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14 



The Florists' Review 



October 3, 1912. 



THE NEWEB BOSES OUTDOORS. 



As Tested by a Tennessee Grower. 



The growing of outdoor roaes for 

 summer, cut flowers, as well as the sale 

 of plants to customers for planting in 

 their own gardens, is becoming more 

 important to the trade each year. This 

 being the case, a report of our experi- 

 ence with some of the new roses in the 

 field will interest many. 



Sunburst. 



Grown in the nursery row by the side 

 of some hundred other standard and 

 new sorts, this has been the rose to 

 attract the most attention and elicit the 

 most favorable comment from visitors. 

 It has been the freest and most constant 

 bloomer in the field, with the exception 

 of Kaiserin and the two Cochets. It is 

 only a fair grower, though such young 

 plants as one must have of this variety 

 are hardly a fair test on that point. 

 As compared with Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 the rose nearest like it, it produces 

 double the number of flowers, of better 

 form and on longer stems. More than 

 this, it has not faded under the hot sun 

 as does that variety. In the field the 

 color is a true golden, with a copper 

 heart. The rose has two weaknesses; 

 the color is not uniform on all plants, 

 a defect we hope to remedy by propa- 

 gating only from the best colored plants, 

 and the flower is not double enough. 

 In bud it is absolutely unsurpassed, but 

 it opens rather too quickly and when 

 open is no more double than the Killar- 

 neys, and has the appearance of a 

 Soleil d 'Or. The fraerancc of the ex- 

 panded blossom is so like that of a car- 

 nation that one with his eyes closed will 

 be fooled every time. 



Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



This rose has done better this season 

 than last. It is all that has been 

 claimed for it as an outdoor rose. It is 

 quite free, a fair grower only, but with- 

 stood our unusually hard winter better 

 than either Neyron or Druschki. It 

 fades almost white in the hot midsum- 

 mer sun, but does not quit blooming. 

 The color is not uniform on all plants, 

 but it is a great rose for all that. 



Radiance. 



This is our first year with this rose, 

 but it will not be our last, by any 

 means. The plants were a little slow 

 about starting to bloom and our first 

 impressions were not good. It is a 

 strong grower, however, and as soon 



as it had made sufficient wood the 

 blooms came and now it is as free as 

 the Cochets. The color is that of the 

 best Testouts, perhaps a little brighter. 

 In size it ranks with the largest. The 

 only fault to develop thus far is that 

 the bud is not so pointed as we could 

 desire. 



Excelsa. 



We had our first bloom of this variety 

 this year and it is certainly a winner. 

 In color it outranks Crimson Rambler, 

 and as a grower there is little compari- 

 son. Not a trace of rust or mildew has 

 appeared, and it is equal to Dorothy 

 Perkins in making wood. It is almost 

 an evergreen here in Tennessee. 



Shower of Gold. 



This rose has not bloomed for us, but 

 in growth it has come up with Excelsa, 

 which it resembles in foliage and habit. 

 We kept no plants of blooming age, but 

 in the hands of purchasers it is reported 

 to be by far the best yellow rambler. 



Jonkheer J. L. Mock. 



This rose has been such a complete 

 disappointment that we cannot help 

 feeling that we must be in some way 

 to blame. It lacks in color, which has 

 not been clear and decided; it is also 

 deficient in freedom of bloom, and in 

 size. The plant is a strong grower. All 

 our plants are young and, like Betty, it 

 may not do well till the second year. 



Molly Shannan-Crawford. 



This has been another disappoint- 

 ment. It has bloomed freely and is 

 white, but aside from this has shown 

 little merit. Unless it improves greatly, 

 it will be discarded. 



Rower of Fairfield. 



While not new any more, this rose 

 should have a word, for it has been 

 much overadvertised. It is not so good 

 in color with us as its parent, Crimson 

 Rambler, is diseased as badly or worse, 

 and has never bloomed any oftener — 

 once each season. 



Antoine Bivoire. 



This is among the best half dozen 

 roses for outdoors. In size and color 

 the flower is fully up to those produced 

 inside, and it is one of the hardiest 

 of the hybrid teas. We have failed in 

 three years to discover its weaknesses. 



Hiawatha. 



This is another rose that is not new 

 any more, but it deserves a word just 

 the same. It is one of the strongest 

 growers of all the ramblers, has no 

 disease, is as hardy as an oak, and at- 

 tracts more attention than any other 

 rambler. The bright red flowers, set 



off by such a large center of such bright 

 golden stamens, its fragrance, its free- 

 dom of bloom, its large clusters on long 

 stems, and its long standing qualities 

 make it the rose to plant wherever a 

 rambler is desired. 



Bena Bobbins. 



After two years of trial, we consider 

 this one of the roses that have come to 

 stay. It varies greatly in color at differ- 

 ent seasons of the year, but is always a 

 desirable rose, with plenty of big buds 

 of exquisite form and fragrance. It is 

 only fairly free in growth, and not quite 

 hardy. 



Chateau de Clos Vougeot. 



Not so free a bloomer as desired, but 

 hardy and an entirely new color. In 

 bud and bloom it is good, and during 

 the latter half of the season it is free. 

 A good rose. 



Edward Mawley. 



This rose has made so little wood that 

 we are unable to decide whether it is 

 inferior or just slow in maturing. 



Bessie Brown. 



A Cochet seedling that is not quite 

 new. In color it is between the pink 

 and the white, and so is prettier than 

 either. If there is any difference in 

 growth and freedom of bloom, it is in 

 favor of the newer rose. 



Climbing Paul Neyron. 



This is more properly a Climbing La 

 France than a Neyron, but is easily the 

 freest bloomer of all the climbers we 

 have grown, and is as hardy as Neyron. 

 It is never out of bloom more than a 

 day or two with us. Freer than Climb- 

 ing Soupert. 



Mme. V. Beaumont. 



This rose has proved to be a good 

 grower and a free bloomer. It is too 

 single to be a really great rose, but is 

 still a good rose and worth growing. 



Leslie Holland. 



A weak grower and as yet a poor 

 bloomer. This is the first season we 

 have tried it, so it has not ha-d a fair 

 test. 



Lady Pierre. 



Another of the roses that will take 

 away the reproach of our not having a 

 good yellow rose. It is a strong grower 

 and a free bloomer, with a grand bud. 

 Its petalage is about the same as that 

 of Killarney. In color it is what we 

 are accustomed to call yellow in other 

 flowers, with a tendency to run coppery. 



Mrs. Herbert Stevens. 



A good grower and a free bloomer; 

 about the size of Hermosa, without that 

 rose 's good color. A good common rose 

 of a faded pink color, and of no value 

 as a cut flower. 



Bose Queen. 



A good grower, but not so free as it 

 should be. The flowers are so good that 

 they make up for the lack in numbers, 

 and the color is one of the best pinks 

 we have ever seen. 



F. B. Patzer. 



A medium to good grower, with a fine 

 flower on the order of W.'R. Smith in 

 color and shape, though not as free a*" 

 that variety. Though not one of the 

 best, this rose, we believe, will live and 

 have a permanent place. 



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