April 2, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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dicates, they are originated by the cross- 

 ing or hybridizing of a tea rose with 

 one of another class; or, at least, this 

 was the method when the hybrid tea 

 first appeared. At that time the strong 

 growing and hardy hybrid perpetual or 

 remontant rose was used in crossing 

 with the tea. By hybridizing the tea 

 rose with the hybrid perpetual, the con- 

 stant blooming qualities of the for- 

 mer were retained, and in addi- 

 tion we secured, in a large meas- 

 ure, the size and vigor of the 

 hybrid perpetual class as well. Of 

 more recent years other classes have 

 been used; for instance, the yellow 

 briers, and this has given us what was 

 formerly lacking in the hybrid tea 

 class — magnificent shades of yellow. 



Strictly speaking, the hybrid tea 

 made its advent nearly a half century 

 ago, but of the efforts at that time 

 practically only one variety is left us, 

 viz., La France, a rose which is still 

 favored because of its almost unequaled 

 fragrance. At first, this variety was 

 generally classed as a hybrid perpetual, 

 and some of the Holland growers class 

 it as such even to this day, but there is 

 no question as to the proper class in 

 which it should be placed. 



European Growers Develop Class. 



There seems to have been little done 

 in this line until about twenty years 

 later, when Bennett sent out some va- 

 rieties, two of which, both blush varie- 

 ties, Grace Darling and Viscountess 

 Folkestone, are still largely grown. In 

 1891 Lambert & Reiter, a German firm, 

 sent out Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, a 

 lemon-white rose, which to this day in . 

 its color has not been surpassed. Un- 

 fortunately this variety is not so strong 

 a grower as many or most of the hybrid 

 tea class, but in quality of flower noth- 

 ing more could be asked for. 



About fifteen to twenty years ago 

 two ^European growers took up the de- 

 velopment of the hybrid tea in earnest; 

 I refer to Alexander Dickson & Sons, 

 in Ireland, and J. Pernet-Ducher, in 

 France, and up to this time these two 

 firms have probably sent out more new, 

 fine varieties of hybrid teas than all 

 other raisers combined. During the last 

 five or six years, however, S. McGredy 

 & Son, of Ireland, have been sending 

 out some uncommonly fine varieties, 

 and if they keep on as they have been 

 doing, I predict that they will soon 

 carry away the laurels. 



New Varieties Come Fast. 



At the present time new varieties are 

 coming so thick and fast that it is 

 practically impossible to keep track of 

 them all. Of course, many of these will 

 not stand the test of time, and as we 

 alre£^dy have so many known good 

 varieties I would advise the average 

 planter to confine himself largely to 

 the tried varieties. The hybrid tea 

 rose is particularly strong in the vari- 

 ous shades of pink, and of recent years 

 various shades of yellow and red have 

 become abundant, but in white we are 

 less fortunate. 



In any given list there must be some 



varieties omitted which succeed^ in some 



soils and climates, and in the following 



abbreviated list I shall endeavor to 



give only such as are most generally . 



successful under the most varying coi|| 



ditions and covering a wide extent or ^ 



country. 



Pink— Belle Slebrocht, Dean Hole, Jonklieer J. 

 L. Mock, KIllHrney, Lady Alice Stanley, Lady 

 Ashtown, La France, Lyon, Miue. Caroline Tes- 

 tout, Mme. .Tules Grole*. Mme. Seeond Weber, 

 Marquise de Canay, My Maryland, Radiance. 



A Well Flowered Rose is the Aristocrat of Easter Pot Plants. 



Red — Ctiateau de Clos Voujfeot, Etoile de 

 France, General MacArtliur, Giuss an leplltz, 

 Laurent Carle, Riclimond. 



Yellow— Luchess of Wellington, Mine. Ravary, 

 Marquise de Slnety, Mrs. Aaruii Wanl, Mrs. A. 

 R. Waddell. SunburKt. 



White and blush — Bessie Brown. Florence Pem- 

 berton, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Pliarlsaer, 

 Souvenir dn President Carnot, White Klllarney. 



In addition to the above, several of 

 the newer varieties will no doubt be 

 found equally desirable as soon as they 

 are thoroughly tested. 



[To be concluded.] 



Soutb* Berwick, Me. — Chas. H. Mon- 

 roe has added one more greenhouse to 

 his plant. 



Sewickley, Pa. — W. H. Rosenbauer 

 has opened a branch store at Coraopo- 

 lis. Pa. He will shortly add to his 

 equipment an automobile truck for 

 quick ("elivery. 



ViKY WE GROW. 



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 ter. — Ryerse Bros., SImcoe, Ont., March 25, 

 1914. 



Honeoye Falls, N. Y. — Charles Fow- 

 ler has his new Moninger house well 

 filled with a fine line of flowering and 

 bedding plants, and some good early 

 vegetable plants. He is growing as- 

 ters, petunias, pansies, zinnias, cosmos 

 and all kinds of seedlings for bedding. 



