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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 27, 1908. 



constitute the main I'diauce for blooms 

 for garden and house decoration. If 

 they were perpetual their value would be 

 greatly enhanced^ but as it is there is 

 nothing to take their place. They do 

 , not flower as long as wo could wish, but 

 when in bloom there is nothing that 

 equals them, hence they are valued more 

 than any other roses. 



The old and well-known General Jac- 

 (jueminot is still a favorite, on account 

 of its vigor and hardiness. M. P. Wilder 

 lias beautiful, well formed, rich dark red 

 blooms, and delicate fragrance. Mrs. 

 John Laing is almost perpetual, and 

 bears profusely blooms of a beautiful 

 pink shade. Frau Karl Druschki is a 

 new white, extremely floriferous and al- 

 most perpetual, and although only 

 brought to notice a year ago, has already 

 attained the distinction of being called 

 the best hardy white rose. Paul Neyron, 

 the pebny rose, is so large as to com- 

 mand attention everyw"here, notwithstand- 

 ing its coarseness. If cut when in bud 

 or partly open, it is admirable and it 

 should never be omitted from the garden. 

 Ulrich Brunner is a red rose, very valu- 

 able for cutting, as the flower is showy 

 and the stem is free from thorns. Earl 

 of Dufferin is a velvety crimson rose of 

 perfect form, has a delightful fragrance, 

 and is in every respect an exquisite rose. 

 American Beauty, which does so well 

 under glass, does not succeed out of 

 doors, 1 regret to say. Clio is a large, 

 flesh-colored rose, shaded with rosy pink, 

 a most delightful combination, rendering 

 it a general favorite. Baron de Bonstet- 

 ten is one of the best very dark roses, a 

 good flowei', produced abundantly, and it 

 justly deserves a high place in a collec- 

 tion. 



Other meritorious varieties are Magna 

 Charta, Captain Hay ward, Francois Mich- 

 elon, Mme. G. Luizet, Marchioness of 

 Londonderry, Margaret Dickson and 

 Prince Camille de Kohan. Hugh Dick- 

 son, a crimson rose sent out a year ago, 

 gives promise of great value. I might 

 enumerate many other hybrid perpetuals 

 which should be grown, but 1 will not 

 make the list too long. 



Dwarf Polyantha Roses. 



In the last few years the dwarf poly- 

 antha or miniature roses have received 

 great attention from rose growers and 

 their introduction marks a new era in 

 rose culture. They are quite hardy, 

 flower freely and continuously, and the 

 blooms are produced in clusters, render- 

 ing them very effective and valuable for 

 bedding. Baby Kambler is one of the 

 best, being covered with crimson blooms 

 all summer long. Clothilde Soupert, bear- 

 ing very large and beautifully imbricated 

 -pearly white flowers, has proved to be a 

 most excellent bedder and is rapidly win- 

 ning wide recognition. Baby Dorothy, 

 a new variety, is similar in growth and 

 habit, but bears pink flowers. It, too, 

 will be prized as a bedder. Cecile Brun- 

 ner is one of th<? prettiest, bearing freely 

 miniature flowers of perfect form and 

 salmon pink color. It is dainty and 

 beautiful, grows well and flowers freely. 

 There are several others in this class 

 which can be recommended, like White 

 Baby Bambler, Catherine Zeimet, Cana- 

 rien Vogel and Leonie Lamesch, each 

 one having charms of its own. Time will 

 not permit me to refer to them at length, 

 but let me assure you that they are real 

 beauties, deserving of our most careful 

 attention. From this time on it may be 

 said that we posseste real "bedding roies, 

 and our supply must be drawn iriajilly 



from this and the next section for that 

 purpose. 



Hybrid Tea Roses. 



I have left for the last the considera- 

 tion of the hybrid tea roses, which are 

 marvelously beautiful. The introduetions 

 of Dickson & Son are of the highest 

 merit, jiossessing all the charming quali- 

 ties of the older roses, but intensified to 

 a remarkable degree. The combinations 

 have been most successful and the new 

 varieties may be said to be almost per-, 

 feet. The buds are large, long and of 

 fine shape, the shades of color new and 

 charming and the open flower surpris- 

 ingly beautiful. I . 



Killarney is one of the best known and 

 grows in favor every year. It flowers 

 freely and continuously, and is a good 

 bedder. Other beautiful sorts are: Bes- 

 sie Brown, creamy white; Dean Hole, 

 silvery carmine; Florence Pemberton, 

 creamy white, suffused pink; Lady Moyra 

 Beauclerc, bright madder rose; Liberty, 

 brilliant velvety crimson; Mildred Grant, 

 ivory wl)ite, shaded pink, and Belle Sie- 

 brecht, bright rosy pink. KaisQrin Vic- 

 toria, La France and Testout are too wdl 

 known to need any recommendation. 

 They 'are still held in highest esteem by 

 rose lovers, and whoever plants them will 

 not regret it. Gruss an Teplitz, a very 

 free flowering crimson scarlet rose, is 

 useful and effective. It grows vigor- 

 ously, flowers freely, is quite hardy and 

 may be styled a good bedder. 



I think that I have nearly exhausted 

 your patience in presenting this long list, 

 but before closing 1 wish to mention two 

 tea roses of rare beauty and excellence, 

 which, even if they require extra care 

 when grown out of doors, should always 

 have a place in every garden. I refer 

 to the Cochet roses, white and pink. I 

 think when their merits have been fully 

 realized they will be rated as the best 

 roses we have. 



A Remarkable Rose. 



In concluding I will refer to the new 

 rose of Pernet-Ducher called the Lyon 

 rose, the result of a cross between the 

 Mme. Melanie Soupert hybrid tea and 

 an unnamed variety. The flowers are of 

 large size, moderately full, globular in 

 form, of a superb shrimp pink color and 

 fragrant. The buds are large, long and of 

 a coral red. Mr. Pernet says that al- 

 though this magnificent rose belongs to 

 the class Pernetiana, it possesses jdl of 

 the precious qualities of the hybrid teas, 

 from which it has derived its principal 

 character, and, above all, the advantage 

 of perpetual flowering. 



Among the new roses judged at Paris 

 in the Bois de Boulogne recently, eighty- 

 seven varieties being submitted, the Lyon 

 rose received from the jury the maximum 

 number of points and it was the only one 

 to receive the full number, our friend and 

 member E. G. Hill being one of the jury 

 of award. The race of roses called Per- 

 netiana is a result of a cross between 

 Persian Yellow and Antoine Ducher. 

 Soleil d'Or belongs to this new rjice. It 

 is certainly gratifying to note the won- 

 derful progress made in these crosses. 

 The Messrs, Pern^t-Ducher have been 

 most successful and this latest production 

 is excellent and will be greatly valued. 

 It is a novel and most distinct rose. The 

 flowers which I have seen the past sum- 

 mer have impressed me greatly and I 

 consider it a novelty of the greatest 

 importance. 



On this occasion I can extend to you 

 all. as lovers of the rose, my heartiest 

 congratulations upon the achievements 



of the past, as well as upon ^e bright 

 future that is before us. The new va- 

 rieties of today Bhow great progress in 

 every direction. The work of crossing is 

 being conducted with skill and discern- 

 ment, and we may expect great results in 

 the near future. Let us one and all do 

 our utmost to extend out-of-door rose 

 culture, believing that the rose is for 

 the masses and it should be enjoyed by 

 them, and that its culture, in a general 

 way, will be for the good of mankind. 

 There are thousands of homes where the 

 queen of flowers will be joyously wel- 

 comed, bringing cheer, happiness and 

 contentment into them and dispelling 

 gloom, unhappiness and discontent from 

 them. This being a fact, let us engage 

 earnestly in this missionary movement. 



E. G. GILLETT. 



E. G. Gillett, whose portrait appeared 

 in last week's Review, was born Febru- 

 ary 2, 1857, on the home farm four miles 

 east of Springfleld, O. There he re- 

 sided till 18 years of age, helping his 

 father about the place and gaining a 

 general idea of farming. It would thus 

 seem that his early training furnished 

 the impetus for his lat'er vocation. 



At 18 he started to college and then 

 engaged in the book, stationery and wall 

 paper business in Springfield, O. His 

 general inclination toward the products 

 of the soil can easily be seen, for he 

 soon after entered the seed business in 

 the same city. In his retail seed store 

 flowers were sold; also funeral work 

 was made and decorations furnished. 

 This was the beginning of his experi- 

 ence as a florist. 



Later, through t^e recommendation of 

 George McCullough, a position was of- 

 fered to him by the J. M. McCullough 

 Sons Co., of Cincinnati, O. For this 

 firm he acted as manager of the whole- 

 sale cut flower department for five years. 

 This marked the beginning of the whole- 

 sale commission cut flower business in 

 Cincinnati. In September, 1896, he 

 opened a commission house of bis own, 

 located at 113 East Third street, Cin- 

 cinnati, where he remained until Janu- 

 ary, 1908, when he removed to larger 

 and better located rooms at 114 East 

 Third street, where he is now located. 



Mr. Gillett has been honored by being 

 elected to various offices in local and na- 

 tional florists' societies. In January, 

 1891, he was elected secretary of the 

 Cincinnati Florists' Society, which po- 

 sition he filled until 1895, when he was 

 elected president of the society, and he 

 served in this capacity till 1898. He 

 also served a term as vice-president of 

 the American Carnation Society. He is 

 •a popular member of various other or- 

 ganizations, being a Blue Lodge, Chap- 

 ter, Council, Knight Templar and Scot- 

 tish Bite Mason. 



It was principally through his ef- 

 forts that Cincinnati extended the S. A. 

 F, an invitation to hold its twenty-fifth 

 meeting in that city, and in recognition 

 of this, at the meeting of the society 

 held July 11 a resolution was unani- 

 mously passed indorsing him for vice- 

 president of the S. A. F. 



Cleveland, O. — G. M. Naumann has 

 sold his property to J. H. Wade, but 

 will occupy it two years yet. 



Beblin, Md.-— O. Harrison, of J. G. 

 Harrison & Sons, did not attend the 

 Southern Nurserymen's convention this 

 year. He is on the way to France to 

 look after the apple seedling business. 



