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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE HOSE GROWING INDUSTRY 
U]! Robert Ryle, Rreside)it of the Conont k Jones Com¬ 
pany, HV. 9 / Grove, Pa. Read before the American 
Association of Nurserymen, Ctevetand, June '24th. 
Gentlemen:— 
It would be a pleasure it I might devote my time this 
afternoon to a diseussion of the new roses whieh from in¬ 
formation gathered in various ])arts of this eoimtry ap¬ 
pear best adapted to Ameriean gardens. New hybrid 
|)erpetuals like Gloire De Ghedane Guinoisseau. George 
Arends, and Coronation, new hybrid teas like (h^orge 
Diekson. Edw ard Maw ley. John ('ook’s new Ranama. also 
1 do not pose as an expert, but w ish to submit for eon- 
sideration some faets that bear a elose relation to your 
future balanee sheets. 
Sup])ose for eonveniene(‘, we divide the rose grow ing 
industry in Ameriea under three heads, lirst the eut 
tlower business from producer to ornamental decorator, 
second, and in this the Nurserymen are more interested, 
the production of the smalt roses because really in itself 
a branch of the trade, and third field grow n roses for out¬ 
door planting. 
Regarding the lirst 1 will not even cite statistics. You 
know as a rule that the eut tlower men are a thiafty lot 
w ithaeri's of glass and still ('xtending. Single firms 
Nurserymen and their Fainilies Attending the 39th Annual Conv> 
the new Pernetianas, Mine. Edouard Herriot and Willow- 
mere with many others some just christened and not yet 
launched. This subject alone deserves our attention, for it 
seems almost neglect to pass by such modern celebrities 
as American Pillar, Christine Wright, Climbing American 
Reauty, Excelsa, Show er of Gold with wTiich rose gardens 
have recently been enriched. 
I pass by the opportunity offered for a discussion of 
the newer roses to a phase of the subject which appeals 
to me as deserving the thoughtful consideration ol no less 
important a group of men than are gathered here. 
Three years ago 1 tra^■eled through western Europe 
with the express purpose of coming in touch with the 
leading rose growers and rose gardens, with camera 
cocked and eyes open for ideas as w^ll as roses. 
there are that handle easily a million roses annually and 
yet concentrate on a little more than a dozen varieties all 
told; that is one thing theNurserymen cannot do. 
Second the increasing demand for small roses is indi¬ 
cated by the grow th of one center in this state alone 
which claims an output of seven million roses a year, and 
that is by no means the only place where such roses are 
produced in large quantities. While the first named 
class intlueiice the taste of the American public and the 
second class mentioned intluence the nurserymen by what 
they have to supply them, 1 believe the subject that most 
closely concerns you and that deserves the attention of us 
all is that if field grown roses for garden planting. 
Whether they be ow n root or budded, whether they be 
produced on the Pacific coast, the great gulf states of Mis- 
