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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



I>i:< i:\ii;i:i; L'^. I'.il 1. 



THAT THREE NAMED ROSE. 



A westi'i'ii rose yiowci' asks the ))iili 

 liciition of tilt' iollow iiiLi: 



' ' AiitoiiH' liivoiir is tlic i-orn'i't iiaiiic 

 of the rose frequently oImmimI as Prince 

 <le Bulgarie or as Mrs. Taft. The spell 

 inff, according to the catalogue of the 

 raiser, Peruet-Diicher, is as here given, 

 not Kevoire, ;is frequently -n'ritteu. 

 There is another Pernet-Ducher rose 

 named I'rince de Itulgarie, but it is 

 distinct from Antoine J^ivoire. The 

 confusion came about through the va 

 riety Antoine Kivoire, minus the label, 

 getting into the hands of a Washington 

 llorist who gave it the name of Mrs. 

 Taft. Then A. X. Pierson, Inc., Crom 

 well. Conn., got hold of it and it made 

 .*i hit. Knowing that ^Irs. Taft was 

 uot the correct n;mie, and wanting tn 

 get it straight, I'ierson sought to iden 

 tify it and accepted the verdiit i>i' a 

 celebrated French rose ^^rower, to wlimii 

 stock was sent, that it was Prince de 

 Pulgaiie. Later it was prt>\ed to be 

 Antoine Jii\oire. There now seems to 

 ])(' no question about it, so the trade 

 should cease to use the jkuucs of Taft 

 and Bulgarie for this x.iiiety (there 

 being other though litt't- grown sorts 

 by b(jth th<'se names), and use only the 

 name A ntoiiie K'i \inri'. 



Submitting the iinmi ul the alioxc Ui 

 A. N. I'ierson, Inc., <'rnni\\fll, '(uni., tor 

 \('ri(icatioii of IIk^ statcmciil-. of fart, 

 Wallace li. I'ierson writes; 



' ' li*e|ilying to _\ our lottir ul' l>ec<'mlier 

 l.">, would stale regarding the idipping 

 lelating to the rose Antnjnr K'ivoirc 

 that while in the niain it is true. 1 do 

 not care to advocati :i policy wliicli \\c 

 do not intend to li\i' u)i to. 



"This rose was called Mrs. Taft bo 

 fore we "ot it, and is i\no\\ ii in the New 



^'ork. I'liil;hli'l|diia 

 Ilowor maikets a^ 

 <'.\tremely pojadai'. 

 cat(^ changing tin 

 Ivivoirr it would 

 |i(ilic\ . AN'hctlicr the 



and l-iostiin i-iit 

 -Mrs. Taft and i- 

 1 1' \\v -Imuid a(i\ II 

 name til Antoine 

 lie a slmrtsighted 

 name i>- worth any 

 thing in the tr.ade or md is the i|uesti(ui. 

 but the tail I'emains that this rose i< 

 .•ii|\ert ised under tliat nami', and ivnown 

 under th.at name. Oui' position in the 

 matter of this rose has been state^l 

 • piite cle.arly a iniiidier of times. 'J'he 

 cut doner business is wiirth more to u-- 

 than the plant llusines^, and we intend 

 to continue to call the \;iriety Mis. 

 TatI to our cut flower tradi'. Had we 

 been the lirst people in this country to 

 handle tlu rose uc would ha\f calU-iJ it 

 ]'\ \\< correct nano'. I ut as it is we are 



only r;illing it by the name by whiidi 

 it is jiest known. 



'■'J'he spelling is undoubtedly correct 

 ill this arti<de- -Kivoire although the 

 catalogues of different rose nion do not 

 agree regarding this. 'J'his article states: 

 "There now seems to be no (pie-stion 

 about it, so the trade should cease to 

 use tilt! names (d' Taft and Bulgarie for 

 this \ari(dy." I would state in this con- 

 nection, liowever, tliat there is still some 

 iloul)t regarding the cornnt name of 

 this rose, and would rider you to the 

 Waban Rose t'onser\atories, \ati(d\, 

 Mass. .\lexaiider Montgomery, Jr., was 

 hero a short time ago and stated that a 

 I'reiicli rosarian visited liis father re 

 ciMitly at the Waban K'ose Conserva- 

 tories and saw this rose growing and 

 flatly denied that it was Antoine 

 Kivoire. 1 would also refer vou to Mr. 

 Heller, of the South Park Floral Co., 

 .\ew ('astle, Jiiil. In con\ crsation with 

 him at < 'ineinriat i he told me he had im- 



|iorted liise> .-tlpliosed In lie Antoine 

 Ki\(iire on six different occasions. 

 Twice he recei\ed this rose, twice lu- 

 r(M-ei\('d a rose similar to it in all gen- 

 eral characteristics, this second \ariet>" 

 being in our opinion Prince de Bul- 

 garie, and twice he received slock ot 

 this rose and another lot of ]-5nlgarie 

 mixed, and lie is of the opinion that the 

 stock of the two \arieties was mix(>d in 

 lMiro]>e, as they are alike in all general 

 characteristics. 



''We are cataloguing this rose under 

 the name Mrs. Taft, with the name 

 Antoine Pi\oire in bratdcets. ' " 



.\pparentl\' the tMid to be desired is 

 that the traile should know that, in th's 

 (■(uintry, the names 'J'aft, Bulgarie ;ind 

 l\i\()ire all call for the siiine rose, for, 

 if the time excr should come when they 

 do not call for the same rose, there will 

 be ''confusion worse confounded.'' 



EELWORMS IN ROSE SOIL. 



I slioukl be pleased to ha\e you give 

 me a little information in I'egard to my 

 .\mericau Beauties. The plants are all 

 new. We are cutting a good crop. The 

 benches ar(> five indit's deep and are 

 filled with a compost consisting of 

 about one lourth well rotted manure 

 ami three-fourths soil. The I'oots are 

 mostly near the surfai'e and a (dose ex- 

 amination seems to show that they are 

 infested with e(dwornis. Here and 

 there a strong, healthy plant turns yel- 

 low, then loses its foliage and dies, 

 seemingly without any cause. We run 

 the houses at a night temperature of 

 ."is to (id degrees and a day temperature 

 of (if to (is degrees. Th<> ))l:ints are 

 watered as evenly as possible and are 



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