The Weekly Florists' Review, 



August 13, 1908. 



NEW ROSES AT PARIS. 



Nature of the G>mpetition. 



So many inquiries have reached me as 

 to the judging of the new roses at Paris, 

 and 80 many reports have been published 

 which need restating in order to put the 

 matter correctly before Americans inter- 

 ested, that I deem it best to briefly state 

 the case. ^^^ 



The city of PariaOirance, is anxious 

 to do everything possible to make^ the 

 city attractive to visitors. With this in 

 view, and in order to give an additional 

 attraction, the municipality at the insti- 

 gation of M. Jules Gravereaux has es- 

 tablished in the great park known as the 

 Bois de Bolougne, the Garden Bagatelle, 

 which is given over to roses, the garden 

 being under the able management of M. 

 Forestier. 



The call was issued last autumn and 

 winter, asking the originators of new 

 roses to send four plants of each of their 

 new varieties for planting in the Garden 

 Bagatelle. These rose plants are set out 

 in beds, each variety being grouped to- 

 gether. There were eighty-seven rose 

 varieties submitted and planted, making 

 a total of 348 plants. The prizes were: 



The Grand Prize of Bagatelle, a large 

 gold medal given by the city of Paris. 



Two Premier prizes, the first given by 

 the Minister of Agriculture, the second 

 given by the National Horticultural So- 

 ciety of France. 



Two second prizes, the first by the 

 Rose Section of the National Horticul- 

 tural Society, the second given by the 

 French National Rose Society. 



The Jury. 



The competition was most interesting 

 and unique in character. The jury was 

 composed of: 



M. A. Chenoux, president of the Mu- 

 nicipal Council of Paris, who was chair- 

 man; Arthur Paul, of England; Peter 

 Lambert, Germany; Constant Soupert, 

 Luxembourg; E. G. Hill, United States; 

 MM. Jules Gravereaux, Pernet, Leveque 

 and Chatenay, representing the National 

 Horticultural and the National Rose So- 

 cieties of France. 



The jury, forming themselves into a 

 committee, decided that a second judging 

 of these roses should take place in Sep- 

 tember next, when the final awards will 

 be made. The committee was led to this 

 conclusion by the fact that a few of the 

 roses were past their best estate so far as 

 bloom was concerned, a number not being 

 in bloom at all. It was concluded, in 

 the interest of all who had submitted 



and sent their roses to be judged that 

 strict equity demanded a second judg- 

 ment. 



All the judges agreed to return at the 

 call of M. Gravereaux at such time In 

 September as he deemed best, excepting* 

 of course the representative from the 

 United States. "^ 



. The Awards.-- — - — -~ 



The awards so far as made, and which 

 are subject to revision September 1, were 

 as follows, ten points being ' the maxi- 

 mum: . 



Points. . :' / 



10— Lyon-Rose (H. T.), de M. Ppmet-Ducher, a 

 VenlBsleux les-Lyon. 



9— Jean Note (H. T.), de M. Pernet Ducher, a 

 Venlsslfux les-Lyon. 



0— Hector Mackensle (H. T.), de M. GuUlot. 

 a Lyon-Monplatslr. • 



8— Mile. Louise Leroy (T./, de M. L. Leroy, 

 d' Angers. . ^';j5■;' 



8— Chateau do Cloa, \'«teeot (H. T.), de M. 

 Pernet-Ducher, a .Ytolssleux. 



8— Admiral Evans (H.T.), de M. E. G. HUI, 

 a Richmond (Amerlque). 



8— Rhea Reld (H. T.), de M. E. G. Hill, a 

 Richmond (Amerlque). 



8— Mrs. Isabelle Mllner (H. T.), de MM. W. 

 Paul et Son, Waltham (Angleterre). 



8— Mme. Segond Weber (H. T.), de M. Sou- 

 pert, Luxembourg. 



7— Comtesse Cecile Luram (H. T.), de M. 

 Brauer. a San Remo. 



7— Mrs. Dudley Cross (T.). de MM. W. Paul 

 & Son, a Waltham (Angleterre). 



7— Indiana (H. T.), de M. E. G. Hill, a Rich- 

 mond (Amerlque). 



7 — Madonna (H. T. ), de M. J. Cook, a Balti- 

 more ( A merlque ) . 



7— Altmarker (H. T.), de M. J. C. Schmidt, 

 Erfurt (.\llemagne). 



C— Mme. Pierre Laftlte (Beng. sarm.), de M. 

 Gravereaux, Al'Hay. 



C— Mrs. R. A. Waddell (H. T.), de Pernet- 

 Ducher, a Venlssleux. 



6— Fran Satltatsrat D'Staub (H. T.), de M. 

 Laml>ert, a Trier. 



0— Kathley (H. T.), de MM. W. Paul & Son, 

 Waltham (Angleterre). 



<}— The Oregon (H. T.), M. E. G. UlU, Rich- 

 mond (Amerlque). 



5— Comtesse ley Hardegg (H. T.), de M. 

 Soupert, Luxembourg. 



5— Dorothy Page Roberts (H. T.), de M. A. 

 Dickson, a Newtownards (Ireland). 



5— Mrs. Sophia Neate (H. T.), de MM. Bide et 

 Son. a Farnham (Angleterre). 



5— Grosherzog Frlederlch (H. T.), de M. P. 

 Lambert, a Trier. 



5 — Glolre de Chedane-Gulnolsseau (Hyb. Re- 

 montant), de M. Gulnolsseau, a Angers. 



5 — Frau Oberhofgartner Singer (U. T.), de 

 M. Lambert, a Trier. 



4— Mme. P. Euler (II. Y.), de M. GolUot, a 

 Lyon. 



4 Mme. Bory d'Arnex (H. T.), de M. Son- 

 pert, a • Luxembourg. 



3 — Paula Paternotte (Poly), de M. Kette, a 

 Luxembourg. 



3_I^ja Graffln von Merlin (H. T.), de M. J. 

 Paul. 



3 — Souvenir de Montretout (H. R.), de M. 

 Proust, a St. -Cloud. 



3— Mme. Ix)ul8 BalUy (H. T.), de M. Gulllot, 

 a Lyon. 



3— Rubrlfolla x Paul Xeyron (H.), de M. 

 Caveux. 



2— Bordeaux (Mult.), de M. Soupert, a Luxem- 

 bourg. ^ 



2— Prinzessin I.«ontlne Furswmberg (T.), de 

 M. Chalupecky, a Pchery (Autrlche). 



A Personal View. 



Lyon-Rose, from its unique color, 

 seemed to take .the lead and was voted 

 the maximum number of points. All the 

 varieties scoring from five points up 

 certainly possessed qualities that should 

 make them permanent additions to our 

 list of good roses. I was sorry that 

 John Cook's rose, My Maryland, did not 



have a flower or bud showing ; I look for 

 this variety, and others, to m^e their 

 mark at the second judjfing. \In the 

 event of a number of varieties re(Jeiving 

 the maximum number of ten points, then 

 the judges will vote as to theji^espec- 

 tive positions and the •p^fm will be 

 awarded accordingly. 



At the conclusion of the judging one 

 of the most elegant dinners was served 

 that it has been my pleasure to enjoy. 

 We were further shown every nice at- 

 tention possible to think of. The ex- 

 hibit, as planned and carried out at the 

 Garden Bagatelle, is certainly an inno- 

 vation on all previous methods employed 

 of arriving at the good qualities of new 

 roses and the experiment is certainly 

 worthy of careful study and thought. 

 My own opinion is this: The roses sub- 

 mitted should be established the pre- 

 ^'ious summer or season, so that they 

 might show their possibilities under good 

 root action; second, as the varieties of 

 roses vary a few days in their time of 

 flowering, it would seem important that 

 the jury have several inspectionsj so as 

 to see the varieties at their best when 

 passing upon them. 



I believe that to M. Jules Gravereaux 

 belongs the credit for the inception of 

 this novel method of exhibiting roses. 

 M. Gravereaux is certainly one of the 

 most enthusiastic as well as one of the 

 most practical rosarians living, as a visit 

 to his wonderful rose garden will attesti 



E. G. Hill. 



OBITUARY. 



Warren W. Rawson. 



W. W. Rawson, the largest market 

 gardener in New England and a promi- 

 nent seed merchant at Boston for many 

 years, died Sunday afternoon, August 9, 

 at 3 o'clock, as the result of an opera- 

 tion performed August 4. He had only 

 been ill since August 1 and the news of 

 his death will come as a shock to his 

 multitudes of friends. 



Mr. Rawson was born in Arlington, 

 Mass., January 23, 1847. He went from 

 the grammar school there to Cotting 

 Academy, from which he graduated in 

 1864. In 1867 he was graduated from 

 a commercial college and subsequently 

 studied music for five years and spent 

 two years at a school of oratory and de- 

 voted a year to the study of parliament- 

 ary law. 



The growing of plants and flowers 

 caught his fancy while he was quite a 

 youth. Having passed his twenty-first 

 birthday, he began to work for his father. 

 Soon after he married, and then went into 

 business with his father. From 1867 to 

 1872 he sold the farm products at Faneuil 

 Hall market, Boston. 



In 1872, desiring to increase and ex- 

 tend his business, he bought out his 

 father's interests, giving a large mort- 

 gage for same. This mortgage was soon 

 paid off, for his businJess prospered ex- 

 ceedingly in every branch, so much so 

 that after seven years ai the old place he 

 bought a new tract of Ifind and erected 

 his first greenhouses, three in number. 

 From that time his business continually 

 increased, so that at the time of his 

 death he had five farms, twenty large 

 greenhouses and kept thirty horses and 

 fifty to seventy-five men constantly em- 

 ployed. A book written by the deceased 

 is considered one of the best handbooks 

 on market gardening. 



His great specialties under glass were 

 cucumbers and lettuce. He was one of 



