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The Florists' Review 



June 26, 1913. 



THE HABTFOBD BOSE OABDENS. 



The cooperation of the American Eose 

 Society with the park department at 

 Hartford, Conn., last season resulted in 

 the planting of forty-four varieties of 

 roses in a test garden at Elizabeth park. 

 These roses were planted under num- 

 ber, the label showing neither the name 

 of the rose nor that of the exhibitor. 



It was considered that the test plants 

 would be in the best shape for a first 

 judging about June 21 and on that date 

 the jtidges appointed by the American 

 Rose Society, W. R. Pierson, Eber 

 Holmes and John F. Hubs, policed each 

 variety that was in condU|Oai^ to be 

 judged. Twenty-one varieties were 

 scored on all points. Awards were made 

 to the following: 



Robin Hood, disseminated 1912 by E. 

 G. Hill Co., Richmond, Infl.; parentage, 

 Rhea Reid x Richmond; scored 89 

 points. Certitfeate of merit. 



Seedling No. 510, exhibited by E. G. 

 Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind.; parentage, 

 Rhea Reid x Chateau de Clos Vougeot; 

 scored 80 points. Certificate of merit. 



Seedling No. 525, exhibited by E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; parentage, 

 Rhea Reid x Richmond; scored 87 

 points. Silver medal. 



Milady, disseminated 1913, by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.;' parent- 

 age, Richmond x J. B. Clark; scored 88 

 points. Certificate of merit. 



American Pillar, disseminated 1909, 

 by Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa.; scored 85 points. Certificate of 

 merit. 



Dr. Van Fleet, disseminated 1910, by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York; 

 scored 80 points. Certificate of merit. 



Shatemuc, disseminated 1911, by 

 Shatemuc Nurseries, Barrytown, N. Y.*; 

 hybrid of multiflora nana; scored 83 

 points. Certificate of merit. 



Seedling No. 411, exhibited by John 

 Cook, Baltimore, Md.; parentage, 

 Etoile de France x seedling; scored 83 

 points. Certificate of merit. 



Seedling No. 425, exhibited by John 

 Cook, Baltimore, Md. ; parentage, Frau 

 Karl Druschki x pink seedling; scored 

 86 points. Silver medal. 



Radiance, disseminated by John Cook, 

 Baltimore, Md.; parentage, Cardinal x 

 pink seedling; scored 86 points. Cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Climbing American Beauty, exhibited 

 by Hooper Bros. & Thomas, West Ches- 

 ter, Pa.; parentage, Wichuraiana x Ma- 

 rion Dingee x American Beauty; dis- 

 seminated 1911; scored 84 points. Cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



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Lady Hillingdon, exhibited by Lowe 

 & Shawyer, England; scored 83 points. 

 Certificate of merit. 



THE ^STON BOSE SHOW. 



The annual rose and strawberry show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, hel4-June 21 and 22, was an ex- 

 cellent one. xh©^ exhibits filled the main 

 and smair h^lls to overflowing and the 

 quality was much above the average. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials Were 

 largely shown and seemed to be just as 

 interesting to visitors as the roses. 



For a collection of named roses, not 

 less than twenty varieties, first prize 

 went to J. O. Christensen, gardener to 

 W. J. Clemson. D. F. Roy, gardener to 

 H. E. Converse, was second and T. N. 

 Cook third. 



For twelve named varieties, three 

 blooms of each, W. J. Clemson won with 

 fine blooms of Baroness Rothschild, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, Margaret 

 Dickson, Ulrich Brunner, Mme. Gabriel 

 Luizet, Clio, Louis Van Houtte, Mrs. 

 Sharman-Crawford, Magna Charta, Frau 

 Karl Druschki, Lady Duflferin and Cap- 



tain Hay ward. E. L. Lewis, gardener 

 to Col. F. Mason, was second. 



For twelve varieties, single bloom o' 

 each, Duncan Finlayson, gardener to 

 Larz Anderson, led with good bloom> 

 of Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner. 

 Magna Charta, John Hopper, Anna 

 Wood, Captain Hayward, Barones- 

 Rothschild, Duke of Edinburgh, iTrau 

 Karl Druschki, Margaret Dickson, Mrs, 

 Sharman-Crawford and Charles LaQib. 

 The same exhibitor was first for the 

 most artistic decoration of roses cover- 

 ing fifty square feet. 



Hybrid tea roses were more largely 

 shown than ever before. The leading 

 prize winners in these classes were 

 James Werner, gardener to Albert Gei- 

 ger, Jr.; H. E. Converse, Thomas N. 

 Cook, Robert Seaver, J. L. Smith, gar- 

 dener to A. W. Preston, and Wm. 

 Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. 



Robert Seaver had the most artisti- 

 cally arranged basket of roses, and 

 Mrs. Gustav Peterson the best table 

 decoration, laid for eight covers, using 

 Killarneys. 



For 100 bottles of named hardy roses 

 W. J. Clemson was first, Geo. Page, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Frederick Ayer, second, 

 and Col. F. Mason third. 



Robert Seaver was the most success- 

 ful exhibitor in the amateur classes, 

 having many of the best flowers in the 

 entire exhibition. 



Mrs. Frederick Ayer had a large dis- 

 play of hardy roses not in competition. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, now in her eighty-third 

 year, was on hand and put up a nice 

 exhibit. Mrs. James Farquhar had a 

 fine display of hybrid teas. E. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co. had a collection of seedling 

 roses. The Eastern Nurseries had a col- 

 lection of rambler roses raised by Jack- 

 son Dawson, including such fine varie- 

 [Concludt^ on ptLK9 61.] 



FOPUIiAB TASTE, IN PEONIES. 



At the peony show of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Chicago, June 12 and 

 13, a vote was take^ in an effort to as- 

 certain the popular taste in peonies. 

 The experiment was the first attempt 

 of this kind in regard to peonies and, 

 consequently, was not well understood 

 by the majority of the visitors. Only a 

 small percentage of those who attended 

 the exhibition voted at all, and many 

 of those who did vote marked the bal- 

 lots either incorrectly or incompletely. 

 The results, however, are interesting as 

 far as they show-th^ preferences of the 

 public and the possibilities of such a 

 ballot another time. 



Ballots were given to the visitors, on 

 which they were asked to signify their 



choice of varieties under the following 

 heads: White, light pink, dark pink, 

 red, and any other color. Out of the 200 

 ballots cast, many were marked with 

 the name of the exhibitor, the class, or 

 some other symbol, all equally worthless 

 in classifying the result. A further 

 number, even larger, merely checked the 

 color. It is interesting to note here, how- 

 ever, that the choice was close and only 

 signified a distaste for dark pink. The 

 figures were as follows: 



White 27 



Msrht pink 27 



Dark pink iH 



Red 28 



A further number only signified their 

 preference for one bloom, instead of one 

 of each color, as the society intended 

 thev should. 



