THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
73 
GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. 
The subject of the following sketch was born in Cort- 
landville, N. Y., January 12th, 1817. His father, David 
Campbell, was a printer, and published a newspaper, the 
Cortland Republican, from 1815 to 1820; emigrated with 
his family to Ohio, in 1821, and was one of the pioneer 
editors of Northern Ohio, having commenced the publi 
cation of a newspaper at Sandusky, Ohio, named the 
Sandusky Clarion , the first number of which was issued 
in May, 1822. At the age of eight years, George W. 
learned the art of type-setting, and much of the time un¬ 
til his majority was spent in his father’s printing-office. 
In 1839 he became connected with the publication of the 
paper and the Daily Sa?id7tskian, until the year 1849, 
when he moved to Delaware, Ohio, and was principally 
engaged in farming and stock- 
raising. 
In 1857 he became interested 
in propagating and disseminating 
the Delaware grape, which was 
first brought to notice and sent 
out from Delaware, Ohio, and was 
named “ The Delaware ” by A. 
J. Downing. 
Mr. Campbell developed, early 
in life, a decided taste for horti¬ 
cultural pursuits, and before he 
was sixteen years of age had his 
father’s garden at Sandusky filled 
with the choicest selections of 
fruits obtainable at that time, 
among which were probably the 
first cultivated grape vines planted 
in that lake shore region which 
afterward became, with the ad¬ 
jacent islands of Lake Erie, one 
of the most important vineyard 
and fruit-growing sections of the 
country. 
About the year 1850 he joined 
the American Pomological So¬ 
ciety, and has been a continuous member until the present 
time, being one of the oldest members of that time, 
honored society. He has also been a member of the 
Ohio State Horticultural Society for about the same time 
and has been successively treasurer, secretary, vice-presi¬ 
dent, and president of the society. 
Mr. Campbell was appointed by President Hayes as 
one of the United States commissioners to the Paris 
Universal Exposition in 1878; and was also in attendance 
at the expositions at Philadelphia, Louisville, New Or¬ 
leans, and the Columbian World’s Exposition at Chicago, 
in various official capacities. He has been identified with 
the horticultural interests of the country in various ways 
for the past forty years. 
After removal to Delaware, and becoming interested in 
the Delaware grape, Mr. Campbell turned his attention 
to the cultivation and propagation of other grapes, also, 
growing and testing all the new varieties of promise, as 
they successively appeared. 
THE YELLOW RAMBLER. 
One of the most attractive novelties of the season is 
the Yellow Rambler, introduced by Jackson & Perkins, 
Newark, N. Y. The Yellow Rambler (Aglaia), comes 
from Peter Lambert, the well known rose grower of 
Germany, who is one of the highest authorities and most 
successful growers in all Europe. His reputation for 
thorough reliability is very great indeed, and should 
alone be a sufficient guarantee of the value of the rose. 
Messrs. Jackson & Perkins were so favorably impressed 
with his description of it, that they immediately arranged 
with him for the sole right to dis¬ 
tribute it in the United States and 
Canada. 
Messrs. Jackson and Perkins 
say: 
This rose has successfully withstood 
continued zero weather, without any pro¬ 
tection. With a very slight protection in 
the winter we believe it can be success¬ 
fully grown anywhere in the United States 
where other roses succeed. Did we say 
nothing further about the rose, we think 
the above would be sufficient to establish 
its value. The Yellow Rambler is a pro¬ 
duct of the Japanese Polyantha Samen- 
tosa, fertilized with pollen of Reve d’Or, 
and is, therefore, very closely related to 
the Crimson Rambler, since the Polyantha 
Samentosa was undoubtedly a parent of 
the latter. 
In foliage, habit of growth and manner 
of blooming the Y T ellow Rambler strongly 
resembles the Crimson Rambler. It throws 
very strong, vigorous shoots, often mak¬ 
ing a growth of 8 to 10 feet in one season. 
The flowers are produced in the same im¬ 
mense trusses, and Mr. Lambert assures 
us that on plants that have been estab. 
lished a year or two, he has often counted 
one hundred and twenty to one hundred 
and fifty blooms to a single spike. The 
trusses are pyramidal in shape, like those of the Crimson Rambler. 
The flowers are nearly full, small, like those of Gloire des Polyanthas, 
of a cupped form and very sweetly scented. In color they are a rich 
golden yellow, about like Madame Falcot and darker than Coquette de 
Lyons. 
As the climbing noisette Alister Stella Gray has been offered 
under the name of Golden Rambler, it is well to add, in order to avoid 
all chance of confusing the two, that the Y^ellow Rambler is entirely 
■ different from it, and we consider the latter much the greater acquisi¬ 
tion, since it has the qualities of very great vigor and considerable 
hardiness, so rare in all yellow roses. 
The frontispiece of this issue presents a view of the 
new rose. It is from a photograph taken in Germany. 
The trusses of blossoms were not in full bloom at the 
time the photograph was taken. 
G. T. Kinsey, Paxton, III.—“Enclosed please find draft for $1 for 
my subscription for one year. I could not keep house without The 
National Nurseryman. 
GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. 
