SOME NEWER ROSES 
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 
REV. SPENCER S. SULLIGER 
B 135 |jjHE soil and climate of that part of our country which is 
’ n states Washington and Oregon, and west of the 
wjmb'M Cascade Mountains, makes the growing of Roses com- 
Plppr p ara tively easy. This soil and climate also returns 
to the informed and painstaking grower of the Rose as magni¬ 
ficent blooms as can be produced anywhere in the world. The 
soft sunshine and delightful coolness of the summer months 
make some Roses that are grown here very beautiful, while in 
the East and South, with the more intense sunshine and heat, 
these same varieties would not be so satisfactory. For instance, 
one of the most beautiful Roses in my Kent (Washington) 
garden is Cheerful. But, due to its light petallage, both in 
texture and number, the sun and heat of the East and South 
would quickly flatten out the bloom and, therefore, make this 
charming flower not so satisfactory. This fact leads me to men¬ 
tion in these comments only some of the newer Roses that I be¬ 
lieve will give satisfactory results in the East and South, as well 
as in the Pacific Northwest. 
Columbia. A strong grower, with attractive dark green 
foliage; but it must be properly pruned to make a shapely 
bush. The color of bloom is a fresh, glistening rose-pink which, 
under extra cultural attention and heavy fertilizing, grows 
deeper. No Rose in my garden equals Columbia in lasting 
quality of bloom, either when left on the bush or cut for the 
table. Petallage averages sixty-five, and the number of blooms 
for the season averages seventy-five. The fragrance is not so 
pronounced during the summer months, but strong in the early 
spring. It is absolutely free from mildew. The bloom stem is 
a little stiff, but that keeps the extra large and heavy bloom 
from hanging its head. Columbia belongs in every garden, and 
will do well, even with ordinary care and under any climatic 
condition where Roses can be grown at all. But it is a Rose that 
will produce extra good bloom under good feeding and high 
cultivation. Columbia received ninety-eight points on my 
score card when 1 marked it in the Portland, Oregon, Rose Test 
Garden in 1919. 
Imperial Potentate. This is destined to be a great garden 
Rose. It is a strong grower and shows no tendency to mildew. 
The petallage averages thirty-five and the average number of 
blooms for the season is seventy-two. The color is a distinct 
and attractive shade of pink. So many of the pink Roses are 
just pink—that’s all. But Imperial Potentate is a unique, rich 
shade of brilliant pink that is not easy to describe, but which 
differentiates it from every other pink Rose in the garden. The 
bud is long and pointed and holds to shape until the bloom is 
well out. The fragrance is strong in the early season and mild 
in midsummer. Imperial Potentate is an American Rose, 
produced by Mr. Albert Clarke, of Portland, Oregon, and was 
officially named by Mrs. W. Freeland Kendrick, of Philadelphia, 
wife of the Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, at the annual 
meeting of that order, in Portland, in 1920. It will be on the 
market late in 1923 or in 1924. 
Mrs. Dunlop Best. A strong grower, throwing up heavy 
canes which branch freely their entire length. No more at¬ 
tractive robe ever graced a fair queen than the heavy, reddish- 
bronze foliage gown of this rose lady. This foliage has a slightly 
wilted or delicate appearance when very young, which may in¬ 
dicate that in a very cold climate it will need good protection. 
Petals average thirty-four and the average bloom for the season 
is eighty-one. The fragrance is mild but aristocratic; as I 
can best describe it, a refined apricot fragrance. A beautifully 
shaped bud, which unfolds in a real rose perfection bloom, 
described by some as “a rich orange yellow, shaded copper.” 
On my score card of the Portland Rose Test Garden for 1919. 
I have the color marked, “ reddish apricot, shaded to chrome,” 
and I gave the Rose ninety-one points in a keen contest. As 
the result of my garden test since that time I would increase this 
to ninety-six points. A slight mildew last summer, which was 
easily controlled—winter spraying with bordeaux and summer 
spraying with bicarbonate of soda solution,* both the bush and 
the ground to be sprayed in each case, I have no doubt will fully 
control the slight mildew. The remarkable freedom and color 
of bloom, heavy growth, and beautiful foliage, clearly places 
Mrs. Dunlop Best among the great Roses. 
T HREE other promising Roses, which I am to more fully 
test in my garden this year and report for publication in 
1924 I barely mention now. 
Felicity. A United States seedling of much promise. The 
grower describes the color as, “deep rose, shaded to white at 
base of petals, which are veined with crimson.” On my score 
card 1 have marked it, “outside of petals deep rose-pink; reverse 
lighter, with silver sheen.” I gave it a marking of ninety-two 
points. It produced one hundred and thirty-three blooms this 
season, with an average petallage of fifty, and was free of disease. 
Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth. Large, well-formed blooms, remark¬ 
able for their lasting quality. The color is a distinct shade of 
silvery-pink, which distinguishes it among the other pink Roses 
of the garden. 
Golden Emblem. A strong grower, with long, stout canes, 
covered with dark glossy-green foliage and crowned with large 
golden-yellow blooms. Golden Emblem gives every promise 
of being the finest exhibition Rose of its color. 
1 have no question about the worth of these three Roses, and 
would recommend them to any grower who is a rose lover, as 
well. But 1 desire to more fully test each Rose as regards cul¬ 
ture, fertilizing, and spraying before writing a complete report. 
*This solution is made by dissolving one ounce of bicarbonate of soda (com¬ 
mon baking soda) in two gallons of water. 
WHAT KIND OF GINKGO? 
I F THE statement appearing in a recent number of the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle by Doctor Henriques, of Coimbra 
University, Portugal, is as true as it is interesting, we have re¬ 
moved the one objection to the more extensive planting of this 
splendid and often ideal tree, the fruiting form of which is dis¬ 
tinctly undesirable. The evil smelling fruits falling around when 
ripe make the neighborhood of the tree most unpleasant. On the 
other hand, the male tree is free from any objection of this sort. 
Doctor Henriques points out that the leaves of male trees 
appear and fall fifteen to twenty days before they do on a female 
tree, as was the observation of Doctor Daveau, Keeper of the 
Herbarium in the University of Montpellier. It is stated that 
the trees in the Botanical Gardens of Coimbra behave in con¬ 
formity with Doctor Daveau’s observation. 
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