



-. .\nnual lihioiner. reeardless of 

 f rusts. 



."i. l''ra;;ram'e. 



I. Laree, full, symniet I ical llower. 



•~i. (iond kec|iin;; (|iialitics. 



.\s I looked oMT his (diarls 1 w.as 

 impressed willi his |iatiem'e and con 

 scicntioiis reeaid for llic f'litiire of' his 

 crcafioiis. If is inipoitaiit fo lia\e a 

 peony that will iimlfi|ily readily. .1. 

 hescaisne is ;i lieaiitifiil flowfi'. hilt it 

 is liiittle ill the root and with inc it 

 takes fdiir years to doiilile itself, while 

 liariiiiess Seliioedcr will easily doiililc 

 e\cry year, and 1 have cut four duod 

 roots I'loiii one ill a sin^ilc season. So 

 this is (dieaper at •+.") than flic other at 

 1'.") leiils. A peony that is an intermit 

 tent lilddiner. llmiidli ,,f eipial licaiity. 

 is iidt woifli half prill . I liaxc had some 

 of Kclway's best and liaNc had to wait 

 (i\e years for a hlossoni. 'ITiaf don't 

 pay. One iioiil.le with l-liiropcan piopa 

 oafois is, they jint their no\<'lfics on the 

 iiiarkel too sddii. It is ;i t'ai-t that ymin^r 

 pcoliii s are imdilied to w;ililile fill they 

 ;ire estalili-lii'd. Many nt' Terry's seed 

 lines \aiy widely in colur fimn the 

 dcsi-ri pt iiiiis liist ^iveii. .\moiie my 

 ^eedliiids dih' \car 1 f'oiiml niie df mar 

 \eloii-. Iie;iiit\ one n t' the imist idiariil 

 ilie \ ai ied;ited lldWels 1 e\er saw. .\ 

 press I epi e-eiit at i\ c vaw it and said, 



•■\iiW, let llle name this.'" lie railed 

 it K.\(|uisi| e. 1 planted a stldll;^ st.ake 



Inside it, with the name nii it. \e\t 

 \ear the slake w.as there and the same 

 |ilaiit. lull nil l-!.\i|iiisile. Thai ideiiticil 



plant had llic iiiipudciu'c to tlirow \\p a 

 fall stem with a worthless single tiower. 

 I waited for years for l^xcjiiisite to conic 

 hack, hut it never ctiiiie. Another tinic 

 1 t'oiiml one of the most niaj;ni(iceiit 

 flowers ill the whole collcidion. If was 

 ail iinmeiisc, comiiacf hlooni of viidti- 

 ccoiis, \i\i(|, ilcc]i I'cil. It was a splen- 

 dor. 1 marked if. 'J'lic next year it had 

 an inferior hloom and for fi\(' years it 

 has not hloomcd ;it all. .Now, if on 

 the liisl hloomiiie 1 had coinnieiiced 

 jiropajfatine, what a disa|>i)oiiitnieiit n\,v 

 iiistoniers would liaxc! 1 am conNiuced 

 that riylif here is where the trouble 

 lies with our l"''rcn(di and l^njflish jfrouers. 

 'J'hey rush thine's on the inark(^t before 

 they have been fully tcstc'l. 



Mr. li!(isenfi(dd is so conservative tind 

 cxactine that he lias selocteil onlv eij^hf 

 out of flioiisaiids in t\vent,v ,vcars. Ills 

 (ioldeii Harvest and i''loral 'rreasiuc are 

 well known, 'i'licy immediately went to 

 the front. Didicat issima and Floral 

 Treasure arc miudi alike. The latter may 

 be a seedliny of the t'oriner, but it was 

 born years after. .Mr. Koscnfi(dd ne\er 

 hiid a Didicatissima on his jdace fill lon^ 

 after i'^loral Trcasui'c was born. Aj^ain, 

 (idlden HaiM'si .-ind .Icanne d'Arc re- 

 s(iiible (-ach other when thei'e is fort.v 

 years' difference in their birth, 'i'hey do 

 look alik(\ but they are not the same. 

 A low (if .leaiiuc d'Arc planted last 

 tall did not produce a llower. A row 

 of (ioldcii Harvest of inmdi sinalh-r roots, 

 planted the same time, was covered with 

 fine blooms, and they alwavs bloom. A 

 ydod niaiiv years n^o .Mr. I^osciifieid se- 

 cured some of the choicest seeil from an 

 ; eastern jjrowcr and if is iirobabie that 

 ; amoiiji them were seeds of those two 

 \aricfics wlii(di m'arlv reproilnced them 

 s(d\fs, and thonyli they look alike if is 

 only a family resf>mlilance. They are 

 not the same, as you will find by |)lanfin^ 

 side by side and wa((diiiii; them year b,\ 

 year, (iolden llarxcst is the most con- 

 tinuous bloomer under mhcrse circnm 

 stances that e\ er was born. 



.\f'fer years of waiting and testing, 

 Mr. K'osciifi(dil is now jiiiffinjr six more 

 on flic market. They are: Karl Ifoscii- 

 lield, crimson. Iar;;(', fall, early, frayranf ; 

 Aksarben, crimson inaidon, fall; (Irace 

 l>. Hivaii, lar;;c pink, (hnible. fraj;ranf. 

 robust, late; ('rimson \'ictiiry, fall, full 

 crimson; I'rairic Splendor, fall, lar^je 



The Exhibition of the American Peony Society, Ithaca, N, Y., June 19 and 20, 1908. 



