FLORICULTURE 
petals), and sporangial leaves (stamens, 
carpels). These parts vary in number 
in different plants. True flowers are pro- 
duced only by the higher vegetable or- 
ganisms. Double flowers are developed 
by increasing the floral leaves at the ex- 
pense of the sporangial ones, as the snow- 
ball.” 
Floriculture was not an important in- 
dustry until about 100 years ago. Previ- 
ous to that there was not a comparatively 
great effort to beautify the homes or to 
make floriculture an important commer- 
cial industry. This probably grew out of 
a number of facts. First, when people 
are struggling for subsistence and the 
struggle is severe, they have little time 
to devote to beautifying their homes, and 
the energy of life is directed toward ob- 
taining those things that are necessary 
in order to live. Second, when society 
in general has accumulated but little 
money and there are few wealthy people, 
not much money can be invested in flow- 
ers or luxuries of any kind. Third, under 
these conditions society would lack that 
cultivated taste which would lead it to 
devote what energy it could to the cul- 
ture of flowers. With the growth of edu- 
cation, with aesthetic culture and with 
the accumulations of money, which may 
be diverted from the necessaries of life 
to the luxuries, flower culture has become 
an important industry upon which mil- 
lions of dollars are realized every year. 
GRANVILLE LOWTHER 
Roses for Central Washington 
The following list of roses which do 
well in the Yakima Valley was compiled 
by Mr. Burton 0. Lum, of North Yakima: * 
Dark Red Roses—Etoil de France, H. 
T.; Louise Van Houtte, H. P.; Sultan of 
Zanzibar, H. P; Prince Camile de Ro- 
han, H. P.; Baron de Bonstetten, H. P.; 
Reine Marie Henriette, H. P.; Ulrich 
Brunner, H. P.; Gruss au Teplitz, H. T.; 
Princess de Sagen, H. T.; Avoca, H. T.; 
Jubilee, H. P.; Fischer Holmes, H. P. 
Light Red Roses—Duke of Teck, H. 
P.; General Jacqueminot, H. P.; Rich- 
mond, H. T.; Papa Gontier, T.; Liberty, 
H. T.; Madame Battersea, H. T.; Captain 
Haywood, H. P.; Duke of Edinburgh, H. 
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P.; Suzanne Marie de Rodocanachi, H. 
P. There are many other red roses that 
grow well in Yakima, but all of the 
above have been easily grown by the 
writer. 
Pink Roses (including roses tinted 
with pink)—Antoine Rivoire, H. T.; 
Clara Watson, H. T.; Madame Carline 
Testout, H. T.; Magna Charta, H. P.; 
Paul Neyron, H. P.; Rosalind Orr, H. 
T.; Belle Siebrecht, H. T.; Madame Jules 
Grolez, T.; Prince de Bulgarie, H. T.; 
Maman Cochet, H. T.; Dean Hole, H. T.; 
Betty, H. T.; Duchess de Brabant, T.; 
Mrs. R. S. Sherman-Crawford, H. T.; 
Viscount Folkestone, T.; Anna de Dies- 
bach, H. P.; Madame Gabriel Luizet, H. 
P.; Baron de Rothschild, H.P.; Jonkherr 
Mock, H. T.; La Tosca, H. T. These pink 
roses are especially adapted to Yakima. 
Light Yellow Roses—Marie Van 
Houtte, T.; Amateur Teyssier, H. T.:; 
Safrona, T.; F. Diegin, H. T.; Madame 
Pernet Ducher; Mile. H. Cambier, T.; 
Chromatella, N.; Marechal Niel, N.; 
Sunset, T. 
Dark Yellow Roses—Le Progres, H. T.; 
Harry Kirk, H. T.; Doctor Grill, T.; 
Madame Ravary, H. T.; Francisca Kru- 
ger, T.; Mrs. Aaron Ward, H. T.; 
Duchess of Wellington, H. T.; Madame 
Melanie Soupert, H. T.; Madame Hector 
Leuillot, H. T.; Melody, H. T.; Isabella 
Sprunt, T.; Sunburst, H. T. 
The Hybrid Perpetuals, or H. P.’s, are 
quite hardy and hold their color better 
than the Hybrid Teas, or H. T.’s. The 
Teas must be protected in winter. All 
yellow roses do better in Yakima if they 
are in the shade part of the day. 
White Roses—Frau Karl Druski, H. 
P.; Kaiserin, H. T.; Souv. Pres. Carnot, 
H. T.; Margaret Dickson, H. P.; White 
Maman Cochet, T.; Hon. Edith Gifford, 
T.; Ivory, H. T. 
Neither the American Beauty, nor any 
of the La France roses, are included in 
these lists, as they do not grow well in 
Yakima. The buds blight with the ex- 
ception of a few blooms in the late fall. 
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* Abbreviations II T, Hybrid Tea: H. P., 
Ii\brid Perpetual, T. Tea’ N, Noisette. 
